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The loss of Huiji and the death of Xiang Sheng were a very fatal blow to the layout of the Chu State in Huiji County, because the current Chu State, after losing Huiji County, basically had no room for strategic maneuver. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

However, the kind of thing as strategic maneuver space no longer existed after Zhang Jiashi let Yuyong and Yingbu and others capture Minzhong County.

And after Xiang knew that Huiji County had basically fallen into the hands of Li Hunt, although he didn't think this one thing was a good thing, he still needed to come up with a solution urgently. But after losing his only son, Xiang He quickly thought of one thing, that is, this situation would become a great opportunity for him to take revenge on Xiang Yu.

After discussing with Xiang Bo, after knowing that Xiang Bo had decided to report this kind of thing to Xiang Yu, he turned his heart on and killed the messenger sent by Xiang Bo directly.

In this way, Xiang Yu actually didn't know the result until a long time later, and at that time, Xiang Bo had already opened the gate of Pengcheng, allowing the Qin army to enter the capital of Chu without blood.

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Although he knew that Li Hunt was gradually controlling Huiji County, Zhang Jiashi, who knew this situation, was in a very calm mood.

Because of the Yu Zi period and Wu Rui's doing, although in many aspects, it is not too appropriate, but for some considerations, Zhang Jiashi did not punish Yu Zi and Wu Rui who acted without authorization in the end.

After thinking about it for a long time, and the army under his command did not have the opportunity to fight a decisive battle with Tian Rong's troops again, after thinking of many reasons, Zhang Jiashi finally chose another plan, that is, to let the troops in the south prepare to attack several areas of the Chu State to launch an offensive against the Chu State.

More than 150,000 soldiers and horses from the four counties of Dangjun, Hengshan County, Jiujiang County, and Minzhong County quickly launched an offensive against the adjacent areas after receiving orders from Zhang Jiashi one after another.

Among them, the troops of Dangjun and Hengshan launched a fierce attack on Pengcheng and the Huaishui area, while the troops of Jiujiang County and Minzhong County launched an offensive on the Jiangnan region of Chu State.

More than 100,000 Qin troops attacked at the same time, leaving the Chu army in many areas completely lacking the means to deal with it. Moreover, among the troops of the Chu State, the troops who can really resist the invasion of the Qin army alone and can repel the offensive of the Qin army have basically followed Xiang Yu to the Jimo region.

Therefore, although as the capital of the Chu State, the defensive forces around Pengcheng are not too weak, but after the Dangjun troops under Zang Tu launched a fierce attack on several cities west of Pengcheng, the troops stationed in these cities of the Chu State were desperately resisting, but unfortunately, their bravery was only a futile effort in the end without the reinforcement of enough reinforcements.

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There are many people in the Xiang clan in Pengcheng, but the abilities of these people are very different even compared to Xiang Sheng. And these people were quite uneasy about the Qin army's offensive, and they hoped that Xiang Bo would ask Xiang Yu to come back and repel the Qin army.

But for Xiang Bo, he had an agreement with Zhang Liang and the Great Qin Empire, that is, to sacrifice Pengcheng to keep the Xiang clan alive.

The current Xiang Bo has no way of knowing what happened decades later, and in his heart, the success or failure of the Xiang clan is indisputable, because if the Qin army wants to break through Pengcheng, maybe it is only a matter of time.

Under such a premise, Xiang Bo had to give up the idea of repentance. Because he knows very well what will happen to him if he repents.

For Xiang Bo, since he has already seen the reality that he will inevitably fail, why do he still fight to the death to let the Xiang clan have no eggs under the nest?

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On May 3, 202 BC, this day was still some time before the birthday of the Great Qin Empire Emperor Ying Xun.

But this day is also a more meaningful day for the Great Qin Empire. That is, after Zang Di led 40,000 Qin troops to the periphery of Pengcheng, Xiang Bo finally decided to open the gates of Pengcheng and surrender to the Great Qin Empire.

Many of the Xiang clan did not understand Xiang Bo's actions, and some of the more radical Xiang clansmen even roared out a sentence: "Xiang Tang, you coward! You are not worthy to be the son of General Xiang Yan!!

Hearing these people say their father's name, Xiang Bo was very angry, because he also respected and admired his father Xiang Yan.

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Xiang Yan, as the last famous general of the Chu State to support the Chu State during the Warring States Period, also has the energy that Zhang Jiashi has to admire.

