Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, with the assistance of three heroes in the world, defeated Xiang Yu, the "peerless" god of war, and created a great era.
After the end of the war, Liu Bang's triumvirate went their separate ways and no longer worked together. Zhang Liang returned to Nanshan to learn the Tao, and Han Xin was named the Marquis of Huaiyin in charge of one party. Xiao He still stayed by Liu Bang's side and assisted him in governing the country.
Among the three heroes, only Han Xin failed to die well. How was he, as a prince, killed? It is said to be related to his friend Xiao He, is this true?
Xiao He chased Han Xin under the moon
In the first year of Qin II, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's "Princely General Xiangning has a kind of" ignited the anti-Qin fire in the world.
As a descendant of the Chu general, the Xiang clan rose up, supported the descendants of the king of Chu to establish a new Chu state, and began the battle with the Qin army.
In addition to the Xiang family, who was originally a descendant of Jiangmen, many ordinary people also joined the camp of the Chu State, such as Liu Bang later.
Liu Bang was just a pavilion chief, the youngest official position in the Qin Dynasty, and his task was only to be responsible for the security of a village.
When he heard that the world was in turmoil, he called for 3,000 young and strong men from the surrounding villages. Tai led them to defect to the state of Chu and participated in the battle against the Qin army.
Liu Bang was originally a hooligan, and the court only gave him an official in order to control him, but he didn't expect his achievements to be so great later.
When Xiang Yu led 8,000 soldiers to fight the main force of the Qin army of 400,000 people, Liu Bang quietly stole the Qin Dynasty's hometown and invaded Xianyang City.
Originally, Liu Bang just wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob, anyway, the main force of the Qin army at this time was fighting Xiang Yu, and no one would stop him. Although Xiang Yu had no chance of winning, the Qin army would inevitably have to pay a lot of price if they wanted to take them down.
But what is unexpected is that Xiang Yu actually relied on these 8,000 people to really defeat the Qin army and win the battle of Julu.
And Liu Bang, who was the first to attack Xianyang, began to covet wealth and nobility, and it wasn't until Zhang Liang came to persuade him that he understood.
Xiang Yu, who won the battle of the giant deer, went straight to Xianyang with a fierce attitude and had a conflict with Liu Bang.
Because of Liu Bang's exploitation, Xiang Yu made a lot of effort but did not get the due return, so he had a conflict with Liu Bang, ignored Liu Bang, and directly began to divide the princes of all parties.
Although Liu Bang was unhappy, he was indeed not Xiang Yu's opponent now, and in the end, Liu Bang still obeyed the separation. However, he had always wanted to rebel against the Chu State in his heart.
But what if Liu Bang can't beat Xiang Yu at all? This matter haunted Liu Bang all day long.
Xiao He also wanted to share his worries, so he began to look for a general who could lead troops to fight for Liu Bang.
At this time, Han Xin was still a small soldier beside Xiang Yu, he was not reused in the army, and he also caused trouble, so he didn't dare to go back, so he had to switch to Liu Bang.
After Han Xin came to Liu Bang's command, he was still not reused, but only became a petty official in charge of grain and grass.
Just when Han Xin thought that he had no future in the Han army, Xiao He discovered his talent.
Xiao He came to talk to Han Xin every day and discussed with Han Xin how to lead the troops. Han Xin's eloquent talk made Xiao He appreciate him more and more.
But only Xiao He can't take a fancy to him, Liu Bang doesn't reuse him, he Han Xin is still a grain and grass watcher.
Han Xin had been in Liu Bang's army for several months, but he was still not reused, and by this time he had already begun to think about running away.
On an ordinary night, Han Xin made up his mind and secretly left the Han army camp alone.
When Xiao He learned about this, he hurriedly rode his horse to chase Han Xin, and by the time he caught up with Han Xin, the moon was already hanging high in the air.
Xiao He thinks that Han Xin must be a rare general, so he has been persuading Liu Bang to reuse Han Xin. But Liu Bang disliked that Han Xin had worked on Xiang Yu's side, and was afraid that he was a spy sent by Xiang Yu, so he didn't dare to reuse it.
The king of Han worships the general about three laws
After Xiao He caught up with Han Xin, he hurriedly asked him why he was leaving? Han Xin said to Xiao He: "I have been in the Han army for more than a few months, and I still have no intention of being promoted. Since you can't recognize the hero, if you don't leave at this time, when will you stay? ”
Xiao He also understood Han Xin's grievances, so he promised Han Xin that he would definitely let King Han reuse him. Han Xin was skeptical, but still followed Xiao He back.
After Xiao He returned to the barracks, he immediately went to see Liu Bang, and Liu Bang was also waiting for him in his camp.
After Liu Bang saw Xiao He, he said coldly: "I thought my prime minister was also a deserter? ”
Xiao He replied: "The minister didn't run away, the minister just went out to chase your world." ”
Then Xiao He told Liu Bang: "Han Xin is a genius who leads troops to fight, if you want to win the world, then you must reuse him, and it is best to set up an altar tomorrow to worship him as a general." ”
Liu Bang was surprised, this Han Xin actually had such talent? Why does Xiao He respect him so much?
In the end, Liu Bang still followed Xiao He's advice and decided to gamble on Han Xin.
Early the next morning, Liu Bang ordered someone to erect an altar to prepare to worship the general.
The generals in the army are very happy, and they don't know who will win the honor of this great general. But when Liu Bang pointed out that the general was Han Xin, everyone was taken aback.
Han Xin was not stage frightened, and walked on the altar very confidently and became a general under Liu Bang.
