Chapter 32 Chapter 1 Pacifying Guanzhong

The Chencang pass is small, easy to defend and difficult to attack, so surprise tactics must be adopted.Han Xin then publicly announced the construction of the plank road, and deliberately asked Guan Zhongshou to focus on the project of the plank road. Build plank roads in the open, cross Chencang secretly Han Xin, who became the general of the Han army, began to plan Liu Bang's plan for the Eastern Expedition. When entering Guanzhong, in order to show that he would not return east, Zhang Liang once persuaded Liu Bang to burn down the plank road, so that Xiang Yu's camp could not be on guard.

The first pass that blocked Liu Bang was Zhang Han, the famous general of Qin State. Zhang Han didn't have a deep impression of Liu Bang, and he always looked down on such unorthodox generals, so he never made too many defensive preparations for Liu Bang. In fact, the person Zhang Han hates and despises the most is himself. Seal the town and guard the pass. Zhang Han knew that the people of Qin hated him. Fortunately, the Chu army suppressed him with force, so his safety was not a problem for the time being.But Zhang Han is not a person who pretends to be a tiger. He hates his current situation very much. He has become negative and decadent in dealing with things, and he is not willing to take care of things.

Information came from Hanzhong that Liu Bang worshiped Han Xin as a general, showing signs of preparing to attack Guanzhong. Zhang Han was not interested in this, nor did he express concern. Liu Bang's intelligence personnel, of course, also detected Zhang Han's mentality. Han Xin ordered the construction of plank roads.This project is quite huge, no matter how secret the operation is, it is impossible not to leak the news. Han Xin often went to the scene to boost morale. "We'll be back east soon." Zhang Han, who heard the news, only said lightly: "Building plank roads? Then it's too early to call!"

It is indeed not that simple to rebuild the burned plank road. But Han Xin never wanted to attack Guanzhong from the plank road. "Sun Tzu's Art of War" has fourteen changes of deception: "Close to show far, far to show near... Han Xin thought of the method of surprise and attacking the unprepared." In the west of the ruined hill of King Yong's capital in Zhanghan, there is a place called Baoji; because the Wei River flows through here, Baoji has become a rare jungle area in the Loess Plateau. It is said that Qin Wengong once hunted here and got a precious gem.This gemstone is extremely bright, and what is even more surprising is that when it is rubbed lightly, it will make a rooster-like cry. Therefore, Duke Wen ordered a temple to be erected to worship it.

The Weishui River flows from Longxi to Baoji, forming a natural channel, and the lower reaches of the Weishui River is Xianyang. Based on the convenience of transportation, the Qin imperial family built an official warehouse here to store grain, called Chen Cang. , and build a small checkpoint here. The hinterland of this checkpoint is small and cannot accommodate too many defenders, and the mountain road is rugged, and the army cannot be stationed, so troops can only be sent to help in emergencies.This is extremely beneficial to the attacking side. Moreover, in the Qinling Mountains, the only thing that can accommodate a large army to pass through is the natural channel formed by the Wei River. In addition, the terrain here is highly concealed, and it is not easy to be discovered when crossing secretly.

Han Xin chose this path. However, although the Chencang Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is necessary to adopt surprise tactics. He then publicly announced the construction of the plank road, and deliberately let the Guanzhong defenders focus on the project of the plank road. This is the famous "Mingxiu plank road" in history. , secretly crossing Chencang." Han Xin's army was divided into four major groups, each with about 4,000 to 5,000 people, and the departure time was about two days apart, so as not to let the other side find out. Han Xin himself temporarily stayed at the plank road project to prevent Zhang Han from being aware of Chen Cang's military actions.

In principle, after the capture of Chencang, Han Xin rushed to the front line quickly. Shenyuan was in turmoil, and Xiang Yu had no intention of taking care of Guanzhong. In Fan Zeng's national strategy, Liu Bang is the primary imaginary enemy, so Xiang Yu's camp is extremely concerned about Liu Bang's movements. Xiang Yu had fought against Zhang Han before, so he knew the command and combat effectiveness of Zhang Han, Sima Xin, and Dong Yi well. However, his only negligence was that due to the incident of killing soldiers and burning Xianyang, Zhang Han and others had already become walking corpses and completely lost their strength. combat capability.

