In the middle of autumn, Liu Bang led 100,000 Han soldiers from Nanzheng (now east of Hanzhong City, Shaanxi) to march to Guanzhong, and soon arrived at Chencang (now east of Baoji City, Shaanxi).

In order to hide people's eyes, Han Xin suggested that Liu Bang send hundreds of soldiers to repair the plank road into Shu, under the instruction of Han Xin, the soldiers deliberately slowly repaired, and in the process of repairing, they often performed some soldiers fighting and fighting, negative sabotage programs, this has only one purpose, to paralyze the Sanqin army, in order to respond to the surprise attack of the main force.

As early as before Liu Bang entered Shu, Xiang Yu secretly ordered the King of Sanqin to pay close attention to Liu Bang's movements, and Zhang Han sent countless spies to operate in the Hanzhong area out of his own safety.

When the spies told Zhang Han about the Han army's performance of repairing the plank road, Zhang Han laughed and became contemptuous of the Han army.

Although the Ecstasy Array was very exciting, the mobilization of the main force of the Han army still alarmed Zhang Han, who was sitting in Sanqin!

The current Zhang Han is no longer the Zhang Han of the past, although it is only a short time later, he has also made the mistake of underestimating the enemy. Of course, he understood Xiang Yu's intention to make him the king of Yong, that is, to block Liu Bang's door to Hanzhong.

Zhang Han was also conscientious, but when he got Liu Bangbai, a nobody who had been humiliated by his crotch, as a general, coupled with the performance of the Han army in the plank road project. Zhang Han can be sure with his experience in officialdom for more than ten years and several years of experience in the battlefield that the Han army is absolutely a rabble, and Liu Bang is an out-and-out madman.

There is an interesting saying, to succeed, go crazy first.

Liu Bang's move to appoint Han Xin as the general was undoubtedly crazy.

In fact, when the Han army sent troops to Guanzhong, the most taboo and feared was not Zhang Han, but Xiang Yu. The reason why so many smoke bombs were made before sending troops was to confuse Zhang Han and Xiang Yu.

With the current military strength of the Han army, if you want to fight hard with Xiang Yu, it is undoubtedly an egg to hit a stone.

Of course, Xiang Yu himself didn't take Liu Bang in his eyes, but his father Fan Zeng had a very old and spicy vision.

There are so many heroes in the world, but he only values Liu Bang, and when he was at the Hongmen banquet, he asserted: Whoever wins the king of the world will be Pei Gong. In hindsight, this was a perfectly correct statement.

When Han Xin was still in the Chu army, he suggested killing Han Xin again. We already know that from the position of Chu Jun, his advice is also correct.

From these two suggestions, it is enough to see Fan Zeng's ability. It's a pity that Xiang Yu didn't adopt it.

Before, after the complacent overlord of Western Chu returned to Pengcheng after dividing the princes, as the actual son of heaven, he did not introduce a package to stimulate the economy and resume production, but enjoyed a sweet and happy life with his beloved Yu Ji. He obviously didn't understand what kind of responsibility he should bear as a person who commanded the world. In his heart, when there is peace, the most important thing in life is to enjoy.

Life must be happy, don't make the gold bottle empty to the moon.

Xiang Yu enjoyed the happiness brought by power in Pengcheng day and night, the world was peaceful on the surface, but in fact, a bigger storm was quietly brewing.

He felt that his reward was fair and strategic, and he thought he could fool everyone, so he was very proud.

But many people still saw the Tao in it, Xiang Yu's division was not agreed on the size of the merit, and there were many personal factors mixed in the process of rewarding.

Guanzhong, a rich place, was rewarded to the three generals of the Qin State. On the surface, it is normal for the Qin people to manage the Qin land, but after in-depth analysis, you will know how stupid this is. As mentioned earlier, although Xiang Yu was the leader of the rebel army, the Qin people hated him very much, and before entering the customs, the 200,000 Qin soldiers killed in the pit accounted for one-tenth of the population of Guanzhong, which made most of the Qin families and Xiang Yu bond, and the atrocities in Xianyang were even worse. And all this, the three Guanzhong Wang Zhanghan, Sima Xin, Dong Peng, no one can escape the involvement, these three people, as Qin generals, are not loyal to the country, but surrender to Xiang Yu. It's not good to surrender, but to surrender to the brutal Xiang Yu! Therefore, the Qin people gritted their teeth with hatred for these three people, and their positions were unstable, how could they look down on Liu Bang?

