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At this point, many princes and kings turned their backs on the Han and turned to Chu. Liu Bang's father and wife were captured, and he and Zhang Liangchou fled in embarrassment with dozens of horses.

The military suffered another major setback, and the good situation was reversed again.

Liu Bang fled to Xiayi in embarrassment, shocked, disheartened, and despairing.

He said to his ministers in frustration:"I don't want the Guandong area anymore. Whoever can make a contribution to defeat Chu,

I will give Guandong to him equally. Who do you think can do it?"

At this time of defeat and danger, it was Zhang Liang's ingenuity again. ,

Liu Bang came up with a strategy of taking advantage of contradictions and joining forces to defeat Chu.

He said:"Wang Yingbu of Jiujiang was a fierce general of the Chu State, and now there is a gap between him and Xiang Yu.

In the battle of Pengcheng, Xiang Yu asked him to help, but he did nothing.

Xiang Yu was quite resentful of him and sent envoys many times to punish him. Peng Yue had long been dissatisfied with Xiang Yu because he was not granted a title when Xiang Yu divided the feudal lords. Moreover, when Tian Rong rebelled against Chu, he contacted Peng Yue to rebel. For this reason, Xiang Yu ordered Xiao Gongjiao to attack him, but the result was unsuccessful. These two people can use this. In addition, among the generals under the King of Han, only Han Xin can entrust major affairs and take charge of it alone. If the king can make good use of these three people, then Chu can be defeated." This is the famous"Xiayi Plan". After hearing this, Liu Bang thought that this was indeed a clever plan to use the weak to control the strong, so he sent the famous minister Sui He to Jiujiang to instigate a rebellion against Jiujiang Wang Yingbu. Then he sent envoys to contact Peng Yue; at the same time, he appointed Han Xin to lead troops to attack Yan, Zhao and other places in the north, develop and strengthen the Han army, and outflank the Chu army.

"Although"Xiayi Plan" is not a comprehensive strategic plan, it constitutes an important part of Liu Bang's Chu-Han battlefield plan. It was under Zhang Liang's planning that a military alliance, both internal and external, jointly attacked Xiang Yu was finally formed, which reversed Chu-Han 's battlefield plan. The situation of the Han War caused Liu Bang to switch from strategic defense to strategic offense.

Facts proved Zhang Liang's foresight in"Xiayi Plan".

In the end, Xiang Yu was surrounded and defeated in Gaixia, mainly relying on these three military forces.

Winter 204 BC , the Chu army surrounded the King of Han in Xingyang, and the two sides fought for a long time without a decision.

The Chu army tried its best to cut off the Han army's food supply and military aid channels.

The Han army was short of food and grass, and gradually could not survive the crisis. Liu Bang asked the officials what good strategies they had.

Counselor Li Shi He offered advice:"In the past, when Shang Tang defeated Xia Jie, he granted his successor the title of Qi; when King Wu defeated Zhou, he granted his successor the title of Song.

The king of Qin lost his virtue and abandoned his righteousness, invaded and attacked the princes, and destroyed his country, leaving him no place to stand.

After Your Majesty is able to restore the six kingdoms, the monarchs, ministers and people of the six kingdoms will all appreciate your Majesty's virtues, admire your righteousness, and be willing to be your concubines.

With virtue and righteousness fulfilled, Your Majesty will be able to dominate the south, and the Chu people will have no choice but to gather their clothes and head towards the country."

This is actually a kind of rhetoric about"drinking poison to quench thirst". At that time, Liu Bang did not see the harm of it, so he quickly ordered people to engrave seals and sent Li Shi to patrol various places to entrust them.

At this critical moment, Zhang Liang came back from his trip and paid a visit. Liu Bang.

While eating, Liu Bang told Zhang Liang the idea of ​​enfeoffment and asked what the pros and cons of this plan were. Zhang Liang was surprised and asked:"Who gave your majesty this plan?"

He shook his head sadly and continued:"If you follow this approach, your majesty's important affairs will be ruined." Liu Bang suddenly panicked and said,"Why?""

Zhang Liang reached out and picked up a pair of chopsticks on the wine table and started talking.

He pointed out:

In the past, King Tang of Shang and King Wu of Zhou conquered Xia, Jie, Yin and Zhou and then sealed their descendants. Consideration of killing him, but now can your majesty control Xiang Yu and kill him if necessary?

