Late Career and Death
After the 119 BC battle, Wei would see little combat action himself. He largely remained at the capital Chang'an to advise Emperor Wu on military and sometimes political matters as the Chief Defense Minister (大司馬大將軍), and also assisted his nephew the Crown Prince Liu Ju in governing the state when Emperor Wu was away on official tours.
Wei died in 106 BC and was buried in a large tomb built to be a model of Mount Lu (盧山, a mountain previously in Xiongnu-occupied territory). The tomb was connected to that of his nephew Huo Qubing, who had died in 117 BC, and the future tomb for Emperor Wu. Wei would not live to see the destruction of his clan (nobody survived except his youngest son Wei Deng (衛登) and his great grandnephew Liu Bingyi), as well as the tragic fate of his sister Empress Wei and his nephew Crown Prince Liu, during the political turmoil in 91 BC.
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