As we all know, Han Xin was poor at the beginning, and even had to rely on the help of others to live. It was also during this period that Han Xin endured the humiliation of his crotch, so after that Han Xin directly turned to Liu Bang, Liu Bang as a general naturally could not look up to Liu Bang at that time, so initially Han Xin was Xiang Yu who surrendered.
However, as we all know, Han Xin was not reused in Xiang Yu, but became a very ordinary Lang Zhong, in today's words, Xiang Yu's bodyguard. After a long time, Han Xin felt that there was no hope for promotion, so he turned to Liu Bang. But was Han Xin really hopeless for promotion at that time?
This can be seen from Han Xin's position at that time, although the guards did not have any explicit power, in fact, in the ancient army, the personal guards of the generals were more powerful than the ordinary thousand household officials, and even many commanders and envoys did not dare to offend the guards, after all, they were mostly the general's cronies.
As a recruit, Han Xin naturally could not be a close confidant of Xiang Yu, so Han Xin's ability to become a bodyguard was most likely Xiang Yu's other eyes. From this point, it is not difficult to see that in fact, Xiang Yu wants to promote Han Xin, but Han Xin does not see this, or he does not want to wait.
So why didn't Xiang Yu promote Han Xin and let Han Xin lead the troops directly? In fact, whether it is Xiang Yu or Liu Bang to Han Xin, it is almost the same, and even if you look at it from the beginning alone, Xiang Yu is better to Han Xin. At Xiang Yu's place, Han Xin was Xiang Yu's bodyguard, but at Liu Bang's side Han Xin was guarding the warehouse.
Both of these positions have to be said to be very important, but in terms of importance, the guards are better. In fact, at that time, what Xiang Yu wanted to do was to promote Han Xin, but it was necessary to let Han Xin accumulate a certain prestige, so as not to suddenly promote and ruin such a general. But Han Xin did not understand this.
Later, when Han Xin was reused in Liu Bang, he had to thank one person, that is, Xiao He. Otherwise, at that time, Liu Bang would never let people chase back Han Xin, who had defected again, either to arrest him or to let it go. In the end, Han Xin can only do nothing, after all, his temper is really not suitable for others to work.
And Han Xin's death is actually to put it bluntly, it is also his own doing, which can be seen from the meal between Han Xin and Fan Duo. From beginning to end, Han Xin was ashamed to sit with Fan Duo, and Fan Duo at that time was definitely the real ruler of the military, which was almost a rebellion in Liu Bang's eyes, and such a general Liu Bang would not stay.