Chapter 13: Cruel Xiang Yu
After Chen Sheng's death, everyone's eyes shifted to Xiang Liang.
After the famous generals, there are brave and strategic, it can be said that regardless of prestige or background, Xiang Liang has undoubtedly become another leader of the rebel army after Chen Sheng's death.
Xiang Liang is also self-righteous.
Therefore, after Jingju Qin Jia died, the number of people attached to Xiang Liang increased day by day. This includes our Liu Bang, who is also running wild on the way to defect.
There was another one, the oldest strategist at that time, Fan Zeng.
If his admonition can be implemented by Xiang Yu word for word, it will be difficult for Chu and Han to fight for hegemony, maybe we will have to change the nation.
But as the old saying goes, history has no ifs.
Fan Zeng (277-204 BC) was a native of Chaohu City at the end of Qin, and in 207 BC, Fan Zeng was seventy years old, and he went to seek refuge with Xiang Yu. When people reach this age, they hug their grandchildren at home, reminisce about the past, and count the days when they close their eyes. But Fan Zeng didn't, maybe you will ask, it's all old bones, why are you still mixed with the troubled waters of killing heads and exterminating the clan?
For this kind of question, asking anyone is two words, ambition.
Jiang Ziya is seventy and Zhou, and Fan Zeng is seventy and things are Chu.
They are full of economy, the art of war, the power to govern the country and the people, all of them are proficient, they have studied all their lives, and they don't want to rot into the coffin. What about the ancient years, he still does not lose to young people, and if he does not make contributions, he will not enter the ground, this is Fan Zeng's mentality at that time.
Fan Zeng is talented but has poor vision, so naturally he can't compare with Jiang Taigong, the reason why he praised him is to show an attitude, in life, as long as you live for a day, don't give up on yourself easily.
Xiang Liang attacked Qin Jia, Xiang Yu did not participate, if he was there, the fire scene on the battlefield would definitely have to be raised to a higher level.
Xiang Yu's uncle is playing hot in Pengcheng, he is naturally not idle, if he is really idle, he will definitely come to Pengcheng, he is coming, Qin Jia and Jingju may be chopped into meat sauce.
Xiang Yu is a character with a very obvious two-sided personality. He is very protective of Jiangdong disciples, and is disdainful of non-Jiangdong disciples. He is very cruel, but he has special care for his soldiers and is very gentle to his concubine Yu Ji. He was strong, resolute, and a woman's kindness. If he thinks that you are his own person, even if you do something bad to him, you don't have to worry, it's okay, Brother Xiang is the most righteous. If he thinks that you are not his own person, and your ancestors have been doing good deeds for ten generations, he will not hesitate to chop you up.
Xiang Yu was not idle, because his uncle had sent him to fight Xiangcheng with eight thousand children. Xiangcheng is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, at that time, if you want to chase the Central Plains, you must first break this city.
Xiangcheng County Commander is also a 'fierce man', he heard that Xiang Yu was coming, he didn't think about it, so he left the commander Kong Fang to guard the city, and he led 5,000 men and horses out of the city for thirty miles to meet Xiang Yu.
At that time, Xiang Yu was not yet famous, so it was no wonder that Xiangcheng County was so violent. Making friends can "not be guilty of those who don't know", but in the job of losing one's head in a war, as a general, "those who don't know" will be guilty, and if you don't get it, you will have to kill a bunch of people.
The two sides set up a good position outside Xiangcheng, Xiang Yu's side, there is a dragon on the left, Ji Bu on the right, and the eight thousand Jiangdong children behind are all majestic, and Xiangcheng County Order is here, the old, weak, sick and disabled, tall, short, fat and thin, are uneven. Xiangcheng County Commander has been waiting for Xiang Yu for a long time, but he didn't expect to be scolded by Xiang Yu first, don't look at the people with status, and the scolding is also scolding the mother and the dog and scolding the ancestors of the eighteenth generation, what is vicious, what is ugly. From a modern point of view, this is psychological warfare, and tens of thousands of people on the side are listening to each other, scolding that winning can boost morale, and scolding losing will shake the morale of the military.
Swearing is an art.
Xiangcheng County Commander is a very brave but lack of judgment people, their own people are not more than the other party, and the fighting spirit is not as high as the other party, a little comparison, you know that there are elite soldiers and good generals, and this side is a weak soldier and weak general. But the Xiangcheng County Decree doesn't care about this, he is very confident, because he believes that he is on the side of justice, and on the other side, he is just a thief, and he will not be destroyed, and the sky will destroy it.
It's better to scold than to fight well.
Xiang Yu's evil consequences of not studying well when he was a child were exposed at this time, and he obviously scolded that he couldn't win the Xiangcheng County Order, so he could only shout loudly, rushed to the front of the battle, and prepared to fight.
