"Group robots: @All readers, the author has updated the latest chapter of "Chu-Han Struggle" Chapter 537 Chasm Peace Conference 1, everyone hurry up and sort it!"
"Hey, it's updated, why is it so sudden? It's only 10 o'clock in the morning!" As soon as this sudden message came out, there was a burst of howling sounds in the group.
After all, the garbage author’s fixed update time every day is at 2 pm, and now it’s still 10 am. The sudden update really surprised everyone.
But it was a pleasure to update in advance, and everyone was also very curious about the Chaoguan peace negotiation and wanted to see the outcome, so they rushed in without hesitation and read three chapters in one go, and then felt overwhelmed.
It turns out that this contract has really been reached, and it is indeed an initiative to seek peace.
So in the chapter updated yesterday, it was clearly stated that Xiang Yu was cut off by Peng Yue because the army's food and grass were cut off. If Xiang Yu's army continued to fight, it would face a situation of food shortage, so Xiang Yu had to come up with the idea of retreating. .
Perhaps in most people's perception, attacking is difficult and retreating is easy.
But the actual situation is just the opposite. Retreating is actually more difficult than attacking.
First of all, once the general proposes to retreat, it means admitting that he cannot win the battle. The morale of the army will become chaotic in an instant, and many people who are afraid of death will try their best to escape.
Secondly, during the retreat, everyone wants to retreat faster than their teammates, which will lead to chaos in the entire army.
In the famous text "Cao GUI's Debate", it is written that when the opponent retreated, Cao GUI did not rush to let his troops chase the opponent. Instead, he stopped first and carefully checked the traces of the wheels to confirm that the opponent was retreating. It was extremely confusing. When the tracks of the wheels intertwined with each other, it was concluded that the opponent was truly defeated instead of feigning defeat. This was a great success for his own army to pursue.
And this is also the biggest problem with retreat, that is, the enemy's pursuit. After all, during the retreat, their own army had no fighting spirit. No one would stand up to resist. They just wanted to run faster. The result was that they were allowed to be massacred by the enemy until they retreated to a strong city. It reluctantly stopped, but at this time, if there were only 10,000 people left in the 100,000-strong army at the end, it would be considered a good leader.
Therefore, even if Xiang Yu had the idea of retreating, he would never directly order his troops to retreat. This would be a massacre for Liu Bang.
Xiang Yu must be given enough time to retreat so that Liu Bang will not pursue him during this period and allow him to retreat to a safe place to obtain food supplies before he can regroup his army.
But Xiang Yu didn't know how to get such precious time, so a counselor under Xiang Yu suggested that Xiang Yu go to Liu Bang to advocate peace, and proposed to use Liu Bang's family members in exchange for Liu Bang's peace commitment.
Yesterday's update ended here, which is why everyone felt itchy in their hearts. After all, everyone wanted to know whether the final peace negotiation was successful.
In the three chapters updated today, this question has been answered.
Although Xiang Yu felt that if he took the initiative to negotiate a peace, he would completely lose the face of the overlord of Western Chu. However, with the active persuasion of counselors and Yu Ji, and with a large number of soldiers facing the dilemma of starving to death, Xiang Yu finally decided to send a representative. When negotiating peace with Liu Bang, this representative was called Hou Gong.
When Liu Bang met Hou Gong and learned about the other party's request, his first reaction was to reject Hou Gong's request without thinking, and did not want to negotiate peace with Xiang Yu.
But Hou Gong first said that Liu Bang's wife and father were in Xiang Yu's hands, and Xiang Yu was willing to release them if peace was negotiated. However, Liu Bang was unmoved by this condition. He was obviously not the kind of person who would relent and give up the world just because of his wife and children.
Then Hou Gong told him that Xiang Yu is now like a beast trapped in a trap. Although he seems to be trapped, anyone who tries to kill him will get the most violent counterattack.
If Liu Bang must fight to the end, then Xiang Yu will definitely liquidate the main force and storm Liu Bang's Chinese army camp. Let's see if Liu Bang can block Xiang Yu's decisive blow.
Faced with this question, Liu Bang gave up decisively. After all, Xiang Yu's previous record was extremely terrifying. All the 400,000 Qin troops were defeated by Xiang Yu. Liu Bang was not surprised that Xiang Yu could fight such outrageous wars.
So Hou Gong took the opportunity and said, why don't you let Xiang Yu's troops retreat now? Xiang Yu's soldiers have never seen Xiang Yu defeated in a battle. Therefore, once Xiang Yu retreats, many soldiers will flee in fear, and the King of Han can also reorganize his army and fight King Xiang again in the future.
Liu Bang felt it made sense, so he finally met with Xiang Yu and jointly agreed to cease the war within the next month. At this point, the gap was reached.
I know that after seeing this, people who have read "Historical Records" will feel that the above words are extremely outrageous, because this is not what is said in Historical Records.
"Historical Records of Xiang Yu" describes it like this
At that time, the Han soldiers had plenty of food, but King Xiang's soldiers stopped eating. The Han Dynasty sent Lu Jia to speak to King Xiang and invite the Grand Duke, but King Xiang did not listen. The King of Han again sent Duke Hou to talk to King Xiang, and King Xiang made an agreement with Han to divide the world in the middle. Those to the west of the divide would be called Han, and those to the east of the divide would be Chu. King Xiang promised her that she would become the parents and wife of the King of Han. The army all shouted long live. The king of Han then granted the title of Prince of Pingguo. Nifu is willing to see you again. He said: "This world's best debater lives in the Qing Dynasty, so he is called the Lord of Pingguo." King Xiang made an appointment, so he led his troops to retreat and returned eastward.
When the Han Dynasty wanted to return to the west, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping said: "The Han has more than half of the world, and all the princes are attached to it. The soldiers of Chu have stopped and their food has been exhausted. This is the time when Chu will be destroyed. It is better to take advantage of the opportunity. Today Shi Fu strikes, this is what is said, 'Raising tigers will lead to disaster'." The king of Han listened.
After reading the above text, any fool can understand that it was Liu Bang who sought peace first, and Hou Gong was Liu Bang's advocate, not Xiang Yu's.
In addition, the two sides agreed that Chu and Han would divide the world equally, with Han to the west of the divide and Chu to the east of the divide. From then on, everyone lived in peace and developed peacefully.
But in the end, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping persuaded Liu Bang to betray his trust, not to raise tigers as a threat, and took advantage of Xiang Yu's retreat to launch a sneak attack, which led to the subsequent ambush on all sides and Wujiang suicide.
It was not like the plot written by Liu Xu at all. It was actually Xiang Yu who requested peace first, and he only requested a one-month truce, not an equal division of the world!
So the question is, who wrote the official history, Liu Xu or Tai Shigong?
(End of chapter)