In fact, what makes Xiang Yu really have no time to care about the situation in Guanzhong is that the issue of the Central Plains has fallen into serious anxiety. His wrong enfeoffment strategy quickly plunged the vassal states into turmoil. It was when Han Xin saw this that he took advantage of the momentum and marched into Guanzhong. The first to raise troops against Xiang Yu was Tian Rong, the chief military strongman of the Qi State who had not received any fiefdoms. In April, Xiang Yu moved to Tianshi, the king of Qi, as the king of Jiaodong, and Tian Du, the general of Qi who was close to Xiang Yu, became the king of Qi, which aroused considerable dissatisfaction in Tian Rong.

In less than a month, Tian Rong took the initiative to attack Tiandu with his powerful military force. Tiandu was unable to resist, so he had to abandon the capital city of Linzi, and fled to Chu with a small number of directly subordinate corps, where he joined Xiang Yu. Tian Rong welcomed Tian Shi into Linzi again, but Tian Shi was afraid of Xiang Yu's threat and abandoned the country and fled. Tian Rong was very angry and killed Tian Shi in Jimo in June, and proclaimed himself King of Qi in Linzi. At this time, Peng Yue, who was born as a thief, also gathered more than 10,000 troops to occupy Juye, which did not belong to Xiang Yu's original enfeoffment system.

Tian Rong took advantage of the situation to make friends with Peng Yue, gifted General Fei and ordered him to attack the northern Jibei King Tian An Tianan was obviously not Peng Yue's opponent, and Jibei fell within a month. King Qi. Next, they will face the pressure of the Chu army. Tian Rong then took the initiative to invite Peng Yue to attack Chu. Xiang Yu was furious at Tian Rong's lawless and bold challenge, and ordered Xiao Gongjiao to fight. Xiao Gongjiao blindly thought that the Chu army was invincible in the world, and he didn't care about Peng Yue's bandit organization at all. As a result, under Peng Yue's guerrilla tactics, he was completely defeated.

The defeat of the Chu army was an important encouragement to many careerists, and Chen Yu was one of them. The performance of fearing the enemy in the Battle of Julu made Chen Yu an international joke, and his reputation fell to the bottom.Although he made great contributions to persuading Zhang Han to surrender, Xiang Yu has never liked people who rely on their mouths rather than courage, so when Chen Yu divided the world, he only got three counties. It's a loss of face. Therefore, he also hated Xiang Yu to the extreme. When Tian Rong defeated Sanqi and restored the unification of Qi, Chen Yu sent his cronies Zhang Tong and Xia Shuo to lobby Tian Rong: "Xiang Yu is the ruler of the world. It is very unfair. All the generals who are close to him can be the king of a good place, but the original king will be moved to a worse place. "For example, King Zhao lived in the Dai Dynasty, but Zhang Er was the king of Changshan, Wang Zhaodi. I, Chen Yu, think this is very bad. Now that the king is raising troops to fight against Xiang Yu's tyranny, it is unrighteous to not support you. So Chen Yu is willing to be a pawn, please Give me some army support, and let me attack Changshan King and restore the status of Zhao Wang. Then the Zhao and Qi alliance will be enough to resist the strength of the Chu army." Tian Rong attached great importance to Chen Yu's intention, and immediately sent troops to support him to attack Zhang Er. Due to lack of strength, Han Wangcheng has been under the control of the Chu State, and was even placed under house arrest in the Chu camp, unable to return to Yangdi to rebuild South Korea. After Zhang Liang returned to South Korea, although he tried his best to restore the Korean regime, because Han Wangcheng was weak, he never dared to make demands on Xiang Yu, so Zhang Liang had to return to Hanzhong when he was disappointed, intending to seek refuge with Liu Bang. Seeing that Han Wangcheng could not get the support of the elders of South Korea, Xiang Yu abolished him as Ranghou and formally merged South Korea into the state of Chu.Soon, he had Han Wangcheng assassinated again, causing South Korea to return to perdition before it became alive. This was a great blow to Zhang Liang, and it also made this temperamental planning master determined to assist Liu Bang and deal with Xiang Yu to the end. Han Xin was in Wenxiu, Zhang Han was defeated