According to the "Historical Records", the Xiang family has been a Chu general for generations, and his family was sealed in Xiang.

In 225 BC, the Qin general Li Xin led an army of 200,000 to attack the state of Chu, Li Xin attacked Pingyu, and Meng Tian attacked the bed, defeating the Chu army. Li Xin attacked Yan Ying again and conquered the city, so he led his army westward to join Meng Tian's team at the city father. Xiang Yan took the opportunity to follow behind, rested for three days and three nights, defeated Li Xin's army in the counterattack, attacked two camps of the Qin army, and killed seven captains. Li Xin led the remnants to flee back to Qin.

(This description has had its own thoughts before, that is, Xiang Yan did defeat Li Xin, but Xiang Yan is likely to lead the army to reinforce and be attacked by Li Xin, and betrayed the Chang Wenjun and Changping Jun brothers of the Qin State, and the result of this matter should be two, the first one, the rebellion of Chang Ping Jun and the Chang Wenjun brothers was quelled by Li Xin, and the two fled to the Jiangnan region of the Chu State, or were successfully rescued by Xiang Yu.) Second, Li Xin suffered a crushing defeat under Xiang Yan's surprise attack. ）

In 224 BC, the Qin general Wang Jian led an army of 600,000 to attack the Chu State. Wang Jian ordered to hold the camp and not fight the Chu army. Xiang Yan went to the camp many times to challenge, but the Qin army never played. Every day, Wang Jian let the soldiers rest, wash, enjoy good food, comfort and comfort them, and personally ate with them. After a long time of this, Wang Jian sent someone to inquire: "What kind of frolicking is there in the army?" and replied: "The sergeants are playing a game of throwing stones and jumping. Wang Jian said: "Such an army can be used to fight." At this time, since the Chu army could not fight with the Qin army, they waved their troops to the east. Wang Jian immediately led the army to chase, so that the strong men launched a surprise attack, defeated the Chu army, until the south of Qi County, Xiang Yan was killed, the Chu army was defeated and fled, and the Chu State also perished.

After Chen Sheng's incident, Chen Sheng once made an evaluation of Xiang Yan:

"Xiang Yan is a Chu general, a number of meritorious soldiers, love soldiers, and Chu people pity him. Or think death, or think death. ”

One thing can be seen from this evaluation, that is, Xiang Yan's life and death, the Chu people are actually not very clear.

Otherwise, Chen Sheng would not have said whether Xiang Yan was dead or had escaped.

This also triggered Xiang Yan's two statements on Xiang Yan's life and death in "Historical Records":

In the twenty-third year of the first emperor, Qin resummoned Wang Jian and raised it, so that the general would attack Jing. Take the south of Chen to Pingyu, and capture the king of Jing. The king of Qin traveled to Yingchen. Jing general Xiang Yan established Changping Jun as the king of Jing and opposed Qin in Huainan. In the twenty-fourth year, Wang Jian and Mengwu attacked Jing, broke the Jing army, Changping Jun died, and Xiang Yan committed suicide.

When Xiang Yu first started, he was 24 years old. His Ji father Xiang Liang, Liang's father is the Chu general Xiang Yan, who was captured by the Qin general Wang Qian. Xiang's family is a Chu general, sealed in Xiang, so the surname is Xiang.

Therefore, whether Xiang Yan is in the duel with Wang Qian, whether he is alive or dead, the records in the history books cannot be completely determined.

What Zhang Jiashi knew was that, according to Wang Li, Xiang Yan's life and death, his grandfather Wang Jian was not very clear. But what he believed even more was that Xiang Yan was indeed dead. Otherwise, before the Chu State was destroyed, Xiang Yan would have continued to fight against the Qin army.

After hearing Wang Li's statement, Zhang Jiashi knew very well that Wang Qian's speculation was not too outrageous, because as Wang Jian said, if Xiang Yan had not died before the destruction of the Chu State, Changping Jun should have more confidence to resist the offensive of the Qin army, and not be easily wiped out by the Qin army in 223 BC.

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And hearing the roars of these relatives who are far or near of his blood, Xiang Bo suddenly found that his painstaking efforts did not actually get the effect he wanted.

Because he thought that many people would understand what he had done. He never thought he would be questioned like this.

After taking a deep breath, Xiang Bo roared out loudly: "Well, since you think you can resist the Qin army, then I can send someone to send you out to fight the Qin army." I don't know what you guys think?"

