Fan Zeng was the first wise man. He is the designer of the hongmen banquet. His purpose is obviously to kill Liu Bang, so he is the wisest man. But he is only the designer of the scheme, not the decision maker. Xiang Yu is the decision-maker, but he is puzzled by his own suggestion, which makes it impossible to implement it. Although he found some remedies, such as Xiang Zhuang's sword dance, which was solved by Liu Bang and Sean, he understood that Xiang Yu, who was pretending to sleep, didn't have any choice.

Liu bang

Liu Bang, the second wise man, knew that the banquet was fatal to him, but he had to go to the banquet. So he went to dinner for two purposes, one was to resolve the misunderstanding with Xiang Yu, and the other was to save his life. The first purpose is to explain to Xiang Yu why he wanted to station troops, and communicate with Gu Guan, so as to eliminate the misunderstanding of Xiang Yu and find that Cao tipped him off. The second purpose is to find an excuse to escape when Xiang Yu is happy to drink and watch Xiang Bo and Xiangzhuang dance swords.

Sean

Sean is the third wise man. He knew very well that the purpose of the hongmen banquet was to kill liu bang, but he also knew that xiang yu looked down on liu bang and had the nature of a lady, so he wouldn't make up his mind to kill liu bang easily, so he advised liu bang to go to the banquet, explained the misunderstanding to xiang yu, and let xiang yu have a good time and run away. At the banquet, he actively helped Liu Bang to resolve the crisis, suggesting that Xiang Bo was against Xiang Zhuang's sword, suggesting that Liu Bangbang fled, and instructing Fan Kuai to stop Xiang Yu from chasing him.

Xiang Yu

Xiang Yu is the only one who knows how to play dumb. Why do you say he knows how to play dumb? Because he knew very well that the purpose of Fan Zeng's design of the hongmen banquet was to kill liu bang. He also made it clear to Fan Zeng that he would give orders. Including Xiang Zhuang's sword dance, Liu's escape, and Fan Kuai's appearance in the banquet tent. He knows what these people are doing in his heart, but he just plays dumb and pretends that he doesn't know anything.

Why? Because he really looked down on Liu Bang, a local ruffian, and thought that Fan Zeng overestimated Liu Bang, and Liu Bang was not a threat to him at all, so he didn't intend to kill Liu Bang at all, so he made a mistake at once. If he really wants to kill Liu Bang, he won't listen to his explanation, watch Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Bo dance, let alone watch Liu Bang slip away, and finally he won't be jealous with Fan Kuai and give Fan Kuai meat to eat. It can be seen from Xiang Yu's actions of killing, burning one's bridges and killing Emperor Yi that Xiang Yu is not an indecisive person. If he wants to kill Liu Bang, Liu Bang can't escape.