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Xiang Yu, the king of Western Chu, is one of the most famous figures in Chinese history, and he is also the most tragic Haojie in history.
Xiang Yusheng was able to conquer a large area of land in the world from a small leading general in a chaotic world, and even once he could be called emperor and establish an immortal prestige.
Xiang Yu's courage can be said to be invincible, but the Chu Emperor is not here, and he only wants to restore the glory of Great Chu, so that he was betrayed by the princes because of uneven rewards.
However, in the process of Xiang Yu's dispatch of troops to suppress the rebellion, Liu Bang and the princes sneaked in, so that they were pressed step by step under the siege of Han Xin and others, until they died tragically on the banks of the Wujiang River.
However, Xiang Yu could clearly cross the river to cultivate in order to seek the world again, but why did he choose to kill himself in Wujiang, was it really just because he had no face to face Jiangdong's father and elder? It's not that simple.
So, what exactly is the truth?
The celebrity of Xiang Yu, the king of Western Chu, is well known, and his deeds are mostly familiar to people.
As the peak of force that should not be tolerated in a period of time, Xiang Yu can be called a million enemies.
Although Xiang Yu fought countless battles, but in the end he ended up with a self-inflicted death, but the same death also left countless posterity with regrets and endless conjectures, if Xiang Yu crossed the river back to Jiangdong, then can he reinvigorate and seek the world again?
Of course, if you want to understand the cause of Xiang Yu's death and the phrase "faceless to face Jiangdong's father and elder", you must first understand his enmity and resentment with Liu Bang.
Xiang Yu has been different from ordinary people since childhood, in addition to being born with double pupils, he also has natural divine power, the little teenager can practice martial arts, his uncle Xiang Liang has the heart to teach him to learn literature, but Xiang Yu is not interested in it at all, so Xiang Liang taught him to practice swords again, which once thought that Xiang Yu just learned a seven seven eight eight and got tired of it.
Xiang Yu said, "Whether it is learning literature or practicing swords, it is only the courage of one person, he is not here, he will do it and be the enemy of thousands of people."
Therefore, Xiang Liang taught Xiang Yu the art of war again, and this time Xiang Yu was quite interested, but it didn't take long for him to learn it again.
Later, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang revolted, the world was in chaos, xiang Liang instigated Xiang Yu to dominate Huiji, recruited eight thousand soldiers and horses to cross the river and fight, these eight thousand soldiers and horses are also known as the "eight thousand disciples of the Chu army" by posterity.
After many conquests, Xiang Yu's unstoppable courage gradually became apparent, and his soldiers and horses were expanded from the original 8,000 to more than 60,000, attracting various princes and generals and strategists to take the initiative to vote, including Liu Bang.
Later, after Xiang Yu's army broke through the Hangu Pass, he was stationed at XinfengHongmen, and Fan Zeng, a strategist in Xiang Yu's army, saw that Liu Bang, who was greedy for money and lust, attacked Xianyang City but did not move the gold and silver beauties in the city, and he knew that Liu Bang was plotting against the world.
Therefore, he urged Xiang Yu to eliminate Liu Bang, and also set up a feast at the Hongmen Gate.
The result of the Hongmen banquet we now know long ago, Xiang Yu has not looked up to Liu Bang since he fought from his heart, so he was sneaked away by Liu Bang, which was also the first confrontation between Xiang Yu and Liu Bang.
After the Hongmen banquet, Liu Bang became wary of Xiang Yu, and he was deeply hostile.
After that, because Xiang Yu did not have the heart of the emperor, he only wanted to restore the glory of Dachu, so he only carried out the division of the princes, and he himself became the king of Western Chu with peace of mind.
However, not long after Tian Rong rebelled, Xiang Yu led troops to encircle and suppress, which had thought that Liu Bang took advantage of Xiang Yu's absence, so he united several princes and armies, a total of 560,000 soldiers and horses to take Guanzhong, and even invaded Pengcheng.
