Speaking of Liu Bang's most important advisers, we definitely think of Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, as well as a lily, but he did not see Liu Bang claim the title of emperor, and when Han Xin attacked the State of Qi, he was killed by Han Xin.
Here we focus on Zhang Liang and Chen Ping.
In the process of Liu Bang's struggle for the world, they all came up with many plans for Liu Bang. Obviously, Chen Pingqi had more plans, but why was Liu Bang more optimistic about Zhang Liang?
Let's see why Liu Bang treats them differently through their strategies:
First of all, Zhang Liang's strategy ---- the strategic height of Guangming Zhengda
One of the biggest troughs in Liu Bang's life was after he fought the Battle of Pengcheng, because of the Battle of Pengcheng, the 560,000 troops led by Liu Bang were defeated by Xiang Yu's 30,000 cavalry.
It can be said that this failure made Liu Bang realize that Xiang Yu was invincible. The soldiers he led were 20 times that of Xiang Yu, but they were defeated.
In this case, how could he compete with Xiang Yu for world domination? Liu Bang really didn't know how to defeat Xiang Yu.
Liu Bang asked his advisers, and at this time Zhang Liang told Liu Bang that the Current King of Han had not yet failed, and Xiang Yu was not invincible, but it was necessary to win the alliance of the three men and the King of Han.
These three people are: Han Xin, Peng Yue and Yingbu!
Zhang Liang's meaning is that you Liu Bang can't beat Xiang Yu, but there is only one person in Xiang Yu, and we divide our troops to attack him several ways, and the three stinky cobblers still top a Zhuge Liang? Defeating Xiang Yu in this way was not impossible.
This sentence woke up Liu Bang!
The key is that this strategy works! Han Xin was Liu Bang's subordinate, as long as he was given heavy profits, he could make him desperate for himself, peng Yue originally supported Liu Bang, and did not need to deliberately fight for it.
The most difficult thing is to win over Yingbu, Yingbu is the first fierce general under Xiang Yu's account, and he was also crowned king by Xiang Yu, is such a person something that Liu Bang can win?
At the critical moment, Zhang Liang told Liu Bang that Yingbu and Xiang Yu already had a gap and could be fought for. The reason was the rebellion of Tian Rong in the State of Qi, and Xiang Yu went on a crusade to let Yingbu go with him, but Yingbu did not go. Xiang Yu was very angry and even wanted to fight against Yingbu, but Fan Zeng stopped him and did not let him make enemies everywhere.
However, this does not mean that Xiang Yu has no hatred for Yingbu, this situation Yingbu also knows, he is worried that Xiang Yu will settle accounts after the autumn. There is still hope for sending a strategist to persuade Inbe.
Eventually, Yingbu was persuaded by Liu Bang's advisers to be easy-going, and he decided to defect to Xiang Yu and follow Liu Bang.
Later, we learned that Liu Bang won the world by relying on the three generals Han Xin, Yingbu and Peng Yue. After Liu Bang became emperor, he also crowned them as kings.
This was Zhang Liang's suggestion to Liu Bang.
Chen Ping's strategy ---- harming others and benefiting oneself is not the work of a gentleman
During the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, Liu Bang was besieged in Xingyang, and seeing that Xingyang City was about to be breached, Liu Bang was about to be killed by Xiang Yu, and At this critical moment Chen Ping stood up.
Chen Ping told Liu Bang that it was a plan for now. If the king wants to escape, he can only find someone similar to you, pretend that you flee by car, and take 2,000 girls with you when you flee.
Why bring 2,000 teenage girls?
Because such an escape could attract Xiang Yu's Chu army, they had heard that there were large-scale maidens infested, and the King of Han had escaped, and they would definitely flock to it.
Without it, I want to catch the Han King and make a contribution, and I want to see 2,000 girls. In this way, as long as the Chu army gathers in one place, there will be fewer troops in other places, and we will have the opportunity to escape through the other gate.
Liu Bang listened to Chen Ping's advice, let Ji Xin act as Liu Bang, sat in Liu Bang's car, and took 2,000 maidens out of the East Gate, Xiang Yu's large army heard that Liu Bang had escaped at the East Gate, and there were thousands of young girls, all besieged.
As a result, Ji Xin was caught by Xiang Yu and found that it was a fake Liu Bang, and Xiang Yu cooked him, and the 2000 girls also ended up in a very miserable situation!
Liu Bang took this opportunity to escape.
