The Chu general Sima Zhou Yin, who was guarding the southern line, rebelled against Chu at this time, first slaughtered the six counties, and then joined forces with Yingbu and Liu Jia, and then went north to attack Xiang Yu.

At the same time, Liu Bang, who was supplemented by the soldiers of Guanzhong, led his headquarters army of 200,000 out of Guling and marched eastward, and the Han army's five-route army, totaling nearly 600,000 people, formed a situation of encircling the Chu army from the west, north, southwest, and northeast, and Xiang Yu was forced to lead 100,000 Chu troops to retreat to the wall.

Liu Bang took Han Xin's 300,000 troops as the front army, the general Kong Xi as the left wing, Chen He as the right wing, Liu Bang led the troops to follow up, and the general Zhou Bo broke off.

Xiang Yu led 100,000 troops, first fought with Han Xin, Han Xin's army lost and retreated, so that the left and right wings sandwiched Xiang Yu's army, Xiang Yu's army could not resist the enemy, so he retreated, Han Xin took the opportunity to counterattack, Xiang Yu's army was defeated, retreated to the barrier to hold, Liu Bang took advantage of the victory to lead the army to surround Xiang Yu.

After Xiang Yu's soldiers were defeated, they were surrounded by Liu Bangjun on all sides, Liu Bangjun sang the song of Chu at night, Xiang Yujun was very sad when he heard the song, thinking that Liu Bang had pacified Chu, Xiang Yujun's military heart was also disintegrated, and the soldiers fled.

Xiang Yu's troops were stationed under the wall, not only had few soldiers, but also did not have enough food and grass, and were surrounded by Liu Bang's hundreds of thousands of troops, and the soldiers were short and the food was exhausted, and the Han army and the princes' armies surrounded him heavily.

Late at night, Xiang Yu heard the Han army singing the song of Chu on all sides, Xiang Yu was greatly surprised, and said: "Could it be that the Han army has conquered all the Chu people? Why are there so many Chu people over there!"

Xiang Yu then got up at night and drank in the tent.

Xiang Yu has a beauty named Yu Ji, who often accompanies Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu also has a horse called Wu Qi, Xiang Yu has always loved it.

In the dead of night, Xiang Yu couldn't help but be emotional, sang a sad song, and said: "Pull out the mountains and cover the world, and the times are not good. If you don't die, you can't help it, and you can't help it!"

Xiang Yu sang several times, and the beauty Yu Ji should sing with her. Xiang Yu's tears flowed down one by one, and the attendants on the left and right also wept, and no one could bear to raise their heads to look at him.

Xiang Yu wanted to lead the elite cavalry to prepare for a breakthrough, and had to sing goodbye to Yu Ji, and Yu Ji also sang to echo it, expressing the heart of death, and Xiang Yu died after saying goodbye to each other in tears.

After dawn, the Han army found out that Xiang Yu was leaving, so Guan Ying led 5,000 elite cavalry to pursue.

When he crossed the Huai River, there were only more than 100 cavalrymen in his entourage.

When he came to Yinling, Xiang Yu got lost, he went to ask an old farmer, and the old farmer replied: "Left", Xiang Yu went to the left, fell into a swamp, and lost time.

The Han army caught up, and after a fierce battle, Xiang Yu went east again, and reached a hill in Dongcheng, where only twenty-eight horsemen remained, while the pursuing Han army numbered thousands.

Xiang Yu thought that he couldn't get out, so he said to his subordinates: "I have been fighting for eight years now, after more than 70 battles, the people who resisted me have been broken by me, and the people I have attacked have expressed their surrender, and they have not tasted defeat, so they dominate the world, and now they are trapped here, not that I can't fight, but that the sky will kill me! Today is a decisive battle, I want to fight happily for all the kings, and I must win three times, for the kings to defeat the siege, behead the generals, cut down the flag, let the kings know that the sky is going to kill me, and I will not fight." ”

So he divided the cavalry into four teams, at this time, the Han army besieged several times, Xiang Yu said to his cavalry: "I will kill the other party for you!"

So he ordered the cavalry to rush down the mountain in four directions, and about to meet on the eastern side of the mountain. Xiang Yu galloped down and killed a Han general.

