In 197 BC, Empress Lu and Xiao He lured Han Xin, Marquis of Huaiyin, to the bell room of Changle Palace in the name of Liu Bang, and killed Han Xin here, and a generation of famous generals fell.
Although Empress Lu's methods are a bit despicable, no matter what, the dignified military god Han Xin is planted in the hands of the woman Empress Lu, even if he is unwilling, he can only say the words "It was deceived by a woman" in grief and indignation before the execution.
However, what is strange is that after all, Han Xin was once a generation of military gods, not only commanded thousands of armies, but also fought countless victories, and there should be many people who followed him around him, but why when he was booby-trapped by Empress Lu, no one including his own soldiers went to rescue him?
Speaking of which, this really can't be blamed on Han Xin's personal soldiers, after all, from the time Empress Lu and Xiao He made a plan to Han Xin's deception to Changle Palace, the period was very short, so short that Han Xin's personal soldiers had no time to react.
The most important thing is that Han Xin's execution was planned and executed by Empress Lu himself, and even Han Xin was in her way, so what ability did his personal soldiers have to save him? If he really had this ability, wouldn't he be even more powerful than Jing Ke? What's more, Han Xin had been demoted to the Marquis of Huaiyin at that time, and there were no more personal soldiers around him.
The reason why Han Xin was killed was actually as early as when he pacified the Qi State, and hidden dangers had already been buried.
In the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, the general Han Xin was like a bamboo, and successively destroyed Wei, Zhao, Weiyan, and Dingqi, and pacified the Qi State, Han Xin wrote a letter to Liu Bang, saying that the Qi State was adjacent to Xiang Yu's Chu State, and in order to stabilize the situation, it was necessary to set up an acting king to rule.
Theoretically, Han Xin's proposal was not wrong, and the Qi State did need a strong manager at that time, but who would be the acting King of Qi?
In the letter, Han Xin bluntly stated that he was the best person to act as King Qi.
And when this letter was sent to Liu Bang, Liu Bang was angry and scolded on the spot, scolding Han Xin for being ungrateful, and even scolding him for not saving him when he saw death.
The reason why Liu Bang was so angry was because Liu Bang was trapped in Xingyang by Xiang Yu at that time, and there was no way to break through, but he didn't expect Han Xin not only not to come to the rescue, but to make such an excessive request at this time.
Therefore, Liu Bang was so angry that he jumped to his feet and scolded Han Xin for wanting to set himself up as a king and going crazy.
But angry and angry, the situation at that time, Liu Bang still needed to rely on Han Xin to rescue him after all, so under the persuasion of Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, Liu Bang changed his mind and sent Zhang Liang to tell Han Xin not to be an "acting king", but to be a "real king" if he wants to do it.
The king of Han also realized, because of the repetition of the scolding: "The husband determines the princes, that is, the real king's ear, why fake!" sent Zhang Liang to Lixin as the king of Qi. --- "Historical Records"
In this way, Han Xin became the king of Qi, and Liu Bang's Xingyang urgency was also solved, but it was precisely because of this incident that Liu Bang had a deep grudge against Han Xin.
Just imagine, a general with a heavy army, when the emperor is in trouble, did not think of the first time to rescue, but used this as a condition to let the emperor agree to some of his requests, how can such a general reassure the emperor?
If the matter of "acting King Qi" was an introduction, then the battle of Qixia brought Liu Bang's dissatisfaction with Han Xin to a peak.
In the fifth year of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang planned to launch a general attack on Xiang Yu, before the war, he contacted Han Xin and Peng Yue, and agreed to fight together to encircle the Chu army, but in October of that year, when Liu Bang sent troops to Guling (northwest of Huaiyang), he was embarrassed to find that Han Xin and Peng Yue did not come.
Since the two did not send troops, this led to Liu Bang's defeat and was beaten by Xiang Yu.
