Chapter 11 Besieged

Xiang Yu and Liu Bang originally agreed to use the east and west sides of the chasm (Jialu River in Rongxian County, Henan Province) as the boundary and not to invade each other.Later, Liu Bang followed the advice of Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, and felt that Xiang Yu should be wiped out when he was weak, so he joined forces with Han Xin, Peng Yue, and Liu Jia to pursue him and was heading east to Pengcheng (now Xuzhou, Jiangsu). Xiang Yu troops.Finally, several layers of troops were deployed, and Xiang Yu was tightly surrounded by Gaixia (in the southeast of Lingbi County, Anhui today).At this time, there were very few soldiers under Xiang Yu, and there was no food.At night, they heard the folk songs of Chu Di from all the troops surrounding him and said in surprise: "Has Liu Bang already acquired Chu Di?

Why are there so many Chu people in his army? "Speaking of it, I lost my fighting spirit in my heart, so I got up from the bed, drank in the tent, and sang together with his favorite concubine Yuji. He couldn't lift his head. After a while, Xiang Yu mounted his horse and led the remaining 800 cavalrymen to escape from the encirclement in the south. Fighting while fleeing, he committed suicide by the bank of Wujiang River. Because in this story, Xiang Yu was surprised to hear the song of embarrassment being sung around him, and then failed to commit suicide after listening to it, so later people used the phrase "besieged from all sides" to describe the personnel environment in which people were attacked or persecuted from all sides. in a situation of isolation and distress.

Those who fall into this kind of situation often have a very miserable fate. For example, because a person often associates with bad people, he does not produce and idles; His behavior is too bad on weekdays, and he never sympathizes, let alone ignores him. The situation this person is in is "besieged on all sides".Another example is when discussing academic issues in schools, the students are ignorant (idiom, meaning no academics) , Talking nonsense, telling lies, and students attacking him in groups, the student is completely isolated. This can also be called "besieged on all sides."In our life course, in our daily life, we should behave ourselves well and do things in a down-to-earth manner. If we make mistakes, we will inevitably suffer the bad luck of being "embarrassed from all sides".