Let's talk about Qi Guo, it is clear that Brother Tian Rong is a powerful figure, and he is not sealed, but he just seals some clowns, isn't this asking for trouble?

There is also Peng Yue, who has gathered tens of thousands of horses in Liangdi, and Brother Xiang Yu didn't see it, didn't give any indication, and let him continue to be his thief. Tens of thousands of horses roaming in his own territory, as the highest authority, he can still sleep?

Of course, there is Liu Bang, and Chen Yu...

All in all, Xiang Yu's sub-seal is absolutely under-considered, his criteria for sub-sealing are very simple, if you don't like it, you won't seal it, and if you like it, you can seal it!

The state, to put it bluntly, is the product of mutual compromise between various interest groups. A leader who is unable to balance various conflicts of interest and eliminate the opposing interests is not far from the day when he will step down, and if he is unwilling to step down, there is only one way: war. And the feudal emperor will not step down by himself, at most he will issue an edict for his own crimes, so that is to say, there is only one solution to the contradictions caused by Xiang Yu's division - war.

There is also only one end result of the war: to bring to power people who can balance various interests.

Even if Xiang Yu doesn't want to seal anyone, it won't be as big a problem as the uneven reward.

Justice is always a scale in people's hearts, even if it is relatively fair.

Most people have the psychology of not suffering from widowhood but suffering from inequality. In a society, everyone is poor, it doesn't matter, but if the gap is too big, the problem will be big, and in the long run, the society will be unstable. In 1912, the Italian economist Gini proposed a well-known parameter, the Gini coefficient, which is used to measure the income difference between residents within a country. As soon as this coefficient exceeds a certain warning line, society is immediately in turmoil.

Regardless of the common people for the time being, it can be concluded that the Gini coefficient distributed among these princes is absolutely above the warning line.

Sure enough, the powder keg of the Chu and Han rivalries was quickly ignited.

In May, the third month after Xiang Yu divided the princes, Tian Rong couldn't bear it anymore and sent troops to drive Tian Du, the king of Qi, out of Qi, and Tian Du went to Chu to seek political refuge.

Then, Tian Rong detained Tian Shi, the king of Jiaodong, and ordered him not to take up his post in the Fengguo, Tian Shi was afraid that Xiang Yu would hold him accountable for delaying the schedule, so he secretly ran to the Fengguo. Tian Rong was furious, and in June, he sent troops to kill Tian Shi in Jimo. Then, Tian Rong made Peng Yue a general and ordered him to attack Jibei. In July, Peng Yue attacked and killed Tian'an, the king of Jibei.

As a result, Tian Rong completely occupied the land of Sanqi and established himself as the king of Qi, and then, Tian Rong ordered Peng Yue to attack the Chu army, and Xiang Yu sent the general Xiao Jiao to meet the Qi army, and the Chu army was defeated.

Tian Rong picked a thorn, another extremely dissatisfied person Chen Yu, after Tian Rong established himself as the king of Qi, he personally went to persuade Tian Rong to borrow his soldiers and horses to attack Changshan County, the same is the end of the world, Tian Rong of course understands Chen Yu's mood, so he did not hesitate to lend Chen Yu soldiers and horses, Changshan King Zhang Er was beaten away by Chen Yu a few days after taking office.

At this time, Xiang Yu sang and danced in Pengcheng.

Beside him, there is one person who is insignificant, but another person who cares about him is crucial, this person is Han Wangcheng, and the other person is Zhang Liang.

The person Zhang Liang left Liu Bang for the second time was Han Wangcheng.

Han Wangcheng is the royal family of South Korea, and he does not have many military exploits, and he can be crowned king by the shadow of his ancestors. Xiang Yu looked down on him very much because of this, and Xiang Yu was jealous of Zhang Liang for helping Liu Bang too much, so he did not send him to seal the country after the partition, but left him in Pengcheng. Staying is a polite statement, but it is true to be detained.

Xiang Yu is a person whose heart grows on the tip of a knife, and those who make him uncomfortable will be fed a knife by him sooner or later.