Chen Ping's plan was very successful, after all, he saved Liu Bang's life. However, I have to say that this strategy is a bit too damaged. It was sacrificed by others to achieve Liu Bang, and the most regrettable thing was 2,000 girls.
This pattern is too small, not the so-called big husband.
Looking at Zhang Liang's strategy in turn, he pointed out the direction for Liu Bang from a strategic height. Bright and upright with Xiang Yu to dominate the world.
However, Chen Ping is different, and Chen Ping's strategies are all clever.
In order to better distinguish between Zhang Liang and Chen Ping's strategies, we will say a few more:
After Liu Bang became emperor, he divided the first important people. They felt that Liu Bang's marquis was often the marquis of ten thousand households, and the large number of thousands of households, so divided, it would not be their turn at all, and the land under the world would be divided.
Therefore, they discussed plotting rebellion, and Liu Bang could rebel and become emperor, and they could do the same.
One day Liu Bang and Zhang Liang saw three or five soldiers standing in groups, discussing things. Liu Bang asked Zhang Liang, what are they doing?
Zhang Liang said that they were discussing rebellion!
Liu Bang was shocked and asked Zhang Liang why he said this?
Zhang Liang told the truth, they hated that they had not been enfeoffed, even if they were sealed to the point that they might have no land, of course they would have to do the opposite.
It's not a trivial matter!
Liu Bang asked Zhang Liang how to solve this problem?
Zhang Liang said who is the person you hate the most? This person must also be well known to all the soldiers, knowing that you are at odds with him.
Liu Bang said that it was Yongya, this boy had betrayed me in the past, and everyone knew about it.
Zhang Liang said to quickly make this person a marquis, so that when the other soldiers heard about it, they would be relieved. Because even people like Yongya who had betrayed Liu Bang were given the title of Marquis, were other people worse than Yongya? All the people were relieved, and zhang Liang helped Liu Bang solve this big problem.
This, again, from a strategic perspective, solved the problem of Liu Bang's succession of marquises.
Look at Chen Ping again: If Liu Bang wants to defeat Xiang Yu, he must get rid of Fan Zeng, because he is Xiang Yu's only adviser. Chen Ping also understood this truth, and he told Liu Bang that the problem was entrusted to him.
Because Chen Ping was mixed with Xiang Yu in his early years, he also achieved the position of a high-ranking official. He knew Xiang Yu, Fan Zeng and other important people.
He used his knowledge of Xiang Yu's army personnel to use a divisive tactic to spread rumors in various ways, making Xiang Yu think that Fan Zeng and Zhong Liyi were going to defect to Liu Bang.
Such rumors were heard by Xiang Yu a lot, and he had to be suspicious, and finally did not allow Fan Zeng to attend an important meeting, seizing Zhong Liming's military power.
Fan Zeng saw that Xiang Yu was doubting himself, and he said that he was old and wanted to go back to his hometown. Xiang Yu allowed it, and Fan Zeng died on the way home.
Zhong Li was not reused, and Xiang Yu was much more passive when he fought with Liu Bang. This is the effect of Chen's anti-reversal plan.
See if it is Chen Ping's plan, it is all conspiracy and trickery. They are all unseemly, aimed at a certain person and a certain thing, and are absolutely detrimental to others.
summary:
During the period when Liu Bang was vying for world domination, there were many such deeds, and it can be said that as long as the strategies proposed by Zhang Liang are strategic, they cannot see the effect in a short period of time, but in a long time, they will feel that Zhang Liang is really too clever.
Chen Ping was different, his strange plan could be effective in a short period of time, and he could quickly help Liu Bang get out of the predicament, but the means were a little too despicable.
Liu Bangbai was besieged by the Xiongnu's 400,000-strong army, and it was Chen Ping who went to bribe the xiongnu Shan Yu's wife, and finally the people let them go.
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Compared with the two people, Liu Bang admired Zhang Liang more. Therefore, he said that Zhang Liang was one of the three masters of the early Han Dynasty.
Liu Bang's evaluation of Chen Ping, this person can be the prime minister, but it cannot be reused, and being the prime minister is also being the deputy prime minister. He is the one who may betray any of his masters at critical moments.
Just like after Liu Bang's death, in order to please Lü Hou, he betrayed Liu Bang, and after Lü Hou's death, in order to please Liu Bang's descendants, he destroyed the Lü Hou family.
This is Chen Ping, an exquisite egoist!
References: Zizhi Tongjian, Records of History