Hongmen Banquet A diplomatic negotiation in which both sides have gains
At the end of November 207 BC, Xiang Yu defeated Wang Li and Zhang Han in the Battle of Julu, captured Zhang Han, and led an army of 400,000 to approach Hangu Pass through Mianchi and Shanxian (present-day Sanmenxia, Henan). Liu Ji wanted to send someone to open and close the city gate to welcome Xiang Yu, but Xie Sheng, a Confucian scholar in Guanzhong, persuaded him"Qin has a rich and powerful land, ten times the world"。He heard that Xiang Yu summoned Zhang Han as the king of Yong, and wanted to crown him the king of Guanzhong, if he didn't take precautions, Pei Gong would not be able to come. Wouldn't the soldiers be in a hurry to keep the Hangu Pass, and there would be no soldiers of the princes; Foolish gathering of warriors in Guanzhong, for their own benefit, and may refuse"。(According to Lu Jia's "Chu Han Spring and Autumn Period").
Liu Ji was blinded by selfish interests, and actually sent troops to guard the Hangu Pass, no matter which army was admitted, he couldn't hold out!
These Confucian scholars will only cause chaos in the world. Liu Ji declared to the world in "The Three Laws of Bashu"."Wait for the Lord to set the boundaries"。But now he has reversed himself and sent troops to guard the Hangu Pass and prevent the princes from entering the pass. This put him in a dangerous position of being the enemy of the masters of the world, and became a counter-revolutionary for the overthrow of the Qin state, giving the masters an excellent excuse to get rid of him.
In this world, interest is power, and without the power to pursue interest, it is like chasing a girl who can steal chickens without a car or a house.
Of course, Xiang Yu was furious. The boy was angry, and the blood flowed like a river; The king was angry, and the blood flowed like a river!
Yingbu, give me a breakthrough, whoever dares to resist, don't be killed! "Xiang Yu gave an order, and his younger brother Yingbu took an arrow in his hand, and tens of thousands of soldiers rushed to Hangkou like a tide.
Yingbu opened a killing spree at Hangu Pass, and thousands of soldiers guarding the pass were killed.
The bloody battle has just begun, and the one hundred and two Qin Passes will be stained red with blood for thousands of kilometers, because the Avengers, the terrifying Avengers, have arrived.
After entering the pass, Xiang Yu's army marched west from Hangu Pass along the south bank of Weishui to Xianyang, and set up a position on the west bank of the Xishui River near Hongmen.
The elite Qin army was stationed in Hongmen. Of course, this army had been wiped out as early as the Battle of Lantian when Liu Ji entered the customs. Xiang Yu and his army were just wasting time in the camp they left behind. To the south of the Hongmen camp is the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, which has been built for thirty-seven years and has only recently been opened for use; To the south of the Lishan Mausoleum is Liu Ji's Bashu army camp. The two armies were twenty kilometers apart, and it only took an hour to ride fast horses. Obviously, Xiang Yu came to settle accounts with Liu Ji, and the year's grievances must be settled by the two brothers.
At that time, Xiang Yu's 400,000 army and Liu Ji's 100,000 army, one north of the Qinling Mountains and the other south of the Qinling Mountains, did not know the existence of the Qinling Mountains, so who should be responsible?
Liu Ji was very unwilling, because he didn't expect that Hangu Pass, the world's No. 1 Xiongguan that had helped Qin State resist the Six Eastern Kingdoms for a hundred years, would be so indestructible in front of the Overlord Army, and now that Xiang Yu's soldiers were in the city, what could he do?
Is it really necessary to meet in the arms of reluctant Xiang? How so? It's over, it's over.
Ba Shang, Hongmen, the tense atmosphere almost made everyone breathless, and the anger in Xiang Yu's heart had not subsided, and soon broke out again.
This person's name is Cao Wuxian, and he is Liu Ji's left secretary. When he learned that Liu Ji's condition was not good, he immediately decided to organize a devilish operation and notify Xiang Yu in order to find another way to defect to Xiang Yu and become Liu Ji's greater supporter.
