Chapter 17 Chapter 3 Duo Showdown

At this time, Zhang Han's army had firmly controlled the Central Plains.Its army has more than 300,000 troops, and they are successively merging and surrendering troops, and their strength continues to increase.On the contrary, Xiang Liang's army has only about 100,000. Xiang Liang's Psychological Crisis After the Chu army crossed the Huai River, Xiang Liang and Zhang Han, the two contemporary generals recognized as the most knowledgeable soldiers, were about to compete face to face. In fact, both of these men lack the experience of actually leading troops in combat. Zhang Han was originally a financial and economic staff officer. Although he was good at planning and had a wealth of military knowledge, he was an amateur when fighting to the death on the battlefield.

Fortunately, most of the "Lishan people" he brought belonged to the former Qin State combat troops, with rich experience and strong independent combat capabilities. In addition, Zhang Han was good at packaging. limit." The Chen Sheng army he faced before was just a mob of rebels, with no training and even worse tacit understanding. Even a "general" like Zhou Wen only talked without practicing, so Zhang Han's record of complete victory is more or less "" The opponent is not strong enough". Xiang Liang's long-term wandering experience has honed his organizational and planning skills a lot.

The Chu tribe has always been good at fighting independently. As long as Xiang Liang has a good layout, they will know how to defeat the enemy, and there is no need for Xiang Liang to come to the front line to command. Therefore, strictly speaking, Xiang Liang cannot be called a "general's talent." But for Xiang Liang, the more troublesome thing comes from his psychological weakness. Perhaps the youngest son, Xiang Liang didn't seem to have inherited Xiang's brave nature. Contrary to the tall and heroic appearance of his nephew Xiang Yu, a natural general, Xiang Liang is of medium build and slightly thin, which is a typical image of a civil servant.

Standing in front of the rough and aggressive Chu army, Xiang Liang often had considerable psychological pressure, so he didn't want to go to the battlefield in person, and his nephew Xiang Yu was often the one who actually led the battle. Since the ferocious Yingbo and the chic Liu Bang joined him, he has two more good chess pieces to play, and he is more than happy to hide behind the scenes and direct. But also because of this, he lacks a sense of presence in judging frontline intelligence and is often subjective. Just after annexing Qin Jia's army, Xiang Liang moved his base camp westward from Xiapi City to Huling, which is quite close to Zhanghan's vanguard base "Li."

Dingliang sent other generals Zhujishi and Yu Fanjun to attack Zhang Han's vanguard, but they were defeated by the Qin army. Yu Fanjun died in battle, and Zhujishi fled back to Huling.Xiang Liang used Zhujishi to destroy morale and ordered to kill it. With 5000 infantry and more than 10 generals assisted by Xiang Liang, Liu Bang turned back to attack Fengyi, which was occupied by Yongchi. Because of the strength of the Chu army, Yongchi dared not fight, so he fled to Wei State. In Juchao, Lujiang County, there was a strange old man named Fan Zeng, who was 70 years old at the time, and was famous in the surrounding areas for his unique insight and knowledge of the past and the present.

Although he is old, Fan Zeng is quite tough, with a straightforward personality and active actions, showing no signs of aging at all. He often wears a Chu crown and claims to be a survivor of the Chu State. Perhaps he once held a considerable amount of official positions in the Chu State, but he seldom talks about his past to others. When Chen Sheng rebelled, heroes from all over the world responded one after another. Only Fan Zeng was not enthusiastic about him at all. "Savages like this who don't understand politics can't succeed." When Chen Sheng became king, Fan Zeng criticized him even more severely. He publicly told people that Chen Sheng's days were numbered.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Chen Sheng to be defeated, and the people living in Chao had to deeply admire Old Master Fan's prophet. When Xiang Liang arrived at Huling, Fan Zeng went to see him in person. He suggested: "Chen Sheng is too arrogant and selfish, so he will seek his own defeat and resist the court. The most important thing is to establish credibility. Among the six countries that were destroyed by Qin, Chu was the most wronged, especially King Huai of Chu was deceived into house arrest, and his guest died In a foreign land, the people of Chu loved him because of their sympathy, and Chu and Qin also accumulated old grievances. Therefore, the elders in the south of Chu swore: "Even if there are only three tribes left in Chu, those who destroy Qin in the future will still die." It is the state of Chu." It fully shows the dissatisfaction and hostility of the Chu people. Chen Sheng did not understand this sentiment. After the uprising, he did not establish the state of Chu, but proclaimed himself king. Therefore, he did not receive the support of the huge Chu people, and his power did not grow.

