Xiang Yu Wujiang killed himself, where is Wujiang now? How far is it from the wall?
In 203 BC, Liu Bang reached a consensus with Han Xin and Peng Yue in Guling County: once the Chu army was successfully defeated, Han Xin would be canonized as King of Qi and Peng Yue would become King of Liang.
A year later, in 202 BC, Han Xin, Peng Yue and others gathered their troops and arrived at Qixia to surround Xiang Yu's army. Xiang Yu's army was small in number, and the food was about to run out, and Chu Ge surrounded him even more in deep despair.
He began to plot a path of retreat, looking for life.
Overlord Xiang Yu, a hero who once shocked the world with his incomparable courage and courage. The turning point in his life, but after the Battle of Qixia, he crossed the Huai River from the south, got lost in Yinling County and fell into a swamp, and then was pursued by the Han army in the Four Broken Mountains, and finally killed himself in Wujiang Pavilion.
His retreat route went through 7 locations and 4 battles, and finally came to a tragic end. However, his bravery and tenacity, his tragedy and pride will always be remembered in people's hearts.
The Battle of Qixia is a famous battle that took place in ancient China, located in the village of Qixia in Lingbi County, Suzhou City, Anhui Province.
It is said that after Han Xin and Peng Yue agreed to send troops, Liu Bang's reinforcements began to gather in a steady stream of Qixia. Han Xin set out from the state of Qi, Peng Yue set out from the state of Liang, and Liu Jia led the army into Chu, first surrounded Shouchun, lured Xiang Yu's great Sima Zhou Yin, and then arrived at Qixia with Yingbu, successfully completing the siege of Xiang Yu.
One night in December of the fifth year of the Han Dynasty, Xiang Yu was awakened from his sleep by the singing of the Chu State, and realized that Liu Bang had occupied the entire territory of the Chu State, and the general trend had gone. So, he got up, took advantage of the night to drink in the tent, looked at Yu Ji who was accompanying him and the black horse in the distance, and wrote a famous sentence through the ages: "Pull out the mountain and cover the world, and the time is not good for the world."
If you don't die, you can't help it, and you can't help it! Seeing this, Yu Ji was beside him and sang for him, and King Xiang touched the scene and sang the lyrics over and over again, until he burst into tears, and the people around him were infected, and they also bowed their heads and wept, and everyone was so sad that they couldn't look up at him.
Crying to the point of sadness, King Xiang suddenly felt a cross in his heart, rode on a horse, and led more than 800 cavalrymen to break through the siege overnight and run south. At dawn, the Han army found that Xiang Yu had broken through, so they ordered the cavalry general to lead 5,000 cavalry to chase him.
Huangdu, the key crossing of the ancient Huai River, has a history of thousands of years and has always been the only way for the northern regime to go south to the Yangtze River. This place has witnessed Xiang Yu's retreat, and it is also the material transportation center of Zhu Yuanzhang in the Fengyang area in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, and the economy is prosperous.
Now, it takes less than 50 kilometers to reach this historical and cultural city from the night gallop to Huaixia Village.
After Xiang Yu broke through the siege under the wall, he galloped through the night and arrived at the Huai River ferry, and when he was about to cross the river, the 5,000 cavalry who filled the baby followed. The two sides fought each other in short quarters, and after a fierce battle, Xiang Yu's camp paid the price of nearly 700 people and successfully crossed the Huai River.
After crossing the river, Xiang Yu counted the surviving cavalry, and only more than 100 people still had combat effectiveness, so he continued to flee south with these more than 100 people.
Go left. ”
On the way to the left, Xiang Yu and his team unfortunately got stuck in a swamp, which seriously affected the speed of the horses. Soon after, the infant cavalry caught up, leading to a second fierce battle.
After the battle, Xiang Yu's side lost another 70-80 people, and only 28 knights were left to stubbornly follow Xiang Yu and flee to the rear. Behind them, the number of pursuers was in the thousands.
The predecessor of Dingyuan County, Anhui Province was Dongcheng County in the Qin and Han dynasties, and it is located in Sanguanji Youfang Village, Daqiao Town, Dingyuan County, Anhui Province. The county governance of Dingyuan County has undergone three relocations in its history, the last of which was in the fourth year of Xuanzong Tianbao of the Tang Dynasty, in 745 AD, and moved to the seat of today's county seat.
