"Born as a master, dead as a ghost" is the best commentary of history on Xiang Yu. When Xiang Yu's old rival Liu Bang was dying, he truly realized Xiang Yu's pride and dignity as a tyrant, and finally understood that Xiang Yu chose to kill himself on the bank of the Wu River, not for himself, but for his own final dignity.
The Battle for Supremacy between Chu and Han has always been a very legendary historical picture, and to this day, we can still tell allusions such as Xiao He Yue's night chasing Han Xin, Ming Xiu Zhan Dao's secret crossing of Chen Cang, and the self-destruction of the Wujiang River on all sides. This ups and downs of the historical legendary curtain can't help but make people fascinated.
From 206 BC to 202 BC, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang had been fighting for the world for four years.
At first, the advantage of the war was on Xiang Yu's side, Xiang Yu sat on most of the world and countless elite soldiers, repeatedly breaking the Han army, but at this time Xiang Yu's character defects began to be gradually exposed. His self-absorbed and stingy personality eventually led to the loss of a large number of talents in the Chu army, and instead became a guest of honor of the Han army, such as Han Xin and Chen Pingren, so that the balance of war gradually became balanced.
After seeing that the war with the Han army had been fruitless for a long time, Xiang Yu, who had long been tired of endless wars, did not want to continue this war that seemed meaningless to him, he only wanted to return to his hometown with his beloved Yu Ji and Jiangdong's sons to live a leisurely and comfortable life, so he chose to negotiate peace with Liu Bang in the chasm and establish a covenant of equal division between Chu and Han.
However, when Xiang Yu led his troops back to the east, he would never have thought that Liu Bang would tear up the covenant and attack the Chu army. Although at first, with the bravery of the Chu army, the Han army that violated the oath was once beaten to a terrible end, but at this time, Yingbu's sudden rebellion and Han Xin led 300,000 troops to the south, and finally Xiang Yu's 100,000 people were surrounded by 600,000 Han troops under the han army.
At the end of the battle, Xiang Yu lost Yu Ji, and even lost 100,000 Chu troops who followed him in the southern expedition to the north. In the end, only eight hundred cavalry broke out, and at this time, Xiang Yu completely lost the style of the overlord in the past.
On the bank of the Wu River, when eight hundred cavalry broke through the Heavy Blockade of the Han Army and came to the shore, only twenty-eight horses were left. As if fate had given him one last chance, the head of Wujiang Pavilion appeared in front of Xiang Yu with a boat, and he said to Xiang Yu: "Although Jiangdong is small, there is still land in all directions, hundreds of thousands of people, and it is enough to be called king, please ask the king to cross the river quickly." Now only I have a boat, and even if the Han army chases here, there will be no boat to cross."
Xiang Yu looked back at the twenty-eight horsemen who rushed out of the battlefield with his blood, thought of the eight hundred cavalry that broke through with him, thought of the 100,000 Chu troops who were surrounded by him under the ditch, thought of the spirit of the year when he took them away from Jiangdong and fought against the tyrannical Qin, thought of their wives and children, and finally could not make the decision to let themselves be stubborn and secretly live, politely refused the pavilion chief, entrusted the pavilion chief with the love horse Wuqi who had accompanied him for many years, and killed himself on the bank of the Wu River.
Xiang Yu is a master of man, he has a noble moral sentiment and a gentleman's code. He is not Liu Bang, and he cannot do rebellious and treacherous cunning. This is precisely where his personality charm lies, so he prefers to be with his comrades and subordinates after death, rather than living on his own, which is also his failure.
Liu Bang and Xiang Yu are obviously two very different kinds of people, he can sell his credit for the sake of the world, and he can also kill all the heroes and good generals who have followed him for many years for the sake of the world. The meaning of his life exists for the sake of the world, but when he dies, he can only face endless loneliness and countless people under the fountain who are ashamed. At this moment, he would truly understand why Xiang Yu was killing himself in Wujiang, for his own dignity, and for him to be able to face everyone with dignity!
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