In 208 BC, Qin's 400,000 troops surrounded Julu by encircling the point and sending reinforcements.
You must know that the giant deer is the last city of the Zhao Kingdom, and if the giant deer is broken, it will mean the destruction of the Zhao Kingdom.
Once the Zhao State is destroyed, the Qin State will be free to deal with other countries, and at that time, I am afraid that the Six Kingdoms will have to repeat the mistakes of the last time, so the Zhao State cannot perish, and the Qin State must perish.
And at that time, the state of Chu was the most powerful one.
You must know that the total number of troops of the princes of the Eighteen Roads (at that time was still the eighteen forces) was about 400,000, and the Chu State alone accounted for nearly 100,000, and the Chu State said second, who dared to say the first.
Since it is the eldest brother, now that the younger brother encounters this situation, of course he must stand up and set an example.
Therefore, King Huai of Chu made a covenant with the king, and the so-called covenant with the king is that the one who enters the customs first is the king.
You must know that at that time, except for the Yan Kingdom in Liaodong, the other five countries had all been restored, and it was the old nobles who controlled these five countries.
If nothing else, the future world will have to be decided by their group of old nobles, but the Qin State is an exception.
Because Qin, as the public enemy of the Six Kingdoms, must be uprooted, and this uprooting will create a vacuum, and anyone can fill this vacuum.
One person occupies a country, and one can imagine how many people dream of this errand.
King Chu Huai handed over this errand to two people and carried it out in two different directions, these two people were Liu Bang and Xiang Yu.
But it is clear that Liu Bang is the one who takes advantage.
You must know that Liu Bang's task is to go west to destroy Qin, while Xiang Yu's task is to go north to destroy Qin, and to go north to destroy Qin, you must first lift the siege of Julu, that is, destroy the 400,000 Qin army first.
In contrast, Liu Bangke is much more relaxed.
Liu Bang is only facing local forces, and of course there are hidden risks.
If the 400,000 troops come back to help, if Liu Bang is outside Guanzhong, then it is okay, there is a possibility of running away.
If it is in Guanzhong, once it is blocked inside, there is only a dead end, but this is only a probability after all.
You must know that at that time, all the princes' armies except for the Chu State had gathered near Julu, and if the Qin army dared to come back to help, how could this army of no less than 300,000 let go of such a great opportunity to pursue?
Xiang Yu is not only inferior to Liu Bang in the direction of marching, but even his status in the army is not as good as Liu Bang.
Liu Bang is the first commander of his army, and Xiang Yu is the second in command, and there is also a Song Yi in charge of the commander above him, who is just a deputy general.
It was obvious that King Chu Huai was deliberately suppressing Xiang Yu.
You must know that Xiang Yu had taken the initiative to ask Ying to go west to destroy Qin before this, but he not only suppressed Xiang Yu's request to go west to destroy Qin, but also arranged Xiang Yu to be the second-in-command of the north to destroy Qin, clearly wanting to prostitute Xiang Yu for nothing.
"Xiang Yu complained that Qin broke Xiang Liangjun, struggled, and was willing to enter the customs with Pei Gongxi. —Historical Records: Gaozu Benji".After all, the birth of a great victory, no matter how much strength the general has, the commander must be the first to take the lead, and the reason is very simple, if there is no leadership of the commander, how can you have the opportunity to play as a general.
Why did King Chu Huai lean towards Liu Bang and suppress Xiang Yu?It's not because the husband is not guilty, but he is guilty.
Xiong Xin, the king of Chu Huai, was originally just a cowherd baby, and he was able to turn around and become the king of Chu because of Xiang Liang's support.
You must know that Xiang Liang's Xiang family is a generation of generals of the Chu State, and King Chu Huai is the royal family of the Chu State, is it difficult for the royal family to need the support of the general?That's true.
Because the six royal families were the key targets of the Qin State, none of their last family heads, that is, the last kings, had a good end, either indirectly in the hands of the Qin State or directly in the hands of the Qin State.
And for their assets, of course, they are all confiscated.
This also leads to a problem, that is, they are all living in the people.
And because the aristocracy is not the target of the attack, they still have a certain strength locally, which is why during the reign of Qin Shi Huang, none of the royal families of the six countries rose up to rebel, and the nobles of the six countries rebelled.
For example, in South Korea, King Han himself honestly stayed in Yingchuan County, while the old nobles were thieves and tried to rebel. The result?King Han became a victim, and they fled.
