Author: Our special guest author Nine Fish Pavilion
In 197 BC, Han Xin joined forces with Julu Commandery to guard Chen Feng, wanting to join forces with the outside world and subvert the Han Dynasty regime. Unfortunately, Han Xin's secrecy work did not reach home, so that Lü Hou knew all the plans in advance, and Lü Hou and Xiao He devised traps to capture Han Xin.
The great general Han Xin, who had traveled thousands of miles and had no defeat, was so easily captured by Lü Hou, and without Liu Bang's consent, Lü Hou ordered Han Xin to behead him in the bell room of Changle Palace.
Historical records record that "Gao Zu came from the army of the pigs, and when he saw the letter die, he rejoiced and pitied him."
Liu Bang returned from destroying Chen Feng's troops and learned the news that Han Xin was dead, and he was somewhat happy and somewhat sorry. For Han Xin's death, why was Liu Bang "happy and pitiful"? Did Liu Bang regret it?
First, Liu Bang was jealous of Han Xin's talents
At The recommendation of Xiao He, Han Xin was directly promoted from a small soldier to the post of general, and soon exerted his superhuman skills, leading his army eastward to chen cang to pacify the Three Qins. After that, Han Xin cut through thorns and thorns all the way, opened up the territory and expanded the territory, and made great military achievements for Liu Bang.
In 204 BC, Han Xin led a small number of troops to line up behind the water, broke the Zhao army at jingxingkou, and began to prepare to overthrow the Yan and Qi states. Han Xin fought a great victory, but Liu Bang was besieged by Xiang Yu in Xingyang for a long time, although Han Xin was celebrating the victory, but did not forget the lord Liu Bang, and immediately sent troops to support Liu Bang.
Historical records record that "Chen claimed to be a Han envoy and rushed into Zhao Bi. Zhang Er and Han Xin did not rise, that is, they snatched their seals from their reclinings, summoned the generals, and easily disposed of them. ”
Liu Bang managed to escape from the siege, but he did not thank Han Xin and Zhang Er for their rescue, but the next morning, directly came to Zhao Guo Han Xin's camp, Liu Bang did not greet others, directly broke into Han Xin's bedroom, and snatched Han Xin and Zhang Er's soldier charms.
After that, Liu Bang sent Zhang Er to garrison the State of Zhao and changed his position to Han Xin as Minister of State. Liu Bang's military talent was very limited, while Han Xin continued to win, Liu Bang has been eating defeats, in that era of war and chaos, the generals established themselves as kings are countless, Liu Bang did not believe that Han Xin could be 100% loyal to him, so he deliberately weakened Han Xin's strength several times.
In 203 BC, Han Xin pacified the State of Qi, while Liu Bang was still besieged by Xiang Yu in Xingyang, and the situations of Han Xin and Liu Bang were in stark contrast, one was proud and the other was extremely depressed. Han Xin fought more and more victorious battles, and the strength of his troops became more and more powerful, so he wanted to bargain with Liu Bang with the capital in his hands.
Han Xin was well aware of Liu Bang's situation and sent someone to play Liu Bang and said, "The State of Qi is cunning and capricious, so it is better to set up an acting King of Qi to stabilize the situation, hoping that the Great King will allow me to be the Acting King of Qi." ”
Obviously, standing and talking without waist pain, Liu Bang was angry, Lao Tzu was trapped in Xingyang you did not come to the rescue, but still wanted a Qi King. Liu Bang was about to have a seizure, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping secretly stepped on Liu Bang's foot, and told them to calm Han Xin first, in case an accident occurred.
Immediately Liu Bang said that if the eldest husband pacified the princes, then he would be the real king of Qi, so why should he do anything to act as the king of Qi. Soon, Han Xin was crowned king of Qi, and Zhang Liang went to Han Xin's army and mobilized military forces to rescue Liu Bang.
All in all, Liu Bang has a deep jealousy of Han Xin, and in terms of political strategy, Han Xin may have some deficiencies, but at the level of military struggle, Liu Bang is willing to bow to the inferior. If Han Xin wants to fly alone, then Han Xin will become the biggest obstacle to Liu Bang's great cause of reunification, and Liu Bang will have to defend against it.
Second, Liu Bang also wanted Han Xin to be used for himself
In 202 BC, Liu Bang mobilized heavy troops to launch a large-scale attack on the Chu army, and made an appointment with Han Xin and Peng Yue to send troops together. At this time, although Han Xin and Peng Yue superficially obeyed Liu Bang, they were also secretly pregnant with ghost fetuses, and when Liu Bang sent troops, Han Xin and Peng Yue did not move.
At that time, the Chu army had weakened, but even so, Liu Bang was still defeated by the Chu army, from the beginning to the end, Liu Bang almost did not win any victorious battles, if Han Xin did not send troops to help him, I do not know how long the Chu-Han war will last.
Liu Bang was extremely dissatisfied with Han Xin and Peng Yue's untrustworthy behavior, but without Han Xin's help, he could not achieve victory. Han Xin and Peng Yue did this just to gain some benefits, and Liu Bang could only lower his posture again and give Han Xin and Peng Yue the corresponding fiefdoms, which invited these two gods to move.
For Han Xin, Liu Bang loved and hated, and the love of Love Han Xin was invincible in the world, and if this person was obedient with all his heart, even if he dealt with the Xiongnu, he would not be so stretched. Hate Han Xin's ability is too strong, this kind of person is difficult to take it for his own use, once Han Xin has a different heart, it will become a big trouble.
Therefore, at the critical moment of the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, Liu Bang always sought perfection and tried his best to meet Han Xin's requirements in order to obtain Han Xin's help.
After Xiang Yu's death, his subordinate Zhong Liyi fled to Han Xin, who did not report to Liu Bang in time, causing himself to be killed. Someone secretly told Liu Bang about Zhong's departure and framed Han Xin for rebellion, in fact, Han Xin did have the intention to rebel, but he hesitated, and finally he took Zhong's head to liu Bang to take the guilt.
After such a long period of contact, Liu Bang already knew Han Xin very well, and at that time Liu Bang could directly order Han Xin to be killed to relieve his worries, but Liu Bang did not do so, but only demoted him to the Marquis of Huaiyin, which shows that Liu Bang was still a little reluctant to Han Xin.
Third, Liu Bang will not regret it
In ancient times, those who achieved great things had a more common point in common, that is, they disregarded family affection. Once it rises to the height of the struggle for supreme power, it seems that everything is not so important, flesh and blood affection is casually discarded everywhere, and there will even be tragedies of killing each other.
In the Battle of Pengcheng, Liu Bang was defeated by Xiang Yu, and he was panicked like a dog that lost his family, in order to escape, Liu Bang kicked Liu Ying and Princess Lu Yuan, who had just been saved, off the carriage. This is a flesh and blood, a beloved family, but for Liu Bang, his own life is more important than anyone else, even if he abandons his children, he does not care.
If there was no Xiahou Infant to help, Liu Ying and Princess Lu Yuan would soon die in the rebellion. Xiang Yu once threatened Liu Bang with Liu Bang's father, and even prepared to kill Liu Taigong, but Liu Bang said lightly: "I and Xiang Yu ju are ordered to be the king of Huai, known as 'about brothers', Wu Weng is Ruo Weng, will want to cook and Weng, then fortunately share a soup with me." ”
For flesh and blood affection is not ignored, let alone a Han Xin, Han Xin is only a general under Liu Bang, and Han Xin is originally loyal, for Liu Bang, dead is dead, nothing more, regret is not Liu Bang's character.
Reference: Chronicle of marquis of Huaiyin