Chapter 33 final contest

It is said that Xiang Yu led his 300,000 troops and began to slowly retreat to Chu State. His plan was to march slowly so as not to be attacked by Liu Bang.Because all his soldiers have already returned home, and they don't want to stay on the front line for a moment.They picked up their pace and broke up the queue completely.Xiang Yu was very depressed.On this day, the Chu army marched to the south of Yangxia, and it was already very late. Xiang Yu commanded his subordinates to set up camp, buried pots and cooked food outside Yangxia City, and prepared to rest. Liu Bang, who offered to negotiate a peace, took advantage of Xiang Yu's exhausted soldiers and returned to his hometown lazily, and personally led an army of 300,000, quietly hiding and killing him from behind.The Han army has already stationed in Yangxia along the way, guarding the eastward route of the Chu army.It turned out that when Liu Bang was preparing to return to the imperial court, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping appeared in front of him together: "The purpose of our request to the king and Xiang Yu for peace this time is only to save the Taigong and Empress Lu." Lose Xiang Yu, because at this time Xiang Yu's soldiers are not skilled and food is insufficient. If he returns to Pengcheng, it is tantamount to returning to the mountain.

After hearing this, Liu Bang hurriedly ordered to pursue.At the same time, Han Xin and Peng Yue were ordered to gather quickly and attack Xiang Yu together. The news soon let Xiang Yu know, and Xiang Yu must have gritted his teeth with hatred at the time: Why didn't he play some villain tricks to kill Liu Bang at the Hongmen Banquet? After calming down, Xiang Yu tried his best to adopt tactics that would not cause the army to be defeated like a mountain.They knew that the closer they got to Chu, the weaker the Han army would be.And if the Chu army wanted to return to Chu, the shortest route would be to secretly take Yangxia.However, Yangxia was already a deep barrier and was guarded by the Han army, but the Chu army did not panic at this time.

After everyone had eaten, Xiang Yu pulled out his sword and said decisively: "My lords have followed me and have gone through countless battles. Who was our Chu army afraid of? But we are going home now, and Liu Bang, a villain, actually He broke his promise and wanted to attack us from behind, shall we agree or not?" "No! We want to kill and capture Liu Bang alive! Capture Lu's pheasant alive! Capture Liu Bang alive! Capture Lu's pheasant alive!" The soldiers shouted like thunderstorms in July, rolling on the ground. "No, now we don't want to capture Liu Bang alive, we want to go home, we want to bypass Yangxia by surprise, let him go to hell with Liu Bang's soup! Come on, hang all the sheep in the cook camp upside down, and stuff the war drums in it Under their hoofs, let these sheep guard our barracks instead of us! Let's go." Xiang Yu ordered loudly.

Xiang Yu's army headed to the opposite northwest.It happened to be the direction of the pursuit troops led by Liu Bang himself.Xiang Yu now wants to replace defense with attack, and to catch the momentum of the Han army off guard.According to the deployment before the war, the troops of Qi Wang Han Xin and Peng Yue had already chased to Guling.They calculated that after Yangxia's opening was blocked, Liu Bang's powerful army happened to attack on the northwest route, and Xiang Yu would definitely take the Guling route.This line is the fastest way besides taking Yangxia. The current Chu army has lost its mind and lacks unity, determination and courage to fight.Han Xin and Peng Yue met in Guling.The two of them built a very strong temporary fortress in Guling, and they wanted to use the method of encircling with iron walls to trap Xiang Yu, who was good at field warfare, to death under the city of Guling.

However, three days passed, and there was not even a shadow of Chu Jun.Han Xin hurriedly dispatched far-reaching, close-up and pop-up detectives to investigate everywhere.The result of the inquiry was that Xiang Yu was heading northwest, heading for Liu Bang's main force who was marching.Thinking of the two disastrous defeats in Suishui, Han Xin and Peng Yue felt a little anxious, and they hurriedly mobilized their army horses to move closer to Liu Bang. At this time, Xiang Yu led his own army, and headed towards the main force of the Han army commanded by Liu Bang himself without any fear.The Han army is now a mature army that is good at fighting encounters. The Han army that was chasing and killing suddenly got the news that a large number of Chu troops appeared in front, and they did not panic. They set up camp on the spot under Liu Bang's personal command.

