First, why did Liu Bang want to kill the hero Han Xin
Everyone should have heard the term "rabbit dead dog cooking", which means that when the rabbit dies, the hunting dog that catches the rabbit is boiled and eaten, which is usually used to describe those who work for the ruling class and are eventually killed by the original lord.
In history, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu staged a rabbit dead dog cooking drama for us, Liu Bang's initial strength was very weak, he was not Xiang Yu's opponent at all, he was like a small rabbit, unable to escape the palm of Xiang Yu's hand.
After Xiang Yu divided the Eighteenth Route Princes, Liu Bang and his 100,000 troops were trapped in Bashu and could not come out, and if there was no Han Xin to lead the troops to kill, Liu Bang's painstakingly planned hegemony would stop there.
Han Xin led Liu Bang's army all the way through thorns and thorns, killing Xiang Yu's men and horses until there was only one coachman left in the end, and it had to be said,
The reason why Liu Bang was able to unify the world was that Han Xin played an irreplaceable role.
Photo: Liu Bang's centaurs trapped in Bashu stills
After Xiang Yu's death, Liu Bang became the only ruler in the world, but he was very jealous of Han Xin, and he changed Han Xin's title of "King of Qi" to "King of Chu", which gradually alienated Han Xin and the soldiers he had led before, and finally, Xiao He and Lü Hou teamed up to set a trap to kill Han Xin.
Looking at the development of things, most people must feel that Liu Bang is a mean and ungrateful person, because without Han Xin's help, Liu Bang would not have been able to ascend to the emperor's throne. As it stands,
Liu Bang was ashamed of Han Xin, so was the truth of the matter really like this?
If we only look at the final result and directly and completely negate Liu Bang, it is unfair, we look at historical figures and events, we must comprehensively observe and treat, follow Liu Bang to work hard is not only Han Xin alone.
Why did Liu Bang treat others kindly, but he wanted to kill Han Xin and other people
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This has to do with what Han Xin did.
Image: Liu Bang covers quilt stills for Han Xin
During the scorching period of the war between Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, Han Xin occupied the State of Qi and took the opportunity to blackmail Liu Bang and wanted to claim the title of king in the State of Qi, this alone was enough to cure Han Xin of the death penalty, but at that time Liu Bang was still circling with Xiang Yu and there was no way to deal with Han Xin, but he had already sentenced Han Xin to death in his heart.
Thinking that At the beginning, Han Xin was just a nameless young man who did not have any general's appreciation, and it was Liu Bang who did not dislike him and gave him the platform and opportunity to show his ambitions, but he vainly wanted to take Liu Bang's place.
It is like the big boss of a company, giving an employee the best resources and opportunities, making him his right hand man, with a high position and salary, but this employee is far from satisfied, privately colluding with other employees, intending to take the boss's company for himself, which is not only against the legal system, but also ignores morality.
Photo: Stills of Liu Bang's platform and opportunity for Han Xin to show his ambitions
When Liu Bang got rid of Xiang Yu and began to eliminate the forces around him, he warned Han Xin many times and arrested him, but he did not kill him, in fact, it was to give Han Xin a chance, if he no longer engaged in independent resistance, he could save a life.
And Han Xin, far from being sympathetic, also uttered wild words again and again, scolding Liu Bang for being inferior to himself and corrupting Liu Bang
Fame, and finally yet
Plotting rebellion
。 In short, Han Xin's end was very tragic, but after understanding the causes and consequences of the matter, it was not difficult to understand why Liu Bang wanted to kill this hero.
Image: Stills of Han Xin's murder
2. The Battle of Pengcheng
Today we will talk about a special battle, the Battle of Pengcheng,
Let's see why Han Xin was stripped of command by Liu Bang
The author believes that there are three main reasons.
Photo: Stills of Liu Bang's Han army entering Pengcheng
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Liu Bang was too arrogant and confident, underestimating the strength of the enemy army
After Liu Bang left Guanzhong, he immediately allied with many princes and united their forces to fight against Xiang Yu, and When Xiang Yu first divided the seals, he made the other princes feel unfair, causing these princes to work together more and unanimously resist Xiang Yu.
