Since the fall of the Qin Dynasty, the world has been divided into two, the two largest forces, namely Xiang Yu, the king of Western Chu, and Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gaozu, when the prelude to the Chu-Han War began, Xiang Yu's power was the strongest, and Liu Bang was relatively weak, but why could Liu Bang still defeat Xiang Yu? This is due to Liu Bang's two major strategists, each of whom contributed a strategy that affected the overall situation, and this person was also the culprit who caused Xiang Yu's fiasco.
At that time, Liu Bang had two major advisers under his command, one was Xiao He and the other was Chen Ping. Xiao He said such a sentence, Hanzhong won, occupied the terrain dangerously, attacked and retreated, why did Xiao He say this? This matter should also start from the matter of "the first to enter the Guanzhong is the king", when the King of ChuHuai promised the princes of the world: Whoever enters the Hangu Pass first is the King of Guanzhong. And Liu Bang walked into Guan to become the King of Guanzhong faster than Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu was not convinced, so he set up a Hongmen banquet to invite Liu Bang to participate, Liu Bang knew that he could not defeat Xiang Yu, so he found Xiang Liang and was willing to give up the position of King of Guanzhong, so he escaped a disaster.
After that, Xiang Yu established himself as the king of Western Chu and divided the princes of the world, and in order to trap Liu Bang, he was divided into Hanzhong. Liu Bang was very dissatisfied with this, but he could not defeat Xiang Yu. Xiao He knew what Liu Bang was thinking, so he would say such a word. Xiao He's words made Liu Bang regain confidence and agree with Xiao He's point of view, and decided to cultivate obscurity in Hanzhong and secretly Chen Cang, thus waiting for the opportunity, which also laid the groundwork for Xiang Yu's subsequent failure.
Liu Bang has always lived with benevolence and righteousness, and the people of the world are all in awe of him, and he has always been a soldier who surrenders without fighting, which is also a major factor in his success. Another point to be said is that Liu Bang has always used people without doubt, and suspected people do not use. He is not afraid that the general is stronger than his own ability, and he is afraid that the talent is not as good as himself, which is also an advantage that others do not have. And Xiang Yu's failure is also related to his own personality, thus ruining his own country.
It can be seen from Xiang Yu's self-reliance as the overlord of Western Chu that his personality is domineering and arbitrary, but he is also a suspicious person in his heart, and judging from the situation at the Hongmen banquet, he has already doomed Xiang Yu's failure. Fan Zeng suggested that Xiang Yu kill Liu Bang at the Hongmen banquet, but Xiang Yu was indifferent, and Fan Zeng asked Xiang Yu's cousin to use a dancing sword on the table to help entertain, which was intended to kill Liu Bang, and the historical Xiangzhuang dancing sword was intended to be the Duke of Pei.
After that, Liu Bang still left safely, and before leaving, Liu Bang asked Zhang Liang to offer a pair of jasper and a pair of jade buckets to Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng. Xiang Yu played with Yu Bi, while Fan Zeng was angry. And said: You are not enough to achieve great things, and in the future, it will be Liu Bang, the Duke of Pei, who will seize the king of Xiang. Since then, Liu Bang knew that if he wanted to get rid of Xiang Yu, he must first get rid of Fan Zeng.
In early 204 BC, Liu Bang was trapped in Xingyang, and knowing that the battle was not enough, he asked Xiang Yu for peace, and Xiang Yu agreed. However, Fan Zeng was in a hurry, and this was the best time to kill Liu Bang. However, Liu Bang's adviser Chen Ping knew that Xiang Yu was suspicious by nature, and he used the anti-plot to take advantage of Xiang Yu's arrogance. Xiang Yu also suspected that Fan Zeng had private contacts with the Han army, so he gradually took away the power in Fan Zeng's hands. Fan Zeng knew that he was unable to return to heaven, so he asked Xiang Yu to resign and return to his hometown to farm, but eventually failed to get home but died on the road.
If Xiang Yu hadn't suspected Fan Zeng, the result would definitely be different, and Xiang Yu would have been defeated in his own hands from beginning to end. At the moment of suspicion of Fan Zeng, he was already doomed to his demise, and in the end, the Chu-Han war was also declared over in Wujiang, and Xiang Yu also ended up killing Wujiang.
Xiao He's strategy allowed Liu Bang to have time to recuperate and have the strength to fight with Xiang Yu, while Chen Ping's strategy made Xiang Yu lose the greatest help Fan Zeng, he can be said to be a major culprit that led to Xiang Yu's fiasco, Xiang Yu can be said to be a tyrant, but he was defeated in his own hands.