Chapter 65 4. Dead end is set

With the help of the genius Chen Ping, Liu Bang went to Luoyang for a walk when he was free.While walking, an old man suddenly came to block the way. It turned out to be Dong Gong, the most famous old man in the area. I heard Dong Gong ask Liu Bang: "Your Majesty, I heard that you want to beat Xiang Yu, don't you?" Liu Bang said, "Yes, what do you want to say to me?" I heard Dong Gong ask: "I want to ask the king, why did you beat Xiang Yu?" Liu Bang: "I beat Xiang Yu because... why do you say?" Dong Gong approached and whispered: "My lord, let me tell you a secret. If you want to fight Xiang Yu, it is not enough to rely on your own strength. You must call the people of the world to fight with you. But the people of the world are living their own life well. Xiaotian, why did you beat Xiang Yu for you? So you have to fabricate a crime for Xiang Yu. This crime must be able to arouse public outrage. Excuse me, my lord, what crime do you want to fabricate for Xiang Yu?"

Liu Bang: "I fabricated it... Then tell me, what crime should we fabricate for him?" Dong Gong: "Your Majesty, have you heard that recently when Emperor Yi, the cowherd boy, was crossing the river, he encountered robbers in the center of the river and was killed?" Liu Bang woke up like a dream: "Old man, I thank you. The death of Emperor Yi must have been done by Xiang Yu. Let's use this to coerce the princes. This is the best crime in the world." So Liu Bang returned to camp and immediately announced a grand funeral for Emperor Yi.In order to express his grief, Liu Bang exposed his body, sat in the open air and wailed for three days, crying until the sky was dark and everyone was crying.Then Liu Bang issued an order that Xiang Yu was despicable and shameless. It is tolerable to openly intercept and kill the communist emperor in the world. He ordered all the princes to immediately raise troops and fight Xiang Yu with him. Whoever dares not to come is a traitor. Everyone gets it and kills it.

Liu Bang's move immediately fooled the princes.This situation is obvious, no one dares to help Xiang Yu, the crime of being a traitor and traitor is not a joke. But Liu Bang can fool others with this trick, but he can't fool the famous scholar Chen Yu.So when Liu Bang sent an envoy to the State of Zhao to ask Zhao Wangxie and Dai Wang Chen Yu to raise troops immediately to fight Xiang Yu, Chen Yu sneered and said, "Let us fight Xiang Yu? Yes, you can let Liu Bang kill Zhang Er first." .I don’t agree with the old buddy Zhang Er, since you and Zhang Er are in the same group, don’t even try to get my support.”

But Liu Bang had to get Chen Yu's support, because Chen Yu's influence was not so great.But Liu Bang couldn't bear to kill Zhang Er.How to do it?In the end, Liu Bang came up with a wicked way. He found a man who looked similar to Zhang Er, charged him with a crime, killed him, cut off his head, and sent it to Chen Yu, claiming that it was Zhang Er's head.Chen Yu really believed it, so Zhao Guo sent troops on behalf of the two families. Liu Bang already had nine kings. Liu Bang personally led the nine kings, divided into north, south and middle three roads, and began to advance to Pengcheng, Xiang Yu's old nest.The South Route Army went to Taikang, Henan, and moved towards northern Jiangsu.After the North Route Army crossed the river, it was divided into two parts, one part was boiled dates, and the other part was led by Cao Shen. Huling - pay attention to this Huling, this is the first place Liu Bangpei County attacked when it raised troops.

Liu Bang, an old man, finally returned to his hometown. At this time, his old friend Peng Yue also brought more than 30,000 people to join Liu Bang.Liu Bang was overjoyed, first received Peng Yue's troops, and appointed Peng Yue as Minister of Wei.In this way, Wei Bao, king of the Western Wei Dynasty, also stood on Liu Bang's side. At this time, among the eighteen princes of the world, four died: Wang Tianshi of Jiaodong, Tian'an of Jibei, Han Guang of Liaodong, and Han Wangxin. Four of the eighteen kings died, and it stands to reason that there should be fourteen left, but Han Wangxin and Dai Wang Chen Yu were added, and the total became sixteen.

The current situation of the sixteen kings is: there are ten kings following Liu Bang: Han Wang Liu Bang himself, Zhai Wang Dong Yi, Sai Wang Sima Xin, Zhao Wang Xie, Chang Shan Wang Zhang Er, Dai Wang Chen Yu, Han Wang Xin, Henan Wang Shen Yang, Wei Bao, king of Western Wei, and Sima Ang, king of Yin. Living in the south or north, there were three kings who could not participate in the battle: Wu Rui, king of Hengshan, Gong Ao, king of Linjiang, and Zang Tu, king of Yan. On Xiang Yu's side, in addition to his own efforts, there are only three kings, and Yong Wang Zhanghan is still besieged in the abandoned hills, and only Jiujiang Wang Yingbu is at home.But before Xiang Yu sent troops, he greeted Yingbo several times, but Yingbo evaded it, saying that he was not feeling well and he didn't know what he was doing at home.

So Liu Bang counted the battle order of the two sides in this battle: Zhengfang Chu Jun: Commander: Xiang Yu, Overlord of Western Chu. Adviser: Yafu Fan Zeng. Generals: Ji Bu, Zhongli Mei, Xiang Sheng, Long Qi, Zhou Lan. The total strength of the Chu army: about 30,000. The No. 1 player on the opposite side, the Han army: Commander in Chief: Liu Bang, King of Han. Adviser: Zhang Liang. Generals: Guan Ying, Zhou Bo, Fan Kuai, Cao Can, Xia Houying, Jin She, Chen Ping, Li Shang. Opponent No. 2 player, army of princes: King Sai: Sima Xin. King Zhai: Dong Yi. King Wei: Wei Bao. King Yin: Sima Ang.

King of Henan: Shen Yang. The anti-cheerleaders—the cheerleaders have no soldiers or generals, but they stand on Liu Bang’s side morally: King Zhao: Zhao Xie. Dai Wang: Chen Yu. Chang Shan Wang: Zhang Er. Han Wang: Han Xin. The total strength of the Han army and the armies of the princes: a total of 560,000 people. In other words, in this battle, the odds ratio of Liu Bang and Xiang Yu was 56:3. how many? Liu Bang couldn't believe it, so he looked at it carefully, and then looked again.After reading it several times, I was finally convinced that he read it correctly, which was 56:3.

The meaning of this number is: Xiang Yu, he is dead, he can't die anymore. After understanding the situation of the enemy and ourselves, Liu Bang sighed quietly, got up, led the five princes into Pengcheng, and went straight to Xiang Yu's palace.When he arrived at the place, Liu Bang opened the door and went in. He called out affectionately to the beauties in Xiang Yu's palace: "Dear ones, that domineering Xiang Yu will never come back again, and he will never bully you again."From now on, you will be with me, together forever, let me love each other sincerely——"The King of Han then entered Pengcheng, received his treasures and beauties, and held a high meeting with wine" (Volume 9).

Neither Zhang Liang nor Fan Kui said anything about Liu Bang's comprehensive acceptance of Xiang Yu's beautiful goods this time. What more can I say?Xiang Yu is no longer a living person. But——Xiang Yu disagreed with this point of view!