Xiang Yu and Liu Ji have been fighting side by side for half a year, and most of the people in the two armies are old friends, I believe that Cao Wushu and Xiang Yu have already reconciled, so the relationship between the two sides will become so close so quickly.
Cao Wuxian sent someone to tell Xiang Yu:"If Pei Gong wants to be the king of Guanzhong, he will appoint Ziying as the prime minister, and the treasures will belong to him. "
This Cao Wuxian is not trivial, he is a veteran who followed Liu Ji to fight the world from Pei County. When Liu Bang rebelled, it was he who led the army to defeat the Qin army and killed the Surabaya Taishouzhuang. Xiang Yu and Liu Ji killed the Taishou Li of Sanchuan County, and Cao Wushu was able to capture and kill the Taishou Zhuang of Surabaya County, Zhuang's status in the Chu ** affairs system is second only to the Great Sima Zuoqi, and the military rank is very high, which is a noble position for Cao Wuxian.
The defection of Cao Wuxian, a high-ranking general directly under Liu Ji and Peiguo, shows that Liu Ji's army of 100,000 is not stable. Even Liu Ji's Peiguo lineage (except for Fan Xu, Xiahou Ying, and Ji Xin) is not as loyal as we imagined. At the moment of life and death, I am very skeptical of their loyalty, if Han Xin rebelled against Liu Bang after Liu Bang became the queen of Qi, I am afraid that the situation of Cao Shen, Zhou Bo, Fu Kuan, Qi Sao, and Chen Juan will be worrying, and the situation of Ding's father, Chen Wu, Kong Ju, and Chen He will also be worrying.
Moreover, because of Cao Wuxian's prominent status, his intelligence accuracy must be very high, Xiang Yu heard this, and felt that his heart was pierced by a small dark arrow again, he was furious, threw down his bag, and hurriedly bypassed the camp.
Your old man Liu Ji is too bad, what do you say to go to Guanzhong to destroy the tyrannical Qin and avenge millions of Chu people, the oath is still in your ears, but you use the Qin clan to snatch Qin Bao, refuse the princes to enter the customs, take advantage of the danger of people, regard the success or failure of the people as your own responsibility, and make enemies of the Qin people without authorization, and carry out ** and restoration, which is reckless and crazy. This kind of reckless and crazy behavior not only affects the righteousness of the brothers, but also affects the hearts of the people of Chu State, I Xiang Yu can't forgive you!
The generals in the tent were also filled with righteous indignation, and they demanded that Xiang Yu immediately attack Liu Ji and arrest this current counter-revolutionary.
Yingbu said:"Pei Gong recruited his son, the crown prince, and then let him go, only knowing that he was left alone, and did not know the orders of the king, which was the first sin; Asking someone to buy people's hearts and change the Qin law is the second sin; Refusing to go out of the customs and sending generals to block the armies of the princes from all walks of life is the third sin. Liu Ji committed these three crimes, and King Xiang could kill him in the name of the king. "
Fan Zeng also made the following suggestions to Xiang Yu:"When Pei Gong lived in Shandong, he was obsessed with wealth and loved beauty. The villagers are so despicable. Now in the customs, there is nothing to take, there is no reason for women, I don't feel this, this is not his little sage's encounter. I have made people look at the sky at night, and they have seen the five-colored clouds, and the breath of the Son of Heaven is also. Attack it quickly, don't lose it! "
It can be seen that Fan Zeng is quite smart. Just imagine, a money-greedy and lustful person suddenly becomes a gentleman, this is exactly it"When things go wrong, there must be demons"Meaning! The more he restricts himself, the more he restricts himself, the more vast his plans become; And when his plan succeeds, these pent-up desires will awaken, become even more crazy, and eventually surround everything with the desire for power.
