When I was in school, I read the excerpt from the "Hongmen Feast" of the "History", and I really felt sorry for Xiang Yu, such a good opportunity was missed, and I broke a good hand of cards later.
As I grew older, I changed my opinion, Xiang Yu was still too young compared to Liu Bang, Xiang Yu was brave and fierce, and his personality was both self-conscious and indecisive; Liu Bang's boldness was many times higher than Xiang Yu's, and his ability to recognize people and employ people was also many times higher than That of Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu's failure is inevitable!
After Xiang Yu's uncle Xiang Liang rebelled against Qin, he defeated the Qin army many times, and gradually became somewhat arrogant and arrogant, despising the strength of the Qin army, and as a result, he was killed in battle. I think that if Xiang Liang does not die, Liu Bang will basically have no chance to unify the world. Xiang Liang's comprehensive strength is not comparable to Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu is only more courageous than Xiang Liang, and his boldness, leadership ability, and ability to recognize and employ people cannot be compared with Xiang Liang. It was indeed a pity that Xiang Liang died prematurely.
Xiang Liang's age may be similar to Liu Bang's, the starting point and identity are higher than Liu Bang, the personal ability Xiang Liang is much stronger than Liu Bang, Liu Bang's advantage lies in boldness and informality. Xiang Liangzai, Zhang Liang and Han Xin would not turn to Liu Bang. Xiang Liang admired Zhang Liang very much and obeyed Zhang Liang's plans. Zhang Liang wanted to restore his homeland, Korea, and Xiang Liang followed Zhang Liang's advice to support Han Wangcheng, and Zhang Liang also assisted Han Wangcheng with his heart, if Xiang Liang did not die, Xiang Yu would not kill Han Wangcheng, and Zhang Liang would not defect to Liu Bang. Although Han Xin was unknown during Xiang Liang's lifetime, Xiang Liang would discover Han Xin's talent if he could hear Han Xin's advice to Xiang Yu. At the critical moment of the Chu-Han struggle, the two people who played the greatest role in Liu Bang's camp were Zhang Liang and Han Xin. Without Zhang Liang and Han Xin, Liu Bang's great cause of reunification would be difficult to complete. Xiang Liang will not snub the important strategist Fan Zeng like Xiang Yu, so the ending will not be like Xiang Yu to break a good hand.
In addition, when Xiang Liang's power was already growing, Liu Bang defected to Xiang Liang, and nominally, Liu Bang became Xiang Liang's subordinate. Xiang Liang was there, and Liu Bang estimated that he would not have the ambition to unify the world, and he would be satisfied to be able to become a prince of one side.
Liu Bang was able to sit in the top spot when Pei County rose up, in fact, there was also a fluke component: at that time, Xiao He and Cao San, who wanted to rebel very much but did not want to be the head bird, had a small calculation in their hearts that they were afraid that if they failed, the end of the leader would be the worst, so Xiao He and Cao Shan both elected Liu Bang as the leader. (Just like during the Wuchang Uprising, the revolutionary ranks were dominated by young people, and everyone felt the need for qualified and capable people to come out as leaders, so everyone went to find Li Yuanhong.) However, Li Yuanhong's confidence in the victory of the revolution at that time was insufficient, so he did not want to be the leader, and finally he was driven to the shelves. And Liu Bang was already a fugitive at that time, so it didn't matter if he was a head bird again.
After Xiang Liang's death, Liu Bang also became an independent military force, and with the understanding of Xiang Yu's ability, Liu Bang gradually had the confidence and ambition to compete for the world.