《史记·七十列传·匈奴列传》
第二年，汉朝派贰师将军李广利率三万骑兵走出酒泉，在天山攻击右贤王，杀死和俘虏匈奴一万多人，在回来的时候，匈奴人包围了贰师将军，几乎没有逃脱，汉朝军队死去十分之六七。
其明年，汉使贰师将军广利以三万骑出酒泉，击右贤王於天山，得胡首虏万馀级而还。匈奴大围贰师将军，几不脱。汉兵物故什六七。
The following year, the Han Dynasty sent Grand General of the Second Rank Li Guangli to lead 30,000 cavalrymen out of Jiuquan to attack the Right Wise King in Tianshan, killing and capturing over 10,000 Huns. On their return journey, they were encircled by Hun forces and barely escaped, with two-thirds to three-quarters of the Han troops perishing.