Chapter 30 3. Why is Xiang Yu angry with Liu Bang?

Before the Hongmen Banquet, Xiang Yu had been angry with Liu Bang, which was one of the reasons why people misunderstood that the Hongmen Banquet was deliberately arranged.It is true that Xiang Yu is angry, but it also depends on what kind of anger he is angry, to what extent he is angry, and whether he is already angry to the point where he has to kill Liu Bang to relieve his anger. Xiang Yu was first angry because Liu Bang closed the pass, which was the direct cause of his anger.After Xiang Yu defeated Zhang Han, he immediately entered the pass westward with the allied forces of the princes, but encountered obstacles and found that "Hangu Pass has soldiers guarding the pass and cannot enter."As soon as I found out that this was Liu Bang's army, and I heard that this old boy "has broken Xianyang", maybe he is enjoying the blessings in the palace now (Liu Bang has returned to the army in Bashang), so Xiang Yu was very angry and immediately complained to him. Dangyang Jun Yingbu's advance army ordered: Take Liu Bang for me.

Note that Xiang Yu was angry at this time, not necessarily because he was angry with Liu Bang for "has broken Xianyang".But Liu Bang broke Xianyang, and Guanzhong was already under his control, but he still wanted to send troops to guard the pass. Then he was not defending the enemy but his own people, that is, those princes from all walks of life who opposed Qin. A repulsive attitude of Qin princes.This is something Xiang Yu cannot tolerate.Back then you, Liu Bang, took refuge with us, but now you refuse us to enter the customs. Whether it is tolerable or unbearable, this is absolutely not acceptable.If Guanzhong hadn't been taken down yet, and Liu Bang had just taken down Hangu Pass, then it wouldn't matter if he stationed troops at Hangu Pass.Liu Bang has broken through Xianyang. This is not a question of whether to garrison troops, but a question of attitude.Xiang Yu was born with this anger.

Xiang Yu's temper came up quickly, and his temper went down quickly.His anger this time basically subsided after he let Ying Bu force his way through the customs, because Xiang Yu did not take any further military action, but "As for Xixi", he set up camp there and rested.At most, I will meet Liu Bang in the future, tease him, or give him a nose, a face, or a face, and it will be over if he doesn't get off the stage. Xiang Yu got angry again because of Cao Wushang's suggestion, which is also the objective reason why he decided to go to war.Liu Bang's left Sima Cao Wushang sent someone to set fire to Xiang Yu, saying, "Pei Gong wants to be king in Guanzhong, so that Ziying will be his prime minister, and he will have all the treasures."Xiang Yu's fire jumped up immediately, feeling that Liu Bang was going too far, so he issued the order "to feed the soldiers every day to defeat the Peigong army".

Cao Wushang listed Liu Bang's three major crimes: he wanted to be the king of Guanzhong, he wanted Ziying to be his prime minister, and he wanted to occupy all the jewels.So, which of these three points does Xiang Yu care about the most? Most people think that Xiang Yu cares about the first point, which is that Liu Bang "desires to be the king of Guanzhong" and wants to be the king of Guanzhong.Actually not necessarily.At that time, Xiang Yu didn't realize Liu Bang's ambitions, because Liu Bang was going to be crowned king no matter what, to overthrow the Qin Dynasty, and the princes crowned king, this is a matter of course.As a member of the anti-Qin army, Liu Bang was a powerful prince all the way, and he won Guanzhong.If Xiang Yu is a little bit angry, it is because Liu Bang is too ostentatious, and he has already regarded himself as the king before he can be canonized.

Said that Xiang Yu didn't care much about Liu Bang's "desire to be king in Guanzhong", there is another point to prove that it is Fan Zeng's advice.Fan Zeng said to Xiang Yu: "When Peigong lived in Shandong, he was greedy for wealth and loved beautiful concubines. Now that he has entered the customs, he has nothing to take from property and women have nothing to do with luck. This is not a small ambition. I make people look up to him. They are all dragons and tigers. Make five treasures, this is the spirit of the Son of Heaven. Do not lose when you strike quickly." It is said that Liu Bang was a greedy and lustful gangster in the early days, but now he has not committed any crimes after entering the customs, so he must be holding back something bad.I once asked someone to give him a face-to-face. This person has the appearance of the Son of Heaven, so he should get rid of it as soon as possible to avoid future troubles.The words are very clear: Liu Bang is not a simple person, and I am afraid that he will become our most dangerous enemy in the future.But Xiang Yu obviously didn't listen to Fan Zeng's words, because he didn't make any reaction.And judging from his attitude at the Hongmen Banquet in the future, he disagreed with Fan Zeng's statement.Fan Zeng hinted several times at that time that Xiang Yu would kill Liu Bang, but Xiang Yu was not moved at all, which is enough to illustrate this problem.For Xiang Yu, Fan Zeng's so-called Liu Bang's air of emperor is simply a big joke.Qin Shihuang heard that "the southeast has the spirit of the emperor", so he often traveled to the southeast, showing that he cared, because there can only be one emperor in the world, and how can others snore and sleep on the side of the couch.Xiang Yu was different, because he didn't want to be emperor himself, so he didn't take Liu Bang's "emperor spirit" or something when he was the king of Guanzhong, and he didn't take it to heart at all.At least not at the time.