Han Xingan embarked on the Eastern Expedition shortly after he took over as a general, mainly because he wanted to seize this opportunity. Sure enough, when Fan Kuai's former army had already captured Chencang, Zhang Han discovered the trick; driven by his sense of responsibility, he reluctantly gathered his troops and rushed to Chencang to help.But the people's hearts were against each other, and Zhang Han's Chu army was afraid, and they couldn't effectively stop the Han army's offensive. After the fall of Chen Cang, Zhang Han saw that his geographical advantages had been lost, so he retreated eastward. At this time, Liu Bang had already entered Chencang and commanded the three armies of Fan Kuai, Guan Ying, and Zhou Bo to join forces. Zhang Han's army retreated to Haoquan, prepared to resist Liu Bang's army, and sent emergency envoys to Sima Xin, Dong Yi and others for help. At this time, Liu Bang also sent envoys to lobby Sima Xin and Dong Yi.They considered that the people's hearts could no longer be grasped, and there was still a problem with self-protection with only a small number of Chu troops, and how they could support Zhang Han, so they decided not to hold out. Seeing that the reinforcements were not coming, Zhang Han did not dare to love to fight, so he retreated the army into the abandoned hill to prepare to hold on. Liu Bang's army easily occupied Yongdi and invaded Xianyang; Fan Kui then attacked Feiqiu, while Zhou Bo and Guan Ying put pressure on Sima Xin and Dong Yi respectively. Soon, Sima Xin and Dong Yi surrendered, and all the Guanzhong area was under the control of the Han army except for the abandoned hills that Zhang Han's army was firmly guarding. The elders of the state of Qin respected Liu Bang very much, so although there were not many Han troops, they quickly occupied the huge Guanzhong Plain. Liu Bang finally got his long-cherished wish and became the king of Guanzhong. At this time, he was forced to lead the army into Hanzhong, only four months away. Han Xin, the main planner of this campaign, also arrived in Guanzhong with Xiao He's reserve troops. Because Zhang Han insisted on defending Feiqiu, although Fan Kui's army attacked fiercely, the effect was not great. Han Xinnai went to Feiqiu to inspect the battlefield in person, and he suggested that Fan Kuai should flood the Feiqiu with the water from the Chuan River. It was the summer rainy season, and the water flow was turbulent. Fan Kuai ordered people to block the Yonghe River and let the water pour into the waste hill. Soon, the whole city of the waste hill was submerged in water. Seeing that the general situation was over, Zhang Han couldn't bear the heavy damage to the army and civilians, so he committed suicide. The remnant army of Feiqiu surrendered to Fan Kuai, and Guanzhong completely determined that Xiao Heyiqi's land should be divided into three counties, Weinan, Heshang, and Shangjun, which would be brought under the jurisdiction of the Han Dynasty. Since Liu Bang's family members were still in their hometown, the Han army did not dare to enter the Central Plains rashly, so they only sent a small-scale task force of Xue Ou and Wang Xi to quickly enter Chu from Wuguan to try to rescue Liu Bang's family members. Wang Ling's mother died righteously, and Liu Bang had no worries. But the person who really rescued Liu Bang's family from Pei County and made Liu Bang feel free from worries was Wang Ling, who was from the same town as Liu Bang and known as a fierce man. Wang Ling is from Pei County. Because of his generous personality and strong strategy, his early power was greater than that of Liu Bang, who was born in the pavilion. In addition, he was too familiar with Liu Bang's background, so Wang Ling really didn't understand how Liu Bang's power expanded. so scary. On the contrary, Liu Bang was very enthusiastic about Wang Ling, because he knew very well that treating the people in his hometown as enemies would be extremely detrimental to himself, who was of a poor background, so he had to pull Wang Ling to his side. In fact, during this period, Wang Ling also gathered thousands of troops to occupy Nanyang, with considerable influence. Even Xiang Yu, who was always proud and didn't take his opponents seriously, repeatedly expressed his admiration for Wang Ling. Based on the incident of burning Xianyang, Wang Ling's evaluation of Xiang Yu dropped sharply, which made him