This incompetent descendant of the royal family dangled in front of Xiang Yu and shook it too many times, the more Xiang Yu felt that this person was an eyesore, and the more he felt that this person would only waste his own food, and it didn't take long to depose him as a marquis. After some time, he sent him to bliss.

Han Wangcheng's Amitabha Buddha indirectly made Liu Bang a beneficiary, and Xiang Yu's ruthlessness also made Zhang Liang completely give up the idea of recovering the country. Therefore, the immortal death of Brother Han Wang is indeed sad, but it is not meaningless.

Amitabha, Brother Han, rest in peace.

After Liu Bang led the army out of Nanzheng and the troops arrived at Chencang, the defenders of Chencang were caught off guard, and the Han army occupied Chencang with lightning speed.

When Zhang Han heard the urgent report sent by Chen Cang, he was a little unconvinced, "This plank road hasn't been repaired yet, where did the Han army come from, could it be that they will fly?" "The Han army can't fly, they have taken a long detour, the road from Shuzhong to Chencang (Baoji, Shaanxi) is by no means easy to walk, and there is still the Qinling Mountains that cross the east and west to cross, but they have crossed it.

Before the urgent report was finished, Chen Cang's deserters retreated, Zhang Han confirmed the information, quickly ordered his troops and horses, and marched in the direction of Chen Cang.

Unfortunately, I happened to meet the Han army rushing over on the road.

The soldiers of the Han army knew that it was this Qin Dynasty general who robbed Guanzhong, and they all had grievances, and they had already regarded him as an enemy.

After Zhang Han's original main force, the Qin army, was killed, and the soldiers and horses under his command were all temporarily assembled rabble, how could they have any combat effectiveness!

Therefore, Zhang Han's army did not resist for long, and was killed by the soldiers of the Han army who came down the mountain like a tiger, and quickly retreated. Zhang Han led his troops to retreat to Haoqi (now east of Qianxian County, Shaanxi). Zhang Han was an experienced commander, he organized an attack on the way to retreat, preparing to kill the Han army, and wanted to turn defeat into victory.

His wishful thinking is good, if it is an ordinary army, it will really be won by the old fritters on this battlefield.

But his opponent was unusual. For Han Xin's commanding ability, it can only be described in two words, genius.

The old and spicy Zhang Han met the genius Han Xin, and he could only sigh infinitely, beyond his reach.

Han Xin is a genius who can only lead troops to fight, and other than that, he doesn't know anything, and he can't even earn money for food when he is down, but he is such a person, and he has become the most outstanding military strategist.

Han Xin had expected Zhang Han to have this move. So when Zhang Han returned to the army to counterattack, he found that the chasing Han army had already lined up and waited, Fan Hao was in front, Guan Fu was on the left, Zhou Bo was on the right, and the two armies fought for a while. was annoyed in his heart, so he only asked Zhang Ping (one said that Zhang Han's younger brother, the other said Zhang Han's eldest son) to keep a good place, and he led a group of people back to the abolished Qiu.

The Han army opened victoriously, took advantage of the situation to attack the city, Zhang Ping held on to the city, the Han army attacked for a while, under the cover of rockets, Fan Hao took the lead in climbing the city, a burst of left and right killing, the Han army rushed to the city one after another, the Han army opened the city gate in the city, and the Han army poured into the city. Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Ping hurriedly rode a fast horse and fled through the back door.

The Han army killed the county commander and ordered the people who participated in the resistance to be acquitted, and the people in the city thanked the Han army for their benevolence and righteousness, and expressed their submission. Han Xin then entered the city, assessed Fan Xu's first merit, and reported to Liu Bang, who immediately named Fan Xu as the Marquis of Linwu.

This is Liu Bang's consistent practice, as long as the military merits of the officers and men of the Han army are true, they will give the meritorious generals a promotion for every victory.

It can be said that Dorn's reward is a cornerstone of Liu Bang's success.

After capturing Haoqi, Fan Xu and Zhou Bo attacked other places in Guanzhong non-stop, and soon attacked Xianyang, the defender Zhao Ben fled, and only the area under the jurisdiction of King Yong was left with the abolition of Qiu, Zhang Han and his son insisted on not fighting in the abolition of Qiu, Fan Xu, Zhou Bo failed to capture for a while.

Zhang Han is an excellent general, so defending the city is not difficult for him.

