In the middle of summer in the land of Yulu, it was the rainy season, Xiang Yu and Pei Gong joined forces to attack Waihuang (now northwest of Minquan, Henan) County, but could not succeed, and then turned to attack Chenliu (now Chenliu Town, Kaifeng City, Henan Province), at this time, Xiang Liang's army was defeated and killed, and the Chu army's heart was fluctuating, and the soldiers were frightened.

In order to prevent Zhang Han from taking advantage of the victory to enter the army, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang quickly withdrew from the battlefield. In order to preserve the main force, King Huai of Chu moved the capital to Xuyi to Pengcheng.

Lü Chen garrisoned Pengcheng east, Xiang Yu garrisoned Pengcheng west, and Liu Bang garrisoned Dangjun.

At this time, King Chu Huai received a slightly comforting news in his nervousness, Wei Bao's younger brother Wei Bao recaptured more than 20 Wei cities, in order to improve morale and stabilize the morale of the army, he named Wei Bao as the king of Wei, and the Wei state was restored.

Pengcheng garrisoned on three sides, and it was tightly protected, just waiting for Zhang Han to attack.

But waiting left and right, and there was no shadow of the Qin army, and later they learned that the Qin army had gone north to attack Zhao State, and everyone was relieved.

Zhang Han has no interest in the unknown.

Chen Yu, Zhang Er's name has always made Zhang Han very jealous, he has long wanted to use them to open his hand, but he can't spare his hand, and now that he finally has a chance, how could he let it go?

The whole country of Chu finally breathed a sigh of relief, the strong enemy has retreated, according to the fine tradition of our ancestors, idle is not idle, and the foreign enemy is gone, so we will do something internally.

As we all know, King Chu Huai did not climb up by himself, but Xiang Liang Li, when Xiang Liang was alive, King Chu Huai only had the right to sign, not the right to approve, that is to say, what order, what matter Xiang Liang decided, according to the number of rites to report to him, King Chu Huai only needs to say 'know' three words to finish, his opinion is there, but it is not counted.

To put it bluntly, King Chu Huai is a puppet.

If King Chu Huai were a fool, a prodigal son, a gentleman, a child, or a family with a special hobby, etc., then he would feel very happy, but he was not.

In Chinese history, you can see a lot of such people, such as the doll emperors (children) of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the later lord Liu Chan (纨绔子), the Jin Hui Emperor Sima Zhen (fool), Song Weizong Zhao Ji (prodigal son and artist), Ming Xizong Zhu Youxiao (craft maker) and so on, these people will feel very cool when they become emperors as puppets. Why is it cool? Because you can only take care of your own pleasure, and as an emperor, you don't have to worry about firewood, rice, oil and salt, can you be unhappy?

As mentioned earlier, King Chu Huai is a person with some ideas, so the problem comes.

How could he be willing to be a puppet?

He was not reconciled, so he was waiting for an opportunity. Xiang Liang is dead, and the opportunity has finally come.

After analyzing and planning, he believes that Lu Chen and Xiang Yu are too sharp and not very reliable, while Liu Bang can be trusted.

After careful consideration, King Chu Huai finally made a move. At a court meeting one day, he announced the merger of Xiang Yu and Lü Chen's armies, appointed himself as a general, and took the military power into his own possession. Liu Bang's army did not change (kind-hearted people). In order to make up for the unhappiness of Xiang Yu and Lu Chen, he also ordered Lu Chen to be named Situ, and his father Lu Qing was Ling Yin. Xiang Yu waited for Chang'an, and then gave the number of Lu Gong. Liu Bang is the Marquis of Wu'an, and the official worships the magistrate of Dang.

High, really high, snatched the actual military power, and gave some empty names. Rising and falling.

King Chu Huai seems to have controlled the power of Chu.

It's just a look, you don't have to take it seriously.

His plans are meticulous, his methods are reasonable, and his gains are good.

However, he ignored one point, in abnormal times, the military power is not in hand, not by the big seal and name, but by whether the subordinates are loyal to him.

The core of the Chu army is the children of Jiangdong, and those fierce generals all follow the Xiang family to raise troops, taking the Xiang family as an example, they also occupy a very important position in the Chu army, what Xiang Yu, Xiang Bo, Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Tuo, Xiang Xiang, etc., that is to say, King Chu Huai has been playing alone from beginning to end.

King Chu Huai thought that what he could do by himself, there was no need to ask others.

During the war years, if you have a soldier, you are the king of grass, and if you want to be the king and hegemon without your own descendants, you are looking for death, because no one will obey you. The purpose of the rebellion is to kill the high-ranking emperor, and I am afraid that you little king will not be able to play tricks!

