Chapter 96 5. Treachery

Han Xin declined the persuasion of Chu envoy Wu She and counselor Kuai Che, and couldn't bear to betray Liu Bang. Under this situation, his sense of crisis suddenly increased, so he performed better, hoping to gain Liu Bang's favor. At this time, the remnants of the Chu army in Qi fled to the south of Shandong and regrouped.So Han Xin marched southward, and ordered Guan Ying's cavalry to defeat the Chu general Gonggao, go straight to Xuejun, and defeat the Chu army again.Then it was pushed to the north and south of the Huai River, occupying Xiang Yu's hometown, Xiaxiang, and the counties and towns around Lianke.

Even his hometown was occupied, which shows how embarrassed Xiang Yu was. He sent part of the Chu army back to the army, but was defeated by Han Xin again.What's even more irritating is that Peng Yue took the opportunity to jump out again, burning, killing and looting, and he would do whatever made Xiang Yu angry. At this point, people who don't understand the market can see that the trend of Han victory and Chu defeat is irreversible. In August 203 BC, Liu Bang, king of the Han Dynasty, sent a Duke Hou to Chuying to look for Xiang Yu.Hou Gong brought a package solution.The plan suggests that the Chu and Han families shake hands and make a good deal, and Xiang Yu releases Liu Bang's father and wife. From then on, the two families become brothers and divide the world equally with the gap as the boundary.The west of the Honggou belongs to Han.The east of the Honggou belongs to the state of Chu.

This suggestion is reasonable and realistic.The reality is that neither the Chu State nor the Han State really can sustain it.On the side of Chu State, although Xiang Yu is the best at fighting, but the food road is cut off, it is tantamount to being choked, and there is death but no life.On Han's side, although there is food to eat, no one is Xiang Yu's opponent.In this way, each side has an advantage and restrains each other, forming a deadlock.But this suggestion is the only way to resolve the deadlock, not only Liu Bang thinks so, Xiang Yu is also full of hope for it. So the two sides hit it off and stopped fighting.

Divide the world equally.We split half, and went back to each family to be our own kings. So the two sides began to discuss the details of the withdrawal, and quickly reached a consensus.Xiang Yu obeyed his promise to release Liu Taigong and Lu Zhi, and returned to the east after breaking the siege. According to the history books, Liu Bang also planned to return to the west, but just as he was about to leave, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping came over and said, "Your Majesty, you are not short-hearted, right? Now the Han Kingdom has occupied most of the world, and the princes are all gone." Returning, but the Chu army is exhausted and food is cut off. This is a heaven-sent opportunity to destroy the Chu army. If you don’t seize this opportunity and completely wipe out Xiang Yu, you will be breeding tigers.”

Liu Bang said: "Okay, this suggestion is quite creative." So Liu Bang immediately tore up the peace agreement agreed between the two sides, and ordered the Han army to be fully mobilized to chase and kill Xiang Yu. According to the records in the history books, this matter was accidental to a certain extent. If it weren't for Zhang Liang and Chen Ping's suggestion, Liu Bang might not have broken his promise and tore up the agreement.But in fact, it is Liu Bang's typical style to sign a peace treaty first and then use force. He has played this kind of thing more than once.

Previously, when Liu Bang invaded Guanzhong and marched to Wuguan, he was blocked by Qin soldiers.At that time, Liu Bang sent people to bring gold, silver and jewelry to recruit General Qin to surrender. When General Qin surrendered and was about to join forces with Liu Bang to attack Xianyang, Liu Bang suddenly showed a ferocious face, and shot him back with a horse, killing the Qin army crying. The land, corpses across the wilderness. Lessons from the past are not far away, and the past can be traced back.Liu Bang is a person who is used to keeping promises, and Xiang Yu has no basic understanding of this, which is really sad and lamentable.

Liu Bang chased Xiang Yu wildly until he reached the south of Yangxia, when he stopped suddenly. It's not right, I'm in a hurry to catch up.Han Xin and Peng Yue, the two most capable armies, didn't seem to be running to keep up at all. Only Liu Bang himself and his group were chasing after them with strange eyes. And Chu Jun stopped suddenly at this time.Xiang Yu turned around and glared at Liu Bang. He was followed by Chu generals such as Ji Bu and Zhong Limei.Halberd pointed at the stunned Liu Bang, and Xiang Yu roared, "Hit me, kill this shameless bastard!" The angry Chu army rushed up, and the Han army stayed for a while, then suddenly they all screamed and turned around and fled wildly.

In "Historical Records Xiang Yu Benji", there is a simple record of this period of war history: Chu attacked the Han army and defeated it.The king of Han returned to the wall and defended himself with a deep moat. ("Historical Records Xiang Yu Benji") Alas, it turns out that this Liu Bang has such a little ability, obviously he can't beat him, but he has to chase after him.Now that they finally caught up, the Chu army turned around and fought back. Liu Bang's Han army was defeated and retreated into the barrier in a hurry, digging a deep moat, and then hid inside, not daring to come out.

What a pain!