Chapter 41 Post-practical Viewpoint Strategy VS Tactics

When many historians and novelists talk about Xiang Yu and Liu Bang's struggle between Chu and Han, most of them think that Liu Bang is good at tricking and deceiving the enemy, while Xiang Yu is too straightforward and clumsy in employing people. This is the most important reason why Xiang Yu lost to Liu Bang at the last moment. factor. The four-year struggle between Chu and Han began when Liu Bang entered the pass and Prince Qin surrendered. Therefore, the first year included events such as the Hongmen Sword Banquet, Xiang Yu's division of the world, and Liu Bang's forced retreat into Hanzhong.During this period, Liu Bang was completely beaten, and there was no "dispute happening."

From Liu Bang's secret crossing of Chencang and annexation of the Three Qin Dynasty, it is considered to have officially entered the Chu-Han confrontation. He didn't especially win over the princes who belonged to Jiangnan's original team, so Liu Bang had the opportunity to lobby Jiujiang Wang Yingbu. The result of Pengcheng's defeat showed that Liu Bang was indeed no match for Xiang Yu in terms of combat command.Due to the wrong assessment of each other's capabilities, Liu Bang fell into an unprecedented crisis, and the reason why Xiang Yu was unable to annihilate Liu Bang in this decisive battle should be due to luck.

From then on, Liu Bang never wanted to fight with Xiang Yu again, but he chose Xingyang and Chenggao as the stalemate locations, which was a very clever strategy. Natural dangers are enough to make the hero Xiang Yu, who is in command of tactics, useless. Although forced to evacuate several times during this period, Liu Bang still effectively blocked the Chu army's attack on the Guanzhong area on the periphery.On the contrary, no matter how hard Xiang Yu tried, he couldn't take much advantage. After the defeat of Pengcheng, Liu Bang's most successful strategy was to win over Yingbu from Jiujiang and Peng Yue from Liangdi to Liu Bang, which undoubtedly broke Xiang Yu's right and left hands. The reason why Xiang Yu was still unable to break through Liu Bang's Xingyang defense line was to lose these two The assistance of strength should be the greatest cause.

As long as Xingyang is guarded, Liu Bang will be invincible. Then Liu Bang's strategic advantage took the lead all the way, and the person who made the greatest contribution in this regard should belong to Han Xin. Conquering the states of Wei, Dai, and Zhao has given Liu Bang an absolute advantage. Whether it is the area, population, or food and fodder he governs, it has grown several times over the past few years.On the contrary, Xiang Yu's strength has become less and less, and he has completely shown signs of defeat. The key to victory in the end is that Xiang Yu of Qi State still sent hundreds of thousands of soldiers to Long Qie in the stalemate in Xingyang, which shows that he also saw the crisis; It can be said to be the biggest key to the struggle between Chu and Han, but Xiang Yu still chose Long Qi, who was more similar to him, instead of Zhong Limei, who could complement him, in the crisis, thus losing his last chance.

In this year and a half, Liu Bang has actually gained an absolute advantage, and defeating Xiang Yu is only a matter of time. Excellent tactics can make strategy implementation more effective, but if the strategy is wrong, no matter how excellent the tactics are, it may not be easy to turn the tide.