First of all, before the end of the Qing Dynasty, neither Zhengshi nor Yeshi had ever ranked the generals under Xiang Yu's command as "several generals". It was not until the end of the Qing Dynasty that there was a saying of "the five generals under Xiang Yu's tent", and at this time, in the novel "Popular Interpretation of Chinese Dynasties" compiled by the late Qing Dynasty novelist Cai Dongfan, he listed Five people, including Long Ji, Ji Bu, Zhong Liyi, Yingbu, and Yu Ziqi (this character is not a historical figure, but a fiction, and first appeared in the book "Popular Interpretation of the Western Han Dynasty" compiled by the Ming Dynasty) as the most powerful tiger generals under Xiang Yu.
Dragon and
Long He, a famous general at the end of Qin, was known as the first fierce general under Xiang Yu. He grew up with Xiang Yu since childhood and was like a brother, so after Xiang Yu started his army, the dragon was regarded as a confidant of his confidants. Since the beginning of the army, he followed Xiang Yu in the southern expedition to the northern war, charged forward in every battle, heroic, and made great contributions to Xiang Yu's Western Chu, and was even more loyal to death.
Xiang Yu's favor for him was different from any other person, when Liu Bang was besieged by Xiang Yu in Xingyang, and even the grain road was cut off, at this time Liu Bang accepted Chen Ping's suggestion to understand the siege of Xingyang, and sent people to alienate Xiang Yu's Wenwu courtiers, and after that, Liu Bang's divisive plan really worked, of which Fan Zeng was forced to leave, but even so, Long was still trusted by Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu did not have the slightest suspicion of him, but trusted him more and more, and even handed over the most elite troops under his command to him.
In November 203 BC, Long Ji and Han Xin fought against Weishui, known in history as the Battle of Weishui. The dragon was defeated by Han Xin and was eventually beheaded by Ding Fu, a subordinate of The Infant.
Jib
Ji Bu, a Chudi person, he is righteous, good at fighting and holding uneven, known for keeping promises and talking about credit, so Chu Di once circulated the proverb "it is better to get a hundred pounds of gold than to get Ji Bu Yinuo", which is the origin of "one promise and a thousand gold". In the early days, Ji Bu served Xiang Yu and defeated Liu Bang's army many times, and Liu Bang's army collapsed. In 202 BC, Xiang Yu was defeated and Ji Bu fled, and then Liu Bang arrested Ji Bu with a reward of thousands of gold and ordered those who dared to harbor Ji Bu to exterminate the three tribes.
However, because Jibu was a man of righteousness and had helped many people, many of them were willing to take him in when he fled, and did not report him. Later, with the help of Xiahou Bao, Liu Bang pardoned Ji Bu's sins and soon appointed him As Langzhong. During the reign of Emperor Hui of Han, Ji Bu served as a general in Zhonglang, and at this time, because the Xiongnu shan Yu wrote a letter insulting Lü Hou, Lü Hou wanted to send an army to fight the Xiongnu, so Fan Duo stood up and said that he was willing to lead an army of 100,000 to conquer the Xiongnu, and according to the "History. The biography of Ji Bulie reads: "Ji Bu Yue: "Fan Duo can be chopped also!" Emperor Fugao's generals were more than 400,000 troops, trapped in Pingcheng, and now he was running amok among the Xiongnu with 100,000 people, facing deception! And Qin yi was in hu, Chen Sheng, and so on. In this day' creation, the mole is not in trouble, and the face is cursed, wanting to shake the world", but Ji Bu stood up to express his clear rightness.
He said: "Fan Duo is lying, when Gao Zu led more than 400,000 troops to defeat the Xiongnu, and at this time it was completely impossible to defeat the Xiongnu with an army of 100,000, and it was precisely because of the use of troops against the Xiongnu that the Qin Dynasty finally caused the uprising and rebellion of Chen Sheng and others, and until now the wounds have not been cured, and Fan Duo wants to use troops against the Xiongnu at this time, and then wants to make the world unstable again", so it is under the persuasion of Ji Bu that Lü Hou gave up mobilizing troops against the Xiongnu. After that, Jibu served as the sheriff of Hedong County until his old age.
The clock is off
Zhong Lixiao, a general under Xiang Yu, repeatedly gave Liu Bang a heavy blow in the face-to-head battle with Liu Bang, allowing Liu Bang to flee in a daze. However, it was such a hard-working and loyal general who was finally driven away by Xiang Yu himself, and the reason for the drive away was only because Liu Bang made a divisive plan. During the Battle of Xiaxia, Zhong Lixiao fled the Chu army's camp.
After Xiang Yu's defeat, Zhong lied to Han Xin. Later, Han Xin was crowned king of Chu, and soon Liu Bang learned that Zhong Liyi had fled to the Chu state and asked Han Xin to pursue him, but Han Xin did not listen, but instead sent troops to protect Zhong Lixiao's entry and exit. In 201 BC, Liu Bang sent troops to attack Han Xin, and Han Xin wanted to hand over Zhong Lixiao for self-preservation, and when Zhong Liyi learned of this, he angrily scolded Han Xin as a man without virtue, and then killed himself.
Inbe
Yingbu, during the Qin Dynasty, was sentenced to abdication for breaking the law and was sent to build the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, so it was also called Tuobu. After Chen Sheng's uprising, he soon defected to Xiang liang and rebelled against Qin. In the Xiang camp, in every battle, Yingbu was brave and good at fighting, always ranked first among the armies, so he was deeply favored by Xiang Yu, the commander of the Xiang clan.
In 206 BC, when Xiang Yu divided the world, Yingbu was made the King of Jiujiang, becoming a general of several of Xiang Yu's subordinates, with the capital at Liu, with jurisdiction over the two counties of Jiujiang (郡治寿春, in present-day Shou County, Anhui) and Lujiang (郡治舒县, in present-day southwestern Lujiang, Anhui). In 205 BC, Yingbu was seduced by Liu Bang to rebel against Xiang Yu, but was soon defeated by Long Ji's army and fled to Liu Bang after his defeat.
In 203 BC, Liu Bang made Yingbu the King of Huainan. The following year, Xiang Yu was defeated, Liu Bang was proclaimed emperor, Yingbu became one of several princes with different surnames in the Han Dynasty, and the Huainan State took Lu'an as its capital, with Jiujiang, Lujiang, Hengshan, Yuzhang and other counties under its jurisdiction. In 196 BC, Yingbu rebelled against the Han, but was soon defeated, and was later booby-trapped by Wu Hui, the king of Changsha.
Yuzi period
Yu Zi period, he is a fictional character in the "Western Han Popular Interpretation" compiled by The Ming Dynasty Zhen Wei, in which he is Yu Ji's cousin. In the 11th "Huijicheng Xiangliang Uprising", it is said: "In a few days, Liang sent someone to marry Yu Ji and return to Huiji, and became related to him, so he took his cousin Yu Ziqi with the army to listen. After that, he rarely appeared until the 83rd "Farewell to yu Ji under the Overlord's Tent" wrote that he committed suicide.
Generally speaking, in the book, he is loyal to Xiang Yu, and because he is the cousin of Xiang Yu's favorite concubine Yu Ji, Xiang Yu also uses him very much. Later, when Xiang Yu was defeated, he also committed suicide and followed Xiang Yu.
It must be said that the five tigers under Xiang Yu's command will not be able to die well except for Ji Bu, or commit suicide, or be killed, in short, they will be in a different place and die.