Soon after Han Xin became a general, he captured Hanzhong on the orders of Liu Bang. At this time, Xiang Yu was entangled in other things and didn't care about them.
In the days that followed, Zhang Liang and Han Xin conquered the world for Liu Bang and raised Liu Bang to a height where he could make peace with Xiang Yu. In fact, Liu Bang was already Xiang Yu's fierce opponent before, but Liu Bang's paralysis and carelessness caused the Han army to be hit hard.
At that time, Xiang Yu was leading his troops to fight against other rebels, and Liu Bang quickly dispatched troops at Zhang Liang's suggestion, and quickly captured Pengcheng with an army of 560,000.
Pengcheng is Xiang Yu's capital, and the joy of capturing Xiang Yu's capital made Liu Bang dizzy, and he relied on the 560,000 troops around him to start a banquet and banquet in the city.
But Liu Bang forgot that Xiang Yu was able to overturn 400,000 people with 8,000 people back then. And now that Xiang Yu has a large number of soldiers, these 560,000 troops are not enough for Xiang Yu to stuff his teeth!
Sure enough, Xiang Yu, who was leading the troops before, did not stop the frontal battle after hearing that Pengcheng was attacked, but only transferred 30,000 elite soldiers to come back to support Pengcheng.
Just when Liu Bang was holding a banquet in the city, Xiang Yu had already led his troops back to kill. He took these 30,000 elite soldiers to kill Liu Bang's men and horses.
This leaderless Han army was killed 100,000 on land and drowned another 100,000 in the river, and the river was dyed red for a while. The entire river was clogged with corpses, and the battlefield was fierce.
The remaining Han troops had long lost their fighting spirit, and they were so frightened that they fled in all directions, and many of them were captured by Xiang Yu.
Xiang Yu led his troops to surround Liu Bang with three layers inside and three layers outside, and Liu Bang had no chance to escape at all. Just when Liu Bang was about to dismount and surrender, a gust of wind ruptured the Chu army, which allowed Liu Bang to escape with dozens of people.
This defeat made Liu Bang's counteroffensive plan all messed up, but under the operation of Han Xin and Zhang Liang, Xiang Yu also fell into a dilemma, and finally signed an alliance with Liu Bang.
Today's "Chu River Han Boundary" on the Chinese chess board is the situation of the covenant that year, and the two sides were separated by a chasm and made an agreement that "the east is Chu, and the west is Han".
After the contract was established, Liu Bang did not abide by it, and still sent troops to attack Xiang Yu's territory.
Han Xin still shines as a general, first dividing the Chu army and blocking Xiang Yu under the wall, which indirectly led to Xiang Yu's overlord Farewell Concubine and then Wujiang's suicide.
After solving Xiang Yu, Liu Bang immediately came to Han Xin's army and seized Han Xin's military power.
But Han Xin will definitely not be caught, he understands the truth of "the cunning rabbit dies, and the lackey cooks".
So in order not to be "cooked" by Liu Bang, Han Xin agreed with Liu Bang on three non-killings, that is, "don't kill when you see the sky, don't kill when you see the ground, and don't kill when you see iron", and first ensure the safety of his life.
Empress Lu set up a banquet to harm Han Xin
After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Han Xin was named the Marquis of Huaiyin and also had his own fief. At first, Liu Bang didn't think about dealing with these heroes, but the performance of these generals made him a little worried.
Liu Bang has been crowned more than 130 marquises, and each of them is a hero of the founding of the country. In addition to the liehous, there were also seven kings with different surnames, including Han Xin, the king of Chu. However, Han Xin was later demoted to the Marquis of Huaiyin.
Liu Bang sealed so many marquis, these people were not honest at the beginning of the establishment of the Han Dynasty, and always wanted to rebel.
And Han Xin's several troops to quell the rebellion did not make him gain Liu Bang's trust, but made Liu Bang even more jealous of him. Han Xin himself didn't have any political acumen, and he didn't feel the killing intent coming from the palace.
Later, Liu Bang led an army of 300,000 to attack Han Wangxin. Han Wangxin colluded with the Xiongnu and was very difficult. And when Liu Bang went on the expedition, Lu Pheasant began to make trouble in the harem.
Han Shin was framed by the enemy's younger brother, saying that he had colluded with traitors and planned to take advantage of the emptiness of the capital to lead troops to rebel.
After Empress Lu learned the news, she immediately brought Xiao He over to discuss countermeasures.
Xiao He wrote a letter to Han Xin, telling him that Liu Bang had exterminated the rebels. Empress Lu invited all the princes to come to the celebration banquet and asked him to come too.
But in fact, this is all a lie, Liu Bang did not triumph, and there was no celebration banquet.
But Han Xinxin believed it and entered the palace with a little boy, and was finally taken down by the samurai who was ambushed in the palace and sent to prison. After a month in prison, Han Xin was put in a cage and carried in front of Empress Lu.
Empress Lu asked him why he rebelled, but Han Xin only regretted that he had not been able to follow the advice of others and ended up like this.
Empress Lu ordered the palace maids to cover the cage with cloth, so that Han Xin could not see the sky and the earth, and then took out a sharp bamboo gun and inserted it into the cage, and Han Xin died like this.
After Han Xin's death, Xiao He came out to collect his body. He looked at Han Xin's corpse and said, "Hubris! ”
If Han Xin had been more humble and listened to the advice of the military advisor, then he would definitely not have come to this banquet; If Han Xin could be more cautious and bring more people, then he would definitely not be caught so easily, and he would not end up like this.
In the end, Han Xin, the founder of the Han Dynasty, died because of his arrogance. However, as Han Xin's Bole, Xiao He is so ruthless, which is really embarrassing!