Han Xin, a character tautology, a native of Huaiyin (now Huai'an, Jiangsu), a founding hero of the Western Han Dynasty, a military strategist, one of the three heroes of the early Han Dynasty, and a representative of the "war-seeking" faction of the Chinese ** thought, was regarded as "soldier immortal" and "god handsome" by later generations.
At the time of the chaos at the end of Qin, Han Xin defected to Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu, but he was not reused. After switching to Liu Bang, he was recommended by Xiahou Ying to pay tribute to Su Duwei; After Xiao He Baoju, he was worshiped as a general; Later, he joined forces with Zhang Liangxian to "Hanzhong Countermeasures" and successfully persuaded Liu Bang to seize Hanzhong. After the defeat of Zhang Han's army, Han Xin was ordered to march eastward, capture Guanzhong, and break the Three Qin army. After Liu Bang Pengcheng's defeat was defeated, Han Xin first broke the Chu army between Beijing and Suo, and then pacified the Wei State, and asked for the Northern Expedition to take the Dai State. After Liu Bang collected his elite soldiers, he fought against the water, defeated the Zhao State, and sent people to surrender the Yan State. In the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, Han Xin was worshiped as Xiangguo, led his troops to attack Qi, captured Linzi, and annihilated the dragon and 200,000 Chu troops in Weishui. Han Xin worshiped the king of Qi because of his merits, and after Liu Bang listened to the slander, he changed his title to the king of Chu, and was finally joined by Empress Lu, Xiao He and others in the bell room of Changle Palace.
Han Xin is loyal and unparalleled. Later generations commented on this: "I have many war strategies in the military books, and they all say that I am going back to the road, and this so-called anti-cooperation is also." Su Shi of the Northern Song Dynasty commented: "Fan Zeng and Han Xinzhizhi, these two people are both thought to be kings. Liu Jing commented: "The king of the ancients, is he brave and warlike? Gai Wen Tang and Wu Zhi set the world, not with bravery, but with no desire. and it determines the world, not with strength, but with not greed. and set the world, a prince, a wife and a concubine, I still dare not be the first in the world. Han Xin is familiar with the art of war, and he says that "the more the merrier", as a military strategist, his way of using soldiers is respected by the soldiers of all generations. As a strategist, his remarks when he visited the generals became the fundamental strategy for the victory of the Chu-Han War. As the commander-in-chief, he led the army out of Chencang, Dingsanqin, captured Wei, broke the dynasty, destroyed Zhao, descended Yan, and destroyed Qi, until the Chu army was completely annihilated, without any defeat, and the world dared not compete with it; As a military theorist, he and Zhang Liang compiled military books and wrote the art of war, which was respected by later generations of military theorists.
The story of Han Xin's soldiers has been widely circulated. During the period of the Chu-Han war, Han Xin led 350 soldiers to ambush the Zhao army sent by Xiang Yu to rescue Zhao, annihilated 2,000 enemies in a battle, captured the enemy general Li Zuoche, Zhao Wang Xie, and forced all Zhao troops to surrender. After the battle, Han Xin ordered the soldiers to rest in place, and he ordered the 300 soldiers to count one by one. After listening to the soldiers' reports, Han Xin frowned, pondered for a moment, and ordered the soldiers to stand in a row of 3 people, but there were 2 more people. Han Xin immediately ordered the soldiers to stand in a row of 5 people, but there were 4 more people. In the end, Han Xin ordered the soldiers to stand in a row of 7 people, and there were 6 more people. Based on this, Han Xin concluded that the Zhao army was defeated by less than 1,000 soldiers. Later, after counting, the defeated Zhao army was indeed only more than 800 people. This is the allusion to the idiom "Han Xin points soldiers".
In the sixth year of Han Gaozu (201 BC), someone accused Han Xin of rebellion. Liu Bang adopted Chen Ping's strategy, pretended to travel to Yunmengze, and met with the princes in Chendi. Han Xin came to visit, and Liu Bang ordered the warriors to get him up and kill Han Xin in the bell room of Changle Palace. After Han Xin's death, he was posthumously named the Marquis of Huaiyin, and Liu Bang named his son Han Huan as the Marquis of Yingchuan and his brother Han Xin as the Marquis of Tan.
Han Xin is a representative of the "war-seeking" faction of China's first-class thought, and was praised by Xiao He as "the unparalleled warrior of the country", Liu Bang commented: "The battle must be won, the attack must be won, I am not as good as Han Xin." "Han Xin is the founder of the Western Han Dynasty and one of the three heroes of the early Han Dynasty. In the second year of Han Gao (186 BC), he was posthumously named the Marquis of Huaiyin to affirm his merits.
Han Xin's military talent was admired by later generations of soldiers, and many famous military generals in later generations learned Han Xin's way of using troops, Li Jing and Li Tao in the Tang Dynasty, Liu Bowen and Chang Yuchun in the Ming Dynasty regarded Han Xin as their idol and learned his military talent. Han Xin's military theoretical works such as "Han Xin's Soldiers" and "Han Xin's Three Articles" are classics respected by later generations of soldiers.
In short, Han Xin was a military strategist with outstanding military talent and strategic vision, and his deeds and contributions have an important place in Chinese history. At the same time, he was also a loyal and courageous general who made great contributions to the unification and prosperity of the country and the nation.