Chapter 62: Liu Bang's Death

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"Where is the place where the range of Chu is closer?" Liu Bang's expression was a little gloomy, he knew very well that even if he went to Xiang Yu, he would no longer be able to get the corresponding glory and wealth.

Everything has changed since I left my own land.

But what he thought more about was, did he still have a chance to make a comeback?

Zhou Bo, who heard Liu Bang's words, nodded silently, because Liu Bang's choice to do this was naturally the best path for them at the moment.

However, even Liu Bang and Zhou Bo did not expect that Li Shang and Li Ji would leave behind a large number of Jiujiang officers and soldiers who were besieged in the camp area and directly lead the army to pursue them.

Zhou Bo was helpless, and could only divide a thousand knights and dozens of chariots to block Li Ji and the officers and soldiers under the command of Li Shang.

However, even Zhou Bo never thought that he could expect these troops to defeat the pursuing Qin officers and soldiers, and what they didn't expect was that these officers and soldiers under Liu Bang, although they were Liu Bang's personal guards, but with Liu Bang falling into such a situation, many of them couldn't afford to work with Liu Bang and lose their own lives.

In such a situation, more than 1,000 officers and soldiers were not killed by Li Shang and nearly 10,000 knights under Li Zhen's command, but more than half of them scattered and fled directly before arriving at the battlefield.

However, for Zhou Bo, Liu Bang and others, the most nightmare was not that Li Shang and the knight troops under Li Zhan pursued again, but that the officers and soldiers around them were more and more fleeing from the team.

Without waiting for Zhou Bo to order the second batch of officers and soldiers to intercept the Qin army, more than half of the remaining more than 2,000 officers and soldiers under Liu Bang's command fled directly.

After seeing this situation, Zhou Bo, who knew that Liu Bangjun was indeed the general trend, took a deep breath and said to Liu Bang: "Your Majesty, Zhou Bo is willing to resist the pursuit of the Qin army to the death, please entrust Wang Qi to me." ”

After hearing Zhou Bo's words, Liu Bang's mood was very complicated, he glanced at Zhou Bo deeply, and finally nodded.

And Zhou Bo took the royal flag taken from Liu Bang's carriage, and then said to the less than 400 officers and soldiers behind him: "Brothers, let's go west!!"

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Didn't Zhou Bo know that he was doing this a dead end?

Naturally not, however, he thinks that Liu Bang is a person worthy of his life, it's as simple as that.

And this kind of thinking is more about the relationship between him and Liu Bang, and the relationship between his brother and his younger brother.

Liu Bang is naturally the elder brother, and Zhou Bo is a younger brother who follows Liu Bang.

If Zhang Jiashi knew that Zhou Bo had such emotions, he would not feel too strange.

After all, Zhang Jiashi understood some of Zhou Bo's deeds from the Qingyu Spirit Book:

Zhou Bo is a native of Pei County, his ancestral home is Juan County, and he is a fellow villager of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty. Zhou Bo made a living by weaving silkworm raising utensils, often worked as a drummer for people with funerals, and later became a warrior who drew a strong bow. Zhou Bo was born in poverty, and after settling in Pei County, because of his proximity to Yicheng, he made a living by weaving reeds and silkworm tools in his youth, and occasionally served as a drummer to make a living when he was married and funeral. But he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he is skilled in bows and horses, and he is powerful in martial arts.

Such a passage naturally can't explain anything, but if you look at the following paragraph, you can understand that Zhou Bo should be friendly with Liu Bang when he was young.

"Zhou Bo, with his material and official from Gaozu, has most of his military exploits. When he was in the middle of the high post, Bo and Chen Ping discussed Zhu Lu, welcomed the king to the throne, and sealed Jiang Hou. On the pawn of the country, the Marquis of Wu. ”

And Liu Bang's evaluation of Zhou Bo is very high, and even in a sense, it is even higher than Chen Ping. Because Liu Bang said a sentence, that is: "Those who are safe and Liu's will be erect." ”

This also shows from the side that Zhou Bo's talent is also quite strong.

And the evaluation of Zhou Bo in history is often more positive:

Sima Qian: "When the Marquis Zhou Bo was clothier, he was a simple person, and his talent was nothing more than mediocre. And from Gaozu to set the world, in the phase, Zhu Lu wants to make chaos, Bo Kuang country is difficult, and the restoration is correct. Although Yi Yin and Zhou Gong, how can they add it!"

