The ancestor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang, rose to the top, defeated the strong with weakness, and won the world, and Zhang Zifang and Chen Ping made great contributions. Zhang Liang was born into an aristocracy, strategizing, and good at yang strategy; Chen Ping was born poor, took many swords and went sideways, and was good at conspiracies. When Zhang Liang was alive, he overwhelmed Chen Ping and was known as the Sanjie of the early Han Dynasty.
Liu Bang commented on the three masters of the early Han Dynasty: "In the midst of strategizing, the victory is thousands of miles away, and I am not as good as the son; The town and the country, care for the people, give food, do not stop the food, I am not as good as Xiao He; Even millions of people, the battle will be won, the attack will be won, I am not as good as Han Xin. ”
Literally, the first person to strategize was Zhang Liang, and Chen Ping could only succumb to it. Is it really Zhang Liang's strategy that is more powerful than Chen Ping? This also starts with the origin of the two.
Zhang Liang's ancestors served as the state minister of five generations of Han kings in Korea, which can be described as after Xiangmen. Later, Han was destroyed by Qin, and Zhang Liang took up the cause of revenge, gathered a group of old ministers, waited for the opportunity to take revenge on Qin Shi Huang, and prepared to restore Korea.
In 218 BC, Zhang Liang organized the closest assassination to success, but Qin Shi Huang sent out in six of the same carriages, Zhang Liang's plan failed, and he began to flee from then on.
Even if he fled, Zhang Liang did not give up the great cause of restoring the country, he worshiped the Qiren Huang Shigong as a teacher, learned the art of war, failed to achieve the art of war, and swore not to become a division. After ten years of study, Zhang Liang was accomplished. He chose to use the power of Liu Bang to support the Han Chamber.
At this time, the relationship between the two is not a superior-subordinate relationship, but an alliance relationship that uses each other. Later, when Xiang Liang established Xiongxin as the king of Chuhuai, Zhang Liang recommended to Xiang Liang that Han, a descendant of Korea, become the king of Han, so that he could gather the strength of the six kingdoms to resist Qin. Xiang Liang listened to the suggestion and made Han King of Han, and Zhang Liang achieved his wish, left Liu Bang, and wholeheartedly assisted King Han.
But Zhang Liang soon discovered that with the power of King Han, there was not even a decent city, only more than a thousand soldiers and horses. Zhang Liang had to help Liu Bang advance westward again, and Liu Bang attacked the city, and then several cities were given to King Han.
So Liu Bang had no danger all the way, and entered the main pass, which made Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, angry! He believed that it was Zhang Liang's idea to make Liu Bang enter the customs before him. In a fit of anger, Xiang Yu walked stinky chess, and he killed Han Wangcheng. The only heir in Korea was gone, and Zhang Liang had to completely fall to Liu Bang.
Zhang Liang's most famous strategy is "bright burning plank road, dark Chen cang".
In the first month of 206 BC, Liu Bang was made King of Han and ruled the Ba and Shu regions, but Liu Bang was obsessed with Hanzhong. Zhang Liang transferred the property that Liu Bang had given him to Xiang Bo, and asked Xiang Bo to help Liu Bang ask Xiang Yu for the Hanzhong region. Xiang Yu respected Xiang Bo very much and agreed to Liu Bang's request.
Zhang Liang suggested to Liu Bang: Burn the plank road he walked through, you can show King Xiang that you have no intention of fighting back, and you can also coax Xiang Yu to rest assured.
Xiang Yu heard that Liu Bang had burned the plank road, and sure enough, he no longer guarded against Liu Bang. Zhang Liang wrote to report Xiang Yu, saying that Tian Rong of Qi had rebelled. Xiang Yu then set out to attack the King of Qi.
After Xiang Yu's main force left, Liu Bang sent the general Han Xin to "secretly cross Chen Cang" from his old road, and unexpectedly defeated the Yongwang Zhang Handan, the Sai King Sima Xin, and the Zhai King Dong Yi, pacifying the Three Qins in one fell swoop and capturing the treasure land of Guanzhong in one fell swoop. At this time, Liu Bang really had the capital to compete with Xiang Yu.