The camp of the Han army is safe and sound, and the Chu army under the leadership of Xiang Yu has already killed it.Liu Bang ordered his army to take Xiang Yu's army from afar and before they had time to rest, they used their cavalry to attack Xiang Yu's Chu army in three batches in turn.The brigade finally met. In order to face Liu Bang, Xiang Yu adopted almost the same tactics as in the past, and ranked his elite cavalry at the forefront of the army.The Han army encountered the tough bones of the Chu army, and the Han army in the lead quickly retreated like a tide against a hard rock.The second batch of Han troops, led by Lou Fan, rushed towards the Chu army with shouts, and the cavalry of the Chu army fell from their horses under the continuous shooting of Lou Fan's bows and crossbows.

The group of troops led by Lou Fan had already reached the middle of the Chu army. They hadn't encountered a strong opponent before, and they were in high spirits at this moment.Xiang Yu's army rushed towards them from three sides, and the Han army was defeated. Seeing that the previous batch had succeeded, the third batch of attacking troops of the Han army hurriedly mobilized their horses and joined the battle group.Now that the defeated Han army was attacked, he also fled back in a daze. As a result, the three Han armies were all defeated.The men and horses who came back had only one of the three stops when they went out.

Seeing this scene, Liu Bang hurriedly directed his army to avoid the newly built barrier.The troops led by Xiang Yu were light cavalry, and they had no ability to attack the fortifications, so they had no choice but to give up and confront the Han army on the spot. Zhang Liang suggested to Liu Bang: "My lord, we are now confronting the Chu army. The Chu army will definitely not fight a protracted war with us, and we cannot fight a protracted war ourselves, because we don't have much food and grass! Now, Qi The armies of Wang Hanxin and Wei Wang Pengyue are far away from each other. If they come to support Liu Bang at this time, it will leave an opportunity for Xiang Yu. He came to chase us, but he only brought a small number of cavalry. The luggage and the brigade are all kept in the mountains near Yangxia. We cannot give him this chance. They want to cut off the connection between Xiang Yu and his brigade. Your Majesty, please order Han Xin and Peng Yue to form a camp on the outskirts of Xiang Yu's Chu army. Do not allow Xiang Yu to pass through. At the same time, order General Liu Jia to enter Chu, and then order Grand Sima Zhou Yin to lead Jiujiang soldiers and horses to enter Chu to attack the hinterland of Chu. Your Majesty, you can use another person, just register He has the title of Huainan King, and this person will become Xiang Yu's roadbreaker. This person is the former Jiujiang King Yingbu, and he is an old friend with you, Your Majesty! He will definitely help you."

Zhang Liang's words made Liu Bang overjoyed, and he immediately sent envoys to convey orders to various places. Xiang Yu, who was confronting Liu Bang, was thinking of a way to escape the golden cicada, and wanted to return to Yangxia before the encirclement of the Han army was formed, capture Yangxia, and return to Chu State.However, the pursuit troops of the Han army remained silent for a long time.If their men and horses don't move, gaps won't be formed, and the tactics of exploiting loopholes during the movement have to fail, and Xiang Yu is extremely anxious. Liu Bang ordered the pursuit, and stationed his troops in the south of Yangxia, and agreed a date with Qi Wang Hanxin and Jiancheng Hou Pengyue to attack the Chu army together.

Since then, Xiang Yu has been exhausted and constantly chased and intercepted. Although he can defeat the Han army every time, the loss of troops is heavy, the number is getting smaller and smaller, and the entire army is getting more and more exhausted. The Chu army stationed in Yangxia waited for Xiang Yu's arrival for a long time, and they began to waver.There are more than a thousand soldiers fleeing every day. At the beginning, the generals have not wavered.Later, even some generals lost their hearts and morals, and they were also preparing to flee back to Chu.Because they heard that Xiang Yu was trapped by the Han army in the northwest of Guling and could not move.There are also rumors that the main force of the Han army has captured several important places in the Chu State. Now the Chu army has been attacked by the enemy, and the situation is critical. The number of troops fleeing every day is close to 10,000.