In this historic city, there is a well-preserved ruins of the eastern castle, the foundation of which is about 40 meters wide, the city site is about 370 meters long from north to south, and about 700 meters long from east to west.
Dongcheng County existed for more than 360 years in history, but was eventually burned down during the Xu Feng Rebellion. In 524 AD, Dongcheng County was renamed Dingyuan County, and in 745 AD, the county seat of Dingyuan County was moved from Xiama Village to the current county seat.
If you're interested in history and culture, you might as well take a trip here to see the ruins of Dongcheng and get a feel for the history of that era.
Although the specific location of the Battle of the Four Broken Mountains is not mentioned in the Historical Records, it is described in detail in the Book of Han. According to the research of "Reading the History of Fangyu Minutes", Siqi Mountain is located in the southwest of Jiangpu County, Yingtianfu in the Qing Dynasty and 70 miles in the north of the state, also known as Sima Mountain, that is, the Sima Mountain in Pukou District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province.
Xiang Yu led the cavalry to retreat to the Four Broken Mountains, and the Han army was in hot pursuit. As soon as they reached the four collapsed mountains, they were surrounded by the Han legions. Xiang Yu was ingenious, laid out a circular formation, divided the troops into four routes, and agreed to meet at three locations in the east.
Under an order, the Han army was defeated and one general was killed. Chiquan Marquis Yang Xi was ordered to pursue, but was reprimanded by Xiang Yu and fled for several miles. Xiang Yu and the cavalry rendezvous, the battle situation was chaotic, the Han army did not know where Xiang Yu was, divided the troops into three routes, and surrounded the Chu army again.
Xiang Yu regrouped, charged again, and killed a captain, killing more than 100 Han soldiers. When converging, only 2 horses were lost, and Xiang Yu was very proud. The subordinates praised: "The king is wise! ”
Xiang Yu led 26 cavalry to continue to retreat eastward, preparing to cross the Wujiang River.
Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, Wujiang Pavilion, the place where Wujiang killed himself, is located in Wujiang Town, Hexian County, Anhui Province. This location is highly regarded by people because there is a legendary overlord temple built to commemorate Xiang Yu's self-slaughter.
In 1970, the Anhui water conservancy department built the irrigation project of the Sima Mountain, so that the Wujiang Pavilion and the Sima Mountain and the Bawang Temple were connected by waterways. Thanks to this canal, water from the Chuhe River in Anhui Province was able to flow into the Yangtze River.
When Xiang Yu arrived at Wujiang Pavilion, the chief of Wujiang Pavilion had already parked the boat by the river and waited, but Xiang Yu chose to kill himself. Xiang Yu listened to the pavilion chief's suggestion and gave up the opportunity to cross the river, and he turned his head to the pavilion chief and said: "The horse, I have been riding for five years, it has accompanied me in countless battles, I can't let it die in the chaos." ”
He presented the horse to the pavilion chief. At the same time, the Han army pursued the troops to Wujiang Pavilion. Xiang Yu ordered his cavalry to dismount and fight the Han army with short weapons in hand. In this battle, Xiang Yu killed hundreds of Han soldiers alone, and was wounded in many places.
He saw Sima Lu Ma Tong, a cavalryman of the Han army, and said, "Aren't you my old friend?" Lu Matong recognized Xiang Yu, turned his head to Wang Fei and said, "This is King Xiang." ”
Xiang Yu continued: "I heard that the King of Han offered a thousand gold to reward my head, and he will also reward ten thousand households of food to those who have made meritorious contributions. You are my friend, I will help you make meritorious contributions! With that, he drew his sword and killed himself.
Xiang Yu, a generation of overlords, finally killed himself in Wujiang, and his bravery and tragedy left a deep impression on people.
When Xiang Yu died, Wang Fei took his head, and the other cavalry fought frantically for Xiang Yu's body, resulting in dozens of deaths in the scramble.
Lü Matong, Yang Xi, Langzhong Lü Sheng and Yang Wu each got a piece of Xiang Yu's body, and they were all named liehous. Among them, Yang Xi later became the founder of Hongnong Yang, which has been inherited by the Han Dynasty for more than 2,000 years, and the Yang family has a presence in the senior command system of all dynasties.