Under the trade-off, Liu Bang gradually grew bigger and finally settled in the Central Plains, while Zhang Liang chose to retire and travel around the world.
Compared with Zhang Liang's integrity, Chen Ping's strategy can be described as very negative, but it is undeniable that Chen Ping's strategy has a quick effect.
Chen Ping was born in poverty, and his parents died when he was a child, and he was raised by his brother and sister-in-law. Chen Ping had great ambitions when he was young, he was handsome, tall, and liked to make friends rather than give birth. A wealthy businessman thought that Chen Ping must not be a person who lived under the people for a long time, so he married his granddaughter to Chen Ping and funded him with food and clothing.
After Chen Sheng's uprising in Dazexiang, he established Wei as king, and Chen Ping defected to Wei and was appointed as a imperial servant. Because of his low origin, Chen Ping's scheme was not adopted, and someone said bad things about Chen Ping in front of King Wei, so Chen Ping turned to Xiang Yu in another way.
Xiang Yu was crony, and although Chen Ping was given a title of the Qing rank for meritorious service, he did not get Xiang Yu's trust, and at this time, Chen Ping met Liu Bang. During the Hongmen banquet, Xiang Yu repented and ordered Chen Ping to pursue Liu Bang. Chen Ping saw through Liu Bang's intentions and deliberately let him go. At this time, Chen Ping already had a mind.
Xiang Yu claimed the throne in Pengcheng, and Liu Bang led his army under Zhang Liang's strategy to pacify Zhang Wei the Prince of Yong, Sima Xin the King of Sai, and Dong Yi the King of Zhai, Sima Bian the King of Yin surrendered upon hearing the wind and betrayed Xiang Yu.
Xiang Yu appointed Chen Ping as the Prince of Xinwu to fight against King Yin. After Chen Ping defeated Queen Yin, he returned to the garrison, and was made a capital lieutenant for his meritorious service and rewarded with 20 gold rods.
Chen Ping just walked on the front foot, and Liu Bang recaptured Yin Land on the back foot. Xiang Yu was furious and ordered the killing of the generals and officials who had previously pacified Yindi. Chen Ping learned the news in advance, hung up the seal, and went to Liu Bang.
When Liu Bang heard that Chen Ping had come to cast his tou, he went barefoot to greet him, and worshipped him as a capital lieutenant, and the official title was a counselor. Chen Ping had a life-saving grace for Liu Bang, and abandoned the powerful Xiang Yu and defected to the weak Liu Bang, so Liu Bang could be described as a heavy reward for Chen Ping. But such a move caused the dissatisfaction of the military generals who followed Liu Bang to rise up.
Zhou Bo and Guan Ying even insulted Chen Ping in front of Liu Bang, saying that he had repeatedly rebelled against the lord and stolen his sister-in-law to receive money, which was not enough to be used. When Zhang Liang came to vote, these people did not dare to say nonsense, because Zhang Liang was a Xiangmen and his status was higher than them, and Chen Ping was a commoner, Zhou Bo and others were naturally not convinced.
Liu Bang followed Wei Wuzhi's advice: the appointment of advisers was based on whether his tactics were beneficial to the war, not his character. Therefore, Liu Bang reprimanded Zhou Bo and other military generals, and promoted Chen Ping to lieutenant of the escort army, ranking above all generals. What Zhou Bo didn't know was that his words today had buried hidden dangers for his future career.
Most of Chen Ping's strategies are shady and effective, and the more famous ones are six strategies:
First, the separation of Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng, Chu Shi declined.
Second, lure the enemy in disguise, so that Liu Bang can safely retreat from Xingyang.
Third, Han Xin was appointed king, so that Han Xin Geng would serve Liu Bang.
