Chapter 24 1. Pretentious posture, the plank road is confused with smoke and tyrants

In the first month of the first year of the Han Dynasty (206 BC), Xiang Yu finally relied on his absolute military superiority to establish himself as the overlord of Western Chu, with his capital in Pengcheng (today's Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province).Cracking the earth and entrusting eighteen princes and kings began another era of feudal lords competing for the throne. Besides, Liu Bang, relying on his own think tank at the Hongmen Banquet, deceived Xiang Yu, made a gesture of surrender, and finally saved the day.Xiang Yu was not stingy. He named Liu Bang the King of Han and set his capital in Nanzheng (now east of Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province). However, Xiang Yu did not fulfill the original agreement made by the King of Chu and the heroes, and did not give Liu Bang the Guanzhong area he wanted most. It was given to him the Bashu area, which can be called a dangerous frontier area.Xiang Yu divided Guanzhong into three divisions, named Qin's generals Zhang Han, Sima Xin, and Dong Yi as kings respectively, and tried to use them to control Guanzhong. Xiang Yu's move was really troublesome, but he didn't realize it.

For several months, after thinking about it, Liu Bang felt that he was completely useless.Looking back on his war experience in the past few years, he was even more indignant: In order to get ahead of the pass, in the battle with the Qin army, he would fight if he won, and run if he could not win. He even cut off the Yellow River ferry to prevent the princes from fighting ;When I arrived in Xianyang, I finally picked the fruits of victory. The palace beauties are close at hand, but they don't plunder the treasures, and they work hard to maintain social order. All these hard work are paid for? !It is not true that Liu Bang has no ambitions. He spent half his life and made friends. He is very comfortable as a small Surabaya pavilion chief. However, he has been involved in the anti-Qin army these years, and he has been involved in the anti-Qin army. Xiang Yu was restricted in Hanzhong, so he was naturally unwilling.

In fact, what made Liu Bang most angry was that everything he did was originally for Xiang Yu.As soon as Xiang Yu arrived, he broke out a huge hatred for the Qin Dynasty, beheaded the Qin Jiangwang, burned the palace, plundered the treasures, swept the harem beauties, slaughtered Xianyang City, excavated the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, and did whatever he wanted.Even so, the princes from all walks of life had to obey his orders, and even they had to humble themselves, submit to it, and accept the title of King of Han he gave themselves under his banner.Not to mention, the majestic king of Han, named Guanzhong, is actually in Ba and Shu.What is that place?

Zhang Liang gave Xiang Bo some gold and white jade, begging him to intercede with Xiang Yu, and Xiang Yu reluctantly gave Liu Bang more fiefdoms in Hanzhong.Now Liu Bang completely stopped thinking, is he really going to spend the rest of his life in that dangerous place? Of course Liu Bang was not reconciled, and Xiao He guessed what was on his mind when he saw that he was not thinking about eating and drinking, and his brows were furrowed.Xiao He asked: "Why did Xiang Yu force the lord to the barren land in Hanzhong?" Liu Bang replied sullenly: "Why? Is it because he is afraid that I will compete with him for the world!" Xiao He asked again: "Pei Gong feels that he has the strength and strength now. Is Xiang Yu fighting for the world?" Liu Bang smiled helplessly: "Brother Xiao, you have followed me for many years, but you still don't know what I am capable of. I don't dare to fight him hard! It's just that he shouldn't guard me like a thief, let me go to that place..." Xiao He said: "I know the master is not reconciled, but you also said that we are not Xiang Yu's now Opponent, since we let us go, let him rest assured, it is not a place to wait for a long time. Although our strength is not yet able to compete with Xiang Yu, but in the future we may not be able to..." Hearing what Xiao He said, Liu Bang felt that There is no good way, just bear with it for now.

In April of this year, with a depressed mood, Liu Bang led the 30,000 soldiers sent to him by Xiang Yu and tens of thousands of volunteers to follow, from Du County to the south step by step into the ravines and mountains.Zhang Liang was going back to Korea to assist the King of Han, and had to part with Liu Bang again. This time Liu Bang went to Hanzhong, and Zhang Liang escorted him all the way.Walking to Baozhong, Liu Bang reluctantly said: "No matter how far you are sent, you have to say goodbye. You have to go back to Korea to work, so you don't need to send any more." Zhang Liang stopped and said to Liu Bang, "King Xiang asked you to go. The land of Bashu must be clear to you, right?" Liu Bang nodded.Zhang Liang went on to say: "Then what are you going to do when you arrive in Hanzhong?" Liu Bang thought to himself: "Zhang Liang is also confused today. Now, King Xiang is still worried, he will keep watching you if you make any moves in the future, in order to show him that you have no intention of paying back, just burn down the plank road, and it will also prevent others from attacking from behind." Liu Bang looked at it. He looked at Zhang Liang, thought for a while and suddenly realized, and tightly grasped Zhang Liang's hand...

