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On the Causes of Xiang Yu's Tragedy from the Battle of Gaixia
Xiang Yu's Dilemma and Crazy Strategy

As early as Liu Bangding's Sanqin, Xiang Yu had a premonition that Liu Bang would move eastward, but at this time he led the troops to attack Qi in his rear wing. For Liu Bang's attack, Xiang Yu sent Zheng Chang as the king of Korea and went to Korea to resist Liu Bang's eastward advance. Send Chen, and lay another layer of defense here. Long Zhi was sent to resist the Northern Route Army, and troops were sent to stop the Southern Route Army from Yang Xia. Except for the unclear history books of the South Road Army, all other roads failed. Ying Bu, who had high hopes for Xiang Yu, took this opportunity to reap the benefits of the fisherman. Liu Bangjun was so vast that 560,000 troops occupied Chu in a few months. At this point, Xiang Yu fell into an unprecedented crisis.

One: facing two fronts. Qi has not been pacified, and if he returns to save Chu, he will be attacked between Scylla and Charybdis.

Two: the disparity in strength. Liu bang's vassal Coalition forces reached 560 thousand, an unprecedented scale. Xiang Yu's total strength at this time is unknown, but it is certainly far less than 50,000 to 60,000.

Three: the rear fell and went deep alone. At this time, Xiang Yu and Chu occupied all the land, so they could only do it quickly by relying on the base areas without roots.

Four: Away from the battlefield, long-term followers run around. While the enemy used fortifications to resist the Chu army returning to Li.

Five: Allies betrayed and the political environment fell into a state of extreme isolation.

Faced with such a sinister political and military environment, Xiang Yu came up with a bold strategic plan: to confuse Liu Bang by means of the general's continued pacification of Qi. I personally led 30,000 soldiers to bypass the rear of Pengcheng, lured Liu Bang with Pengcheng as bait, and then attacked the rear of Liu Bang to destroy Liu Bangjun.

Xiang Yu's battle plan came out, and everyone was shocked! This man is stupid. He not only wants to destroy the other side with 30 thousand, but also has to travel long distances and set a sneak attack!

This can be said to be an unprecedented crazy plan!

In the Battle of Pengcheng, because researchers in previous dynasties rarely set foot in Xiang Yu's whereabouts, everyone thought that after Liu Bang captured Pengcheng, he "received his treasure and beauty, and Kaya Hioki had a high banquet." Go into battle lightly. In fact, although Liu Bang got carried away, he did not relax his vigilance. He was surrounded by counselors, so there was no doubt. The key is Xiang Yu. Before Liu Bang went down to Pengcheng, he had already returned to the west of Pengcheng, cut off his back road and suddenly appeared in the rear of Liu Bang's allied forces.

Few people pay attention to this, but it is the key to Peng Cheng's victory. In this chapter, Historical Records of Xiang Yu records: "In the spring, the soldiers of the five kings of Hanwang, with 560,000 men, invaded Chu in the east. When he heard about it, he ordered all the generals to go to war together, so he led 30 thousand chosen men out of Shandong. In April, Han Jun entered Pengcheng to receive his goods, treasures, beauties and Kaya Hioki Wine Festival. One day, Wang Naixi attacked the Han army from Xiao and Chen, and arrived in the east. . . . . . "Xiang Yu's whereabouts order, here is very clear. However, most people have adopted Biography of Historical Records and Gaozu: "Although Xiang Yu has heard of it, he has joined forces to attack Han. Hanwang robbed five princes and soldiers, so he entered Pengcheng. Hearing this, Xiang Yu led his troops to Qi, from Lu to Xiao. . . . . . "

Why is there a difference between them? Here, we analyze that Xiang Yu was handed down in front of Gao Zu's ancestors, and his deeds are mainly Xiang Yu, in a detailed order, which also takes this as the standard. However, the history of Gaozu was dominated by the Liu Bang incident, and the deeds of Xiang Yu were only described. If you read this passage of Gao Zu, you will find that Liu Bangjin Peng Cheng emphasized causality, but did not describe the whereabouts of Xiang Yu in detail, and Xiang Yu's biography has made it very clear, so there is no need to spend more time.

Looking closely at Xiang Yu's life story, one key word is "I came with Xiao Xi". It can be boldly speculated from the word "nai" that Xiang Yu's 30,000 troops had already arrived in the southwest of Pengcheng before Liu Bangjun completely entered Pengcheng, waiting for Liu Bang to completely enter Pengcheng to give a fatal blow to Liu Bang's allied forces. It is unprecedented to travel long distances, cut off the road behind the enemy and take the enemy by surprise without finding any clues!

Now Xiang Yu just needs to wait patiently for the best opportunity and give him a fatal knife, but Xiang Yu has prepared a secret weapon. . . . . .