It is estimated that Liu Bang at that time was so angry by Han Xin's actions that he had the heart to kill, but in the end, Liu Bang still followed Zhang Liang's suggestion and exchanged Han Xin's troops for increasing the fief.
The two things before and after made Liu Bang extremely dissatisfied with Han Xin, so after the decisive battle at Qixia, Liu Bang led the army back to Dingtao, and without Han Xin's knowledge, he came to Han Xin's army alone and seized his military power.
Moreover, Han Xin's title of King of Qi was also taken away by Liu Bang, and he was renamed the King of Chu, and the fief was changed to Xiapi, the purpose of which was to completely empty Han Xin.
It's a pity that Liu Bang has such obvious intentions, but Han Xin is selectively blind.
After being renamed the king of Chu, Han Xin took in Zhong Liwu, who was originally a subordinate of Xiang Yu, and it was he who sent troops to capture Empress Lu and Liu Taigong, so Liu Bang was extremely jealous of him.
But Han Xin took him in with great fanfare, and not only that, but also sent troops to protect Zhong Liyi's entry and exit.
After Liu Bang knew about this matter, Han Xin made Liu Bang die, if he still had a trace of feelings for Han Xin before, this time, he completely turned his face.
It just so happened that at this time, someone came to denounce Han Xin, saying that he intended to rebel.
This is really dozing off, someone handed over a pillow, Liu Bang was worried about how to punish Han Xin, but the crime was sent to the door.
Taking this opportunity, Liu Bang followed Chen Ping's suggestion, summoned Han Xin to meet him in the name of touring Yunmengze, and when Han Xin arrived, he was arrested in one fell swoop.
However, Liu Bang did not kill Han Xin, but demoted him again, from the king of Chu to the marquis of Huaiyin, and the fief also shrank a lot.
Since then, Han Xin's military power has been completely seized by Liu Bang, but even so, Liu Bang is still not at ease with Han Xin, after all, Han Xin's ability to lead troops to fight is obvious to all, and, more importantly, Liu Bang was over sixty years old at that time, and Han Xin was just thirty-four years old.
Therefore, Han Xin had to die, and only when he died, Liu Bang would be completely relieved.
However, how can we kill Han Xin? This is a big problem, but what Liu Bang did not expect was that his wife, Empress Lu, solved this problem for him.
In 197 B.C., Yangxia Hou Chen Feng rebelled against the Han Dynasty and proclaimed himself king, Liu Bang personally led the troops to quell the rebellion, before sending the army, Liu Bang had asked Han Xin to go with him, but Han Xin secretly had an agreement with Chen Feng, so he did not follow him because of his illness.
After Liu Bang left, Han Xin began to secretly plan the incident, but the news was leaked, and the house slave reported it to Empress Lu, who discussed with Xiao He and lured Han Xin to Changle Palace on the grounds that Liu Bang had returned victoriously, and killed him on the spot, and was sentenced to the three clans.
It is said that in order not to violate Liu Bang's promise to Han Xin's "three do not kill", Lv Hou ordered someone to put Han Xin in a big bag and hang it under a big bell, so that the palace maid held a sharp bamboo pole and stabbed Han Xin to death.
There are many reasons why Han Xin has this ending, the most important of which is that his political consciousness is too low, and a series of wrong operations have made Liu Bang more and more suspicious of him, which made him finally killed, but what makes people wonder is that as Han Xin, why didn't his own soldiers come to save him when he was killed?
The reason why no one came to save Han Xin was that he was incapable and too late to save him.
First of all, Changle Palace is a palace, not an ordinary place, there is a way that the palace gate is as deep as the sea, and the interior of the palace itself is very large, not to mention that Han Xin was led to the secret bell room, which will undoubtedly make Han Xin's personal soldiers unable to find him in the first place.
If you can't even find anyone, what rescue are you talking about?
Secondly, according to the etiquette requirements of the Han Dynasty, as a minister, when entering the palace, he must hand over the weapons he carries with him, so that he can enter the palace for an audience.
