Chapter 13 Hanzhong Countermeasures
After the worship ceremony ended, Liu Bang couldn't wait and asked Han Xindao: "The prime minister has praised you many times, what good strategies do you have to advise me?" ”
Han Xin did not answer immediately, but threw out two heavy questions and asked Liu Bang.
Question 1: Now that we want to fight for the world in the east, the opponent is Xiang Yu, right?
Liu Bang replied: Yes. (Nonsense!) Do you still need to teach this? )
Question 2: Do you think you can compare with Xiang Yu in terms of bravery, toughness, benevolence, and military strength?
Liu Bang was silent for a long time, and answered honestly: I am not as good as Xiang Yu.
Han Xin smiled with honey, and this is what he wanted.
He bowed twice and said, "I also think that the king can't compare to Xiang Yu in these aspects." However, Xiang Yu is very brave and intimidating, but he can't choose the best and the best, and he has the courage of the generals! Xiang Yu treats his subordinates lovingly and gently, some people are sick and injured, Xiang Yu can shed tears sadly, share his good wine and food with others, and the soldiers have made war exploits, and they should be crowned into the knighthood, Xiang Yu grabbed the official seal in his hand and smoothed it out and was reluctant to give it to people, which is the benevolence of women. ”
Han Xin saw the essence through the phenomenon, and pointed out that Xiang Yu's bravery and benevolence are just small courage and small benevolence, and doing great things requires great wisdom, great courage, and great benevolence.
Then, Han Xin summarized the four major mistakes that Xiang Yu had made, and he pointed out: Xiang Yu gave up the geographical advantage of Guanzhong and built the capital Pengcheng. (Losing the geographical advantage) violated the agreement of the righteous emperor and divided his cronies as kings, which was unevenly distributed and the princes were unfair. Banishing Emperor Yi to a remote place made a very bad start. Military discipline is lax, infringes on the interests of the people, and is unpopular with the people. (Loss of mass base)
As soon as the conversation changed, Han Xin emphasized, "So Xiang Yu's advantage can easily be transformed into a disadvantage." What the king needs to do is to do the opposite, seize Xiang Yu's mistake of banishing the righteous emperor, hold high the banner of the righteous army, appease the people, let go of the appointment of talents, and reward them according to their merits. In the end, Xiang Yu will be defeated, and the hearts of the people in the world will be obedient! ”
Liu Bang was very happy, "The strategy is very good, it still needs to be implemented, how to open up the situation now?" ”
"Capture Guanzhong!" Han Xin was confident, and replied loudly: "The three kings of Xiang Yu's division are generals of the Qin Dynasty. They led the Qin army to fight for several years, and finally deceived their subordinates into surrendering to Xiang Yu. Xiang Yukeng killed 200,000 people, and only spared the lives of these three generals. The people of Guanzhong hated the three of them. The king, you entered Guanzhong, Qiu did not commit any crimes, abolished the harsh laws of the Qin Dynasty, and agreed with the people in three chapters, and the people of Guanzhong are looking forward to you staying. According to the agreement of the princes, the king should be the king of Guanzhong, and the common people knew about it, and the king was assigned to Hanzhong, and the people of Guanzhong did not regret it. Now that the king is leading his army to the east, the land of Sanqin can be passed on. ”
Han Xin's words are exactly the strategy to seize the world. Keep the clouds open and see the moon. Liu Bang was overjoyed and regretted why he hadn't discovered Han Xin's talent earlier.