The Battle Between Chu and Han After the defeat and fall of the Qing Dynasty, there are two great warlord fighting to gain the world.
Liu Bang, King of Han and Xiang Yu, Warlord of Chu is the two famous warlord. Xiang Yu is expert strategist and a prominent general. Liu Bang, according to Han History, he was once a simple villager and have no talent. But in the end, the result of the battle is the victory of Liu Bang. Why is it so?
Firstly, Liu Bang's side include a lot of great talents:
- 张良(Zhang Liang), a military expert and the great contributor to the victory of Liu Bang.
- 蕭何(Xiao He), a political expert and later became First Prime Minister of Han
- 韩信(Han Xin), a military and genius general
These three people are the key to the victory of Liu Bang. Liu Bang is able to listen to their advices and put their words into action very quickly. This is Liu Bang's ability to use these talented people. Secondly, Liu Bang is an ambitious and virtueous man.
After a long battle between the two warlords, their morale is low and their food supply is depleting. The two warlords stop fighting and decided to divide China into two part; Han is the west and Chu is the east. After agreement, Xiang Yu retreat to the East.
As Liu Bang was about to retreat, his advisors Zhang Liang and Chen Ping told him not to retreat but chase after Xiang Yu. Liu Bang agreed and send 30 thousand soldiers to persuade Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu, with only 10 thousand soldiers decided to defend the land. Liu Bang's 30 thousand strong army is unable to take down Xiang Yu.
Zhang Liang suggested to Liu Bang to reward the stationary warlords with lands so that they will come as reinforcement to attack Xiang Yu. Liu Bang give the rewards and the warlords immediately surrounded Xiang Yu's army. And all the Han soldiers started to sing Chu song. This is the famous 四面楚歌. This is to demoralize the Chu army and disrupt their eagerness to fight. Xiang Yu was also shocked by the Chu song.
The Failure of Xiang Yu
Xiang Yu decided to send about 800 strongman to rush out of the land and escape. After a fierce battle during the escape, Xiang Yu's army is reduced to 28 men. Xiang Yu use these 28 strongman as a great formation to defeat the Han armies, the Han armies suffered heavy losses and Xiang Yu only lost 2 men. After his escape, he reached a river and a man with a boat, the man said to Xiang Yu to take the boat to his own territory and build up an army to attack Liu Bang. But Xiang Yu said, " I brought thousands of army across the river to fight with Han, but now all are reduced to a few. It is a shame to again arise from such embarrasment." He rejected the kind man's offer and fight the approaching Han army. After which, he decided to kill himself. And that is the end of the battle between Han and Chu.