From this sentence, we can see that Fan Zeng is actually a yin-yang family, and the biggest doctrine of the yin-yang family is to look at qi, they can see through the metaphysical cautious qi, which is stupid and absurd in the eyes of our materialists, but in the distant medieval era, people were confident, and they could only say that Sima Qian was calm"Therefore, Hanxing is changeable to me, not hated by others, and is a day long. People don't hate, but they also get heaven"。Therefore, Wang Chong, a famous atheist in the Eastern Han Dynasty, also believed:"Xiang Yubing even Gaozu, the prosperity of Gaozu, has a destiny. The fortune of the country is like the stars, fate, and the whip of the country; The stars move, and the people rise and fall"。It can be seen how deeply rooted this kind of thinking is in the hearts of the people.
Because of this, all the successful great men in Chinese history have been overshadowed, intentionally or unintentionally"Providence"The mystery of the veil.
Liu Ji is no exception, his success is largely due to the so-called prudence, he and his ministers spare no effort to inform, this kind of ** power is difficult to resist by millions of heroes. Fan Zeng collapsed under the influence of such a **, Xiang Yu didn't believe it at first, and then he couldn't believe it - this is providence, it doesn't matter what it is, it doesn't matter if it doesn't matter, but if there are more people who believe in it, it will really become that kind of thing.
But at this moment, Fan Zeng decided to go against the sky and help Xiang Yu, success or failure in this move.
But Xiang Yu didn't believe in the will of heaven and just wanted to settle the dispute with Liu Ji as soon as possible, so he resolutely ordered: The soldiers will have fun tonight, and the army will set off early tomorrow morning to eliminate Liu Ji's similar small group.
I don't believe in careful eyes either, but heroes in history are sometimes like cockroaches that can't be killed, no matter how big the crisis is, there are often nobles to help and save the day, just like a dogma, just like the theme of the film.
And this time, it was none other than Xiang Yu's close relatives who helped Liu Ji get out of the danger of aristocrats, his father Xiang Bo.
I really didn't expect Uncle Xiang Yu to turn his elbow out at a critical moment, didn't God really want Liu Ji to die?
Like Xiang Bo and Xiang Liang, Xiang Bo also traveled around the world in his early years. It can be said that Xiang Bo and Zhang Liang are real friends of life and death, and this friendship also flows in Haizi's blood.
Xiang Bo was the Zuo Yin (Zuo Prime Minister) of the Chu State and the most trusted person by Xiang Yu; Zhang Liang was the Situ of South Korea (equivalent to the prime minister) and the most outstanding strategist under Liu Ji.
Now that Zhang Liang is in trouble, how can Uncle Xiang not save him? So, he marched into Liu Ji's army overnight and asked Zhang Liang to flee with him immediately so as not to die on the broken ship.
Your brother must leave right away so that he doesn't have to die with Pei Gong!" "
Xiang Bo is an upright person, Zhang Liang is an insensitive person, how can he leave as soon as Liu Ji is in danger?
I am sending Gonggong Pei to see the King Khan, and now that I have heard that the situation is urgent, it is really inappropriate to ignore it, so I must inform the King Khan without hesitation. Please be seated for a moment. "
Zhang Liang came and told Liu Ji about this major military secret, and Liu Ji was shocked.
What can we do in an emergency? "
Zhang Liang said expressionlessly"Who gave you the bad idea? "Zhang Liang was so angry and anxious that he forgot how to read the ancient text.
Liu Ji said embarrassedly"Xie Sheng said, I said that'Away from tradition, do not accept princes, Qin can be the king'Listen to him. "
Zhang Liang said:"Do you think you have enough troops to be the king of Xiang Yu? "Liu Ji and Xiang Yu were not kings at that time, but they both became kings in Zhang Liang's mouth, which was of great significance.
Liu Ji was silent for a long time, and then said"The soil quality is not very good, what is it used for? "
Liu Ji likes to talk"What can be done", as if he didn't understand anything. Therefore, the Japanese writer Ryotaro Sima described Liu Bang as a person in the book "Xiang Yu and Liu Bang"."Dear fool"："Of course, it's not that he's stupid, but that he's always the same person who sees the world and doesn't have any special ideas or opinions, just like a **bag. There is nothing in the sack, the only good thing is that the shape does not change, and there are no thoughts and opinions of their own. Therefore, they are more suitable for making blocks than sages. The saint's ability to think independently is always limited, but the sack can hold the saint for his own use"。
It can be seen that it is a good virtue to humbly ask for advice in front of the king, and when you need help, just bow your head, you don't have to show off, and you don't have to hide. It's a pity that Xiang Yu never understood this truth.
