In 206 BC, after the recommendation of Xiao He , Liu Bang immediately established a Taiwan and appointed the commander of the Su Duwei (official position in managing food and wages) Han Xin as the "General", and was in the prime minister's military and was the highest military officer.
The problem is that the so-called "the major affairs of the country are in sacrifice and military affairs", military actions are related to Liu Bang's life and death. Han Xin is not a single document, and there is no actual record. Why does Liu Bang value Han Xin so much? Haven't you seen that Warring States Zhao Kuo is famous and inspiring words, but Zhao Guo was defeated by Changping Battle , and one battle destroyed the foundation of Zhao Guo. Isn't Liu Bang afraid that Han Xin is Zhao Kuo the second? In fact, the reason why Liu Bang "reused" Han Xin was hidden too deeply by historical books, which also led to Han Xin's initiative to claim the title of king later.
After the Hongmen Banquet, Xiang Yu entered Xianyang and became a veritable emperor. In order to appease the princes, he enfeoffed a total of 18 princes and kings. Among them, Liu Bang, who was feared by Xiang Yu, was enfeoffed to the remote Bashu and Hanzhong , called Hanwang . At the same time, three Qin surrendered to the Guanzhong area, blocking the passage of Liu Bang to the east.
In this case, Han Xin looked at the heroes of the world and first ruled out Xiang Yu, who was kind to the woman, and a group of other princes, and secondly, he turned his attention to Liu Bang, who was in a serious situation. So Han Xin abandoned Chu and joined Han, and jumped from Xiang Yu's camp to Liu Bang's camp. Judging from the result orientation of Liu Bang's seizing the country, Han Xin's vision is indeed extraordinary and he can discover the potential of Liu Bang's camp.
However, after joining Liu Bang's camp, Han Xin was not valued, and he was almost beheaded. Fortunately, Xiahou Ying saw that he was extraordinary and kept people under the knife. Later, Xiahou Ying recommended Han Xin to Liu Bang. Liu Bang did not think that Han Xin was special, so Han Xin was still not valued. "Records of the Grand Historian" says, "It is said to the Supreme (Liu Bang), and the Supreme Being appointed as the commander of the Sum Capital. It is not strange."
Because most of Liu Bang's soldiers were from Guandong and were unwilling to go far away, many soldiers gave up following Liu Bang and fled in the night. Among them, Han Xin, who was not important, felt that Liu Bang was not a wise ruler, so he also fled. We all know what happened next. Xiao He, who had a conversation with Han Xin, knew that Han Xin was a talented person, so Xiao He chased Han Xin under the moon, which led to Liu Bang thinking that Xiao He would leave him too. In the end, Xiao He chased Han Xin back and persuaded Liu Bang not to neglect him and to treat him with the etiquette and duties of the national scholars. Next, Liu Bang appointed Han Xin as the general.
There is a strange thing in the above history: after Xiahou Ying recommended Han Xin, Han Xin was not reused. Why did Han Xin immediately reused after Xiao He recommended Han Xin?
First of all, the recommended person has different weights. Xiao He is the second-in-command of Liu Bang Group, and his status is far beyond Xiahou Ying's ability. In fact, the same is true today. The recommendation of a company's second-in-command is definitely different from the recommendation of a small supervisor.
Secondly, Xiao He recommended it very grandly. He recommended to Liu Bang that Han Xin was "unparalleled in the country" and the key figure in seizing the world, but Liu Bang just said, "I think your face, I'll send him to be a general." Xiao He thought that his position was too low, and in the end he could not keep Han Xin, so Liu Bang said that he would be a general. Xiao He then persuaded him that Liu Bang agreed to set up a stage to pay homage to the general to appoint Han Xin. In other words, Liu Bang trusted Xiao He very much and needed to give Xiao He face, so he appointed Han Xin as a general after repeated persuasion.
