●Hongmen Banquet Liu Bang escaped from danger After Liu Bang captured Xianyang, he felt a little uneasy when he thought of Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu is powerful, with hundreds of thousands of troops, and may march into Xianyang at any time. Therefore, Liu Bang followed the advice of his

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After Liu Bang captured Xianyang, he felt a little uneasy when he thought about Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu is powerful, with hundreds of thousands of troops, and may march into Xianyang at any time. Therefore, Liu Bang followed the advice of his subordinates and sent people to guard Hangu Pass to prevent any princes from entering.

After the victory in the Battle of Julu , Xiang Yu led thousands of troops towards Xianyang. When he came to Hangu Pass and saw that the city gate was closed, Xiang Yu said: "I am General Xiang Yu. Please open the city gate quickly." The soldiers guarding the city gate replied: " Pei Gong has an order, but there is no order from him." With approval, no one is allowed to enter the pass." Xiang Yu was furious and ordered Yingbu to lead his troops to attack the city. After Yingbu defeated Hangu Pass, Xiang Yu led the army to continue westward and stationed the army at Hongmen (in today's Shaanxi).

After Xiang Yu set up camp, someone came to report: Pei Gongzuo Sima Cao Wushang asked for an audience. It turned out that when Cao Wushang saw that Xiang Yu's army was growing and Liu Bang could not compare with it, he reported to Xiang Yu that Liu Bang wanted to be the king of Guanzhong. After Cao Wushang left, Xiang Yu summoned his ministers to discuss and decided to attack Liu Bang the next day.

Xiang Yu's uncle Xiang Bo once killed someone, Zhang Liang rescued him, but Xiang Bo never forgot the grace of saving his life. As soon as Xiang Bo heard that Xiang Yu was attacking Liu Bang and knew that Zhang Liang was also under Liu Bang, he was very worried about his safety, so he rode a horse overnight to see Zhang Liang. After hearing this, Zhang Liang was surprised and hurriedly came to see Liu Bang. When Liu Bang heard this, he was frightened and panicked, and asked hurriedly: "Then how should we deal with the enemy?" Zhang Liang said: "Xiang Yu's army is 400,000, and we only have 100,000. If we fight hard, we are likely to be defeated. We might as well invite Xiang Bo went back and said that you don't dare to claim the throne and are waiting for General Xiang Yu to come and make a decision!" Liu Bang followed Zhang Liang's advice. In order to curry favor with Xiang Bo, Liu Bang proposed a marriage with Xiang Bo, and Xiang Bo was very happy.

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When Xiang Bo returned to the military camp, he interceded for Liu Bang and said that Liu Bang would come to apologize tomorrow. After listening to Xiang Bo's words, Xiang Yu ordered not to attack Liu Bang tomorrow. Early the next morning, Liu Bang brought Zhang Liang, Fan Kuai and more than 100 followers to see Xiang Yu. As soon as Liu Bang saw Xiang Yu, he said: "The general is fighting in Hebei, and I am fighting in Henan. You and I will work together to defeat Qin. I didn't expect that I would enter the pass first. I am here day and night waiting for the general to arrive, but there are villains trying to sow discord between the general and me." Ah!" Xiang Yu said, "This is what Cao Wushang said."

Next, Xiang Yu hosted a banquet in honor of Liu Bang. Xiang Yu and Xiang Bo sit facing east, Yafu Fan Zeng sits facing south, Liu Bang sits facing north, and Zhang Liang sits facing west. During the dinner, his father Fan Zeng signaled with his eyes several times that Xiang Yu should kill Liu Bang, but Xiang Yu turned a blind eye. When Fan Zeng saw that Xiang Yu had no intention of killing Liu Bang, he got up and left his seat, found Xiangzhuang, and asked him to take the opportunity to kill Liu Bang in the name of dancing with his sword for fun.

As soon as Zhang Liang saw Xiang Zhuang dancing with his sword, he winked at Xiang Bo, and Xiang Bo also drew his sword and danced to protect Liu Bang. Then, Zhang Liang found an excuse to go out to see Fan Kuai. Later, Fan Ha broke into the hall with a sword and a shield. Xiang Yu saw Fan Ha coming in with an angry look and asked loudly: "Where is this person from?" Zhang Liang quickly replied: "This is Fan Kuai, who is driving for Duke Pei." Xiang Yu ordered his attendants. He was rewarded with a jar of wine and a pig's leg. Fan Kuai drank the wine in one gulp, put the pig's leg on his shield, cut it open with his sword, put it in his mouth and ate it. When Xiang Yu saw that he was indeed a strong man, he said, "Strong man, can you drink again?" Fan Kuai said, "I am not even afraid of death, so are you afraid of drinking another jar of wine? King Huai has an appointment with the generals. Who can If you defeat Qin first and enter Xianyang, you can become king. Now that Pei Gong has defeated Qin, he has not been rewarded, but the king listens to the villain and wants to kill the meritorious officials. What is the difference between this and violent Qin?" Xiang Yu was speechless.

After a while, Liu Bang got up and went to the toilet, and Zhang Liang followed him out. Zhang Liang asked Fan Sha to protect Liu Bang and leave quickly. Liu Bang said, "I haven't said goodbye yet?" Zhang Liang said, "When doing big things, you don't have to worry too much about trivial details, and when you do big things, you don't have to be constrained by small humility. Nowadays, people are cutters and cutters, and I am fish and meat. What are you saying? I'll say goodbye on your behalf." So Liu Bang ran away from the road.

Zhang Liang estimated that Liu Bang was about to return, so he entered the banquet hall to present gifts again, giving Xiang Yu a pair of white jade stones and Fan Zeng a jade bucket. Fan Zeng took the jade bucket and threw it to the ground, smashed it with his sword, and said: "The one who conquers the world must be Liu Bang."

Liu Bang returned to the army and immediately killed Cao Wushang. From then on, the Chu-Han war for the world began. Revealed.