What Liu Bang's military talent is, obviously Yingbu knows best.
"Historical Records of the Thirty-first Biography of Huang Bulie": At the beginning of the cloth, it is said that it will say: The old man, tired of soldiers, will not come. So that the generals, the generals are alone with Huaiyin and Peng Yue, and now they are all dead, and there is no fear left. So it was the opposite.When Yingbu rebelled, he said to his generals: The emperor is old and disgusted with war, and he must not be able to personally bring troops to come and send other generals, the generals are only afraid of Han Xin and Peng Yue, the Marquis of Huaiyin, and now they are all dead, and the rest of the generals have nothing to fear. So there was a rebellion.
Who is Yingbu?Originally the number one general under Xiang Yu, relying on bravery and military exploits, from a prisoner to the position of the princes and kings, he was a legendary figure in the late Qin and early Han dynasties.
In the battle of Julu, Yingbu and General Pu were Xiang Yu's vanguard, and it was the most difficult battle, Yingbu won, and Xiang Yu crossed the river to participate in the battle.
Liu Bang sealed the Hangu Pass and blocked Xiang Yu from the pass, and Xiang Yu sent Yingbu as the vanguard to defeat the army guarding the pass before he could enter the pass.
Xiang Yu has always taken Yingbu as the vanguard when he fights, and the vanguard general relies on courage and good fighting, this is Yingbu.
Yingbu is only afraid of three people for Liu Bang and his generals: Han Xin, Peng Yue, and Liu BangThis shows that Yingbu puts Liu Bang's military talent on the same level as Han Xin and Peng Yue, which is Liu Bang in Yingbu's eyes
Han Xin once commented on Liu Bang:Your Majesty can't be a general, but a good general, this is the reason why your Majesty is a bird
According to military theory, it is the general who commands the troops, and the commander is the commander, Han Xin himself says that he is the commander of the army, and Liu Bang is the commander.
Do you think Han Xin is patting Liu Bang's ass?Of course not.
1. The battle to destroy Qin in the west
Many people think that Liu Bang can defeat Xiang Yu because of Han Xin, without Han Xin, Liu Bang will only lose the battle, and think that Liu Bang will not fight at all, in fact, this idea is completely wrong.
Don't say anything else, let's just talk about how Liu Bang broke into Guanzhong, there is no Han Xin at this time.
After Xiang Liang was killed, the anti-Qin uprising in Chu fell into a trough, and King Huai of Chu held a meeting and finally decided on two paths, one was to lead the army north by Song Yi and Xiang Yu to rescue Zhao, and the other was to attack Liu Bangxi to attack Guanzhong.
Liu Bang Many people think that Liu Bang's western entry into the pass is the easiest, and the main force of the Qin army is attracted to Zhao State, which is another wrong view.
"Historical Records of Gaozu Benji": When it was, the Qin soldiers often took advantage of the victory to chase the north, and the generals Mo Li entered the customs first. Duxiang Yu complained that Qin broke Xiang Liangjun, and Fen, originally entered the customs with Pei Gongxi.At this time, the situation in the world was that Zhang Han defeated the main force of the anti-Qin rebel army south of the Yellow River, so the history books said that the Qin army was strong, and no one among the anti-Qin generals thought that it was advantageous to enter the pass first, only Xiang Yu wanted to avenge the killing of his uncle and wanted to enter the pass west with Liu Bang, but was blocked by King Chu Huai.
Guanzhong is the heart of the Qin State and the key area of the Qin army, and the difficulty of entering Guanzhong is no less than the Battle of Julu.
Liu Bang marched westward, defeated Wang Li's army in Chengyang County, defeated the Qin general Wang Li many times in the bar, attacked the Qin army with Peng Yue in Changyi, did not win, in Li County, Liu Bang captured the army of the Marquis of Gangwu, at this time the total number of Liu Bang's army was only more than 4,000 people, and did not capture Changyi and Kaifeng.
To the north of Kaifeng, Liu Bang defeated the Qin general Zhao Ben many times, and Zhao Ben led the main force of the Qin ** army that came from Guanzhong to support the local area.
To the west of Kaifeng, Liu Bang defeated the Qin general Yang Xiong and marched south to capture the city of Yingyang.
Liu Bang fought with the Qin army in the east of Luoyang, did not win, defeated the Qin Nanyang County Guard in the east of the Li, and surrendered the Nanyang County Guard, Liu Bang continued to attack the west to take the analysis of the county, Li County, using Zhang Liang's strategy, broke through the Wuguan, and fought with the Qin Yulin army in Lantian, defeated the other party, all the way into Xianyang, Qin Prince Ying surrendered.
Qin Ziying surrendered to Liu Bang On the way to the west, Liu Bang conquered the city and conquered the city, and defeated the famous generals of the Qin State Wang Li, Zhao Ben, and Yang Xiong many times, Wang Li is the grandson of Wang Qian, Zhao Ben, like Zhang Han, is the ** army general directly sent by the Qin court, Liu Bang fought a lot of tough battles, and entered the pass step by step, this is not a military talent.
Liu Bang completely relied on his own military talents, from the vicinity of Pengcheng to Xianyang, thus becoming the second military force in the world after Xiang Yu, at this time there was no help from Han Xin, all Liu Bang personally led the army to fight.
2. The Chu-Han War
Look at the Chu-Han War again.
Many people think that Liu Bang won the Chu-Han War entirely because of Han Xin's credit, but in fact, it is wrong to think so.
The battle of the Three Qins was determined, Han Xin was a senior staff officer, Liu Bang was the actual commander, Han Xin did not participate in the command of the Battle of the Three Qins, and the so-called Ming plank road and secret crossing of Chen Cang did not exist in history, and it was made up by the singers of the Yuan Dynasty.