As soon as Xiang Bo's words came out, many Xiang clan people were speechless. Because they know very well what will happen to them as soon as they leave Pengcheng.

And Uncle Xiang, who saw this scene, didn't pay too much attention to these clansmen, but focused his eyes on Xiang He.

He didn't understand why Xiang didn't say a word at this time.

After thinking about it, he said to Xiang: "I don't know what my nephew thinks?"

After hearing Uncle Xiang's words, Xiang He actually showed a smile: "Lord Ling Yin probably has already thought of this, and the person who came to see Ling Yin at the beginning, if nothing else, it is very likely that it is Zhang Liang Zhang Zifang, right?"

Hearing Xiang He's words, Xiang Bo was slightly shocked in his heart, but after a little consideration, he instead showed a relaxed expression: "That's right, the person who came to Pengcheng was Zhang Liang, and Zhang Zifang promised that their regent Zhang Jiashi promised that if we sacrifice Pengcheng, then they will guarantee the safety of all our Xiang clan." ”

Hearing Uncle Xiang's words, although many people in the Xiang clan still felt that Uncle Xiang was wrong to do this, out of their own selfishness, they never mentioned such an idea in the end. Because they themselves knew that Xiang Bo did this more for the sake of the safety of their Xiang clan.

Because they are not completely stupid, but they know one thing very well, that is, in that place in the Thorn Plain, because of what Xiang Yu did, their Xiang clan was also associated with the hatred of the Qin people for them.

And many people know this, and Xiang Yu is also very clear about this in his heart.

There is a Chinese idiom called "Mu Monkey and Crown", and the allusion origin of this idiom is as follows:

After Xiang Yu took Guanzhong, Han Sheng offered Yu Yu a plan and said: "The terrain in Guanzhong is dangerous, there are mountains and rivers as barriers, and the land is fertile, so you can build a capital and hegemony." Yu saw that the palace had been burned down, and he wanted to return to the east, and said: "Wealth does not return to his hometown, such as walking at night in splendid clothes, who knows!" When Xiang Yu heard about it, he cooked it to death.

Some people evaluate Xiang Yu's character, fame and reputation, cruelty and barbarism, greed, and short-sightedness, which can also see the reason for Xiang Yu's failure.

Zhang Jiashi thought of another level of this matter, that is, Xiang Yu was unwilling to settle the capital of Guanzhong, because Guanzhong was already dilapidated because of him, and many people in Guanzhong had a very deep hatred for the Chu people, especially Xiang Yu and the Xiang family, and it could not be resolved in a short time.

This Han Sheng didn't think of this, but said something that although it was quite important, he didn't pay attention to the situation in Guanzhong that the Chu army was facing, and directly said the words of Mu Monkey and crown, which can be regarded as a situation of not being immortal.

This also shows that Xiang Yu may know very well in his heart that once the Qin people fight back again, he can't imagine what kind of fate the Xiang clan will face.

Of course, Xiang Yu quickly put this idea behind him, but for the Xiang family, they could still guess some of Xiang Yu's thoughts.

And in the end, after Xiang Bo asked the clansmen gathered by him for the last time if they were willing to sacrifice Pengcheng in exchange for the peace of his clan, Xiang Bo got a basic nod answer......

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Zang Di actually had some doubts about Zhang Liang's arrangement, that is, as a large city with a long history and quite strong, Xiang Bo and the others, who were guarding Pengcheng, should not surrender so easily.

So he was secretly on guard if there would be any big problems.

But soon, he knew that he was indeed overthinking, because the personnel of Pengcheng did surrender in Kaecheng.

For some reasons, Zang Di only let 5,000 people enter Pengcheng to collect the equipment of the Pengcheng defenders and maintain law and order, but in doing so, it was actually unfounded.

Because after the conversation between Xiang Bo and Xiang He ended, the Xiang clan in Pengcheng basically gave up the idea of resisting or causing chaos.

They don't know if the Qin people will keep their promises, but compared to the degree of trustworthiness of the Qin people, if they do have a problem, then they are really dead.

And two days later, Pengcheng, which can be regarded as a historical city, was officially controlled by the Great Qin Empire......

Some historians in later generations believe that the fall of Pengcheng is a sign of the fall of the Chu State, but in the eyes of more historians, the fundamental symbol of the fall of the Chu State is still a few months of Xiang Yu's defeat and suicide on the top of Mount Tai......