Introduction to the Western Han Dynasty general Lu Xie Why did Lu Xie betray Liu Bang?

Now we all say "friends go together all their lives" and "a brother is bigger than heaven". For the sake of friends two ribs inserted knives, with the same happiness and bitterness, there will be no less than you drink with a bite of my bite.

Some brothers can indeed go on for a lifetime, but some eventually part ways, and even draw their swords against each other, And Han Gaozu's ancestor Liu Bang and his good brother Lu Xie are the latter.

Lu Xie's father and Liu Bang's father were good brothers, and after they became relatives and married, they were very fortunate to have sons born on the same day, namely Liu Bang and Lu Xie.

Liu Bang and Lu Xie grew up together, and later went to school together and studied under the same teacher. These two small unsuspecting feelings, good can wear a pair of pants, naturally there is no need to say more.

When Liu Bang was still clothed, he often hid because of the lawsuit, and that was why Lu Xie also followed Liu Bang. Later, Liu Bang raised an army in Pei County, and Lu Xie followed him as a guest strategist.

When Liu Bang was crowned King of Han and entered Hanzhong, Lu Xie was made a general. When the Chu and Han dynasties were fighting, Lu Qiguan was a lieutenant and could enter and leave Liu Bang's bedroom at will.

At that time, there were Xiao He, Cao Shan, and others, who were treated specially by Liu Bang because they were superior. But they were still inferior to Lu Xie's intimacy with Liu Bang, who often rewarded Lu Xie, whose clothes, food, and so on were far superior to those of his subjects.

At the time of the division of the princes, Lu Xie was given the title of Marquis of Chang'an, which was formerly Xianyang. Lu Xie was able to enter and leave the palace at will, and his grace was extreme.

In the sixth year of the Han Dynasty, Zang Di attacked the King of Yan, Zang Di descended, the world was determined, and Lu Xuan was crowned the King of Yan. Including Lu Xie, there were only seven non-Liu clan and only seven kings at that time.

Since Lu Xie was so favored by Liu Bang, why did he take the road of betraying Liu Bang? This matter has to start from the rebellion of Chen Feng in the eleventh year of Han.

Chen Feng plotted a rebellion, and Liu Bang personally led an army to Handan to attack from the south, and Lu Xie, who was then the King of Yan, also accompanied Liu Bang on his expedition and led an army to attack Chen Feng from the northeast.

At that time, Chen Feng sent emissaries to the Xiongnu, hoping that the Xiongnu would send troops to help. After Lu Xie learned the news, he also sent Zhang Sheng as an emissary to the Xiongnu, threatening that Chen Feng had been defeated and wanted the Xiongnu not to send troops to help Chen Feng.

Zang Yan, the son of Zang Di, who had just been destroyed earlier, also fled to the Xiongnu, and said to Zhang Sheng, "The reason why you are used by the King of Yan is because you know the Xiongnu language. The reason why the Yan land was preserved was because the princes fought endlessly. Now you want to quickly destroy Chen Feng for the sake of Yan, and after Chen Feng fails, the next one will be Yan's turn. ”

Seeing Zhang Sheng wavering, he said, "Why don't you persuade The King of Yan to help Chen Feng, as long as the situation eases, Yan can survive for a long time and have a safe guarantee." ”

Zhang Sheng thought it was justified, so he secretly helped the Xiongnu and Chen Feng to attack Yan, hoping to create a situation in which Chen Feng and Yan "did not decide to fight with their troops". Here, however, Lu Xie thought that Zhang Sheng had betrayed and surrendered to the Xiongnu, so he wrote to liu Bang to ask Liu Bang to punish Zhang Sheng's family with the death penalty.

After Zhang Sheng returned, he told the truth, and Lu Xie knew that he had misunderstood, so he rushed to Liu Bang to intercede for Zhang Sheng, and said that the rebels were someone else.

Coincidentally, One of Chen Feng's generals was captured and told this story. As a result, Lu Xie and Zhang Sheng's plan failed, and Liu Bang summoned Lu Xian into the palace.

Lu Xie said that he was ill, and Liu Bang directly sent someone to investigate, and Lu Xie was very scared. Lu Xie said to his cronies: "Now the only princes who are not surnamed Liu are me and the King of Changsha, last year the Marquis of Huaiyin, Han Xin and Peng Yue, were all killed, and Lü Hou controlled the government and wanted to kill the heroes, and now I can't escape." ”

When these words reached Liu Bang's ears, Liu Bang was very angry, so he decided that Lu Xuan had rebelled. In the end, Lu Xie was defeated by Liu Bang's troops, and was accused of "conspiracy to rebel".

It can only be said that Lu Xie never thought of betraying Liu Bang, but the world was uncertain, and finally came to this step.