With Xiang Yu's death, the Chu-Han rivalry also came to an end.
Breaking the stage after fighting the Great Devil king is the tradition of Chinese hero stories. The Yellow Emperor eliminated Xuan You. Shang Tang defeats Xia Jie. Zhou Wu removed Shang.
But Qin Shi Huang, Qin II, and even the death of Zhao Gao did not let anyone break the barrier. Once Xiang Yu died, the world was at peace. How many political lies are hidden in this?
It can only be said that the current version of the history is like this. In the contemporary Han Dynasty, the history of history is itself a banned book. In a way, Xiang Yu's "evil" is aimed at his enemies.
The chu-Han rivalry is a continuation of the Warring States era. It is the Chinese regional version of the world war.
There is a very famous jurisprudence called the muzzle of the gun raised by one centimeter. This is not really the story of the world war. It is the case of the Berlin Wall, where East German guards shot and killed escapees.
Whoever gives you a centimeter in war, I give you a centimeter, may be exchanged for my own death.
"In order to protect the important things, humans do everything."
What is important? It varies according to personal values. Respect for Xiangliang Xiangbo. Love for the people of Ludi. For the Chu people... In the end, Xiang Yu decided to die because of the betrayal of the Chu people.
Xiang Yu's brutality and lack of grace are just the "courage and no strategy" of the hostile camp. This does not even need to be added "maybe".
Xiang Yu started a soldier at the age of twenty-four and died at the age of thirty-two. Young people don't understand what it means to be young. That was the age at which I looked up to myself the most.
Twenty-four years old, just like Xiang Yu, are full of ambition, thinking that we can change the world. After thirty years, I realized that I could not change anything. Someone continues to fight. Some people are hiding their edges.
Xiang Yu chose death. Why is it that the strongest and best hero is not tolerated by heaven and earth and the world? This is not the problem that Xiang Yu left us. It was the suspense thrown by Sima Qian.
You can say he wasn't kind enough. It can also be said that he is not treacherous enough. Or it means that he thinks too highly of himself, and no matter how strong he is, manpower is sometimes poor. Or maybe he doesn't understand the importance of teamwork.
Others argue that this is nothing more than a survivor fallacy. Let me just ask a question: Is Jiangdong really Xiang Yu's territory? Or rather, hometown. Not really.
Xiang Yu was a subordinate of xiangren, located in the southwest of present-day Xuzhou. At that time, it was not called Xuzhou, it was called Pengcheng. Because the Chu kingdom is very big, it is big to this side. In fact, Xiang Yu Liu Bang was a Native of Chu, Shandong, not a Chu of Jiangdong. Xiang Yu took Pengcheng as his base and the State of Lu as his first territory, dominating nine counties.
From the Jiangdong to the Three Kingdoms period, it was still a place of individualization. The Chu-Han rivalry was none of their business at all. It was just that Xiang Liang raised troops from here. Xiang Yu's attachment, Xiang Yu's homesickness, Xiang Yu's capital. In fact, they are all Pengcheng, and they are all under the rule of Xuzhou in the Han Dynasty.
Sima Qian, in the main text, does not mention when the Han army captured Pengcheng, but left a clue in the chronology. That is, the record of the first of the Lou Troubles we saw before, Hou Dingfu of Yangdu.
"Slay the dragon and Pengcheng, for the Great Sima "
A dragon could not theoretically die twice, that is to say, Han Xin had actually laid down Peng Cheng long ago. Conquer the State of Qi. Ask Liu Bang to make him a false king. It was November of the fourth year of the Han Dynasty. Xiang Yu held out for an extra year, and only after five years of defeat and death.
One might think, isn't it three months? The Qin Dynasty actually began with October as the first year. Therefore, Han Xin broke the dragon and killed it, which was the second month of Han's fourth year. Xiang Yu died in battle in the fourth month of Han's fifth year. The chronology is full of discrepancies with biographical accounts. Including the story of Zhou Cao.
The King of Han made the imperial chancellor Zhou Jiao, Duke Feng, and Wei Bao guard Xingyang.
Zhou Jiao and Feng Gong conspired: "The king of the anti-country, it is difficult to defend the city." It was to kill Wei Leopard.
Chu descended Xingyang City and was born in a harsh manner.
King Xiang said to Zhou Jiao, "For me, I will make Gong a general and seal 30,000 households."
Zhou Jiao scolded, "If you are not interested in surrendering to Han, If Han is now a prisoner, if it is not a Han enemy."
Xiang Wang was angry, Cook Zhou was harsh, and Jing killed the Duke of Fir.
What a loyal servant? The chronology reads:
Three (months). Han Yushi Zhou was harsh and died.
April. Wang out of Xingyang. Leopard dies.
And in August of the previous year, it was written:
Zhou Jiao and Feng Gong killed Wei Bao.
Why did Wei Bao die and die? Remember the embattled end, called Peng Yue Han Xin twice? In the Chu-Han controversy paragraph, there are many cases where this same thing happens twice, and there are nuances in between.
How many of the historical records are Sima Qian's original works? We don't know. Judging from the chronology alone, how could Xiang Yu still repeatedly fight with Peng Yue after Pengcheng was captured?
In the last month of the fourth year, Xiang Yu returned Taigong Lühou to Liu Bang. This is surrender, is please peace. On this side, it seems that in the last year, where the Chu and Han are fighting, it is basically the battle of Xiang Yu trapped beasts. In the end, he was still besieged to death.
The reason for Xiang Yu to live for a year was probably Han Xin. Liu Bang is not that Han Xin can't destroy Xiang Yu, but he doesn't call Han Xin out, who knows if Xiang Yu will turn around gorgeously and become a new enemy once Xiang Yu dies?
Even as the historical records say, Han Xin's foolish and loyal statement is true. Nor could Liu Bang believe him. Yes, Xiang Yu was dead, and the Chu-Han rivalry was over. But Liu Bang's journey has not yet come to an end.
Chu and Han were fighting each other, and before I started writing this time, I still had three points of understanding. But the rest of the story, I don't know at all.
Maybe someone else found out. In this work, Liu Bang, who is set up as a crosser, is actually the embodiment of the author himself. Let's introduce the ending of the Important Figures of the Chu-Han Rivalry, and at the same time follow Liu Bang forward to the unknown Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms.