Many people are interested in the hongmen banquet. Because this dinner is not an ordinary dinner, but full of all kinds of conspiracies, full of intrigues, and thrilling meals. Especially Liu Bang, in this meal can be said to be frightened. Xiang Yu and Fan had planned to kill Liu Bang at the Hongmen Banquet, but why did Xiang Yu change his mind and not kill Liu Bang? Is it the kindness of a woman or the last resort?
If he had acted decisively at that time and cut off Liu Bang's dog head at the Hongmen banquet, how could he have had the tragic end of "refusing to cross Jiangdong" later. Someone then pounded his chest and said, This is Xiang Yu's "woman's benevolence"!
More often, however, many people know that history cannot be assumed, but they cannot accept in their hearts that there has been such an unforgettable banquet. Yes, how in history there is such a fool as Xiang Yu, who makes the cooked duck soar into the sky. Therefore, according to normal logic, the Feast of the Hongmen Gate is incomprehensible and inconceivable. Why did Xiang Yu let Liu Bang go, so that he made himself the last defeat and irreparable?
At the Battle of Julu, Xiang Yu led a 50,000 Chu army, and the 400,000 Qin army led by Wang Li and Zhang Handan. Xiang Yu first repelled The Qin army under Zhang Handan and occupied the Grain Road, and then Xiang Yu annihilated Wang Li's 200,000 Qin army. For a time, the strong combat effectiveness displayed by Xiang Yu's troops frightened the princes of various countries. So the princes elected Xiang Yu as the leader of the 400,000 allied forces. Half a year later, Xiang Yu first forced a landing and then killed, and the 200,000 Qin army under Zhang Handan's command was wiped out from this moment on.
Before entering the border, the strength of the combined forces of the princes and princes was 300,000, and before the Hongmen Feast, the strength of the combined forces of the princes grew to 400,000. At this time, Xiang Yu's total strength did not exceed 70,000. At the same time, Liu Bang led 20,000 Han troops to break through Wuguan, and the Prince of Qin surrendered to Liu Bang. After Liu Bang recruited 80,000 Qin troops, the total strength reached 100,000. But then Liu Bang blockaded Hangu Pass and declared himself king in Guanzhong, much infuriating the princes of the coalition forces.
Therefore, Xiang Yu, who was guided by the situation, used the military might of the 400,000 allied troops to set up a feast at the Hongmen Gate for Liu Bang. Forced by the situation, Liu Bang could only surrender to Xiang Yu and reduce the Han army to 30,000.
At the time of the Hongmen Feast, Xiang Yu was in fact the lord of the princes' alliance and had an absolute advantage in strength over Liu Bang, but the princes were not harmonious because of their respective interests, and Xiang Yu was only a town prince, and did not swallow the strength of other princes. At that time, the nominal co-lord was Xiong Xin, the king of Chu Huai, who had a very poor relationship with Xiang Yu, and since Xiang Liang's death in battle, he was not willing to be a puppet and wanted to regain control of the army. Therefore, Xiang Yu did not kill Liu Bang at the Hongmen banquet because he did not want to fight with the other party and damage his own strength. Even if Xiang Yu could win, there were still princes of various countries behind him.
In addition, Xiang Yu did not realize the danger of Liu Bang. Although Xiang Yu fought the world with Liu Bang, Liu Bang fought quite a few victories, and Xiang Yu knew Liu Bang's military ability to the bottom of the matter, and he was a rookie. The reason why Liu Bang was able to sit on an equal footing with him was only the political balance that King Huai of Chu had engaged in in order to balance the internal forces of the Chu State, not that Liu Bang had the strength to fight with Xiang Yu, and Liu Bang could not even beat Yongya at that time. Liu Bang was able to enter Xianyang because Xiang Yu had attracted almost all the military strength of the Qin State, and he had bought the Qin State to guard the general's pass, not by fighting. Therefore, Xiang Yu has always looked down on Liu Bang, and Liu Bang does not have the ability to make Xiang Yu look. The Hongmen Feast looks dangerous, but in fact there is no danger.
At the Feast of the Hongmen, Xiang Yu needed to keep Liu Bang and achieve a balanced relationship between himself and the princes of the coalition army and Liu Bang. Such a Xiang Yu can win, enough time and opportunity to develop and grow himself. The biggest threat to Xiang Yu during the Hongmen banquet was the Chu Hou Huai Wang Xiongxin, who was staring at him from behind.