Long He was a fierce general who followed Xiang Yu in the Northern Expedition when he rebelled against Qin, and when Xiang Liang raised an army, Long He was a general under Xiang Liang, who once rescued Dong'a with Qi Di Tian Rong and broke the Qin army; and every critical moment Xiang Yu would use Long He.
In the eleventh year of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang was ill and put an end to the Tuobu rebellion, in fact, Xiang Yu had been dead for seven years, but Liu Bang was still very timid when he saw that Tuobu's army was like Xiang Yu's army. Although Liu Bang won this battle, Tuobu's military might was still valued by Liu Bang. Tuobu is so talented! However, when Tuobu betrayed Xiang Yu, it was Long Ji who Xiang Yu sent to quell the rebellion of Tuobu. The position of the dragon in Xiang Yu's heart was evident from this.
What was the result of the Dragon's attempt to quell the Rebellion of the Tuobu? There is a very informative record in the "History of TuobuLie": It took only a few months for the dragon to quell the Tuobu Rebellion! Tuobu was a fierce general, and even Liu Bang was afraid of him for three points, but Long He actually defeated Tuobu. What does this mean? It shows that the dragon is deeply trusted by Xiang Yu, and that the dragon is more intelligent and fierce than Tuobu. Long Ji's military prowess can be seen here.
During the four-year-long Chu-Han War, Long Ji was not recorded much in the "Records of History", of which only one was the most informative: after Han Xin captured Qidi, Xiang Yu sent Long and led troops to save Qi.
However, this time, the dragon rescued Qi, and the opponent he faced was Han Xin. Han Xin, Peng Yue, and Tuobu were among the three generals who helped Liu Bang eventually defeat Xiang Yu, but Tuobu's military talent was far from being comparable to Han Xin's, and the dragon could defeat Tuobu, and the dragon could defeat Han Xin?
After Long He led 200,000 Chu troops to Qidi, he joined forces with Qi Wang Tian Guang. Someone suggested to him that Han Xin's army was a victorious division that had come from afar, and that the army was in full swing; that we were fighting on our own soil, and that we should hold out deeply, and then let Qi Wang Tian Guang go to various places to publicize that Qi Wang was still alive, so that the qi cities conquered by Han Xin everywhere would turn against the Han. Han Xin came from afar, and if Qi Di all turned against Han, It would be difficult for Han Xin's military food to be solved. When the Day when the Han soldiers ran out of food, wouldn't they surrender the Han army without a fight?
It should be said that this is a very far-sighted plan, but the dragon cannot listen to it. Long Ji was the first fierce general under Xiang Yu, he had defeated the tough general Tuobu, he had never lost a battle, and his victory was not based on wisdom, Long He had always defeated his opponents in offensive battles and encounters. Therefore, Long He thought that if he defeated Han Xin without a fight, he would not have any credit for himself. What's more, Long He thought that Han Xin was very easy to defeat. Therefore, Long He decided to face Han Xin.
Where does this blind optimism of Long Ji come from? Han Xin had already defeated Wei Bao and destroyed the State of Wei; he had also destroyed the State of Dai. The Battle of Jingxing defeated the Zhao army, winning more with less, and shocking the world. A letter caused the Yan kingdom to surrender without a fight. Why did the dragon despise him so much? It's unbelievable.
As a result, when facing Han Xin's army, Han Xin cleverly took advantage of Long He's arrogance and led his army halfway across Weishui, pretending to retreat timidly. The dragon did not know the plan, so he led a small number of troops to cross the Weishui River and pursue and kill. In fact, Han Xin had already sent someone to block Weishui with tens of thousands of sandbags on the weishui river the night before. The dragon did not know the depth, thinking that Han Xin was cowardly and shallow.
When the dragon crossed the Weishui River, Han Xin immediately sent someone to remove all the more than 10,000 sandbags upstream. The surging water gushed down, cutting Long He's army in half, and Long He's large army could not cross the river. The dragons who crossed the river only had a small army, and Han Xin led a large army and surrounded the dragons, and the dragons were eventually defeated and killed.
The death of the dragon is reasonable. Long Ji only used his life to verify the most common truth in the art of war: arrogant soldiers must be defeated.