"The general launched an army in Jiangdong and immediately won the support of all tribes in the Chu state. The most important factor is that the Xiang family has been famous generals in the Chu state for generations. Therefore, if the general can take advantage of the situation to support the descendants of the king of Chu, he will immediately gain enough credibility." Xiang Liang thought it was reasonable, so he reused Fan Zeng, hired him as a guest, and sent people to search for the descendants of King Chu. Finally, he found a young shepherd named "Xin", the grandson of King Huai of Chu, and supported him as King of Chu in June. To win the support of the people, he was known as King Huai of Chu. He also named Chen Ying the Shangzhu Kingdom (Prime Minister) and established his capital in Xuyi. He himself commanded the power of the legion and was named Wu Xinjun.

Zhang Liang also suggested to Xiang Liang: "Since the general revives the state of Chu, why not restore the friendly princes at the same time to strengthen our own power? Among the descendants of the Korean royal family, the son Hengyang is the most capable and popular, and he can be established as Han Yu." Xiang Liang also agreed, and sent Zhang Liang back to South Korea to find Han Cheng, the king of Hengyang, and made him the king of Han, and made Zhang Liang his disciple to rebuild South Korea's power. The two sides plan to fight for food At this time, Zhang Han's army had firmly controlled the Central Plains.

Zhang Han's army has more than 300,000 troops, and they are successively merging and surrendering, and their strength continues to increase.On the contrary, Xiang Liang's army is only about 100,000, so how to increase the number of troops as soon as possible to prepare for the decisive battle is the most important thing. But to gather troops, food is more needed. The Chu army is an expeditionary force, and food supply is inherently difficult. Moreover, Zhang Han has already taken the lead in the main granaries and food roads in the Central Plains. After assessing his strength, Xiang Liang knew that he was at a disadvantage.

Therefore, he had to take a long test on how to deal with this disadvantage. Always confident in planning, Xiang Liang believed that he could mobilize the power of the princes to disperse Zhang Han's army and win food and fodder assistance from various countries. Sure enough, Zhang Han immediately felt pressure from all over the world, but he immediately adopted a proactive strategy. First, he forced the main force of King Jiu of Wei to Linji, an important military area on the border between Qi and Wei, and King Wei sent Zhou Shi to take charge of the defensive operations, and asked for help from Chu and Qi. At that time, Qi Wang Tian Dan thought that the Qin army was in trouble, so he personally led the army to come. Seeing that the Chu and Qi armies had just arrived in Linji and their positions were not yet stable, Zhang Han took the initiative to attack that night, and even smashed the Qi and Chu allied forces at Linji City.As a result, King Qi and Zhou Shi died on the spot, King Jiu of Wei burned himself to death after signing a peace treaty of surrender with Zhang Han, King Wei Bao and Xiang Iti managed to escape from the battlefield and returned to Chu under the desperate resistance of the Chu army. King Huai of Chu supported Wei Bao with thousands of troops and ordered him to return to Wei to fight guerrillas in order to contain Zhang Han's army. Tian Rong, the younger brother of Tian Dan, the king of Qi, gathered up the remnants of the army and retreated to Dong'e City. Zhang Han personally led his army to pursue and encircle him. Tian Jia, the younger brother of the former king of Qi when he established and destroyed the country, Tian Jia, heard that Tian Dan was dead, so he proclaimed himself King of Qi with the support of the elders of Qi State. In July, when the Central Plains entered the heavy rain season, King Wuxin Xiang Liang led his army to attack Zhang Han's main force in the outskirts of Dong'a. Zhang Han retreated because of the difficulty in supplying food and fodder. Xiang Liang believed that he had defeated Zhang Han and his confidence was greatly increased, so he moved the army's base camp northward quickly and entered the Central Plains. In order to stabilize the grain and fodder, Xiang Liang was determined to attack Xiangcheng, the main granary in Henan. He sent his nephew Xiang Yu and other general Liu Bang to attack Xiangcheng. Although Zhang Han also added reinforcements, under the fierce attack of the Chu army, Xiangcheng, the second largest barn in the Central Plains, also fell. In order to avoid wasting precious food, Xiang Yu even disregarded Liu Bang's opposition and killed thousands of Qin's defenders. Under the pursuit of victory, Xiang Yu