First, it's not that Han Xin has never fought a war. Many people have the impression that Han Xin has never fought a war. Later, Xiao He chased Han Xin under the moon and recommended him to Liu Bang, who made him a general. A man who had never fought a war suddenly became a general. So is this really the case?
I do not think this is necessarily the case.
Let's take a look at the biography of Huaiyin Hou: "Crossing the Huai River with Xiang Liang, entrusted me with a sword, and my life was under my command." Xiang Liang arise, Han Xin battle sword to defect. So what role did Han Xin play in Xiang Liang's army? It is not clear in the history books, but judging from the word "under", he didn't go to the army. When we talk about "general under his command" and "counselor under his command", we can see that Han Xin has a military post, and the word "following the sword" is specially used in the history books. Why do you want to highlight the word "battle sword"? Is to go to war. Therefore, Han Xin, like other heroes at the end of the Qin Dynasty, was one of the first people to take part in the armed struggle and always participated in the anti-Qin war.
Continue reading: "Xiang Liang was defeated and returned to Xiang Yu. I thought he was a doctor. I hope that the strategy will dry Xiang Yu, and chicken feathers will not be used. " After the fall of Xiang Liang, Han Xin became a subordinate of Xiang Yu, who appointed him as a doctor.
What is the official position of a doctor? I checked the information: "Langzhong, the official name, began in the Warring States Period. Qin and Han dynasties. In charge of the portal, car riding and other things; Fill in the guards and fight outside. " The doctor is a senior official, "fighting inside and fighting outside." So, this is a Wu Zhi. Note that the history books never say that Han Xin won't fight. Just because he simply wrote it down, people mistakenly thought that he would stop playing. I think, Han Xin has been involved in Xiang Yu's war. If he is just a "bodyguard", how can he contribute to Xiang Yu many times? Visible Han Xin stayed in Xiang Yu's army, either a civilian or an officer. It was not until the demise of Qin that Han Xin defected to Liu Bang because of frustration.
Second, why is Han Xin "unknown"? In The Biography of Huaiyin Hou, Han Xin was mentioned as "nameless" twice.
"Crossing the river with Xiang Liang, Zhang Jian from it, under the authority, is not well known. ..... Hanwang entered Shu, believing that Chu was dead and belonged to Han, but not widely known. " Once under Xiang Liang and once under Liu Bang, the history books used "obscurity" to describe their embarrassing situation.
Unknown, it's not that Xiang Liang and Liu Bang don't know Han Xin's name, but they don't pay attention to him. Why not pay attention to it? There is a difference between being ignored twice.
There are two reasons why Xiang Liang doesn't attach importance to Han Xin: First, Xiang Liang was born in the noble state of Chu, and it is inevitable to look down on people of civilian origin like Han Xin; Secondly, Han Xin once had the experience of being humiliated in both legs, which was considered to be very timid at that time.
The reasons why Liu Bang did not attach importance to Han Xin were different from those of Xiang Liang: First, when Han Xin defected to Liu Bang, the war had stopped and he had no chance to show his talents; Second, there were too many people who went to Liu Bang at that time. Liu Bang can't be familiar with everyone, although he has a gift for understanding people.
That is to say, when Han Xin was under Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu, he was suppressed, had no future, and had no chance to establish outstanding feats. Therefore, when he went to Liu Bang, he didn't have a bright resume, which is why he was "not worthy of the name".
Third, does Han Xin really have no connections? Another impression given by Han Xin is that he has no connections and his talents are not satisfied. Is that really the case?
I will talk about this problem from several nuances of the biography of Huai Yin Hou.
Let's take a look at the relationship between Han Xin and several heavyweights of Xiang Yu Group.
The first is the relationship between Han Xin and Longche. Long Qie is Xiang Yu's most trusted person. No one. I specially wrote an article about Longche, you can find it and have a look.
Han Xin later fought Long Qie in Weishui. Let's take a look at what Long Qie said about Han Xin: "I have always known that Han Xin is a man, and he is very nice." Pay attention to the sentence "I have known Han Xin all my life". Obviously, Long Qie's judgment is about Han Xin who was still under Xiang Yu. What does this mean? It means that Long Qie and Han Xin are very familiar. If you are not familiar with it, how can you say that "Han Xin has known it all his life"? At the same time, it also shows that Han Xin is not a nobody in Xiang Yu's army, and he can get along well with Long Qie, the second person of Xiang Yu Group.
What's Long Qie's impression of Han Xin? Then he added: "Gu Zhi (Korea) is timid." This is in the battle of Weishui, Han Xin deliberately showed weakness. Long Qi said: I knew Han Xin was a timid person. It can be seen that although Long Qie and Han Xin are familiar with each other, they still look down on him in their hearts, which is estimated to be related to the humiliation of Han Xin's leg.
A conclusion can be drawn here: Long Qie knows Han Xin well, but thinks Han Xin is timid.
Let's talk about the relationship between Zhong Limei and Han Xin, another important figure of Xiang Yu Group.
You see what's written in Historical Records: "When King Xiang died, his family lived in the country of Ilu, and they were always loyal and kind. After the death of King Xiang, he wrote back when he died. " Who's Zhong Limei? According to Chen Ping, he is one of the four ministers of Xiang Yu, and the other three are Fan Zeng, Long Qie and Zhou Yin, which can be said to be the cronies of Xiang Yu's cronies.
According to historical records, Zhong Limei and Han Xin have a good relationship, which seems to be due to the proximity of their hometown. The friendship between Zhong Limei and Han Xin must have been before Han Xin defected to Liu Bang. So you see, does Han Xin really have no connections? Xiang Yu's cronies Zhong Limei and Long Long are familiar with him, especially Zhong Limei. They are good friends. Later, after Xiang Yu's death, Zhong Limei was wanted by Liu Bang and fled to Han Xin. It can be seen from here that the relationship between the two is not generally good, and it should be very iron.
So Han Xin can't stand scrutiny without connections.
Fourthly, comprehensively evaluate the performance of Han Xin's latent period. I call the period before Han Xin's visit his incubation period. During this time, when was he really unknown? Look at the historical details carefully and find that this is not the case at all.
First of all, Han Xin carefully built his own network of contacts.
He and Zhong Limei are good friends, their friendship is absolutely different; He knows Longche very well, although Longche looks down on him. In addition, Han Xin has a close relationship with Xiang Yu.
After being worshipped as a general by Liu Bang, Han Xin said to Xiang Yu, "I have tasted things. Please say that the king is a man." Then he analyzed Xiang Yu's weakness, which was the conclusion of Han Xin's close observation of Xiang Yu.