In the past, after King Wu of Zhou conquered Yin, he killed King Zhou of Shang and got his head.

Can your majesty get Xiang Yu's head now?

Biao Shang Rong’s Lu (alley gate), sealing Bigan’s tomb, and releasing Jizi’s prisoner are intended to reward and spur the subjects of this dynasty. Is what the king of Han needs now a time for loyalty and honoring the virtuous?

King Wu spreads money and distributes millet. The savings of the enemy country were used.

Now that the king of Han has no military supplies, how can he still have the ability to relieve the hungry and the poor?

He changed his military chariots into chariots and turned his weapons upside down to show that they were not in use.

Your Majesty is now engaged in a fierce battle. How can you follow suit?

In the past, horses were released to Nanshan. On the sunny slope, the cows rest under the shade of the peach trees, because the world has entered the era of peace.

Nowadays, fierce fighting is endless, how can we practice martial arts and cultivate literature?

If all the land is enfeoffed to the descendants of the Six Kingdoms, then the soldiers and advisers will each belong to their own owners, and there will be no People follow Liu Bang to fight for the world.

The Chu army is strong, and the six countries are weak and will inevitably surrender.

How can they submit to His Majesty?

Zhang Liang's analysis is really every word, exquisite and to the point.

He saw that the trends have changed in ancient and modern times, so he He came to the conclusion that the methods of"ancient sages and sages" must not be copied.

What is particularly important is that Zhang Liang believed that granting titles and titles was a very attractive means of reward, which could be given to ministers who had made meritorious services in war. In order to encourage the soldiers all over the world to follow the King of Han, enfeoffment became an important measure to maintain the hearts of the soldiers.

If the opposite was done, how could we encourage the soldiers to win?

Zhang Liang's penetrating analysis is much better than the previous request to establish Han Dynasty. Wang's ideological understanding of deliberately"restoring Korea" is obviously a leap, and it occupies an important page in the history of ancient Chinese political thought.

No wonder that after 1700, Li Zhi of the Ming Dynasty could not help but praise him as a"quick theory".

Zhang Liang Using chopsticks to admonish the enfeoffment, Liu Bang suddenly became enlightened and suddenly realized that he stopped eating and vomited food, and cursed Li Shiqi:"You stinky Confucian scholar, you almost ruined my big event!""

Then, he ordered the immediate destruction of the seals of the Six Kingdoms that had been engraved, thereby avoiding a major strategic mistake.

It reduced a lot of trouble and resistance to the unification of the Han Dynasty.

It must be admitted that Zhang Liang is a man of insight. Strategists and far-sighted politicians.

Looking at this scene, everyone couldn't help but sigh.

"Zhang Liang is really powerful. Zhang Liang's"Xiayi Plan" is the key to victory over Xiang Yu!!"

"If it weren't for Zhang Liang, Liu Bang would have been defeated according to Li Sheqi's plan. Liu

Bang couldn't help but sigh:"Without Zhang Liang's strategy, I would definitely not be able to unify the world!"!"

While everyone was sighing, the scene continued.

Liu Bang and Xiang Yu faced off and were at a disadvantage.

Fortunately, on the other side, as Zhang Liang expected, when Liu Bang was besieged by Xiang Yu in Xingyang,

Han Xin was successfully on the northern front. The march was overwhelming.

He first pacified Wei, Dai, Zhao, Yan and other places, and then occupied the homeland of Qi.

He became ambitious, so he wanted to proclaim himself the king of Qi.

He sent people to report to Liu Bang to ask for the title:"Qi people It is cunning and capricious, and it is adjacent to Chu in the south. If there is no king, it will be difficult to control the whole country.

I hope you can allow me to pretend to be the king of Qi. When Liu

Bang heard this, he couldn't help but get angry and cursed loudly in front of the envoy:

"I have been stuck here for a long time, hoping day and night that he would come to help me, but I never thought that he would actually make himself king!"

At that time, Chen Ping was sitting next to Liu Bang.

Chen Ping and Zhang Liang clearly realized that

Han Xin's attitude would play a decisive role in the outcome of the Chu-Han war.

Moreover, Han Xin was far away in Qi and established himself as king, and

Liu Bang was beyond his reach. There was nothing he could do to stop him.