determined to support Liu Bang. After Liu Bang's army entered Renguan, Wang Ling had a premonition that there would be a confrontation between Liu Bang and Xiang Yu in the future, so he sent a commando to Pei County to welcome Liu Bang's family into Nanyang to show his position. After Xiang Yu heard the news, he immediately sent troops to station in Yangxia. On the one hand, he prevented Liu Bang's army from entering the Central Plains from Wuguan in large numbers, and on the other hand, he immediately went to Pei County to control Wangling's mother and welcome her into the barracks. Wang Ling had no choice but to send envoys to negotiate with Xiang Yu, so Xiang Yu asked Wang Ling's mother to sit at the guest of honor to show respect, and entertained the envoys with a banquet, hoping that Wang Ling would join Xiang Yu's camp. After the banquet, Wang Ling's mother said to the envoy in private: "Please help me, an old woman, to explain to Wang Ling that I must serve the King of Han (Liu Bang) well. The King of Han is an elder and will eventually win the world. Don't be swayed by my safety. My old woman will die now to show her will. to send messengers." After speaking, he committed suicide with his sword and died.The envoy also fled back quickly, and quickly reported the tragedy to Wang Ling. Xiang Yu thought he had been cheated and was very angry, so he cooked Wang Ling's mother's corpse to vent his hatred. This incident strengthened Wang Ling's determination to support Liu Bang. In order to resist the continued expansion of Liu Bang's power, Xiang Yu specially named Zheng Chang, the county magistrate of Wu County, the King of Han, and ordered him to be stationed in Yangdi to re-establish the line of defense. Zhang Liang worried that Xiang Yu's deployment of the main force in South Korea would hinder the Han army from going south to the Central Plains. In particular, Yang Zhai wrote an analysis of the frontline battle situation to Xiang Yu, saying: "The king of Han left Hanzhong. Judging from the current trend, he just wanted to occupy Guanzhong to obtain the king of Guanzhong that he originally deserved. I think he still dare not easily go east and enter the Central Plains." He also specially handed over to Xiang Yu the document that Qi Wang Tianrong and Liang Wang Weibao jointly rebelled and announced to the world at the same time, and said that Qi State will unite Zhao State and Liang State to fight against Chu State. Liu Bang's army is a greater threat to Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu consolidated the Chu land, and Liu Bang controlled the Qin land If the enfeoffment was divided according to Xiang Yu, the original king of Yan Han Guang should move to Liaodong, and Yan general Zang Tu, who was close to Xiang Yu, would be the king of Yan. However, Han Guang did not want to go to Liaodong. and Liaodong Kingdom. The power of Tian Rong, the strongman of Qi State, swept across Qi, Zhao, and Wei, and Liu Bang occupied Guanzhong again. Xiang Yu couldn't help but feel that the Central Plains was in danger of resurgence of turmoil. To fight against the outside world, we must first settle down inside. What worries Xiang Yu the most is the former King Huai of Chu—Emperor Yi, who still has the support of some elders of the Chu Kingdom. In September, Xiang Yu sent his cronies to follow Yidi to Chen, and constantly took the opportunity to drive apart his officials, which made the Chu tribal elders' support for Yidi begin to loosen. In October, Xiang Yu ordered Linjiang Wang Gongao, Hengshan Wang Wu Rui, and Jiujiang Wang Yingbu to jointly attack Emperor Yi and assassinate him in the Yangtze River. Xiang Yu has completely integrated the power of the princes south of the Yangtze River. After Chen Yu received the support of Qi Wang Tianrong, he raised his troops to attack Zhang Er, the king of Changshan. Zhang Er was short of troops and did not dare to stand firm, so he led his troops to Liu Bang, the king of Han who had always had an old friendship.Liu Bang received Zhang Er in Feiqiu and treated him favorably with princes' courtesy. King Changshan's army was formally merged into the Han army camp. Chen Yu introduced Zhao Xie, the king of Dai, and reinstated him as King Zhao, and King Zhao enfeoffed the original Dai kingdom to Chen Yu. Chen Yu felt that Zhao Wang's prestige was not enough, so he stayed in Zhao Duxiang to assist Zhao Wang, and He ordered Xia