Hongmen Banquet is a historical biography written by Sima Qian, a historian and writer of the Han Dynasty, which comes from Historical Records and Biography of Xiang Yu. After the demise of the Qin Dynasty (206 BC), the leaders of two anti-Qin armies, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, held a banquet in Hong Men on the outskirts of Xianyang, the capital of Qin Dynasty.
The full text is centered on the confession of Liu Bang's Xiang Ying camp, which is divided into three parts: before and after the camp. Beginning with Cao's informer, Xiang Yu decided to attack, ending with Xiang Yu being attacked and Cao being punished. The story unfolds layer by layer according to whether Xiang Yu attacked and whether Liu Bang could escape safely.
2. Embattled-Sima Qian's Historical Records of Xiang Yu in the Western Han Dynasty
Xiang Yu and Liu Bang originally agreed to take the east and west of the gorge (in present-day Rongxian County, Jia Luhe) as the boundary, and they did not invade each other.
Later, Liu Bang followed the advice of Sean and Chen Ping, and thought that Xiang Yu should be destroyed when he was weak. Then he chased Xiang Yu's army with Han Xin, Peng Yue and Liu Jia, and chased Pengcheng (now Xuzhou, Jiangsu) eastward.
Finally, several layers of troops were arranged to tightly surround Xiang Yu (in the southeast of Lingbi County, Anhui Province). At this time, Xiang Yu's soldiers were few and there was no food.
In the evening, when I heard the troops around him singing the folk songs of Chu, I couldn't help but be very surprised and say, "Did Liu Bang get Chu?" Why are there so many people in his army? "
Said, the in the mind has lost the fighting spirit, then get up from the bed and drink in the camp; Sing with his favorite concubine Yu Ji. After singing, I cried, and everyone around me was very sad, and they all felt that they could not lift their heads. After a while, Xiang Yu got on his horse and escaped from the south with only 800 cavalry. Run away and fight, commit suicide by Wujiang River.
3. Ambush on all sides-the battle under the sea (Sima Qian's biography of the Great Emperor of the Western Han Dynasty)
During the struggle between Chu and Han, Han Xin, a native of Huaiyin, was reused by Hanwang and Liu Bang, and Wei, Zhao Wangxie, Yan Wangzang and Qi Guang were captured alive. After being made King of Qi by Liu Bang, he led 300,000 troops to join forces with Peng Yue's army and besieged Xiang Yu in Gaixia (now southeast of Lingbi County, Suzhou City, Anhui Province). He used the tactics of flying daggers, forcing Xiang Yu to commit suicide in Wujiang River, and won a decisive victory.
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In his early years, he fought against Qin in Wuzhong with his uncle Xiang Liang. After Xiang Liang was killed, he led the army to cross the river to rescue Zhao Wangxie. The Battle of Julu defeated the main force led by Wang Li, which led to the demise of Qin. Claiming to be the overlord of the West Chu, he made Pengcheng (now Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province) his capital, made a general who contributed to Qin, and made the descendants of the nobles of the six countries king. Hanwang Liu Bang sent troops from Hanzhong, which set off a four-year dispute between Chu and Han.
Xiang Yu repeatedly defeated Liu Bang in the frontal battlefield. Peng Yue constantly destroyed the supplies of Chu troops in the rear. Han Xin unified the north of the Yellow River and sent troops south. Xiang Yu's headstrong, suspicious father Fan Zeng, was defeated by Liu Bang. In 202 BC, Xiang Yu retreated to Gaixia (now Lingbi County, Anhui Province) and attacked Wujiang River (now wujiang town County, Anhui Province). Finally, farewell my concubine, commit suicide in Wujiang River.
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