Xiang Bo, a person, has always been controversial and has different opinions. He was the son of the famous Chu general Yingyan and the uncle of Xiang Yu, but at the Hongmen Banquet, he helped Xiang Yu's sworn enemy Liu Bang survive the difficulties, and finally Liu Bang unified the world and became emperor.
In the Hongmen Banquet, Xiang Bo is simply a live version of the traitor. Therefore, in the eyes of many people, he is a typical example of eating inside and out and being ungrateful. However, as far as the historical facts at that time were concerned, did Xiang Bo really "betray" Xiang Yu?
The reason why there was a Hongmen banquet was because after Liu Bang returned to the army, he heard that Xiang Yu had sealed Zhang Handan as the King of Yong and asked him to "Wang Guanzhong", and according to the promise made by the King of Chu Huai at that time, whoever entered Guanzhong first was the King of Guanzhong, and now that Xiang Yu had sealed others, he was isolated from this dreamed "King of Guanzhong", so Liu Bang simply sent someone to guard Hangu Pass and refuse Xiang Yu to be outside the Guan.
Xiang Yu was not a good lord, and he didn't even pay attention to king Huai, let alone Liu Bang? Therefore, Xiang Yu was angry and immediately arranged for Yingbu to attack the key, and then took HanguGuan lightly. After breaking the Hangu Pass, Xiang Yu led his army into the drama area and camped at Hongmen. Subsequently, first Liu Bang's subordinate Cao Wu came to inform Xiang Yu that Liu Bang intended to claim the title of king of Guanzhong, and then Fan Zeng added fuel to the fire and suggested that Xiang Yu quickly cut Liu Bang.
Under these circumstances, Xiang Bo was grateful for Zhang Liang's life-saving grace in that year, and rushed forty miles to Liu Bang's camp in Bashang overnight, met Zhang Liang, and advised him to flee quickly, and Zhang Liang introduced Xiang Bo to Liu Bang. Liu Bang made friends of his own, and after a conversation, Xiang Bo not only agreed to go back to do Xiang Yu's work, but also formed a family with Liu Bang under Liu Bang's proposal. After returning, Xiang Bo repeatedly excused Liu Bang, and finally persuaded Xiang Yu to abandon his plan to attack Liu Bang.
The next day, Liu Bang led Zhang Liang, Fan Duo, and others to the Hongmen Gate in a hurry to apologize to Xiang Yu. Thus, there was the so-called Hongmen Feast. At the Hongmen banquet, there was indeed a sword and light sword shadow, but under the measures of Zhang Liang and Fan Duo, especially under the rescue of Xiang Bo, Liu Bang turned the crisis into safety, retreated with his whole body, and finally resolved the crisis of almost losing his soldiers and dying.
When Fan Increase received the jade bucket that Liu Bang had asked Zhang Liang to transfer, and learned that Liu Bang had escaped, he was suddenly trembling with anger, and immediately put the jade bucket on the ground, slashed it with a sword, and said to Xiang Yu with hatred: "The shaft is not enough and the plot!" In the future, it will be Liu Bang who will seize the xiang king's world! "Finish speaking, roll up your sleeves and go away."
Judging from the whole process of the Hongmen Banquet, Xiang Bo only disagreed with Xiang Yu's original intentions and differed from Fan Zeng's strategy. In fact, both Xiang Yu Fan Zeng Xiang Bo and Liu Bang Zhang Liang Fan Were all members of the rebel ranks at that time, both were comrades in arms in the trenches, and the infighting in the rebel army was very unfavorable to others and themselves from the overall situation.
Therefore, on the whole, Xiang Bo was neither a traitor who ate inside and outside, nor did he ungratefully betray Xiang Yu, and he reported to Zhang Liang purely out of the grace of saving his life, which showed that he had feelings and righteousness. Standing up to help Liu Bang at the Hongmen banquet was also to mediate contradictions and prevent infighting among the rebels, indicating that he had the concept of the overall situation. Taking a step back, he came to The rescue of Liu Bang, that is also to rescue his own children's own family, and the family did not shoot when there were difficulties, wouldn't people have another curse on Xiang Bo?
After Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, in order to express his gratitude for Xiang Bo's salvation at the Hongmen Banquet, Liu Bang gave Xiang Bo the surname liu and made him the Marquis of Sheyang. As for whether Liu Bang and Xiang Bo really formed a family of children, the history is unclear and it is not known.