Chapter 22 Chapter 22 Burning Xianyang

After looking at Fan Kui for a moment, Xiang Yu put down his hand on the hilt of his sword and said, "So you are a strong man, come in and have a drink!" Doujiu (a cup that can hold a Doujiu. The "Dou" at that time is about the same as the "Sheng" now) was brought up. The extent of Fan Kuai's anger can be clearly seen from his expression, even trembling slightly.Even so, he suppressed his anger, took a deep bow, stood up, and accepted the Douji wine. In a standing posture, he drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, then raised the empty glass above his head, and shook it a few times.

Xiang Yu didn't feel his side.He thought that Fan Kui was going to throw the wine glass over.At this time, Fan Kui knelt down again and put the big wine glass on the ground. "This man knows the rules..." Xiang Yu said. When drinking at a banquet, one must get off the cushion and sit on the floor, and drink congratulatory wine standing up, which was the custom at that time. If Fan Kuai's behavior just now is interpreted as drinking to celebrate Xiang Yu's entry into the customs, this is not only not rude, but a reasonable behavior. Moreover, the drinking method of "Yinman Jubai" is even more satisfactory.

"Yinman" means "filling up with wine", "Bai" means a wine glass, and "Liu Bai" means to raise the finished wine glass to your head.When raising a wine glass, it is customary to shake it a few times. If there is still wine in the glass, the wine will flow out.The purpose of this is to show that the wine has been drunk. After a while, Xiang Yu said, "Give this person a shoulder." The pork shoulder is the thigh meat of pork.What does the lord think of this man?To express dissatisfaction with his rude attitude?Or admire his blunt behavior?If it was the former, then he should be dealt with - Xiang Yu's retainers guessed from his expression that the lord's mood should belong to the former.

The pig shoulder sent to Fan Kuai was not only a whole piece, but also uncooked raw meat. Fan Kuai put the shield on the ground and used it as a chopping board, drew his sword and began to cut the meat.When he was in Pei County, he was a butcher who "butchered dogs" by trade, so he was very good at cutting meat, and he quickly ate a large piece of raw meat. "Come on, strong man. Can you still drink?" Xiang Yu asked with a wry smile.He's starting to take a liking to the headstrong wild man. "I'm not even afraid of death. Do you still take drinking seriously? I have something to say. My master, Pei Gong, first entered Wuguan, pacified Xianyang, and led his army in Bashang to wait for the king to come. Peigong general Xianyang The treasures of the palaces were sealed and remained untouched, waiting for the king to come to receive them. Peigong is so loyal to the king, but the king listens to the words of the villain, and has many doubts about Peigong's loyalty. The minister thinks that if this continues, the king will lose the hearts of the world... ..." Fan Kuai said eloquently.

"This man looks rough, but he is loyal. It's really commendable for him to defend himself so desperately." Xiang Yu thought so, and after Fan Kui finished speaking, he only said, "Please sit down!" without showing any anger. . Although Xiang Yu ended the matter, it is still unknown whether his retainers will let Fan Kui go.In other words, Liu Bang's crisis has not yet passed.This point, Liu Bang himself is very clear. Liu Bang then stood up and pretended to go to the toilet, called Fan Kui and Zhang Liang behind the scenes, and said, "I want to leave now without saying goodbye."

"My lord, you can do this!" Zhang Liang agreed. "It doesn't matter if you didn't say goodbye to King Xiang?" "Great deeds don't care about details, and great gifts don't hesitate to make small concessions." Fan Kui said this polite sentence, which means: when doing great things, you can ignore details such as prudence, and you don't need to have small humility in great gifts.It would be foolish to spoil the great thing by sticking to the little things.It should be impossible for Fan Kuai to create such a phrase, which shows that this phrase already existed at that time.After quoting this sentence, he added: "They are Daozu, we are fish. When they are about to be slaughtered, why say goodbye?"

"That's right." Liu Bang responded quickly after all.He immediately decided to hand over the rest to Zhang Liang. Because he left without saying goodbye and left quietly, it was impossible to lead all the retainers Baiqi back home. Sentinels in this era were trained to recognize the number of horses by listening to their hoofbeats.When he heard the hooves of a hundred horses, the sentry would definitely report to the headquarters. "No one other than the Lord is allowed to ride a horse!" Zhang Liang said. Liu Bang left Xiang Yu's barracks on horseback.Fan Kuai, Xia Houying, Jin Qiang, and Ji Xin accompanied the four escorts on foot.They rushed back to the headquarters in Bashang through the bypass.

Zhang Liang calculated that Liu Bang should have returned to Bashang, so he got up and came to Xiang Yu, saying: "Pei Gong drank a few more drinks because of his joy, but he was too drunk to bid farewell to the king. He asked the minister to say goodbye to the king and the king." The general presents these gifts." Of course the king refers to Xiang Yu, while the general refers to Fan Zeng.The presents brought on this day were a pair of white biscuits for Xiang Yu and a pair of jade buckets for Fan Zeng. Bai Bi is a flat round jade made of white jade with a hole in the middle, just one foot in diameter.According to the records of "Zhou Li", this thing should be owned by the emperor, as the benchmark of the measure, and on the one hand, it also symbolizes sovereignty.

The jade bucket is a jade spoon, which is used to pour wine at the banquet of the nobles. "What? Is Pei Gong drunk?" Xiang Yu said, "Then where is he now?" "He was afraid that he would be reprimanded by the king for losing his composure, so he rode away alone because of panic. He must have returned to Bashang by now, right?" "Uh...a man like Pei Gong, why are you so afraid of me?" "Actually he's a coward!" "Ha! I really didn't expect him to have such a side." Xiang Yu laughed triumphantly while accepting the white biscuit offered by Zhang Liang.