At this time, Wu She, the military adviser in charge of the garrison, could no longer sit still, so he had to lead the rest of the troops to approach Xiang Yu.The Han troops of the two kings of Qi and Wei stationed in the outskirts, seeing more than 100,000 infantry of the Chu army approaching Xiang Yu, did not cover up and kill them, but opened a way to let these Chu troops pass by. The Han army did not take any action immediately after all the Chu troops gathered, but the three armies formed a character shape, besieging the Chu army at the core.Xiang Yu is now murderous, and he is determined to break out from Peng Yue's direction.Just when Xiang Yu was determined to break through, Peng Yue's troops took the initiative to give way, and they joined forces with Han Xin's troops.This road is a shortcut to Chudi - the road under Gaixia.Xiang Yu was overjoyed in his heart, but he also understood that the road from here to Gaixia was very rough and difficult to walk.However, do Xiang Yu and Chu Jun still have a choice now?They had no choice but to take the road of Gaixia, preparing to cross Gaixia and return to the state of Chu.How did they know that there was a catastrophe waiting for Xiang Yu and his 100,000 Chu army in Gaixia. Liu Bang's pursuers had already surrounded Gaixia, and on the side leading to Chu State, the two armies of Liu Jia and Ying Bu had also moved in from the direction of Chu State, laying a siege on the east side of Gaixia.It seems that introducing Xiang Yu to Gaixia is something that Liu Bang Group has painstakingly managed for a long time. However, Xiang Yu is an outstanding tactician after all, and the tactics he used are not what the current Han army can attack immediately.This Gaixia is really too difficult to overcome.Therefore, after three days after the soldiers surrounded Gai, they remained silent.And Xiang Yu's troops were stationed on the mountain. Although there was no need to worry about the water source, the food and grass gradually became insufficient. Liu Bang immediately summoned Zhang Liang and asked, "I have already sent people to call Han Xin and Peng Yue to lead the army to support them. Why are they not there?" "Although Han Xin was named the king of Qi, he didn't take the initiative to distribute the title. He asked for it himself. And Peng Yue captured many cities in Liang. Doesn't he want to be king?" Zhang Liang's words made Liu Bang feel like a dream Waking up. Liu Bang then listened to Zhang Liang's suggestion and sealed the area from Chen Yidong to Donghai to Han Xin, and the northern part of Suiyang to Zicheng to Peng Yue.Sure enough, Han Xin and Peng Yue led troops and set off immediately after receiving the enfeoffment. At the same time, Ying Bu, Liu Jia, and the great Sima Zhou Yin who had recently returned from Chu to Han also led their troops to join them.Faced with the enemy's siege from all sides, Xiang Yu had no choice but to sigh helplessly, and then ordered his troops to withdraw. In choosing the escape route, Xiang Yu faced a dilemma at this time.If Han Xin, Peng Yue and others have not yet arrived, lead the troops to quickly withdraw to Pengcheng, their old nest, in this way, they can save themselves from danger; To take a lot of detours, the time will be delayed for a long time.At that time, the fire was imminent, and there was no room for further delay. It stands to reason that Xiang Yu would definitely choose to withdraw directly to Pengcheng immediately.But Xiang Yu chose the second escape route at this important moment of life and death, first going to Gaixia, and then detouring Lingbi to return to Pengcheng. The reason is that Yu Ji, his most beloved woman, is being besieged by the Han army at Gaixia at this time. In December 204 BC, Xiang Yu led the Chu army back to Gaixia.Xiang Yu had just met Concubine Yu whom he cared about day and night, and before the two had time to express their heartfelt feelings, Liu Bang led his army into four groups and outflanked her.Until then, Xiang Yu felt for the first time that he had lost his way, and his only wish at this time was to take Yu Ji back to his hometown Pengcheng. However, facing the siege of Liu Bang's several armies, Pengcheng has become an unattainable dream in Xiang Yu's heart.Even so, he showed the qualities that an excellent general should have in the crisis.He gathered all the generals together and counted, and there were more than a hundred thousand people.Hundreds of thousands are a bit small compared to Liu Bang's 300,000 to 400,000 coalition forces.Back then, Xiang Yu led only 30,000 elite soldiers and killed Liu Bang's 40,000 to 500,000 coalition troops. Even Liu Bang himself was able to save his life after a narrow escape. Second, no one dares to say that it is the first. Before meeting Xiang Yu, the mighty general Zhang Han of the Qin Dynasty would win every battle, and almost all of Chen Sheng's revolutionary army was wiped out by himself.But in front of Xiang Yu, it was as if he had met his nemesis, and every time he fought, he was completely defeated.In the Julu War, it seemed that he was about to capture the