In the last years of the Qin Dynasty, the emperor was brutal, the officials were corrupt, the people were not happy, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang successively rebelled against the violent Qin, after overthrowing the rule of the Qin Dynasty, the two formally opposed each other, and began a years-long Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, leaving countless talks for future generations.
And the Hongmen banquet in this battle for hegemony is even more impressive to us, today Xiaobian will take you to understand the Hongmen banquet, and analyze the image of the strategist in it.
01 Chu Han battle for hegemony
Before starting today's theme, it is necessary to understand the historical background of the Hongmen Feast. The Hongmen Feast took place at the end of Qin, the people were dissatisfied with the brutal rule of the Qin Dynasty, and the remnants of the Six Kingdoms also fanned the flames of the uprising ignited by Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, which quickly swept through the entire land of China, and all parts of the country were rebelling against the violent Qin, and Xiang Yu and Liu Bang also took advantage of the situation and broke through the chaotic world at the end of Qin.
The identities of Xiang Yu and Liu Bang are completely different, and can even be said to be two extremes. Xiang Yu was a descendant of the nobility, his grandfather was a general of the State of Chu, in the process of the Qin State sweeping through the Six Kingdoms, in order to defend the State of Chu, he sacrificed his life, leaving Xiang Yu, under the protection of some hearts and abdomen, hiding his name, secretly accumulating strength and preparing to revive the State of Chu.
Although Xiang Yu was a little frustrated, but the origin of family learning, there should be no less, not only from a young age to learn a variety of cultural knowledge, but also to polish martial arts, learn the art of war, understand the world's major events, pay attention to the current situation.
When Yin Zheng was still in power, Xiang Yu carefully hid himself, and when Qin II came to power and the situation in the world deteriorated, Xiang Yu finally waited for that opportunity and quickly raised an army in Chu and swept the world.
Liu Bang was the opposite, his family lineage was not prominent, and he himself only became a grass-roots official of the Qin Dynasty, and did not receive much respect in his family. Although there are some friends in the county, this cannot change the reality of Liu Bang's downfall. Moreover, Liu Bang's age is older than Xiang Yu, and he missed the most energetic time in his life, sinking at the bottom of the bottom.
However, the chaotic era at the end of qin gave Liu Bang the opportunity to rise, he took advantage of the situation, relied on friends in the same county, grasped the local power, and at the same time relied on his own character and the excellent qualities polished at the grass-roots level, and soon came out of the crowd of uprising gangs, attracted many outstanding talents to come to him, laid a foundation, and laid a good foundation for his own road to hegemony.
Xiang Yu and Liu Bang's teams were the two most powerful forces in the chaotic world of the late Qin Dynasty, and they competed with each other, competing with each other, almost reaching the capital of the Qin Dynasty, Xianyang, and establishing their anti-king status.
However, the difference in strength between the two of them was huge, Xiang Yu's surface strength was too strong, attracting many wall grass to join, and the strength was even more inflated, while Liu Bang had almost no one to look at, and seemed to be trembling under Xiang Yu's hands.
At this time, a major event that almost changed the pattern of hegemony occurred, that is, the Hongmen Banquet. The Hongmen banquet happened on the eve of Xiang Yu and Liu Bang's two people who were about to tear their faces and start a war, Xiang Yu invited Liu Bang to come to the banquet, wanted to meet with this famous hero, and at the same time testEd Liu Bang, and Liu Bang understood that there was no good banquet, this time it may be more fierce and less auspicious, but for the sake of the overall situation, he still had to go. This is the historical background of the Hongmen Feast.
02 Hongmen Feast
In the Hongmen banquet, there were many characters, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang both had characters appeared, of which Zhang Liang and Fan Zeng, as military masters and courtiers, performed prominently in this incident and attracted a lot of attention, today to analyze the image and personality characteristics of the two, and finally discuss their ending.
Zhang Liang and Fan Zeng are both very good strategists, but their ideas and witty performances are different, so their endings are also different.
Zhang Liang plays the role of a strategist very well, is good at observing words, understands Liu Bang's preferences, and can give appropriate advice. At the same time, when things came, he was able to be calm and calm, help Liu Bang to overcome the danger, chase the deer in the world, and finally gongcheng was named the Marquis of Liu.
And Fan Zeng's same wisdom is full of wisdom, everything is considered for Xiang Yu, and everything is planned for Xiang Yu, but there are defects in personality, too strong, and xiang Yu is not false, resulting in a final break with Xiang Yu, and the relationship between the monarch and the subject is severed, which lays the groundwork for Xiang Yu's subsequent defeat. Next, we analyze it in detail.
The first is that the two have different attitudes and understandings of the lord. Fan Zeng is Xiang Yu's "sub-father", a confidant of Xiang Yu, who has been with him for many years and knows Xiang Yu's character flaws very well. However, Fan Zeng could not take this part into account in the plan, blindly confident in Xiang Yu, not realizing that Xiang Yu's ear roots were soft and too good-looking, resulting in a great opportunity to slip away, and Liu Bang fled the banquet.
On the other hand, Zhang Liang had a deep understanding of Liu Bang's personality characteristics and knew that Liu Bang was inferior to Xiang Yu in many aspects, but he had lofty ambitions, was good at being flexible, and could use talents rationally, so Liu Bang could anticipate the enemy in front, and Zhang Liang could carefully analyze the situation, give advice to Liu Bang, introduce Xiang Bo, and lay the foundation for Liu Bang's future escape at the Hongmen Banquet.
Secondly, there are also gaps in the various arrangements at the Hongmen Banquet. Fan Zeng proposed to Xiang Yu the idea of assassinating Liu Bang, but it was not well prepared in the specific implementation, and various countermeasures were not rehearsed in advance, resulting in failure.
Fan Zeng was well aware of the importance of the banquet and hinted at Xiang Yu several times, but Xiang Yu was persuaded by Xiang Bo, and he himself did not want to do so, resulting in a failed assassination.
In the case of counting on Xiang Yu's inability, he hurriedly dispatched Xiang Zhuang, but it was easily defused by Fan Duo, which was really not right. Looking at Zhang Liang again, he made careful arrangements, considered them thoroughly, and arranged many backup plans, not only bringing with him the guards such as warrior Fan Duo, but also arrangements in many other situations. Xiang Yu did not arrange an assassination as expected.
Xiang Zhuang's unexpected appearance did not exceed Zhang Liang's expectations, and he immediately summoned Fan Duo to resolve the crisis. After Liu Bang fled, Zhang Liang took the initiative to stay, deal with the aftermath, resolve embarrassment, and have courage and strategy.
epilogue:
In the end, the personalities of Fan Zeng and Zhang Liang also determined the outcome of the matter. Fan Zeng is straight, strong, and a straight man, and this personality makes him and Xiang Yu constantly contradict each other, and in the end things are irreparable. Zhang Liang, on the other hand, has a gentle personality, keeps his duty, never makes a claim, and lowers his status when communicating with Liu Bang, and dedicates himself to helping Liu Bang win the victory.
bibliography:
Zizhi Tongjian
Book of Han