After Liu Bang entered the customs, Xiang Yu decided to use military means to solve Liu Bang, and Liu Bang saw that he was about to die, but the appearance of Xiang Bo changed his fate, and Xiang Bo sent a message to Zhang Liang, a great strategist under Liu Bang, so that Liu Bang escaped from danger, and the great rivers and mountains that should have belonged to Xiang Yu fell into the hands of Liu Bang.
After the outbreak of the peasant revolt at the end of Qin, the Qin general Zhang Handan led his army to extinguish the fire everywhere, and when he defeated Xiang Yu's uncle Xiang Liang, he led his army north to suppress the zhao state, which was the most powerful at that time. At this time, king Huai of Chu sent two armies, one led by Song Yi, with Xiang Yu as a deputy general, going north to save Zhao, and the other way led by Liu Bang to attack Qin from the west, and the first to enter Guanzhong was the king of Guanzhong, Xiang Yu was actually more willing to attack Qin from the west, but the king of Chu Huai did not agree.
After Liu Bang entered the pass, he sent heavy troops to guard Hangu Pass to prevent Xiang Yu from entering Guanzhong, but he brought himself the misfortune of killing himself. After Xiang Yu annihilated the main force of the Qin army, he led his troops west to try to take Guanzhong, but was blocked at Hangu Pass, and when he found out that it was Liu Bang's army, Xiang Yu angrily led his army to break through the pass and enter the Hongmen Gate. It was decided to fight with Liu Bang the next day, but before Liu and Xiang could fight, Xiang Bo informed the great strategist Zhang Liang and broke Xiang Yu's plan, so why did Xiang Bo betray his nephew Xiang Yu? What was his final outcome?
(1) Why did Xiang Bo betray Xiang Yu?
Xiang Bo was Xiang Yu's cousin, and when he first supported Xiong Xin, the King of Chu Huai, he was appointed as the Left Chancellor of the Chu State. After Xiang Yu was stationed at Hongmen, he received a secret message from Liu Bang's subordinate Sima Cao that Liu Bang had appointed the surrendered Prince of Qin as minister of state, and he wanted to be the king of Guanzhong. At this time, Fan Zeng admonished Xiang Yu, saying: "Liu Bang is greedy for money and lustful, and after entering the customs, he has all quit, indicating that Liu Bang's ambitions are not small, and I have sent people to observe Liu Bang, and he has the qi of a son of heaven, so hurry up and attack Liu Bang." Xiang Yu originally wanted to attack Liu Bang, and after listening to Fan Zeng's criticism, he made up his mind to fight Liu Bang, at this time Xiang Yu had 400,000 troops in his hands, while Liu Bang only had 100,000, and the two armies were at war, and Liu Bang would undoubtedly lose.
Just before the big war, Xiang Bo quickly rode to see Zhang Liang at night, in fact, Xiang Bo's purpose of seeing Zhang Liang at night was not to inform Liu Bang, he informed Zhang Liang that he wanted Zhang Liang to flee for his life quickly, why did Xiang Bo do this? Because he had a life-and-death relationship with Zhang Liang, during the reign of the Qin Empire, Xiang Bo committed a capital crime for violating the laws of the Qin Dynasty, and it was Zhang Liang who saved him.
In fact, Xiang Bo thought too simply, Zhang Liang was a first-class strategist in the Chu and Han dynasties, for Zhang Liang he got military intelligence, Zhang Liang saw that Xiang Bo saw that personal righteousness was more important than the interests of the group, so he threw himself into his favor and told Xiang Bo: "You saved me for righteousness, I escorted Liu Bang to Guanzhong on the orders of the lord Han WangCheng, for the sake of righteousness, I am also righteous, I am going with you now, is it not unkind and unjust to Liu Bang?" Zhang Liang used righteousness to block Xiang Bo's mouth, and Xiang Bo was deceived after hearing it, and foolishly agreed that Zhang Liang would tell Liu Bang the secret report.
Liu Bang was frightened after he knew it, and his dream of becoming the king of Guanzhong was about to come to naught, but Liu Bang had a great advantage, that is, he could follow the advice, and he immediately asked Zhang Liang what to do? Zhang Liang told Liu Bang to let him go and explain to Xiang Bo that he had no ill will toward Xiang Yu.
Although Liu Bang was not highly educated, he had a strong sense of understanding, and although Zhang Liang did not explicitly say that he would deceive Xiang Bo, he realized Zhang Liang's unspoken meaning. After Liu Bang saw Xiang Bo, he began to set up a set of close, proposed to marry Xiang Bo as a child's family, Xiang Bo was happy after hearing it, thinking that Liu Bang was sincerely and sincerely married to himself, he did not realize that this was a political transaction, once Xiang Yu died, he had no use value, and talked about what children were close to the family.