So, Chen Ping quickly stepped on him under the case.

Liu Bang was also extremely shrewd and reacted quickly.

He immediately realized his previous gaffe, so he changed his words and cursed:

"If a man has established a kingdom, he must be a true king. Why should he be a false king?"

Liu Bang loves to curse people, so it's not surprising that he cursed people like this.

Moreover, the connection is natural and seamless, and there are no flaws. (To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

In February of that year,

Liu Bang sent Zhang Liang took the seal and ribbon to Qi to make Han Xin king, and mobilized Han Xin's army to attack Chu.

Although conferring the seal as King of Qi was Liu Bang's temporary compromise with Han Xin, this favor and expediency actually enveloped Han Xin and successfully succeeded. It solved the power and position conflicts within the Han Dynasty and won a key bargaining chip in the Chu-Han balance.

In this regard, Xun Yue of the Eastern Han Dynasty once made a very pertinent comment.

He said:

"Taking what does not belong to him (referring to the fact that the land of Qi is not owned by Liu Bang) and giving it to others is an act of virtual benefit and actual blessing."

After Han Xin was stabilized, the situation of the Chu-Han war took a major turn.

In 203 BC

, with the help of Han Xin, the Han Dynasty gradually formed an encirclement trend against Chu:

Han Xin occupied Qi and continuously attacked the Chu army, and

Peng Yue repeatedly attacked the Chu army from Liang. Xiang Yu sent troops to cut off the Chu army's food route.

The Chu army was exhausted and food was exhausted. Xiang Yu had no choice but to finally return the detained Liu Bang's father, wife and children, and make peace with Liu Bang.

The two sides agreed to use the chasm as the boundary to divide the world. , returned to Chu in the east and Han in the west, [] made an agreement to disarm and return to the country, and not to invade each other.

Xiang Yu left his camp and returned to the east as promised, heading for Pengcheng.

Liu Bang also wanted to lead his troops to the west to return to Hanzhong.

At this momentous turning point,

Zhang Liang, with the profound vision of a political strategist, saw that Xiang Yu was surrounded by enemies from both sides and was stretched thin, so he and Chen Ping admonished the king of Han:

"Now that Han controls two-thirds of the world, it is a favorable time to destroy Chu. It is advisable to pursue the poor invaders fiercely and complete their achievements in this move.

Otherwise, letting Chu go back to the east is like letting a tiger go back to the mountains, and there will be endless troubles."

Liu Bang adopted Zhang Liang's advice and personally led an army to pursue Xiang Yu, and ordered Han Xin and Peng Yue to encircle Xiang Yu.

Liu Bang led an army to pursue the Chu army to Guling

, but did not wait for the reinforcements led by Han Xin and Peng Yue.

As a result, they failed miserably.

Liu Bang was hiding in the barrier of Guling.

He was very anxious and asked Zhang Liang beside him:

"Why didn't they come as expected?"

At this time, Zhang Liang had already understood Han and Peng's thoughts, and had already thought out the corresponding strategies.

Seeing Liu Bang's inquiry, he hurriedly replied:

"The Chu army was about to be destroyed. Although Han Xin and Peng Yue had been named kings, they had no definite boundaries.

This is the reason why the two of them did not come to the appointment this time.

If your majesty can share the world with them, you can recruit two generals immediately.

Otherwise, the final success or failure is still unknown."

Liu Bang was determined to solve his urgent need, so he followed Zhang Liang's plan and annexed the territory from Chendi to the coast to the east of Qi King Han Xin; he also ceded the territory from the north of Suiyang to Gucheng to Liang Wang Pengyue.

Two months later, Sure enough, Han and Peng sent troops to help.

Han soldiers from all walks of life gathered at Gaixia. Han Xin first used the"ambush from all sides" strategy to surround Xiang Yu in Gaixia, and then used the"~besieged on all sides" strategy to undermine the morale of the enemy soldiers, and finally defeated Xiang Yu forced him to bid farewell to his concubine and commit suicide.

So far, the four-year Chu-Han War ended with Liu Bang's complete victory.

Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help but sigh.

"This piece of Liang is really powerful, it is so stable in handling people's hearts."

"Unexpectedly, Xiang Yu, the most powerful general in the world, was so powerful that he was defeated by Zhang Liang after all!!"