took the initiative to attack Zhang Han's main force stationed in the east of Puyang City. Zhang Han misjudged and was defeated, so he had to retreat westward. Deepen the city ditch and strengthen the defense force. Xiang Yu and Liu Bang did not dare to attack hard, but took back Dingtao City to the north as a confrontation. After the Battle of Puyang, Xiang Liang was no longer afraid of Zhang Han's black shirt army. At this time, Tian Rong, who had rescued the siege in Dong'e City, also led his army to surround Linzi, the capital of Qi. Since Tian Rongjun was known for his toughness and had the support of most of the elders in Qi State, the King of Qi fled to Chu State pretending not to dare to fight against him.Tian Rong still made Si Dan's son Tian Shi the king of Qi, made himself the prime minister, and made his younger brother Tian Heng the general. Xiang Liang took the initiative to make friends with Tian Rong, and suggested that Qi, Zhao, and Chu form a formal alliance.However, Tian Rong asked Xiang Liang to kill Tian Jia, and Zhao Guo killed the Qi general Tian Jian who had defected to him, but they were all rejected. Tian Rong was also furious and refused to join the alliance. The Qin court fights, Zhao Gao seizes power The unexpected success of appointing Zhang Han restored Zhao Gao's confidence in seizing power. He not only ruled the government, but also ruled out dissidents, and punished several ministers who disobeyed him with personal grievances. In order to worry about the ministers directly expressing their feelings to Hu Hai, Zhao Gao repeated the old wisdom of isolating the first emperor in his later years. He said to Hu Hai: "The reason why the emperor can show his dignity is that he only let people hear his voice, even if the ministers don't see him, and your majesty is still young and inexperienced in many aspects. Now he is sitting in the court openly. If he behaves or speaks improperly, It must be underestimated by the ministers. How can this show the wise image of the emperor in the world? Therefore, it is better for your majesty to live in the forbidden area, and let the ministers and servants discuss it in private, so that the matter can be grasped in depth before making decisions. In this way, the minister You don’t dare to report difficult things casually, and your Majesty will not make mistakes, the world is called the Holy Master!” Hu Hai used his tricks to live in the forbidden palace, and rarely went to the court to govern. Everything was conveyed by Zhao Gao and his servants, and all major events in the world depended on Zhao Gao. Soon, Zhao Gao found out that Prime Minister Li Si was eager to report something important to the emperor, so he pretended to go to Li Si's mansion to report: " "There are many thieves and thieves in the Kanto area, but the current emperor is still eager to conscript labor to build the Afang Palace, collecting dogs and horses and other useless things, wasting public money. The minister wanted to remonstrate with him, but the position is not enough, and people speak lightly. This is not what you should do as a prime minister. What about it? Why don’t you hurry up and persuade the emperor?”. Li Si did not doubt him, and said frankly: "Yes, I have long wanted to persuade the emperor, but the emperor has not been in court recently, and often lives in the deep palace. I can't convey what I want to say, and I have no chance to see the emperor." Zhao Gao said: "It is true that only the prime minister is qualified to speak to you! Let me arrange this matter for you! As long as there is an opportunity, I will send someone to report to you immediately." Therefore, Zhao Gao deliberately waited for Hu Hai to have sex with his concubine, and sent someone to report to Li Si: "Your Majesty is free now, so you can go to play immediately." Li Si immediately dressed up and went to the palace, but he couldn't see him. Thinking of the rare opportunity, he reported three times in a row, hoping to see him. Hu Hai was very angry about this: "I usually have nothing to do, and the prime minister doesn't come to see me. Now that I'm busy, the prime minister just comes to interfere with me. There's nothing really wrong with it, but he came here on purpose!" Zhao Gao immediately fanned the flames and said: "The prime minister played an important role in the conspiracy in the sand dunes (referring to the violation of the first emperor's last words). Now your majesty is the emperor, but the prime minister is still the prime minister. He is dissatisfied in his heart. He must want his majesty to divide the land and make him king! And If your majesty doesn't mention it, the ministers dare not speak out about it. The prime minister's eldest son, Li You, is the prefect of Sanzhou, and the big bandit of Chu, Chen Sheng, and others are all from