Ban Gu: "When Zhou Bo was clothed, he despised simple and mediocre people, assisted by Deng, Kuang was in trouble, punished Zhu Lu, established filial piety, for Han Yi and Zhou, how prosperous!"

Lu Ji: "Anguo violates his relatives, I think about it." According to the philosophical mother, both clear and kind. Lead the sword, and the words will be solid. Ladies and gentlemen, the foundation of the state. Righteousness is in color, and anger is in words. The death of the Lord and the death of the Lord are the last fate. Jianghou quality wood, a little bit silent. was once loyal and brave, but the emperor sighed. The clouds are shocking and the hills, and the scenery is on the land. Pingdai birds, dying with swallow Han. Rather chaos with force, kill Lu with power. Purify the Purple Palace, and conquer Taiyuan. Actual only Taiwei, Liu Zongyi'an. It has been difficult since ancient times. Xun Yao was the last generation, and he ended up in the lower domain. ”

Among them, Lu Ji's evaluation of Zhou Bo is more pertinent, because Zhou Bo is a master of high merit and does not know it, which can be seen from an allusion of Zhou Bo:

Zhou Bo was frightened and didn't know how to reply. The jailer gradually bullied and insulted him, and Zhou Bo gave the jailer a thousand taels of gold, and the jailer wrote a letter on the back of the board to signal him: "Please testify against the princess." ”

The princess was the daughter of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, and Zhou Bo's eldest son Shengzhi married the princess, so the jailer taught Zhou Bo to cite the princess as a witness. This princess did not leave a name, and was known as Princess Jianghou in history.

Zhou Bo gave Bo Zhao all the property he had received from the seal. When Zhou Bo's case was critical, Bo Zhao spoke to the Empress Dowager Bo on his behalf, and the Empress Dowager also thought that Zhou Bo had no rebellion. When Emperor Wen was in the court, Empress Dowager Bo grabbed her turban and threw it at Emperor Wen, saying: "Marquis Jiang is wearing the seal given by the emperor, leading the army in the Northern Army, not rebelling at that time, but now living in a small county, but want to rebel!" Emperor Wen of Han had already seen Marquis Jiang's confession in prison, so he apologized to Empress Dowager Bo and said: "The jailer has just found out, and he will be released from prison immediately." So he sent an envoy to release the Marquis of Jiang with a talisman and restore his title and fiefdom. After being released from prison, the Marquis of Jiang said: "I once led an army of millions, but how do I know the dignity of the jailer!"

And from another allusion, sweaty can also see Zhou Bo's shortcomings in another aspect:

During the Han Dynasty, the dictatorship of Empress Lü, Chen Ping, the prime minister of the left, and Zhou Bo, the chief lieutenant, joined hands to destroy the forces of the Lü clan and welcome Emperor Wen Liu Heng to the throne, of which Zhou Bo contributed the most. Later, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty named Zhou Bo as the right prime minister, and the position was above the left prime minister Chen Ping. One day, Emperor Wen of Han wanted to know about the affairs of the country, so he asked Zhou Bo, the right prime minister: "How many cases are there to be tried in the whole country in a year?" Zhou Bo heard this, lowered his head and replied that he didn't know. Emperor Wen asked again: "Then how much is the annual income and expenditure of the whole country?" Zhou Bo broke out in a cold sweat, and the sweat was so much that the clothes on his back were wet, because he still couldn't answer. Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty asked Chen Ping, the prime minister of Zuo, and Chen Ping said: "There are people in charge of these things, and there are court captains who ask about the trial of cases, and there are internal histories about financial matters, and you only need to ask them." Emperor Wen of Han nodded when he heard this, very satisfied. Afterwards, Zhou Bo felt very ashamed, and felt that his reaction and wit were not as good as Chen Ping, so he resigned as the right prime minister.

It is conceivable that Zhou Bo is not the kind of person who is good at dealing with places, on the contrary, he is a person who is quite confused about small things a lot of times.

Of course, as there is a saying, Zhou Bo is the kind of person who is not confused about big things.

And perhaps because of this, although Zhou Bo has a considerable evaluation in history, compared with it, Zhou Bo's influence in the past dynasties cannot be compared with Han Xin or even Zhang Liang.

In the third year of the founding of the Tang Dynasty (782 AD), Yan Zhenqing, the ceremonial envoy, suggested to Tang Dezong that he posthumously confer 64 ancient famous generals and set up temples for them to enjoy, including "Zhou Bo, the Marquis of Jiang, the prime minister of Zuo". In the fifth year of Xuanhe in the Song Dynasty (1123 AD), the Song dynasty set up temples for ancient famous generals in accordance with the practice of the Tang Dynasty, and Zhou Bo was also included among the 72 famous generals.

