Afterwards, Brother Zhang returned to the desktop computer desk and wrote for a while. He was filled with emotion after reading an article from me.

I'll copy that now, as follows:

"Why did Xiang Yu let Liu Bang go at the Hongmen Banquet?"

Original author: shallow cup of low tea

According to the agreement that whoever enters Guanzhong first will be the first king in front of Chu Huai, from the day he entered the pass, Liu Bang could be the king with justification. Two months later, Xiang Yu's army came late. At this time, there was a Hongmen Banquet in history.

Before, during and after the Hongmen Banquet, why did Xiang Bo protect his nephew Xiang Yu's political opponent? What intention did he do this?

Fan Zeng was "curious about the plan", why wouldn't Fan Zeng's plan be adopted by Xiang Yu?...

When Xiang Yu decided to Liu Bang, Xiang Bo actually went to meet Zhang Liang privately, "Zhang Liang followed Pei Gong at that time, and Xiang Bo rushed to Pei Gong's army at night. He met Zhang Liang privately, and told him about the matter, and wanted to call Zhang Liang and both of them. He said: "Don't die if you follow them."

Liu Bang had questions about the relationship between Zhang Liang and Xiang Bo. In this regard, Zhang Liang explained that "I traveled with me during the Qin Dynasty, and Xiang Bo killed someone, and I lived. Now there is an urgent matter, so I am fortunate to come to report to Liang."

At this time, why could he come out easily? Xiang Yu's military management was very strict. When Liu Bang destroyed the later rebels, he saw that his troops were very similar to Xiang Yu's back then, which made him very scared. From this, it can be seen that Xiang Yu's military talent is far superior to Liu Bang and is not an incompetent person.

Xiang Bo did this not because he had to be with "Su Shan Liu Hou Zhang Liang" for another reason - it was mostly because Xiang Yu privately instructed or acquiesced.

Now, I'll do the following analysis:

1. Liu Bang's strength is not bad

Liu Bang had preconceived ideas, stood on the moral high ground, waited for work in Guanzhong, and had 100,000 heavy troops in his hand. It should have been several months of painstaking management and careful deployment.

Xiang Yu's 400,000 army should have not been trimmed, and in his eyes there was a chaotic smell.

If this fight begins, Xiang Yu's army will suffer some setbacks and be unable to deal with the attacks of other armies.

2. Xiang Yu has principles and personality to kill people.

He killed Yin Tong, the county magistrate of the Qin Dynasty, killed Song Yi, who took advantage of the opportunity to occupy the military command of the Xiang family, Tu strongly disagreed with the city, and killed surrendered soldiers (the cases of indiscrimination were first), etc., all of which were dealing with the bad factors in the uprising, similar to the later style of Genghis Khan, and there were no major strategic or tactical mistakes.

However, he was a different kind of "benevolent" person, and it was a great psychological barrier to let him kill Liu Bang at this time.

Third, from the faction between Xiang Bo and Fan Zeng, the factional struggles on Xiang Yu's side are very serious.

On the day, Pei Gong came to see King Xiang from more than a hundred cavalry. When he arrived at Hongmen, he thanked him, "I and the general fought hard to attack Qin. The general fought in Hebei. I fought in Henan. However, I did not intend to enter the pass and defeat Qin first, and I could see the general here. Now, I have a villain's words, so I ordered the general and the minister to have a good fortune..."

King Xiang said, "This is the left Sima Cao Cao of Pei Gong, and said it; otherwise, why did he reach this?"

Obviously, it can be seen from this that Xiang Yu had no intention of killing Liu Bang. It is impossible to say that Cao Wushang was in a low state of intelligence.

King Xiang left Pei Gong to drink the same day.

When Pei Gong left Sima Cao Wushang heard that Xiang Wang was angry and wanted to attack Pei Gong, he sent someone to say to Xiang Yu: "Pe Gong wanted to be the king of Guanzhong, and asked Ziying to be the prime minister, and all the treasures were included." He wanted to seek a title. This is the words of Sima Qian's "The Record of Emperor Gaozu".

Obviously, Cao Wushang is not Xiang Yu's inside line, but a greedy villain. He is incompatible with his values, or he may have the intention of killing him with a knife.

King Xiang, Xiang Bo sat in the east, and Yafu sat in the south. Yafu was Fan Zeng. Prince Pei sat in the north, and Zhang Liang was in the west.

