Gaixia, Xiang Yu's camp, the bonfire is bleak. Xiang Yu, sitting by the bonfire, put his sword across his lap and closed his eyes slightly, looking a little tired. The beautiful concubine leaned on Xiang Yu's shoulder and seemed to be asleep.

This is a sad and warm picture. The background of this painting is surrounded by the Han army and the vassal army.

Suddenly, there were bursts of Chu songs in the fields, which were particularly heavy and loud in the silent night sky.

Xiang Yu was awakened by the sound of Chu songs and subconsciously held the hilt with his hand. This slight movement also alarmed Yu Ji. She didn't seem to be asleep, and turned to look up at Xiang Yu with a dignified face.

The waiters naturally heard the embattled, gathered around a little, a face of fear and anxiety.

"Has the Han army completely occupied Chu?" Xiang Yu looked doubtfully out of the account, and it was dark outside the account that was constantly blown by the cold wind. "Why are there so many Chu people singing our Xi Chu songs?"

With a slight sigh, he ordered someone to bring his famous wine and gulp it down. Wine makes heroes brave, but Xiang Yu never needs courage. He was born with extraordinary heroism and courage. He needs to think about what he will do in the face of the enemy's siege.

Yu Ji never talks. She wanted to comfort him, but she felt that Xiang Yu didn't need comfort at this time. This infatuated woman who followed Xiang Yu for many years understood what he was thinking at the moment from Xiang Yu's determined expression.

Outside the account came the anxious hoofbeat and dung-spraying sound of the black Zhui horse, which Xiang Yu was too familiar with. Wu Zhuima followed her to fight in the south and the north. After countless battles, whenever danger comes, it will make this action and make this sound. Xiang Yu realized the approaching danger and the failure he would face.

Everything seems irretrievable. He uttered the only sigh in his life, which turned into a song and was sung from his mouth:

Rise from the mountain and be angry with the world,

Bad times never die.

I can't help it if I don't die,

I'm afraid I'm afraid I can't do anything!

Xiang Yu is not a poet. His bones and blood are full of heroic feelings. The great hero who was once "high-spirited" is now immersed in love for his children. At this time, Xiang Yu's heart was still tied. One is the woman he loves, and the other is the Wu Zhui horse who fought side by side with him.

This is a hero's lament and a swan song of life, but it also shows the multiple human brilliance of Xiang Yu. Live, it is heroic, but it does not lose its deep affection for life and lover; It not only shows unprecedented self-confidence, but also contains a small life and a heavy sigh at the end of the protagonist.

This poem was named "Gaixia Song" by later generations.

Seven years later, when Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang put down the Ying Bu Rebellion and passed through his hometown of Pei County, he wrote the famous Song of the Wind:

The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying.

Vega returned to her home in the sea,

Andrew, soldiers are always looking!

Compared with Ode to Gaixia, this poem by Liu Bang shows the mind of a king. What about the chaos of "strong wind" and "flying clouds" Still can't stop my heroic spirit of "Vega Hainei"! Liu Bang knew the difficulty of starting a business. He felt the burden of starting a business and the difficulty of sticking to it, so he issued "Andrew is brave and will defend the quartet to the death!" "Questions and concerns.

Since ancient times, the winner is king, and the loser is the enemy. At this time, Xiang Yu is undoubtedly a loser. After singing this song several times, Yu Ji stood up slowly and danced lightly. Her beautiful dance is filled with desolation: "Can I dance for you again, just for looking back when you leave ... forever becoming nothingness".

While dancing, she sang the lyrics of Xiang Yu:

Han soldiers have a strategy,

The sound of Chu songs came from all directions.

Your majesty's spirit is exhausted,

How do concubines make a living?

The beautiful song is full of heartbreaking tenderness in the cold night, which makes the protagonist Xiang Yu "cry a few lines" and makes him "cry from left to right and dare not look up". What a tragic and sad scene this is.

After the hero cries, it is often the beginning of a feat, because tears can't relieve the current predicament, and he can't sit still and wait. So Xiang Yu threw away the wine cellar, dried his tears, strode out of the tent, set foot on ZhuiZhui, summoned the rest of eight hundred heroes, broke through the encirclement of the Han army under the cover of darkness, and fled south all the way.

At this time, the East was already a vast expanse of whiteness. When the Han army arrived at Gaixia, all they saw was an empty camp. Hanwang immediately sent a rider to catch up with the 5,000 cavalry at the speed of closing the camp, which was a great trend.

Xiang Yu escaped from Gaixia and crossed the Huaihe River in the south. After a long journey, there were only over 100 people around him from the original eight hundred heroes. Worst of all, they got lost when they fled to a place called Yinling. Maybe this is the real despair.

Getting lost and asking for directions is not a very troublesome thing, but the farmer who showed Xiang Yu the way, for some reason, actually showed him the wrong way, and the end of that road was a lonely swamp. Right? To the left, the word difference brought unexpected trouble to Xiang Yu.

A swamp blocked Xiang Yu's way, and the Han army had caught up. Xiang Yu had no choice but to lead his troops to flee eastward. When he fled to a mountain in the east side, only 28 people followed him.