Julu that had been besieged for several months. However, it was Xiang Yu's interference that made his previous efforts come to naught.In the end, when he was desperate, he had to bow his proud head to Xiang Yu. Regardless of heroism, from an objective analysis, Xiang Yu is indeed in a desperate situation at this time, because the battle of Pengcheng is completely different from this.At that time, Liu Bang and the others were complacent because they easily won Pengcheng, Xiang Yu's old nest, and they had Yelang's self-indulgent and careless heart.Xiang Yu made a decisive decision at that time, and only carefully selected 30,000 elite soldiers to set out from Qi, and launched a powerful counterattack. But now in Gaixia, Xiang Yu is actually not familiar with this place at all. Although Xiang Yu has 100,000 people, but due to the shortage of food and grass, this exhausted army can't even eat food. Just imagine, food and clothing are the minimum living conditions for human beings. If you don't even have this, there is no talk of fighting.Liu Bang's coalition forces came from all directions, they were all prepared, and their morale was high. Their ultimate goal was to completely defeat Xiang Yu.This is in stark contrast to their pride and underestimation of the enemy in Pengcheng. From the above analysis alone, Xiang Yu is already at an absolute disadvantage.What made his situation even more difficult was that there was an extra Han Xin beside Liu Bang, Han Xin who used soldiers like a god and predicted things like a god.The reason why Xiang Yu was besieged this day was all thanks to this Han Xin.With his own strength, Han Xin almost managed all the princes in the world. Those who could be persuaded would surrender, and those who could not be persuaded would resort to force. But now this decisive battle in Gaixia is inevitable. In name, it can be regarded as the final decisive battle between Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, but in fact it is a duel between Han Xin and Xiang Yu.This is how Han Xin deployed for a crucial decisive battle.Gaixia was originally a small place, but 400,000 horses gathered overnight, and the mountains and plains were suddenly overcrowded.Although Liu Bang has led troops to fight for many years, how could he command so many soldiers at once.At this moment, he made a very wise decision, that is, to hand over the command of the more than 300,000 soldiers and horses to Han Xin in time. Facts have proved that Liu Bang's move was the final word, which allowed Han Xin's talent to be brought into full play in this battle.Before the decisive battle, Han Xin first selected ten outstanding generals. Of course, these generals included Fan Kuai, Lu Bu, Peng Yue, Zhou Bo, Cao Can, Guan Ying and other figures who had won the three armies.Then divide the soldiers into ten teams, and each person is in charge of one team.The formations are arranged in ambush on ten sides, and the formations are surrounded by layers, and they are connected layer by layer, which is tight and orderly.This is the famous "ambush from ten sides" in history.After the formation was set up, Han Xin personally led 30,000 elite soldiers to challenge Xiang Yu, and the prelude to the decisive battle officially kicked off.The number of troops Han Xin brought was 30,000. I don't know if it was a coincidence or Han Xin did it on purpose. This is exactly the number of people Xiang Yu brought back to rescue Pengcheng. When Xiang Yu was lamenting the uncomfortable feeling of being surrounded, seeing Han Xin taking the initiative to challenge him, he killed him without saying a word.The Chu army no longer has a good adviser to solve Xiang Yu's problems and make suggestions.Although some generals felt that there must be a conspiracy for Han Xin to come to challenge alone, they just felt it. None of them could think of any other options other than a head-on decisive battle with the enemy. So, under the leadership of Xiang Yu, the Chu army came out in full force, and the overwhelming sound of killing resounded through the sky.How could Han Xin dare to confront Xiang Yu head-on and compare his skills, it would be useless for him to go to Huashan to practice for ten or twenty years.Since force versus force was not enough, he had to adopt the tactic of fighting and fleeing. Xiang Yu was worried that he didn't catch Han Xin, so he pulled his tendons and skinned him to relieve his hatred, so he immediately implemented the tactics of tracking thousands of miles, wherever you escape, I will accompany you to the end, and chase you wherever you go.That's it, you run away and I chase, I chase you and run away, unknowingly, you have entered the formation under Han Xin.At this moment, only the sound of a cannon was heard, and the first team of ambushes came out.Zhou Bo and Guan Ying came out with the Han army. Xiang Yu has already entered the state of war at this time, facing the enemies pouring out from all sides, his unique skills have been fully displayed.I saw him pointing to the north, pointing up and down, pointing east and west, until Zhou Bo and Guan Ying