When Xiang Yu learned of this, he was furious, and immediately led 30,000 soldiers and horses back to the rescue, beating Liu Bang's 560,000 soldiers and horses to defeat and retreat, and even Liu Bang himself had to abandon his wife and son, abandon his parents, and flee alone, which was the second more fierce confrontation between Xiang Yu and Liu Bang.
After the Battle of Pengcheng, Liu Bang really tore his face with Xiang Yu and began a real knife and real gun game.
Although Liu Bang's own ability to lead the army to fight was really average, after all, in the Battle of Pengcheng, he led 560,000 soldiers and horses, all of which were beaten by Xiang Yu's 30,000 soldiers and horses.
Fortunately, there were many elite soldiers under Liu Bang, among which the Three Masters of the Chu Han Dynasty were the most important.
With the assistance of Han Xin, Zhang Liang, and Xiao He, Xiang Yu was forced to fight on multiple fronts, and finally could only negotiate peace with Liu Bang due to poor grain and grass, with the gap as the boundary and the world divided.
However, just as xiang Yu was about to retire, Liu Bang launched an all-out attack on Xiang Yu, and eventually Xiang Yu was besieged under the siege.
Due to the lack of soldiers and horses, coupled with the shortage of grain and grass, and the siege of the Han army, Xiang Yu could only break through with the remnants of the army when he was cornered, and finally Xiang Yu, who only had dozens of soldiers and horses left, was besieged by Han Xin and Liu Bang on the banks of the Wujiang River.
Xiang Yu could have crossed the river and fled back to Jiangdong, but he felt that he was speechless in the face of Jiangdong's father Lao Ning would not retreat, launched a final charge against the Han army, and finally killed himself in Wujiang, and the Chu-Han war came to an end.
"Heaven is destroying me, how can I cross!" And since eight thousand of jiangdong's sons and daughters have crossed the river to the west, and now none of them are still there, and the father and brother of Jiangdong have mercy on me and the king and me, how can I see it? Even if he does not say anything, is he worthy of his heart? ”
This was what Xiang Yu said before he died.
So far, Xiang Yu has no face to see Jiangdong's father and elder, and the choice to commit suicide has made countless people sigh. But what exactly does Xiang Yu's phrase "faceless to see Jiangdong father and elder" refer to? What is the truth about Xiang Yu Wujiang's self-destruction?
First, Xiang Yu led eight thousand disciples to cross the river to fight, although he did not have the heart of emperor, but he was bent on restoring the supreme glory of the former Chu State, but the result was such a miserable end, he felt ashamed of the trust of Jiangdong's father and elders, and had no face to see them again, so he committed suicide.
Second, Xiang Yu fought countless battles, and many famous generals were defeated by Xiang Yu, but after the fame and bravery of the Western Chu Dynasty, he was eventually forced to end up like this by Liu Bang, who was born in a small, and Han Xin, who had never been put in his eyes.
This made Xiang Yu ashamed, believing that the heavens were going to destroy him, so he did not face Jiangdong's father and elder again, so he committed suicide.
Third, it began when Liu Bang privately violated the agreement between the Chu River and the Han Dynasty and launched an attack on Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu knew that Liu Bang would not die with him.
If Xiang Yu returned to Jiangdong at this time, it was likely that He would be followed by Liu Bang and bring disaster to Jiangdong's father and elder, so Xiang Yu had to kill himself in Wujiang in order not to implicate the people in his hometown.
From this point of view, the reason for Xiang Yu Wujiang's self-destruction is not simple, he is not just because he is faceless to face Jiang Dong's father and elder, but the choice he made after careful consideration.
No matter why Xiang Yu Wujiang killed himself, it could not change that this eight-foot-tall overlord withdrew from the stage of history in a self-destructive manner.
Many people in later generations said that Xiang Yu did not have the dignity to become an emperor, but who can understand that Xiang Yu did not have the heart to be called emperor at all? He just wanted to restore the glory of Dachu and return to his hometown.