"The main reason is that Zhang Liang has the foresight to see the ability of Han Xin, the soldier immortal, and knows that Han Xin should be reused!!"

Xiang Yu couldn't help but sigh helplessly.

"Am I actually so defeated?"

"How could this be so? ? I'm not willing to give in!!"

Xiang Yu's face was full of unwillingness.

And the scene continued after that.

In February 202 BC,

Liu Bang proclaimed himself emperor and established the Han Empire, known as Han Gaozu in history.

In May of the same year, Han Gaozu was Luoyang Nangong held a celebration ceremony and a banquet for the ministers.

During the banquet, the emperor and his ministers drank together.

Liu Bang seemed particularly happy.

When talking about the reason why Chu lost the world and the reason why Han gained the world,

Liu Bang said that the key was to use three heroes together.

He praised Zhang Liangdao highly:

"My husband's plans are made in the curtains, and he is worse than those thousands of miles away. I am not as good as the ovary."

The foundation of the country was first laid, and the world was first settled. Where to set the capital?

This is undoubtedly of vital significance to the consolidation and development of the emerging Western Han Dynasty.

At first, Liu Bang wanted to make Luoyang the capital for a long time, and many officials also held this view..

One day, Lou Jing, a garrison soldier from Qi, returned to Luoyang from the Western Regions and asked to see Liu Bang. He told Liu Bang about the dangerous terrain in Guanzhong and advised Liu Bang to make Guanzhong his capital.

Liu Bang could not make up his mind for a while, but at this time, those ministers who advocated establishing Luoyang as the capital Chen talked about the benefits of establishing Luoyang as the capital.

Most of these people were old people from the Six Kingdoms. They were nostalgic for their old days and wanted to relocate to their happy land.

They all advised:

"Luoyang, the eastern capital, lasted for hundreds of years.

With Chenggao in the east, Xiaohan and Mianchi in the west, with the Yellow River at its back and Yi and Luo rivers in front, the geographical situation is solid and easy to defend."

Zhang Liang was the only one who supported Lou Jing's proposition.

He said:

"Although Luoyang has these natural dangers (good promise), its hinterland is too small, with a radius of only a few hundred miles; the fields are barren, and it is easily attacked from all sides, so it is not a capital to be governed by force;

Guanzhong has the danger of Weihan on the left (i.e. The collective name of Mount Wei and Hangu Pass), with the overflowing mountains of Longshu on the right, fertile land and thousands of miles of fertile fields; in the south there are the rich agricultural products of Bashu, and in the north there is the prairie where cattle and horses can be grazed.

There are three dangerous points in the north, west and south that can be defended, and the princes can be controlled to the east.

When the princes are at peace, the Yellow River and the Wei River can be opened for water transportation to transport the world's grain and supply the needs of the capital.

If the princes change, they can go eastward to transport grain and grass, enough to maintain the supplies of the expedition team.

This is the so-called golden city thousands of miles away, the land of abundance!

I think Lou Jing’s idea is still correct."

Zhang Liang's analysis was comprehensive and profound. In addition, he had great expectations and won Liu Bang's trust. Therefore, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty immediately decided to make Guanzhong the capital. In

August of the fifth year of the Han Dynasty,

Liu Bang officially moved the capital to Chang'an.

After that, Liu Bang, including Zhang Liang, There were many meritorious officials, but those who were not awarded the title were arguing and competing for credit.

One day, Liu Bang saw the generals sitting on the sand in groups and whispering from the pavilion road, so he asked Zhang Liang what they were talking about.

Zhang Liang deliberately said alarmist:"They are discussing rebellion!

Liu Bang asked:"The world has been settled for the first time. Why do they want to rebel?" Zhang

Liang replied:

"Your Majesty started from commoners, and it was through these talents that he conquered the world.

Now that you are the emperor, the people you have consecrated are those you like, such as Xiao He and Cao Shen, while those you have hated in your life will be killed.

Now the DPRK and China are counting military achievements.

If everyone is enfeoffed, the land in the world will be limited after all.

These people are afraid that you will not be able to reward them, and they are also afraid that you will hold them accountable for their ordinary mistakes, so they get together to discuss rebellion!

Liu Bangyou asked:"What should we do?" Zhang

Liang then asked:

"Who is the person you hate the most and is known to everyone?".