His uncle was Xiang Liang, and his grandfather was the Chu general Xiang Yan. The Xiang clan has been a general of the Chu state for generations, and because it was sealed in Xiangdi, it was surnamed Xiang.
Xiang Yu learned to write and write when he was a child, but he did not learn without learning, learned swordplay, and did not learn it, and his uncle Xiang Liang was very angry with him. Xiang Yu said, "Writing only needs to be used to memorize names, and learning swordplay can only be enough to defeat one person, it is not worth learning, what I want to learn is the ability to be able to defeat ten thousand people." Xiang Liang was very satisfied with this after listening to it, and felt that Xiang Yu must have great potential in the future. So I taught him the art of war. Xiang Yu was eight feet tall and could carry a lot of power, and even the locals could not compare with him. When Qin Shi Huang was touring Huiji County, Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu watched from the crowd, and when Xiang Yu saw it, he said, "I can replace that person." Xiang Liang heard this and quickly covered his mouth.
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In 209 BC, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled in Dazexiang, and Shou Yintong conspired with Xiang Liang to discuss the rebellion against Qin. At Xiang Liang's suggestion, Xiang Yu cut off the head of the county sheriff, hung up the official seal of the county sheriff, summoned the powerful officials he was familiar with, and explained to them the reasons for opposing Qin. So he began to launch the Wuzhong rebellion. A total of more than 8,000 non-commissioned officers were obtained.
Xiang Yu led the army to constantly fight against the Qin army, and received more and more soldiers on the way, and soon the number of troops reached 70,000 or 80,000. However, in order to achieve great things, Fan Zeng proposed to establish the descendants of the Chu state as kings, so that they could successfully raise troops and achieve success in the world. Xiang Liang went to the people to find Xiong Xin, the grandson of King Huai of Chu, and used his grandfather's courtesy name to establish him as the King of Chu Huai, and Xiang Liang himself was known as Wu Xin jun. Xiang Liang set out from Dong'a to march west, and after coming to Dingtao, he had already defeated the Qin army twice, and Xiang Yu and others killed Li You, so they despised the Qin army even more and gradually showed a proud attitude, and Song Yi and others advised Xiang Liang to be careful and not to take the enemy lightly. However, Xiang Liang did not listen, and the State of Qin did indeed mobilize a large number of troops to attack them, and the Chu army was defeated at Dingtao, and Xiang Liang was killed.
At that time, the general who led the Qin army was Zhang Handan, who was very good at leading soldiers and was familiar with the art of war. After he defeated Xiang Liang, he crossed the Yellow River to attack Zhao and defeated the Zhao army, and Zhang Er became the minister of Zhao and fled into Julu City. After the Chu army was defeated in Dingtao, King Huai of Chu was very frightened and fled to Pengcheng to merge the armies of Xiang Yu and Lü Chen, which made him feel more at ease. Xiang Yu suggested that the troops should be quickly led across the river, and the two armies of Zhao and Chu should cooperate with each other and defeat the Qin army by surprise. Song Yi went to disapprove, and Xiang Yu was furious and directly cut off Song Yi's head in the military tent. At this time, all the generals feared him and embraced Xiang Yu as a general. Xiang Yu first sent the Dangyang Army and General Pu to lead 20,000 troops to Julu City to rescue. Then he personally led his army across the Zhanghe River, sank all the ships, destroyed all the things, and left only three days of dry food, in order to show the soldiers that they must fight to the death, without any return. The troops arrived at the front line and engaged the Qin army many times, blocking the obstacles built by the Qin army and defeating the Qin army. At this time, the Chu army was the most powerful, and none of the various armies that came to rescue the giant deer dared to send troops, they were all watching, only Xiang Yu alone dared to lead the army to rush out and fight with the Qin army. The soldiers of the Chu Army were all one to ten. After defeating the Qin army, the generals of all the princely armies knelt down one by one, not daring to look up at Xiang Yu. Since then, Xiang Yu has truly become a general of the princes, and all the princes are subordinate to him.