the vicinity of the prime minister's hometown. Therefore, when the Chu bandits were prevalent, the prefect of Sanchuan did not take the initiative. Attack, let him sit, the ministers even heard that he and the thieves still have documents, because there is no evidence, so they have not been reported, and the prime minister is now in the court, and the authority is even greater than your majesty." Hu Hai believed his words and wanted to arrest Li Si, but he was afraid that there would be no evidence of crime, so he first ordered people to investigate the exchange of documents between Li You, the prefect of Sanchuan, and the thieves. Li Si also got the information immediately, and only then did he know that Zhao Gao had deliberately framed him, so he immediately wrote a letter, bluntly speaking of Zhao Gao's conspiracy. "When Qian Tian was the prime minister of Duke Jian of Qi, he stole the Lord's grace, controlled the people and captured the ministers, so he was able to kill Duke Jian and steal the power. Everyone in the world knows this. Now Zhao Gao also has this. Ambition, his illegal behavior, and privately obtained wealth have already surpassed Tian Chang's in the Qi State, and his endless desires are still trying to seize the authority of the Lord. Perhaps he will follow Han Qizhi's behavior of framing Han An to seize power If Your Majesty does not investigate immediately, I am afraid that the subject will undergo great changes soon!" After receiving the remonstrance, the second king still couldn't reflect on it, and instead blamed Li Si: "What are you talking about? Zhao Gao is just a eunuch, how could he have any abnormal or illegal behavior? He has always been known for his clean conduct and good conduct, so he has a reputation for loyalty and prudent execution of his duties, which has won my trust. Why is the Prime Minister suspicious? Besides, I don’t trust Zhao Gao, who else can I trust? Zhao Gao is a man, honest and powerful, he knows people’s feelings from below, and can suit me from above. Please don’t be suspicious anymore!” Since Li Si still held great power in the court, Hu Hai worried that he would forcibly punish Zhao Gao, so he privately informed Zhao Gao of Li Si's complaint. Zhao Gao also acted first, saying: Li Si's father and son were killed, and Zhao Gao monopolized the power Although Zhang Han was able to defeat Chen Sheng, but after Xiang Liang's army crossed the river, the rebels became more powerful, and the princes rose together, and Kanto was no longer under the jurisdiction of the Qin Dynasty. The front line requested more military aid, but due to too much hard labor, the source of troops was not easy to concentrate, so the right prime minister Feng Quji, the left prime minister Li Si, and the general Feng Jie jointly made an admonition: "A group of thieves in the Kanto region came together. Although the imperial court has repeatedly sent troops to suppress and wiped out many mobs, the banditry has not diminished. The main reason is that the imperial court has recruited too many labors and taxes. The people are unbearable and forced to follow the rebels Thieves, please immediately stop the construction of the Efang Palace, and reduce the labor of guarding and transporting the four sides of the border." After discussing with Zhao Gao and others, Hu Hai decided to seize the opportunity to regain the minister's governance power, so Hu Hai decreed: "Anyone who is honored to have the world should fully reveal his nobility, in order to make the people of the world obey the emperor's decrees, so that those under him will not dare to do wrong. I am so poor that I am not even as good as the common people, so how can I promote the dignity of the law? What's more, the first emperor originally started from the princes. The merits of the late emperor should be seen by all. Now that I have been on the throne for two years, a group of thieves have risen together. The king and others can't stop them. They want to overthrow the late emperor's policy. Not only can the superior not repay the late emperor, but the inferior can't be loyal to me. Such a minister , How can I continue to be in power! ” So Feng Quji, Li Si, Feng Jie, etc. were arrested, dismissed from their posts, and ordered to punish them.Feng Quji and Feng Jie committed suicide because they did not want to be humiliated, seeing that the situation was over. Only Li Si was still imprisoned. Hu Hai ordered Zhao Gao to interrogate Zhao Gao on the pretext of Li You's treason, and ordered Li Si's family and guests to be arrested and tortured to extract a confession. In fact, the reason why Li Si endured the humiliation was that he was conceited that his eloquence was not hindered, and he had made great contributions to the court, but he really had no rebellious heart. Therefore, he wanted to