At the beginning of Qin's death, Liu Bang's strength was far inferior to Xiang Yu, but in the end, Xiang Yu was forced to commit suicide in Wujiang, achieving eternal hegemony. Therefore, Liu Bang is still extraordinary. First of all, let's take a look at how Liu Bang made his fortune.
Liu Bang's initial wealth.
It is said that Liu Bang is a lazy person who does nothing all day long, and is still a bachelor at the age of 40. Later, with his huge connections, he became the master of the Surabaya Pavilion. Although he is already a well-known local **, he is also known as a scoundrel. No one wants to marry his daughter to him, so he is in his forties and has not yet found a wife.
However, although Liu Bang did not marry a wife, his relationship with a widow surnamed Cao in his hometown was not only extraordinary, but also gave birth to an illegitimate son, Liu Fei. But Mr. Liu Bang also has his own good luck, and his "good luck" comes quickly.
It is said that Lu Zhi's father, Mr. Lu, once met Liu Bang. When he first met Liu Bang, he felt that he was different from others and would become a great person in the future. So, he made an arbitrary decision to kill the 25-year-old leftover girl. Lu Pheasant married Liu Bang, and Liu Bang also had a wife.
After Luffy married Liu Bang, he also felt that his husband would have a future in the future. Therefore, after getting married, in order to let Liu Bang devote himself to entrepreneurship, Luffy worked hard, took care of household chores, and took care of Liu Bang's elderly father.
However, when the villagers saw that Lu Pheasant had married an idle son-in-law, they all laughed at Lu Pheasant's poor vision. However, Lu Pheasant and his father-in-law still firmly believe that Liu Bang will be a "dark horse" in the future.
It is said that there is a profound legend here, which says that Lu Pheasant saw that no matter how far Liu Bang walked to **, there would always be an auspicious cloud following him overhead. Later, when Liu Bang became the emperor, the villagers knew how vicious Mr. Lu's vision was. Of course, this is just a legend and there is no historical record.
Back to the topic, you may have a question in your heart: How can such a scoundrel who is good at drinking and being beautiful defeat the hero Xiang Yu?
A series of strategies to defeat Xiang Yu.
For the sake of the people, listen to the voice of the people. At that time, Liu Bang invaded Guanzhong and wanted to live in the palace of the Qin Dynasty, but his henchmen Zhang Liang and Fan Hao dissuaded him in time and reminded Liu Bang not to lose the support of the people. After Liu Bang heard this, he led the army back to the dam, adopted Xiao He's strategy, appeased the people, treated the people well, and made a three-chapter covenant with the people. Instead, Han Sheng suggested that Xiang Yu build the capital of Xianyang, but Xiang Yu cooked Han Sheng and killed him.
Maintain a vision and be good at employing people. No matter what his background is, Liu Bang can use people like Chen Ping, who stole his wife, and Fan Xu, who killed dogs. As a result, he has a lot of talent at his disposal. On the other hand, Xiang Yu is not good at employing people and does not know how to give full play to people's strengths. If you lose one Han Xin, there will be another Fan Zeng. If you can't use it, you'll be left alone.
Calmly face failure, and adjust quickly after losing too much. After Pengcheng's defeat, Liu Bang actively accumulated strength and tried to compete with Xiang Yu again. Later, Xiang Yu was besieged and could have crossed the Wujiang River to make a comeback, but he thought that he did not have the face to meet the elders of Jiangdong, so he committed suicide by the river.
In fact, the outcome of the Chu-Han conflict was entirely determined by the character and strategy of the Chu kings, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang. Liu Bang was able to win in large part because of his character. In battle, he is tolerant and willing to listen to good advice. When leading troops into Hanzhong, whether he was wronged or repeatedly defeated, he maintained a good attitude, conserved his physical strength, and was ready to attack.
Wait for the opportunity and take responsibility. According to the agreement, "the one who enters the customs first is the king of the guanzhong". Liu Bang actually entered Guanzhong first, but Xiang Yu relied on his own strength to seal Liu Bang to a remote place in Hanzhong. At this time, Liu Bang did not argue and chose patience. He led his army to the princes' domains. He knew that if he opposed Xiang Yu at this time and beat eggs with stones, the consequences would be unimaginable.
As it turned out, Liu Bang's strategy was very correct. Coupled with Liu Bang's own leadership temperament and ability to tolerate failure, Liu Bang finally succeeded in turning the tide of the battle.
Unusually, he played cards to turn the tide and achieve hegemony through the ages.
At the end of Qin, war broke out, and the eighteen princes vowed to overthrow the tyrannical rule of Qin. Xiang Yu defeated Zhang Han in the battle of "Burning Ding" and annihilated the main force of 400,000 Qin troops, creating favorable conditions for Liu Bang's march.
Originally, according to the agreement of "entering Guanzhong first as the king", Liu Bang should be the king of Guanzhong if he entered Xianyang first. However, Xiang Yu relied on his great achievements and established himself as the overlord of Western Chu, hoping to unify the world.
When Xiang Yu divided the princes, he named Liu Bang as the king of Han. Liu Bang originally had 100,000 soldiers and horses, but he was named the queen of the Han Dynasty. Xiang Yu only allocated 30,000 troops to Liu Bang, and Liu Bang had to go to Hanzhong with 30,000 troops.
Liu Bang's fame at that time was very high. When he set out with 30,000 soldiers and horses, princes from all walks of life came to take refuge and were willing to follow him to a remote place in Hanzhong. The number reached tens of thousands. For Liu Bang, this is undoubtedly the hope of achieving great things in the future.
