Chapter 38 3. The origin of false propositions

Let us first understand the origin of this proposition. After Xiang Liang, Xiang Yu's uncle and nephew set up troops in Chu, they followed the advice of counselor Fan Zeng, respected Xiong Xin, an orphan of Chu State, as King Huai of Chu, and erected a banner against Qin.The ancestors of Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu were the generals of the Chu State for generations, and they had a strong appeal. Coupled with the joining of the descendants of the Chu royal family, many people responded and defected, including Liu Bang's team, and soon became a group. An important anti-Qin force. Although King Huai of Chu was the co-lord, he did not fight with the army, but set his capital in Xutai (today's Xuyi, Jiangsu).Xiang Liang called himself Lord Xinwu, and was the real helm of Chu State. He led the assembled team to expand the territory and win one victory after another.Later, Xiang Liang and Qin General Zhang Han merged in Dingtao, and unfortunately died in battle.The main general died in battle, and there was no leader for a while, so the attacking generals retreated strategically and retreated to the Pengcheng area.At that time, the Chu army mainly consisted of three groups of troops: Lu Chen's 1st garrison in the east of Pengcheng, Xiang Yu's 1st garrison in the west of Pengcheng, and Liu Bang's garrison in Dangjun.Upon hearing the news, King Huai of Chu felt that the opportunity had come, and hurriedly moved the capital from Xutai to Pengcheng, and personally commanded the army, thus completing the transformation from a puppet to an actual leader.

This is the internal situation of Chu State, let's talk about Chu State's periphery.After the incident of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, other countries except Chu among the former six countries also raised the banner of anti-Qin one after another.Qin II Hu Hai then sent general Zhang Han to lead troops to destroy the rebels.Zhang Han thus became the veritable fire-fighting captain of the Qin State. He dealt with Chu State first, because Chu State had the strongest momentum and the greatest influence at that time.But after Xiang Liang's death, the Chu army retreated and their morale dropped sharply, so Zhang Han gave up attacking Chu and set his next target on Zhao.Zhang Han crossed the Yellow River, attacked the Zhao army in the north, and joined forces with another Qin general, Wang Lihe, to surround Julu, the capital of Zhao.The state of Zhao was at a critical juncture of life and death for a while, so King Xie of Zhao sent people to ask for help from various princes, and of course he also sent a letter for help to the state of Chu.Under such circumstances, King Huai of Chu made a new military strategic deployment and divided his troops into two groups: one with Song Yi as the general, Xiang Yu as the second general, and Fan Zeng as the last general to rescue Zhao from the north; Attack Guanzhong.Before departure, King Huai of Chu held a swearing-in meeting, and agreed with the generals: "The one who enters Dingguan first will be the king." These eight words are the proposition we are going to talk about today.

After understanding the origin of this proposition, let's analyze this proposition next.