Please go and tell Uncle Xiang that Pei Gong does not dare to resist. "Zhang Liang said.
Liu Ji said:"Jun'an is related to Xiang Bo? "
Zhang Liang said:"During the Qin period, Xiang Bo walked with me, Xiang Bo killed people, and I survived. This is a hurry, so let's tell the light. "
Liu Ji asked"Who is older Jun or Uncle Xiang? "
Zhang Liang said:"Xiang Bo is older than me. "
Liu Ji said:"Jun, call Uncle Xiang at once, and I will serve him as a brother. If you can do justice for you, the benevolence and righteousness of you, I can't respect it! "
Liu Ji is Xiang Yu's younger brother, and now he wants to be Xiang Bo's younger brother. But Liu Ji doesn't care now, as long as he can live and recognize Uncle Xiang as his grandfather, I'm afraid Uncle Xiang won't dare to accept it.
Zhang Liang then turned into a matchmaker and enthusiastically introduced Xiang Bo to Liu Ji. Liu Ji smiled, politely invited Xiang Bo to take a seat, called him his brother, poured wine for him personally, and expressed his willingness to marry his daughter to Xiang Bo's son, so that his daughter and son could become a good couple.
Xiang Bo originally came to persuade Zhang Liang to elope with him, but he didn't expect Liu Ji to take him badly, but his good brother Zhang Liang couldn't help but give face, so Xiang Bo was embarrassed to take the wine, smiled awkwardly, and drank it embarrassedly.
Liu Ji is also good at other skills of these people, pulling relationships and making friends, a few cups of yellow soup in the stomach, a few jokes, the relationship between the two immediately warmed up, brother and sister are commensurate, the in-laws of the elder brother and the virtuous brother are non-stop, and Zhang Liang is a little jealous here.
Wine is really a good thing, no matter how heterogeneous, as long as there is the stimulation of alcohol, the gods will definitely give it, and everything can be arranged.
Song Taizu used a song to release military might, and Han Gaozu used the same method to attract important people in Xiang Yu's camp. Wine, wine, wine, wine is an invisible sword, wine is a sword, wine and beauty, it is an invincible magic weapon that pierces people's hearts, heroes of the world, who can stop this thing and kill with one blow.
According to historical records, Liu Ji's daughter did not marry Xiang Bo's son in the end, but married Zhang Ao, the son of Zhang Er, the king of Zhao. Zhang Ao wanted to be close, but this was to seek benevolence, and he wanted to work hard to show his acting skills, so when Liu Ji was a little drunk, he held Xiang Bo's hand tightly, with tears in his eyes, and said:"Uncle Xiang, you are my good brother. ""Father-in-law, I understand, I don't dare to approach Guanzhong. Autumn did not commit any crimes, those who were close to the official ranked, sealed the treasure, treated the king of Xiang, treated the king of Xiang, treated the king of Xiang, and treated the king of Xiang. Wait for King Xiang, so I sent generals to guard the pass and prepare for it, and the reason why I sent generals to guard the pass and prepare for the entry and exit of other thieves. I, Liu Ji, am not a widow, and I have not forgotten King Xiang's kindness for a moment. After entering the customs, I waited for the arrival of King Xiang day and night, and did not dare to go against his wishes! I hope you can tell him that I don't dare to embarrass him. "
Liu Jizhen deserves to be the first person in Chinese acting. Moreover, in turbulent and turbulent times, talent and even power often lose their resilience.
