Today we will talk about the Battle of Pengcheng and the process of Liu Bang's capture of Pengcheng.
The armies of the princes commanded by Liu Bang nominally had more than 190,000 kingdoms and ten kings and two marquises, and 560,000 troops, namely more than 190,000 liu bangs of the Han dynasty, sima xin of sai, dong feng, more than 30,000 of zhai, more than 20,000 of henan shenyang, more than 20,000 of sima of yin, nearly 20,000 of Han wangxin, more than 90,000 of Zhao Wang Xie and dai wang Chen yu, more than 60,000 of western Wei kings, more than 10,000 zhang er (who had lost the country), more than 30,000 wei xiang peng yue, 30,000 wang lings of yonghou (sealed by Xiang Yu), and nearly 20,000 of zhou lühou (sealed by Liu Bang), with about 40,000 friendly armies.
Liu Bang ordered the general Fan Duo to immediately go to Feng County and Pei County, and crossed Surabaya to capture Xue County. Fan Huan crossed Surabaya and attacked Zou County, Fengqiu, and Xue County in Xue County, and at one point attacked Lucheng, the Taishou Capital of Xue County, but only pretended to attack, with the purpose of blocking Xiang Yu from going south to rescue Pengcheng. The governor of Western Chu Xue County, Xiang Guanjian, had no intention of being tough.
Xiang Yu attacked the State of Qi from the north, and each time he went north along Surabaya to Xue County, advancing by land and water, retreating back to Pengcheng, of course, returning to the same road, close and labor-saving. Fan Duo guerrilla surabaya, and Peng Yue controlled the east and west ends of the deep ditch, Xiang Yu wanted to return to Peng Cheng, it was impossible to avoid Fan Duo. At the same time, Wang Ling in Pei County on the Surabaya Gave Fan another insurance, and Peng Yue, Fan Duo, and Wang Ling, the three of them echoed each other from afar, forming a posture of attacking the Western Chu army on Surabaya.
Liu Bang, the King of Han, led Sima Xin the King of Sai, Dong Feng the King of Zhai, Shen Yang the King of Henan, Sima Wei the King of Yin, Han Xin the King of Han, Wei Bao the King of Western Wei, and Zhang Er the King of Changshan (who had lost the kingdom) to the vicinity of Pengcheng. The Han army rode out in all directions, in the lower reaches of Surabaya in the east and in the area of Yishui in the northeast, and Liu Bang deliberately did not send heavy troops to deploy. If Xiang Yu bypassed Nishan and went south from Yishui in Langya County, to pass through Langya County, which was occupied by Tian Heng, at that time Xiang Yu was attacked on his back, and Liu Bang was eager to form this situation.
However, Zhao Wang Xie and Acting King Chen Yu crossed the Yellow River south, but they were stationed north of Jishui and refused to cross the river again. The sphere of influence controlled by the Second King was roughly equivalent to the territory of the Zhao State during the Warring States period, and was not much weaker than That of Liu Bang.
The Western Wei king Leopard also slowed down in the Linji area north of Jishui. The Wei state of Wei, the king of Western Wei, had three counties of Hedong, Taiyuan, and Shangdang, and the wei state of Wei xiang Pengyue was roughly a county and an eastern county, and the two countries did not border each other, but Peng Yue these two counties were the basic territory of the Wei state in the late Warring States period, and the population was also larger than that of the Western Wei state. Liu Bang made Peng Yue Wei Xiang, so what about him, the former King of Wei? In the future, will he return to the Western Wei state, or will he stay in the Wei state and fight with Peng Yue for territory? The problem of dividing the seals that Xiang Yu had faced was also encountered by Liu Bang.
Xiang Yu was out on a expedition, and his uncle Zuo Yin Xiang tang (Xiang Bo) was sitting in Pengcheng, and his troops were not small, but they were scattered. Emperor Ning of Dongyang surrendered four lords, namely Jingju, Xiangliang, King Huai of Chu (Emperor Yi), and Xiang Yu, who took his hometown of Dongyang as the center and occupied more than a dozen cities large and small, with a strength of 30,000 or 40,000 troops. After Xiang Yu disposed of Emperor Yi, he transferred 10,000 troops from Chen Infant, and the follow-up would definitely weaken him step by step.
After Receiving Xiang's order to entangle the army, Chen Infant pretended to go north, and after the sentry was lifted to the Han army, he camped hundreds of miles away from Pengcheng. More than two years later, Xiang Yu Wujiang killed himself, chen infant led his troops to surrender to Liu Bang, and fengtang Yihou was enfeoffed, with 1800 households.
Situ Lüchen originally had more than 30,000 people, and there were still 20,000 people after handing over some of his military powers. Lü Chen's father, Lü Qing, was Ling Yin (令尹), who was above Zuo Yin Xiang tangled. Xiang Tang had always wanted to replace him, and the internal struggle within the small imperial court that Peng Cheng had left behind was fierce.
When the Han army appeared west of Pengcheng, Lü Chen, on the pretext of blocking the Han army, fled east with his father Lü Qing to Donghai County, where they had previously occupied several counties. After the Battle of Xiaxia, Lü Chen surrendered to Liu Bang, fengning linghou, and 1,000 households.
Liu Bang entered Pengcheng, and was humiliated before washing the Hongmen Feast and escaping. Zuo Yin Xiangtang actually had 20,000 or 30,000 troops, but he inexplicably did not resist and directly surrendered. Even Xiang Yu's uncle did not resist, and still expected help from outsiders?
Before the Hongmen Feast, Liu Bang was forced to form a family with Xiang Tang, but the children of both sides were still young. At the Hongmen banquet, Xiang Tang (Xiang Bo) danced with Xiang Zhuang and saved Liu Bang's life. Liu Bang did not get entangled in the embarrassment, but still let him lead the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, and did not commit any crime against his family and subordinate Qiu.
However, Liu Bang collected and enjoyed the beauties and treasures of the court of the Western Chu Dynasty, and put wine every day, and the seven kings and generals were assembled. The subordinates also cheered and drank, and there was no news of Xiang Yu's attack, and everyone relaxed their guard.
Among the seven kings, except for Han Wangxin, who was sealed by Liu Bang and followed Liu Bang with a dead heart, the other six kings were all sealed by Xiang Yu. Sima Xin the King of Sai and Dong Yi the Prince of Zhai, these two kings were generals of the Qin State and had an extraordinary relationship with Xiang Yu. Zhang Er the King of Changshan, Shen Yang the King of Henan, and Sima Wei the Prince of Yin, these three kings formed their own system and fought with Liu Bang.
Liu Bang and seven tacit people set up banquets every day, and Sima Xin, the king of Sai, and Dong Fei, the king of Zhai, had already secretly communicated with Xiang Yu, and only when Xiang Yu was in trouble, they would strike back. Pengcheng, the safest place, is often the most dangerous.