Why did Xiang Bo help Liu Bang escape from danger at the Hongmen banquet, and what was the final outcome of Xiang Bo?

In the previous article, Guo (General Theory of National History) said that Xiang Bo had helped Liu Bang a lot in three major events, so why did Xiang Bo turn against him many times and betray his nephew Xiang Yu to help Liu Bang? How did he end it?

For the first time, after Liu Bang took the lead to accept the surrender of Zi Ying, the king of Qin, his Sajima Cao Wushang told Xiang Yu, "Pei Gong wants to be the king of Guanzhong, make Zi Ying the prime minister and have all the treasures." Xiang Yu was naturally furious, so he decided to "abdicate as a soldier to attack Pei Gong's army." Of course, Liu Bang's strength at that time was not the same as Xiang Yu's. If Xiang Yu marched smoothly the next day, Liu Bang would definitely die of old age. But it was at this critical moment that Xiang Yu's uncle Xiang Bo ran to Liu Bang's barracks. His motivation is simple-Sean is very kind to him, and he came here to save Zhang Liang's life to repay him.

Out of loyalty to Liu Bang, Sean told Liu Bang the news that Xiang Yu was about to send troops, and at the same time took Xiang Bo to advise Liu Bang. Just then, Liu Bang and Xiang Bo were "getting married", which led to the famous "Hongmen Banquet".

At the Hongmen Banquet, his father Fan Zeng repeatedly hinted that Xiang Yu decided to execute Liu Bang (presumably Fan Zeng had reached a knowledge of killing Liu Bang with Xiang Yu before Liu Bang went to the banquet), but Xiang Yu has been hesitant. In order to avoid the sequela of raising a tiger, Fan Zeng decided to order Xiangzhuang to dance the sword and take advantage of it to kill Liu Bang, but Xiang Bo reappeared at this critical moment. He "also drew his sword and danced it, often covering himself with his wings, and Zhuang could not strike it." Xiang Bo saved Liu Bang's life for the second time.

From the analysis of the previous two events, firstly, Xiang Bo and Liu Bang are strangers, and there is no interest relationship between them ("About marriage" is what Liu Bang said casually, and Xiang Bo just listened casually, so the words between politicians do not have much credibility). Second, although Liu Bang has successfully entered the customs, its premise is that there are a large number of insurgents (especially Xiang Yu) outside to contain the most important army of Qin, and Liu Bang was weak at that time. Xiang Yu, however, has just won the battle of Julu, which is a great shock to the world, so most people will not make a prediction that Liu Bang will win the world.

That is to say, Xiang Bo told Liu Bang in advance that he saved Liu Bang's life at the Hongmen banquet, not because he had second thoughts on Xiang Yu, but because he was confused, but his confusion finally affected the development of the whole history.

After Liu Bang got away from the banquet at Hongmen, he was enfeoffed as Hanwang by Xiang Yu, thus provoking the Chu-Han War. After the defeat of Pengcheng in 205 BC, Liu Bang's father Liu Taigong and his wife Lv Zhi were both captured by Xiang Yu. In 203 BC, frustrated Xiang Yu put Liu Taigong on the chopping block and threatened Liu Bang to cook Liu Taigong if he didn't surrender.

At this time, Xiang Bo stood up again. He said: "What's going on in the world is unknown, and people in the world don't care about their families. Although it is useless to kill them, it will only be good for their ears. "

When Xiang Bo said this sentence, we can conclude that he had already had the idea of betraying Xiang Yu and even put it into action. As the uncle of Chu overlord Xiang Yu, he should be the most loyal to Chu, and he should be full of confidence in the final victory of Chu, but he thinks that "what's going on in the world is unknown." As a veteran of Chu, he should have the determination to "subjugate the country" and the belief of sharing life and death with Xiang Yu, but he is afraid of "good luck".

All this shows that Xiang Bo had already prepared a posterior approach for himself during the Chu-Han War.

And Xiang Bo finally achieved his goal-he held a high position in Chu State. After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, he was named as the Sheyang Hou because he saved Liu Bang's life (Hanwang and Xiang Yu were trapped in the Hongmen, and Xiang Bo struggled to solve the problem, broke his feathers and made meritorious deeds, and sealed Sheyang Hou). However, the Han Dynasty always looked down on this swing-Xiang Bo died in the third year of Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty (BC 194), and his son Liu Sui could not inherit the title because of infighting, so the descendants of Xiang Bo became Shu Ren.