The Battle of the Giant Deer established Xiang Yu's position as a hegemon

Xiang Yu (232 BC – 202 BC), courtesy name Yu, was a native of xiaxiang (present-day Suqian, Jiangsu) at the end of the Qin Dynasty, and the grandson of the famous Chu general Xiang Yan.

When Xiang Yu was young, he did not like to read and practice swords, and only learned the art of war, but only learned a little bit.

When Qin Shi Huang went to Huiji to play and sailed a large boat across Zhejiang, Xiang Yu watched with Xiang Liang, and Xiang Yu said to Xiang Liang: "He can take his place" Xiang Liang covered Xiang Yu's mouth and said, "Don't talk nonsense, otherwise it will bring disaster to the whole clan." Xiang Liang therefore looked at Xiang Yu differently. Xiang Yu was more than eight feet tall, able to carry ding, and his talent was outstanding, even Wu Zhong's disciples were very afraid of Xiang Yu.

When the Qin Dynasty was not working, and rebelled everywhere, Xiang Yu said to Xiang Liang: Kill The Eunuch Taishou Yintong, we will be the boss ourselves.

When Xiang Liang was killed, Xiang Yu retreated back to Pengcheng. Zhang Handan defeated Xiang Liang, believing that the Chu army was seriously injured and could not achieve the climate, so he led his troops to attack the State of Zhao (a new regime), and the King of Zhao fled to Julu.

King Zhao asked King Huai of Chu for help, but King Huai of Chu wanted to send troops to attack Xianyang. Xiang Yu was anxious to avenge his uncle and asked to take his troops to Julu. At that time, the leader of the soldiers was not Xiang Yu, but Song Yi, Song Yi's request was to keep the soldiers still, deliberately embarrassing Xiang Yu, and the next day Xiang Yu took advantage of the meeting to kill Song Yi, become the boss himself, and lead the people and horses to quickly support.

Then, Xiang Yu led the whole army across the Yellow River (zhangshui in the first sense), ordered the whole army to break the cauldron and sink the boat, burn the house tent, and bring only three days of food, in order to show the determination to die if it is not victorious, and went straight to the giant deer with a thunderous momentum, defeated the Qin army of Zhang Handan's department to protect Yongdao, cut off wang's grain route, and surrounded Wang's army. Xiang Yu's determination and courage played a great role in encouraging the soldiers, and finally won the victory.

The Battle of Julu was a major decisive battle fought by Xiang Yu in the Great Uprising at the end of Qin (the rebel armies of various princes in the later period also participated in the battle) and the 400,000 qin generals Zhang Handan and Wang Lisuo led the main force of the Qin army at Julu (now part of Pingxiang County, Xingtai City), and it was also one of the famous battles in Chinese history in which few victories were won.

Later, there was a sentence: "Those who have lofty ideals, things will come to fruition, the cauldron will be broken, and the hundred and two Qin Guans will eventually belong to Chu; the bitter hearted people, the heavens will not bear the burden, the salary will taste the guts, and the three thousand Yue Jia can swallow Wu." ”

Historical Evaluation:

The Ming Dynasty scholar Mao Kun believed that the Battle of Julu was "the most proud battle of Xiang Yu and the most proud of Tai Shi Gong." "

Li Guangdi, a famous minister of the Qing Dynasty, commented in the "Quotations of Rongcun Village": "Xiang Yu is brilliant, the most important thing is that the shipwreck breaks the kettle, and can break the line, so it has become the work of breaking the Qin."