The Hongmen Banquet is a strange story for thousands of years, because Liu Bang went deep into the Tiger's Den alone, but in a banquet full of killing machines, he actually survived intact. So many people are also criticizing Xiang Yu for being indecisive, if he can decisively eliminate Liu Bang, then there may not be so many things later, but is Xiang Yu really hesitating whether to kill Liu Bang? In fact, there is a third person behind this matter.
There was also a person drinking at the banquet
At the Hongmen banquet, people regardEd Xiang Yu and Liu Bang as the protagonists of the banquet, but they all forgot that the nominal co-lord of the world at this time was the King of Chu Huai, and the King of Chu Huai was also drinking at the banquet, this guy was amazing, although he had no strength, but he was the emperor recognized by Xiang Yu and all the princes, and he was the bloodline of the Chu royal family, Xiang Yu wanted to kill Liu Bang, but the King of Chu Huai was the master of the banquet, and Xiang Yu, as a Chu person, did not want to oppose the King of Chu Huai, in the case that the King of Chu Huai did not want to kill Liu Bang, Xiang Yu was more than enough and insufficient.
The beginning and end of king Huai of Chu
How did this person of King Huai of Chu come about? After the destruction of the Chu state, Xiang Liang found the bloodline of the chu royal family left behind by the people, and then established him as the nominal monarch of the Chu state, the Chu people thought of the old lord, and then his title continued to be the king of Huai. With the banner of King Huai of Chu, Xiang Liang's army responded with a hundred responses, and soon formed an extremely considerable fighting force, and later after Xiang Liang's death, Xiang Yu took over this army.
But whether it was Xiang Yu or Xiang Liang, although they nominally respected the King of Chu Huai, they always firmly held the military power in their hands. Later, Xiang Liu and more princes successfully entered Guanzhong and defeated the Forces of the Qin Dynasty, at this time the nominal name of the world was Chu, the King of Chu Huai was the real lord of the world, Xiang Yu could secretly make moves before he was prepared, but nominally he absolutely did not dare to despise the King of Chu Huai, which was the reason why Liu Bang was able to survive at the Hongmen Banquet.
Why did King Huai want to protect Liu Bang
As we said before, the king of ChuHuai is completely a puppet set up by the Xiang Yu family, although he has status, he has no power and no military strength, so he should not cause such a big obstacle to Xiang Yu, especially in the case of the neutrality of the king of Chu Huai, but what Xiang Yu could not imagine is that the king of Chu Huai firmly sided with Liu Bang and wanted to protect Liu Bang as a person.
The reason is very simple, King Huai of Chu is not a fool, the Xiang Yu family has supported themselves for so many years, they have given real power, they simply want to treat themselves as a puppet emperor!
Among the many princes, the only one who could balance Xiang Yu was Liu Bang, who knew that Liu Bang would die when he died, so he racked his brains to save Liu Bang, and with the protection of the nominal emperor, Liu Bang was finally able to safely hold his whole body at the Hongmen banquet, and Xiang Yu's assassination plan could only be stopped in the end.
Enter the main level
Speaking of the fact that the King of Chu Huai did not like Xiang Yu, there was already a hint of it, when king Huai, as the emperor, made a stipulation, that is, all the princes of all walks of life who could enter Guanzhong first, they could occupy Guanzhong, and others were not allowed to touch it, and Xiang Yu's condition was that he must occupy Guanzhong, but king Huai ignored this request, at this time the Qin Dynasty was still there, the world was in chaos, and Xiang Yu relied on the King of Chu so he had no choice but to swallow his anger.
Later, sure enough, King Huai of Chu gave Liu Bang a better route to enter Guanzhong's westward journey, allowing Liu Bang to take the lead in becoming the lord of Guanzhong, and Xiang Yu's rebuttal to King Huai of Chu ignored everything.
Kill the King of Huai and stand on his own
After the Hongmen Feast, Xiang Yu had fully realized that King Huai would never be able to stand on his side, and he was not willing to be a puppet, so Xiang Yu killed this guy very simply and rudely, at this time Xiang Yu was finally unwilling to stand under the stage, but wanted fame and fortune.
Rich and noble do not return to their hometowns, such as Jinyi night travel, Xiang Yu is not willing to be the boss behind the scenes, but to stand on the table as the real ruler supported by the people, so there is the death of the king of Huai, but Xiang Yu is the general of the Chu army, the world is the state of Chu, once the king of Chu dies, can the military heart be stable? Are the princes of all walks of life obedient?
Liu Bang's name is justified in his words
Later, in the name of helping King Huai of Chu to avenge, Liu Bang not only gained momentum, but also reversed many of Xiang Yu's old chu army, not only offending the outside, but also making the internal forces turbulent, as a Chu person, Xiang Yu made the people of chu extremely dissatisfied, which was really ridiculous.
Therefore, Xiang Yu's killing of King Huai was definitely a stupid move, or rather, the timing of his killing was not right.
This is a well understood logic, King Huai knew that Liu Bang would die when he died, so Hongmen feasted on Liu Bang, and Xiang Yu, if he was smart enough, should also know that if Liu Bang did not die, King Huai could not die.