The battle of Pengcheng was still commanded by Liu Bang, and was almost wiped out by Xiang Yu, Han Xin and Zhang Liang were both in Pengcheng, the reasons for Liu Bang's failure in this battle were many, on the one hand, Xiang Yu's strategy was too exquisite, Xiang Yu led 30,000 cavalry to bypass Liu Bang's defense in the north of Pengcheng, and reached the west of Pengcheng, where the defense was weak, and blocked Liu Bang's retreat.
In the Chu-Han War, Liu Bang confronted Xiang Yu on the frontal battlefield On the other hand, Liu Bang led a coalition of 560,000 princes, Liu Bang's headquarters was up to 100,000 people, and the armies of other princes were at most to make a scene, and they would not really hand over the army to Liu Bang, and it would be difficult to command it, even if it was Han Xin.
After the Battle of Pengcheng, Han Xin began to lead his army independently.
The main battlefield of the Chu-Han War was in the area of Xingyang and Chenggao, and it was always Liu Bang who fought against Xiang Yu on the main battlefield, and the northern front opened up by Han Xin was only a secondary battlefield, and it was against other princes other than Xiang Yu
Although Liu Bang repeatedly failed to fight Xiang Yu on the main battlefield, Liu Bang always withstood the pressure and relied on Xiao He's continuous support to turn the Chu-Han War into a war of attrition and forced Xiang Yu to sue for peace.
In the Chu-Han War, Liu Bang's opponent was Xiang Yu, and Han Xin's opponent was Wei Bao, Xia Shuo, Chen Yu, Tian Guang, and Long Ji, all of whom together could not be worth one Xiang Yu.
In other words, Xiang Yu at his peak, not only Liu Bang couldn't beat him, but Han Xin couldn't beat him either. The strategy adopted by Liu Bang was: first cut off Xiang Yu's allies, gradually use the advantage of strength, slowly drag down Xiang Yu, and finally carry out a strategic encirclement.
In the battle of Xiaxia, Liu Bang concentrated all the strategic resources, won over all the allies, and used the advantage of troops and resources to surround Xiang Yu, even so, Han Xin was defeated in the first battle, and the Han army relied on the advantage of troops to recover the disadvantage, even so, it was still allowed Xiang Yu to lead hundreds of cavalry to break out of the encirclement.
Neither Han Xin nor Liu Bang can beat Xiang Yu at his peakWhen it comes to military talent, at the end of the Qin Dynasty, Xiang Yu ranked first in military ability, Han Xin in second, and Liu Bang in third
Xiang Yu is too strong, Liu Bang can only use this method to defeat him, as for Han Xin, he did play an important role in the Chu-Han War, but Han Xin's credit is based on the platform, resources, manpower and material resources provided by Liu Bang, and the grasp of the entire military strategy, without exception, is made by Liu Bang himself, which is also what Han Xin said about the talent of the general.
3. Pacify the war of kings with different surnames
After defeating Xiang Yu, Liu Bang was called the emperor, and he was not idle, but as the emperor, he drove a personal expedition to fight against the king with a different surname, and Zang Di, the king of Yan, rebelled, and Liu Bang personally led the army and easily killed Zang Di.
On behalf of Prime Minister Chen Feng rebelled, Liu Bang once again drove the personal expedition, and in a few months, he killed Chen Feng.
Yingbu rebelled, Liu Bang was sick and personally recruited, and defeated Yingbu, who was brave and good at fighting, in one battle.
Since Xiang Yu was killed and Han Xin was imprisoned, Liu Bang at this time was almost invincible and invincible, and no one in the world was Liu Bang's opponent, this is Liu Bang's military talent.
Fourth, the siege of Baiden
The siege of Baideng is a battle between Liu Bang and the Xiongnu, the cause of the incident is Han Wangxin's rebellion, Liu Bang drove the expedition in person, because Han Wangxin colluded with the Xiongnu, resulting in the Xiongnu to participate in the war, Liu Bang wanted to defeat Han Wangxin and a small group of Xiongnu army, the enemy rushed forward, and was surrounded by 400,000 troops led by the Xiongnu Shan Yu Maodun in Baishan Mountain.
The siege of Baishan Mountain, Liu Bang was not afraid of the 400,000 Xiongnu army Liu Bang was the vanguard army of the Han army, at most more than 10,000 people, and the Hun army was as high as 400,000, but the Han army occupied favorable terrain and was condescending, with heavy casualties on both sides, but the Huns still failed to conquer Baishan Mountain in the face of a huge military advantage, and finally relied on Chen Ping's strategy to get out.
There is a saying: what you can't get on the battlefield, you can't get at the negotiating table. The most important reason why the Huns were willing to negotiate peace with Liu Bang was that the Huns could not capture Baishan Mountain, otherwise why should they negotiate peace?
On the one hand, because of the strong combat effectiveness of the Han army, these people are veterans who grew up in the anti-Qin war and the Chu-Han war, coupled with Liu Bang's excellent command, occupying favorable terrain, no matter how many Huns there are, they can't take it.
On the other hand, the main force of the Han army is about to arrive, and the 10,000 Han army cannot be attacked, and once the main force of the 320,000 Han army arrives, the Xiongnu will not be able to take advantage, which is the main reason for the two sides to negotiate peace.
As for Liu Bang's peace with the Xiongnu afterwards, it was because Liu Bang saw the strength of the Xiongnu, and the newly established Han Dynasty did not have the strength to confront it, so he could only endure humiliation and burden, Taoguang and obscurity, first cultivate his strength to be strong, and then have a chance to fight a decisive battle, which is also Liu Bang's military talent.
Again, that's itIn terms of military talent, in the late Qin period, Liu Bang was second only to Xiang Yu and Han Xin