Facing thousands of pursuers, Xiang Yu realized that he could never escape. Heroes have their true colors, and Xiang Yu is fearless. He said to the remaining 28 cavalry: "I have led the uprising for eight years, and I personally fought more than 70 wars. All the enemies I resisted were defeated, and all the enemies I attacked surrendered and never failed, so I can dominate the world. I was trapped here by the Han army today. This is because God wants to destroy me, not because of my mistakes in the battle. "

Pointing at the approaching Han army, he said, "It seems that today is the time for us to fight to the death. I am willing to give you a good fight. I must win the Han army three times, break through the encirclement, slay the Han generals and cut down the military flag. I will let you know that this is indeed an act of God, not that I cannot fight. "

Xiang Yu blamed his failure on heaven, which shows how confident and conceited he is about his bravery and military talent. But Xiang Yu's failure is inextricably linked with his own mistakes, and I don't want to do too much analysis here.

Chairman Mao once analyzed three reasons for Xiang Yu's defeat, which can also be said to be three mistakes in Xiang Yu's defeat: first, the Hongmen banquet did not listen to Fan Zeng and released Liu Bang; Second, machinery abides by gap agreement; The third is to build the capital Xuzhou.

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There have been such examples since ancient times, but at this time, Xiang Yu only used 28 people to fight against thousands of Han troops. What he wants is not to win, but to fight to the death. This battle is more enough to show Xiang Yu's military and command ability. This is the final proof and a hearty battle.

The lens of history gave Xiang Yu and his warriors a big close-up: 28 people, Xiang Yu was divided into four teams, and faced the Han army besieged from four directions without fear. At the same time, history also recorded the last legend of Xiang Yu for us!

Xiang Yu said to his soldiers, "Look, I'll win you a general Han! You rushed to the Han army from four directions and then gathered at three places on the east side of the mountain. "

After a brief explanation, Xiang Yu took the lead and rushed down with a yell. The momentum was like a horde. Wherever he went, the Han army fell like grass in the wind. Sure enough, a member of Han will die under the fierce offensive of Xiang Yu.

Hou Yangxi, a general of the Han Dynasty, chased Xiang Yu hard behind. Xiang Yu suddenly turned his horse's head and stood there with his eyes wide open. He shouted at Yang: "Come and die, Master Xiang is waiting here!" Yang Xi was so frightened by the king's drinking that he almost fell off his horse. The soldiers behind him were too scared to come forward. Yang was busy directing the Han army to retreat for several miles.

Taking this opportunity, Xiang Yu rushed out and went straight to Shandong to meet them in three ways. The Han army couldn't find the whereabouts of Xiang Yu for a while, so the soldiers divided into three roads and surrounded them again. Xiang Yu rushed to the Han army again, killed a Han general and killed more than 100 Han soldiers, and the Han army lost. Xiang Yu put the three warriors together and fought twice, but only two of the 28 lost. This is a miracle. I think these 28 people are by no means idle.

In this way, while killing and retreating, Xiang Yu and his down archers retreated to the edge of Wujiang River. Director Wujiang is waiting for the boat on the shore. He advised Xiang Yu: "Although Jiangdong is small, its land is thousands of miles across and there are tens of thousands of people, which is enough to be king." I hope your majesty will cross the river as soon as possible, and it will be too late to cross the river when the Han army comes after you. "

Facing the surging river, Xiang Yu couldn't help feeling sad. I think how eager he is to return to Jiangdong after burning down Xianyang Palace! At that time, he was advised that this place in Guanzhong was surrounded by mountains and rivers, surrounded by fortresses, and the land was fertile, so he could build his capital here to achieve his goal.

But Xiang Yu missed his hometown, and the 8 thousand children he brought out were rooted in Jiangdong. Besides, he is now the overlord of the land of Chu, and that sense of honor has made him lose his way, so he wants to return home dressed in gold and prove his success to his elders in Jiangdong. In his words, "if you go back to your hometown without wealth, it's like walking in the dark in gorgeous clothes." How can others see it? "

It is precisely because he has the wrong consciousness that the poor suddenly get rich and stink, as he said now, that he lost the good opportunity to be king in Guanzhong. So when someone said that he was "crowned by a monkey", he threw the man into the pot and cooked it in a rage.

Now back to Jiangdong, what else does he have? So Xiang Yu smiled and said, "God is going to destroy me. What shall I do after crossing the Wujiang River? Besides, I crossed the river westward with 8,000 disciples from Jiangdong, and now only a few of us are going back. Even if the elders in Jiangdong love me and respect me as king, how can I face them? Even if they don't say anything, don't I feel guilty? "

Face kills people! I wanted to go back to Jiangdong to show my face, but at this time I don't want to go back to Jiangdong because I have no face. It is better to learn from Gou Jian, the most disgraceful person, and finally achieve a hegemony. Besides, as long as the green hills are there, you are not afraid of no firewood? Presumably, this is what people often say "heroic shortness of breath"!

If Xiang Yu had crossed Jiangdong at that time, the history of China might have been rewritten, and the dispute between Chu and Han would have dragged on for several years. However, Xiang Yu didn't do that. Instead, he gave Wu Zhui Ma, who had been fighting with him for five years, to the director of Wujiang Pavilion on the grounds that he could not bear to kill it, and at the same time he could not bear to be killed by the enemy. It seems that Xiang Yu loves horses more than his own life.

Later, all the warriors around Xiang Yu died in battle, and he also committed suicide in grief and indignation. More sadly, Xiang Yu's body was snatched into five pieces by the generals of the Han army in order to seal the king and seal the Hou. A generation of bullies died like this, leaving only a legendary name and many sighing past events.