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The Chu-Han war has always been praised by people, but Xiang Yu, the king of Western Chu who bravely crowned the three armies, was ultimately defeated by Liu Bang, the governor of Surabaya Pavilion who was born of rogue origin, which could not help but make people sigh.
But how did Xiang Yu lose to Liu Bang? This has to start with Liu Bang's high trick of playing Xiang Yu.
In 206 BC, Liu Bang, who led an army to attack the city of Xianyang, saw no joy at all. Because at this time, Xiang Yu, who learned of this news, led an army of 400,000 to confront Liu Bang at Hongmen.
Facing the 400,000 troops of the Chu Emperor, Liu Bang, who had less than 100,000 soldiers, obviously had no chance of winning, and Xiang Yu had already killed at this time, so any decision by Liu Bang could be related to life and death.
In such a scene, tearing up Xiang Yu's face would obviously not have a good result, so in order to give his soldiers and horses a chance to breathe, Liu Bang decided to personally go to Hongmen to surrender to Xiang Yu.
In order to fight for vitality, Liu Bang did a series of work in advance, including the people of the household, the sealing of the treasury, and so on, but these were far from shaking Xiang Yu's killing heart.
Therefore, at the Feast of hongmen, Liu Bang paid tribute to Xiang Yu bi and, in order to show his loyalty, he promised that he could withdraw from Xianyang City and defend Hanzhong without coming out.
In the face of Liu Bang's obedience, Xiang Yu's killing heart gradually faded, and he ignored Fan Zeng's advice and finally let Liu Bang have a way to live.
Liu Bang also followed his promise and withdrew from Xianyang and returned to Hanzhong. Moreover, in order to show his determination not to leave Hanzhong, he also deliberately burned all the boardwalks from Hanzhong to Guanzhong.
Xiang Yu was very satisfied with Liu Bang's act of burning the boardwalk, so he completely relaxed his guard against Liu Bang. However, Liu Bang's move was ostensibly a show of determination, but in fact he was preparing for his future eastward departure.
Without Xiang Yu's tiger eye, Liu Bang quickly developed his strength, and after only half a year, Liu Bang decided to counterattack Xiang Yu.
Liu Bang sent the general Han Xin to lead an army on the eastern expedition, and before the expedition, Han Xin sent soldiers to repair the previously burned boardwalk, and deliberately posed a posture of being ready to step through the boardwalk to attack.
After Xiang Yu heard the news, he could send troops to closely watch the repair of the boardwalk, and dispatch the main force to garrison the pass, in case Han Xin led the troops to attack.
However, Han Xin secretly circled the main force to Chen Cang County and attacked Xiang Yu's territory from here. Because Xiang Yu's defenders were defenseless, they were caught off guard by the Han army.
Han Xin attacked the city all the way, and by the time Xiang Yu reacted, a large part of the city had already fallen. By 202 BC, Xiang Yu and his troops were besieged by Liu Bang's army, and eventually Xiang Yu killed himself at Wujiang, and Liu Bang seized the world.