Chapter 43 7. Be rebellious

How much impact did Peng Yue's death have on the Han Dynasty?From the perspective of cessation of war and peace for the people, this is a good thing, but this incident also led to another rebellion-the rebellion of King Huainan. The King of Huainan was Yingbu who helped Xiang Yu to kill 200,000 Qin troops.Yingbo stood in the camp of the Han army in the later period of the Chu-Han War and became a decisive weight for the Han army to win.After the Chu-Han dispute ended, Liu Bang gave him a large area of ​​land, probably Huainan, Anhui and most of Jiangxi Province.For the "job-hopping" Yingbo, Liu Bang is much more generous than Xiang Yu.In the early years of the founding of the Han Dynasty, Yingbo would meet Liu Bang every year to show his loyalty.

When Han Xin was killed, Ying Bu felt "sorrowful for the death of the rabbit"; when Peng Yue was killed, Empress Lu sent someone to bring him Peng Yue's meat sauce.Yingbo was even more frightened, afraid that he would be the second Peng Yue. Since then, Yingbo has nightmares every night, either dreaming of Han Xin or Peng Yue, and even dreaming that he was killed by Liu Bang.Yingbu was afraid of a sudden change in the situation, so he sent heavy troops to patrol the border of the closed country, and privately built weapons and trained the army.Yingbo didn't want to rebel at this time, but he was ready to rebel, and also to increase his sense of security.Yingbo was originally heroic and informal, but at this time he became suspicious and suspicious, and things went wrong because of "suspicion".

One of Yingbu's favorite concubines fell ill and was sent to see a doctor. The doctor lived opposite to the Chinese doctor Ben He.Ben He thought that he was an official in the palace, and it was his duty to take care of the concubine Wang, so he became confused. drinking. After recovering from illness, Chong Ji mentioned Ben He to Ying Bu, and praised him as a kind and gentle elder.Yingbo asked Chongji, "How do you know about Ben He?" Chongji was startled, and immediately told Yingbo about Benhe's banquet and gift. These are trivial matters, and it is said that Yingbo can just laugh it off, and it can't be serious.But Yingbo was indeed in an extraordinary period. During this period, he was restless every day, afraid that one day Liu Bang would attack him, and felt that he was really useless after many years of fighting and ended up like this, so he found something to vent his dissatisfaction.

Yingbo suspects that the relationship between his favorite concubine and Ben He is not normal, and loses his temper.Ben He was terrified when he learned about it, so he said he was sick and asked for leave.In this way, Yingbo became more suspicious and wanted to arrest him.Ben He felt that he could not save his life if he didn't run away, so he ran away. Ying Bu sent someone to chase him, but failed to catch up. As soon as Ben He arrived in Chang'an, he wrote a letter stating that Yingbo had shown signs of rebellion, and suggested that Yingbo could be killed before he sent troops.Liu Bang discussed it with Prime Minister Xiao He after seeing it. Xiao He said: "I guess Yingbo is not like this. I am afraid that Benhe framed Yingbo out of personal enmity. I think it is better to arrest Benhe first, and then secretly send people to investigate and verify." Liu Bang agreed. , An investigation team was sent to Huainan.Seeing that Ben He had escaped, Ying Bu sent envoys from the imperial court to investigate, and felt that the emperor was about to do something, so he killed Ben He's family and rebelled.

The news spread to Chang'an that Liu Bangzheng was seriously ill, and he forced his sick body to convene all the ministers to discuss how to respond.All the generals said: "Send troops to attack him and bury this boy alive!" Liu Bang smiled bitterly, feeling very worried.Han Xin, Peng Yue, and Yingbo are not idle people. Han Xin and Peng Yue are dead, and Yingbo has no opponent.Born as a prisoner of Yingbo, he is brave and good at fighting, and his soldiers are very tough. He has the legacy of Xiang Yu's army back then. Seeing the emperor's concern, Xia Houying recommended a person to Liu Bang. This person was Yin Xuegong, the former Ling of Chu State.Liu Bang summoned Ling Yin, and Ling Yin analyzed that the British cloth army had three strategies: upper, middle, and lower:

The best strategy is to take Yanzhao Qilu and use it as a base. The worst policy is to occupy the land of Han Wei and defend Chenggao. The worst policy is to surrender to the south. Liu Bang asked very nervously: "Which strategy will Yingbo adopt?" Xue Gong said with certainty: "Yingbo is just a prisoner in Lishan, and he became a prince and king because of the wind and clouds. He does not seek the welfare of the people himself, nor does he think about future generations. Therefore, I believe that he can only make a bad plan. Once the bad plan is implemented, the emperor can sit back and relax." Liu Bang was very happy when he heard this, and he named Xue Gong as a thousand households, and he himself led the army Crusade against Yingbu.

