It can be said that Liu Bang changed his face faster than turning pages. This behavior showed his "villain behavior" incisively and vividly and was criticized.
Then the question is, why did Liu Bang choose to sneak attack Xiang Yu after the gap agreement? Wouldn't it be better to have a rest?
In fact, attacking Xiang Yu at this time is far better for Liu Bang than solving Xiang Yu later.
First, relatively speaking, once a group is relaxed, it is easy to dissolve. When the Gap Agreement was signed, Liu Bang's camp included Ying Bu, Peng Yue and Han Xin besides Liu Bang's headquarters. Although these three forces belong to Liu Bang camp, they are relatively independent individuals. They are not "migrant workers" like Xiao He and so on, but more like shareholders.
When there is an external threat, shareholders can unite to exert external force. But once the external threats are relieved or alleviated, they begin to think about their own careers, which is easy to cause cracks and even draw swords against each other.
In history, the six Shandong countries organized anti-Qin alliances many times, and most of them ended in failure. Mainly, the six countries played their own abacus, trying to let others lead by the nose and hide behind to benefit the fishermen.
For another example, when Cao Cao pacified Hebei at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yuan Shao was dead, but his three sons still had power to be reckoned with. If they fight hard, they will lose even if they win.
So Cao Cao deliberately relaxed his offensive against Sanyuan. Sanyuan saw that Cao Cao's threat was temporarily lifted, and they did have internal strife, which greatly consumed their strength. Cao Cao took advantage of the chaos to invade, and finally solved the three principles more easily.
It can be seen that the coordination and cooperation of the group alliance needs to be sustained, and once relaxed, it will easily collapse.
If Liu Bang didn't attack Xiang Yu immediately, Liu Bang and Peng Yue, Han Xin and Ying Bu would easily clash and even draw swords against each other for the sake of competing for interests. At that time, the Lord of the world may regenerate variables.
Second: Xiang Yu is far more effective than Liu Bang. Xiang Yu is a stubborn tough guy who can solve problems on the battlefield without agreement. He agreed to the gap agreement because he has been fighting constantly over the years. Before Liu Bang persisted, Peng Yue threatened to provide food, and Han Xin's army was ready to fight. Xiang Yu's Chu army soldiers have long been exhausted and are in urgent need of rest.
After rest, Xiang Yu will be a sword, an energetic lion and a very difficult force to deal with.
Compared with Xiang Yu, Liu Bang has no such serious problems. Liu bang was defeated and lost his troops, but he was quickly supplemented.
Although Liu Bang kept losing, but fresh blood was injected, Liu Bang was always alive and kicking.
Therefore, compared with Xiang Yu's soldiers, Liu Bang's army is not very tired.
In addition, Liu Bang's army's individual combat capability is weaker than Xiang Yu's, but the number of troops is more. If you rest, Liu Bang will raise far more troops than Xiang Yu. In the long run, the offensive and defensive posture will be different.
Therefore, Liu Bang immediately attacked Xiang Yu who was retreating after the gap agreement was signed, mainly because it was indeed the best time to completely defeat Xiang Yu.
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References:
Historical records.