Chiquan Hou Yang Xi chased Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu shouted, Yang Xi's people were shocked, and retreated a few miles!

Xiang Yu and the cavalry were divided into three teams, and the Han army did not know which team Xiang Yu was in, so they were also surrounded by three teams.

Xiang Yu galloped out, killed a Han general, killed nearly 100 people at the same time, and then joined the cavalry, only losing two horses.

Xiang Yu asked, "How is it?"

The cavalry replied admiringly: "It is the same as what the king said".

Xiang Yu fled all the way to Wujiang and met the pavilion chief of Wujiang, who persuaded Xiang Yu to return to Jiangdong in order to make a comeback.

The chief of the Wujiang Pavilion was waiting there when he stopped the boat and docked, and said to Xiang Yu: "Although Jiangdong is small, the land is 1,000 miles longitudinal and horizontal, and the people are hundreds of thousands, which is enough for you to be the king." I hope that the king will cross the river quickly, now only I have a boat here, and the Han army has arrived, and there is no way to cross it. ”

Xiang Yu smiled and said: "Heaven wants to destroy me, what am I going to do when I cross the Wujiang River! Besides, I and 8,000 people from Jiangdong crossed the Jiangxi expedition, and now none of them have returned, even if Jiangdong's father and brothers love me and make me king, what face do I have to meet them? Even if they don't say anything, don't I feel ashamed in my heart?"

Xiang Yu said to the pavilion chief again: "I know that you are a loyal elder, I have ridden this horse for five years, invincible, once traveled thousands of miles a day, I can't bear to kill it, give it to you." ”

Xiang Yu ordered the cavalry to dismount and walk on foot, armed with short weapons and engaged the pursuers. Xiang Yu alone killed hundreds of Han soldiers. Xiang Yu himself was injured in more than a dozen places.

Xiang Yu turned around and saw the Han army riding Sima Lu Ma Tong, and said, "Aren't you my old friend?"

Ma Tong only made a face to face with Xiang Yu at this time, so he pointed Xiang Yu to Wang Fei: "This is Xiang Yu." ”

So Xiang Yu said: "I heard that the King of Han used a thousand catties of gold to reward my head for ten thousand households, and I will send you a personal favor!" After saying that, he killed himself.

After listening to Xiang Yu's story, An Xiaoyu said: "Xiang Yu, you have gained the world, but in less than four years, you lost a fine light, in my opinion, you are to blame." ”

Xiang Yu said: "What do you mean by your words?"

An Xiaoyu said: "Xiang Yu, I admit that you are a hero and excellent in martial arts, but you have several weaknesses in your personality, which makes you lose a good hand." ”

Xiang Yu was unconvinced and said: "Xiang Yu is willing to listen to the guidance of adults." ”

An Xiaoyu said: "Xiang Yu, first of all, you don't have a political vision, you just said that the sky is killing me, and it is not a crime of war, I think it is because you don't regard the world as your own world, and the people don't regard it as your own subjects, burning Afang Palace, killing the children of Emperor Qin who surrendered, killing and surrendering pawns, cruel destruction, how can the people of the world support you?"

"Second, Xiang Yu, you divide the kings, it is a historical regression, and you are unfair, everything is based on personal likes and dislikes, not according to the size of the merit to be rewarded, what can the generals who follow you obey you?"

"Third, Xiang Yu, you have your own military talents, you are stubborn and self-serving, you miss the talents, and you have forced all the talents to Liu Bang's side, how can you have a virtuous minister to help you come up with ideas?"

"In the final analysis, it is still a competition for talents. Liu Bang got Zhang Liang, Li Shiqi and others, so he could successfully enter the Qin Pass west. And Xiang Yu, what about you? You have lost several very important talents such as Han Xin, Chen Ping, Fan Zeng, and Yingbu, and you have also lost the world because of it. ”

Han Xin was a rare military genius in ancient Chinese history, and he never lost a battle in his life. Only Wu Qi, Bai Qi, Wei Qing, Huo Quzhi and others can do this. However, these people fought with soldiers, and they brought elite soldiers and strong generals, while Han Xin's troops fought many times by winning more with less, and defeating the strong with the weak.

