In the last issue, talking about the establishment and demise of the Western Han Dynasty, this article tells us about the life of Han Xin, a famous military figure in the Qin and Han Dynasties, the founding hero of the Western Han Dynasty and one of the three masters of the early Han Dynasty.
Han Xin (c. 231 BC – 196 BC), a native of Huaiyin (present-day Huai'an District, Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province), was a representative figure of Chinese military thought "Military Power Strategists", the "Four Saints of the Bing Family", and was regarded by posterity as "Bing Immortal" and "Divine Commander".
At the time of the great chaos at the end of Qin, he defected to Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu, and was not reused. After he became acquainted with Xiao He, he was greatly appreciated by Xiao He, and after Xiao He Bao was made a general, he formulated the "Hanzhong Countermeasures" and was worshiped by Liu Bang as a general. As a commander-in-chief, he captured Wei, replaced, destroyed Zhao, Threatened Yan, attacked Qi in the east, and destroyed Chu in the south; as a military theorist, he joined forces with Zhang Liang to sort out the military book and the order of the art of war, and wrote three chapters of the "Han Xin Art of War".
He was praised by Xiao He as "the unparalleled soldier of the country"
Liu Bang praised him: "The battle will be won, the attack will be won"
Chu Han dynasty
People commented that he was "unparalleled in merit, slightly out of the world"
Later generations honored him as a "soldier immortal" and "divine marshal"
Han Xin was born very poor, he liked to dance knives and guns since he was a child, his personality was indulgent and informal, he did not study to obtain meritorious names, and he did not know how to do business, so he could not maintain his livelihood at all. On weekdays, Han Xin always begged for food, and the neighbors looked down on him. At that time, when the head of the Nanchang Pavilion in the countryside saw Han Xin's extraordinary husband, he went to the countryside many times to eat idle meals at the long place of the Nanchang Pavilion Pavilion, and for several months in a row, the wife of the pavilion chief was not happy: "Who is used to him every day rubbing and eating and drinking?" So he issued an "eviction order" to Han Xin. Seeing this scene, Han Xin was furious and left and did not come back. In this way, his only "food source" was gone. Although life is very difficult, he loves the art of war, and always likes to carry a sword around blindly, once facing the contemptuous provocation of the butcher: "Faith can die, stab me; can't die, out of my hakama." Helplessly, in order to survive, Han Xin "looked at it, leaned out of the hakama, pufu", three simple verbs, how many mental activities in it! Han Xin knew that his strength had not yet emerged, and now he still needed to wait and endure, just as the so-called "remember the hidden dragon and don't use it, wait for the flying dragon to be in the sky", that is, later he said to himself: "This strong man is also." When Fang insults me, I would rather kill him? Killing is nameless, so patience is also here." This is one of Han Xin's personalities - "forbearance".
With the storm of the great peasant revolt at the end of Qin, Han Xin was also put under Xiang Liang but was not reused, and after Xiang Liang's death, he followed Xiang Yu's camp to serve as LangZhong. Han Xin had offered many times in Xiang Yu's camp, but unfortunately, the arrogant Xiang Yu did not think much of Han Xin's plan and was unwilling to adopt the advice of Han Xin Xiao Ichiro. Han Xin felt that his full talent had been wasted, and later Han Xin left the Chu army and came to Liu Bang's Han army after several twists and turns, still a small useless minister, and Liu Bang did not look at this poor and unknown figure. Only Xiao He recognized this "Thousand Mile Horse" like Bo Le. He could risk being mistaken for the crime of escaping and quickly chase after Han Xin alone, and after recovering it, he strongly recommended Han Xin: "If you are a believer, the country is unparalleled." The king will want to grow up in the king and Hanzhong, and he will believe in nothing; he will want to fight for the world, and he who does not believe in nothing and has nothing to do. Gu Wang Ce'an's ear". Liu Bang saw that Xiao He was so resolute, and after some consideration, he sealed Han Xin as a general. Han Xin's strategic plan to capture Guanzhong and Dingsan Qin gave Liu Bang a direction for the world domination behind him. In the Chu-Han War, Han Xin exerted outstanding military talent. He pacified the State of Wei and defeated Dai and Zhao in a battle. After that, he went north to surrender to the Yan kingdom. In the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, Han Xin was worshipped as Xiang Guo, led his troops to attack Qi, captured Linzi, and annihilated the dragon at Weishui and led the 200,000 Chu troops who aided Qi.
Because of Han Xin's outstanding military achievements, his prestige in the army was extremely high, so that the weapons in the army at that time were engraved with the words "do not kill Han Xin". Han Xin also boasted of his high merits, and Liu Bang did not dare to kill him. However, after Liu Bang won the world, he was afraid that Han Xin would rebel, and no one could defeat him, and he saw that Han Xin was very arrogant and finally moved to kill. After pacifying the State of Qi, Han Xin stopped advancing, in order to blackmail Liu Bang into making him the King of Qi, and Liu Bang was fighting with Xiang Yu at the time, and when he received the news, he was immediately furious, but he agreed for the sake of the great war. When Liu Bang immediately created Han Xin the "King of Sanqi", that is, qi with the heavenly king, qi with the earth king, and qi with the king. He was also given the title of "Five Immortals", that is, to see the heavens do not die, to see the earth does not die, to see the king does not die, there is no rope to bind him, there is no knife to kill him. Han Xin then went to chase after Xiang Yu, and Han Xin would encircle and annihilate the Chu army, forcing Xiang Yu to kill himself. Defeat Xiang Yu and lay the foundation for Liu Bang. Because of this incident, Han Xin lost Liu Bang's trust.
After Liu Bang sat in Jiangshan, he was afraid that Han Xin's power was great and he had suppressed his own world, so he wanted to kill Han Xin, and Lü Hou conspired with Xiao He of Xiangguo to deceive him into the Changle Palace, behead him in the bell room, and destroy his three tribes. It is a pity that such a han founding father with outstanding military achievements ended up in a sad end of being destroyed by the three tribes, and became the ghost of the master Liu Bang. According to legend, Liu Bang once promised that as long as Han Xin "stood in the land of Han against the heavens, he would never add a blade to his body." Therefore, when Han Xin was killed, Lü Hou hung himself in the big bell of Changle Palace, his head was covered by a big bell, and he did not see the day; his feet were suspended on the ground: so he could not stand up to the sky. Lü Hou also used a bamboo knife (sharpened bamboo) to kill him so as not to violate the promise of the year, but there is no record. The history books record that the reason for Han Xin's condemnation was to provoke and collude with Chen Feng to plot rebellion. As for the truth, it is not known now, but throughout history it is written by the victors.
The four famous generals of ancient China, Bai Han Li Yue, Han is Han Xin. Although Han Xin could not be called a talent of heaven and earth, he had an invincible plan. In his lifetime, Hou Huaiyin had never lost a battle! Truly invincible, invincible, invincible! But Han Xin was outstanding in military strategy. But with an extreme lack of political wisdom and low emotional intelligence, he was proud of his achievements and offended many people. Han Xin asked to be king of Qi from that day on, which was doomed to his death.