Since ancient times, the lips are dead and the teeth are cold.
Now that Liu Bang has killed the two founding generals, all the princes are frightened. The higher the merit, the more frightened they are. Who among these terrified men is most afraid? Of course, Yingbu, who has made great contributions, is the most afraid. He was on tenterhooks, uneasy and anxious all day long.
Upon hearing the news that Han Xin had been killed, Yingbu worried that he would be next. When Liu Bang killed Peng Yue, Yingbu was even more worried that he would be next. After killing Peng Yue, Liu Bang did not deal with Yingbu alone, but gave Yingbu a bowl of human flesh porridge. This human flesh was Peng Yue's meat.
When the messenger delivered human flesh porridge to Yingbu, he happened to meet Yingbu hunting. As soon as Yingbu saw the human flesh porridge, he immediately summoned his subordinates to stand by and ordered the neighboring counties to be on guard. Yingbu knows how to take precautions and has learned a few more lessons than the first two guys. However, Liu Bang did not send troops, but only sent bowls of porridge. From then on, Yingbu couldn't sit still or sleep well, always feeling like there was a sword hanging above his head.
In the past few days, one of Yingbu's favorite concubines has become ill. The doctor who treated this concubine lived across from the doctor Ben He. As a courtesy, Ben He brought gifts and went to visit. He also had a meal with the concubine at the doctor's house. One day, this beloved concubine accompanied Yingbu and boasted that Ben He had the air of an elder. Yingbu was very angry and asked her how she knew. The beloved concubine told all about Ben He's visit to her and their meal at the doctor's house. Yingbu became jealous and suspected that Ben He had committed adultery with his beloved concubine.
Yingbu was sitting on a pincushion, afraid of everything, cautious of everything, and suspicious of everything. Liu Bang's bowl of human flesh porridge made the general Yingbu look like a man, and it was like accompanying him like a tiger.
Suspicious people often put themselves in danger. When Benhe heard that Yingbu suspected that he had committed adultery with his beloved concubine, he was very frightened and pretended to be ill to avoid seeing Yingbu. When Yingbu heard that Benhe was pretending to be ill, he became even more angry and immediately sent people to arrest Benhe. Ben He took the opportunity to escape and wrote to Liu Bang, accusing Yingbu of treason. Yingbu sent people to chase Benhe, but the soldiers were useless and he was not captured. As soon as Ben He arrived in Chang'an, he accused Yingbu of treason and suggested that before Yingbu could rebel, the imperial court could strike first and send troops to kill Yingbu.
It is better to believe that there is rebellion than to believe that there is no rebellion. Seeing that the founding ministers were plotting rebellion one after another, Liu Bang was furious again and wanted to send troops to kill Yingbu. Ben He's move is called borrowing a knife to kill someone.
Liu Bang showed Ben He's letter to Xiao He. Xiao He said: "Ying Bu should not be plotting rebellion. I'm afraid it's a false accusation from his enemies. Arrest Ben He first, and then send people to Ying Bu's place to check secretly." Xiao He was a bystander, but the authorities knew better. It’s hard to figure out.
Yingbu was already a soldier. He knew that Ben He came to Chang'an to report him. He suspected that Ben He would tell the secrets of his feudal country. Liu Bang sent people again, all of which verified his suspicion. Yingbu made a decisive decision, killed Benhe's family, and launched an army to rebel.
When Liu Bang heard that Yingbu had launched a rebellion, he immediately released Ben He and made him a general.
"Yingbu rebelled, what should we do?" Liu Bang asked the princes.
The princes all said, "Send troops to kill him. What else can we do?"
Send troops, send troops, who to send? Liu Bang is old and can no longer fight one after another, otherwise he will die on the battlefield. After he proclaimed himself emperor, Liu Bang wanted to lie down in the gentle countryside, but Fan Kuai would force him out of him when he went to court on weekdays. When Liu Bang conquered the founding heroes, the first problem he encountered was not brotherhood, but a lack of talent. Xia Houying, Marquis of Ruyin, recommended his own retainer, who was known as Duke Xue. Because Xue Gong has insight.
Xia Houying told his retainer Xue Gong that Yingbu had rebelled, and Xue Gong said: "It should have been rebelled in the first place."
Xia Houying was shocked after hearing this and asked: "The emperor divided his land and gave him a title. He has already become the master of ten thousand chariots. Why do he want to rebel?"
"The emperor killed Han Xin the year before last and Peng Yue the year before. Han Xin, Peng Yue and Yingbu had the same credit. The three of them were a trinity, connected in life and death. Seeing that both Han Xin and Peng Yue were dead, Yingbo was worried that he would be executed, so he rebelled."
Liu Bang summoned Duke Xue. Duke Xue told Liu Bang that Yingbu's rebellion was not a strange thing. Yingbu only had three options to choose from, so there was no need to worry. The first way is to use the upper stratagem. If Yingbu uses the upper stratagem, Shandong will no longer belong to Liu Bang; Maybe; the third way is a trick. If Yingbu uses the third trick, Liu Bang can raise his pillow and sleep without worrying.
So what do the so-called upper stratagem, middle stratagem and lower stratagem mean? Mr. Xue explained in detail one by one.
If Yingbu attacks Wu to the east, captures Chu to the west, annexes Qi and Lu, and then spreads the war message throughout Yan and Zhao to consolidate his territory, then Shandong will no longer belong to Liu Bang; If Yingbu conquers Wu and Chu, South Korea and Wei, seizes Aocang's grain, and holds on to the danger of Chenggao, then victory or defeat will be hard to say; if Yingbu seizes Wu to the east and captures Aocang to the west, Cai, put the baggage in the Yue Kingdom and prepared to run to Changsha, then Liu Bang could sleep peacefully, and Yingbu's rebellion had no impact on the Han Dynasty.
