The country and mountains have remained unchanged throughout the ages, and people have a history of youth for thousands of years. Spreading out the history books and reviewing the heroic past can often be accompanied by a large cup of floating white. When you read about a hero's uprising, you can take a sip. When you read about the hero's twilight years, you can worship the heroic spirit.
When reading the "Chronicle of History", there is always a character who cannot be avoided. This young man revolted against the violent Qin, and killed a bloody road in the sea of corpses and blood. But the situation overwhelmed all his efforts, and even if he won every battle, it was only a bubble in the end. This figure was Xiang Yu, the King of Western Chu.
Speaking of Xiang Yu, his legendary stories are more. What is the power to pull up the mountain, what is ten embattled, what is the ambush on ten sides, that is the story that has been circulated all over the world.
However, few people know that at the beginning of Xiang Yu's uprising, it was not his own efforts that made him a climate. Behind him stood a figure who was not well known in history, Xiang Liang.
Walk into Xiangliang
Due to the limitations of his achievements, Xiang Liang was not qualified to be listed separately in the Records of History. However, in "Xiang Yu Benji", we can still get a glimpse of the heroism of this character.
Xiang Liang, a native of Xiaxiang (present-day Suqian, Jiangsu). After becoming a famous general of the Chu state, Xiang Yan did not die on the battlefield like his father, but instead retired to Wuzhong and contributed to the survival of the family.
But this is not a form of cowardice.
In ancient times, for the traditional Chinese, in addition to the state and the monarch, the family was the most important concern of a traditional scholar. For the survival of the family, life and reputation are insignificant.
At that time, the general trend of the unification of the Qin state had been determined. With Xiang Yan's death, the last army in the world to resist the Qin state had completely disappeared.
For the survival of the family, Xiang Liang had to choose to be patient. But even so, he did not get peace. Due to the high-handed policies of the Qin Dynasty, Xiang Liang had to take refuge in Wuzhong with his nephew after seeking revenge and killing people.
In Wuzhong, Xiangliang created a strange situation in the local area. Logically, a murderer and fugitive, whose father was still the number one enemy of the Qin state for a period of time, should be very low-key, right?
But this is not the case. It is said that the Qin Dynasty conquered the world, but conquest is one thing, and governance is another.
As an old nobleman of the Yellow Banner of the Chu Kingdom (the Chu royal family advocates yellow), how could Xiang Liang not have some connections? In Wuzhong, Xiang Liang was simply the local Emperor of The Earth.
According to the records of the historical record, Xiang Liang was in Wuzhong "all the doctors from below". To another example, this Liang simply took Yuan Shao's script. The local rulers were all related to his family. Therefore, as a fugitive, Xiang Liang's living standards are not only not bad, but actually the nameless princes of Wuzhong.
When a person who has destroyed a country has real power in a place, what will he do next? The answer is self-evident, of course, to accumulate strength and be ready to rebel.
The storm changes
In 210 BC, Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the ancient world, died on the way out of the tour. Suddenly, the Qin Dynasty, which seemed to be eternally solid, suddenly became crumbling.
However, Hu Hai, who succeeded to the throne, did not think about how to solve the crisis, and after killing his brother Fu Su and giving the death to the general Meng Tian, he began to pay attention to how to enjoy life and handed over power to Zhao Gao and Li Si.
If Zhao Gao and Li Si could pay attention to the actual situation of the empire and focus on protecting the stability of the Qin Dynasty, then according to Li Si's ability, the Qin Dynasty would not necessarily perish so quickly. But how is this possible for people caught up in power disputes?
Therefore, the last shred of strength of the Qin Dynasty was gradually exhausted in the political struggle between the two men. When Li Si was abandoned, the court of the Qin State began to be completely unpopular.
Under the constant internal friction of the Qin government, the central government's control over the grass-roots level reached the brink of collapse. Originally, the homeland of the Six Kingdoms was not actually controlled, and after experiencing such a death by the Central Dynasty, everything completely collapsed.