Shuo to govern the land for the prime minister. After Zhang Liang of South Korea confirmed that Xiang Yu had fully deployed his plan for the Northern Expedition, he secretly entered Guanzhong from South Korea and defected to Liu Bang again, and Liu Bang also named Zhang Liang Cheng Xinhou.Because Zhang Liangyou's physical condition has been in poor condition, Liu Bang did not form an independent army for him, but appointed him as Liu Bang's personal staff minister to follow Liu Bang directly. So under Zhang Liang's plan, Liu Bang led his army out of Hangu Pass to appease the elders of the Qin tribe outside the pass and win their support. During this period, the general situation of the world has changed a lot.The Tian Rong forces in the east swept the original Qi, Zhao, and Liang lands; Liu Bang owned the sphere of influence of the original Qin state, and Han land was also under his control; Xiang Yu reorganized the territory of Chu state and owned the essence of the original Liang state. The three camps formed a three-point confrontation. Henan Wang Shenyang was originally a subordinate of Zhang Er. Under Zhang Er's call, he also defected to Liu Bang and became Henan County of Han. Zhang Liang also persuaded Liu Bang to make Han Xin, the grandson of King Han Xiang, also named Han Xin, as the Korean Taiwei, and supported the army to let him go to conquer the original South Korea. Zheng Chang, the king of Han who was entrusted by Xiang Yu, could not resist Han Xin because he could not get the support of the old Korean forces. attack, had to surrender. In November, in order to respect Zhang Liang's long-cherished wish to return to Korea, Liu Bang supported Han Xin as the King of Han and commanded the former Korean Ministry, which still belonged to Liu Bang's Han army camp. Liu Bangnai returned to Guanzhong and established a new capital in Liyang. Xiang Yu only destroyed Tian Rong, and Liu Bang integrated Henan In the first month of the lunar year, Xiang Yu really led his army northward, preparing to fight his old enemy Tian Rong to the death. Tian Rong also assembled an army in Chengyang, preparing to fight Xiang Yu head-on. Sure enough, Xiang Yu once again brought into play his commanding talent in the Battle of Julu, and defeated Tian Rong's army within a day. Tian Rong was defeated and retreated to Pingyuan County, but was killed by the rioters. Xiang Yu then made Tian pretend to be the king of Qi, and led his army to march north to Beihai. In order to retaliate against the old account of Qi people's unwillingness to actively assist Chu since Xiang Liang's time, Xiang Yu's army burned the city walls and houses.They pitted and killed Tian Rong's camp to surrender soldiers, and captives abused the old, the weak, and women, causing the army to be destroyed wherever it went.In addition, Xiang Yu is more prepared to completely subdue Qi's resistance with a policy of terror. But this time Xiang Yu miscalculated again. The tribes and cities in Qi State were extremely resilient—this may be related to the long-term fighting and confrontation between Qi and Yan. The main force of the Chu State fell into a stalemate in Qi. In this case, the happiest person is naturally Liu Bang. He decided to take this opportunity to attack Xiang Yu's stronghold Pengcheng, perhaps defeating the Chu army in one fell swoop and gaining control of the world. Of course, fighting against the outside world also requires peace at home. After the defeat of King Zhang Han of Yong, his younger brother Zhang Ping still led the remnants to guard the Northland. Liu Bangnai sent a partial general to attack the North with all his strength, but Zhang Ping was in a mess.The army was defeated and captured, and Liu Bang also gained absolute control of Guanzhong. In March, Liu Bang personally led an army across the Yellow River from Linjin and entered the Central Plains. Wei Wang Wei Bao first led his army to surrender. Wei Bao originally intended to unite Tian Rong and Chen Yu to form a third force of his own, but because the main general Tian Rong had been defeated by Xiang Yu, Chen Yu had taken a defensive posture, which alarmed Wei Bao, who had always lacked ability and confidence, so he saw When Liu Bang's army marched towards the Central Plains, he immediately "expressed his surrender to the Han army by the side of the watermelon." Except for the state of Zhao supported by Chen Yu, who was not directly