Absolutely"Literary old man"Xiang Bo became more and more emotional under the influence of alcohol, and was deeply moved by Liu Ji's affection, it turned out that he first came here to clean up as an environmental maintenance worker, and asked him to help us do it, how can a good comrade betray the revolution? How could he betray the revolution? I'll help you tell King Xiang the truth, and the younger brother will come early tomorrow morning, or go to Hongmen to solve the misunderstanding, and you won't have anything to do with the eldest brother.
Liu Ji was overjoyed, hugged Xiang Bo and thanked him repeatedly, if it wasn't for Zhang Liang beside him, he would definitely kiss Xiang Bo's mouth.
In this way, after a glass of wine, Xiang Bo changed his mind, and from then on his heart was attached to the Han and Chu camp, and later even if the two armies faced each other, he helped Liu Ji several times, and Liu Ji was on an equal footing under the highest degree of treachery; And Liu Ji is also quite interesting, after Xiang Yu's death, Xiang Yu's family did not kill anyone, they all had the surname Liu, and it was because of this that Liu Bo was named by the princes of the Quartet"The hero of the taste of broken feathers! "Ten years of Han Shiyanghou, enjoy his old age.
In fact, Xiang Bo is not a salesman, the key is that Liu Ji's people play well, who in the world can stop the dignified king who has lowered his etiquette? Xiang Bo is such a character, if he says it well, he has a true temperament, and if he doesn't say it well, he is emotional, in fact, Xiang Yu is not such a person, I believe that most of the people in the Xiang family should be like this, inherited from their ancestors.
Xiang Bo drank a good wine from Liu Ji, and when he returned to Hongmen in the evening, he found that although it was late at night, the red candles in the tent were still burning. Xiang Yu drank alone, and Yu Ji sang and danced for him.
Chinese and foreign wines, heroes and beauties. Is there a more wonderful combination in the world?
Xiang Bo looked at the beautiful figure of this vertical and horizontal sword qi swaying and flying, and listened to this moving Chu Song, like a longing and admiration, like a complaint, and was trapped outside the tent for a while.
It turned out that the Jingo Barracks also had vulnerable times.
Mr. Xiang, Uncle Zuo Yin Xiang has come to see you"
Come in, then, uncle, and drink with me"
At this time, Yu Ji deliberately retreated.
Xiang Bo walked into the big tent, sat down under Xiang Yu's armpit, and said respectfully"It's late at night, why doesn't King Xiang rest and drink alone here? "Xiang Bo's official position and rank are above Xiang Yu, but since the Battle of Youqu, Xiang Yu's soldiers have been powerful, and the status of this monarch and this minister has long been revealed.
Xiang Yu drank a glass of wine and said:"Uncle, I really don't understand, although I am not Pei Gong's sworn friend, but we are also good brothers who share weal and woe, how can he be so ruthless and unrighteous to me? "
So, he told Xiang Yu what happened to him tonight, and tried his best to persuade Xiang Yu to compromise with Liu Jida. Of course, he put aside the private matter between him and Liu Ji, anyway, their relationship is already very close.
Xiang Bo concluded:"If it weren't for Pei Gong breaking through the pass first, the king would not have been able to enter the city, and now that he has made a great contribution, wouldn't it be unfair to attack him? It is better to commend him for his good deeds. "
Xiang Yu has been brave and good at fighting all his life, and he is most afraid that others will say that he is dishonest. Besides, he also talked to his uncle Liu Ji in person, and he couldn't ignore the face of his elders. So, Xiang Yu hesitated, gave up Xiang Bo's rights, agreed to let Liu Ji come to explain the situation, and ordered to withdraw the order to attack.
Liu Ji will not sacrifice his interests for the sake of his feelings, while Xiang Yu will not sacrifice his feelings for other reasons. That's the biggest difference between them.
Since there were already unknown traitors in the army, just in case, Liu Ji only took five cronies** to Xiang Yu's Hongmen banquet by car. The five ** who accompanied Liu Ji were Zhang Liang, Fan Xu, Xiahou Ying, Ji Xin and Jin Qiang. What these five people have in common is that their loyalty to Liu Ji is absolutely unquestionable, and even with a knife at their throat, they can't do anything like Cao Wushu and Xiang Bo.