Han Xin saw that he would not be able to capture the waste Qiu for a while and a half, so he ordered to surround but not fight, preparing to trap Zhang Han to death.

This circumference lasted for ten months.

For the sake of narrative convenience, we will first explain Zhang Han's results in advance.

In June of the second year of the Han Dynasty, during the rainy season, Han Xin rushed to the waste of Qiu and wandered around the city for a long time, when he suddenly frowned and thought about it.

It was night, the sky was high and the moon was bright, and the wind was light and cloudy.

Zhang Han stayed awake for a few nights, and after instructing the city guards to be careful, he was ready to rest for a while.

Suddenly, the soldiers and horses in the city shouted, and Zhang Han hurriedly went out to inspect. I saw that the water in the city was several feet, and after a while, the water rose sharply, pouring into the ruins like ten thousand horses galloping. Zhang Han was shocked: The Han army wants to attack with water, and this city may not be able to be saved. So, he immediately took his family and fled out of the city.

I saw a flood of mourning in the city.

It turned out that the abandoned Qiu City was surrounded by water on both sides, and now in the rainy season, the rainfall is sufficient, and the city of the abandoned Qiu City is not high, but Zhang Han is guarding the dripping water, so the Han army is blocked. In order to break through the ruined Qiu City, Han Xin secretly ordered Fan Xu to block the river water, and the river rose sharply and naturally flooded into the city.

Fan Hao saw Zhang Han go out of the city, and chiseled the river that was blocked downstream, and the river water flowed back into the river, and Qiu was unharmed. The Han army poured into the city, and Fan Xu led his army to pursue Zhang Han, who was once the first fierce general of the Qin Dynasty and was finally cornered and had to commit suicide.

Who would have thought that a generation of famous generals would end up like this?

The abolition of Qiu Chengpo is a matter of June of the second year of the Han Dynasty, and the above is told together, and the province also scores tongues to talk about it.

The Han army trapped Zhang Han to the death, and then divided its troops to attack the other two kings of Guanzhong: Dong Peng, the king of Zhai, and Sima Xin, the king of Sai. These two people used to be mixed with Zhang Han, far inferior to Zhang Han's ability, and they were able to claim that the king was all thanks to Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu named them kings, not because of how much credit they had, Xiang Yu's idea was to let them contain each other, and secondly, to set up triple obstacles for Liu Bang to get out of the customs, blocking Liu Bang's way out of the customs.

Under the powerful offensive of the Han army, the famous general Zhang Han was also forced to stay in the lonely city, and it was only a matter of time before the city was broken and he died. Zhai Wang Dong Fei and Sai Wang Sima Xin thought about it, and after weighing the pros and cons, they quickly came up with a solution and surrendered.

In the land of Guanzhong, all but one isolated city was reoccupied by Liu Bang in less than a month. Liu Bang swept away the depressed mood after entering Shu and became a veritable king of Guanzhong.

At this time, Xiang Yu was furious when he saw that Qi and Zhao were all betrayed, and Guanzhong was lost again. In a fit of rage, he decided to send troops to quell the rebellion. In order to prevent the rapid eastward advance of the Han army, Xiang Yu sealed Wu County and ordered Zheng Chang to be the king of Han and led the army first. At the same time, Xiao Jiao was ordered to attack Peng Yue.

Soon, Xiao Jiao's army was defeated, and Xiang Yu was even more angry, and he decided to personally lead his troops to the battle: but where to fight? Confidants at both ends?

When Xiang Yu was hesitating, his subordinates sent a letter, and it was this letter that made him make a choice quickly.

The letter was written by Zhang Liang, in which Zhang Liang first severely reprimanded Liu Bang for his dereliction of duty, and after a bunch of self-critical words, he pointed out that Liu Bang was just to become the king of Guanzhong in the agreement, and did not think too much, please don't worry about King Xiang.

Cultured people are really powerful, and this short letter actually made the invincible overlord of Western Chu feel guilty: Abang, brother is sorry for you, you should be your king of Guanzhong, just don't make trouble.

Well, okay, I won't cause trouble now, and it's not too late to cause trouble when you go to Qi Country! Liu Bang snickered in Xianyang.

Zhang Liang's letter is of great strategic significance, because it delayed the frontal conflict with the Chu army when Chu was strong and Han was weak, and gave Liu Bang's group enough time to run the fertile Guanzhong base area.