As soon as Han Xin died, Liu Bang became very suspicious of those people who stayed at home and complained of illness. Liu Bang thought that the reason why they were hiding was because they had a conspiracy and had evil intentions.
If they had not conspired, they would not have been unable to see the sun and would not have been sick at home all day long. Thinking of this, Liu Bang suddenly thought of someone. Who is this person?
This person's name is Peng Yue.
Is this name familiar?
Peng Yue, whose courtesy name was Zhong, was from Changyi (today's west of Jinxiang County, Shandong Province). He started out as a bandit and followed Liu Bang to conquer the world. After Xiang Yu died, Peng Yue was named King of Liang by Liu Bang and lived in Dingtao. In the first few years, he still came to worship, but then his worship faded away, and finally he stopped worshiping because of illness.
Liu Bang led troops to attack Chen Xi, and when he was in Handan, he recruited troops from Liang Wang Pengyue. But Liu Bang's original intention was not as simple as recruiting troops, but wanted Peng Yue to lead troops to help. Peng Yue claimed to be ill and sent his subordinates to lead troops to Handan to meet Liu Bang. Liu Bang was furious and sent people to blame Peng Yue. Peng Yue was very scared and wanted to go and apologize to Liu Bang in person.
Peng Yue's general Hu Zhe said to Peng Yue: "You didn't go at first and only went after the emperor scolded you. Isn't it obvious that you have something evil in your heart? If you go, you will definitely be arrested. You might as well start a rebellion. If you rebel against Liu Bang, you will Become the emperor!" But Peng Yue did not resort to any tricks and did not go to see Liu Bang. He still said he was ill and stayed at home.
The kings with different surnames appointed by Liu Bang all rebelled when they should, and they were unable to make decisive decisions, which resulted in the manpower being left hanging, which is really sad! Is it all destiny?
Han Xin claimed to be ill on the surface, but actually rebelled at home. Liu Bang thought again and felt that Peng Yue was suspicious, but he suffered from insufficient evidence. But it happened that Peng Yue's servant committed an offense and fled to Guanzhong. He exaggerated the facts and told Liu Bang that Peng Yue and Hu Ju wanted to rebel. When Liu Bang heard that the opportunity had come, he immediately sent people to arrest Peng Yue and took Peng Yue to Luoyang. Tingwei interrogated and determined that Peng Yue's illness was an intention to rebel, and asked Liu Bang how to deal with Peng Yue.
Liu Bang suddenly felt compassion and thought of Peng Yue's past achievements. He did not kill Peng Yue, but demoted Peng Yue to a commoner, that is, to a commoner, and sent Peng Yue to Qingyi, Shu (today's north of Leshan County, Sichuan).
Peng Yue was from Shandong and was sent to Sichuan. Naturally, he was extremely reluctant and tried hard to find a way to save him.
On this day, Peng Yue and others walked west to Zheng (now Huaxian County, Shaanxi Province), and happened to meet Lu Pheasant heading east from Chang'an to Luoyang. I don't know if Peng Yue was old and confused, or was frightened, but he ran to beg Lu Pheasant. He was ill and went to the doctor indiscriminately. Peng Yue died confused.
Peng Yue cried and begged Lu Pheasant. "Queen! I really didn't want to rebel. I'm innocent! Please, for the sake of us conquering the world together, please beg your Majesty for mercy. I just want to return to my hometown Changyi."
Peng Yue cried more and more sadly.
Peng Yue was the founding general, so how could he not be miserable when he ended up like this? In comparison, Han Xin was much tougher than him. Before he died, he said: I didn't use Kuai Tong's plan, but I was deceived by a woman. Isn't it God's fault!
Han Xin's words can be said to be famous throughout the ages, but Peng Yue did not understand what he should understand from Han Xin's words. If Peng Yue could understand Han Xin's words, he would immediately retreat and avoid Lu pheasants like ghosts.
Lu Pheasant said to Peng Yue: "Don't worry! I know everything about you. You are loyal, unlike Han Xin. I will definitely intercede for you in front of His Majesty."
Lu Pheasant's words were good, and his actions were even more straightforward. He took Peng Yue directly to Luoyang. Along the way, Lu Pheasant treated Peng Yue extremely well. Perhaps Liu Bang had never enjoyed such treatment.
As soon as he arrived in Luoyang, Lu Pheasant went to see Liu Bang, and Peng Yue burst into tears of gratitude.
