Why is Xiang Yu rated as unique in history? Because of his record of 3 world firsts, no one has surpassed it so far
"Born as a master, dead as a ghost." Still thinking about Xiang Yu, he refused to cross Jiangdong. "In the ancient battlefield, there have always been kings and defeats, the annals of history are written by the victors, it is inevitable that there will be some subjective colors of the rulers, and those losers are either brushed over or denigrated, but Xiang Yu is an extremely rare loser who can still be flaunted in the annals of history after death.
Xiang Yu in our impression is a brave and invincible warrior, leading the war is a good hand, but in the planning is seriously insufficient, since Liu Bang's counter-plan to make the strategist Fan Zeng depressed and depressed, Xiang Yu's life has become more and more difficult day by day, and finally ended up with a Wujiang self-destruction. However, Xiang Yu, as a loser, was rated as unique in history books, what is the reason for this? It turns out that his record of 3 world firsts has not been surpassed so far.
The Western Chu overlord Wujiang killed himself
In the chu-Han dispute, anyone would be optimistic about Xiang Yu, the king of Western Chu. In terms of origin, Xiang Yu is the descendant of a famous general, the chu state is from an aristocratic background, the army led by him should be said to be a regular army, and Liu Bang is just a small, the position of the chief of the Surabaya Pavilion in Pei County is not even an official, at best he is an official, after the uprising, his subordinates are some scattered soldiers and brave, and Xiang Yu is not in a dan position at all, and it can even be said that it is the difference between cloud and mud, but Liu Bang won.
Through the comparison of the obvious gap in origin, Liu Bang can win in the end, in the inertial thinking will think that Xiang Yu has courage and strategy, not popular with the people, in fact, to a large extent, Xiang Yu is not unpopular, there are still "Jiangshan fathers and elders" in the family, he failed in personal arrogance, to put it bluntly, he is a "very positive idea" person, quite confident in himself, can not listen to the advice of others, when Fan Zeng deliberately arranged a "Hongmen banquet", if it were not for Xiang Yu's arrogance, there would be no later Liu Bang.
The Western Chu overlord thought that Liu Bang would not rebel, confidently evaluated his own strength, conceitedly overestimated his prestige, and forced himself to a dead end. Liu Bang was a man who did not achieve his goal and did not use any means, in order to be able to eliminate Xiang Yu, he swallowed Han Xin as king, and a million troops were forced to fall in four ways, and finally "tried to pull up the mountain and the world, and the unfavorable time did not die", Xiang Yu was defeated and retreated, and killed himself on the bank of the Wu River. Xiang Yu was defeated and died in the annals of history, and was called unique in the ages, for three reasons.
The young overlords divided the kings
In the "Records of History", it is recorded: "The nationality is more than eight feet long, the strength can carry the ding, and the talent is outstanding, although the children of Wu Zhongzi have all been worried about the nationality." Xiang Yu was a "Hercules" when he was young, and when he was in his hometown, he was a brave person that everyone was afraid of, and later after some tuning by his uncle, although he was not skilled in learning, but with his talent, he became a fierce general as soon as he debuted.
Zhang Handan was a famous general of the Qin Dynasty, Xiang Yu's uncle Xiang Liang died at his hands, Xiang Yu directly killed the hesitant Chu marshal Song Yi in revenge, holding his head to boost the morale of the army, this domineering style of cutting first and playing later shows Xiang Yu's superior courage. It was also inspired by his boldness that Xiang Yu fought a beautiful battle with less victory and more, even Zhang Handan begged for forgiveness, and several times he talked with Xiang Yu to give him face, and it was also this battle That Xiang Yu became the overlord of the Chu army.
If there is military power, there is a right to speak, the king of Chu Huai became an empty shelf, and Xiang Yu became the king of Western Chu, he was only 24 years old when he had the power to divide the kings, and Liu Bang, who was forty or fifty years old at the time, had to bow down and obey Xiang Yu's arrangement. At Xiang Yu's age, no one in the annals of history has such a domineering boldness, and even the later young talents Huo Go Disease cannot be compared with it, and Huo Go Disease does not have Xiang Yu's overlord spirit.
