After Xiang Liang died in battle, King Huai of Chu's ambitious men now had three forces, one was Xiang Yu's army, the other was Liu Bang's army, and the other was Lu Chen's army.

After Xiang Liang died in battle, King Huai of Chu 's ambitious men now had three forces, one was Xiang Yu's army, the other was Liu Bang's army, and the other was Lu Chen's army.

King Chu Huai Xiong Xin was originally supported by Xiang Liang. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, peasant uprisings were raging all over the country. Some established themselves as kings, and some supported others as kings. Xiang Liang's troops chose to support others as kings. On this road, Xiang Liang found this descendant of Chu Kingdom royal family. Xiong Xin, King Huai of Chu, was still herding sheep in the grassland, so Xiang Liang found him and became the king. Xiong Xin probably didn't expect that he would have such a thing. One day, I was supposed to be herding sheep for the rest of my life. Unexpectedly, a crown fell from the sky.

But although this Xiong Xin is a shepherd boy, he is not an idiot. He actually has ideals and ambitions. When Xiang Liang was alive, because Xiang Liang was a relatively strong person, he pretended to be stupid and good, and acted as his mascot.

But as soon as Xiang Liang died, the true nature of Xiong Xin was exposed. He was not as simple and unpretentious as he appeared on the surface. He not only had Xiong Xin in his heart, but also had "ambition"

Even though he was embraced by Xiang Liang He stood up, but he was not grateful to Xiang Liang in his heart. This is human greed. If Xiang Liang had not come to find you, you would still be grazing in the grass. He was not grateful to Xiang Liang for the opportunity. He saw that Xiang Liang had given him the opportunity. After Liang died, he felt that his opportunity had come. He was not willing to be a puppet or mascot. He wanted to be a real person and wanted to hold power in his own hands.

As soon as Xiang Liang died, Xiang Yu had not yet established prestige and status in the army. As soon as King Chu Huai arrived in Pengcheng, he first relieved Xiang Yu's military power and Lu Chen's military power. Only Liu Bang's military power was not taken back by King Chu Huai Xiong Xin. , because Xiong Xin intended to cultivate Liu Bang, he felt that making Liu Bang stronger would be a check and balance to the Xiang family.

Therefore, Liu Bang's future strength is also due to the ambition of King Huai of Chu. At that time, the ambition of King Huai of Chu faced two major problems. One was the request for help from Zhao State. Zhao State was besieged at that time. Zhao State was jointly attacked by and Qin Dynasty . Zhang Han led his troops to Guanzhong and killed him. Coming over, there were also the Great Wall Corps stationed at the Great Wall . These two troops were relatively powerful troops of the Qin Dynasty, so the situation in Zhao State was critical at that time.

If King Huai of Chu allowed Zhao to be destroyed by the two major forces of the Qin Dynasty, then the very thorny problem they would face was that these Qin Dynasty troops who destroyed Zhao would come back and destroy them. Chu State.

Therefore, the State of Zhao must be saved, but who should be sent to rescue it? King Chu Huai chose Xiang Yu to rescue the State of Zhao first, and then sent Liu Bang to lead his troops west to Qin Pass.

Then King Huai of Chu Xiong Xin made another agreement King Huai : The one who enters Dingguan first is the king. This means that whoever enters Guanzhong first will be crowned king.

But those anti-Qin rebels all know that it is not easy to attack the Qin Dynasty's capital Xianyang. Although the Qin Dynasty is now at the end and is riddled with holes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. The Qin Dynasty The foundation is there. It's easier said than done to enter Guanzhong. It's a mess, so no one is interested in this promise with King Huai.

Only Xiang Yu and Liu Bang are willing to go, but Xiang Yu has to save Zhao State first, and then he can attack Guanzhong. This means that Xiang Yu has to take a detour to Guanzhong, but Liu Bang is different. He has orders from King Xiong Xin of Chu Huai , you can attack Guanzhong directly.

So from the beginning of this matter, King Chu Huai's ambition never thought of letting Xiang Yu enter Guanzhong and become the king. So why did King Chu Huai Xiong Xin choose Liu Bang to attack Xianyang? He told his ministers that Liu Bang was a Elder, because Liu Bang was in his forties at the time, Liu Bang was also an elder in terms of age, and Xiang Yu was only in his twenties at the time.

