What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
How good is Xiang Yu's military talent?
Look at how strong a person really is, in fact, look at his opponent to know.
The early stage is the last famous generals of the Qin Dynasty, Zhang Handan and Wang Li, the middle period is a series of princes, and the late stage is Han Xin!
Many film and television dramas ignore the strength of Zhang Handan, a famous general, but in the real history, Zhang Handan is not generally powerful!
When Chen Sheng revolted, he quickly pulled up an army of hundreds of thousands of people to force Xianyang, and Zhao Gao was very panicked, and could only find Zhang Handan to quell the chaos.
What kind of troops was Zhang Handan's troops at that time? It was a force formed by a group of slaves, and people were sent to the army of prisoners.
However, it was such an army that stunned Chen Sheng's hundreds of thousands of troops to pieces, directly allowing Chen Sheng to see that the princely generals actually had a kind of feeling.
Then Zhang Handan started a war of peace and chaos that had been won many battles, and wherever he won, even Xiang Yu's uncle Xiang Liang was killed in Dingtao.
At that time, Xiang Liang was known as the strongest first person in the Chu State, and after Xiang Liang's death, Xiang Yu took over the army, so history ushered in the Battle of Julu.
In this battle, the State of Qin sent not only Zhang Handan, but also Wang Li, the grandson of Wang Qi, a key figure in the State of Qin.
Zhang Handan led the army of prisoners who had won many battles in the quelling chaos, while Wang Li led the Great Wall Army, that is, the army that Meng Tian defeated the Xiongnu, known as the last elite of the Qin Dynasty.
200,000 plus 200,000 is 400,000, and 400,000 troops is not a small number.
But Xiang Yu Niu! He only brought 50,000 soldiers and horses, and the main force was 8,000 Jiangdong disciples.
Before the battle, Xiang Yu ordered his subordinates to smash all the boats crossing the river, and all the pots and pans were also smashed.
The subordinates asked: General, what will we eat next?
Xiang Yu said: Dry up the Qin army, they have grain and pots.
So history left such a battle record, Xiang Yu led 50,000 soldiers and horses to fight Zhang Handan, Wang Li 400,000 troops, nine battles and nine victories, and the last hope of Great Qin was wiped out alive!
This year, Xiang Yu was only 25 years old.
After the Battle of the Giant Deer, Xiang Yu's exploits reached its peak, and when he rode through the military camps of various princes, these princes all knelt on the ground and did not dare to look up.
Xiang Yu was too young when he reached this peak, and at the age of 25, we may still be playing games and brushing movies, and Xiang Yu has become a party overlord, the first among the princes.
And for those military geniuses in history, the 25-year-old Xiang Yu is also particularly bullish.
For example, if you look at Sun Wu's destruction of Chu when he was 39 years old, Wang Qi's destruction of Chu was already ancient, baiqi changping killed Zhao 200,000 years old, Wei Qing's decisive battle of the northern desert was more than 40 years old, Zhou Yu in the battle of Chibi was 33 years old, Lu Xun who forced Liu Bei to die was 38 years old, Yue Fei's northern expedition zhuxian town was 37 years old, Temujin's extinction of HuaRazm Was 57 years old, and Xu Da's breaking yuan were mostly 36 years old...
There are countless military geniuses in history, and most of the highlight moments of their lives are built after the year of their establishment, so Xiang Yu killed the last elite of the Qin State at the battle of Julu at the age of 25, which is a very remarkable achievement.
In history, the only thing that can be compared with this is the 22-year-old champion Hou Huo, who has been sick.
However, compared to Huo's illness, the situation that Xiang Yu was facing at that time was more difficult, because Huo went to the disease many times, even if he lost a battle, it did not matter, Emperor Wu of Han could still give him the opportunity to fight a second battle.
But Xiang Yu didn't, as long as Xiang Yu lost the giant deer battle, there would be no further story.
Moreover, Xiang Yu was facing the 400,000 elites of the Qin Dynasty, and he did not use too many complicated tactics, directly proving his hardness by fighting less, which was where Xiang Yu was strong.
Until now, looking at Xiang Yu's record will feel incredible, 50,000 hard just 400,000, this kind of story will appear in the TV series, but it is real to Xiang Yu here.
Moreover, Xiang Yu fought more than once with less, and the Battle of Pengcheng was also fought more with less, directly angrily chasing Liu Bang for thousands of miles, stunned that tens of thousands of people had overthrown Liu Bang's combined forces of princes, hundreds of thousands of people were beheaded, hundreds of thousands of people were drowned, and Liu Bang was chased to lose his wife and abandon his son.
These various deeds proved that Xiang Yu was really powerful, and could be called unique in military history, and before he finally died, he also let Han Xin taste the only defeat in his life, Han Xin alone hardened Xiang Yu's defeat, and finally with the Five Roads Army, united the two princes at that time, and finally besieged Xiang Yu.
And even in the end, Xiang Yu is still very domineering, can you kill me Chu Xiang Yu? Can't kill? I'm not going to give you that chance!
The only person who could kill me Chu Xiangyu was myself, so I chose to wipe my neck with a knife!
Therefore, Li Qingzhao's sentence "Still thinking about Xiang Yu, refusing to cross Jiangdong" has a beginning, because after you read history, you will find that people like Xiang Yu, you can't find a second person through history, and no one is like him, from the beginning to the end.