In the battle of Julu, Xiang Yu broke the cauldron and sank the boat, with fearless courage and courage, the Chu army destroyed the main force of the Qin army of 200,000, and Zhang Han gave birth to 200,000 soldiers of the Qin army all surrendered, achieving a military miracle of winning more with less in the ancient Chinese war.
In 208 BC, Zhang Han thought that the Chu army was not enough, so he led the Qin army to cross the Yellow River to the north, and joined the king of the Great Wall in the north to reinforce the army to attack Zhao together, and defeated the Zhao army and Handan.
Because Chen Sheng and Wu Guang died in battle, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang were pushed to the center of the historical stage. It is obviously impossible to think of using a few thousand people to fight against the army of the Qin Dynasty, at this time Xiang Liang thought of conscription, but he did not have any influence, what name did he want to use to recruit soldiers?
Xiang Liang, who was the nobles of Chu State, ordered people to secretly find the descendants of King Chu Huai, and then found Xiong Xin, the grandson of King Chu Huai, in the people, Xiong Xin was originally herding sheep in the mountains and fields for a living, until Xiang Liang appeared, Xiong Xin was welcomed into the camp and established as the king of Chu Huai.
Xiang Liang found Xiong Xin and proclaimed himself the king of Chu Huai, which in the eyes of everyone was an act of loyalty and righteousness, and also won Xiang Liang a good reputation. But judging from the actual situation, Xiang Liang's selfishness is still not small, mainly to be able to become the commander of the rebel army. On the other hand, the king of Chu Huai, who supported him, did not have any real power.
The power is in Xiang Liang's hands, and it also makes Xiang Liang want to gain more power. In order to be able to strengthen his army, Xiang Liang began to recruit troops. On the other hand, the king of Chu Huai, who was supported by Xiang Liang, was just a puppet monarch, but all this changed, when Xiang Liang attacked Dingtao, Xiang Liang was defeated by the Qin army, and he himself died on the battlefield.
After Xiang Yu got the news of Xiang Liang's death, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang had no intention of fighting and began to retreat. According to the order of King Chu Huai, Xiang Yu retreated to Pengcheng Xitun. When King Chu Huai brought it, Xiang Yu was crowned as the Marquis of Chang'an, and he took the valley of Lu as his food, and was known as the Duke of Lu.
Xiang Liang's death also made the anti-Qin rebels feel that they had no backbone, after all, when Xiang Liang was there, Xiang Liang commanded everything. Now Xiang Liang has died in battle, which also makes everyone very worried about the next move. At this time, King Chu Huai also began to exert his talents and took back all military power as soon as possible.
Moreover, the political situation of the Chu State was adjusted, so that the teams representing different interests could contain each other, in order to balance the relationship between the various forces.
In the end, an agreement was issued, that is, Wang Zhi, the first to enter the customs. This is the most important point that King Chu Huai wants to get rid of the Xiang family. After all, in King Chu Huai's heart, he has always been a pawn of the Xiang family, and now that he has the initiative, he must fight for it back.
In this way, King Chu Huai grasped the real power of the army and immediately issued a deployment. General Song Yi, together with Lu Gong Xiang Yu and the last general Fan Zeng, commanded an army of 50,000 troops to the north, intending to take Julu directly.
After receiving the deployment of the Qin army, Xiang Yu decided to take the initiative to attack. Lead the Chu army to set up an ambush near Julu and wait for the arrival of the Qin army.
The two armies set off quickly, as the main force of the Qin army was on the side of Julu. On the other hand, Liu Bang's army attacked all the way very easily, and soon arrived at Wuguan, the southern gate of the Guanzhong region.
And the Qin army set up a camp outside Julu City and began to besiege Julu City. And the main force sent by Zhao came to relieve the siege, but he didn't expect to be suppressed by the Qin army. And the commander of the Zhao army, Lishan Jun, could not break the enemy in Feng Ting, so he had no choice but to retreat, and Lian Po thought that retreating was already the trend of the times, and finally had to give up Julu City.
On the other hand, Xiang Yu led the whole army to cross the Yellow River, ordered the destruction of the cauldron and the burning of the houses and tents, and only brought three days of food. With the determination of not living or dying, he went straight to Julu City with lightning speed, defeated the Qin army protected by Zhang Han, cut off Wang Li's grain route, and surrounded Wang Li's army.
Xiang Yu annihilated Wang Li's army in one fell swoop, and continued to exert pressure in the confrontation with Zhang Han, and finally forced all Zhang Han's army to surrender.
The Battle of Julu also ended with Zhang Han's surrender to Xiang Yu. But for some reason, Xiang Yu buried 200,000 soldiers in the south of Xin'an City.
After the Battle of Julu, the four-year-long Chu-Han struggle began, and this time the war was unprecedentedly huge. Not only is the battlefield vast, but also the tactics of using troops are also very rich. After all, the victory of this battle determines the survival of both sides.
King Chu Huai said before that whoever enters Guanzhong first will be crowned king. Xiang Yu led a large army to be punished and faced off against the main force of the Qin army led by Zhang Han in Julu City. On the other hand, Liu Bang led an army of less than 10,000 people all the way to the west, because there were not too many obstacles on the way, and soon came to the outside of Xianyang City.
Liu Bang, who became the king of Guanzhong, soon made three chapters of the law to the people in the city: the murderer, die. Those who hurt others will be punished. Theft, atonement. In addition, all Qin laws were abolished. Such a commitment played a great role at that time, and also laid the foundation for the victory of the later Chu and Han wars.
On the other hand, Xiang Yu killed 200,000 troops in Xianyang Pit and set fire to a large number of cultural relics in the Qin Palace, which also caused public indignation among the people. Xiang Yu also lost the support of the people because of this, and such behavior accelerated his own failure.
The final siege of Pengcheng can be said to be the final life-and-death decisive battle, Xiang Yu's old army Fan Zeng left him, and the Western Chu army was defeated and retreated on the way to the five-way battle. And Liu Bang's whole army counterattacked, and finally Xiang Yu was forced to Wujiang. At this time, Xiang Yu also knew very well that even if he fought to the death, it would not have much effect, and finally killed himself and Wujiang.
The conflict between Chu and Han was directly evolved from the peasant war at the end of the Qin Dynasty, but the nature was completely different. After all, under the social conditions at that time, although the Peasant War overthrew the old feudal dynasty, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, who were once the leaders of the Peasant War, had to follow the old road of feudal rule.
In the end, the struggle between Chu and Han ended with Liu Bang's victory and Xiang Yu's defeat, and this history also tells us that competition and change are the driving force for social progress, and wisdom and courage are the keys to leading the development of the times.