Chapter 3 3. Through the affairs of the world, the hero emerges

After beheading Yin Tong, gaining Kuaiji, and raising the banner of anti-Qin, Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu stood on the cusp of the storm, gaining fame and attracting many people to join them. Among them, Chen Ying and Ying Bu were the most powerful. Chen Ying was a small official in Dongyang (now part of Anhui), but he was honest and trustworthy, and he had great prestige in the local area.After the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprisings, some bold people in Dongyang County also killed the magistrate who committed crimes and gathered thousands of people to revolt, but there was no leader who could convince the crowd, so Chen Ying was forced to be the leader.Yingbu was originally a tattooed prisoner in Lishan. Taking advantage of the chaos in the world, he gathered some prisoners and escaped, became a robber, and later took advantage of the situation to raise troops.Both of them realized that an unknown team would not last long, so they defected to Xiang Liang.

The Xiang family group grew rapidly, relying on the signboard that "Xiang family will be the general of Chu for generations". The survivors became the main force to contend with the Qin regime. From this point of view, Xiang Yu's starting point is actually very high. He has a dazzling family halo from the very beginning. With the growth of Xiang's group, Xiang Yu has also grown up step by step in the war. Not long after news of Chen Sheng's defeat and killing came, Xiang Liang became the core force of the anti-Qin armed forces. What should be the next step?Xiang Liang couldn't help but have the desire to emulate Chen Sheng: become the king himself and dominate one side.Xiang Yu didn't object to his uncle being king, and even believed that with the current strength of Xiang's group, being king was a matter of course, and some of his subordinates also did what they liked, and kept advocating Xiang Liang to become king on his own.

At this time, an old man was different from everyone else. He said to Xiang Liang: "Qin destroyed the six kingdoms, and the most innocent one was the king of Chu. The king of Chu died in Qin, and the people of Chu still miss him to this day. Chen Sheng If you come from a lowly family background, you should establish the queen of Chu as the king, but if you set yourself up as the king right after the uprising, you will go against the will of the people and you will surely fail." As soon as these words came out, Xiang Liang's mind immediately cleared up a lot. He realized that although he was powerful now, he had just started after all. If he became king all of a sudden, he might really follow in Chen Sheng's footsteps.From then on, Xiang Liang looked at this old man with admiration, and this old man was Fan Zeng, the number one counselor under Xiang Yu's tent in the future.

Next, Xiang Liang mobilized all his subordinates to search for the descendants of King Chu, and finally found a shepherd boy in a small mountain village, who was said to be the fourth-generation grandson of King Huai of Chu.Whether it is true or not is not important to Xiang Liang, what they are looking for is a title, a trump card to command the world. In June of the second year of Qin II (208 BC), Xiang Liang adopted Fan Zeng's plan and established the grandson of King Huai of Chu, who was still called King Huai of Chu, and Xiang Liang called himself Wu Xinjun. In this way, the Xiang Group obtained a reasonable identity and cleared the way for the future anti-Qin struggle.Since then, Xiang Yulian won two victories and emerged in the uprising at the end of Qin Dynasty.

First, Zhang Han, the greatest enemy of the Rebel Army and the ace general of the Qin Dynasty, appeared.After he wiped out Chen Sheng's army, he adopted a strategy of defeating the six major military groups of Zhao, Yan, Wei, Chu, Han, and Qi that had been "restored" successively. He attacked Wei first, and Chu and Qi went to support them first. He was beaten to death.The big tree attracts the wind, and the Xiang's army, which is the core force against Qin, will soon become Zhang Han's next target. Realizing that Zhang Han was approaching every step of the way, Xiang Liang summoned his generals and advisers to discuss countermeasures. Chen Ying, Ying Bu and others all knew that Zhang Han was powerful, so they all advised Xiang Liang to be cautious and avoid his edge. unhappy.From the moment he knew that his grandfather had been killed, he had hated Qin. He had been suffering from no chance of revenge. Now that Qin generals are about to come, these generals are still talking about "avoiding their edge"!Xiang Yu immediately interrupted them and said: "Since you're here, why don't you beat him up? Zhang Han can be so powerful? Please let my nephew fight him." After observing, I feel that Xiang Yu may still defeat Zhang Han, so why not take this opportunity to practice Xiang Yu?So he agreed to his request, and warned: "Zhang Han is the most powerful enemy of the Yi army. You must be very careful when you kill people without blinking an eye." He is his strongest enemy..." At this time, Xiang Yu finally had the opportunity to fulfill his youthful ambition of being "enemy of ten thousand people", how could he be timid?

