In the last years of the Qin Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and the princes from all over the world raised their troops to revolt in an attempt to overthrow the Qin Dynasty. Among them, the most powerful princes are Xiang Yu and Liu Bang. In history books, there are also many records about the grievances between the two, the most famous of which is Hongmen Banquet.
Hongmen Banquet is an accountability banquet held by Xiang Yu against Liu Bang. Liu Bang seemed to be extremely dangerous during his appointment at the banquet. In fact, it was just a surprise, and there was no fear of life. Liu Bang avoided a real danger.
In 206 BC, Liu Bang entered the pass and occupied Xianyang. Xiang Yu was unable to enter the pass because of Liu Bang's garrison at Hangu Pass. Xiang Yu was angry and ordered Yingbo to break through Hangu Pass and lead his army to the west of the water.
At this time, Liu Bang was garrisoned in Bashang, and he had not yet met Xiang Yu. Liu Bang’s commander had a general named Cao Wushang, and he had already sent someone to inform Xiang Yu: “Liu Bang wants to be king in Guanzhong and let Ziying be the prime minister. He has all the treasures he has.” Xiang Yu has always hated Qin Shihuang, the last of the Qin Dynasty. The emperor’s son-ying is the descendant of Qin Shihuang, so Xiang Yu must be eliminated.
Xiang Yu saw that Liu Bang not only proclaimed himself king, but also worshipped Ziying he had always wanted to get rid of as the prime minister. In addition, Liu Bang had been stationed at Hangu Pass to prevent him from entering the pass. He was already very dissatisfied with Liu Bang. At that time, the army teacher Fan Zeng also stated his interests and persuaded him to take the opportunity to get rid of Liu Bang to avoid future troubles. Under these various reasons, Xiang Yu decided to attack Liu Bang's army and completely get rid of Liu Bang.
At that time, Xiang Yu's army had 400,000, while Liu Bang's army was only 100,000. Coupled with Xiang Yu's first-class military level, Liu Bang had no chance of winning if there was a war between the two. But fortunately, Liu Bang's life should not be broken, Xiang Yu's uncle Xiang Bo, served as Zuoyin in Xiang Yu's army. Xiang Bo is Zhang Liang’s best friend. After hearing Xiang Yu’s decision, he ran to Liu Bang’s army to remind Zhang Liang. But after Zhang Liang’s persuasion, he saw Liu Bang. After Liu Bang’s flattering and explanation, he went to Liu Bang instead. Become in-laws.
Afterwards, after Xiang Bo returned overnight, he informed Xiang Yu of Liu Bang's explanation and took the opportunity to persuade Xiang Yu to let Liu Bang go. Under Xiang Bo's efforts to lobby, Xiang Yu decided to stop the military action against Liu Bang and agreed to let Liu Bang come to the army to apologize and explain. At the banquet
, because of previous persuasion by Bo Xiang, Fan Zeng signaled that Xiang Yu ordered Liu Bang to be removed several times, but he did not get a response from Xiang Yu. Fan Zengjian didn't expect to go to Xiang Yu, so he asked Xiang Zhuang to use a sword dance to take the opportunity to get rid of Liu Bang during the feast, but he failed under Xiang Bo's interference. In this way, under the protection of his in-law Xiang Bo, Liu Bang survived the catastrophe without any danger at the banquet.
In this Hongmen banquet, although Liu Bang bowed his head to admit Xiang Yu, and returned Xianyang to Xiang Yu, he also avoided a war that had no chance of winning. He had a chance to make a comeback, and Liu Bang also learned at the banquet that it was his subordinate Cao Wushang who informed Xiang Yu, so he also solved the internal trouble of Cao Wushang. It can be said that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
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