Han Shin started out as just a homeless, helpless prodigal son. At the end of the Qin uprising, he joined the army and followed Xiang Liang. Later, Xiang Liang died in the battle of Dingtao, and Han Xin fought with Xiang Yu again.

Han Xin, who was under Xiang Yu, befriended Zhong Lifu, an important general under Xiang Yu, and mixed with the guards in Xiang Yu's halberd.

Through his own efforts, Han Xin finally had the opportunity to meet Xiang Yu, so he offered his plan to Xiang Yu many times, and he offered advice many times, but it was not adopted.

What kind of person is Xiang Yu, who is trying to pull out the mountains and cover the world.

And Han Xin, who was willing to suffer the humiliation of his crotch.

Therefore, Xiang Yu looked down on Han Xin very much, disdainful of it, thinking that people like him would no longer be respected by others, and it would be difficult to do anything in the future, if it weren't for his love for Zhong Li's sake, I'm afraid that even the halberd Langzhong would not be given to him, plus his strategy and Xiang Yu's style of action are far from each other, it will be even worse, you said that you will work with a leader who will not see you all his life, can you still have a bright future.

Since Xiang Yu did not adopt Han Xin's plan, the role of Han Xin's plan was unknown.

That being the case, even if it really works, it doesn't work. Therefore, Han Xin is in Xiang Yu's camp and has not been reused for a long time.

Han Xin, who sighed that he couldn't wait, finally defected to Xiang Yu's rival Liu Bang. Later, Han Xin pacified the countries and proclaimed himself king in Qi, and Xiang Yu knew that it was too late to win over Han Xin. Later, in the Battle of Qixia, the commander of the Han army who fought a decisive battle with Xiang Yu was Han Xin.

If Han Xin is an invincible general, then Chen Ping is a strategist who has no last resort.

Chen Ping liked to read when he was young, had great ambitions, and once divided the meat for the township, even even, and his father praised it, he said with emotion: "So that Ping can slaughter the world, and it is also so meat!"

After the uprising of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang in the first year of Qin II, the nobles of the six countries also raised troops one after another. Soon he was slandered and returned to Xiang Yu, and his entourage entered the customs to break Qin.

Chen Ping was also Xiang Yu's advisor, and he once followed Xiang Yu into Guanzhong. Unlike Han Xin, he did not switch to Liu Bang at that time, but returned to the fiefdom with Xiang Yu.

Later, Liu Bang captured the Three Qins, the King of Yin rebelled against the State of Chu, and Chen Ping led the King of Wei to remain in the State of Chu in the name of Xiang Yu, defeating and subduing the King of Yin.

But soon Liu Bang captured Yindi again, Xiang Yu was very angry, thinking that Chen Ping was not doing things well, so he was ready to kill all the generals who pacified Yindi. Chen Ping hung up the seal and ran away.

Later, Chen Ping defected to Liu Bang. After Chen Ping defected to Liu Bang, he began to fight back. He was very familiar with the internal situation of the Chu army's camp, and constantly tricked Xiang Yu's ministers and ministers, causing the Chu army to centrifuge up and down, and soon his combat effectiveness was greatly weakened.

At the celebration banquet, Liu Bang once said happily: "Xiang Yu has a strategist Fan Zeng, but he can't be reused, which is an important reason why he was defeated by me." It can be seen that Liu Bang still attaches great importance to Fan Zeng.

Why does Liu Bang attach so much importance to Fan Zeng? It's very simple. When Liu Bang was in front of Xiang Yu, he was as careful as he was, and he could be said to be careful with Xiang Yu.

Xiang Yu, who was fooling, felt that he was sorry for Liu Bang, but no matter how Liu Bang disguised, Fan Zeng could see at a glance that Liu Bang would definitely be a mortal enemy in the future.

Therefore, at the Hongmen Banquet, Fan Zeng planned to kill Liu Bang many times, if it wasn't for the careful response of Zhang Liang and others, Liu Bang would probably have confessed to the Hongmen Banquet. This left a deep impression on Liu Bang.