The sorrow of King Chu Huai lies in the fact that he fought alone from beginning to end.

You just play first, how do you like to play? The Xiang family all sneered in their hearts.

I don't play, I don't play in vain!

You're playing for nothing! Xiang Yu thought it was funny.

King Chu Huai is continuing to play!

At this time, the envoy of the Qi State, Gaoling Jun Tian Xin, who was grinding on the road, finally came to the Chu State and met the King of Chu Huai, and as soon as they met, he recommended Song Yi to the King of Chu Huai: How wise and martial the old man is, what a clever calculation! King Chu Huai was very happy, he knew that Song Yi had been the commander of Chu State, and King Chu Huai had read books, what was the most precious during the war years, two words, talent.

He summoned Song Yi to meet, Song Yi talked to him eloquently, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he said, "Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, the reason for survival...", King Chu Huai saw that Song Yi shook his head and shook his head with the style of a sage, and he was overjoyed.

Father (Ji Fa's name for Jiang Ziya) is definitely the widow's father. The widow is so happy, so happy... King Chu Huai couldn't help but burst into tears, he couldn't wait to pounce on him and cry on his shoulder for a few hours.

The puppet's life is so bitter... Whining...

Don't be afraid, don't be afraid... I'm not here. Song Yi exudes fatherly care.

King Chu Huai immediately took out the title of general he had just 'played', gave it to Song Yi, and then named Xiang Yu as the second general and Fan Zeng as the last general.

It's really eclectic to recruit talents.

King Chu Huai's thirsty attitude is worthy of recognition, but it is wrong not to consider the actual situation. Two people who have no roots in the army enter the wonderful world of utopia with a song and a harmony.

There is also an explanation for this, King Chu Huai began to cultivate his own forces.

It's ridiculous that Mr. Xiongxin cultivates his own forces and doesn't look for powerful talents, but finds an old man who has no soldiers under him. No one can fool himself except himself!

King Chu Huai was too naïve.

It's a great time! The Xiang family smiled in their hearts.

Song Yi calmly accepted the position of general, and had a very atmospheric title, Qingzi Champion. Song Yi's champion is a fake champion, and the later champion of the Han Dynasty is the real champion, which will be talked about later.

Now there are many historical articles that have speculated that Song Yi was capable, but he died too early, and then assumed that Song Yi did not die, what would happen?

Is this an assumption interesting, not interesting! It's boring!

I have always believed that historical research should not study impossible hypotheses!

King Chu Huai used his wisdom to do one more thing during this time, and this matter is something that will definitely affect the course of history.

The matter is very simple, and it can be summed up in one sentence: he made a covenant, listened to the words, and finally made a statement.

Don't be bored, leaders generally do this kind of work, and it is done, the credit is the leader, and if it fails, the responsibility is below.

Here's the thing, in order to encourage the early destruction of the Qin Dynasty, King Chu Huai agreed with the generals, "The one who enters the Dingguan first is the king." It means that whoever goes to settle Guanzhong first can be king. There is no doubt about this agreement. The next question is who to find to enter the customs to fight, once this question is thrown, the lively hall suddenly became silent, the princes are afraid of picking themselves, go to the pass to die, that place, but there are heavy guards of the Qin army.

Xiang Yu looked at these people, his heart was full of contempt, and he took the initiative to ask for war in order to avenge the killing of his uncle as soon as possible.

When the princes with evil intentions heard that someone was looking for death, they were still very happy, and then took a cursory look at this young man who was quite handsome, and sighed in their hearts: It's a pity to die. Take a closer look, hey, isn't this guy Xiang Yu? This murderer, send him, isn't that evil? Life is precious, opposed, resolutely opposed. So the princes suggested to King Huai, "It's okay to just send Liu Bang, Liu Bang is a generous elder, and Xiang Yu's kid is too cruel to send him." ”

The young Xiang Yu still insisted on asking for battle, but the opposition of the princes rose higher and higher.

For the sake of the common people in the world, King Chu Huai made a statement: Xiang Yu, you stay where you are, and Liu Bang will go west to enter the customs.

This is called making a covenant, listening to a word, and making a statement.

Xiang Yu was very annoyed, but for the time being, he could only suppress his anger in his heart: Wait, bear heart, sooner or later, clean you up!

Compared with his grandfather, Chu Huai Wang Xiong Huai, Kuo Xiong Xin still has some brains.

This decision of Xiongxin made Liu Bang's fate begin to enter a turning point.