under the pressure of Chu and Han because of its location in the north, the only vassals in the Central Plains were Yin Wang Sima Yin. Sima Yin was originally Zhao's general. After the Battle of Julu, Sima Yin assembled part of the Zhao army to fight guerrillas in the Yellow River Basin, which put a lot of pressure on the Qin army and was of great help to Xiang Yu's future raids on the Qin State's garrison troops east of Hangu Pass. Therefore, he was named King of Yin. Sima Yin had a short-term cooperation with Liu Bang when he was on the West Expedition, so the two were more or less friendly. Caught between the forces of Chu and Han, Sima Yin really didn't know what to do. If he betrayed Xiang Yu, he might be severely retaliated against, but he had to lose if he confronted Liu Bang. The helpless Sima Yin had no choice but to pretend to fight Liu Bang on the surface, but in fact he took the initiative to admit defeat and surrender as soon as he came into contact with him. In this way, he finally gave Xiang Yu an explanation, and he would not be too rude to Liu Bang. A small boss in troubled times, struggling to survive in the cracks, Sima Yin's helplessness can be said to be the most obvious case. But for Liu Bang, the happiest thing is not that these kings have taken refuge one after another, but that he has got another right-hand man-Chen Ping, who is good at resourcefulness. Xiao He is the best manager of the management department, and he is very organized. Han Xin is a first-class business executive who is good at planning the development of the market. Zhang Liang can be called a planning master, providing comprehensive planning. Chen Ping, who is good at conspiracy Chen Ping is indeed Liu Bang's best private think tank. He has a keen mind and a clear mind, and often has unexpected ideas. Chen Ping, who was born as a commoner, often has different thinking from Zhang Liang, a descendant of aristocrats. Conspiracy's downside. Liu Bang has always liked to play pranks, and appreciates Chen Ping's tricks, so he thinks that Chen Ping is indeed his best "special assistant to the chairman." Chen Ping is a native of Yangwu. His family is poor. There are only about 30 mu of farmland. The two brothers depend on each other. It's what they worked hard for. Like Liu Bang, Chen Ping is also tall and handsome, quite decent, a very handsome man. However, in the conservative rural society, it is not so easy to get ahead by relying on appearance alone. But Chen Ping did not give up on himself. He studied very hard, and when he was young, he determined to "strive for success with knowledge." The elder brother hopes that the younger brother will get what he wants, so naturally he has no complaints, and he is fully responsible for all the farm work; but the sister-in-law does not think so, and the tall and majestic uncle only knows how to read and eat, so naturally he can't help complaining . Once, a neighbor jokingly said: "It's a miracle that your uncle lives in poverty, but still eats so fat." Unexpectedly, this unintentional remark caused my sister-in-law to complain: "He grew up with nothing to eat. It's better to have this kind of brother-in-law than not to have one." Chen Ping was not angry, but Chen Bo became furious, divorced his wife on the spot, and drove her back to her natal family. When Chen Ping reached the marriageable age, the rich family refused to marry their daughter to him because of their poverty, and Chen Ping did not want to marry the daughter of a poor family; so after the marriageable age, he was still a bachelor. A rich man from the same town, Zhang negative, had a granddaughter who had been married five times, but all the people who married her died suddenly, so there were rumors of Kefu that no one wanted to marry her.Only Chen Ping expressed his willingness to marry her, Zhang negative was very surprised and wanted to know more about this young man. Once someone in the township went to a funeral, Chen Ping knew the etiquette, and his family was poor, so he was chosen as the attendant of the funeral. He behaved decently at the funeral, Zhang negative saw it, and was very surprised. After Chen Ping left, Zhang negative followed him to the place where he lived.I saw that Chen Ping lived in a back alley without even a door, only covered with cloth mats; but outside the door there were traces of elderly people's cars, which meant that many people came here