This reflects the factional status of the Xiang family army.

Fan Zeng scored the number of King Xiang and raised the jade ring he wore to show it three times, but King Xiang refused to respond silently.

Fan Zeng rose and went out to summon Xiang Zhuang, saying, "The king is unbearable. If you enter the front to live, you will have a long life. If you have a sword, you will be killed by the Lord Pei and kill him. If you don't, if you are a member of him, you will be captured."

Zhuang entered the longevity. After the longevity, he said, "The king drank with Pei Gong, and there was no joy in the army, so please dance with a sword." Xiang Wang said, "No." Xiang Zhuang drew his sword and danced, and Xiang Bo also drew his sword and danced, and often covered Pei Gong with his wings, but Zhuang could not attack.

From this we can see that Fan Zeng was Ya's father and could mobilize Xiang Yu's cousin Xiang Zhuang, and Xiang Zhuang was also Xiang Bo's nephew. Obviously, this is a serious fact of a fight between the young and the old-fashioned faction. From Xiang Bo's visit to Zhang Liang, we understand this matter very well.

This can be concluded that at this time, Xiang Yu intended to suppress the faction of Yafu Fan Zeng and Xiang Zhuang.

Fourth, competing for other troops from the Central Plains has made him consider the issue of too long fronts.

He was granted the title of the eighteen princes and queens, and he only named himself the title of princes and kings in Qi, Zhao and other places, and he spent a lot of energy.

Xiang Yu re-established a Tiandu who had made military achievements as the King of Qi, and divided Qi into three kingdoms, moved the former King of Qi Tianshi and named King Jiaodong, and appointed the former King of Qi Jiansun Tianan as King Jibei.

Tian Rong was very angry and led his troops to drive away Tian Du, killed Tian Shi, the nephew of the former King of Qi, and proclaimed himself the King of Qi. Afterwards, Tian Rong's younger brother Tian Heng collected the remaining troops and continued to fight against Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu's front line was too long and he left Qi.

At that time, Xiang Yu must have considered the issue of too long front line.

Five, Zhao Tuo's hundreds of thousands of troops and the Huns' army forced Xiang Yu to consider it carefully.

There is a record in "The Book of Xiang Yu": "The Chu and Han stalemate are still unresolved, and the army is hard, and the old and weak are dismissed. King Xiang said to the King of Han: Those who have been in the world for several years are only for me. I am willing to challenge the King of Han to fight against the King of Han, and not to suffer the father and son of the people in the world."

Later, Liu Bang was siege by the Huns and almost lost his life. From this, it can be seen that the Huns were very arrogant at that time.

As a first-class military strategist at that time, Xiang Yu should be very clear about these things.

In fact, in the late Qin Dynasty, the main force of the Qin army was divided into three parts.

1,600 million Rong guarded Nanyue, in the Lingnan area, under the command of Zhao Tuo.

2,300,000 to defend the Xiongnu. During the Battle of Julu, Wang Li brought 20,000 of them to support him, but was captured by Xiang Yu and Wang Li was captured.

This means that there are still 10,000 soldiers dealing with the Huns in the north, and combined with Liu Bang's Baideng siege, it is particularly important.

3. Guanzhong, 50,000 elite cavalry, 10,000 elite boys shooting soldiers and 70,000 Lishan workers (some say 20,000).

When Wu Guang attacked Guanzhong, Qin II refused to give the elite troops of the general Zhang Han to protect Xianyang. Zhang Han had to liberate hundreds of thousands of workers in Qin Shihuang's Lishan Mausoleum to fight against the rebels, and finally surrendered to Xiang Yu.

4. The army guarding Xianyang did not fight against Liu Bang who had invaded Guanzhong. The Qin prince Ying directly surrendered to Liu Bang for 46 days and was finally killed by Xiang Yu. Therefore, the elite troops guarding Xianyang did not fight at all.

The above reasons made Xiang Yu let Liu Bang go at the Hongmen Banquet, which was very similar to the later Chongqing negotiations. However, the matter of Chongqing negotiations became more complicated.

Liu Bang's subordinates will definitely propose various tit-for-tat measures, and Fan Zeng and Xiang Zhuang's plan to kill Liu Bang cannot be implemented.

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