were in a hurry.Not long after, Xiang Yu led the Chu army out of the encirclement and passed the first pass smoothly.Before passing the second hurdle, Xiang Yu made an opening remark: "It is said that Han Xin's soldiers are like gods, so it turns out that is nothing more than that!" Liu Bang ordered Han Xin to lead 30,000 people to challenge Xiang Yu, and shouted to the Chu camp: "The hearts of the people have been betrayed, and the world has belonged to Liu. Han Xin is stationed in Gai, and he will behead the overlord!" Xiang Yu's men and horses are few, and the food is almost gone.He wanted to lead a team to rush out.But the troops of the Han army and the princes surrounded the Chu army in layers.Xiang Yu was very angry and led his crowd to rush out.Han Xin fought and retreated, and led Xiang Yu into the ambush circle.Ambushes rose from all directions, and surrounded Xiang Yu in the center. He charged from left to right, and gradually lost his strength.It was the middle of winter, and the soldiers were suffering from cold and starvation, and the morale of the army was lax.Seeing such a miserable scene, Xiang Yu was helpless, unable to do anything, and felt infinitely sad. Xiang Yu repelled one group, and then another group came, killing out one level, and another level, before killing out here, Han soldiers surrounded there again.He ordered the soldiers to guard carefully and prepare to fight again when they see the opportunity. That night, Xiang Yu entered the tent, frowning.Seeing that he was depressed, Yu Ji accompanied him to drink to relieve his boredom. When it was time to set the watch, we could only hear the westerly wind whistling, and the sound of singing was also mixed with the sound of the wind.Xiang Yu listened carefully, and found that the singing came from the Han camp, and all the songs were from Chu people, and there were quite a few people who sang them. Xiang Yu was stunned when he heard the singing of Chu all around him.He said absent-mindedly: "Could it be that Liu Bang has captured Western Chu? Why are there so many Chu people in the Han camp?" In this way, the song continued, and the escape of the Chu army continued.The fleeing Chu army also included Xiang Yu's current right-hand man Zhong Limei and Ji Bu.Zhong Limei was Xiang Yu's most powerful general, and Ji Bu took his place after Long Qie's death. He was also Xiang Yu's most powerful general.The two of them had vowed to die to follow Xiang Yu to the end, but the battle of Flying Daggers shocked them too much. Although Xiang Yu successfully broke through with his bravery and toughness, fear arose in their hearts for the first time. Intrigue completely conquered them.Originally, he was not afraid of death, but under the persuasion of his cronies and subordinates, he had to escape among the Chu army. Xiang Yu couldn't bear it anymore, and sang a sad song casually: "Strengthen the mountain and the world is overwhelming, and the time is not good. The time is not dying. What is the time when the time is not dying, what is the reason for the dying?" Xiang Yu continued After singing it a few times, Yu Ji also sang along: "The Han soldiers are already on the ground, and the songs of Chu are everywhere. The king is exhausted, and the concubine can't live!" Before the song was sung, Concubine Yu was already in tears. Xiang Yu wept bitterly when he heard Concubine Yu's singing, and shed many tears without feeling sad.The courtiers on the left and right couldn't help themselves, weeping and unable to bear to raise their heads.Suddenly he heard that the Geng Drum in the camp had been beaten five times. Xiang Yu turned his head and said to Yu Ji, "It's almost dawn, and I'm going to risk my life to get out of the siege. What should you do?" Concubine Yu said: "My concubine has been kind to the king. She has followed her until now, and now she should go with her. Life and death depend on each other. If I can be buried in my homeland, I will be willing to die!" Xiang Yu said: "How can a weak woman like you get out of the siege? You can find your own way of life, and I will probably say goodbye to you." Concubine Yu suddenly wiped away her tears and stood up, took Xiang Yu's hand and said: "The concubine lives with the king, and dies with the king. May the future of the king be safe!" Speaking of this, he pulled out the saber from Xiang Yu's waist and swung it across his neck. Blood splashed in his throat immediately, and a scent of fragrance returned to the faint sky.It was too late for Xiang Yu to come to rescue, so he could only caress the corpse and cry bitterly, and ordered the left and right sides to dig the ground as a tomb and bury Yuji's body. A heartbreaking farewell between a hero and a beautiful woman has been passed down through the ages. Facing the sudden approach of death and the tragic end of her life, this twenty-six-year-old concubine Yu did not want to be a burden to her husband, nor a prey and an ornament of the Han army. Instead, it is righteous and awe-inspiring, and calmly walks towards the end of life. That night, Xiang Yu got on the black-tailed horse, led 