What really made Xiang Yu angry was the second and third points, "make the child a baby" and "have all the treasures".This is something he absolutely cannot tolerate.Qin Ziying represents the Great Qin Dynasty and is the target of his extermination, but Liu Bang wants to take him for his own use.Gold, silver and jewelry are the spoils of war for destroying the Qin Dynasty, and they are the fruits of victory in exchange for resisting Qin with their heads tucked away, and they are for everyone to enjoy.Later, Xiang Yu set fire to Xianyang, "received its treasures and goods, and the princes shared them", which was everyone's share.Now it was swallowed up by Liu Bang alone. Such a narrow, selfish and arrogant behavior was unacceptable to Xiang Yu anyway.In other words, Xiang Yu was angry because Liu Bang was ignorant, not because Liu Bang had any political ambitions.So since this is the case, in Xiang Yu's mind, Liu Bang should belong to the kind of comrade who can be educated and reformed well, and he has not yet reached the point where he must be eradicated.

It was precisely because Liu Bang's behavior made Xiang Yu unhappy that Xiang Yu had the idea of ​​not wanting Liu Bang to stay in Guanzhong.If Liu Bang was well-behaved, Xiang Yu might not have left Liu Bang a place in Guanzhong.Xiang Yu's behavior was not what people imagined, it was all strategies, politics, and situations, which were summed up by people later, as a kind of tutorial to expand people's thinking.Sometimes people's ideas are very simple, but they are artificially complicated. Since Xiang Yu didn't want to kill Liu Bang in his heart, the theory that Hongmen Banquet was premeditated is not true.It is a waste of extravagance and extravagance. It is normal for one person to be added to the table and one person to leave the table midway.So Fan Kui broke into the tent, and Xiang Yu threw him a pork leg: Come, let's eat together.Liu Bang wanted to go out to pee, but Xiang Yu waved his hand: "Go, don't hold back."

Xiang Yu actually didn't want to kill Liu Bang.After listening to Cao Wushang's report, Xiang Yu was very angry, so he issued an order to the soldiers of the three armies: "Feed the soldiers every day, in order to defeat Pei Gong's army!"However, there is still a difference between "defeating Peigong's army" and taking Liu Bang's head. Defeating means defeating and severely injuring Liu Bang. It is to teach Liu Bang a lesson and let him know how powerful he is. It's his. At that time, Xiang Yu was already recognized as the big brother by all the princes, while Liu Bang was on the way to enter Guanzhong. He and Xiang Yu performed two completely different tasks, so Liu Bang didn't have a sensory understanding of the majesty of this boss. What Xiang Yu had to do It is to let Liu Bang realize this, let Liu Bang, like other princes, bow to him and obey his orders, and this goal is enough.From this point of view, Xiang Yu would not really want to kill Liu Bang.Because it feels more satisfying to make a person submit than to destroy a person.

Moreover, if Xiang Yu really killed Liu Bang, there must be a solid reason.In fact, Xiang Yu did not have such a logical reason.Although Liu Bang sealed the pass and prevented Xiang Yu from entering, it was because Liu Bang didn't know that Xiang Yu was coming, and he didn't have time to issue an order to the guard to let him go.Among Liu Bang's three major crimes listed by Cao Wushang, the only one that can make Xiang Yu sentence Liu Bang to death is the second one, "wanting to use the baby as a prime minister". It is because the anti-Qin attitude is not firm.As for the first point, Liu Bang wanted to be the king of Guanzhong, which was an agreement with King Huai of Chu Xiong Xin, and Xiang Yu couldn't pick it up.And "wealth is all there is", although this is uncomfortable, it can't be put on the table.

Furthermore, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu are old comrades who once fought side by side. There was no conflict of interest before, and they have not made principled mistakes now. If Xiang Yu killed him, what would those princes think?How would you perceive Xiang Yu's character?These Xiang Yu will not ignore.Now that he has been praised by the princes as the honored guest, it is the time when he feels the best. It is impossible for him to completely ignore his own image, and it is impossible to completely ignore the feelings of the princes.What he has to do now is to establish prestige among the princes and establish his own majesty.He will try his best to win them over and prevent them from doubting and disappointing him.Deterring Liu Bang can obviously achieve this goal, but killing Liu Bang, especially during the banquet of eating and drinking, can only be counterproductive.

