How did Liu Bang finally defeat Xiang Yu?

In 202 BC, Hanwang retreated to Guangwu (Henan Province), and the Chu army immediately caught up with him. Hanwang sent Lu Jia and others to lobby Wang Ba, demanding that Wang Ba put his father and daughter back, and proposed to share the world equally with Wang Ba, with a gap (a stream) as the boundary. Xixia belongs to Han in the west and Chu in the east. Overlord actually agreed. General Zhong Limei, Lu Bu and others firmly opposed it, thinking it was a trap, and suggested that the overlord should not be fooled. The overlord didn't listen and exchanged peace treaties twice. Overlord had Liu Bang's father and wife Lu Fang brought back, and he also returned to Pengcheng with his team. Hanwang made peace with the overlord, which turned out to be a delaying tactic. Only two months apart, Hanwang tore up the gap agreement and sent troops to attack the Chu army. Hanwang went to Guling first, and sent someone to urge the generals Han Xin, Peng Yue and Ying Bu to invade. On the one hand, he challenged the overlord, who glared at Liu Bang with anger and cursed him for being capricious. At that time, he led 300,000 troops of generals such as Zhong Limei, Lu Bu, Fan Chu and Yu Ziqi, and violently attacked Guling. Hanwang was defeated, left Guling and fled to the elevation. The Chu army chased the elevation and surrounded the Han army. Liu Bang was besieged and urged Han Xin and Peng Yue to save him. But Han and Peng Jiu did not send troops, and Liu Bang was upset. Zhang Liang presented a plan and said, "If you reward it, there will be brave people." If you can promise to share the world with Han Xin and Peng Yue, they will send troops. Liu Bang then sent messengers to tell Han Xin and Peng Yue: "Join forces to attack the Chu army, and the Chu army was defeated, and Chen Jun went to the seaside to give it to Han Xin; North of Suiyang, go to Gucheng to give it to Peng Yue. " They were so happy that they all promised to send troops at once. They led the troops to kill all the way down, gathered at Gaixia and surrounded the Chu army. The overlord's army camped under watch and saw the food run out. Overlord insisted on doing his duty, but Yuziqi and Jibu advised him not to do his duty, to open the gap and break through. So the overlord rushed forward with a group of people. Although the Chu army suffered heavy casualties, no one could resist the courage of the overlord. He wouldn't let go even when he saw Han Xin. Han Xin only fights and never retreats. After chasing for several miles, the overlord scattered the Han soldiers along the road, but turned back a group and came again. After all, he can't handle Han Xin's house of flying daggers by himself. Most of the Chu soldiers were killed and wounded, and the Han soldiers were surrounded there, and they were enemies in all directions. Overlord had to turn back to Gaixia camp. Tell the soldiers to defend carefully and see if they have a chance to fight again. At night, when he heard that the Han army was singing Chu songs in all directions, the overlord was startled and said, "Did the Han army completely conquer Chu?" Otherwise, how could there be so many Chu people in the Han army? "So the overlord got up in the middle of the night, drank in the military tent, faced his accompanying wife Yu Ji, wrote a song, and sang passionately:" Pulling out the mountain will anger the world. What can you do? "What about you?" After the song of overlord, Yu Ji replied: "Han soldiers have just arrived, and the four sides are singing;" Your majesty's spirit is exhausted and he can't live with my concubine. " Singing suicide, in order to eliminate the ideological burden of the overlord and stimulate his fighting spirit to break through. Overlord set foot on Wu Zhui horse, with more than 800 people, such as injured tigers, rushed out of the tight encirclement overnight and galloped south. It was only at dawn that the Han army discovered it and ordered five thousand cavalry to chase it. The overlord crossed the Huaihe River, and only a hundred people followed him on horseback. Overlord went to Yanling (now northwest of Dingyuan County, Anhui Province), lost his way, fell into a swamp and was caught up by the Han army. Overlord and led the troops to the east, to the east, only 28 people, followed by thousands of Han cavalry. Overlord north to Wujiang (northeast bank of Anhui county), Wujiang Pavilion moved the boat and waited on the shore. He said to the overlord, "Jiangdong is small, with thousands of miles of land and hundreds of thousands of people. It is enough to be king. I hope the king will cross the river soon. " The overlord said, "How can I have the face to see my elders in Jiangdong now? I know you are a loyal elder. Let me give you this beloved mare! " So let the men dismount and walk and fight with short weapons. Killed many Han soldiers, and the overlord was injured in more than ten places. He turned around and saw a general named Lv Matong. He said, "You are an old friend of mine. I heard that Hanwang bought my head with money to seal Wan Huhou. I'll give it to you as a personal favor! " Say, commit suicide. 3 1 died. In the anti-Qin struggle, Xiang Yu was the winner who commanded the insurgents to destroy the main force, but he failed in the competition with Liu Bang. For Xiang Yu's short and tragic life, Li Qingzhao, a poetess in the Song Dynasty, praised it like this: "Life is a hero, and death is also a ghost. I still miss Xiang Yu and refuse to cross Jiangdong. " Sima Qian, a historian of the Western Han Dynasty, fully affirmed the achievements of Xiang Yu, saying that Xiang Yu "started from scratch"