to ask Chen Ping for advice. After returning home, Zhang Neg said to his son Zhang Zhong: "I want to marry my granddaughter to Uncle Chen." Zhang Zhong said curiously: "The Chen family is poor, and my uncle doesn't give birth. Everyone in the county is laughing at him. Why do you want to marry my daughter to him?" Zhang Negative said: "How can a person like Uncle Chen, who is good-looking and connotative, be poor for a long time?!" After Chen Ping married Zhang Negative's granddaughter, he used her natal family's relationship to get a lot of financial help and expand his friendship. When there is a celebration in the village, Chen Ping is always in charge of dividing the sacrificial meat, and Chen Ping is very fair in the distribution, which convinces everyone.So even the elders in Lizhong praised: "That's good, Chen Ruzi (uncle) is the butcher." Chen Ping also expressed confidently: "If I have the opportunity to be slaughtered for the world, it will definitely be distributed fairly." Chen Ping joined Liu Bang Not long after the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang revolted, King Jiu of Wei was established. Chen Ping was appointed as the servant of King Jiu of Wei because he was good at etiquette. leave. This experience of being an official made Chen Ping understand the importance of finding a boss, so he was no longer eager to become an official, and would rather stay in his hometown for a while before talking about it. After the Battle of Julu, Xiang Yu's power expanded rapidly, and Chen Ping went to serve; Xiang Yu was named Jueqing because of Chen Ping's deep etiquette. However, Chen Ping still hopes to win the opportunity to participate in military planning, and he keeps making suggestions to Xiang Yu, which Xiang Yu appreciates.Therefore, when Liu Bang pacified Guanzhong and Yin Wang Sima Yin was extremely unstable, Xiang Yu appointed Chen Ping as Wu Xinjun, and led the guests of Wei Wang Jiu who was in the Chu camp to threaten Yin Wang.As a result, he quickly defeated Sima Yin and returned to camp. Xiang Yu ordered Xiang Han to worship Chen Ping as the captain, and gave him 20 yi in gold, as if he had become a general of the independent army. But soon Liu Bang forced Sima Yin to surrender again, and this time even the elders of Wei State moved closer to Liu Bang. Xiang Yu's main force was trapped in the quagmire of Qi, so he was very angry at the changes in the Yin state and ordered severe punishment for those who failed their duties. Chen Ping was the first to bear the brunt. In order to save his life, he had to seal his gold and seal, sent envoys to return Xiang Yu, and abandoned his post to flee. It can be seen from this that Chen Ping is still a person who is not greedy and respects integrity. Chen Ping fled alone, and planned to cross the Yellow River and escape from the Chu State-controlled area.Unexpectedly, the ferryman saw that Chen Ping was a good-looking man and was out alone. He expected that there must be gold and jade treasures around him, so his eyes showed a fierce look, and he was ready to kill Chen Ping. Chen Ping saw his own crisis from the boatman's actions, and immediately took off his clothes and walked to the bow, expressing that he wanted to help row the boat, so as to let the boatman know that he was empty, and he escaped the danger in a thrilling manner. After crossing the river, Chen Ping immediately defected to Xiuwu's Han army camp, and was introduced by Wei Wuzhi to meet Liu Bang. So Zhongjuan Wanshijun arranged for Chen Ping and the other seven people to come in for an audience at the same time. After giving food, Liu Bang said: "Please go back to the prepared dormitory first!" Chen Ping immediately said loudly: "I have something to go to the King of Han, and what I say can't be later than today." Liu Bang stared at Chen Ping in amazement, and intuitively thought that he might be a very good talent, so he ordered a special appointment with Chen Ping to have an in-depth talk with him.He found that many of Chen Ping's wisdom and insights were very close to his own, but Chen Ping could explain it clearly, and he couldn't help feeling very happy. Liu Bang asked Chen Ping: "What official position do you hold in Chu State?" "The minister once served as the captain." On the same day, Liu Bang also immediately worshiped Chen Ping as the captain, and ordered him to be a member of the army, stay by his side, and take