The Xiangcheng County Order also shouted, and a general named Lu Yan rushed out, but after less than ten rounds, Lu Yan was stabbed to death by Xiang Yu.
Xiang Yu killed one person, saw the blood, his brain became excited, rushed straight to the opponent's formation, and killed happily, Xiangcheng County ordered the formation of flesh and blood to fly, no one could resist, Xiang Yu was like entering a no-man's land. The Xiangcheng County Commander only began to regret provoking this devil at this time, and he would have said a few more good words if he knew it. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Xiangcheng County Commander hurriedly fled on horseback, and the left and right entourages were not to be left behind, and fled in all directions. Xiang Yu looked at it, Lao Tzu hasn't killed enough, so you just run? relentlessly chased after him single-handedly.
After all, the county commander of Xiangcheng has been mixed in Xiangcheng for many years, and the terrain is so familiar that after getting into the woods, there is no one to see, Xiang Yu has no choice but to stop the pursuit. Only then did he notice that he was lost, and later met his subordinates who came to him in the process of wandering around.
Xiang Yu's brave impulse can be seen from this.
Don't think that Xiangcheng is defeated, no. Xiangcheng County Order picked up a life, knowing that Xiang Yu was not easy to mess with, so he changed his strategy, the city gate was closed, and he no longer went to war, allowing Xiang Yu to send people to scold day and night, scolding so much that his throat was smoking, and Xiangcheng County Order just couldn't stick to it.
Xiang Yu thought that they couldn't hear that they were scolding, so they ran closer to the city wall to scold, and Xiangcheng County ordered to ignore it, but the damnable thing is that he also secretly asked someone to take an arrow and open a bow, and when Xiang Yu and his group walked very close, and scolded the world and moved by it, the wind and clouds changed color, and they were immersed in the art of scolding and couldn't extricate themselves, so they ordered to shoot.
Xiang Yu is good at kung fu and was not injured, but the soldiers around him couldn't dodge, and they were shot into hedgehogs one by one.
Xiang Yu hated conspiracy and trickery very much, so the anger in his heart quickly ignited, and he loved his Jiangdong soldiers very much, treating them as brothers and relatives, and now he saw his relatives-like soldiers being shot bloodied, and their deaths were miserable. The anger in Xiang Yu's heart went straight to the heavenly spirit cover, and he couldn't wait to demolish Xiangcheng immediately.
But it was very helpless, the city of Xiangcheng was too strong, and the team that had just revolted, the siege experience, and the siege equipment were seriously insufficient, and they could only die more brothers if they forcibly attacked the city.
At this time, Ji Bu suggested that they should surround them until they ran out of ammunition and food, and then our army pretended to retreat, and they would inevitably go out of the city to find food, and at that time we were returning to the army to attack the city.
Xiang Yu didn't send anyone to scold, just gathered there, and estimated that when the city ran out of ammunition and food, he pretended to retreat. The Xiangcheng county order is not stupid, afraid of fraud, so he sent some people out of the city to find food, as soon as the people left the city, he quickly closed the city gate, so seven or eight batches, all fine. At this time, Ji Bu, who was dressed as a citizen of the city, led a group of people to take the opportunity to infiltrate Xiangcheng, and there was another cannon sound, and Xiang Yu's army, which was waiting in the distance, immediately returned to the army, and Xiangcheng County was killed, and Xiangcheng was occupied.
Xiang Yu, who occupied Xiangcheng, did not appease the people, when he thought of his brothers who died because of the siege of the city, and thought of the people of Xiangcheng to hold the city for the order of Xiangcheng County, he was furious, in his eyes, this was a very bad precedent, in order to set an example, he gave a desperate and terrifying order, slaughtering the city, regardless of men, women and children, as long as they were Xiangcheng people, all of them were killed.
The rebel army also slaughtered the city, and Xiang Yu pushed himself to the back of the people's hearts.
Jibu and other ministries will strongly oppose it, but to no avail. Xiang Yu's style of admonition is just the opposite of Liu Bang. Xiang Yu doesn't listen to the good or bad suggestions of the things that are decided, while Liu Bang will listen to the good and bad things.
At the scene of the pit killing, the people scolded and cried, "Xiang Yu, you can't die well", "Xiang Yu, you cut off your children and grandchildren", the people scolded, shouted, and cried.
And the victor Xiang Yu is still expressionless, in his eyes, these are not lives, but ants.
No, Xiang Yu, you are wrong, those are people, they are lives, and it won't be long before you will know how powerful they are.
Xiang Yu, have you really won?
Xiang Yu, what do you get by doing this?
Xiang Yu, if you do this, what will the people do to love you?