As the saying goes, the king is not too much, but not Li. This "Li" may refer to the fierce characters of Li Cunxun, Li Jing, and Li Cunxiao, but what this "item" refers to can only be Xiang Yu, the king of Western Chu, and there is no second person who can compare with it.
This character, who can be called the god of war, has been favored by countless historians and literati because of his bravery and arrogance, as well as his tragic fate. Li Wanfang once commented on him: The god of feathers is brave and unique throughout the ages.
Throughout the history books, Xiang Yu has set a record of three world firsts, which is talked about by people.
The first young man to make great ambitions as an emperor
From Tai ShiGong's "History of Xiang Yu Benji", the description of Xiang Yu when he was a child can be seen that this person is definitely not a thing in the pool.
Xiang Yu was born into the family of xiang Yan, a general of the Chu state. After Qin Shi Huang launched a war to annex the State of Chu, Xiang Yan led the Battle of the State of Chu against the Qin Army, and was eventually defeated and killed. The top pillar of the Xiang family has since become Xiang Yu's uncle Xiang Liang.
But although Xiang Liang was a Haojie of Chudi. However, he was arrogant and arrogant, and he was not accustomed to the brutal rule of Qin Shi Huang, and finally lost his hand and took his life on his back for a while, and was forced to live a life of exile.
Xiang Yu also followed his uncle from an early age. Eventually, Xiang Liang settled down in Huiji County, and Xiang Liang began to teach Xiang Yu to read, read, and learn martial arts.
However, Xiang Liang soon found that Xiang Yu was not at ease in reading and learning martial arts. Although Xiao Xiangyu has a good understanding, he can read a little, and the fight is also quite fierce, often pressing several people to fight by himself, but he often loses interest in it quickly after being careless.
At first, Xiang Liang didn't think much of it, but simply felt that this nephew was fighting for his own cleverness and cleverness, pride and laziness. So he found Xiang Yu and planned to criticize him well.
Who knew that Xiang Yu began to refute with vigor and words: read and write, but write your own name.
Learning martial arts training is only useful when fighting alone, and it is not a university question. If I want to learn, I must learn the skill of commanding thousands of troops and horses to fight.
This remark, which was said in the first place, was the Tao, and Xiang Liang was dumbfounded in refuting it. But at the same time, Xiang Liang was pleasantly surprised to discover his nephew's grand ambitions.
He began to believe that this young and proud child's future must be unlimited. From then on, Xiang Liang began to teach Xiao Xiangyu to learn the art of war.
But after a while, Xiang Liang began to realize that this nephew's ambition was so great that he was afraid that he himself could not control it.
As we all know, Qin Shi Huang was a parade emperor. At that time, in order to strengthen the rule of the entire country, Qin Shi Huang often went out on a parade to understand this new empire.
On this day, Qin Shi Huang's motorcade paraded to Huiji County. When Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu learned of this news, they naturally would not let it go, so they packed up their bags and went to watch Qin Shi Huang's motorcade, planning to see who this enemy of the annihilation of the country really was.
When Qin Shi Huang was inspecting, he simply ordered his servants to remove the canopy from the carriage and sit in the convertible, so that the people could have a good look at the majesty of this emperor throughout the ages. Xiang Yu and Xiang Liang thus met the true dragon face of Qin Shi Huang.
Xiang Liang needed to keep a low profile because he had committed crimes, so like other people, he also bowed his head and raised his eyebrows, and occasionally glanced up twice.
But Xiang Yu stared at Qin Shi Huang with a pair of big eyes, and looked at Qin Shi Huang fearlessly, as if he wanted to see Qin Shi Huang thoroughly.
Then, he uttered the age-old saying: He can take his place.
This is where the idiom "replaces" comes from.
Although Xiang Yu's voice was small, it also caused a wave of surprised discussion around him. Xiang Liang immediately realized that his nephew was talking wildly, afraid that he would cause a big disaster, so he quickly covered Xiang Yu's mouth, pulled him to run away, and the figures of the two quickly disappeared into the vast sea of people.
Throughout the annals of history, Xiang Yu was the only one who dared to say "replace" to the First Emperor when he was only a teenager. Therefore, Xiang Yu was undoubtedly the first teenager to have the ambition of an emperor.
