Chapter 25 5. Farewell My Concubine
Xiang Yu could have been immortal, or even undefeated.
In fact, the Chu-Han war lasted until August of the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, and neither side wanted to fight any longer.Especially Xiang Yu, who was exhausted and ran out of food.So an agreement was reached: Xiang Yu returned Liu Bang's father and wife, and Chu and Han divided the world.
The dividing line that divides the world is called the boundary.Honggou was originally an ancient canal, which was dug in the tenth year of King Wei Hui (360 BC) during the Warring States Period.The old road diverted the water from the Yellow River from Xingyang City, Henan Province to Huaiyang County and flowed into Yingshui.Taking this as the boundary, the west is Han, and the east is Chu. This is the so-called "Chu River Han boundary".
The agreement was reached, and the Chu army shouted long live.
However, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping told Liu Bang that the Han Dynasty already had more than half of the world, and there was enough food and grass, but Xiang Yu could not sustain it.This is the time when the heavens perish in Chu, the opportunity must not be missed, and the time will never come again, and we must not let the tiger go back to the mountain.
Liu Bang thought it was reasonable and decided to cross the chasm.
In October of the fifth year of the Han Dynasty, that is, two months after the peace agreement was reached, Liu Bang unilaterally broke the agreement and led his troops to chase the Chu army to Guling (now Huaiyang County, Henan Province).Two months later, the troops of Han Xin and Peng Yue arrived, and the three armies encircled Xiang Yu at Gaixia.
The Overlord of Western Chu can only Farewell My Concubine.
At this time, the night was already deep, and there were songs of embarrassment on all sides. Huge candles were lit inside the king's tent, and bright torches were lit outside the tent.Xiang Yu, who is known to be helpless, is thinking about the girl named Yu and the horse named Zou (read as chasing) at the last moment of life and death.
Xiang Yu drank all the wine in his glass, got up and sang generously——
This song was composed by Xiang Yu himself.He sang it several times, and Concubine Yu should also sing along, tragic and desolate.Those who heard it were deeply moved, and all shed tears, and no one could look up at their king.
Xiang Yu burst into tears.
Ah, Yuxi, Yuxi, Nairuo!
No one knows what happened to Yu in the end, only that Zou returned to Jiangdong.Xiang Yu and his brothers stayed in Jiangxi forever.
That night, Xiang Yu led 800 cavalry to break out of the encirclement.They crossed the Huaihe River and reached Yinling (now northwest of Dingyuan County, Anhui Province), but lost their way in Yinling.So Xiang Yu resolutely led his troops eastward and returned to Dongcheng (now southeast of Dingyuan County, Anhui Province).At this time, there were only twenty-eight riders left beside him.
His fighting spirit was also extremely high.
Xiang Yu said to the soldiers in charge, it has been eight years since I started the army, and I have experienced more than 70 battles. I must win every battle and conquer every attack. I have never been defeated.This time, maybe the sky is going to kill me!Well, I will fight again for everyone, to see if I can't fight, or if the sky wants to destroy me.
After finishing speaking, with a loud roar, the Han army was invincible, and heads fell to the ground one after another.
Xiang Yu laughed.
He turned his head and looked at the soldiers proudly and said: How is it?The subordinate officers and men fell to the ground together and said in unison: "It's like the king's words."
That's as childish as it gets!
It is difficult to guess Xiang Yu's psychology at this time.Perhaps, after more than seventy battles, he was already tired.Perhaps, with these seventy-odd battles invincible, he felt that it was enough.Perhaps, he didn't take the world and the throne too seriously.He just wanted to be able to live his life heroically and heroically, and he also wanted to have a wonderful curtain call when he quit the battlefield and life.
Only in this way, he will give up the "decisive battle" and choose "quick battle".
Similarly, he also refused to cross Jiangdong.
In fact, when Xiang Yu came to Wujiang, there was a boat waiting for him there.Moreover, the head of the Wujiang Pavilion who was driving the boat told Xiang Yu that there was only this small boat on the entire Wujiang River, and the Han army could not catch up to the river no matter what.
However, Xiang Yu declined the kindness of the pavilion chief.He just asked the pavilion chief to take his beloved war horse Zou across the river, but he refused to board the boat.Xiang Yu said, God is going to kill me, what am I doing crossing the river!Back then, I, Xiang Ji, led 8,000 children from Jiangdong across the river, and now none of them survived. How could I have the face to meet Jiangdong's elders?Even if they don't say anything, am I not ashamed?
Xiang Yu decided to fight to the death.
Those who regard death as home are irresistible, and Xiang Yu, who is seriously injured, still makes his enemies frightened.They surrounded Xiang Yu, but no one dared to make a move.Xiang Yu laughed again.He said to Wang Yi, the general of the Han Dynasty: I heard that your country paid a lot of money, rewarded thousands of gold, sealed ten thousand households, and bought my head. I will give you a favor!
After speaking, Xiang Yu cut off his own head with a sword.
At the same time that Wang Yi snatched Xiang Yu's head, other Han soldiers also rushed forward, trampled on their horses, and fought desperately.In the end, the five people divided up Xiang Yu's body and shared the piece of land rewarded by Liu Bang.
A hero can't die like this.
This is Xiang Yu's tragedy, but also the tragedy of the times.
In fact, since King Goujian of Yue killed Wenzhong, a doctor, and Su Qin and Zhang Yi relied on deceit and trickery to get into the prime minister, an era has come to an end.The era that ended was full of heroism and aristocratic spirit, just like tigers and leopards; the later eras were like wolves and sheep, advocating the desire for profit and power, becoming more and more vulgar and mediocre.
So what we see is such a picture: a tiger or leopard representing heroism and aristocratic spirit dies alone on the grassland, while a group of vulgar wolves and mediocre sheep swarm up and trample on it wantonly.Each of them tore off a piece of leopard skin or a tiger bone and held it in his mouth, ready to go back and ask for rewards.And not long ago, they didn't dare to look into the eyes of that tiger or leopard at all.
The leader of this pack of wolves and sheep is Liu Bang.
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