"The following year, Chen Sheng, who took the lead in the uprising, was defeated by the Qin general Zhang Han, and Chen Sheng was killed by his own people."

"Liu Bang realized that the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and even the Qin Dynasty, which had reached the end of the road, was definitely not something he could compete with alone."

"He heard that Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu, the descendants of the nobles of the Chu State who had a deep hatred with the Qin Dynasty, were strong and stationed in Xue County, so he went to take refuge, and Xiang Liang gave him an additional 5,000 troops, and he followed Xiang Liang, supported the King of Chu Huai, and recovered a large amount of Wei land occupied by the Qin army."

"In order to seek greater space for development, Liu Bang defected to Xiang Liang, because he was loyal, a corporal with good manners, and loved soldiers like a son, King Chu Huai arranged for him to capture Guanzhong."

"In 208 BC, Xiang Liang fought with the Qin general Zhang Han in Dingtao, Xiang Liang died in battle, and Zhang Han turned to attack Zhao."

"At this time, Liu Xiang's army was nominally in charge of King Chu Huai, and King Zhao asked King Chu Huai for help."

"King Chu Huai decided to attack in the west and north, the west route army was led by Liu Bang to attack the direction of Xianyang, and the north route army was led by Xiang Yu to attack Zhanghan in the direction of Zhao and save the king of Zhao, and agreed that whoever enters Guanzhong first will be the king of Guanzhong."

"At that time, Xiang Liang died in battle, and the Qin army was at a time when morale was high, and no one was optimistic about the Western Expeditionary Army."

"Liu Bang's connections and reputation for benevolence and righteousness accumulated over the years played a huge role at this time."

"In the process of westward expansion, Gaoyang celebrity Li Shiqi admired Liu Bang's name of benevolence and took the initiative to take refuge, and even Li Shiqi's younger brother Li Shang joined with more than 4,000 people, and Liu Bang's army increased greatly."

"After meeting Zhang Liang again, many righteous soldiers who resisted the Qin army along the way took refuge, Liu Bang was greatly boosted in both strength and army morale, and he was one step ahead of the princes to reach the hegemony, and the prince of Qin learned that he held the jade seal in his hand and took the initiative to surrender, and the Qin Dynasty perished."

"Liu Bang immediately abolished the harsh laws of the Qin Dynasty, made three chapters with the fathers and elders of Guanzhong, sealed the treasury, did not commit any offence against the people, won the hearts of the people, and was later named the king of Han by Xiang Yu, ruling the Bashu region and Hanzhong."

"In this process, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu became friends, the age difference between the two is very large, but Liu Bang has the style of an elder, good at getting along with others, Xiang Yu, who is fierce and irritable by nature, actually gets along with him very well, and the two even become sworn brothers."

"At that time, Xiang Yu didn't know that this person was his nemesis."

"In terms of ability, the dignified overlord of Western Chu, "pulling out the mountains and covering the world", leading troops to fight is famous, and the Qin Dynasty will be destroyed in the future, who else will dominate the world besides him? How could he think that Liu Bang, who was already middle-aged at that time, would be his opponent? ”

"But Xiang Yu doesn't understand, a person's ability is divided into many kinds, and it doesn't necessarily have to be brave to become a king, on the contrary, it is a good idea to be the king with bravery."

"Liu Bang doesn't have any real ability, but he just knows how to use people, and often listens to the opinions of others, this unique personality charm makes many talents flock to it, such as Zhang Liang, Han Xin, Xiao He, Fan Xu, Li Shiqi, Xiahou Ying......"

"A large part of the reason why these people follow Liu Bang is that they like Liu Bang's personality charm."

"For example, Liu Bang has always hated the Confucian scholars who are crepe-like, and he was very impolite when he had the first meeting with Li Shiqi, and was criticized by Li Shiqi, Liu Bang changed his attitude on the spot and was treated as a guest."

"There is also Han Xin, when he was under Liu Bang, because he had no opportunity to display his talents and was not taken seriously, Xiao He recommended it in front of Liu Bang many times, which made Liu Bang change his mind, fasted and bathed, held a grand ceremony, and worshiped Han Xin as a general."

