Chapter 237: Why Xiang Yu was defeated

Unilateral massacre, it is meaningless to continue to describe how Xiang Yu killed people, and the incisive records in the history books can be seen in the tragic situation at that time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 The original text of the info "Historical Records" is as follows: "When Xiang Yu heard it, he led his troops to Qi, from Lu out of Huling, to Xiao, and fought with the Han Dynasty on the east Sui water of Pengcheng Lingbi, broke the Han army, killed many soldiers, and the Sui water did not flow. It was to take Yu Pei, the wife of the Han King's parents, and put him in the army as a hostage. When it was, the princes saw that Chu and Han were defeated, and they all went to Han to restore Chu. Sai Wang Xin died in Chu. ā€

The Chu army surrounded the allied forces in Gushui and Surabaya (now west of Xuzhou, Jiangsu), killed more than 100,000 people, and then pursued the enemy south to the east of Lingbi (now north of Huaibei City, Anhui) above Suishui, and annihilated more than 100,000 people, Suishui was the downstream. The coalition army was surrounded by the Chu army. From the vicinity of Pengcheng, until the Suishui was cut off, a total of more than 300,000 Han troops and princes' armies were killed, and more than 100,000 princes' troops surrendered; The Han army fled in disarray, and only more than 100,000 stragglers were left to retreat west to the front line of Xingyang.

The battle of Pengcheng cannot but be said to be a miracle for Xiang Yu.

Historians have two theories-

A. Coincidence theory: This point of view believes that Xiang Yu was originally fooled into attacking Qi State, but he did not expect Liu Bang to march so quickly, and later he was anxious after the fall of Pengcheng, and suddenly made a surprise plan, and 100,000 people rushed back to Pengcheng. It happened that Liu Bang was carried away by the victory and was holding a celebration banquet, so he took advantage of the situation to attack, which created the first cavalry massacre of infantry in Chinese history! Defeat 560,000 infantry with 30,000 iron cavalry, and finally kill more than 300,000 enemy troops!

This view is obviously too nonsense: 5 million in a two-yuan lottery must be a coincidence, but if 30,000 horses defeat 500,000 infantry, if this kind of thing can be as coincidental as winning the lottery jackpot, there will be no reason in the world.

Therefore, the "coincidence theory" is generally a pro-Liu Bang view, and most people will think that Liu Bang lost unjustly, but only lost in carelessness. In fact, judging from the subsequent battle between Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, Liu Bang basically never won, no matter how many soldiers Liu Bang brings, the final result is a loss. These combat data once again show that this is not a coincidence, but a gap in strength.

B. Conspiracy theory: This view holds that Xiang Yu's attack on Qi from the beginning was an illusion. Xiang Yu has been planning for hegemony since the beginning of the feudal princes, and in this year, Xiang Yu has not relaxed his vigilance, but has stepped up the recruitment and training of soldiers. There were more than 20,000 remnants of soldiers when he returned from Xianyang, and by the time of the Battle of Pengcheng, Xiang Yu already had more than 200,000 hardcore troops, which is the proof. In fact, at this time, Liu Bang's basic troops were not as many as Xiang Yu, but Liu Bang's popularity in Sanqin was too good, and after capturing Guanzhong, he made a big move, and the number of people joining the army exploded; With the addition of the troops of the princes of the five countries who joined temporarily, this was enough for an army of 560,000. Xiang Yu's 30,000 iron cavalry was the elite of the Julu War, plus the retrained special forces, which formed an invincible combat effectiveness. This army can slaughter 450,000 regular troops of Daqin, without blinking an eye, and not a single word is afraid; Dealing with a rabble of 560,000 princes, so it has a psychological advantage.

Zhang Liang's letter to Xiang Yu exposed the target - "Pei Gong only wants to take back Guanzhong, and will not go east." "Zhang Liang's IQ obviously betrayed Liu Bang, and Xiang Yu put [Zhang Han] in Guanzhong, with the intention of restricting Liu Bang's entry into Qin; But Liu Bang trapped [Zhang Han] and wanted to trap [Zhang Han] to death, which in itself offended Xiang Yu's dragon face. How could Xiang Yu not save [Zhang Han]? How could Xiang Yu let Liu Bang recover Guanzhong? At that time, the State of Qi was only a rebellion by Tian Rong, and he did not attack the State of Chu, nor did he pose a threat to the State of Chu! This information shows that Xiang Yu had long expected that Liu Bang would attack Pengcheng, and this was the reason why Liu Bang was able to drive straight into Pengcheng and attack Pengcheng almost without bloodshed. Liu Bang fell for Xiang Yu's - [Trick to Attract Soldiers]!

In fact, Xiang Yu beheaded the commander and seized the seal, killed Wang Li, surrendered [Zhang Han], Hongmen Banquet, Xianyang Massacre to the feudal princes, a small Chu army general was able to dominate the world in just five months, and in the case of the combination of heroes at that time, it was impossible to rely on luck alone. Therefore, whether it is Liu Bang, Zhang Liang or Han Xin, it is impossible to be stupid enough to think that Xiang Yu's success is just a coincidence! Because of this kind of luck, there is no second person in Chinese history who can do it.

How high is Xiang Yu's IQ?

It is about five times that of Fan Zeng, about three times that of Zhang Liang, and about twice that of Liu Bang, only Han Xin can barely be comparable to Xiang Yu, and he suffers because Han Xin has been lurking by Xiang Yu's side for a long time and knows Xiang Yu too well, so he finally failed miserably.

Why did Xiang Yu lose?

Xiang Yu's failure was because his emotional intelligence was too low.