The group soon arrived at Hongmen, and Xiang Yu ordered Zhang Liang to follow Liu Ji into the camp for a banquet, while the others waited outside the yamen.
The Hongmen banquet was like a tiger's mouth, but Liu Ji was calm, he walked with a smile, just like attending a friend's party, his generosity was really extraordinary.
Liu Ji walked into the tent and saw Xiang Bo, Xiang Bo greeted him, Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng sat on the sofa, one gloomy and the other excited.
Xiang Yu's face was expressionless, because he was still angry with Liu Ji, and naturally there would be no good expression on his face. Fan Zeng was very happy to see that Liu Ji was willing to take the knife himself, which really saved him a lot of trouble.
Xiang Yu's own soldiers were all armed with spears, glaring angrily, looking like they were eager to devour Liu Jisheng alive as soon as possible. Only a strange man named Han Xin hid to the side, secretly watching the confrontation between the two sides.
This kind of scene, if it were someone else, he would have peed his pants all the time, but Liu Ji, haha, laughed, with a hot face, walked towards Xiang Yu:"Hahaha, I haven't seen you for many years, but Xiang's eldest brother is still the same! "
With Liu Ji's warmth, Xiang Yu felt that this old friend suddenly became extremely strange. It was still that kind face, or that sly smile, everything should be familiar, but from the depths of my heart, an inexplicable feeling rose, rising, clenching my throat, sad, very uneasy, indescribably strange.
Liu ...Pei Gong is not what he used to be, and he wants to be the king of Guanzhong. Why do you call Xiang Mou a brother? "
It's weird, it's weird.
The smile on Liu Ji's face froze suddenly, he sighed for a long time, and then solemnly greeted Xiang Yu and said respectfully"I fought against Qin with the general, the general fought in Hebei, and I fought in Henan; I didn't want to offend the Qin State at the beginning, so I had to meet you again here. Now some villains say that there is a rift between me and the general. Hopefully, you recognize this. This time, I didn't dare to approach rashly, registered the officials and people, sealed the treasures, and waited for the general to be satisfied before leaving. In this way, the general could guard the gates of the city and prevent other thieves from entering and leaving. "
In Xiang Yu's impression, Liu Ji has always been a warm and cheerful old man, but he didn't expect this old man to call himself a courtier so seriously and humbly; His words are full of sincerity and make people cry when they hear it. Not to mention Xiang Yu, even a modern scientific lie detector will find that Liu Ji is very sincere and will not lie.
Xiang Yu's heart immediately softened, and the countless resentments that had accumulated in his heart over the past few days immediately disappeared.
Liu: Her heart has softened, so I don't have to be strict anymore. After all, it's just an internal dispute between me and him. I didn't have to kill myself. Therefore, if I really ruin my good big brother, the world will think that I Xiang Yu is narrow-minded and narrow-minded!
In addition, Xiang Yu also had an agreement with Liu Ji in Hongmen. You must know that although Xiang Yu's army has 400,000 people, its composition is very complicated, including more than 100,000 Qin soldiers, more than 100,000 princes' soldiers, and the remaining more than 100,000 Chu soldiers are the forces that Xiang Yu can really control. If there is a real conflict between the two sides, even if Xiang Yu wins, he will lose a lot. In addition, Liu Ji is currently exploring westward, including Dang County, Nanyang County and the central region, which are Liu Ji's territory; And although Xiang Yu was the one who really defeated the main force of the Qin army, except for the three counties east of the Yangtze River, he couldn't control the other territories. How can he be called a king, or even a king? Therefore, wouldn't it be a very good thing if Liu Ji, the second hero of the Qin Dynasty, could follow Xiang Yu's example and hand over his land and army to Xiang Yu and let Xiang Yu disperse, thus eliminating the need for intervention?
Xiang Yu laughed, stood up, got down from his seat, personally took Liu Ji's hand, helped him up, and said guiltily"Pei Gong's Zuo Ma Cao said without injury, otherwise how could Ji become like this? "
As soon as he said this, everyone in the audience was stunned. How did Xiang Yu sell a fairy, he kindly gave you a tip, but you killed him so badly, this is too rude!