And Han Xin and Zhang Liang are not only worthy of enjoying the martial arts temple in the Tang and Song dynasties, but even continuing the Ming and Qing dynasties, it is conceivable that Zhou Bo has not received a symmetrical evaluation after the popularity of science.

Moreover, Zhou Bo couldn't help but be unaware of the fact that he was a master of high merit, and even ignored the education of his family's descendants, because from the results of Zhou Bo's descendants, Zhou Bo was indeed a very failure in this regard.

Let's start with Sima Zhen's evaluation of Zhou Bo (from "Historical Records Suoyin"): "Marquis Zuohan, thick and honest. Started to attack Dangdong, and also surrounded the corpse north. What is attacked must be taken, and what is begged will be taken by Xianke. Chen Fuzhu, Zang Di broke the country. The matter is sent to the house, and the merit is promoted. The liehou was returned to the first, and the lieutenant was imprisoned. Following the phase of the Hou, Shao Feng Pingqu. It's a pity that the virtuous general, the father and son are humiliated!"

In this regard, it can be seen that among Sima Zhen, Zhou Bo's father and son are not too much at fault.

However, judging from the outcome of Zhou Bo's descendants, Zhou Bo's education of his descendants in this regard is indeed quite bad.

Zhou Sheng: After Zhou Bo's death, the heir of his son Zhou Sheng, died of murder and was convicted of murder, and the country was extinct.

Zhou Yafu: Emperor Wen named Zhou Yafu, the second son of Zhou Bo, the Taishou of Hanoi, as the Marquis of Tiao, and continued to be the Marquis of Jiang. After helping Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty extinguish the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, he was forced to starve to death by Emperor Jing.

Zhou Jian: After Zhou Yafu's death, the title was interrupted for a year, and Emperor Jing named him the Marquis of Pingqu, continuing the title of Marquis of Jiang. Zhou Jian died nineteen years after being the marquis, and his nickname was Gonghou.

Zhou Jiande, the son of Zhou Jian, the grandson of Zhou Bo, Zhou Jiande succeeded the marquis after Zhou Jian's death. Thirteen years later, Zhou Jiande served as the crown prince's concubine. Due to the poor quality of the sacrificial gold, in the fifth year of the Yuan Ding Dynasty (112 BC), he was found guilty and the fief was abolished.

This may be an unimaginable result of Zhou Bo, who died in the eleventh year of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty.

But for the current Zhou Bo, what he couldn't imagine was that his plan failed.

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Li Shang and Li Ji were not stupid, seeing that Zhou Bo and Liu Bang were actually advancing separately from the troops, they knew that Liu Bang must be in one of the troops.

So, after a short discussion, they decided to separate pursuits.

And Li Scabie's luck was not so good this time, because what he chose happened to be Zhou Bo's department that took away Liu Bang's Wang Qi.

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The two sides chased each other in the wilderness of this area, but for Zhou Bo, he was naturally very aware of the problem of Liu Bang being pursued.

However, even if Zhou Bo wanted to return to support Liu Bang now, he couldn't do it.

He could only be anxious in his heart.

Because it was impossible for him to defeat the two forces of Li Shang and Li Xuan, and even if he wanted to face one of them, he would have to pay the price of total annihilation.

Soon, Zhou Bo will find that he has no chance to care about Liu Bang's side anymore.

Because with more and more knights' weakened horses falling to the ground and dying, in this case, even if he wanted to escape, it was quite problematic.

Although a person of Zhou Bo's level, there is naturally no problem with the feeding of horses for the time being, but the war horses under his crotch are not as good as the war horses of the thousands of Qin officers and soldiers who are chasing him.

After all, in the previous battle, it turned out that the BMW that Zhou Bo had obtained had already been killed in the melee outside the Yingdu City.

For such a period of time, Zhou Bo was more likely to rely on an ordinary war horse to fight or travel.

And the knights of the Qin Army, who have better physical strength, have certainly consumed a considerable amount of physical strength in the longer and longer pursuit time, but for them, it is enough to be able to catch up with Zhou Bo and others.

From time to time, Qin officers and soldiers or officers and soldiers under Liu Bangjun fell in the wilderness or on a simple road for various reasons in this pursuit battle.

Zhou Bo is also very tired now, but he knows better that he is not willing to fall in such a place and achieve the fame and fortune of the Qin army.

