Overlord of Western Chu.
He is a bright star in Chinese history, a hero in the troubled times at the end of the Qin Dynasty, and a hero who has made great efforts to pull out the mountains and cover the world. Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, his legendary life was full of heroism and tragedy.
Xiang Yu was born in the declining aristocracy of the Chu State, and since he was a child, he followed his uncle Xiang Liang to lead Xi army to fight. Xiang Yu was born with divine power, and once lifted a hundred catties of Dading in a temple fair. In July of the first year of Qin II, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled. In September of the same year, Xiang Liang and the twenty-three-year-old Xiang Yu also followed the troubled waters and raised a flag to rebel in Suzhou, Huiji, present-day Jiangsu. On the first day of Xiang Yu's anti-Qin, he made one v hundred, and made Huiji County Shou Yintong. This battle allowed Xiang Yu to make a successful debut and get the first barrel of soldiers in his life.
In 208 BC, Zhang Han, the general of the Qin army, led 200,000 people and 200,000 Great Wall troops led by Wang Li, a total of 400,000 Qin troops, besieged Handan, the capital of Zhao. The Battle of the Giant Deer began. Xiang Yu broke the cauldron and defeated the Qin army in one fell swoop, and finally forced Zhang Han to lead the main force of the Qin army to surrender. After this battle, the main force of the Qin Dynasty was completely lost, and it existed in name only.
In 205 BC, Xiang Yu led an army to quell the rebellion against Qi, and Liu Bang led an army of 560,000 princes to capture Pengcheng. Xiang Yu learned that his lair was captured and the disparity between the forces of the two sides was huge, but Xiang Yu did not compromise, but directly ordered his 30,000 troops to kill Liu Bang directly. These 30,000 troops actually broke through the camp of the coalition army directly and began to chase the coalition army. In just half a day, the coalition army was wiped out by the Chu army head-on with nearly 100,000 people.
After the Battle of Pengcheng, the major princes and kings who originally supported Liu Bang also fell to Xiang Yu again. In 202 BC, Liu Bang tore up the covenant at the suggestion of Chen Ping and Zhang Liang, and the Battle of Qixia began. Han Xin ambushed Xiang Yu on all sides, and Chu Ge sounded in all directions at night, and the heart of the Chu army gradually dissipated. Although Xiang Yu struggled to break through, he was physically and mentally exhausted, and finally killed himself by the Wujiang River.
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