write to Hu Hai to express his intentions, hoping that the emperor would wake up in time and forgive his crimes. He wrote in prison: "I am the prime minister of the Qin State, and I have governed the people for more than thirty years. At the beginning, the land of the Qin State was only a thousand miles away, and there were hundreds of thousands of soldiers. I tried my best. On the one hand, I conspired with my ministers and used gold and jade to lobby the princes; on the other hand, Secretly organized and trained armored soldiers, provided spiritual education, strengthened their combat effectiveness, and respected meritorious ministers, finally annexed six countries, captured their kings, unified the world, and established the Qin Dynasty. The dynasty dominates the world; Pingdouhu, measures, articles, and the establishment of a system, so that the government affairs of the Qin Dynasty can be promoted smoothly. If these are all the crimes of the ministers, such ministers should have been sentenced to death. Fortunately, the late emperor thought that the ministers were still available. It is possible to stay here until today! Please examine these facts in detail, Your Majesty." However, Zhao Gao ordered the jailer to abandon his letter and not to report it, and reprimanded him sharply: "How can a prisoner be qualified to write a letter to the emperor!" Fearing that the night would be long and dreamy, Zhao Gao sent several of his guests, pretending to be censors, servants, and emperor's special envoys, to interrogate Li Si in turn. Li Si answered the truth, but was immediately severely beaten. At this time, Zhao Gao encouraged Hu Hai to send someone to interrogate Li Si. Li Si thought it would be the same as the previous interrogation. "If it wasn't for Zhao Gao, he would almost have been betrayed by the prime minister." At this time, Li You, the prefect of Sanchuan, was also attacked by the Chu army. Li You was killed, and the messenger reported back to Hu Hai. Li Si was dragged out of prison, and tied at the head of the whole family together with his second son. Li Si turned around and said to his second son: "I want to take the yellow dog with you to hunt outside Shangcai Dongmen, it's impossible!" Father and son embraced each other and wept. Li Si regretted his participation in the Shaqiu plot, which led to the tragedy of the three families being executed at the same time. Song Yi asserted that Xiang Liang would be defeated The major changes in the Qin court will naturally have a blow to the morale of the front line, especially the chief general Zhang Han has always had no confidence in Zhao Gao. Therefore, when Xiang Liang's army went north, Zhang Han seemed to have no intention of fighting against the enemy for a while. In the battle of Yidonghe and the battle of Dingtao, the Qin army was defeated by the Chu army with more troops. Zhang Han had no choice but to retreat his army to the west of Yongqiu, and hurriedly asked the imperial court for reinforcements. At this time, Xiang Liang sent Xiang Yu and Liu Bang's coalition forces to defeat Li You's army defending Sanchuan in Yongqiu, and Li You died on the spot. As the Qin army retreated steadily, Xiang Liang's confidence in his command ability was strengthened. However, there is one person in the Chu army who holds a different view on this situation and is quite worried, and that is Song Yi, the former elder of Chu who joined Xiang Liang's camp with King Huai of Chu. Song Yi was born in a well-known family in the Chu State, and many members of his family had served as the Chu State Commander. Yin Songyi himself was not low in talent, especially because he knew the military and political organization of the Chu State very well, so he was hired as the chief military adviser of King Huai of Chu. At this time, Song Yi was very old, and his white hair seemed to be full of wisdom. Xiang Liang was quite jealous of Song Yi's background and talent. If it wasn't because of Song Yi's advanced age, Xiang Liang might even reject him. Therefore, the two seem to be in harmony on the surface, but in fact they have been fighting openly and secretly. Fan Zeng, who was full of coordination, tried his best to persuade Xiang Liang to let Song Yi be the respected but powerless Ling Yin, hoping to use Song Yi's reputation to win the hearts of the nobles of Chu country scattered all over the country. Song Yi still took the overall situation into consideration. Although he was dissatisfied with Xiang Liang, he still wholeheartedly supported the rebuilding of King Chuhuai's regime. When the Chu army crossed the Huaihe River in the north, Song Yi, as the special envoy of King Huai, was in charge of coordinating the newly joined Chu army from various tribes. Due to his rich experience in camping, Song Yi was deeply interested in Zhang Han's