The generals of the 100,000 troops are so intimidating to him, which proves how majestic he is.Xiang Yu, who had this idea, was complacent about Liu Bang's escape back quietly. "It's outrageous!" Fan Zeng was furious.Liu Bang is a terrible opponent. If such an opponent doesn't take advantage of this opportunity to kill him, when will he be!Missing such an excellent opportunity but still laughing endlessly——Fan Zeng saw Xiang Yu like this, not only anxious, but also furious. According to "Historical Records", Fan Zeng put the jade bucket he got on the ground, drew his sword and smashed it, and shouted:

"It's really hard to teach a child, and it's hard to conspire with him! If someone seizes Xiang Yu's world in the future, that person must be Pei Gong! Those who are with King Xiang will one day become Pei Gong's prisoners!" Although Xiang Yu honored him as his father, Fan Zeng would never call him a "child" in front of his lord.This sentence should be said angrily after he stepped back in front of Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu does have a weak side, however, once he is furious, he can do anything.The killing of 200,000 Qin soldiers in Xin'an pit is an example.In short, he is a confident person, if someone dares to offend, he will let this person not leave the whole body! After Zhang Liang led the Hundred Horsemen to leave Hongmen, Xiang Yu yawned and said to himself, "After all, Liu Bang came from a humble background, and he doesn't know any manners. How could such a person make great achievements?" At this time, Liu Bang had rushed back to Bashang's base camp. "Drag Cao Wushang out and behead him!" These were the first words Liu Bang said after he came back. The Hongmen Banquet took place in December 206 BC. A few days later, Xiang Yu led an army of 400,000 to attack Xianyang. The residents of Xianyang originally thought that after Liu Bang entered the city without bloodshed, nothing would happen.But Xiang Yu was determined to attack Xianyang. Xiang Yu believed that he was the commander-in-chief of the Qin Dynasty, and the army led by Liu Bang was just a detachment under his command.The commander-in-chief can ignore the actions taken by the detachment leader without authorization, that is to say, Xiang Yu took the action on the grounds that "Xianyang has not yet fallen".This is a catastrophe for the residents of Xianyang.Of course, Xiang Yu did not recognize the "Three Chapters of the Agreement" announced by Liu Bang and won people's praise. "Turn Xianyang City!" Xiang Yu issued the order. Qin, who had already surrendered, no longer had the ability to resist, and could only let Xiang Yu's army wreak havoc. "Completely crush Qin—" When saying the word "Qin", Xiang Yu used special force.How can he not be excited when he thinks that Qin, who once destroyed his motherland Chu, will be completely overthrown? The personality differences between Liu Bang and Xiang Yu due to their different origins can be clearly seen from this. Xiang Yu, who was born in a famous family in Chu State, was too obsessed with his aristocratic status.Liu Bang, who was born as a commoner, used the pain in real life as the criterion for judgment. The cumbersome and complicated laws made the common people fall into dire straits. Therefore, the simpler the law, the better. After the streets are burned out, the life of the residents will be in a desperate situation, and it will be impossible to support their families.People who feel this way will never do anything like set fire to the street. And Xiang Yu is a person who has no such life experience at all. This is to hate the hateful Qin Xue on behalf of the ancestors!set fire to it!Burn the street!Burn it to ruins!In this way, the spirit of King Huai of Chu, who was captured by Qin and died with hatred, will smile under the nine springs! Xiang Yu set fire to many palaces and streets in Xianyang for three months. Xiang Yu did not let go of Qin Ziying who surrendered. "King Qin cannot survive!" With an order, Ziying, who was spared by Liu Bang not long ago, was also killed. Without hesitation, Xiang Yu confiscated the treasures and beauties piled up in the treasure house of Xianyang Palace, which Liu Bang had never touched. "I destroyed Qin! I finally destroyed Qin!" Xiang Yu told himself this, and when no one was around, he even shouted this sentence out loud.He set fire to the city and looted treasures and beauties, as if to confirm this. This was a day he had dreamed of for a long time, and of course Xiang Yu was ecstatic about it. Xiang Yu has had the dream of "conquering Qin" since he was sensible. Compared with this, Liu Bang never even dreamed of destroying the Great Qin Empire a few years ago.His actions are just to obey the life feelings of the common people. Although he once felt excited when he occupied Xianyang, this is very different from Xiang Yu's excitement.Because this is not a dream, Liu Bang is not "ecstatic" like Xiang Yu.He is calm. But Xiang Yu, who ravaged Xianyang, couldn't keep calm.Because of this, he did not have the leeway to observe the overall situation of the world with a cold eye. What to do next? Xiang Yu said he wanted to go back to the East. In this regard, someone said: "The reason why Qin won the world is because he occupied Guanzhong. This is a natural hub surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the land is very fertile. If you build a capital here, you will definitely become the lord of the world." At this moment, Xiang Yu could only see the scene in front of him, and what unfolded in front of his eyes was the ruins of Xianyang after the catastrophe.He couldn't imagine the new scene after the reconstruction of this place in the future. "Ecstatic" made him lose his imagination. "No, I still want to go back to the East." Xiang Yu shook his head and said, "How can I not go back when I have the opportunity to return home? I want to let the elders in my hometown see my success!" The most important thing is to return home—Xiang Yu's scope of thinking has been simplified to this point.He has no ambition to manage the world at all. Xiang Yu, who had already pacified Guanzhong, returned to his hometown with a full load of captured items. Upon hearing this news, someone said: "It is said that the bumpkins of Chu State are just 'wearing monkeys and crowning', which is indeed the case." This incident reached Xiang Yu's ears. Xiang Yu let go of Liu Bang who might compete with him for the world, but he didn't let go of the nameless critic who uttered obscenities to him. "Find out the guy who said this and cook it!" Xiang Yu ordered immediately.