Although Xiang Yu is not strong in politics, his emotional intelligence is not low. Selling Cao Wushuang in one bite shows that he is really weak and wants to mend his friendship with Liu Ji, so he did not hesitate to throw Cao Wushuang out as a loser. More importantly, Xiang Yu wants to tell Liu Ji: Your core team is unstable, and you don't know how many people will be stabbed in the back when the time comes, so you have to return to Brother Xiang's arms. Listen to me, cooperate with me, and I will protect you.
So, Xiang Yu ignored the gloom and unhappiness on Fan Zeng's face, and directly ordered him to organize a banquet to drink with Liu Ji - there is nothing in this world that cannot be solved by one glass of wine, if one glass of wine is not enough, then two glasses of wine. A goblet is a container for wine, the capacity of which is equivalent to a barrel of wine).
Liu Ji is such a smart person, he immediately understood Xiang Yu's gesture, immediately stood up, took the initiative to go to the north, sat at the back of the seat, and persuaded Xiang Yu to let Xiang Bo sit on the east side, sit on the top position, and let Fan Zeng sit on the south side, sit in the second position--what does this behavior mean? Their status is obviously low, and Fan Zeng's status is even lower - this person can be said to be able to bend and stretch, but this is not a question of bending and stretching, but a question of bending and stretching. - Liu Ji, this person can be described as able to bend and stretch.
Things have developed to this point, and Liu Ji made it clear that he would give up"King Guanzhong"and bowed to Xiang Bo, Fan Zeng and other senior generals of the Chu army, expressing their submission to Xiang Yu and correcting their positions, which made Xiang Yu very happy, and further alienated the idea of killing Liu Ji.
But Fan Zeng refused. He firmly believes that Liu Ji is his confidant, and if he doesn't get rid of him, he won't be able to sleep. So, he glanced at Xiang Yu a few times at the banquet to let him know that he had to take action!
Judging from Fan Zeng's actions, Xiang and Fan had already discussed before the Hongmen banquet, and this time they wanted to get rid of Liu Ji like Song Yi last time and solve the problem in the simplest and most powerful way. But Fan Zeng didn't know that although Xiang Yu had not been for a long time, he was much more mature politically than before. Song Yi is just a bare-bones commander, and if he is killed, he can be replaced immediately; And Liu Ji is a prince with an army of 100,000, most of his team members were recruited by him, if he accidentally kills him, Liu Ji's old friends will definitely be frightened and angry, and will attract a group of princes to fight against Xiang Yu, and things will not end well.
Moreover, Xiang Yu had already shocked the princes in the Battle of Yuzhang and was known as the God of War, and now the God of War wants to kill a person who sincerely came to bow down to him, which is really unreasonable. This statement is like letting Yao Ming play basketball games with middle school students, how will Yao Ming participate in basketball in the future! Fan Zeng's face was expressionless, but there was no way, he saw Liu Ji's terrible ambition, he really thought far, but he couldn't see the worries in front of him, this is called farsightedness, this is a disease, it must be cured!
Xiang Yu ignored Fan Zeng's speech and continued to persuade Liu Ji to drink. Liu Ji watched Fan Zeng's dance, his heart was full of fear, but he still pretended to be calm and told a few old-fashioned jokes to make Xiang Yu, who had a very low laughing score, happy.
Mr. Xiang, let me tell you a joke!
Let's hear it. When the adulteress heard that her husband had returned, she tried to flee, but she told her to lie down on the bed and not move. Her husband came over and asked"Who's in bed? "The wife replied:"Don't make a sound, my neighbor Wang Chang was beaten by his wife, so he has the right to run away. "The husband smiled and said:"Neighbor Wang is ridiculous, is his wife worthy of your fear? "
Hahahahaha ..
In the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang near the Red Gate Camp, you can hear the joyful laughter of Liu Xiang and the others.