The Qin Dynasty fell in 206 BC, but the world did not settle down.
Liu Bang and Xiang Yu fought for supremacy again.
Initially, Xiang Yu's strength was very strong.
It not only has a strong army, but also many princely allies.
At the time of the "Hongmen Banquet", Xiang Yu had an army of 400,000, and Liu Bang only had 100,000 horses, and these 100,000 horses were expanded after Liu Bang entered the customs, and the combat effectiveness was far from the opponent of the 100-battle soldiers led by Xiang Yu who won the "Battle of the Giant Deer".
Moreover, after Xiang Yu entered the customs, he presided over the "sub-sealing under the play", and some people who had a good relationship with him became princes, so Xiang Yu had many allies.
However, over time, Liu Bang's power quickly grew.
Liu Bang was "good at generals" (Han Xin), that is, good at discovering talents and using talents, and was not like Xiang Yu, so his subordinates gathered many literary and military talents.
Wen has Xiao He, Zhang Liang, Chen Ping's wise men, and Wu has Han Xin, Cao Shen, Fan Yu, Zhou Bo and other generals, and these people have become the mainstay of Liu Bang's clique. In addition, Liu Bang was also good at "secondary relations", co-opting or eliminating some princes who originally supported Xiang Yu, resulting in Xiang Yu becoming more and more isolated.
Even so, Liu Bang has no way to easily eliminate Xiang Yu, after all, Xiang Yu has a "strong family" than Liu Bang.
At the height of the "Chu-Han hegemony battle", Liu Bang and Xiang Yu were once deadlocked.
Liu Bang was anxious. At this time, Ji Shiqi gave him an idea and suggested that Liu Bang re-divide the original Six Kingdoms. He thought that he could further isolate Xiang Yu, but also let them fight for themselves, and also make them grateful to the King of Han. By that time, the whole world will support the King of Han, and he Xiang Yu will also have to bow down!
Ji Shiqi's suggestion is actually "divide and hegemony" - to divide the soil and divide the soil. Ba, that is, he hopes that the King of Han will become the chief of the princes like the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons, or he has not got rid of the old cliché of splitting the land in the Zhou Dynasty.
Liu Bang felt that this was really a good idea, so he asked Ji Shiqi to hurry up...
【To be continued】