Before the general trend of the times, Chen Sheng, Wu Guangzexiang roared, completely setting off the wave of the Qin Dynasty uprising. Although Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were quickly suppressed by Zhang Handan, the fire in the hearts of the people had been ignited, and rebellion against the violent Qin had become the theme of the times.
That is to say, seeing the development of the times, Xiang Liang finally saw the hope he had been looking for for many years in the darkness.
A night of change, a night of dragon and snake dance.
When people start to get lucky, opportunities come one after another. Xiang Liang just remembered something, and the opportunity came to him.
At this time, the county sheriff Yin Tong, who was in charge of the political council, was an ambitious man. But he had already become an official of the Qin Dynasty, and no great righteousness could make him come out to rebel against the Qin Dynasty.
Therefore, Yin Tong looked at Xiang Liang, who had a very high reputation in the local area. He conscripted Xiang Liang into the county sheriff's mansion, hoping that Xiang Liang would become a general in the anti-Qin army. The old oil-like xiangliang naturally saw through Yin Tong's idea. What happened after that was that Xiang Yu showed his divine martial arts for the first time.
In the historical records, Xiang Yu killed more than a hundred people in the county sheriff's mansion and directly took the seal of the county sheriff.
Since then, Xiangliang has had the capital to revolt. He launched Wu Zhonghaojie, gathered a force of more than 8,000 people, and officially opened his legend.
The pinnacle of life
In 208 BC, a wave of uprisings across the country deeply stimulated the central Qin state. The last generation of famous generals of the Qin Dynasty, Zhang Handan, led an army south to quell the rebellion in the Chu state.
The two were destined for a big fight. In the course of the two men's conquest, a small figure broke into the stage. This little person was the later Han Gaozu - Liu Bang.
At that time, although Liu Bang had already fallen into the grass, compared with other people's rebel armies, he could be said to have no money and no power. When Xiang Liang marched, Liu Bang felt that he had found an opportunity.
Engaged in later summarizing this meeting between Liu Bang and Xiang Liang, that Liu Bang was simply Qin Shi Huang touching the wire - winning hemp.
Xiang Liang was rich and powerful, giving Liu Bang 5,000 men and more than a dozen senior generals. For Xiang Liang, this was a trick, and more than a dozen senior generals could also ensure the loyalty of this army.
However, Xiang Liang did not expect that Liu Bang was a person with the aura of the protagonist. Although Liu Bang was a second-rate man, he possessed the most outrageous skill of the founding monarchs - to win people. He soon turned the force into his own. But that's a digression.
In the long confrontation, Xiang Liang gradually gained the upper hand. He repeatedly crushed Zhang Handan's army and pushed the front to the north a lot. After the Battle of Yongqiu, Xiang Liang was already crazy to the point of no end. From history, we can know that the proud soldiers will be defeated.
Ambition is not rewarded
In Shandong in September, there is less rain and more shade. The sea breeze blows from the East China Sea, making the soldier's bedding smell fishy in addition to sweat. Xiang Liang is in the middle tent. He is no longer young.
In front of him was the glory of the chu state of the past, and it was a personal glory that was famous in history. Behind him were the ghosts who had died fighting for the Chu state, and the roar of his father Xiang Yan before he died.
As long as the Qin army dozens of miles away is defeated, everything will be fine. Xiang Liang thought so. He did not notice the exhaustion and hunger that hung on the faces of the soldiers when he had just patrolled the camp. His life is gradually coming to an end.
After the Battle of Dingtao, Xiang Liang's rebellious army was completely defeated by Zhang Handan. After this battle, Xiang Liang was killed, and Xiang Yu and Liu Bang retreated to Pengcheng. The glory of a lifetime, along with Xiang Liang's death, became nothingness.
After the fact, we can analyze the entire situation at the end of Qin as Zhuge Liang. If Xiang Liang does not die, will the situation of Xiang Yu's rebellion and separation occur? If Xiang Liang was still alive, would Liu Bang dare to raise an army in Guanzhong?
But everything is nothing, nothing can happen. In the end, all that remains is the lament of the hero's past and the toast to the heroic soul.