"Peng Yue is a strong man. If you send him to Shu, isn't it a legacy of raising tigers? In my opinion, it's better to kill him. Don't worry, I will make it easier for you. I even brought his people." The pheasant said it vividly, and Liu Bang suddenly became enlightened after hearing it.
Lu Pheasant is cruel, Liu Bang is ruthless, and Peng Yue is doomed.
Lu Pheasant brought Peng Yue back. In order to stabilize Peng Yue, he naturally would not let Peng Yue go back to prison, but let Peng Yue live in his own home.
Suddenly, Lu Pheasant's family sued Peng Yue for treason. The Tingwei reported to Liu Bang, and Liu Bang ordered that even Peng Yue's clan be wiped out. It is unbearable for future generations to hear that the founding general ended up like this. As a martial artist, Peng Yue may not know "what is tolerable and what is intolerable".
It can be said that Peng Yue was the first strategist to formally use guerrilla warfare tactics in the history of world war, and he can be said to be the ancestor of guerrilla warfare. In terms of military strategy and commanding ability, he is not as good as Han Xin, but in terms of merit, he is even better. In the Chu-Han War, it was precisely because he led his troops to carry out guerrilla warfare in the rear of the Chu army, attacking Chu's supplies, and using the tactics of enemy advancing, we retreat, and enemy retreating, that we pursued, that Xiang Yu was exhausted from fighting on both sides, and the Chu army was The food and equipment could not be supplied, which also gave the Han army on the front line a chance to avoid being annihilated by Xiang Yu. The Chu-Han War was based on Liu Bang's frontal defense, Han Xin's thousands of miles of outflanking, and Peng Yue's rear guerrilla warfare. In the battle, they had the opportunity to annihilate Xiang Yu's exhausted troops and achieved the final victory. He is a truly excellent commander.
But people are getting worse day by day. Peng Yue, who once galloped on the battlefield and was brave and fearless, was actually killed by Lu Pheasant. And he didn't know how he died until he died. Maybe Peng Yue still said good things to Lu Pheasant in the underworld. It is extremely sad that a generation of generals died in such a way!
Therefore, after every feudal dynasty was established and stabilized, there must be waves of founding heroes whose homes were confiscated and exterminated. Same reason, same approach.
After Peng Yue died, his head was hung in Luoyang City, and Liu Bang issued an order: Anyone who bury Peng Yue would be arrested. At this time, a man in official uniform came to pay homage to Peng Yue's head. After the memorial, he put Peng Yue into a coffin and cried bitterly.
The man crying bitterly was Luan Bu. Luan Bu and Peng Yue had a very good relationship because Peng Yue saved his life. When something happened to Peng Yue, Luan Bu happened to be on an envoy to Qi and was not in the court. After only being separated for a few days, when we saw him again, his old friend and savior was beheaded in front of everyone, how could he not cry bitterly?
After arresting Luan Bu, Liu Bang cursed: "Are you an accomplice of Peng Yue, the traitor? I ordered not to bury Peng Yue, but you did it anyway and cried bitterly. This is obviously an act of rebellion. Pull him out and cook him." "
The soldiers caught Luan Bu in front of the hot water. Luan Bu turned around and said to Liu Bang, "I want to say a word before I die."
Luan Bu said, "Say one word and you will die," but in fact, what he was thinking was, "Say one word and you won't die."
"What did you say?" Liu Bang looked like an executioner with a murderous look on his face.
"When the emperor was trapped in Pengcheng and defeated between Xingyang and Chenggao, the reason why Xiang Yu could not advance westward was because Peng Yue's troops were stationed in Liang and fought with the Han army against the Chu troops. The success or failure at that time was all due to Peng Yue's thoughts. In the meantime, if Peng Yue helped the Chu army, the Chu army would win; if Peng Yue helped the Han army, the Han army would win. Moreover, in the battle of Gaixia, without Peng Yue, Xiang Yu would not have died. After the world was pacified, Peng Yue was named king. He originally wanted to Let the throne pass on to all generations. You recruit troops from King Liang. If King Liang is ill and cannot lead the army, you suspect him of treason. He has no rebellion, so you kill him based on trivial matters. I am only worried that the heroes will be killed because of this. People are in danger. Now that Peng Yue is dead, I would rather die than live, so just cook me."
When Liu Bang heard this, he felt that Luan Bu's words were good, and at the same time he felt guilty, so he released Luan Bu and made him a captain.
Although Liu Bang spared Luan Bu, he chopped Peng Yue into meat sauce and gave each prince a bowl. Because of this bowl of human flesh porridge, another founding hero was killed.
Who will be next?