800 soldiers and rushed through the Han camp, deciding to break through the encirclement by night.At dawn, the Han army realized that Xiang Yu had broken through, and quickly sent 5,000 cavalry to chase after him.Xiang Yu ran all the way, and when he crossed the Huai River, there were only a hundred people left with him.After another run, I lost my way. When Xiang Yu came to a three-way intersection, he saw a farmer and asked him which way he could get to Pengcheng.The farmer knew that he was the overlord, and he didn't want to show him the way, so he coaxed him by saying, "Go to the left." Xiang Yu and more than a hundred subordinates ran down to the left, and the more they ran, the more wrong they became. At the end of the run, they saw a swampy area in front of them, and there was no road at all.Only then did Xiang Yu realize that he had been deceived, so he quickly turned his horse's head around and walked out of the swamp, the Han soldiers had already caught up. Xiang Yu ran southeast again. Along the way, the soldiers accompanying him were killed or wounded.When we arrived in Dongcheng, we counted the number of soldiers, and there were only twenty-eight cavalrymen.However, thousands of pursuers of the Han army surrounded them densely. Xiang Yu expected to be unable to get away, but he still refused to admit defeat, and said to the soldiers who followed him: "It has been eight years since I started my army, and I have fought more than 70 battles, and I have never lost a single battle before I became the world's leader." Overlord. I was besieged here today, it’s because the sky told me to perish, it’s not that I can’t defeat them!” After all, he divided the twenty-eight people into four teams, facing the four directions.At this time, the Han army surrounded them heavily.Xiang Yu said to his knights: "I will kill a general of the Han army for you!" So he ordered the four teams of knights to rush in all directions, and agreed to meet separately on the east side of the mountain.When everything was ready, Xiang Yu shouted loudly and charged at the Han army. The Han army broke up and ran for their lives. As expected, Xiang Yu killed a Han general. At this time, Han general Yang Xi was chasing Xiang Yu, and Xiang Yu stared at him. He squinted his eyes and let out an angry roar, which scared Yang Xi and everyone backed away several miles. Xiang Yu met up with his subordinates at three places as agreed in advance. The Han soldiers did not know where Xiang Yu was going, so they had to divide into three groups and surround the Chu army separately.Xiang Yu rode his horse and killed a captain and dozens of soldiers of the Han army. He gathered his men again and lost only two people.So Xiang Yu proudly said to them: "How is my ability in fighting?" The knights said: "Just as the king said!" Xiang Yu broke through the siege of the Han soldiers, and ran south with twenty-six people until they reached Wujiang.The Wujiang River is surging, and the opposite is the familiar land. The river is calm and there is not even a ferry.There was no way forward and there were chasing soldiers, Xiang Yu knew that he was powerless.Xiang Yu looked at the remnant soldiers under his command, and smiled wryly: Could it be that I, the Overlord of Western Chu, will die under the sword of a villain today? It just so happened that the head of the pavilion at the Wu River docked his boat on the bank and waited for Xiang Yu. He said to Xiang Yu, "Although the east of the river is small, with thousands of miles of land and hundreds of thousands of people, it is enough to be called a king. I hope that the king will cross the river quickly. Now I am the only one who has a boat. Even if the army pursues here, there is no way to cross the river." Xiang Yu smiled and said: "Since God wants to destroy me, why do I have to cross the river? Besides, I, Xiang Yu, led 8,000 children from Jiangdong to cross the Wujiang River and marched westward. Now none of them survived. Even if the elders and brothers in Jiangdong love me And if they embrace me as king, what face do I have to meet them? Even if they don't say anything, don't I feel ashamed in my heart?" He pulled the Wuzhi horse and said to Wujiang Tingzhang: "I have been riding this horse for five years. It is brave and fearless. I once ran a thousand miles in a day. I can't bear to kill him. I know you are a loyal elder." , I will give it to you." Just at this time, the Han soldiers came up again. Seeing that the pavilion chief was still refusing to leave, Xiang Yu pushed the boat away with all his might.The pavilion chief's tears kept flowing, and he finally clasped his fists to Xiang Yu: "Treasure." Then he turned his face and rowed the boat forward.At this time, after Wuzhao Baomao was taken away by the pavilion chief, Xiang Yu had nothing to worry about, and he began his final desperate effort. Xiang Yu ordered the soldiers to dismount and walk, and engaged the Han army with short weapons.During this period, Guang Xiang Yu alone killed and wounded hundreds of Han soldiers, and he himself was injured in more than a dozen places.No