The most capable individual combat person in history
The story of "Overlord Lifting the Ding" is believed to be heard by all those who have been exposed to ancient commentaries, operas, and stories.
It is said that after Xiang Liang raised the banner of anti-Qin, he once sent Xiang Yu to persuade Huan Chu, a local powerful military leader, to join the gang and join in opposing Qin.
Huan Chu saw that Xiang Yu was a 24-year-old young man who was quite disdainful of him, so he pointed to a large ding in the courtyard that weighed thousands of pounds and said to Xiang Yu, If you can lift it, I will join your uncle and nephew's team.
Thinking that Huan Chu was also deliberately trying to make it difficult for Xiang Yu. After all, even if the four strong men under Huan Chu could not lift it together, the young Xiang Yu was definitely even more unlikely.
Who thought that Xiang Yu came to Ding, took off his shirt, held Dingkou Ding's body with both hands, and with a loud cry, he actually lifted Da Ding steadily, and then took a few steps with Ding. Huan Chu and the others were greatly shocked, so they kept their promise and submitted to Xiang Liang's uncle and nephew.
Let's talk about when Chu and Han are fighting. During the Battle of Xingyang, Liu Bang found a Hu general from Lou Fu to come as a foreign aid. Xiang Yu sent three generals to challenge them, all of whom were shot and killed by Lou Fu, who was proud of this and shouted that there was no one under the Chu soldiers.
This moment annoyed Xiang Yu. So he personally put on his clothes and rushed to the front of the line on horseback. Lou Fu general just wanted to challenge, Xiang Yu broke off drinking, and even shocked Lou Fu to the point of confusion, his hands and feet were cold, and at that time he threw away his armor and fled back to the Big Tent of the Han Army, never daring to charge again.
Xiang Yu's heroism lasted until the last moment of his life. In Xiang Yu's last battle, he killed hundreds of Han cavalrymen by himself in the infantry battle, and no one dared to approach him until no one dared to approach him, so he generously gave his head to the late Lü Matong in the Han army, and then killed himself.
The youngest emperor in history
Although Xiang Yu has left countless deeds in the annals of history, few people have noticed that Xiang Yu's age of death is actually very small, only 31 years old.
He started his army at the age of 24, destroyed Qin in 3 years, reached the peak of slaughtering the world and dividing the princes at the age of 27, and after another 4 years, he lost the Battle of Chu and Han, and committed suicide in defeat.
Throughout the history books, an emperor like Xiang Yu who is as bright and short as a meteor is really rare in ancient times. The Western Chu overlord has only been active on the stage of history for 7 years, but almost every year is the climax of his life drama.
The so-called "king is not hegemonic" is also admiring the speed of his success. In the "Records of History", the biography of Xiang Yu, who did not become emperor, is also recounted in the form of "Benji", which is to recognize his historical status.
Xiang Yu's success is closely related to his high-quality achievements. Although Xiang Yu's generals in the Chu-Han War were indeed inferior to Han Xin, Peng Yue, and others, as long as Xiang Yu personally led the team, they were invincible and invincible.
Xiang Yu once said that since he started his army, he has won more than 70 battles, which is equivalent to fighting 10 battles a year, and he can still win one battle a month, and his combat ability is really terrible.
In the Battle of Julu, Xiang Yu broke through the cauldron and defeated the Qin general Zhang Handan with few victories and more victories, and then completely annihilated the main force of the Qin army. In the Battle of Pengcheng, Xiang Yu broke Liu Bang's 560,000-strong alliance of princes with 30,000 people, shocking the world.
Even when he broke through from the bottom of the hill and there were only 28 people around him, Xiang Yu did not admit defeat, and he personally deployed a battle with a quick fight, three in and three out of the Han army of several thousand people, killing hundreds of people, repelling the Han army, and maintaining his declaration that "the death of heaven is me, not a crime of war".
Xiang Yu's life was a very legendary life. Although he died and the country was destroyed, Xiang Yu's bravery and heroism and the faceless love and righteousness of Jiangdong's father and elder were all temperaments and qualities that were admired by the literati of all generations, and it will always inspire every generation to Chinese.