This is the first contest between Zhang Han and Xiang Yu. There is no story and no twists and turns. Xiang Yu fought Zhang Han with the courage and courage of a newborn calf. Examining this young general for the first time, he also realized that the young man he was facing would be his strongest enemy in the future.In this battle, Xiang Yu won the battle with such joy that Zhang Han ran away. Next, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang's allied forces marched non-stop, captured Chengyang, and slightly reached Yongqiu.Xiang Yu fought fiercely with Li You, the governor of Qin Sanchuan County, and beheaded Li You among thousands of troops.Li You was the son of Li Si, and he could be called a famous general in the late Qin Dynasty, but he lost all glory when he met the future "Overlord of Western Chu".At that time, his father Li Si was framed by Zhao Gao and imprisoned, but he fought bravely on the front line and persisted until the end, dying a very tragic death.

Xiang Yu's successive victories made Xiang Liang arrogant. He felt that Zhang Han had already been defeated, and Xiang's army could no longer find an opponent in the world, so he decided to personally lead troops to attack Dingtao and make contributions.At this time, Xiang Liang made a huge military mistake: underestimating the enemy. When they arrived at Dingtao City, Xiang Liang found that the walls of this small city were strong and heavily guarded. They couldn't find a place to attack for a while, and it was raining heavily, which was not suitable for attacking the city. Xiang Liang's army was stationed outside the city like this.At this time, Xiang Liang was determined to make contributions. Although he realized that he underestimated the enemy before, he refused to let go of his face, so he didn't advance or retreat. He could only hide in the tent, drink and chat, and pass the boring time.On Zhang Han's side, he received a lot of reinforcements from the court and his military strength increased greatly. Seeing Xiang Liang delivered to his door, how could he let go of such a good opportunity.One night, Zhang Han led a group of troops, braved the heavy rain, stepped on the muddy road, slowly surrounded and attacked Xiang Liang's troops.This time, Xiang Liang died under Zhang Han's sword before he had time to reflect on his mistakes. Xiang's army was almost wiped out, and only Fan Zeng escaped by chance.

That day, Xiang Yu was discussing matters with Liu Bang in his tent, when he heard a report from a soldier, Xiang Yu hurried to the outside of the tent, and was shocked to see Fan Zeng covered in blood all over his body. Hearing the sad news of Xiang Liang's death in battle, Xiang Yu's face darkened suddenly. He followed Xiang Liang since he was a child and regarded Xiang Liang as his biological father. Now that Xiang Liang died under Zhang Han's sword, the grief in his heart can be imagined.He recalled that evening more than ten years ago when the whole family heard the news of his grandfather's death. The flame of hatred in his heart burned even more violently, and he was so indignant that he chopped down several tables with his sword.Later, Xiang Yu ordered the three armies to be summoned, and then swore in front of the three armies: "Today Zhang Han killed my uncle, I swear to God, I will not avenge this, and I will not be a human being!"

The death of Xiang Liang was a huge blow to Xiang Yu. The newly established King of Chu took the opportunity to seize the rest of Xiang Liang and control the military power. Xiang Yu's status in Xiang's army declined sharply; It brought a historic opportunity. Xiang Liang died in battle, and Xiang Yu really walked out of Xiang Liang's halo. He began to have the opportunity to face more intense political struggles, and gradually grew up in the war, completed the transformation, and laid the foundation for the hegemony of Western Chu. base. Therefore, when the heavens will send a great mission to the people, they must first suffer from their minds and muscles.Xiang Yu really grew up after experiencing real swords and guns on the battlefield again and again, and after experiencing the grief of losing his relatives.The conquest on the battlefield showed his unparalleled martial arts and outstanding military talents, but he only had some vague concepts about political intrigue.Xiang Liang died early, King Huai of Chu took the opportunity to seize power, and suddenly pushed Xiang Yu into the vortex of political struggle.