Since the Han Dynasty, people's concept of personal revenge has been very strong. At that time, people were not like later generations, sometimes after being humiliated, they swallowed their anger and scolded at most two sentences.

In ancient times, many people paid attention to revenge, resentment and complaining, and if they seized the opportunity, the gentleman would take revenge overnight. This kind of atmosphere was vividly displayed in several famous generals during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Li Guangwei, a famous general of the Western Han Dynasty, shocked the Huns and was given the title of "Flying General" by the Huns, and his reputation was great. However, after all, victorious generals are extremely rare, and Li Guang also has times when he is defeated.

In the sixth year of Yuanguang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Li Guang, Wei Qing and others to lead 40,000 troops to fight against the Xiongnu. As a result, Li Guang was defeated and captured, and he escaped back on the way to the Xiongnu Shan Yu.

Due to the defeat of Li Guang's army, his soldiers suffered heavy losses, and he himself was captured by the Huns, which was a great shame. According to the Han law, Li Guangdang was beheaded.

Fortunately, due to the emptiness of the treasury at that time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered that those sentenced to death could redeem their lives with money in order to collect money. It was precisely because of this that Li Guang was able to hand over the money and exempt himself from the death penalty.

Rao is like this, and Li Guang is also demoted to a commoner.

In the blink of an eye, Li Guang had been idle at home for a few years, and he and the grandson of the former Yingyin Marquis lived in seclusion in Lantian Nanshan to shoot and hunt.

One night, Li Guang led a rider out and drank with people in the countryside. When they came back, Li Guang and the two walked to the Baling Post Pavilion, and happened to meet the drunk Baling Lieutenant.

When Baling Wei saw Li Guang and the others walking at night, he immediately scolded Li Guang and forbade them to pass. Li Guang's cavalry was never angry, and said: "This is the former General Li. ”

Although the official position of Captain Baling is not high, he relied on the strength of wine and said: "The current general can't walk at night, let alone the predecessor!"

According to the Han law, there is indeed a rule of the night, and no one is allowed to walk at night at will.

Although Li Guang used to be prominent, now he is just a civilian, and he is not as good as this Baling Lieutenant in terms of identity. In desperation, Li Guang had no choice but to swallow his anger and was detained by Baling Lieutenant for the night in Baling Pavilion.

Not long after, the Xiongnu invasion killed the Taishou of Liaoxi, and defeated the general Han Anguo, who died of illness after being transferred to Youbeiping. So Emperor Wu prepared to reactivate Li Guang, and issued an edict to worship Li Guang as the Taishou of the Right Beiping.

Li Guang saw that he had been reused again, and thought of the humiliation he had inflicted on him at the beginning, so he asked to send Captain Baling to take up his post together. But he didn't want the two to arrive in the army, Li Guang immediately beheaded Captain Baling and avenged the humiliation that day.

Since the initial defeat, although Li Guang has repeatedly led his troops to fight against the Xiongnu, he has never made much contribution, but has repeatedly encountered defeats.

On the other hand, many of the other generals were made marquis for their merits in the process of fighting with the Huns. Only Li Guang has never made meritorious service to the marquis.

At that time, Li Guang was already old, and he was worried about the fact that he did not have a marquis, so he always wanted to make a war exploit and become a marquis.

Later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty launched the Battle of Mobei, and Wei Qing and Huo Qubing each led 50,000 cavalry to attack the Xiongnu headquarters across the desert from Dingxiang and Daijun, and Li Guang asked to accompany him several times.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not agree at first, citing his old age, but later could not withstand Li Guang's repeated requests, so he agreed to his appointment as a former general.

Rao is like this, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also privately instructed Wei Qing: Li Guang is old, and his fate is not good, don't let him fight against Shan Yu. Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch the Huns Shan Yu.

Later, Wei Qing fought with the Huns, and Wei Qing deliberately wanted to transfer Li Guang away and let him lead the right army to march from the east in a roundabout way. Li Guang asked to be a striker, but Wei Qing refused.

Li Guang was angry in his heart, and he didn't dare to disobey the military order, but he angrily led the right army to the east road, and he didn't say goodbye to Wei Qing. Due to the lack of guides in the army, the army under Li Guang's command got lost in the desert several times.

