According to the "Records of History", in the last year of the Warring States, the famous general Wang Qi of the Qin State was ordered to attack the State of Chu, and the State of Chu sent the general Xiang Yan to unify the army against the enemy. As a result, Xiang Yan lost a battle, was defeated by Wang Qi, and himself was killed by the Qin army. After the chu state was destroyed, Xiang Yan's son Xiang Liang was hidden in the people, and he always looked for an opportunity to avenge his father and the chu state.
Here is a brief explanation of the Xiang family, which is a large family with a long history in the Chu state, according to the "History of Xiang Yu Benji" record, the Xiang family has been a general in the Chu state for generations, because the ancestral merit was sealed in Xiangdi, so they take Xiang as their surname.
After Qin Shi Huang unified Huaxia, the world was still relatively stable in the early days, and Xiang Liang did not get any good opportunities, so he had to wait for the opportunity to cultivate Taoguang and obscure, during which he focused on cultivating his nephew Xiang Yu.
The Chronicle of History does not explicitly record Xiang Yu's family situation, and it is speculated that his parents should have ceased to exist before and after the fall of the Chu State, because Xiang Liang raised him to adulthood.
When Xiang Yu was young, Xiang Liang first asked someone to ask him to read and write, but Xiao Xiang Yu was obviously not the material for reading, and he did not read anything famous. Xiang Liang sighed and asked Xiang Yu to learn the sword technique, at the beginning, Xiang Yu was quite interested in dancing swords, but before long, he felt bored and gave up.
Xiang Liang is ambitious, and he also has great expectations for the future of his nephew, seeing that he is so unmotivated, annoyed and disappointed, let you read and write, you can't, let you learn swordplay, you are not interested, what can you do in the future?
Xiao Xiangyu twisted his neck, learning to write is nothing more than writing his own name, learning swordplay can at most fight with a person, what does this mean, I want to learn, just learn the ability to fight against thousands of troops and horses!
Cough, Xiang Liang listened to the music, it is really our old Xiang family, this is still I misunderstood you, well, from today onwards, I will teach you the art of war of ten thousand enemies.
From then on, the uncle began to teach seriously, and the nephew learned with an open mind. However, not long after, Xiang Yu was tired again, and he felt that the martial arts taught by his uncle were too wordy, so he learned a rough idea and did not continue to study deeply.
But this Xiang Liang could no longer take care of his nephew, because he had done things himself.
To say that this Liang Ah is indeed not a fuel-saving lamp, as early as before, he was hunted down by the officials of Liyang for breaking the law, or through the relationship to find Sima Xin, who was in charge of the management of Liyang Prison, which escaped the disaster. Sima Xin was later made a prince by Xiang Yu, which is a later story.
This time Xiang Liang committed a relatively big crime, he killed people, the other side is more powerful, had to take his head out of anger, Xiang Liang really could not stay in Liyang, had to flee with Xiang Yu to Wuzhong in Huiji County.
Xiang Liang really had the ability, and soon broke into a famous hall in Wuzhong, and many local gentry celebrities admired him. Every time Wuzhong wanted to show off a large-scale forced labor, or a large family to do a funeral, he would ask Xiang Liang to come forward to make overall arrangements.
Xiang Liang had his own plans in mind, and whenever he presided over such a large-scale event, he would secretly use the art of war to command and observe the young people around him to see who had what talents and whether they could use them for themselves in the future.
In fact, speaking of which, Xiang Liang's most admired nephew Xiang Yu, although this guy sometimes did things sloppily, but now he has developed into a big boy, more than eight feet tall, infinitely powerful, able to hold up a large bronze ding for sacrifice with one hand, and those young people in Wuzhong are very afraid of him.
What made Xiang Yu most satisfied Xiang Liang was that thing. That year, Qin Shi Huang toured Hui county, passing through the Zhejiang area, Xiang Liang certainly would not miss this opportunity, he took Xiang Yu to watch. Looking at it, Xiang Yu blurted out a sentence, what is so remarkable about this, we can also replace it. This frightened Xiang Liang, and he quickly covered Xiang Yu's mouth and looked around, not allowing nonsense, and being heard by the government would be exterminated.
Although this is the case, Xiang Liang has already provoked a thumbs up to his nephew in his heart, and in the future, he will destroy Qin Fuchu, and your boy can pick up the big beam!
(The original article was first published in the personal public account: Reading the Twenty-Four History)