{"slug": "li-guangli", "label": "Li Guangli", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Guangli", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q709993", "qid": "Q709993", "description": "military personnel", "entries": 10, "years": 9, "span": [-103, -88], "span_label": ["104 BCE", "89 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "han-dynasty", "label": "Han dynasty", "shared": 7}, {"slug": "emperor-wu-of-han", "label": "Emperor Wu of Han", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "xiongnu", "label": "Xiongnu", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gongsun-ao", "label": "Gongsun Ao", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kyrgyzstan", "label": "Kyrgyzstan", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -103, "year_label": "104 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "War of the Heavenly Horses: Emperor Wu of Han sends an army of 6000 cavalrymen and 10,000 convicts under Li Guangli to attack Dayuan in modern Kyrgyzstan after Wugua, the king of Dayuan, refuses to send the Han any of the prized horses of Dayuan and, following a contentious meeting with the Han diplomats, has a vassal king kill the diplomats and seize their goods. The Han expeditionary force proceeds with difficulty, marching through arid regions and facing hostile cities.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1305141071#Asia", "title": "104 BC", "revid": 1305141071, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": -102, "year_label": "103 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "After having fought their way west across arid regions, the Han expeditionary force under Li Guangli fails to capture the Dayuan city of Yucheng and returns east to the area of Dunhuang, having lost 90% of their men.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1300115650#Asia", "title": "103 BC", "revid": 1300115650, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": -101, "year_label": "102 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "War of the Heavenly Horses: the Han expeditionary force under Li Guangli conquers the state of Luntai. Li Guangli then besieges Alexandria Eschate, the capital of Dayuan in the Hellenistic Ferghana Valley, despite having lost half his army to hunger, thirst and battle by the time he reached the city. The Dayuan are defeated in battle, and after losing their outer wall and their best general Jianmi in battle, the nobles kill King Wugua and offer terms of peace to Li Guangli, who accepts. The Han receive some of the prized horses of Dayuan and Li Guangli appoints Mocai as the new king.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1325703607#Asia", "title": "102 BC", "revid": 1325703607, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": -100, "year_label": "101 BCE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "War of the Heavenly Horses: Han general Li Guangli detaches forces to attack Yucheng. After a failed attack by Wang Shengshen and Hu Chongguo, in which Wang is killed, a new Han detachment under Shangguan Jie defeats and captures the king of Yucheng. The king is then killed by the soldiers escorting him to Li Guangli.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1295629722#Asia", "title": "101 BC", "revid": 1295629722, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": -99, "year_label": "100 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "War of the Heavenly Horses: the Han expedition under Li Guangli returns victorious to China. He is followed by dynastic representatives sent by various Central Asian kings, so that they may pay tribute to Emperor Wu of Han. Emperor Wu keeps these representatives as hostages and sends soldiers to build pavilions and reclaim wasteland along the route to the west to provide food and shelter for Han envoys.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355643460#China", "title": "100 BC", "revid": 1355643460, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -98, "year_label": "99 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Han general Li Guangli marches west from Jiuquan with 30,000 cavalrymen to attack the Tuqi King of the Right in the Tian Shan Mountains. After an initial victory, the Han are surrounded, and they lose more than 20,000 men while breaking out of the encirclement.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1325703490#Asia", "title": "99 BC", "revid": 1325703490, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": -96, "year_label": "97 BCE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "The Han generals Li Guangli, Gongsun Ao, Han Yue and Lu Bode lead armies into Xiongnu territory. The campaign achieves little, and Gongsun Ao suffers a defeat. Emperor Wu of Han condemns him to death due to his troops suffering heavy losses, but he escapes by feigning his death. He is eventually discovered and executed during the witchcraft trials of 91 BC.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1280577092#China", "title": "97 BC", "revid": 1280577092, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -89, "year_label": "90 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Wu of Han sends three armies against the Xiongnu under General-in-Chief Li Guangli, Ma Tong and Shang Qiucheng, marching from Wuyuan, Jiuqian and Xihe respectively. An army of Central Asian vassals of Han, under Cheng Mian, captures the king of the vassal state of Jushi, who is suspected of treachery. The Xiongnu General-in-Chief and the former Han general Li Ling fight indecisively against Shang's army.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332493065#China", "title": "90 BC", "revid": 1332493065, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -88, "year_label": "89 BCE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "The former Han General-in-Chief Li Guangli, now the son-in-law of Hulugu Chanyu, is arrested and sacrificed to the gods to restore the health of Hulugu's mother.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369865499#Xiongnu", "title": "89 BC", "revid": 1369865499, "section": "Events › By place › Xiongnu"}}, {"year": -88, "year_label": "89 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Li Guangli, Chinese General-in-Chief (Han dynasty)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369865499#Deaths", "title": "89 BC", "revid": 1369865499, "section": "Deaths"}}]}