Moreover, even if it is a big official, the guards and retainers who follow him are not allowed to enter the palace together, and can only wait outside the palace gate, so what happened to Han Xin after entering the palace, the soldiers outside were completely black-eyed and didn't know anything.
Even if Han Xin was cut in half, the soldiers could only know about it afterwards, and in this way, they would lose the opportunity and be less likely to be rescued.
Also, even if Han Xin's personal soldiers knew that Han Xin had suffered an accident after Han Xin entered the palace, what could they do? The palace guards were not vegetarians, and with Han Xin's personal soldiers, if they wanted to enter the palace, there was basically no such possibility.
In addition, the booby trapping of Han Xin was planned by Empress Lu and Xiao He, and all the links in the middle were carefully considered and deduced, after all, Han Xin's prestige is known to everyone.
Therefore, they will naturally think of the factor of Han Xin's personal soldiers, since they can think of it, they will definitely be on guard, perhaps, after Han Xin entered the palace alone, these personal soldiers have already been taken down on the spot.
People are gone, who else will save them?
Moreover, the reason why Han Xin entered the palace so obediently was that Queen Lu came out with false news, Yangxia Hou Chen Feng was killed by Liu Bangge, you know, Chen Xin's rebellion has a lot to do with Han Xin, and when he heard that the alliance was killed, Han Xin panicked.
Empress Lu also took advantage of this to let Han Xin obediently put on the trap, so that Han Xin would not distinguish between the true and the false after receiving the call of Empress Lu, and hurriedly entered the palace, and in a panic, he would not bring too many personal soldiers.
And because of this, Han Xin's personal soldiers have no ability to save it, after all, there are two or three kittens, which is really not enough for people to stuff their teeth, and a few teams of palace guards will solve Han Xin's personal soldiers.
In the end, it was Han Xin at that time, and he really didn't have any personal soldiers.
As early as when he was the king of Qi and the king of Chu, due to his status, there may have been many followers around him, and there were also many guards and soldiers, but as he was gradually suspicious of Liu Bang and demoted to the Marquis of Huaiyin, the number of personal soldiers became smaller and smaller.
Although according to the Han system, as a liehou, he can set up his own retainers, door doctors, guards and other forces, but you must know that Han Xin was Liu Bang's key "care" object at that time, and everyone knows it, at this time, who is willing to defect to him?
Even if there were, it was estimated that it was a minority, after all, no one was willing to risk disobeying the emperor's intentions, that is, there were very few people who were willing to follow Han Xin at that time.
No one followed, so naturally there would be no personal soldiers, and if there were no personal soldiers, they would not rescue Han Xin, so Han Xin would be killed in Changle Palace by Empress Lu and Xiao He.
Postscript:
Before Han Xin died, he said that he regretted that he did not listen to Kuaitong's plan, and the reason why he would mention Kuaitong was because a few years ago, Kuaitong had persuaded Han Xin to establish himself as the king, so as to divide the world, but Han Xin refused on the spot.
Now that he is about to be executed, Han Xin expresses great regret, but it is already too late.
Liu Bang only learned about Han Xin's killing after returning from quelling the rebellion, and compared with Han Xin's death, Liu Bang was more concerned about Kuaitong, who had proposed a "three-point plan" to Han Xin, and soon sent someone to arrest him.
But in the end, Kuaitong used his three-inch incorruptible tongue to let Liu Bang open up to him and let him live.
Han Xin was booby-trapped by the hands of Empress Lü, but if it is said that it has nothing to do with Liu Bang, no one must believe it, after all, without Liu Bang's instructions, how dare Empress Lü execute a general? And when Han Xin was killed, the reason why there were no personal soldiers to rescue him was mainly because the situation was urgent at that time, and Han Xin probably did not bring many personal soldiers, and the palace was not a place where personal soldiers could enter, and even if they could, they would not have the ability to rescue Han Xin, and it is more likely that Han Xin at that time did not have any personal soldiers.