What was the level of Xiang Yu's chief strategist," "Ya Father" Fan Zeng, and how many could he rank at that time?
Liu Bang once said that the reason why he could let Xiang Yu commit suicide in Wujiang was because he was more capable of using people than Xiang Yu, Zhang Liang, Han Xin, etc., were all masters of the world, all used by him, and although Xiang Yu had "Ya Father" Fan Zeng, he did not use them well.
Fan Zeng's first plan, which was to analyze why Chen Sheng was unsuccessful in front of Xiang Liang, and wanted to establish a new King of Chu.
As he himself said, the reason why leaders like Liu Bang, Yingbu, General Pu, Chen Bao, Lü Chen and other leaders gathered under Xiang Liang's tent was because Xiang Yu's family had a long history.
But in fact, why would Liu Bang invest in Xiang Liang? But it was because he was not ambitious, he did not think of anything to support the Chu state; the reason why Yingbu and Lü Chen threw themselves into Xiangliang was also because Qin Bing was too strong, they were afraid that they would be unable to protect themselves, and they wanted to hold their thighs in advance, and they did not want to restore Chu at all; and Chen Baby, Tai Shi Gong, he also said very clearly, Chen Baby was afraid of shooting the head bird, and the last thing did not succeed, and it also affected the family. Just want to find a backer.
Therefore, those leaders who went to Xiangliang all had their own opinions and considerations, but none of them were under the banner of Fuxiangliang. Fan Zeng was wrong at the beginning.
However, looking at Fan Zeng's own summary, it is still more correct, but it is not thoroughly explained.
Why did the duo uprising fail? The reason is actually very difficult to say, but Fan said that a very important one, Chen Sheng only thinks about his own interests.
So what's the problem with Chen Sheng's own claim to the throne?
There are two problems.
First, Chen Sheng wanted to be the king, and he led all the vitality and attention of qin bing to himself, qin bing did not chase him to fight, who was chasing him? He was too reckless in his approach.
Second, he did this to tell the little friends who worked together, that it is very simple to be king, as long as you have someone, you can win the battle, then you can become the emperor.
In a word, Chen Sheng's operation makes everyone have their own calculations, and if they can't work together to do big things, they will inevitably fail.
Because of this, Fan Zeng suggested that the descendants of the Chu royal family be established as the King of Chu, in order to show the world that he raised the army for the sake of the world's great righteousness and was absolutely selfless.
In this way, others will not feel that this is a simple job, and everyone can work together to deal with the Qin State.
Here Fan Zeng is doing the right place.
But Fan Zeng's idea was too old-fashioned, and long before Chen Sheng's incident, Chen Yu pointed out the same operation, and it was better than Fan thought.
From the perspective of profundity and foresight, Fan Zeng did not have Chen Yu at all, and judging from what Chen Yu did later and the results, Zhang Er was not as good as Chen Yu, Chen Yu was not as good as Han Xin, not to mention Li Zuoche, Han Xin was not as good as Chen Ping, then Chen Ping and Zhang Liang were neither stronger than anyone.
Looking at it this way, Fan Zeng's strength was also squeezed into the top ten of the late Qin strategists, but even if it was the top ten, it could be regarded as "the first from the bottom".