Liu Bang has many capable military generals, among which Han Xin's military exploits are the first in the world, and he helped Liu Bang lay down half of the country. Just when Han Xin's strength was getting stronger and stronger, Liu Bang became more and more jealous of Han Xin, and Han Xin did not come up with a countermeasure in the face of the suspicion of the leader, but made it worse, which eventually led to his own tragedy.
Throughout Han Xin's life, he had two excellent opportunities to rebel, but he missed it, and when he was imprisoned, he was ready to release the prisoners to attack the palace, but it ended in failure, and finally ended up destroying the three clans, so if Han Xin chose to rebel against Han and stand on his own, would Liu Bang be Han Xin's opponent?
Stills from Huaiyin Hou Han Xin.
(1) Han Xin's road to a famous general
The Battle of Pengcheng was the first time that the Liu and Xiang families faced each other, and Liu Bang was almost completely annihilated. After Liu Bang's fiasco, the princes rebelled against the Han one after another, and there were many reasons for the rebellion, the main reason was that the princes felt that Xiang was strong and Liu was weak at this time. After Liu Bang's army was defeated and retreated to Xingyang, Xiang Yu attacked Xingyang, Xingyang was lost, and Liu Bang was defeated and retreated to Guanzhong.
At this time, Liu Bang was very angry, he mobilized the Guanzhong army to prepare for a decisive battle with Xiang Yu, Yuan Sheng proposed: The battle cannot be fought like this, the Han army is too passive, the top priority is to send Han Xin to destroy Zhao, you lead the army to the south, lead Xiang Yu to the south, so that Xiang Yu's defensive line can be lengthened.
Liu Bang followed the plan and sent Han Xin to the Northern Expedition, and from then on, Han Xin opened his road to becoming a famous general. After Han Xin destroyed Wei and destroyed the dynasty, Liu Bang took away his elite troops, leaving him with 30,000 old and weak, and let him continue to open up the northern battlefield.
1. In order to supplement the losses of Xingyang's troops, the first.
2. Weaken Han Xin's strength.
Han Xin's 30,000 old and weak successfully annihilated Zhao's 200,000 army, and later adopted Li Zuoche's suggestion to surrender Yan. After Han Xin destroyed Zhao and surrendered Yan, Liu Bang ran to his military camp again, took away his elite troops, and left Han Xin with a small number of soldiers to let him continue to destroy Qi. Han Xin recruited new recruits everywhere to strengthen his team, this is Han Xin's specialty, he can refine new soldiers into elite soldiers in a short time, and after Han Xin destroyed Qi, his army instantly expanded to 300,000.
Stills from Huaiyin Hou Han Xin.
(2) After Han Xin destroyed Qi, it was the best time for him to stand on his own
First of all, let's take a look at the situation of Liu, Xiang, and Han, at this time Liu Bang had 200,000 troops in his hands, Xiang Yu 100,000, and Han Xin 300,000. After Han Xin destroyed Qi, Xiang Yu felt the crisis, so he sent Wu Shi to persuade Han Xin to rebel against Han or choose to stand on three legs, but he was told that Han Xin refused because what he said under Xiang Yu at the beginning was useless, and Liu Bang appointed him as a general, listened to him, and took off his clothes for him to wear. Han Xin thinks that Liu Bang has the grace of knowing him, if it weren't for Liu Bang, he didn't have a platform to display his talents, even if he was a thousand miles of horses, without Bole, he would be an ordinary horse.
Han Xin's adviser Kuaitong, heard that Wu She's lobbying for Han Xin failed, he personally went out to persuade Han Xin to stand on his own, Kuaitong was a very famous debater in the Chu and Han dynasties, and he saw the situation of Liu, Xiang, and Han very thoroughly.
Kuaitong admonished Han Xin and said that now the Liu and Xiang families are exhausted in the Xingyang area, and it is difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat, and there is only one sage who can clean up the mess. But at this time, it is not a wise choice for you to belong to anyone, because your merits are unmatched, Liu Bang of the Han Dynasty is suspicious of you, and Xiang Yu of Chu does not trust you, the best thing to do is to choose a three-legged stand, and then ask Liu and Xiang to stop the war on the grounds of asking for the people's life, whoever does not listen to you will fight whom, and when the time comes, if you seal some princes and kings, then the princes of the world will serve the Qi country.
Kuaitong stills. Does Kuaitong's words make sense? Naturally, it makes sense. During the period of Chu and Han hegemony, Liu Bang almost never won against Xiang Yu, and fled in embarrassment several times, and later Liu and Xiang fought in Guling, Liu Bang still couldn't beat Xiang Yu.