tactics and spent a lot of time observing and researching them. When Xiang Liang quickly moved his base camp northward to Dingtao, Song Yi was very nervous. He judged that Zhang Han was good at gathering troops, and he might take advantage of Xiang Liang's carelessness to adopt assault tactics. Moreover, the main force of the Chu army was too deep, which was very dangerous. . Xiang Liang had always been wary of Song Yi, so it was naturally difficult to accept his warnings. Not only did he never impose a warning, but he often led a few cronies to inspect the frontline in microservices, showing his "invincible general's momentum." Seeing this, Song Yi was even more worried. He had asked Fan Zeng for help, but Fan Zeng knew Xiang Liang's personality well, not to mention that Song Yi was a member of King Huai of Chu, and he suggested it. Also declined to coordinate. Xiang Liang became more and more impatient with Song Yi's interference, so he sent him to Qi State to contact Tian Rong to attack Zhang Han from the northeast. Halfway through Song Yi's trip, he happened to meet Tian Xian, the envoy of Qi State, Gaoling Jun. He told Tian Xian privately: "Are you going to meet Wu Xinjun (Xiang Liang)?" "yes". "I think Lord Wu Xin has been arrogant and underestimated the enemy recently. Sooner or later, he will be defeated by Zhang Han. You'd better go slowly, so as not to die in the chaos. If you go quickly, you may just catch up with the disaster of defeat!" Tian Xian knew Song Yi's ability very well, so he listened to his words and camped halfway. Zhang Han naturally fully grasped Xiang Liang's behavior on the front line, and Zhang Han had a deep understanding of the ferocity of the Chu army, so he never dared to take the initiative to attack Xiang Liang's outlying barracks. On the one hand, he asked Xianyang City for more military aid, and on the other hand, he gathered troops to assault Xiang Liang's base camp. He sent scouts to record Xiang Liang's actions in detail, and also learned that Xiang Liang often patrolled the front line in disguise. Therefore, he deliberately concealed his troops to make Xiang Liang and his generals more careless. At the same time, he also secretly planned the distribution of troops. A group of commandos would cut off the return route of Xiang Liang's micro-service tour from the rear, and he would lead the main force to attack Chu in Dingtao. Army headquarters. On a dark and windy night, Zhang Han ordered a surprise attack.Xiang Liang, who likes to patrol at night, was on his way home when he was attacked by Qin troops. He was caught off guard, and Xiang Liang and his cronies were all killed. When he was ordered in danger, Xiang Yu showed his talents The coalition forces of Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, who were originally in the vanguard, were attacking Waihuang on the left side of Zhang Han's main force. The bad news of the defeat and the death of Xiang Liang himself. Xiang Yu didn't believe it at first, but then Fan Zeng led the remnant troops to defect. In grief and indignation, Xiang Yu still calmly accepted Fan Zeng's suggestion, took the initiative to take up the aftermath work, and compiled the crumbling Chu army. When Xiang Liang passed away suddenly, the Chu army was greatly shaken. Xiang Yu took the initiative to comfort him, which won the hearts of the soldiers. In order to re-consolidate the defensive front of the Chu army, Xiang Yu ordered Lu Chen, the general on the western front, to lead his troops back to the east immediately; in order to narrow the front, he brought King Huai of Chu from Xuyi to Pengcheng, and made Pengcheng his capital.So Xiang Yu deployed Lu Chen's army to the east of Pengcheng, and his main force to the west of Pengcheng, preparing to meet the Qin army's southward advance, while Liu Bang led another non-moving force to station in Dang, serving as horns for each other. Soon, Song Yi also returned to Pengcheng from Qi. He secretly advised King Huai of Chu to take advantage of the situation to take back the dominance of the army, so as to empty the "Xiang Family Army." At this time, the Wei Bao Army, which was greatly supported by the Chu State, took advantage of the emptiness behind Zhang Han and went down to more than 20 cities in Wei, and the momentum was great. King Huai of Chu ordered Wei Bao to be the King of Wei in order to interfere with the Qin army. rear. In September, under Song Yi's plan, King Huai of Chu formally merged Xiang Yu and Lu Chen's armies, and became the commander-in-chief. Under Fan Zeng's persuasion, Xiang Yu also put the overall situation first, forbear his temper, and surrendered his military power. Xiang Yu was the Marquis of Chang'an, named Duke of Lu, and took Lu Chen as his situ, and his father Lu Qing as Ling Yin, who restrained the Xiang family army from