Long Ji was a super giant under Xiang Yu during the Chu-Han struggle, and its status can be said to be very critical. When Han Xin took Qi Di, Xiang Yu asked Long He to lead an army of 200,000 to deal with Han Xin, but the loser of this war was Long He, not to mention that after this duel, Long He was killed by the infants. So for Xiang Yu, how critical is the dragon? Why did Xiang Yu know that he was about to lose his family after Long Ji's death? We have to interpret this question from two aspects, not only to consider the status of the dragon in the Xiang Yu camp, but also to see when the dragon died in battle.
Among Xiang Yu's subordinates, the dragon was a special being, and it was not too much to say that it had a unique status
Chen Ping had analyzed the Xiang Yu Group, and had explained that Fan Zeng, Zhong Liming, Long Ji, and Zhou Yin were all Xiang Yu's ministers. After Chen Ping used the divergence meter, Xiang Yu slowly alienated Fan Zeng and Zhong Liyi and others. (I personally feel that perhaps the distancing is not a direct relationship between Fan Zeng and his estrangement, but after that, perhaps Zhong Liyi's lack of reuse is related to the divisiveness) However, this did not affect Long He, and Xiang Yu always reused him. From then on, Long Ji became a general under Xiang Yu's banner that could stand alone, which was rare in his group. In terms of ability alone, in the past, Yingbu was beaten by the dragon and fell to the ground, and his general was slightly ahead of the Three Realms! It was precisely because of Long He's special status that Xiang Yu handed over 200,000 soldiers and horses to Long He's hands in suiyang in one breath, and ordered him to deal with Han Xin. To understand, at that time, Xiang Yu's own soldiers and horses were estimated to be 200,000! (When he was not seriously damaged, Xiang Yu also led his 100,000 soldiers and horses to complete the withdrawal.) It can be said that the dragon is not only the number one core of Xiang Yu's banner, but also most of Xiang Yu's soldiers and horses are under his command!
The time of the dragon's death is really crucial, which means that the whole thing has collapsed
From the time when the Three Realms fell into the depths of the Qin Dynasty, to after the Three Realms were sealed, the most powerful king of the Three Realms at that time was definitely Xiang Yu, even if Liu Bang took his capital in the "Battle of Pengcheng", but Xiang Yu turned around and beat Liu Bang to flee in a hurry, still holding the initiative in the battle situation, but since the two sides entered the confrontation period, Xiang Yu's side had begun to develop towards an unfavorable situation. Xiang Yu still had an absolute advantage in the early days of the Chu-Han confrontation, in the frontal battlefield, Liu Bang often became his defeated general, even if relying on the steady stream of soldiers and logistical supplies in Guanzhong, was not completely defeated, but Liu Bang still felt helpless for the disadvantage of the frontal battlefield, until Han Xin proposed to unite the northern forces, defeat the eastern Qi state, cut off the southern Chu state grain route, and then after Xingyang and its meeting in the west, Liu Bang opened up the second battlefield.
From then on, Han Xin first led soldiers and horses to pacify the land of the Zhao Dynasty, and then adopted Li Zuoche's advice and asked the emissaries to send the letter to Zang Di, the king of Yan, so Liu Bang took the Land of Yan for himself. Later, Han Xin led the Terracotta Army to the East, forcing Tian Guang, the King of Qi, to flee and take Qi Di, so the opponent sent a letter of rescue to Xiang Yu. At this time, Wu Rui, the king of Hengshan, was also persuaded by Zhang Liang, who was moving south, which led to Liu Bang having more of Wu Rui as an ally. Behind Xiang Yu, Peng Yue also constantly launched guerrilla warfare to harass the Chu army's grain routes.
In this way, even in the frontal battlefield, Xiang Yu still maintained an advantage over Liu Bang, but from the analysis of the situation in the three sections, the three directions of Western Chu in the west, south and north were already surrounded by Liu Bang, not to mention that Peng Yue often attacked and disturbed the grain road, so that the Chu army fell into an extremely bad situation. If Han Xin took Qi Di for himself again, then Xiang Yu's situation would not only be that he would be attacked from the stomach and back, not to mention that the Han army would threaten Pengcheng's old nest at any time, which would be equivalent to his own complete cut off from the back road. Therefore, Xiang Yu asked Xiang He and Long Ji to lead troops together to help Qi Wang Tian Guang regain the lost land, and this battle could be said to have a bearing on the survival of Western Chu. Unfortunately, in this big competition, in order to block Weishui, Han Xin first let people repair the embankment to block, and then pretended to escape, attracting the Chu army to cross the river to fight, and when the Chu army walked to the middle of the river, the embankment was dug open, so that the flood rolled in, causing the Chu army to be defeated, and Xiang Yu also became the ghost under the infant knife.
For Xiang Yu, the death of the dragon represented something
In Xiang Yu's club, Long Ji is the most critical general, the important soldiers and horses are in the hands of this marshal, in Xiang Yu's club, the most critical executor and the most firm believer in corporate culture is none other than him. The return of the dragon not only meant that Xiang Yu had lost a general and 200,000 soldiers and horses, but also meant that the situation of the Chu-Han dispute had changed in an instant, and the Liu Bang Club had surrounded Xiang Yu. In fact, what is more crucial is that in terms of the strategic thinking and corporate culture of the Xiangyu Club, it also completely failed due to the death of the dragon!
After learning of the dragon and his death, Xiang Yu's first reaction was to be very frightened, and he quickly sent someone to lobby Han Xin to seize the Three Realms with him. Why was Xiang Yu, who used to have great powers and called the wind and rain, so afraid at this time? At that time, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu in the west were always fighting, Wei, Zhao, Dai, and Yan in the north had all been annexed by Han Xin, and the Han side had also subdued Yingbu in the south, and then strategically, we can see that Xiang Yu lost a complete defeat, and the situation at that time was that it was attacked on three sides, which can be described as being passive, and then we can find out how critical the State of Qi is! In order to save the state of Qi, Xiang Yu did indeed lay down his blood, in order to fight against Han Xin, he did not hesitate to let the dragon and lead 200,000 soldiers and horses to the front, the eastern front was not lost is its purpose, as long as Xiang Yu lost, it would become the dumpling stuffing of the opponent. Therefore, Xiang Yu must have been afraid! And expecting to persuade Han Xin and the King of Han to separate the family is the only way to remedy it, even if it is three points of the world, the end is that Han Xin does not agree to the rebellion at all, so Xiang Yu's general trend will never return to the past, so can Xiang Yu not be afraid? Do you think the death of the dragon is particularly critical?