After the defeat of Guling, Zhang Liang offered a plan: Han Xin and Peng Yue both want to be the real princes and kings, without their help, you can't destroy Xiang Yu, don't think that you have 200,000 troops, Xiang Yu only has 100,000, you can't destroy him.
Liu Bang adopted Zhang Liang's strategy to appoint Han Xin and Peng Yue as princes and kings, and crowned them, Han Xin and Peng Yue immediately agreed to send troops, and as soon as the two of them came, Xiang Yu's good days came to an end, and finally the army was defeated and killed.
Back to the original topic, in fact, after Han Xin destroyed Qi, it was the best time for him to stand on his own, at this time he occupied the vassal states north of the Yellow River (Yan, Zhao, Dai, Wei, Qi), if he chose to stand on his own, it would be difficult to say to whom the arm would turn for opportunists such as Peng Yue and Yingbu, at least Liu Bang's situation would become very difficult.
Kuaitong stills. (3) After Han Xin was crowned the king of Chu, Liu Bang's pseudo-You Yunmeng was the best time for Han Xin to kill him
After the defeat of Xiang Yu, Liu Bang was very decisive to take away Han Xin's military power, and migrated Han Xin as the king of Chu, soon after Han Xin arrived in Chu, someone accused him of rebellion, at this time Zhang Liang has retired, Liu Bang's outstanding strategists are only Chen Ping, Liu Bang asked Yu Chen Ping: "How about we go directly to arrest Han Xin?" ”
Chen Ping asked Liu Bang: "Can Your Majesty's army beat Han Xin?" Are the generals under His Majesty as powerful as Han Xin? After hearing this, Liu Bang felt that it was not as good.
Chen Ping continued: Since it is not as good, it is difficult to win by sending troops to attack Han Xin.
Later, Liu Bang adopted Chen Ping's suggestion, pretended to go to Yunmengze to play, and took this opportunity to meet the princes in Chenzhou and secretly arrest Han Xin, where is Chenzhou? Chenzhou was next to Han Xin's state of Chu.
Many people like to compare Chen Ping with Zhang Liang, the author thinks that Chen Ping's strategy lacks foresight, why do you say so? If Han Xin really rebelled at this time, Liu Bang faked Yunmeng, and Han Xin could directly lead the army to attack Chenzhou and arrest Liu Bang. It turned out that Han Xin did not rebel, and he later obediently ran to see Liu Bang and was arrested by Liu Bang. In fact, Liu Bang knew that Han Xin did not rebel, and later Liu Bang pardoned Han Xin, but Han Xin's position as the king of Chu could not be kept, and he was demoted to the Marquis of Huaiyin.
Therefore, if Han Xin takes this opportunity to raise an army to rebel against the Han, he can directly arrest Liu Bang, and then the Han Dynasty will be in danger.
Chen Ping stills. (4) After Han Xin was demoted to the Marquis of Huaiyin, there was no chance to turn over
After Han Xin was demoted, he was imprisoned in the palace by Liu Bang, Liu Bang wanted to put Han Xin under his nose, although Han Xin was imprisoned, but his personal freedom was not restricted, he could still move freely, Han Xin was imprisoned, his heart was very depressed, his dream of being a prince and king came to naught, and his whole life of hard work was in vain.
Han Xin was unhappy in his heart, often found an excuse not to go to the court, and later when Chen Feng was sent to guard Julu, he resigned to Han Xin, Han Xin warned Chen Feng that Julu is a military powerhouse, and after going there, someone must accuse him of rebellion, so that the emperor will lead the army to conquer in person, once the emperor goes out, he will be Chen Feng's internal response.
After Chen Feng rebelled against the Han Dynasty, Han Xin wrote a letter to Chen Feng, asking him to rest assured to raise troops and help him in the capital, but the surname Liu Jiangshan should not be killed, and the news that Han Xin was ready to release prisoners to attack the palace was leaked, and Empress Lu and Xiao He lured Han Xin to Changle Palace to be killed.
Liu Bang stills. All in all, Han Xin had two best opportunities to rebel against Han, but he missed it, and it can only be said that Han Xin had no ambition to be the emperor, at most he only had the ambition to be the king. After Han Xin was demoted to the Marquis of Huaiyin, he had no military power in his hands, pinning his fate on others, even if the news of the rebellion was not leaked, it was difficult to win, and he did not rebel when he grasped the real power in the world, and he woke up when he had no soldiers and no power in his hands, and it was too late.
Han Xin said before he died: "I regret not listening to Kuaitong's words the most", it can be seen that Han Xin really regretted it, and he also knew that after the destruction of Qi, it was the time when he was the strongest, but it was a pity that he missed it. Han Xin originally wanted to be a minion, but in the end, he didn't even do a good job as a minion, and ended up with a rabbit and a dog.