within. He also separated Pei Gong Liu Bang, the leader of the Xiang family army's non-moving army, and stationed in Dangyang. The county was granted the title of Marquis of Wu'an. Less than a month after Xiang Liang's death, the Xiang family army, the main force of the Chu army, had shrunk to less than one-third under Song Yi's plan.However, Xiang Yu's performance in the crisis won the appreciation of the tribal leaders of Chu State, and Song Yi's deliberate rejection made Xiang Yu gain a lot of sympathy and support from the Chu army, and his reputation greatly increased.Song Yi saw it in his heart, worried secretly, and had no choice but to strengthen the support of Liu Bang's army, which was originally "Xiang's army's concubine lineage, to contain Xiang Yu, so that Liu Bang's status in the Chu army also rose rapidly." 【Chen Wende Commentary】 Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching Chapter Ten": "If you hold the soul and embrace one, can you be inseparable? If you focus on being soft, can you be like a baby? If you get rid of mysteries, can you be flawless? If you love the country and govern the people, can you do nothing? Tianmen Opening and closing, can there be no females? Knowing the four directions, can you be ignorant? Live animals, born but not born, grown but not slaughtered, are called "Xuande". People have endless desires, and few people will concentrate on doing the things in front of them. They always look for horses on horseback, looking at the heights of mountains. Therefore, it seems that they are pursuing growth on the surface, but in fact they have not done anything well. People originally only need to concentrate on their own "existence" and integrate their body and mind, but most people's attention is quite scattered. People are very fragile and soft, like newborn babies, but most people fail to keep this nature , instead of constantly pursuing toughness and toughness, constantly expressing one's own intelligence and wisdom, wanting to know everything, but not often revealing one's own shortcomings? Love the country, govern the people, and constantly emphasize that one's own wisdom is superior, and one cannot let nature take its course. Therefore, the more you do, the more you disturb the people. The functions of sense organs such as ears, mouth and nose are actually not very large, but people are unwilling to be lonely, they cannot be quiet and cautious, and they are constantly disturbing. Now that we know that life is limited, the human body is very important in the universe. I am small, but I can't help but want to make a difference, to do those fruitless efforts, this is also the main reason for the chaos in the world, self-seeking pain, and self-seeking troubles!" If we try to understand nature, we will find that this endless universe, the power of nature, which is less than one in tens of millions, is humble and inaction.Grows all things, nurtures all things, but never interferes or possesses. Nature creates all things, but does not take them as its own, nurtures all things without boasting of its merits, helps them mature, and does not seek any mastery of the nature of nature. This is the so-called subtle and mysterious virtue. It was in this situation that Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were eager to take advantage of the victory to pursue and expand the results of the battle, but their strength was gradually exhausted, which led to their failure. Xiang Liang also overestimated his strength after a series of victories, and was defeated when he was most proud. Li Si fell into Zhao Gao's conspiracy because he didn't know how to retire after the death of the first emperor and wanted to make a better career. Zhao Gao and Hu Hai lost confidence in their own status and power after successfully seizing power, so they were eager to eliminate dissidents, which caused the country to be harmed, the power of the dynasty declined day by day, and finally became victims. When you are in the upper hand, you don’t know how to preserve your strength. If you don’t devote yourself to the existing work, but do those immature developments, under the reluctant push, the existing strength will be exhausted, and the established foundation will be lost instead. Of course, the so-called not to be born, not to rely on, and not to be slaughtered does not mean that we must be conservative and complacent, but that we must let nature take its course and not disturb the natural changes of the environment with our own desires.But you have to grow together with the environment, adapt to it, and wait for the opportunity to mature.The so-called success will come when conditions are ripe, working so hard that you don't need to work hard, so that hard work no longer becomes intentional, is "inaction", and everything will grow naturally.