Xiang Yu led the army all the way west to Hangu Pass, and when he heard that Pei Gong had captured Xianyang, Xiang Yu was very angry, and Pei Gong's left Sima Cao sent someone to tell Xiang Yu that Pei Gong wanted to be the king of Guanzhong, let the Prince of Qin be the prince of Qin, and take all the rare treasures for himself. Xiang Yu was very angry when he heard about it. Fan Zeng persuaded him to attack Pei Gong now, otherwise losing the opportunity would make Pei Gong bigger, and it would not be so easy to eliminate him in the future. Xiang Bo was Xiang Yu's uncle and Zhang Liang by Pei Gong's side were very friendly, he rushed to Zhang Liang overnight to tell him everything, Zhang Liang also hurried to tell Pei Gong after listening, Pei Gong was shocked after hearing it, and asked Zhang Liang to go out and ask Xiang Bo to come in for consultation. Xiang Bo asked Pei Gong to go to King Xiang tomorrow to make good atonement. Pei Gong hurriedly said that he knew. The next day, Duke Pei arrived at King Xiang's residence early and arrived at Hongmen, where he apologized to King Xiang and replied, "This is all what your Zuo Sima Cao said without injury, otherwise, how could this be?" King Xiang left Pei Gong behind to drink together that day. During this period, Ya father Fan repeatedly signaled Xiang Yu to kill Pei Gong directly, so as to avoid endless troubles in the future. Xiang Yu did not heed Fan Zeng's gesture. During the banquet, Xiangzhuang's sword dance was intended to be peigong, and xiang bo saw that things were not right and rushed forward to dance with Xiangzhuang, blocking Xiangzhuang's killing opportunity against Peigong. Seeing this situation, Zhang Liang walked out of the account and explained the reason for the matter to Fan Duo. So Fan Duo went directly into the big tent with a sword and a shield, and Xiang Yu saw it and asked who was this hero? Zhang Liang replied that this was Pei Gong's personal bodyguard Fan Duo. Xiang Yu said that it was indeed for the hero, and the messenger rewarded Fan With a glass of wine and a pig's elbow. However, his men brought a raw pig's elbow, and Fan Huan did not care to directly buckle the shield upside down on the ground, put the raw pig's elbow on the shield, and cut it with a sword to eat. After Xiang Yu saw it, he praised and said that he was really a strong man, could a strong man still drink it? Fan Duo said that I was not even afraid of death, let alone drinking a glass of wine, the King of Qin had the same heart as a tiger and a wolf, killing countless people and being inhuman, which caused everyone in the world to betray him. King Huai of Chu once said that whoever defeated the Qin army and entered Xianyang first was the king of Guanzhong, and now Pei Gong was the first to enter Xianyang, and did not move the slightest property there, Pei Gong closed the Palace of the King of Qin, withdrew the army to Bashang, and waited for the arrival of King Xiang, but was said by some people with hearts to have selfish intentions. And you listen to the rumors of the villain and want to kill Pei Gong, what is the difference between this and the King of Qin, Xiang Yu was speechless after listening to it. After a while, Pei Gong went out to the toilet and called Fan Duo out, saying that now that I came out, I didn't have time to say goodbye, what should I do? Fan Duo said that people who do big things are informal, and now people are knives, but we are fish and meat, we can be killed by others at any time, and we still stay behind to do something. So Pei Gong left Zhang Liang to apologize to Xiang Yu, and he led the other retinue to go first. Zhang Liang entered the big tent and said to Xiang Yu that Pei Gong's wine strength was not very good, he drank too much, and he could not give Xiang Wang a thank you, so he asked me to stay and say a word to the King, and Xiang Yu asked Where is Pei Gong now? Zhang Liang replied that Pei Gong had heard that the king had deliberately blamed him, so he left and has now returned to the military camp. Fan Zeng could only sigh! There is no way to conspire with them to do great things, and in the future, it will be Pei Gong who will seize the world of Xiang Wang, and sooner or later those of us will become prisoners of Pei Gong. After Pei Gong returned to the military camp, he immediately killed Cao Wuwu.
After the Feast of the Hongmen Gate, Xiang Yu led the army into Xianyang, slaughtered the city of Xianyang, killed the prince and baby of Qin, burned the palace of the Qin Dynasty, plundered the Treasure of the Qin Dynasty, women, and the fire burned for three months without extinguishing.
The Chu and Han dynasties have been fighting each other for a long time, and the victory or defeat has not yet been decided, and Liu Bang, the king of han, also wants to withdraw his troops and return to the west, Zhang Liang, and Chen Pingping advised: "Han has already occupied a large part of the world, and the princes have all submitted to us, and the Chu army has been doomed to defeat, and this is precisely the great opportunity given to us by heaven. Liu Bang listened to their suggestions and sent emissaries to join forces with Han Xin and other generals to attack Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu built a military camp under the hill, the soldiers ran out of food, the Han army and various princes surrounded them, late at night, hearing the Han army singing the songs of Chu di on all sides, Xiang Yu was shocked and said: "Has Han completely taken Chu land?" Why are there so many Chu people? Xiang Yu got up at night and drank in the big tent, and there were Yu Ji and the horse Wu Cone next to him. At this time, Xiang Yu couldn't help but sing generously and sadly: "Strength can pull up the mountains, heroism is unparalleled in the world, ah, bad luck, Wu Cone Horse no longer go forward!" What can you do if the Uchiha horse no longer moves forward, how does Yu Ji arrange you properly? After singing several times, Yu Ji whispered a response, Xiang Yu's tears remained one by one, and the attendants on the left and right also left tears, and no one looked up at him.
So Xiang Yu led more than 800 of his men to break through, taking advantage of the night to rush south, and when it was almost dawn, Liu Bang ordered Dou Bao to lead five thousand strange soldiers to chase Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu crossed the Huai River, and only a hundred of his men were left to keep up. When Xiang Yu arrived at the Yin Tomb, he mistakenly fell into the swamp, and Xiang Yu estimated that he could not escape, saying: "Now that I am trapped here, the heavens will also destroy me, but no matter what, I will also fight a beautiful battle." The Han soldiers surrounded him for several layers, but Xiang Yu was very brave. There were also many Han soldiers who were killed by Xiang Yu at once, and they did not dare to come forward. Xiang Yu wanted to cross the Wu River, and the pavilion chief of the Wu River was waiting on the shore with a boat, hoping that he would cross the river as soon as possible and be able to dominate Jiangdong again. Xiang Yu smiled and said, "Heaven will destroy me, why should I cross the river, even if Father Jiangdong supports me as king again, what face do I have to meet them?" So Xiang Yu gave Wu Cone to the pavilion chief, and then raised his sword to kiss himself.