There are many entertainment items handed down in ancient China, such as keju, liquor order, and many board and card games. The most typical is chess, which is actually another manifestation of ancient warfare on the chessboard. Most people probably know the basic rules of chess, but the origin of chess and its rules may not be so clear.
In fact, the Chu River Han Realm in chess is related to the competition of Liu Bang Xiangyu. In 202, Chu Han talked about peace in the park, and decided to rest and recuperate and divide the world equally. And chess and the small rule that the general cannot face each other is also related to Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, after all, the generals of the two armies meet directly, they may be killed in one blow, and the battle does not need to be fought.
First, Liu Bang's golden cicada shed its shell
Xiang Yu and Liu Bang really fought a lifelong battle, and in the end Xiang Yu also died in Jiangzhong. But in fact, in the early days, Xiang Yu won the title of King of Western Chu and won many battles, whether it was fame or military strength, it was the upper hand in Liu Bang's camp. But Liu Bang always found a way to survive in the inferior situation, just like the perfect escape of the Hongmen Feast, or the golden cicada when he was besieged.
In 204, Xiang Yu raised an army to besiege Liu Bang in a city; Liu Bang looked at the situation outside and felt that he could not fight hard, so he sent someone to find Xiang Yu to make peace. Xiang Yu took liu Bang's cunning to heart after many dealings with Liu Bang, especially after the Hongmen Banquet failed to succeed; he felt that this might be Liu Bang's plan again, so he did not agree to his request for peace.
Xiang Yu not only did not agree to peace, but also increased the pressure on the city, he thought that his siege was not clear, but Liu Bang still found a way to escape. Liu Bang found a subordinate who was similar to his own body shape and appearance, exchanged clothes with him, and then pretended to be Liu Bang to attract attention, but Liu Bang had already quietly sneaked out of the city.
Xiang Yu on this side still felt that his encirclement was seamless, but Liu Bang on the other side had already escaped. Moreover, Liu Bang also met a capable general who could help him win the battle at this time, Han Xin. However, Liu Bang did not believe Han Xin at first, because Han Xin was originally from Xiang Yu's camp and did not get much attention before he joined Liu Bang's camp.
But this was after all his one-sided words, Liu Bang did not dare to believe it, and in the end, it was Xiao He who saw Han Xin's combat talent before proposing to let Liu Bang appoint him. Later facts obviously proved that Xiao He was accurate in seeing people, and Han Xin thus became a major general in Liu Bang's camp, and also played a brave role in many battles with Xiang Yu later, severely damaging the enemy army.
Second, insult General Xiang Yu
Therefore, with the slow passage of time, Liu Bang's army was ready to go, and he once again had enough qualifications to directly confront Xiang Yu. But Liu Bei never relied entirely on force to fight, just like Xiang Yu's cunning evaluation of him, as long as he could win the battle, he could do anything. It's like sending people to less than xiang yu's army's grain and grass, or occasionally sneaking attacks, and then fighting psychological tactics.
Liu Bei and Xiang Yu formed a long confrontation in the middle of the way, and Xiang Yu was on fire in the back mountain at this time, and another battle broke out on the other side. Xiang Yu had to lead an army to march in person, and when he confronted Liu Bang, he left one of his generals to guard the town.
Before leaving, Xiang Yu repeatedly told his subordinates not to act rashly, let alone be impulsive; they only needed to observe the movements of Liu Bang's camp, and then quietly wait for him to return. Because he did not make a big fuss about leading the army to personally conscript, people outside should not know, but Liu Bang still learned the news.
Therefore, Liu Bang did not raise troops to launch an attack, but only sent people to the city gate of Xiang Yu's troops every day to scold the family of the defending general. This kind of behavior was day after day, and the scolding words were becoming more and more unbearable, and the general who stayed behind to guard the town finally couldn't bear it, and had long forgotten Xiang Yu's instructions before leaving.
Another day Liu Bang's men brought people to scold him, and he did not hold back and rushed out with his men and horses. But in fact, this was all Liu Bang's plan, he had already laid out a trap outside; as long as this general couldn't help but rush out, he would directly fall into the trap.
Therefore, the moment the general fell into the trap, he realized that he had truly fallen into the trap of Liu Bang's psychology. But he was too late to regret it, and he also knew that he was sorry for Xiang Yu's trust, and he had no words to face him again, so he could only apologize to himself. Xiang Yu, who had finished the battle, was very indignant when he heard this news, both the anger of his opponents and the shameless anger of Liu Bang.
Third, the general cannot meet
So Xiang Yu quickly rushed back to the garrison of the large army, and he chose to ask Liu Bang for justice, but it was not a frontal attack. Because he wanted to treat his body in the way of a man, Liu Bang used his relatives, and he also used Liu Bang's relatives in turn.
Immediately Xiang Yu sent someone to capture Liu Bang's parents, and then set up a large cauldron at the mouth of the city. Xiang Yu sent someone to inform Liu Bang, also threatening to boil Liu Bang's parents alive. But Liu Bang didn't seem to react to this painless threat, but said lightly, "He and Xiang Yu have worshipped each other, so his parents are Xiang Yu's parents."
In this way, if Xiang Yu really cooked Liu Bang's parents, it would become his great rebellion. Xiang Yu really did not expect that Liu Bang's face could be so thick that he could disregard his parents' lives.
This also successfully angered Xiang Yu, he raised the arrow and shot at Liu Bang, Liu Bang fell to the ground in response, fortunately, the arrow did not hit the heart, and Liu Bang did not die. But this historical allusion also became an important reason why the generals in chess could not meet each other later, after all, in chess, the general and the marshal were eaten, which meant that the chess game was lost.
As far as the battlefield is concerned, the generals of the two camps face each other, one side kills one blow, and the other side means that the whole army is destroyed. Regarding chess, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu have many events related to it, such as the choice of color.
Liu Bang represented the red fang, because he called himself a descendant of the Red Emperor after beheading the white snake on the way of the uprising, and he also liked red especially since then. And Xiang Yu naturally represents the black side, whether it is his daily dress or the flag of the army, or even the war horse he rides is black.
4. Summary
The reason why Xiang Yu failed to fight Liu Bang in the end was not in the strength of military equipment, but in psychological tactics. Compared with him, Liu Bang was more flexible on the battlefield, not rigid in fighting, and paid more attention to the outcome of the battle rather than the process; Xiang Yu was the opposite.
And Xiang Yu had several opportunities to kill Liu Bang, whether it was at the Hongmen Banquet or this time an arrow at the city gate. But Liu Bang has not died, maybe this is the fate of the two people, but also doomed to their final end.