"If the people say, the cunning rabbit dies, and the good dog cooks; the bird is exhausted, and the good bow is hidden; the enemy country is broken, and the courtiers are killed." The world has been decided, and I should cook. This is a passage that Han Xin said before he died. During the Chu-Han War, when Liu Bang and Xiang Yu were fighting for the world, Han Xin also set up three Qins for Liu Bang, captured Wei, replaced, broken Zhao, Wei Yan, attacked Qi in the east, and defeated Xiang Yu in the Battle of Xiaxia, and was the number one hero who helped Liu Bang win the world.
Han Xingong was a high lord, and the command of the army was very capable of fighting, and Liu Bang and his generals were not Opponents of Han Xin, so Liu Bang had difficulty sleeping and eating. Chen Ping asked Liu Bang to use the visit to Yun Mengze as an excuse to capture Han Xin, who had come to see him. In this way, Han Xin had no ability to compete with Liu Bang. Subsequently, Liu Bang took Han Xin to Luoyang and put him in his side to watch over. This greatly displeased Han Xin, who was said to want to join forces with Chen Feng to rebel against Liu Bang, and when Lü Hou discovered this, he asked Xiao He to trick Han Xin into the palace and kill him.
It was too late for the knife to be on the neck before he wanted to resist, but historically, Han Xin had a perfect opportunity to seize the world.
During the Chu-Han War, when Liu Bang and Xiang Yu were at war, Han Xin successively pacified the states of Wei, Dai, Zhao, Yan, and Qi for Liu Bang, especially after Han Xin took the State of Qi, he had vast land and a large population, and he also had hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, which gave him the strength to resist Liu Bang and Xiang Yu. Han Xin was once Xiang Yu's subordinate, and at that time Xiang Yu did not pay much attention to Han Xin at all, and never took Han Xin's advice, but when Han Xin took the State of Qi and defeated Xiang Yu's famous general Long Ji, Xiang Yu truly realized the horror of Han Xin.
Xiang Yu understood that the fate of him and Liu Bang was no longer in his own hands to a certain extent, but in the hands of Han Xin, Han Xin helped Liu Bang, he would become a loser, Han Xin helped himself, he would defeat Liu Bang and become the winner of the Chu-Han War. Xiang Yu sent Wu Shi to persuade Han Xin to surrender, and in order to persuade Han Xin, Xiang Yu also promised Han Xin half of the country. However, Liu Bang was kind to Han Xin, and Han Xin did not accept Xiang Yu's conditions. At the same time, Liu Bang, in order to avoid Han Xin falling to Xiang Yu or rebelling against himself, made Han Xin the King of Qi.
Liu Bang and Xiang Yu had excellent conditions for Han Xin, but because Han Xin's ability was too strong, it was difficult for him to reassure him no matter which emperor he was under. Han Xin's adviser Pu Tong saw through this, he knew that whether Han Xin helped Xiang Yu or Liu Bang to win the world, he would not only not get the reward they promised, but also because of his meritorious service to the lord, he would be jealous of them, and finally end up with a "rabbit dead dog cooking", so Qu Tong persuaded Han Xin to establish himself as king in Qidi and compete with Liu Bang and Xiang Yu for the world, so as to avoid being killed in the future.
Han Xin was a military genius, but politically short-sighted, believing that Liu Bang had achieved himself and was his benefactor, so he refused to betray Liu Bang. Subsequently, Han Xin raised troops to help Liu Bang fight against Xiang Yu, and after he defeated Xiang Yu in the Battle of Xiaxia, he helped Liu Bang win the world. Unfortunately, Han Xin helped Liu Bang to take the world and was still loyal to Liu Bang, but Liu Bang did not trust him, and eventually let Lü Hou kill Han Xin.
If Han Xin listened to The Persuasion of Qu Tong, established himself as king in Qidi, and began to compete with Liu Bang and Xiang Yu for the world, who of them would have the last laugh?
Among the three people of Liu Bang, Han Xin and Xiang Yu, the one with the worst military ability was Liu Bang, who fought with Xiang Yu and lost to Xiang Yu many times, and even in the Battle of Pengcheng, he held an army of 560,000 and was defeated by Xiang Yu, who had only 30,000 troops. Xiang Yu is also an excellent general of historical level, he fought more than 70 battles in his lifetime, rarely defeated, especially in the Battle of Julu, in the face of the powerful Qin army, Xiang Yu broke the soldiers' back roads by breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat, maximizing the soldiers' combat effectiveness and allowing him to successfully defeat Zhang Handan.
Although Xiang Yu was a very good and famous general, when he met the "soldier immortal" Han Xin, his military ability was slightly inferior, and the most painful defeat in Xiang Yu's life was also the only defeat in Xiang Yu's life, which was given by Han Xin. In the Battle of Xiaxia, Xiang Yu also had 100,000 troops in his hands, with the strength to wrench his wrist with Liu Bang, but Xiang Yu broke the fighting spirit of the Chu army through the method of "embattled", forcing Xiang Yu to flee with only 800 soldiers, and finally was caught up by the Han army, forcing Xiang Yu to commit suicide on the Wu River.
Whether or not we can win the world is not directly proportional to the strength of our ability to fight wars. Liu Bang's ability to fight was weaker than Xiang Yu's, but he was able to defeat Xiang Yu and win the world because Liu Bang had Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, Xiao He, Li Shiqi, as well as Han Xin, Peng Yue, Yingbu, Cao Shan, Zhou Bo, Fan Duo and other military generals, and Liu Bang knew how to use them. Xiang Yu had Fan Zeng under him, as well as Yingbu, Long He, Ji Bu, and Zhong Liwei, but Xiang Yu did not know how to use them, nor did he want to share benefits with his generals, which led to the generals who originally belonged to Xiang Yu, such as Han Xin, Peng Yue, and Yingbu, who switched to Liu Bang, and with their help, Liu Bang won the Chu-Han War.
Although Han Xin was a military genius, his generals, such as Cao Shan, and others, were loyal to Liu Bang, and if Han Xin rebelled, they would not follow Han Xin in rebelling against Liu Bang, which would greatly reduce Han Xin's strength. At the same time, Han Xin is a top talent, but he does not have many talents under him, let him go to fight against Liu Bang, who is full of talents, he lacks the odds of winning, and the final winner may still be Liu Bang.