Liu Bang actually didn't want to fight against Xiang Yu.When a person is proud, it is difficult to be clear-headed.It can be said that Liu Bang went through untold hardships when he entered the customs. When he sat on the dragon chair that Qin Shihuang once sat in Xianyang Palace, facing the jewels and beauties, Liu Bang felt that he should really relax and enjoy the experience. A hard-won life.However, before Liu Bang was in a hurry to enjoy himself, he was poured cold water by Fan Kui and Zhang Liang. Under their advice, he had no choice but to hold back his desire, and began to do things in a low-key manner and treat the people in a high-key manner. Although Liu Bang did a very well-behaved job in Guanzhong and greatly established his own glorious image, he still did one wrong thing. He listened to the words of a person he later called "Xi Sheng" contemptuously: Send troops to guard Hangu Pass prevents princes from entering.Liu Bang felt that this move was feasible, so he "followed the plan" and happily adopted his opinion. In order to deeply analyze why Liu Bang made the judgment of "however", let's review this passage again.Xi Sheng said to Liu Bang: "Qin is ten times richer than the world, and the terrain is strong. Today, I heard that Zhang Han surrendered Xiang Yu, and Xiang Yu was named King Yong and Wang Guanzhong. Now he is coming, and Pei Gong may not be able to do so. You can urgently send troops to guard Hangu There are no internal vassal armies in Guanzhong, so we can levy soldiers in Guanzhong for self-benefit, and distance them.” This passage has three meanings: one is that the land in Guanzhong is good, rich and dangerous; the other is that Zhang Han has been named King Yong by Xiang Yu The fief is part of Guanzhong; third, don't let other princes rob us of the fruits of victory.To sum it up in one sentence: Guanzhong is a good place, don't let others take it. These words are very much on Liu Bang's mind.Liu Bang has now occupied Guanzhong, and it is normal to station troops at Hangu Pass, and there is a pass at the pass, and all the pass belongs to Liu Bang, that is the real feeling of the king of Guanzhong.But this move will make Xiang Yu unhappy, which is something Liu Bang did not expect.Because he didn't even think about fighting Xiang Yu, he knew very well that it would be like hitting a stone with a pebble.At that time, he just wanted to keep this fat piece of meat, and prevent Zhang Han and other princes from entering. He never thought that there was such a layer as Xiang Yu. Why do you say that?Because before Liu Bang entered the customs, signs of this had already been discovered.Liu Bang went west to Guanzhong, constantly attacking the city and conquering the land, but it was not an unobstructed and smooth road.Moreover, Liu Bang is not the only one who covets Guanzhong.At that time, Sima Mao, the other general of Zhao State, also "wanted to cross the river and enter the pass", so Liu Bang "attacked Pingyin from the north and cut off Hejin", preferring to make a detour and block Sima Mao's way.As a general of Zhao, Sima Mao did not have to abide by King Huai of Chu's agreement of "the king who enters the pass first", but as a member of the anti-Qin army, it is normal for Sima Mao to enter the pass and go straight to the Qin Dynasty's lair.But for Liu Bang, Sima Mao's move is undoubtedly a threat to him, because he may lose his first achievement of entering Dingguan.Therefore, in front of interests, Liu Bang did not put the destruction of Qin in the first place, but put the entry into the customs as soon as possible in the first place.That being the case, it is reasonable for Liu Bang to be wary of other princes after entering the customs.In other words, guarding the pass is an instinctive reaction of Liu Bang to protect his own interests, not necessarily to fight against anyone, let alone to fight against Xiang Yu.Moreover, after Xiang Yu broke through the pass with force, he stationed troops in Xixi, and Liu Bang was in Bashang, "not able to meet Xiang Yu".If Liu Bang really wanted to confront Xiang Yu, he should be very sensitive to this matter, and should have a relatively strong reaction.But in fact, Liu Bang didn't respond at all. If Xiang Bo hadn't tipped off the news that Xiang Yu was going to destroy him, he would still be happily dreaming of the Guanzhong king's dream, which shows that Liu Bang really didn't think too much about this matter. And there is a contradiction here.When Liu Bang promoted his "Three Chapters of the Covenant Law", he once said to the people in Guanzhong: "The reason why I return to Bashang is to wait for the arrival of the princes to decide to restrain my ears." Guanzhong Wang's decision.Since we are eagerly looking forward to the arrival of the coalition forces, it seems very contradictory to seal it off.In fact, there is a reason for this.It should be said that this is Liu Bang's selfishness.Cao Wushang's words were not made out of nothing. As Liu Bang's Zuo Sima, he was considered a relatively senior figure in Liu Bang's army, and he still had a relatively deep judgment on Liu Bang's military intentions.Although Liu Bang, Xianyang's treasure, has not been touched and has basically been sealed up, he has no intention of letting others touch it.At that time, there were wars all over the world, and the restoration of the six kingdoms. Maybe someone would enter Guanzhong. Although things were sealed there, but if you don't move, it doesn't mean others don't move, so Liu Bang can't be too relieved.With a pass, no one else can get in (even if he gets in, he will know and can make strategic adjustments in time), these wealth are naturally his Liu Bang's.And when Xiong Xin came, Liu Bang's credit was also clear at a glance.This is the same as someone who has done most of a job by himself and never wants to let others get a piece of it.It's just that Liu Bang's cleverness was misunderstood by his cleverness. He didn't expect Xiang Yu to be so hot-tempered, and he didn't expect that Xiang Yu is no longer what he used to be, and he has become the chief executive of the coalition of princes.