Some wars in history really make people feel strange and puzzled. For example, at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Huizong sent Tong Guan to lead an army of 200,000 to attack Yanjing, a Liao country. As a result, more than 10,000 Liao soldiers were wiped out. It is really incomprehensible. For example, in the Chu-Han War, Xiang Yu defeated Hanwang and the 560,000 vassal allied forces led by Liu Bang with only 30,000 men, which was even more incredible. However, this is a fact.
Hanwang Liu Bang listened to Dong Gong's advice in Luoyang and organized 560,000 troops of local governors. After that, the whole army listened to Hanwang's orders, and the blade pointed directly at Pengcheng, the capital of Chu. Most of the elite Chu soldiers went north with Xiang Yu to attack Qi, and only a few thousand old, weak and beaten soldiers stayed behind. They used more than 500,000 troops to attack a city guarded by only a few thousand soldiers and horses, which was tantamount to beating mosquitoes and flies with Princess Iron Fan's banana fan. Before the troops arrived, the defenders had fled, and Cheng Peng surrendered without a fight.
Liu Bang only crossed the river from Linjinguan in March, during which he defeated Sima Yi, the king of Yin, and mourned for Yidi for three days in Luoyang. It took some time to organize the Coalition forces in the middle, but he won Pengcheng in April, so it can't be said that he made rapid progress.
When people are proud, their nature is often easily exposed, as Liu Bang did after winning Peng Cheng. After he despised Cheng Peng, he was immediately carried away by this hard-won victory. After he entered the city, he showed that when he captured Xianyang, Qin Dou, he did not dare to be greedy, to occupy or to commit adultery. The difference is that his eyes and will are blurred by the treasures plundered by Xiang Yu and the beautiful women robbed.
Therefore, "with treasures and beautiful women, Kaya Hioki will have a high-alcohol meeting". He and his macho men are like runaway wild horses, drinking every day, partying every night, riding charming treasures and galloping on the plains of desire without looking back. The so-called "fascination, fascination" is nothing more than that. But it is puzzling that Sean and Fan Kuai, who urged Liu Bang to give up pleasure and return to the army in Xianyang, were not among the allied forces. Why did they turn a blind eye?
Qi and Tian Heng were at loggerheads, so Xiang Yu had to report Cheng Peng to Hanwang. Inner anger is no less than Zhang Han's murder of his uncle Xiang Liang. In a rage, leaving most of the generals and soldiers to continue fighting, they chose thirty thousand cavalry, quickly went south, traveled thousands of miles, counterattacked Cheng Peng, and fought with Liu Bang's 50,000-60,000 troops.
However, only 30,000 soldiers sent troops thousands of miles away without backup. They may be dragged to death, exhausted and besieged at any time, and there is almost no need to guess the ending of total annihilation. Although Xiang Yu is a rough guy on the surface, he is definitely a crude and refined person. He considered all these situations and the most tragic consequences. Therefore, in his determination, Xiang Yu, like all Chu troops, is close to death. Tactically, we can only play blitzkrieg, not protracted war, and we must win by surprise and make a quick decision.
Xiang Yu started from Qi State, went south through Lu State (now Qufu, Shandong Province), and went out (now northwest of Pei County, Jiangsu Province) to enter the territory of Chu State. To win a quick victory and surprise victory, we must March long distances without being discovered by the Han Coalition forces, both quickly and secretly. At that time, the Han allied forces were not all crowded in Pengcheng, mainly in Pengcheng, surrounded by troops, and local fighting did not stop.
Therefore, after Xiang Yu's army entered Chu territory, it was almost nocturnal to avoid crowded places and combat areas. Therefore, Chu army entered Pengcheng area with the fastest speed. At this time, the clever Xiang Yu did not directly face the siege, but went around Xiaoxian County in the west of Pengcheng and quietly lurked.
Early the next morning, thirty thousand cavalry of Chu army suddenly attacked the allied camp stationed in Pengcheng West. After the victory, the allies were still asleep. Chu soldiers fell from the sky, and allied soldiers haven't recovered yet. They were quickly attacked by the Chu army, and countless swords were cut down and countless soldiers were trampled to death. The soldiers who hurried out of the camp haven't had time to get dressed, let alone armor and weapons. They were driven to the valley and the water by the fleeing Chu army.
Later, the Chu army killed Cheng Peng in lightning speed, and Liu Bang and his experts in Cheng Peng were already tired of Cheng Peng's debauchery and physical exhaustion. Enemy at the Gates, Chu Jun was disheveled and neatly dressed. It's so noisy, after a confrontation between the allied forces and the Chu army, it was immediately smashed into pieces by Chu riding.
One side is a soldier who is desperate, and the other side is a soldier who just woke up and panicked. Although the number varies greatly, the combat effectiveness is quite different. Allied soldiers became headless flies and were killed and trampled to death by themselves, reaching more than100000. More than 300,000 other people fled south one after another, and were chased by the Chu army all the way, forcing them to the bank of Suishui in the east of Lingbi County. Under the knife light of Chu army, they jumped into Suishui to escape, killing hundreds of thousands of people, and the bodies floated all over the river, so that "Suishui did not flow".
Not only that, in the great war, Hanwang Liu Bang was not only chased by dozens of guards around him, but was once caught up by Ding Gong, the general of Chu State. Fortunately, Ding Gong is an old friend of Liu Bang. At Liu Bang's pleading, Ding Gong was merciful and let him escape.
The final result of the battle of Pengcheng was that the Han allied forces were almost completely annihilated, which ended in the complete victory of the Chu army. At the same time, Liu Bang's parents and wife were captured by the Chu army, and Liu Bang himself fled to Xiayi with only a few dozen riders left, and joined his wife and brother Lv Zejun who also lost in the battle of Pengcheng, and finally recovered the lost ground.
The Battle of Pengcheng is one of the few wars personally led by Liu Bang since the end of Qin Dynasty, and it was defeated by 560,000 troops and 30,000 light cavalry, which shows the difference of Liu Bang's military talents. According to Records of Historical Records and Biography of Huaiyin Hou, after the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang was placed under house arrest for fear of Han Xin's military talents. During this period, there was a famous dialogue between the monarch and the minister to discuss the talents of the generals.
Liu Bang asked Han Xin, "What if I can learn geometry?" Han Xin said, "Your Majesty can only pay 100,000 yuan." Liu Bang asked again, "What about Jun?" Han Xin replied: "The more ministers, the better the ears." Liu Bang smiled and asked, "The more the better, what is my bird?" Han Xin said, "Your Majesty should be a good general instead of a general. So I believe this is for your majesty. Besides, your majesty's so-called gift is inhuman. "
Liu Bang captured Xianyang and Guanzhong, and led 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers and horses. It was just a small battle. Later, it was decided that Sanqin would fight against the big corps, which was the result of Han Xin's leadership. As for commanding the joint operations of 560,000 troops, Liu Bang's ability is somewhat inadequate, which shows that he is not good at large-scale corps operations.
However, although Liu Bang is not a good general, as Han Xin said, he is a "good general". Therefore, a good general is like Han Xin, a good general is like Liu Bangzhe, but he is the king, and finally he became the emperor.