Liu Bang felt that the atmosphere was almost created, so he said to Xiang Bo: "After I entered Hangu Pass, I returned the army to dominate, blocked the warehouse, and waited for King Xiang to come and distribute it, and I sent people to guard Hangu Pass to cope with emergencies. After hearing this, Xiang Bo said to Liu Bang: "Don't forget to go to Hongmen tomorrow to explain to King Xiang", Liu Bang was relieved after listening to it, and Xiang Bo was taken care of by him.
(2) How did Liu Bang get out of danger at the Hongmen Banquet? Why did Xiang Bo rescue him again?
After Xiang Bo returned to Xiang Camp, he told Xiang Yu all the causes and consequences, and he said to Xiang Yu: "If it were not for Liu Bang entering the customs first, how could we enter the guanzhong so smoothly?" It is better to take the opportunity to treat Liu Bang well than to destroy the meritorious ministers without fighting righteousness. After hearing this, Xiang Yu did not blame Xiang Bo for leaking military information, but instead revoked the military operation the next day, which showed that the uncle and nephew were just as confused.
The next day Liu Bang came to Hongmen early in the morning with more than a hundred retinues to meet Xiang Yu, Liu Bang showed great humility, a strong compliment to Xiang Yu, he said: "You went north to save Zhao, I went west to conquer the Qin State, I did not expect that I could take the lead in entering the Guanguan to destroy Qin, let alone to see the general in Guanzhong, and now there are villains who have divided our relationship." After Xiang Yu heard this, his heart was beautiful, but he felt embarrassed himself and set up a banquet to entertain Liu Bang.
At the banquet, Fan Zeng felt something was wrong, he thought that Xiang Yu had set up a banquet to kill Liu Bang, but Xiang Yu did not have the intention of killing Liu Bang, Fan Zeng kept giving Xiang Yu a look to make him hurry up, but Xiang Yu ignored it. In desperation, Fan Zeng found Xiang Yu's cousin Xiang Zhuang and asked him to assassinate Liu Bang in the name of dancing swords. Xiang Zhuang learned swordplay from Xiang Liang from an early age and was a very good samurai.
Xiang Bo found that Xiang Zhuang's dancing sword was ill-intentioned, and it was aimed at Liu Bang, Xiang Bo was anxious, and someone actually wanted to kill his future relatives, so Xiang Bo drew his sword and danced with Xiang Zhuang, blocking Liu Bang with his body, making Xiang Zhuang unable to start. The great strategist Zhang Liang saw the mystery inside, so he found Fan Duo, who rushed into the camp to explain to Xiang Yu that Liu Bang had no ill will toward him, and reprimanded Xiang Yu for killing heroes indiscriminately, no different from Qin Shi Huang, and Xiang Yu felt even more reasonable after hearing it. Liu Bang took advantage of Fan Duo's conversation with Xiang Yu to go to the toilet under the pretext of sneaking away under the protection of Fan Duo, Ji Xin and others, and returned to Bashang.
(3) After xiang Yu's defeat, how did Xiang Bo end up?
After Han Xin annihilated the princely states north of the Yellow River, he directly threatened Xiang Yu's old lair Peng Yue, and coupled with the rebellion of Sima Zhou Yin, Yingbu came from the south to encircle Xiang Yu, and in 202 BC, Xiang Yu's army was defeated at Wujiang.
After Liu Bang ascended the throne and became emperor, he did not annihilate the Xiang clan, but gave them the surname of Liu. Xiang Bo was awarded the title of Marquis of Sheyang by Liu Bang for protecting Liu Bang at the Hongmen Feast, and was given the fief of Sheyang.
In the third year of Emperor Hui of Han (192 BC), Xiang Bo died, and according to the regulations of the hereditary system at that time, his descendants should inherit the title of their ancestors, but Xiang Bo's descendants could not inherit due to crimes, and Xiang Bo's fief was abolished.
At the Hongmen banquet, many people thought that Xiang Bo was an internal traitor, but in fact, he was not, he was a more confused kind, in his eyes he regarded righteousness as more important, he saw Zhang Liang at night for righteousness, he agreed to Zhang Liang to tell Liu Bang of Xiang Yu's military actions, but also to fulfill Zhang Liang's righteousness, he persuaded Xiang Yu not to crusade against Liu Bang, but also believed that it was not righteous, so Xiang Bo regarded personal righteousness as more important than the interests of The Xiang Yu clique.