up the official position of the Dian Hujun. The generals were shocked when they heard this, and many people protested to Liu Bang: "Your Majesty, you don't know the ability and loyalty of the fugitives from the Chu Kingdom who have just defected to us today, so you keep them by your side and let them guard us. Isn't that too much?" Liu Bang smiled and did not answer, but expressed his trust in Chen Ping even more. Chen Ping was very grateful for this, and wished he could die for Liu Bang immediately. In fact, Liu Bang had already seen that people like Chen Ping, although they had a high self-esteem, were extremely disturbed in their hearts, and they would not be able to accept them without special favors, so he arranged this special "trust show." It can be seen that in terms of employing people, Liu Bang does have the talent of great wisdom and foolishness. 【Chen Wende Commentary】 Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching · Chapter 23": "I hope to speak of nature, so the wind will not end the court, and the shower will not pass through the sun. Which one is for this? The world can't last long, let alone human beings! Therefore, those who are engaged in Taoism , the same as Dao; those who are virtuous, are the same as virtue; those who lose, are the same as losing. Those who are the same as Dao, the Tao is also happy to obtain it; those who are the same as virtue, the virtue is also happy to be obtained. Yan, do not believe it." The most important thing about management work is institutionalization and normalization.Everything becomes natural, "doing nothing, teaching without words". If you are only making "mobilization efforts", the management system will go wrong sooner or later. The so-called storm will not blow the whole morning, and the heavy rain cannot last all day. Even with the power of heaven and earth, it is still impossible, let alone us mortals ?." Those who engage in Dao will gain Tao, those who engage in virtue will gain virtue, and those who lose Dao and lose virtue will naturally gain nothing. Those who get Tao, Tao will naturally be willing to get close to them, and those who get virtue will naturally be close to them. If a manager does not know how to actively win the trust of his subordinates, he will naturally not gain the trust of his subordinates. In terms of personal conditions, Xiang Yu is much better than Liu Bang.Especially after attacking Xianyang, he has become the actual leader of the world. But as a manager, he is obviously incompetent because the manager must accommodate the managed and make the management work institutionalized and normalized, so that the position of the manager can be stable and successful. Xiang Yu's actions were just the opposite. Instead of understanding the world he controlled, he used his personal will to fight against these forces that had been subordinated to him.He has turned the world upside down, and has mobilized the power of various places, so he is hostile to everyone at the same time in a short period of time, no wonder he is in a hurry. In fact, only Liu Bang and Tian Rong were the real threats to Xiang Yu at that time, and they were still fledgling. If Xiang Yu really wanted to seal them off, it would not be difficult, but Xiang Yu messed up the old forces around him enough to block Liu Bang and Tian Rong Letting the enemy and ourselves into a mess naturally gave these two forces more opportunities to take advantage of. If Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng could try their best to contain Liu Bang and Tian Rong from the beginning, and first strive for the trust and stability of other forces, the general situation of the world may be completely different. During this period, Liu Bang behaved more like an excellent manager than Xiang Yu. When he should be tolerant, he should be tolerant, when he should fight, he should be brave, and when he should be patient, he should be patient. Everything conforms to the needs of the situation, but he has survived the major crisis in his life. , and began to turn the crisis into safety, establishing a solid position for himself in the battle for the role of the world. It was also during this period that Liu Bang gained the trust of many talents, such as the return of Zhang Liang, the appointment of Han Xin as a general, and Chen Ping as his personal secretary.His outstanding performance also made him truly gain everyone's trust.