Why didn't the Qin State purge the nobles of the Six Kingdoms?Because it could not be cleaned, the administrative conditions at that time were quite cumbersome.
You know, Zhang Liang once assassinated Qin Shi Huang, but what was the result?I believe that needless to say, I also know that Zhang Liang not only escaped, but also became the founding hero of the Han Dynasty.
Even the assassination of the emperor can run away, but as long as the ruling class of the Qin State is not naïve, they will not have the idea of purging the nobles of the Six Kingdoms.
After all, there is no possibility of this matter being implemented at all, on the contrary, it may be counterattacked by the nobles of the six countries.
Why is this happening?Because the Qin state's implementation of the county system throughout the country was a wrong decision.
Isn't this an enhancement of the unity of the country?It did enhance the unity of the country, but Qin Shi Huang clearly acted in a hurry.
You must know that in order to maintain order in a place, there must be officials.
At that time, the Qin State spread the county system throughout the country as soon as it came up, so that a problem directly arose, that is, the number of officials was seriously insufficient.
Because there has not yet been a reasonable system for the recruitment of officials, the system of inheriting the father's business from the son is still maintained.
It's like your head is thinking about the front, but your body is still in place.
For example, in Qianling County at that time, according to the regulations, the number of officials in this county was 101, but in fact, only 51 arrived, which was half missing.
With this kind of administrative efficiency, coupled with the fact that it was an agrarian society at the time, you expect him to arrest people, is it possible?
It is precisely because of this that the nobles of the Six Kingdoms were able to run in front of the princes and grandsons in the last years of the Qin State, and then pushed the princes and grandsons to the front of themselves and became their own leaders.
Why would they want to find a leader for themselves?Because at that time, less than fifteen years after the destruction of the Six Kingdoms, the people of the Six Nations were still the same group of people as they were back then, and they certainly recognized the royal family of the Six Kingdoms.
What the nobles of the Six Kingdoms found for themselves was not a leader, but a gold-lettered signboard, which is why Xiong Xin called him King Chu Huai, because King Chu Huai died in the Qin State and was the most sympathetic king of the Chu people.
With his name as the title, it will definitely resonate with the people of Chu.
"I ask the king of Chu Huai to be the people of the people, to shepherd the sheep, to be the king of Chu Huai, and to be looked forward to by the people. —Historical Records: Xiang Yu BenjiBut this also brings a problem, that is, if he dies, then the king he has supported will become out of control.
After all, the nominal leader is also the leader, if there is no complete transfer of power, the nominal leader will turn over and be the master, and Xiang Liang suffered this loss.
Due to his sudden death in Dingtao, King Huai of Chu immediately moved from the capital city of Zhutai in the south to Pengcheng in the north.
What is he doing here?to preside over the overall situation, to put it mildly, is to deprive the Xiang family of military power.
At that time, the representative of the Xiang family was Xiang Yu, who himself led part of the main force of the Chu army, and the other part was in the hands of Lu Chen.
As soon as King Chu Huai came up, he confiscated his military power, and of course, also confiscated Lu Chen's military power.
The difference between them is that Lu Chen serves as Situ, and Lu Ju's father, Lu Qing, serves as Ling Yin.
You must know that Ling Yin is equivalent to the prime minister of Chu.
And what about him Xiang Yu?turned out to be just a Chang'an Hou.
Isn't this already Hou?What's not to be satisfied with?You must know that this Marquis of Chang'an is a title, not an official position.
This is equivalent to depriving Xiang Yu of his military power and depriving Xiang Yu of his influence in the court, which is clearly to suppress Xiang Yu to the end.
In that case, why not suppress Lu Chen?The reason is very simple, if he suppresses it together with Lu Chen, it may cause Lu Chen and Xiang Yu to counterattack.
Therefore, pulling one to hit one is the best result.
Since King Chu Huai has already guarded against Xiang Yu, how could he hand over the task of advancing west to destroy Qin to Xiang Yu?If he is allowed to enter the customs first, he will be the future king of Qin, who can guarantee that he will not kill back to Chu to take revenge.
King Chu Huai's statement about Liu Bang's responsibility for the westward march to destroy Qin is that the people of Guanzhong have been oppressed by Qin for more than a hundred years, and what they need is an elder, and Liu Bang happens to be this elder.
What does it mean to be an elder?On the one hand, it means literally, that is, older, and on the other hand, it means generosity and kindness.
