How to write to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to plead for Li Ling?

In the middle of Sima Qian's Historical Records, Li Ling was captured, and the emperor Liu Che was furious. He thinks Li Ling should commit suicide. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty regarded the minister's life as dirt. Ministers flattered Liu Che and agreed to Li Ling's suicide. Liu Che asked Sima Qian's opinion, but Sima Qian's character was honest and frank. He didn't know how to follow suit, so he said what Liu Che didn't want to hear. He said that Li Ling loves soldiers like children, and he often takes killing the enemy to serve the country as his greatest wish. It is really helpless to be defeated and captured now. Li Ling went deep into the desert with less than 5,000 infantry and fought against 80,000 cavalry. After hitting 500 kilometers, he used up all his arrows, but he still fought back with a white blade and his men did not centrifugal. He has been a famous soldier since ancient times, but that's all. Although he was captured, he once defeated a strong enemy, which was enough to make him famous all over the world. Sima Qian believed that Li Ling's humiliation and surrender did not come from his own heart. He must have other plans to serve his country. As soon as this statement came out, Sima Qian was directly sent to death row. Fortunately, his family paid the ransom by borrowing money, and then the punishment was reduced to second-class imprisonment. Sima Qian almost fell to the ground for Li Ling, so there is no name for it. How cruel is the battle that Li Ling suffered?

In 99 BC, the army of the Han Dynasty attacked the Xiongnu khanate in two ways. All the way was General Li Guangli, who sent troops to Jiuquan, went deep into the western regions, reached Tianshan Mountain, and was defeated by Xiongnu. Another general, Li Ling, had a worse experience. Li Ling led 5,000 infantry, sent his troops to Juyanhai, went north into the desert for more than 30 days, advanced into Poji Mountain, and met 30,000 Xiongnu Khan. The war in Liling killed thousands of people. And whip Hou Khan to call for reinforcements, about 80 thousand riding, Li Ling had to retreat. The strength contrast between China and Hungary is that 5,000 infantry are against 80,000 cavalry with more mobility, and Li Ling's chances of winning are naturally zero.

Even the strongest infantry cannot escape the pursuit of cavalry. Xiongnu Corps is divided into two wings, which spread from left to right, sandwiching Liling Corps. Li Ling got into a fight and left. A few days later, he retreated to an unknown valley. Soldiers who have been injured more than three times are not allowed to take buses. Those who were injured twice or more changed their driving, and those who were injured once continued to fight, killing more than 3,000 Huns. After four or five days' walk, we came to an animal husbandry area, where reeds are lush and grasslands are lush. Xiongnu Corps set fire to the wind, but Li Ling set fire to save himself first. Further south, in the hilly area, the whip Hou Khan ordered his son to attack. Liling Corps laid an ambush in the Woods and killed three or four thousand Huns. Moreover, the whip Hou Khan personally commanded 16 times the enemy's elite soldiers with the respect of the head of state. After chasing for more than ten days, I couldn't win, and I was so angry that the attack was even more fierce.

Li Ling spent four or five days in the south-central desert, killing more than two thousand Huns. Whip Hou Khan has found that Li Ling is alone, and he is even more in hot pursuit. The two wings crossed Li Ling, locked in front of Li Ling, blocked the retreat, and the arrows rained down, shouting surrender. Li Ling continued to fight, shooting 500,000 arrows a day, and all the arrows were used up. They abandoned the loaded vehicles and everyone walked forward. More than 3,000 people entered Whip Khan Mountain, and the Xiongnu Army blocked Taniguchi. At night, Li Ling lingered among the battlements and sighed, "Give us ten more arrows each, and we will be able to support the border." However, he has no arrow. In the middle of the night, Li Ling ordered the drums to break through, but the drums were broken and no sound was made. Li Ling ordered people to rush out from all directions to distract the enemy, and hoped that someone could flee back to the Han Empire and inform the government. He got on the horse with another general, Han Yannian, and led more than 100,000 pro-troops across Lingnan. The Xiongnu Corps pursued like a flood, and Li Ling had nothing but short weapons, which could not stop the enemy from narrowing the encirclement. Finally, Han Yannian was killed by an arrow and Li Ling was captured.