"But which strategy will Yingbu use?" Liu Bang asked eagerly.
"A plan."
"The upper plan is so good, why didn't he use the upper plan instead of the lower one?"
"Yingbu is a prisoner in Lishan. Although he is now the Lord of Ten Thousand Vehicles, he only thinks about his immediate interests and does not think about what will happen behind him, so he must be planning something."
Liu Bang was very happy after hearing this. He granted Duke Xue a thousand households and personally conquered Yingbu.
The so-called counselor is one who can take the situation of the whole country into consideration, weigh the pros and cons thoroughly, dispel the general's anxiety, and allow the wise leader to go to war with peace of mind. Duke Xue is such a counselor.
Zhang Liang took the sick to Quyou (now south of Lintong County, Shaanxi Province) and said to Liu Bang: "I should have gone too, but I am seriously ill. The people of Chu are brave and swift. Emperor, please don't fight with them head-on." Zhang Liang advised Liu Bang to let Liu Bang Ying became the general in charge of Guanzhong and supervised the army. Liu Bang appointed Zhang Liang as Prince Fu. Zhang Liang has always been loyal, and besides, he is really ill, not pretending to be ill. Liu Bang is very relieved about him.
In order to boost morale, Yingbu said to his soldiers: "The emperor is old and tired of fighting. He will definitely not fight in person. Among the generals Liu Bang can send, I am only afraid of Han Xin and Peng Yue. Now they are both dead." Now, I’m not afraid of anyone else.”
"He is brave but foolhardy, only capable of beating and killing", this is the impression that Yingbu left to the world. Yingbu is suitable to be a forward general, not a prince, let alone a military advisor.
Sure enough, as Xue Gong expected, Yingbu first captured the country of Jing (now Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province), and King Liu Jia of Jing escaped and died in Fuling (now northwest of Hongze County, Jiangsu Province). Liu Jia was useless, and Liu Bang's other cousin Liu Zhong was also useless, but Liu Zhong's son Liu Bi was very powerful. This time Liu Bang defeated Yingbu, and Liu Bi's bravery contributed a lot. After Yingbu's army was defeated and executed, Liu Bang granted Liu Bi the title of King of Wu and guarded the Kingdom of Wu.
Yingbu recruited Liu Jia's soldiers and crossed the Huaihe River to attack Chu. The king of Chu divided his troops into three armies in an attempt to make the three armies at odds with each other. Two of the armies fought against the Yingbo army in Xu County (south of today's Sihong County, Jiangsu Province) and Tong County (now northwest of Sihong County, Jiangsu Province).
Someone advised the general of Chu State: "Yingbu is good at using troops, and the soldiers and the people always respect him. Moreover, the art of war says that when the princes' soldiers fight in the local area, they will be easily defeated because of their attachment to the country. Now the army is divided into three. If the enemy breaks one army, , the remaining two groups will flee and will not rescue each other." The Chu generals did not need to say this. After Yingbo defeated one of the armies, the remaining two armies fled and the three armies did not save each other.
Stubbornness is a taboo on the march. Doesn’t General Chu know that Xiang Yu’s defeat was his stubbornness? Doesn't the Chu general know that Liu Bang was almost killed in Bai Deng because he didn't listen to Lou Jing's words? If the Chu general does not learn from his predecessors, he will inevitably make the same mistakes again.
The Yingbu army traveling westward met Liu Bang's army in the west of Qi (southeast of today's Suqian County, Anhui) and fought in Zing (south of today's Suxian, Anhui). Yingbu's army was strong and brave. Liu Bang watched in Yongcheng and saw that Yingbu's formation looked very similar to Xiang Yubu's. Liu Bang was very angry. Liu Bang shouted from afar and asked Yingbu: "We have a good relationship. Why do you want to rebel?" Yingbu replied: "I just want to be the emperor."
Xiang Yu had been dead for so long, and Liu Bang hated him when he saw his battle formation. Liu Bang hated Xiang Yu's natural supernatural power, and even more hated Xiang Yu for desperately pursuing him. It was as if the embarrassment of being pursued reappeared in his mind.
So Liu Bang yelled and cursed, drove his troops and horses to cover up the killing, and the Yingbo army's formation was broken. The Yingbo army crossed the Huaihe River, and the Han army pursued the victory. The Yingbo army was forced to stop and fight with Liu Bang's army several times. Each time, they failed and fled. In the end, Yingbo led hundreds of people to escape to the south of the Yangtze River.
Although Liu Bang broke Yingbu's battle formation and defeated Yingbu, he was also hit by a stray arrow. This injury was not serious at first, but Liu Bang was old, in poor health, the road was bumpy, and he was prone to losing his temper, so it turned out to be a risk of death.
The sage said that whoever takes a sword will die by the sword's edge. The founding generals of the Han Dynasty were executed one after another, and Liu Bang was also injured during the conquest, and his life was short-lived. Founding generals such as Han Xin, Peng Yue, and Ying Bu all died in the sword, but they did not die for the same goal.
The king of Changsha sent people to tell Yingbu that he was willing to help Yingbu escape to Yue. Yingbu listened to Wu Chen's words and fled south. He was killed by Fanyang people in Zixiang.
Yingbu was originally married to the magistrate of Fan County. Yingbu was once the son-in-law of Wu Rui, the king of Changsha. After Wu Rui's death, his son Wu Chen inherited the throne of Changsha. Therefore, Changsha Ai King Wu Hui (the grandson of Wu Rui) sent people to trick Yingbu and lied about fleeing with Yingbu, tricking him into fleeing to South Vietnam. Therefore, Yingbu believed him and followed him to Fanyang. The Fanyang people were in Zi Township (today's Yingbu was killed in a house in northwest Boyang County, Jiangxi Province.