But there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and people have good and bad luck, and one thing that Zhou Bo didn't expect was that the mount under his crotch also fell to the ground due to physical exhaustion.

Zhou Bo, who was almost not thrown out by the mount, used his good skills to barely keep himself from being injured before he landed.

And in order to do this, Zhou Bo's palm even grinded out a large area of blood.

But Zhou Bo didn't feel the time to feel the sharp pain in his palm now, because in front of him, a large number of Qin army knights were approaching him.

Zhou Bo, who knew very well what would happen to these Qin army knights after catching up, simply drew his saber and waited for his arrival at the last moment.

Because he is not the kind of naïve stupid, it is clear that he cannot outrun the knights of the Qin army with his own legs.

"In that case, it's better to find a few more backs!" Zhou Bo couldn't help but shout out this sentence.

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Zhou Bo's skills are quite good, in the past few years of battle, after a long period of experience, Zhou Bo has not yet reached the top master level in terms of strength, but among Liu Bangjun, Zhou Bo is not much worse than Ji Xin and others.

Then, it is not like Xiang Yu's eyes to defy the sky, for the dense knights, it is just a process that will be faced by the other party sooner or later.

This also shows from another aspect, that Zhou Bo fought to the end, and slashed more than 20 Qin army knights.

But Zhou Bo, whose physical strength was also quite depleted, was directly pierced through the armor in his abdomen by a long beryllium in the hand of a knight after his reaction was slow for a while.

However, more and more Qin knights succeeded in sending their weapons into Zhou Bo's body, and Zhou Bo wanted to kill all these Qin people.

But with blood gushing out, Zhou Bo, who was getting more and more tired, finally gently let go of the hand that was holding the sword.

With the fall of Zhou Bo's saber to the ground, Zhou Bo closed his eyes, and then fell to this land that he was quite unfamiliar with.

And what some Qin officers and soldiers heard was Zhou Bo's last words:

"Brother Lu Juan...... Are you here to pick up Zhou Bo too?"

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As the last important general under Liu Bangjun's command, Zhou Bo's death announced the complete defeat of Liu Bangjun's army in the decisive battle of Huangxian.

However, even if Zhang Jiashi knew such news, he would not be too happy.

Because what he wants more is Liu Bang's life.

He can't help but be jealous of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty.

And if he knew that future generations had successfully summed up a conclusion about Liu Bang, he would naturally not let the tiger return to the mountain and leave a disaster for thousands of years, and this conclusion is:

Liu Bang carried a three-foot sword in the body of cloth and obtained the foundation of the Han Dynasty in the world, this is because Liu Bang, who is indomitable and more courageous, knows how to deal with interpersonal relationships, and its success lies in the fact that Liu Bang, who is "able to fight wits and never fight", and has high emotional intelligence, knows people well, and has superb leadership ability to employ and control people, that is, the imperial power. The Han Emperor was a hero through the ages, and Xiu laughed at the success of the year. Let's ask who was later the emperor, who was out of the range. Chu is strong and Han is weak, but the end of the war is that Chu loses and Han wins. The reason for this is that scholars of all generations have their own comments and opinions are not consistent. Scholars generally believe that there are four main reasons:

Treat life differently. Political talent is not the same as political advocacy. Strategies, tactics are different. The attitude of employing people is different.

In fact, Zhang Jiashi didn't know one thing, that is, Liu Bang was certainly a large-scale expropriation in his own territory, which led to this situation in the end.

However, it cannot be denied that if there is no inaction after the establishment of the Han Dynasty without Liu Bang, and the national strength is vigorously developed again, I am afraid that whether the Han Dynasty can continue to the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is a question mark.

And Liu Bang's policy of governing the country is actually not good, but it is much better than other princes in troubled times.

This point, after Zhang Jiashi appeared sideways and changed the trajectory of many people and things, it is also inevitable that it will change.

According to the inference of later historians, if it weren't for Liu Bang's ruling methods undoubtedly killing chickens and eggs, I am afraid that it would be impossible for Zhang Jiashi to solve Liu Ji, who was the second most powerful prince in the troubled times, in such a short period of time.

This also reflects in many ways the historical influence of Zhang Jiashi on Liu Bang and the world, and even the ability to change fundamentally.

And the most important point is that if you compare with Corporal Lixian, Zhang Jiashi may be far inferior to Liu Bang, after all, Liu Bang is also known as Liu Bang, the first emperor in Chinese history to issue a "Virtuous Edict" to recruit virtuous talents throughout the world.

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