Liu Bang, the king of the Han Dynasty, led the way south from Du County to the eclipse. There are two routes to choose from. One is the Meridian Valley; The second is to walk through Xie Valley and enter Bao Valley. Before entering the valley, the king of Han led his troops westward.
After Liu Bang arrived in Hanzhong, he decided to recuperate here, raise the people and recruit talents, and then attack. But Xiang Yu was also unlucky at this time. Just when he was determined to confront Liu Bang, Qi, Zhao, and Trump took advantage of his unpreparedness and led the crowd to face Chu. Xiang Yu panicked. In order to stabilize the situation, he had to gather the main force to attack the Qi State.
Liu Bang took advantage of the situation to leave Chencang, quickly recovered Sanqin, and led his troops to continue eastward, forcing Xiang Yu into a two-front battle. Just as Xiang Yu's main force was gathered, Liu Bang led his troops to attack Luoyang by surprise and gathered the princes' armies to capture Pengcheng, the capital of Chu.
Xiang Yu learned that the capital was lost, and personally led 30,000 elite troops to return to the army overnight. The alliance of princes was originally a temporary gathering of "rabble", vulnerable to a single blow. Liu Bang's army was almost completely annihilated.
After the Battle of Pengcheng, Liu Bang took dozens of defeated troops to rest and regroup, and then entered the stage of holding Xiang Yu. The impasse lasted more than two years. However, Liu Bang did not give up. He actively organized cavalry units to contain the attack of the Chu army.
However, Liu Bang suddenly suffered a crushing defeat in Pengcheng. Liu Bang wanted to flee quickly, but unfortunately was discovered by the Chu army. The cavalry of the Chu army pursued. Liu Bang almost cried when he was chased. Suddenly, he found out that Ding Gongling was someone he knew before, and Liu Bang pleaded with Ding Gong: "We are all heroes, why force each other." ”
Ding Gong remembered their old relationship, stopped pursuing, and let Liu Bang go. Danding's nephew Gibb refused to give up and still insisted on leading troops to hunt down Liu Bang. Liu Bang, who was chased, was very embarrassed. Fortunately, Xiahou Ying was able to escape with her excellent driving skills. But he was very frightened, and from then on he developed a hatred for Gib.
o During this period, Xiang Yu captured Liu Bang's father, wife Lu Pheasant and others. Xiang Yu took his father hostage and said to Liu Bang: If you don't surrender, I will cook your father. Liu Bang smiled playfully and said, "Brother Xiang Yu, when I compete with you, my father is your father, when you cook, don't forget to share my share." ”
Liu Bang was extremely shameless and powerless against the enemy. He only knew that asking Zhang Liang "what can he do" every day was incompetent.
Liu Bang was very cruel to his family. He did this not only to his father, but also to his sons and daughters.
As the saying goes, "Tiger poison does not eat children".
In 205 BC, Liu Bang fled in a hurry. On the way, he met his son Liu Ying and daughter Lu Yuan and eloped with them. Due to the hasty pursuit of the Chu army, Liu Bang kicked the children out of the car several times. The driver at that time, Xia Houying, sighed, picked up the two children and got into the car. In the end, Xiahouying led Liu Bang and his party to Pei County with his superb driving skills.
After fleeing and recuperating, Liu Bang led his troops to stick to the front line of Xingyang and Chenggao on the one hand, and actively opened up new battlefields in the rear and flanks of the Kong army. This strategy hit Xiang Yu's Achilles heel. Han Xin cut off the left and right arms of the Chu army with lightning speed. During the battle, Xiang Yu was completely surrounded by the anti-Chu camp. At this time, Xiang Yu wanted to change other strategies, but it was too late. It's too late, I've lost the ability to fight back.
In 203 BC, Xiang Yu knew that he was powerless to fight back. In desperation, he had to negotiate with Liu Bang to settle the matter. The two countries agreed to take the chasm as the boundary, with Han in the west and Chu in the east.
Unexpectedly, Liu Bang did not act according to common sense. Xiang Yu thought that nothing had happened, so he led everyone back to the east. But Liu Bang will not give up this rare opportunity. He knew that if Xiang Yu left, he would come back. The possibility of a comeback is undoubtedly equivalent to letting the tiger return to the mountain, so Liu Bang took advantage of the situation to lead an army to attack the state of Chu.
In 202 BC, Han Xin trapped Xiang Yu in an ambush on all sides, and the Chu army lost its fighting spirit. Xiang Yu led a small number of troops to break through the Wujiang River. He committed suicide because he felt that he was "not worthy of seeing the elders of Koto".
Liu Bang eventually dominated the world and established the Western Han Dynasty. It has made a colorful mark in the history of youth.
Write to the end. It is said that the times create heroes, and heroes create the times. Liu Bang's success lies not only in the time, place, and people, but also in Liu Bang's ambition and forbearance. He fought many wars with Xiang Yu and experienced many defeats during this period, but this did not make him afraid. On the contrary, he deliberately kept a low profile and conserved his energy. In the end, under Xiang Yu's suppression and attack, Liu Bang's power became stronger and stronger, and finally forced Xiang Yu to a dead end.
Looking back at Xiang Yu, although he has experienced some hardships in his life, it is relatively smooth compared to Liu Bang. After all, his strength is still relatively strong. Although Xiang Yu is very brave, he is actually a coward. When he learns that he has no way to regain his dominance, he abandons his plan to flee to Koto by boat. The sentence "I didn't have the face to see Elder Jiangdong" actually made him lose his fighting spirit and hope, and finally committed suicide, thus ending the vigorous Chu-Han conflict.