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What we usually call King Huai of Chu at the end of the Qin Dynasty generally refers to the King of Later Chu Huai, that is, the Yi Emperor Xiongxin, who was the grandson of Xiong Huai, the former King of Chu Huai. When Fan Zeng first appeared to advise Xiang Liang, who was raising an army, he pointed out that the reason why Chen Sheng failed was because he did not establish himself as king of Chu, which led to the weakness of the centripetal force of the rebel army led by Chen Sheng. At Fan Zeng's suggestion, Xiang Liang found the grandson of Xiong Huai, the former King of Chuhuai, Xiong Xin, who was working as a shepherd in the folk, and made him the King of Chu, still known as the "King of Chu Huai" (asking the King of Chu Huai to be a herder for the people, and immediately thought that he was the King of Chu Huai, and was also expected by the people). But this ordinary shepherd is very unsimple.
After Xiang Liang heeded Fan Zeng's advice and supported the King of Chuhuai, he gained the upper hand in politics, basically belonging to the "Princes of Heaven", coupled with his high military attainments, the Chu army instantly became the most powerful team in the rebel army, and the Chu Huai King Xiongxin was always in a puppet state. However, in September of the second year of Qin II (208 BC), Xiang Liang developed a feeling of pride and contempt for the enemy due to a series of victories, and was eventually killed by the Qin general Zhang Handan. After the death of this powerful leader, the ambition of King Xiongxin of Chuhuai began to show.
First, after confirming temporary safety (after Xiang Liang was killed, Zhang Handan believed that the Chu army was no longer the greatest threat, so he sent the Ai army to cross the river to attack Zhao), ambition quickly regained the Chu army's military power (and Xiang Yu and Lü Chenjun took it upon themselves). At the same time, King Huai of Chu also began to adjust his internal leadership and reshuffle the political situation previously controlled by Xiang Liang (with Lü Chen as the situ and his father Lü Qing as the Ling Yin). With Pei Gong as the governor of The County, he was given the title of Marquis of Wu'an, and the soldiers of the County of Wu were made to restrain each other. At this time, Xiang Yu, who was most closely related to Xiang Liang in the rebel army, was not assigned any important positions.
Almost at the same time, Xiong Xin, the king of ChuHuai, issued another strange order -- he promoted Song Yi, who had not appeared in the film before, as the champion of Qingzi and became the military leader of the Chu army, which was equivalent to inheriting The position of Xiang Liang. He also ordered Song Yi to lead Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng to lead an army north to rescue Zhao (Xiang Yu was Lu Gong, a second general, and Fan Zeng was the last general to save Zhao). Then, King Xiongxin of Chuhuai solemnly announced that he was the first to enter the customs!
Isn't it clear that Xiong Xin, the king of ChuHuai, wants to completely eliminate Xiang's influence in the Chu state, and now that Xiang Liang is dead, Xiang Yu has not gained much military power, and at the same time has almost lost the qualification to be crowned prince of the princes—at least the opportunity to fight for the elimination of the Qin state and establish the first merit. Therefore, of course, it was Liu Bang, the Duke of Pei, who marched west on the orders of King Huai of Chu, instead of Xiang Yu, the Duke of Lu, who marched north.
When xiang Yu went north to rescue Zhao, Xiang Yu's suppression of King Huai of Chu finally became unbearable, and he corrected himself that he had sealed the orders of King Huai of Chu, killed his leader Song Yi, and then reported to King Huai of Chu (that is, he beheaded Song Yi in his account and sent out an order to the army: "Song Yi conspired against Chu, and the King of Chu Yin ordered Yu Jiezhi." King Huai of Chu, who had lost control of the army, knew that he had ultimately failed, and he had to recognize Xiang Yu's position, ordering Xiang Yu to be promoted to general and taking over the position of Song Yi (King Huai made Xiang Yu a general, and both Yang Jun and Pu were Xiang Yu).
From the above examples, we can see that King Xiongxin of Chuhuai had certain political ability, but unfortunately he failed to grasp the military power in the end and became a puppet of the Xiang clan again.
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