matter how brave he is, he is human after all, not made of iron. After fleeing for so long and fighting so many vicious battles, he has reached his limit.In the melee, he also suffered more than a dozen serious injuries.The blood flowed down from his body bit by bit, and his life was coming to an end bit by bit. Xiang Yu knew that he would not be able to hold on anymore.At this time, he turned his head and saw Lu Matong, the Sima in the cavalry of the Han army (formerly a general of Xiang Yu's army, but now he has returned to the Han with his back from Chu). Lu Matong pointed Xiang Yu to the Han general Wang Yi and said, "This is King Xiang!" Xiang Yu said: "I heard that whoever wants to get my head, the King of Han will reward you with a thousand pieces of gold and seal ten thousand households as a marquis, and I will make it possible for you!" He felt that God was punishing him.Destiny is hard to break, failure is inevitable, so death is inevitable.He is unwilling to live carelessly, he wants to die with dignity, he looks up to the sky and screams, blood splashes where the knife passes. A tough man fell on the bank of the Wujiang River, on the spine of history.Sensing the sign of his master's departure, Wu Xiaoma jumped into the river, intending to die with his master today. The Han army scrambled to grab the overlord's body, and not one but five won. Each of them got a part of Xiang Yu's body. These five were Yang Xi, Lu Matong, Lu Sheng, Yang Wu, and Wang Yi. .Originally, there was only one person who Liu Bang set a reward for, but later Liu Bang saw that his big enemy and enemy had been removed, so he was very happy and gave them a big reward. Wang Yi, who beheaded Xiang Yu, was named Du Yanhou; Yang Wu, who got Xiang Yu's right foot, was named Wu Fanghou; Lu Sheng, who cut off Xiang Yu's left arm, was named Nieyanghou; Yang Xi, who was the first to be scared by Xiang Yu's lion roar and retreated several miles, got Xiang Yu's left leg and was named Marquis of Chiquan; while Lu Matong, who was approached by Xiang Yu on his own initiative and deserved to get the whole body, because of slow hands and feet After a while, I finally got some fragments of Xiang Yu's bones and was named Zhongshuihou.And the one thousand taels of gold was naturally divided among the five people. Xiang Yu passed away in December 202 BC, at the age of thirty-one. "Historical Records" records: "For eight years since the army was raised, those who were in charge were defeated, and those who were attacked were subdued, and they were not defeated." He is a military genius and a victorious general on the battlefield.Perhaps his life was too smooth to withstand a big blow. Xiang Yu was only twenty-four years old when Xiang Liang raised his army. He was the deputy commander of the rebel army, and at the age of twenty-seven he was the commander-in-chief of the allied armies of the princes.He had never encountered such a shame as the Gaixia Siege, and the besieged people on all sides made him a little scared.He is really a person who can't afford to fail. If his life has experienced more storms, maybe he can bear the humiliation and return to Jiangdong, try his best to make a comeback. Why don't you have the courage to continue fighting Liu Bang?The siege of Gaixia was Xiang Yu's biggest military defeat, and the suicide of Wujiang was Xiang Yu's most tragic battle.Facing the surging Wujiang water, is Xiang Yu cowardly?On the banks of the Wujiang River, Xiang Yu also beheaded more than a hundred heads of the Han army, and he himself suffered dozens of wounds before drawing his own sword. He is not afraid of death, why is he afraid of another battle with the villain Liu Bang?But he is Xiang Yu who was invincible in all battles, so only by choosing to kill himself can he keep his glory and prevent future generations from laughing at him!Xiang Yu was also so fragile. After the sword passed, the mighty overlord disappeared, leaving behind a devastated world because of him, as well as his eternal hatred. He can live, even if he surrenders, with his reputation, he can live with ease.But this person is not someone else, he is the former overlord of Western Chu, above ten thousand people, how can he bow his head to you Liu Bang now, what are you Liu Bang!So he would rather die than submit, so he killed himself.He can live well, and even make a comeback, and even finally establish a country, but he refuses to cross Jiangdong.He is Xiang Yu, eight thousand Jiangdong disciples crossed the river with him back then, and in the end he was the only one who went back in despair. Wouldn't he be ridiculed by Jiangdong's elders? Xiang Yu's death is not worth it, but his failure is doomed.Xiang Yu also knows how to play conspiracy, but he only played it once in the Battle of Julu, the first and last time. If he could play it a few more times, there would be no later Han Dynasty.In the Battle of Julu, Xiang Yu, as the deputy commander, risked losing his head by the next offender, decisively beheaded the commander who stood still, and then led his troops to meet the enemy. It was a key