China's evaluation of the "Historical Record" is very high, ranking it as the first of the twenty-four histories, and many of the studies on the history of the three ancient dynasties to the Han Wudi period are studied with reference to the "Historical Record". But are all the records of the Chronicle of History true? In particular, many inconsistencies have been found in the "Chronicle of History", which not only makes people doubt some of the records in the "Chronicle of History".
Today, Xiaobian will analyze and analyze the matter of "Xiang Yu self-dethroned Wujiang" to explore the truth and falsity of it.
Xiang Yu's defeat at the source of the Wu River dates back to August 203 BC. At that time, Liu Bang launched a war to defeat Xiang Yu in accordance with Xiao He and Zhang Liang's deployment. The two sides fought fiercely in many places, and each side won or lost. At the last moment, the two sides were bitterly stalemate, and both reached the end of the crossbow.
However, Liu Bang sent people to recruit the troops of Han Xin, Peng Yue, and others, but these people held a wait-and-see attitude and did not send troops for a long time, and there may be ill intentions among them. Originally, according to the strategy, Liu Bang wanted Han Xin, Peng Yue and others to attack Xiang Yu, but the strategic intention could not be realized, and the stalemate was not the way to go. So Liu Bang and Xiang Yu negotiated peace and delineated their respective spheres of influence, with a chasm as the boundary. This is the famous "Gulf Peace Talks"
Later, Liu Bang, at the suggestion of Chen Pingren, broke the treaty and launched an attack on the tired Xiang Yu army, but Han Xin still did not come to attack Xiang Yu as agreed, so Liu Bang was defeated, and Xiang Yu was angry and surrounded Liu Bang's army. In desperation, Liu Bang used the King of Qi to seal Han Xin and win Peng Yue in the same way, and the two sent troops to attack Xiang Yu.
At this time, Xiang Yu was attacked by five sides, and the backyard was on fire. In desperation, Xiang Yu could only retreat and abandon the siege of Liu Bang. By the time Xiang Yu retreated to xiaxia, there were still 100,000 troops left, and he decided to build a camp on the spot and repair it to restore morale. Han Xin and others took the opportunity to surround them, and the combined army once reached 400,000.
Under Han Xin's operation, Xiang Yu's attack was repelled, and Xiang Yu hurriedly retreated into the camp and could not hold out. In order to break the morale of the Chu army, the Han army sang the song of Chu In the middle of the night, causing the Chu Junjun army to be distracted and had no intention of fighting again. After Xiang Yu knew this, he personally led eight hundred cavalry to break through the siege overnight and fled south. Xiang Yu led the rout army through Yinling to wujiang, refused wujiangting's proposal to cross the river, and killed himself here.
In fact, if you carefully consider this record in the "Chronicle of History", you will find the problems in it. Xiang Yu's original intention was to stick to the spot and wait for the opportunity to defeat the Han army. The breakthrough was only a temporary intention, the defeat of the soldiers was very urgent, how did the pavilion chief who was far away in Wujiang know the news of Xiang Yu's rout? And "stop the ship"?
Moreover, Xiang Yu had gone to the Yin Tomb in the southwest of Xiaxia at that time, and then fled to the Wujiang River, and the situation was very urgent. How could the wujiang pavilion chief guess that Xiang Yu was coming to Wujiang without real-time notification? And just waiting for him in that position?
In fact, I tend to think that the end of Xiang Yu Benji is some rumors collected by Sima Qian, after literary processing, added to the back of Xiang Yu Benji, on the one hand, it can highlight the image of Xiang Yu, on the other hand, this story can be written to the fullest, in the end whether Xiang Yu killed himself, this is not easy to say, but Wujiang Pavilion long stop boat to pick up Xiang Yu This paragraph, should not be.
In general, Xiang Yu has left a strong mark in the history of our country, and his arrogance has been praised by future generations, which is inseparable from the account of Ma Qian of the Taishi Company, especially the ending, which is undoubtedly the finishing touch, adding some tragic colors to this overlord, making the literati of later generations sigh and sigh. Dear readers, what are your views on the end of Xiang Yu's honki? Feel free to leave a comment in the comment area.