Wujiang River: Wujiangpu on the bank of the Yangtze River, 40 miles northeast of Anhui county.
Wujiang River is an important tributary of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Originated in Guizhou Plateau, it flows from southwest to northeast, and flows into the Yangtze River from Fuling District of Chongqing. Total length1050km, flowing through 46 counties and cities in Chongqing and Guizhou.
In 202 BC, Han Xin ambushed Xiang Yu in Gaixia (gāi, southeast of Lingbi County, Anhui Province). Xiang Yu's troops are few, and his food is almost finished. He wants to lead a team out. But the Han army and the princes surrounded the Chu army. Xiang Yu beat off a batch and came again; Kill one layer, there is another layer; Before it was killed, the Han soldiers there gathered around again.
Xiang Yu couldn't break through, so he had to return to Gaixia camp and told his soldiers to defend carefully, ready to fight again at the opportunity.
That night, Xiang Yu entered the camp with a sad face. He was surrounded by a beloved beauty named Yu Ji, who saw that he was unhappy and accompanied him to drink to relieve boredom.
When it was time to adjust my watch, I heard a burst of west wind blowing rapidly, and there was singing in the wind. Xiang Yu listened carefully. The song came from Hanying, and all the songs were sung by Chu people. There are quite a few singers.
Xiang Yu was shocked to hear that Chu songs were everywhere. He said absently, "It's over! Has Liu Bang captured the place of Xi Chu? Why are there so many Chu people in Han Ying? "
Xiang Yu was more than I could bear, freely sang a sad song:
Rise from the mountain and be angry with the world,
Bad times never die.
I can't help it if I don't die,
What if you are worried?
The meaning of this song is: "If you pull out one with your strength, your boldness of vision will overwhelm all heroes in the world. Bad luck, the dark horse can't run away. What if the horse refuses to run? Concubine, concubine, what shall I do with you? " )
A few times in a row, and sing together. The overlord sang and couldn't help crying. The attendants beside him were also too sad to lift their heads.
That night, Xiang Yu stepped onto the dark horse and took 800 soldiers through the Han camp, running non-stop. At dawn, the Han army found Xiang Yu's breakthrough and quickly sent five thousand cavalry to catch up. Xiang Yu ran all the way to get him across the Huaihe River, and only 100 people followed him. I ran again and lost my way.
Xiang Yu came to a fork in the road and saw a man who went to the fields. He asked him which way to go to Pengcheng. Knowing that he was the overlord, the cultivator refused to show him the way and coaxed him into saying, "Go left."
Xiang Yu and more than 100 people ran to the left, and the more they ran, the more wrong they were. Later, they saw a swamp in front of them, and there was no road. Realizing that he had been cheated, Xiang Yu quickly turned his horse's head and then bypassed the swamp. Han bing has caught up.
Xiang Yu ran to the southeast again, and along the way, the soldiers who followed him suffered numerous casualties. In Dongcheng (now southeast of Dingyuan County, Anhui Province), the number is a little higher, with only 28 cavalry. However, thousands of pursuers of the Han army were crowded around.
Xiang Yu expected that he could not get away with it, but he still refused to give up. He said to the soldiers who followed him: "I have been in the army for eight years, and I have experienced more than 70 battles. I have never lost a battle before I became the overlord of the world. Being surrounded here today is my destiny, not that I can't beat them! "
He divided the only 28 people into four teams and said to them, "Look, I'll cut one of their generals first. You can escape in four ways and meet at the foot of Dongshan. "
Say that finish, he fierce drink, rushed to the han army. Han soldiers dare not resist. Scattered in succession, Xiang Yu killed a Han general on the spot.
Xiang Yu arrived at the foot of Dongshan Mountain, and all four teams arrived. Xiang Yu divided them into three teams and guarded them in three places. The Han army was divided into three ways and surrounded the Chu army. Xiang Yu rushed back and forth and killed a captain and hundreds of soldiers of the Han army. Finally, he gathered the three men together and counted them. Only two of the 28 cavalry lost.
Xiang Yu said to his men, "What do you think?"
The subordinates all said, "Your Majesty is absolutely right."
Xiang Yu fought his way out from the encirclement of Han soldiers and ran south with 26 men until Wujiang River (now the northeast of Anhui County). There happened to be a boat parked on the shore in the pavilion of Wujiang River.
The director of the pavilion advised Xiang Yu to cross the river at once, saying, "Although Jiangdong is small, there are more than a thousand miles of land and hundreds of thousands of people. The king can still be king there when he crosses the river. "