"This feather is fierce, and it can't be sent today. Dupei Gongsu is lenient for the elderly, and can be sent. —Historical Records: Gaozu Benji".Liu Bang is definitely older than Xiang Yu, he was already in his early fifties when he started the army, and Xiang Yu was only in his early twenties, there is no doubt about this.
But if you want to say that he is generous and kind, is he really generous and merciful?Really generous and merciful.
You must know that later, Chu and Han fought each other, and Wang Ling, who was born in Pei County with Liu Bang, followed Liu Bang to fight against Xiang Yu, and Xiang Yu used Wang Ling's mother to blackmail Wang Ling.
As a result, what did Wang Ling's mother do?Facing the envoy of Wang Ling, she said that you should follow the king of Han well, the king of Han is an elder and will definitely have a future in the future.
Subsequently, he committed suicide in front of the envoy to strengthen the determination of the royal tomb.
Even an old woman thinks so, do you say that Liu Bang is not generous, benevolent or not?
But in fact, the real reason why King Chu Huai ordered Liu Bangxi to enter and destroy Qin was not this, but to balance Xiang Yu.
As mentioned above, the position of King Qin must not allow Xiang Yu to sit, since Xiang Yu cannot be allowed to sit, he must pick someone to sit on, and this person is Liu Bang.
You must know that Liu Bang's surname is Liu, not Liang, and he is not a member of the Xiang clan.
What's more, he did not follow Xiang Liang to rebel with Xiang Liang as soon as he started his army, but became a member of Xiang Liang's group because of interests.
At that time, he led the rebel army to develop externally, and the result?In the backyard**, Yongya, who was in charge of guarding Pei County, surrendered to Wei without permission.
The base camp is gone, how can you still develop?Therefore, Liu Bang's first task is to regain Peixian.
And how did he get it back?borrowed soldiers, and the borrowed soldiers came from the Xiangliang Group.
And Xiang Liang is also a big spender, as soon as he makes a move, he has ten generals and five thousand elite soldiers.
You must know that Liu Bang's total strength at that time was less than 5,000.
Facing such a powerful Xiang Liang, Liu Bang has no reason not to become one of his members.
Since it is for the sake of profit, betrayal for the sake of profit has become a matter of course.
What's more, if Liu Bang really becomes the king of Qin, the position of King Chu Huai will only be more stable.
You must know that Liu Bang can become the king of Qin has a premise, that is, the covenant of the king.
If King Huai has been eradicated, then does this covenant of King Huai count?
You must know that Liu Bang is not the only one staring at the land in Guanzhong, but all the princes are staring.
After all, the Qin State relied on that piece of land to unify the six countries back then, who would dare to hand over that piece of land to one person alone?
Later, Xiang Yu divided this piece of land into three parts, one part for Zhang Han, one part for Sima Xin, and one part for Dong Peng.
Therefore, Liu Bang must obtain the support of King Chu Huai, and since he wants the support of King Chu Huai, then King Chu Huai must not fall.
The abacus played by King Chu Huai is indeed a good abacus, and it can also be confirmed from this abacus that he is not a mediocre master, but he missed a little.
That is, the Chu army was originally the army of the Xiang family, and when it comes to the level of trust, the Chu army trusts the Xiang family more than he trusts the king of Chu Huai.
This also led to Xiang Yu being able to kill Song Yi safely and take charge of the army himself, and did not cause any objections.
If that's all, with Liu Bang's existence, it is enough to balance Xiang Yu, which shows the cleverness of King Chu Huai even more.
But he missed one point, that is, Xiang Yu was able to defeat the 200,000 Great Wall Army with 50,000 Chu troops, which was outrageous, which directly caused Xiang Yu's status among the princes to be higher than that of King Chu Huai all of a sudden.
Some people may say that the alliance of princes was not all near Julu at that time?Didn't they participate in the war?
They participated in the war, but each of them had evil intentions.
Xiang Yu beat the Qin army until it showed a rout, and they swarmed up, to put it simply, Xiang Yu led them to destroy the Great Wall Army.
In this way, a Liu Bang will not play any role at all, after all, Xiang Yu is already the leader of the princes.
This is also why King Chu Huai was deposed by Xiang Yu as Emperor Yi and moved to the south, and none of the princes objected, not even Liu Bang.
Because everyone knows that Xiang Yu already has absolute strength at this time, otherwise he would not have played the role of dividing the princes.
After all, human calculation is not as good as heaven, and the orthodoxy of Chu State should perish.