In addition, King Huai Liu Bang was not only an elder, but also a kind and benevolent elder. He thought Xiang Yu was cruel, because when Xiang Yu attacked Xiangcheng, he could not capture it for a long time. The Qin army defending Xiangcheng resisted to the death, and Xiang Yu attacked the city with all his strength. , and finally captured Xiangcheng, but Xiang Yu vented all his anger on the soldiers and people of Xiangcheng. Xiang Yu decided to massacre the city and buried all the people in Xiangcheng alive.

So King Huai concluded that Xiang Yu was a cruel person.

Liu Bang's entry into Qinguan to the west was not very smooth, but he met several noble people on the way. One was Li Shiqi, a drunkard from Gaoyang who helped Liu Bang sneak attack Chen Liu.

Li Shiqi was a down-and-out scholar who loved to drink, but he had great ambitions. He always wanted to take refuge with someone, but he didn't take any fancy to so many anti-Qin rebels, so he fell in love with Liu Bang.

But when Liu Bang met Li Shiqi, he was still very arrogant. He spread his legs and asked two women to massage his feet. Seeing Liu Bang's appearance at that time, it was obvious that he did not respect him, but this Li Shiqi Shi Qi was not angry when he saw Liu Bang like this, so he made a long bow and did not kneel down.

Not only did he not kneel down to worship Liu Bang, but the first thing Li Shiqi said when they met was, "Are you helping the princes of the world to destroy Qin, or are you helping Qin to destroy the princes of the emperor?"

Liu Bang cursed loudly when he heard this. After Liu Bang finished scolding, Li Shiqi said: Since you want to destroy Qin, you have to recruit talents from all over the world. How can you wash the feet and entertain the elders at the same time?

When Liu Bang heard this, he was very ashamed, and immediately ordered people to take away the foot basin, and drove the two women away. Liu Bang straightened his clothes and sat down, and also asked Li Shiqi to sit down, and then listened carefully to Li Shiqi's opinions. .

Li Shiqi said: You have less than ten thousand troops and you are going to attack Qinguan. Do you think you can attack it? I suggest you attack Chenliu first. Don’t think that Chenliu is just a county, but Chenliu is a person. Granary, so that if you have Chenliu, you will have food, and you can recruit troops and replenish the army.

In addition, Li Shiqi also said that the county magistrate of Chenliu and I are friends. I will go and persuade him. If he does not surrender, then attack him. Liu Bang thinks this is a very good idea.

When Li Shiqi went to persuade the county magistrate, the county magistrate felt that it was not feasible. He did not want to surrender to Liu Bang. Liu Bang did not wait for Li Shiqi to reply. While Li Shiqi was still persuading the county magistrate, Liu Bang suddenly attacked Chen Liu. , catching Chen Liu off guard.

just won Chen Liu.

Liu Bang's second nobleman was Zhang Liang. After defeating Chen Liu, Liu Bang led his troops to continue marching. They fought a battle with the governor of Nanyang County in Lushan Mountain and defeated the governor. The governor then led The troops fled to Wan County, a county in Nanyang, .

Liu Bang was anxious to enter the pass, so he did not pursue him and continued to move around Wan County. At that time, Zhang Liang advised Liu Bang not to do this. At that time, Liu Bang's army would face the Qin Dynasty's reinforcements with the Qin army in front and Wan County behind. In this way, the two sides are attacking each other, and when the time comes, they are in a dilemma.

Liu Bang listened to Zhang Liang's words, quickly turned around and attacked Wan County from behind. The Nanyang County Governor who had already retreated in Wan County heard that Liu Bang was fighting back and was about to commit suicide. At that time, one of his subordinates was named Chen Hui , this was also the most important noble person Liu Bang met when he entered Qinguan. He persuaded the county guard not to commit suicide until he went to negotiate with Liu Bang. If the negotiation was not appropriate, it would not be too late to commit suicide. The county guard adopted Chen Hui's opinion.

Chen Hui met with Liu Bang. Now the city wall of Wan County is strong. If you want to attack it, you won't be able to defeat it for a while. You have to rush to attack Guanzhong. If you don't attack Wan County and continue to leave, you will be attacked from both sides. status.

Now you might as well ask Nanyang County to change its flag, let Nanyang County Guards defend the city for you, and then give you all the soldiers, and you can continue to march towards Guanzhong with these soldiers.

When Liu Bang heard that this idea was good, he could recruit troops without spending a single soldier, Liu Bang immediately agreed with Chen Hui's opinion. Chen Hui.

As a result, the remaining counties of Nanyang were indifferent and no one wanted to fight. In this way, with the help of Chen Hui, Liu Bang quickly captured Nanyang County.