At that time, Liu Bang held an army of 600,000 in his hands, and he thought that it was more than enough to overthrow Xiang Yu, and he was very confident in himself.
In this battle, Han Xin's command was deprived, and he had no way to direct the battle
Assuming that Han Xin believes that this battle must be won, then he will inevitably fight for command, and he is indifferent this time, which shows that Han Xin is sure that this battle will be lost.
Because although these big and small kings were all on the opposite side of Xiang Yu, they each had a ghost fetus, only considered problems from their own standpoint, only planned for themselves, did not obey the orders of their superiors, were not easy to control, and did not help much to the overall situation, they not only could not promote the victory of the war, but they were also likely to cause bad things.
Photo: Stills of Liu Bang and the princes
The reason why Han Xin felt that this battle was not successful was that he saw clearly the disparity in strength between the Han and Chu armies.
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Therefore, this time he chose to be silently behind his back, slowly waiting to see what direction the war would develop, and he first let these princes consume the strength of the Chu army, and also look at the true strength and level of these kings.
Han Xin had made a strict battle plan earlier, he also envisioned how to dig a pit, and how to let Xiang Yu fall into his pit, these kings were actually like cannon fodder, now they were used against Xiang Yu, and sooner or later they would be destroyed.
After Liu Bang led these kings to occupy Pengcheng, he began to become complacent
Even in Pengcheng, he lived a life of red wine and greenery, and did not pay attention to Xiang Yu at all.
At this time, Xiang Yu was fighting with the Qi army, and when he heard that Liu Bang had occupied his own territory, and that his beloved Yu Ji was in danger, he left most of his troops and horses to fight with the Qi army, and he led some generals back to Pengcheng to fight with Liu Bang.
Photo: Xiang Yu leads the army to Pengcheng stills
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Xiang Yu was conceited and tall, outnumbered
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Xiang Yu was the overlord, he never put anyone in his eyes, especially after the Battle of the Giant Deer, he felt that he was the most powerful master in the whole world, and there was nothing difficult that he could not overcome.
Therefore, even though Liu Bang had 500,000 to 600,000 troops in his hands, and he only led 30,000 elite troops, he did not feel inferior in the slightest. However, Xiang Yu still couldn't do everything in every way.
Xiang Yu himself was a great hero who was unparalleled in the world at that time, his physical fitness and martial arts were extremely strong, if he wanted to pk alone, it was estimated that no one was his opponent. But
His generals were far from catching up with him, they were just ordinary people, and Xiang Yu was the dragon and phoenix among the people.
Because Xiang Yu was proud and arrogant, he always thought that his subordinates were as powerful as himself, so in history, he was ultimately a defeated general under Liu Bang. However, in the Battle of Pengcheng, Xiang Yu himself was still a deterrent to those big and small kings, although Xiang Yu only had 30,000 soldiers and horses, but Xiang Yu alone was worth hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Han army.
This made those kings frightened and surrendered, and Xiang Yu looked down on Liu Bang more and more in his heart, and the result of the Battle of Pengcheng was that Xiang Yu won, but he also planted a time bomb for himself: those who despised the enemy too much were often not easy to achieve ultimate success.
Photo: Stills of Liu Bang's defeat and escape at the Battle of Pengcheng
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Han Xin was proud
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After the battle between the Chu and Han armies ended, Han Xin began to pick up leaks and defeat Xiang Yu's pursuers, among all the princes' armies, the Han army was the strongest, although the number was not dominant in all the armies, but as long as it was properly commanded, it could create miracles like Xiang Yu's thirty thousand elite soldiers.
In this way, Han Xin also won the Battle of Chu with the remaining defeated army of the Han Army
If Xiang Yu could raise his spirits after this incident, it was estimated that he would not end up in the end of self-destruction, but Xiang Yu still did not put Han Xin in his eyes, so light enemy, it was as if Xiang Yu had dug a pit for himself to let himself jump.
Article author: Dahui
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