After Wei Qing crossed the desert, he attacked the Xiongnu Shan Yu, but because the right army led by Li Guang got lost and failed to complete the encirclement of the Xiongnu Shan Yu according to the established plan, the Han army failed to capture Shan Yu.

Later, after Wei Qing investigated clearly, he prepared to send a letter to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty on the military situation and battle report, and ordered Li Guang and his generals to go to the General's Mansion to confront him for trial.

Li Guang said: "The captains under my command are not guilty, they all blame me for losing my way, and I only need to confront the general alone." ”

After coming to the General's Mansion, Li Guang took all the crimes. He was already in his sixties at the time, and he did not want to be criticized by those swordsmen and penmen, so he immediately killed himself.

When Li Guang died, his eldest son Li Danghu and second son Li Jiao had already passed away, leaving only his youngest son Li Kang.

Li Kang followed Li Guang into battle very early to kill the enemy, and he was a tiger general. As a captain, he followed Huo Qubing to conquer the Xiongnu, won the drum banner of King Zuoxian, and beheaded a lot, and was given the title of Marquis of Guannei by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

When he heard that his father had died in the General's Mansion, he thought that Wei Qing had killed Li Guang, so he immediately broke into the General's Mansion to kill Wei Qing to avenge his father.

Although Li Dang failed to kill Wei Qing, he injured Wei Qing.

Fortunately, Wei Qing felt guilty about Li Guang's death, and cherished Li Dang as a tiger general. There was no public announcement of this matter, and there was no punishment for the crime committed by Li Daing.

But he didn't want to, Wei Qing's nephew Huo went to illness, and when he learned that Li Dang actually injured his uncle, he was immediately furious.

So, Huo Qubing shot Li Kang with a cold arrow during the hunting process in the Ganquan Palace of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was pampering Huo Quai's illness at that time, he suppressed the matter, and said that Li Dangnai was killed by the antlers of an elk during the hunt.

The above people are all famous generals of the Han Dynasty, and their various deeds sound even more heartfelt.

However, whether it was Li Guangwei avenging his personal grudges, he transferred Captain Baling to the army and beheaded him directly; Or Li dared to avenge his father, and openly committed the following crimes, in a vain attempt to kill the general Wei Qing; Or the hussar general Huo Quai, in order to avenge his uncle, shot Li Kang with a secret arrow.

They all have their own excuses and motives for what they do, but their methods are also a bit excessive.

Baling Wei forbade Li Guang to travel at night, whether he deliberately humiliated Li Guang because he was a snob, or he was really not afraid of the powerful and acted impartially.

According to the law, there is nothing wrong with what Captain Baling did. Although Li Guang's killing of Baling Lieutenant had a reason, it also seemed a bit excessive.

In the same way, Li Guang was defeated and did not want to suffer verbal criticism, so he killed himself in front of Wei Qing. For this matter, although Wei Qing has an unshirkable responsibility, he is not a murderer.

In order to avenge his father, Li Dang openly assassinated Wei Qing. Even if there is a reason, it is a capital offense.

In order to vent his anger for his uncle, Huo Quzhi actually dared to shoot the Han general Li Kang with a cold arrow during the hunting of the Son of Heaven, which was also a violation of the law for a reason.

It can be said that from the actions of these three famous historical generals of the Western Han Dynasty, we can get a glimpse of the leopard and speculate on the social atmosphere at that time.

This tradition of killing people in revenge was common throughout the history of the Han Dynasty. Especially in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, this was even more so.

Chen Xu, Dian Wei, Guan Yu, Xu Shu, Xiahoudun, these famous figures, all have the experience of ignoring the laws of the empire and killing people for personal vendettas.

So, let's take a look at Liu Che, the first emperor of the ages, how he reacted to the actions of the generals under his command.

As soon as Li Guang was reinstated by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he took revenge and killed the Han official Baling Lieutenant, but he was not punished at all.

Li Dang wounded the general Wei Qing on the following offense, even if Wei Qing did not make a noise, but he was injured, and Emperor Wu of Han would not be unclear. Rao is like this, and he has not punished Li Kang.

Huo Quai's illness was even more excessive, and he killed the general in the army on the way to hunt the Son of Heaven, which was a capital crime, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty still did not punish him.

Seeing this, one cannot but feel sad about the efficiency of the implementation of the laws of the Han Dynasty.