"You must know that Liu Bang was already the king of Hanzhong at that time, and Han Xin was just an unknown small character, Liu Bang was able to condescend to him and worship him as a general, which made Han Xin grateful and assisted with all his heart, becoming one of the capable generals who defeated Xiang Yu in the future."

"The irony is that the first person Han Xin took refuge in was actually Xiang Yu, but Xiang Yu didn't take him seriously and let go of a talent in vain."

"Compared with Xiang Yu, Liu Bang obviously knows how to retain talents."

"In this way, because Liu Bang entered the main pass first, Xiang Yu was displeased."

"Liu Xiang's army nominally respects King Chu Huai, but in fact, Xiang Yu does not take King Chu Huai in his eyes."

"When attacking Guanzhong, there was a Hongmen banquet, Xiang Yu was arrogant, after defeating Zhang Han, he led the troops to Guanzhong, and the strategist Fan Zeng proposed that he want to kill Liu Bang while his troops are far superior to Liu Bang."

"At that time, it was said that whoever saves people will be the king of Guanzhong."

"It seems that the Qin Dynasty at that time was about to fall, there was no threat, Xiang Yu was too lazy to hide his ambitions, he did not fulfill his promise to let Liu Bang be the king of Guanzhong, but only named Liu Bang the king of Han, and the main territory was Bashu."

"Not only that, Xiang Yu also killed King Chu Huai, leaving behind the handle of disloyalty."

Qin Shi Huang: Those who succeed must be tolerant, Xiang Yu is too arrogant, even if the force is high, he is not suitable for the Son of Heaven.

Liu Che: It's just a reckless man! As an overlord, he can't even fulfill his promises, who dares to follow such a person.

Wei Zheng: Those who achieve great things must have wisdom that mortals cannot understand, and at the same time, they must have heavenly opportunities that are difficult for mortals to understand.

"With murderous intentions, he wanted to get rid of people, so Xiang Yu set up a Hongmen banquet for Liu Bang."

"Xiang Yu's uncle Xiang Bo was friendly with Zhang Liang and informed him of this, Zhang Liang hurriedly asked Liu Bang to apologize and show weakness in the past, and also formed a family with Xiang Bo to form a family of children and daughters.

Liu Bang only brought a few people to the banquet, which seemed unsuspecting, which made Xiang Yu even more embarrassed to target, and Fan Zeng ordered "Xiang Zhuang to dance the sword, intended to be Pei Gong", or Xiang Bo made a move, drew his sword and danced to protect secretly, so Liu Bang had the opportunity to leave under the pretext. ”

"After the banquet, Xiang Yu entered Xianyang, killed Prince Qin's baby, and burned Afang Palace, what he did was really unwise, leaving a murderous impression, in stark contrast to Liu Bang's benevolence."

"Liu Bang also saw that Xiang Yu regarded him as a threat, but at that time, Liu Bang couldn't deal with Xiang Yu."

"So, Liu Bang swallowed his anger and entered Hanzhong, worshiped Han Xin as a general, worked hard, and pacified Sanqin in the second year of the Han Dynasty."

"Taking advantage of Xiang Yu's attack on the State of Qi, Liu Bang went east, occupied Pengcheng, the capital of Western Chu, and sent people to count Xiang Yu's crimes, announce it to the world, and take the lead in taking the people."

"Unexpectedly, Xiang Yu's bravery was beyond imagination, and he attacked back with 30,000 light cavalry, killing Liu Bang's 100,000 troops, and another 100,000 fell into the water and drowned.

"Only then did Liu Bang know how terrible Xiang Yu was, and decided to use stratagem to deal with it."

"He sent people to persuade Yingbu to oppose Chu and riot the rear of Western Chu with Peng Yue, while he collected defeated troops, and at the same time ordered Han Xin to open up the northern battlefield, defeat Wei and Zhao, and expand his troops."

(End of chapter)