Liu Bang ordered to send a small group of people to walk at the end, and burn down the plank road erected on the steep wall while walking. Xiang Yu was in the tent, not idle for a while.There is really no one in the world who Xiang Yu is afraid of, but Liu Bang is the only one who can catch his eyes.When he met Liu Bang for the first time, he felt that Liu Bang had a very likable temperament. Liu Bang first attacked Xianyang, which made him look at him differently. At the "Hongmen Banquet", he did not hesitate to offend Fan Zeng and let Liu Bang go. It was because he still had brotherhood in his heart. In the future, Liu Bang really turned against him, and he didn't have any face in front of Fan Zeng, so he deliberately planned to let Liu Bang go to the remote Hanzhong, in order to reassure himself, and also to block Fan Zeng's mouth.

Since the enfeoffment, Xiang Yu has been paying close attention to Liu Bang's developments all the time, and the spies he sent out have come back to report one after another. "Liu Bang's army has already set off." "Liu Bang's army has already crossed the mountain..." "...Thick smoke billows from the southwest, as if Liu Bang burned down the plank road..." "Plank road?" Xiang Yu talked to himself first, and then a smile appeared on his face in a blink of an eye, thinking: "This Liu Bang can guess what's on my mind, so that's good, just stay in Hanzhong." Xiang Yu was in a very good mood at this time Okay, shout out to the outside: "Order Yu Ji to prepare for singing and dancing..."

Xiang Yu can sit back and relax, but Liu Bang's life is not easy.Liu Bang's army marched all the way to Hanzhong. On the way, the mountains were high and the roads were dangerous, and the people were sparsely populated. The soldiers were full of resentment.Later, seeing Liu Bang ordering the plank road to be burned, they felt that there was no hope of returning home, so they ran away one after another.Liu Bang kept hearing reports from his subordinates, and even dozens of generals ran away.After several days of trekking, he finally arrived at Nanzheng, the capital of the country. As night fell and the moon hung high, Liu Bang felt even more desolate.

Just after entering the city, the soldiers in the army were resettling their residences, it was a mess, and Xiao He could not be found after searching.Someone said that seeing Xiao He running out of the city in a hurry, Liu Bang trembled all over, and the cup in his hand almost fell to the ground.Is Xiao He going to run away too?Even Xiao He ran away, which is not bad!Liu Bang shouted anxiously: "Hurry up and get him back, at all costs, even if tied, I must tie Prime Minister Xiao back!" Two days later, Xiao He appeared in front of Liu Bang, his face covered with dust, and he was very embarrassed.Looking at Xiao He, Liu Bang was both happy and annoyed. He couldn't laugh or cry, and asked in puzzlement, "Why do you even run away?" Xiao He said, "Oh, my lord misunderstood me. How dare I run away. I'm going after the runaway .”

It turned out that Xiao He had gone after Han Xin.After Liu Bang heard Xiao He's words, he scolded Xiao He severely, and said: "So many generals have escaped, and you just don't chase after them. How can Han Xin be worth your pursuit? I think you are really confused!" He said sincerely: "As many generals as there are, it would not be a pity to run away. There is only one Han Xin, and he can't run away. If you just want to be king here, of course you don't need Han Xin; if you want to fight for the world, apart from Han Xin There is no one else. It depends on how you make decisions."

This sentence moved Liu Bang's heart.Of course Liu Bang wanted to fight for the world, but his full of grievances cannot be finished in a few words.After a while, Liu Bang said slowly to Xiao He: "I dream of developing eastward and competing for the world. How can I stay here for a long time?" Xiao He said: "In this case, Han Xin should be reused. Otherwise, Han Xin I still have to run away." Liu Bang thought, now is the time to employ people, no matter whether he is capable or not, let's stay here first, besides, Xiao He has recommended him many times, and even went after him specially, he must have some talent, and I have to give it to Xiao He save face.So he said to Xiao He: "Well, for your sake, let him be a general." Xiao He refused, and said to Liu Bang: "If you make him a general, he will definitely not stay." Liu Bang thought for a while , Said: "How about the general? It sounds quite majestic." Xiao He could hear that Liu Bang still didn't value Han Xin. Therefore, under the auspices of Xiao He, Liu Bang chose an auspicious day, bathed and fasted, set up a high altar and a square, held a grand appointment ceremony, and worshiped Han Xin as his general.Liu Bang was not very willing in his heart, but he finally adopted Xiao He's opinion. Even he himself didn't know the extraordinary value of Han Xin in the future conflict between Chu and Han. God gave him Han Xin, which was doomed to his final success. Xiang Yu did not abide by the agreement and entrusted Liu Bang to the remote and desolate Hanzhong because he considered that Liu Bang might become his most important competitor.The strength of the Han army was weak, so Liu Bang could only endure it and seek justice.Zhang Liang's vision was far-sighted, and he decided to burn down the plank road, which had a great paralyzing effect on Xiang Yu.When Xiang Yu relaxed his vigilance, the heroes of Hanzhong were actively preparing to implement the plan of "returning the Sanqin".