battle related to the success or failure of the uprising war at the end of Qin Dynasty. The victory of the Battle of Julu also established Xiang Yu's military status and pushed him to the center of the historical stage at that time. Xiang Yu's performance in the military was extremely good at the beginning, but he has been going the wrong way in politics and is extremely naive.First, he killed 400,000 captives who surrendered in Changping World War I, and then let Liu Bang escape when he hesitated at the Hongmen Banquet. up. After Xiang Yu committed suicide in Wujiang, when the Han army attacked Xiang Yu's base camp, the 80,000 Jiangdong disciples refused to surrender, because they refused and did not want to believe that their beloved general was dead.Even after the Han army presented Xiang Yu's head, the 80,000 Jiangdong disciples remained silent.Yes, they lost their admirable general, and there seemed to be no way out but to surrender.But no, they knew that without their generals, they couldn't do anything, and they couldn't do anything, but they just didn't want to submit to Liu Bang.Of the 80,000 Jiangdong disciples, none of them fled, and none of them retreated. They rushed forward fearlessly to fight the Han army.In the end, the entire Chu army was wiped out, and none of the 80,000 Jiangdong children survived.Of course, the Han army also suffered heavy casualties. Why would they do that?They knew that they were willing to risk their lives in vain, because they were loyal to Xiang Yu. For Xiang Yu, they could not surrender to the Han army. They wanted to fight for Xiang Yu one last time.They chose to pay homage to their dead generals with their lives!They will die to follow their lovely and respectable generals.Just ask, what kind of general, how good a general is, can make 80,000 people willingly throw their heads and blood for him, go through fire and water, and do whatever they want. Liu Bang won a complete victory in the Battle of Gaixia, and only the people of Lu County stood firm for Xiang Yu and refused to surrender, because King Huai made Xiang Yu the Duke of Lu at the beginning.Liu Bang led the army of the princes to the north and showed Xiang Yu's head to the elders of Lu County, and the Lu people surrendered.Therefore, Liu Bang buried Xiang Yu in Gucheng according to the etiquette of the title of Duke Lu, and then returned to Dingtao, drove his horse into the barracks of King Han Xin of Qi, and seized his military power. Both Xiang Yu and Liu Bang in the struggle for hegemony have great ambitions to unify the country. Xiang Yu's talent is better than Liu Bang's. It is a pity that he does not pay attention to self-management. Taboo.On the contrary, Liu Bang was mediocre at the beginning, but he was good at constantly improving and demanding himself with high standards in the process of pursuing his goals, cultivating excellent qualities, and restraining the bad elements in his nature. Xiang Yu ignored the cooperation between the side battlefield and the front battlefield.When the scale of the war was unprecedentedly enlarged, and objectively there were various battlefields such as the front, the two wings, and the enemy's rear, he still insisted on his own war experience, devoted all his strength to the front battlefield, and did not seriously organize and command the cooperation of other battlefields. Many victories were fought on the battlefield, but in the end the two wings and the rear were all lost, and they were besieged on all sides. On the contrary, Liu Bang created the guidance art of multi-battlefield cooperation for the first time in the Chu-Han War.He knew that the enemy was strong and he was weak, and a simple head-on collision would only lead to failure. To defeat Xiang Yu, various forces, means and the cooperation of various battlefields were necessary. The main task of the frontal battlefield was defense, while the main task of the southern battlefield was containment. The main task of the northern battlefield is to attack, the main task of the battlefield behind the enemy is interference, and there is also a spy strategy battlefield directed by Chen Ping, whose main task is to disintegrate the leadership group of the Chu army.It is through the cooperation of various battlefields, various methods, and various forces that the overall advantage and victory in the war can be achieved. War is a full-scale competition of military, political, economic, diplomatic, intellectual and other aspects of strength, and each aspect will have a huge impact on the outcome of the war under different circumstances.There is no doubt that the superior side always has more hopes of victory, while the inferior side always faces greater difficulties and dangers. As far as the above problems are concerned, Xiang Yu can avoid any of them, and it will not lead to overall failure.On the contrary, if Liu Bang mishandled a problem, he would not be able to win the overall victory.可见项羽的失败，教训实为深刻；刘邦的胜利，确实来之不易。 综观战争全过程，项羽的基本指导思想是以力取胜，即司马迁所说：“谓霸王之业，欲以力征经营天下，五年卒亡其国，身死东城，尚不觉悟而不自责，过矣。乃引'天亡我，非用兵之罪也'，岂不谬哉！” 这就是项羽的根本错误，即单纯迷信武力，认为只要在战场上打胜仗就会取胜，这是完全错误的。