Fourth, Lian Qi destroyed Chu, and Liu Bang defeated Xiang Yu.
Fifth, plan to capture Han Xin, so that Liu Bangchui will destroy the king with a different surname and consolidate the world of the Liu family.
Sixth, relieve the siege of Baideng and free Liu Bang from the danger of the Xiongnu.
Let's take the second strategy to see how vicious Chen Ping's strategy is, it can be said that he will stop at nothing to achieve the end.
Liu Bang is trapped in Xingyang and seeks to plan with Chen Ping. Chen Ping said, "Only two thousand women are better than the 100,000 army of the Chu army. He asked the city to prepare 2,000 women, and took advantage of the dark to go out of the city from the east gate, and the generals of the Chu army were delighted to see it, and they came to grab it, and soon the soldiers of the other three gates also came to get a piece of the pie.
Ximen's forces were therefore insufficient, and Liu Bang, who was surrounded in Xingyang City, took Chen Ping and Fan Yu and rushed out at night. The Chu generals patronized and robbed people, losing the opportunity to capture Liu Bang alive. Chen Ping took the name of 2,000 women to make Liu Bang ascend to heaven.
Liu Bang declared himself emperor, Zhang Liang was made Marquis of Liu, and Chen Ping was made Marquis of Xian. Although Zhang Liang traveled all over the world, his two sons still served in the dynasty.
Zhang Liang had two sons: the eldest son, Zhang Busu, inherited his father and was the Marquis of Liu; The second son, Zhang Piqiang, became a squire at the age of fifteen.
Zhang Bu doubtfully had the name of Liuhou, but did not have Zhang Liang's wisdom, lingered in flowers all day long, and was jealous with the old nobles of the Chu State, and murdered people. If the finishing is clean, it is enough, and the result is found out, and it should be cut down according to the law.
Chen Ping offered a plan to let Zhang undoubtedly take money to atone for his sins. Zhang had no doubt about him, and he lost his family to redeem his life, but the title of Marquis of Liu's was gone, and Chen Ping found him an errand to get by.
Zhang Bu was undoubtedly grateful, he did not expect that this errand of this ghost would kill his younger brother.
Zhang Bu's younger brother Zhang Piqiang, who had Zhang Liang's cleverness but not Zhang Liang's city government, liked to show his intelligence very much, and was eventually used as a gunman by Chen Ping.
Hanhui Emperor Liu Ying died unexpectedly, Empress Dowager Lü was sad but not sad, and everyone saw that Empress Lu was not sad, afraid that she wanted to plot against the Han family, but no one dared to speak.
At this time, Zhang Piqiang told Prime Minister Chen Ping that it was better to give the military power to Empress Lü's nephew, and if she had the military power, she would not wantonly slaughter meritorious ministers. After all, if you want to change the dynasty, you can't do without a purge on the court.
Chen Ping then made Lü Tai, Lü San, and Lü Lu generals, so that Empress Lü had military power. Lu Xi strongly agreed with Chen Ping's approach. Chen Ping told Empress Lu that this was all the idea of Zhang Piqiang, the brother of Liuhou.
Empress Lu has always been suspicious, and his ability to tolerate Chen Ping, who has long been loyal to him, does not mean that he is willing to accept another Zhang Piqiang who is good at figuring out people's hearts.
Zhang Piqiang and Chen Ping are friends for the year, the two have similar views on some things, from the family lineage and learning are comparable, don't look at Zhang Piqiang's young age, can't hold off the good origin, slowly the two have nothing to talk about.
Lü Hen had Zhang Piqiang arrested, and Chen Ping sent a message to Zhang Bu, a guard of the city. In this way, Zhang Bu undoubtedly let go of his second brother, and since then Zhang Piqiang has disappeared into the official history incognito.
Chen Ping was not inferior to Zhang Liang in terms of talent or the role he played. But later generations praised Zhang Liang widely, but Chen Ping's evaluation was not very high, which is probably the reason why Chen Ping's strategy is too vicious!