No one can beat you in every battle
Xiang Yu's life has participated in countless battles of all sizes, all of which appeared on the historical stage as a victor, and the most beautiful battle was the Battle of the Giant Deer, for which two idiomatic allusions were introduced, one was to break the cauldron and sink the boat, and the other was to watch on the wall. After Xiang Yu led his army across the Zhangshui River, he destroyed the cooking utensils, chiseled the ship, and fought against the Qin army with the determination to fight to the death, and the army that was not afraid of death naturally defeated the Qin army one after another.
When the other princes were surrounded by the Qin army, they were too frightened to come out, only Xiang Yu led 50,000 Chu soldiers out of the siege and beat the Qin army to the ground, and the other princes dared to make a fool of themselves, but at this time, Xiang Yu had completely occupied the right to speak, and the other princes only obeyed the leadership's share, and they could not obey it, because they could not defeat Xiang Yu.
The only one who dared to compete with Xiang Yu was Liu Bang, but Liu Bang did not dare to clash with Xiang Yu head-on, Liu Bang could only engage in roundabout tactics, taking advantage of Xiang Yu's dispatch of troops to the State of Qi, Liu Bang occupied Pengcheng behind his back, Xiang Yu learned of this and led his troops to rescue Peng Cheng, Liu Bang could only abandon the city and flee, almost died here when he fled to Xingyang, and had no choice but to negotiate peace. In short, Liu Bang's final victory was not won by going to war with Xiang Yu head-on, but could only be used, because Xiang Yu's record of winning hundreds of battles and hundreds of victories could not be broken by Liu Bang.
In the face of danger, there is no fear of death
Xiang Yu's final failure is still too much self-confidence, arrogance, self-absorbed personality led to his final defeat, on the marching and fighting talent of no one is as good as him, even death, he died unusually tragic, no one thinks that Xiang Yu's death is very bad, although the defeat is the final summary of Xiang Yu's death.
When Liu Bang used the conspiracy of "embattled", Xiang Yu knew that the general situation was gone, resolutely abandoned the Chu army, and only led eight hundred cavalry to break through at night. It should be known that the Liu Bang people and horses that surrounded him at that time reached 600,000 people, Xiang Yu came and went like a no-man's land to lead troops to break through, he originally had the opportunity to return to Wu Dong by boat, but he gave up the opportunity to survive on the grounds that he had no face to see Jiangdong's father and elder, and continued to fight with the Han army with only 28 remaining horses.
"King Xiang Naichi, beheading a lieutenant of Han Yidu, killing dozens of people, reuniting his horses, and killing his two riding ears." At that time, there were thousands of people and horses surrounding them, and Xiang Yu fought with them with 28 people, killing nearly 100 people on the other side, but he only lost 2 people, which showed that Xiang Yu was not afraid of courage and courage, worthy of being called "overlord".
In the end, when only Xiang Yu was left, no one in the Han army dared to come forward, at this time Xiang Yu killed hundreds of Han troops, Xiang Yu finally said, "I heard that Han bought my head thousands of gold, Yi Wanhu, I am Ruode", and then killed himself, and the Han army dared to rush up. It is said that the Han army trampled on Xiang Yu's body in order to divide it, in contrast, Xiang Yu's death can be described as tragic, and it can be said that he died in his own right.
brief summary
Xiang Yu's domineering spirit when he was young achieved his later reputation as the King of Western Chu, his record of winning hundreds of battles has never been broken, even his death is so tragic, no one has been criticized for his death, all he has is the praise and evaluation of him by future generations, "The god of feathers is brave, unique in eternity."
Xiang Yu was only 30 years old when he died, and he actually had every chance of making a comeback, but he gave up. In the final analysis, Xiang Yu is a cold and arrogant person, he does not rely on anyone's strength, only by virtue of his superior military ability to conquer the world, he deserves the reputation of a victorious general, more worthy of the title of The Overlord of Western Chu, but he ignored a main point, war is not by hard to win the final victory, more by scheming the world, obviously Xiang Yu's proud self-esteem does not allow and lose the world.
Reference: Chronicle of History