After Liu Bang established the Han Empire, he created many kings with different surnames, including Han Xin, the King of Qi. In the Chu-Han dispute, it can be said that Han Xin made great contributions to Liu Bang, but in the end he could not escape the fate of "the bird hides with its bow, and the rabbit dies and the dog cooks". Is this the fate of the hero?
After Han Xin pacified the State of Qi, his prestige and strength were strong enough to compete with Liu Bang and Xiang Yu for world domination. Xiang Yu sent emissaries to persuade Han Xin to betray Han and return to Chu and make him king. One of Han Xin's advisers, Pu Tong, urged him to establish himself as king.
Pu Tong said: "At the beginning, Zhang Er, the king of Changshan, and Chen Yu, the king of Changshan, were friends with each other, and life and death were together, but in the end, what about it?" However, for the sake of their respective interests, Zhang Er fled to Han and killed Chen Yu with the help of Han soldiers. The two best friends in the world ended up killing each other, why? Selfish desires are abundant and people's hearts are unpredictable! What about the Yue Guo Doctor's language in the Spring and Autumn Period? He bowed down to defend the country and helped to destroy Wu's hegemony, but in the end he died after his achievements. After the beast is hunted, the hounds can be boiled and eaten, just as the so-called world is hot and cold, and the profit is exhausted! How is your friendship with Liu Bang, the King of Han, now? Can you catch up with the old friends? Can your loyalty surpass that of the King of Yue? After the destruction of Xiang Yu and the pacification of the world, your use value will be gone, and the disaster of killing yourself will not be far away. Remember such a sentence: 'Those who are brave enough to shake the Lord are in danger, and those who cover the world are not rewarded', this sentence is the most appropriate for you, I am really worried about your safety! ”
However, Han Xin could not bear to betray Liu Bang, and thought that he had worked hard and done a high job, and Liu Bang would not be weak to him, and moreover, he still had the State of Qi as a fiefdom, which was enough to settle down and become rich and noble for life, so he did not listen to Qu Tong's bitter words. However, the first thing Liu Bang did after defeating Xiang Yu was to immediately deprive Han Xin of his military power and change his title from King Qi to King of Chu. A year later, Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gaozu, used Chen Ping's strategy to lead an army to pretend to hunt Yun Mengze, tricking Han Xin into coming to the court alone, and then arrested him on the charge of treason. The innocent Han Xin was demoted to marquis of Huaiyin by the King of Chu. Escorted to Chang'an under house arrest, Han Xin sighed and said, "Alas! Cunning rabbits die, lackeys cook, birds are exhausted, good bows are hidden, enemy countries are destroyed, and plotters are dead, this is a good thing to say! ”
Han Xin, who was placed under house arrest in Chang'an, had no freedom and lived under the surveillance of Liu Bang everywhere. One day, Liu Bang came to see Han Xin, and the two of them talked about the ability of the generals, and Liu Bang asked Han Xin: "How many soldiers and horses do you think I can command?" Han Xin replied, "Your Majesty's ability is at most 100,000." Liu Bang looked displeased and asked, "What about you?" Han Xin did not say an accurate number, but only replied: "The more I Han Xinbing, the better." Liu Bang laughed and said sarcastically: "You claim that there is no upper limit to leading soldiers, the more the better, why was it finally captured by me, who can only take 100,000 soldiers and horses?" Han Xin's face turned red, and he didn't know whether he was ashamed or trying his best to suppress the anger in his heart, and after thinking about it, he replied: "Although Your Majesty is not good at leading soldiers, he is good at commanding generals, and I Han Xin is only a soldier who is naturally not your opponent." Liu Bang listened and left satisfied.
However, Han Xin, who had long been under the emperor's eyes and was always suspected, gradually had a rebellious heart in his heart, so he secretly met with Chen Xi, a former subordinate general and now Marquis of Yangxia, to join forces against the Han. Soon Chen Xi raised an army to establish himself as the acting king, and Liu Bang personally led a large army to conquest. The conspiracy between Han Xin and Chen Xi unfortunately leaked out, and when he was informed, Empress Lü Yan wanted to trick Han Xin into the palace and execute him secretly.
However, Han Xin did not pretend to be ill at home for a long time and was not so good to deceive into entering the palace, so Lü Hou found the chancellor Xiao He and asked him to write a handwritten letter to Han Xin, falsely claiming that Chen Xi had been defeated and killed at the front line, and ordered all the courtiers to congratulate him. Xiao He saw Lü Hou's true intentions and was reluctant to write a letter, but was forced by Lü Hou's power to obey.
Han Xin, who received the news, was uneasy, and did not know whether it was true or not, so he said that he was ill and did not go to the court, and Lü Hou ordered Xiao He to personally invite Han Xin. Xiao He was the one who strongly recommended Han Xin to Liu Bang at the beginning, and after Han Xin under the moon, it can be said that he has the grace of knowing Han Xin, so Han Xin can not trust anyone, but he is sure that Xiao He cannot harm him. After his subordinates bitterly advised him not to enter the palace without success, Han Xin still followed Xiao He into the palace.
As soon as he entered the palace gate, Han Xin was caught by the samurai who had already been ambushed, and was immediately killed. As Han Xin was dying, he shouted loudly, "I really regret that I didn't listen to The Word of Pu Tong, so that I lost my life at the hands of a woman today!" "Han Xin was able to survive when he fell, all by the grace of his drifting mother's gift of food, and eventually died at the hands of Lü Hou; Han Xin was able to show his strengths, and the millions of soldiers were promoted by Xiao He, and finally died of trust in Xiao He; just so-called: two women who survive and die, one confidant in life and death, Xiao He who is also successful, and Xiao He who is defeated!
If Han Xin could retreat in a hurry, away from the circle of power, and return to the countryside early; or abolish military power by himself, expressing his lack of ambition and ambition with ease and pleasure, he might have saved his life. However, Han Xin naively thought that he had made great merits, and Liu Bang would not fail to remember his old feelings.
He did not realize that Liu Bang, as an emperor, had two reasons to kill him: First, the world was decided, Liu Bang needed to maintain the stability of his rule, and the founding heroes generally thought that they had merit and were not easy to manage, Liu Bang was naturally able to suppress these heroes when he was alive, but Liu Bang was old and sick at that time, once he was gone, who could suppress these founding heroes? A dissatisfied person may rebel. Second, when Liu Bang was besieged by Xiang Yu, Han Xin threatened him to become king by not sending troops to rescue him, although Liu Bang did not leak on the surface, but this matter had long left a shadow in Liu Bang's psychology, both had the tendency to cut the land and become king, and no one in the DPRK was Han Xin's opponent, so in order to stabilize the country, Liu Bang also had to kill Han Xin.