Liu Bang's health was very bad at this time, so he could only force his spirits.Before leaving, Zhang Liang, who was also seriously ill, came to see him off. Zhang Liang suggested: "Let the crown prince be the general and command the army in Guanzhong." With military power, the security of the country can be guaranteed.Thinking of this, Liu Bang felt desolate in his heart. He held Zhang Liang's hand and said, "I know you are seriously ill now, but I can only ask you to come out of the mountain to help the prince." Entrusted to Zhang Liang. At the beginning of Yingbo's rebellion, he once said to his soldiers: "The emperor is old and tired of war, and he will definitely not come. Among the generals of the big man, I fear Han Xin and Peng Yue. Now that they are dead, we have nothing to do." It's terrible." Yingbo was quite confident, thinking that Liu Bang would definitely not go to war, but he was wrong about Liu Bang.Not only had Liu Bang guessed his strategic plan, but he also set off unexpectedly.These two factors are enough to put Yingbu to death.

In November of the twelfth year of the Han Dynasty (195 BC), Yingbu led his troops to the west and met the main force of the Han army led by Liu Bang in Qixi.The Yingbo army is elite, and Liu Bang is firmly guarding Yongcheng, waiting for it.Liu Bang saw Yingbo's army lined up like Xiang Yu's army from a distance, and he was very disgusted. He asked Yingbo, "I have not treated you well, why did you rebel?" Yingbo replied with a playful smile, "You are old too. It's time to give up the emperor's throne to others." Liu Bang was seriously ill at this time, and he was most jealous of others saying that he was old, and he was very annoyed when he heard Yingbo's contemptuous and ridiculing answer.

Yingbo not only angered Liu Bang, but also angered the Han army, who flocked to the rebels in overwhelming momentum.Once again, Liu Bang was full of vitality. He took the lead and did not flinch when he was hit by an arrow.The morale of the Yingbu army was not high at first, but at this time they were retreating steadily and disintegrated in an instant.Yingbu was defeated, crossed the Huai River, stopped many times to fight the Han army, and failed every time.Seeing that the situation was over, he fled to Changsha. Yingbo originally married the daughter of Fanjun Wu Rui. After Liu Bang ascended the throne, he made Fanjun Wu Rui the king of Changsha, and Wu Rui's son Wu Chen inherited the title. Wu Chen was Yingbo's brother-in-law. Yingbo fled to Changsha hoping to get Wu Rui. Lord's blessing.But what is Yingbu's status now?The big man rebelled against the king, how dare Wu Chen dare to take him in, not only that, Wu Chen was also afraid of meeting Yingbo and making people catch him.So a plan was born.

Wu Chen sent envoys to stop Yingbu, saying that the king of Changsha had decided to flee to South Vietnam with Yingbu, and agreed to meet him in the South Vietnam.Yingbu believed it, and turned back to the southeast to flee for his life. When he arrived in Fanyangzi Township, he was killed by the ambush soldiers set up by King Changsha. In just four months, Liu Bang quelled the Yingbo rebellion. Why did Yingbo lose so quickly?First, Yingbo's rebellion was unpopular. Liu Bang's recuperation policy had just brought some benefits to the people, but Yingbo provoked a war at an untimely time, which caused anger and resentment. How could he win?The second is that Yingbo is indeed short-sighted as people say, just acting bravely for a while, lacking strategic vision, and failure is inevitable.

Han Xin, Ying Bu, and Peng Yue made great military exploits for Liu Bang Jianhan, and they should have enjoyed wealth and honor in the early Han Dynasty, but what happened later was not within their control, nor could Liu Bang control it.In the final analysis, the contradiction between kings with different surnames and Liu Bang is the contradiction between centralization and local separatism, and this contradiction can only be resolved through war.