3, the situation before and after is very different. When Xiahou Ying recommended, Liu Bang's camp was relatively stable, but when Xiao He recommended, Liu Bang's camp had many deserters. One of the important things at this time was to stabilize the morale of the army. Old brothers such as Xiahou Ying and Zhoubo must follow Liu Bang, and the others needed to appease him. Appointing Han Xin, who abandoned Chu and fled to the Han Dynasty and had just fled as a general, is undoubtedly the most pacifying and giving people hope. Therefore, when Xiao He persuaded Liu Bang to reuse Han Xin, he might have pointed out this factor.
fourth, reuse requires quotes . After Liu Bang appointed Han Xin as a general, he did not actually give real power, but just regarded Han Xin as a counselor.Afterwards, Han Xin analyzed Xiang Yu's weaknesses and how to capture the land of , Sanqin , and the "Records of the Grand Historian" said, "The King of Han was so happy that he thought he had gained the trust late. So he followed the plan and deployed the generals to attack." It can be seen that Liu Bang did not give Han Xin actual military power.
In short, because Liu Bang trusted Xiao He and the morale of the army was unstable at that time, he appointed Han Xin as the general. However, Han Xin had no actual record after all, and he was a person who had just defected to him. Therefore, Liu Bang did not and did not dare to hand over military power, or part of the military power to Han Xin. In other words, Han Xin's position as a general was basically an empty stubborn person at that time, and if he was talented, Liu Bang continued to use it, and if he was a fool, he would not have much impact on Liu Bang.
When Liu Bang conquered the land of the Three Qins, Han Xin mainly made suggestions; after leaving the customs, Liu Bang subdued King of Wei Bao , King of Henan Shenyang, King of Han Zheng Chang, King of Yin Sima Cheng surrendered to the Han Dynasty, and the Han army joined forces with King of Qi Tian Rong and King of Zhao Xie to attack Chu. Han Xin made unknown contributions in this process, but there is a high probability that he did not make any significant contributions.
The real turning point is Pengcheng Battle . After Liu Bang left the pass, he was aggressive and led 560,000 troops to attack Western Chu. In the end, in the Battle of Pengcheng, he was defeated by the 30,000 troops led by Xiang Yu. Liu Bang only led dozens of cavalry to escape, and the anti-Chu alliance led by Han collapsed. What is even more serious is that after the failure of the Battle of Pengcheng, King of Sai Sima Xin , Zhai Dong Yi rebelled against the Han Dynasty and surrendered to Chu. King of Qi Tian Rong, King of Zhao Xie, and King of Wei also rebelled and made peace with Chu. Among them, King of Wei also cut off the retreat of the Han army, which led to a sharp reversal of the anti-Chu situation. Liu Bang faced a severe situation and fell into the lowest point in his life.
In this case, Liu Bang had no choice but to send Han Xin and Cao Shen to attack King Bao of Wei. Therefore, Han Xin returned to the sea and fully demonstrated his military genius. Among them, Liu Bang sent Cao Shen to assist Han Xin, although he was a talented person, but Cao Shen was Liu Bang's old brother, so there was no meaning of supervision and restraining Han Xin.
At first, the history books did not explain how many troops Liu Bang gave Han Xin, but Liu Bang had just been defeated at that time, and it was estimated that it would be difficult for Han Xin to have more than 50,000 troops. Later, although there was another 30,000 troops, after Han Xin took Wei State , the cavalry regiment led by Guanying returned to Liu Bang. However, Han Xin led these tens of thousands of troops to capture Wei, Dai, Zhao, Yan, Qi, and develop hundreds of thousands of troops.
It can be said that Liu Bang gave Han Xin some entrepreneurial funds, and then Han Xin gave Liu Bang a miracle to help Liu Bang conquer most of the country. It is precisely because of this that Han Xin took the initiative to be the king of the king "in a threatening manner" and to be the king of Qi. Objectively speaking, Han Xin's request was not too much, but the threat at the critical moment of the Chu-Han battle for hegemony made Liu Bang very unhappy, which laid hidden dangers for Han Xin's tragic ending.
In short, the so-called Liu Bang actually holds Han Xin a general, which actually contains a lot of water. As Han Xin's ability is revealed, Liu Bang pays more and more attention to Han Xin and handes all the Han army to Han Xin in the Battle of Gaixia in .
In fact, this is true that leaders of all ages in ancient and modern times. Even if they are "geniuses" recommended by a confidant, the leader cannot really hand over the power to a new job and who has no record of martial arts. Only after making achievements can the leader pay more attention to it and truly give it to the power. Huo Guang , Zhuge Liang , etc. all gain power.
