Chapter 54 3. Why can't afford to lose

At the Hongmen Banquet, swords were on the verge of breaking out, and the murderous aura was on the rise.Sensing danger, Zhang Liang came out quietly and went to the gate of the camp to look for Fan Kuai.Fan Kuai asked, "How is the situation now?" Zhang Liang said: "At this time, Xiang Zhuang's sword dance is aimed at Peigong." Fan Kuai became anxious and said: "It's too urgent, let me go in and live and die with Peigong." Fan Kui immediately rushed towards the military gate with a sword and shield in hand. The soldiers in front of the gate stepped forward to block him, but when Fan Kui hit him with his shield, the frail and frail soldier was knocked all over the ground by Fan Kui. The soldiers rolling around, if not Han Xin, are also Han Xin's colleagues.Because Han Xin is currently in Xiang Yu's camp, and he is in charge of guarding the door - rushing into the reception, Fan Kui lifted the curtain, and stood there glaring at Xiang Yu.

When Xiang Yu saw Fan Kuai, he didn't know him, so he stood up and pressed his sword and asked, "Who is this man?" How could Xiang Yu not know Fan Kuai? You know, as early as Xiang Liang crossed the river and killed the second Chu King Jingju, Liu Bang defected to Xiang Liang, and then joined hands with Xiang Yu to slaughter Chengyang, fought in Dingtao, and killed Li Si in Yongqiu together. Li You, the eldest son.Fan Kui is Liu Bang's number one confidant and number one general under his command, but Xiang Yu doesn't even know him, what does this mean? It shows that Xiang Yu has never studied Liu Bang carefully, and he lacks enough interest in Liu Bang.

Xiang Yu didn't know Liu Bang before, so that's fine. After all, it is too difficult for Xiang Yu to let a 27-year-old young man know a 51-year-old old man.But now that Liu Bang has entered Guanzhong for the first time, it proves that he cannot be underestimated, and Xiang Yu first made the decision to attack Liu Bang, but now he can't make up his mind.He didn't have the slightest understanding of the person he was about to attack, and the person who was considering giving up the attack—Xiang Yu didn't know who he was going to attack, nor who he was giving up attacking.In short, his mind was blank, acting entirely on instinct, without the slightest consideration.

In fact, Fan Kui is not a thinker, but compared to Xiang Yu, Fan Kui has an advantage. He knows that there are people with a clearer mind than him, and he is willing to listen to people who understand. This person with a clear mind is of course Zhang Liang.He answered for Fan Kui, "It's Fan Kui, the guard accompanying Duke Pei." Xiang Yu said, "Okay, give him a glass of wine." Xiang Yu's subordinates played tricks and deliberately took a bucket of wine. A bucket in the Han Dynasty is roughly equivalent to two catties today.However, the wine in the Han Dynasty is a green food, brewed with pure grain, and the alcohol content is not too high.But drinking two catties of wine is still a severe test for ordinary people.

But the problem is that Fan Kui was born as a dog killer in the market, and what he likes to play most is to open his arms, revealing the curly chest hair on his chest, and pick up the footbath and gurgling wine.A pure man, a real man, this style is what he wants.These two catties of wine were exactly what he wanted.But he is not a simple-minded rough guy. Before drinking, he bowed down to Xiang Yu to thank him, then stood up, saluted first, then drank the wine in one gulp. Fan Kuai's move immediately attracted Xiang Yu's attention, and he said, "Give him a pork leg." Xiang Yu's subordinates were still playing a prank, and brought Fan Kui an uncooked raw pork leg.Fan Kuai had no choice but to pretend that the pork leg was cooked, put the shield flat as a chopping board, cut off a piece of raw pork with a knife, and ate it.

Xiang Yu really liked Fan Kuai's style, so he asked again: "Can a strong man drink more?" So Fan Kui took the opportunity to put down the raw pork that could not be chewed, stood up and gave a speech, saying: "I will never avoid death, so am I still afraid of a glass of wine? The king of Qin has the heart of a tiger and a wolf, and he fears not killing enough and punishing people hard enough, so The heroes of the world rebelled against him. King Huai made an agreement with the generals that the first to enter the customs would be the king. Now that Pei Gong has broken through the Qin State and entered Xianyang, he dare not take every plant and tree in Xianyang City and station his troops on Bashang, waiting The arrival of the general. You have worked so hard and did not get the reward of being a knight, but you want to kill the meritorious person because of the instigation of the villain. This is something that the ruined Tyranny will do. I personally think that the general’s approach is wrong. Suitable."

After saying these words, we were immediately surprised by Fan Kuai's policy level.This seemingly rough guy is actually extremely shrewd and cunning.He stared at two sincere eyeballs, stood there and lied openly, not even blushing. Fan Kui made such a statement, it should be that before coming to Xiang Yu's camp, Liu Bang and Zhang Liang called everyone to hold a small meeting, and unified their caliber at the meeting.Entering Guanzhong for the first time, taking nothing, stationing troops on Bashang, waiting for the general, this is the key word after careful deliberation.The few people who came to Xiangying have already memorized the manuscript by heart.

Even a dog killer is more cunning than Xiang Yu, how can Xiang Yu win when he meets such a group of gangsters who lie and don't even write drafts? Why can even a dog-killing Fan Kuai plot against Xiang Yu, but Xiang Yu doesn't know anything? This is called intentional, unintentional, and death does not pay for life. In the final analysis, it is age. Liu Bang has a team over 40 years old, but Xiang Yu does not have the slightest sense of teamwork. Although he leads 400,000 people, he is still alone, walking alone on the lonely road.He never thought of organizing the people around him, which is the root cause of his inevitable defeat in front of Liu Bang.

Let’s compare Liu Bang and Xiang Yu again. Liu Bang’s characteristic is that he is indomitable in all defeats. He is not afraid of losing a battle or being hunted down. Failure has almost no effect on him.But Xiang Yu is not the case. Xiang Yu can only win battles, but he can't afford to lose. Why? Because Liu Bang reached a high position by virtue of his own ability.No matter how many failures he suffers, as long as a person is still alive, his ability and position are there.The reason why Xiang Yu can't afford to lose is because he reached the peak of power, which was a complete misunderstanding-this misunderstanding depends on the battle of Julu, he won this crucial battle, and has since formed a huge deterrent force.But he doesn't have the ability to rule the world. Dominating the world means using less to control the many, and one to control the crowd. At this time, you can only rely on your brain.

People who can't afford to lose are just because your position is higher than your ability. Once you are knocked down, there is no possibility to climb up again. To put it simply, Xiang Yu is a typical fighting character, and fighting is his favorite.But if you play with your mind, you can't even play with a dog-killing craftsman Fan Kui, so how can you play with Liu Bang? But the current Hongmen Banquet is changing to a combat mode, so Liu Bang made a decisive decision and decided to leave here.