What level is Fan Zeng, the counselor of Chu overlord Xiang Yu?

A large number of outstanding talents emerged in the Chu-Han War, including Xiao He, Sean and Han Xin of Liu Bang camp and Fan Zeng of Xiang Yu camp. According to Records of the Historian, after Liu Bang unified the world, he summarized the dispute between Chu and Han. He thinks he won because he can use "three outstanding heroes of early han dynasty", and Xiang Yu lost because he had a Fan Zeng but it was useless.

Xiang Yu has a Fan Zeng, so he can't use it. This is also the reason why Liu Bang's praise made Fan Zeng's popularity soar. But in fact, as a counselor, what is Fan Zeng's level? Generally speaking, Fan Zeng is an excellent strategist, but not a loyal minister. Xiang Yu's distrust of him is not entirely due to Xiang Yu's "headstrong". Next, I will analyze his political and military talents and personal character.

Political and military ability: Fan Zeng's ability to accurately predict the situation is very worthy of recognition, which is reflected in his extremely sharp eyes and ability to accurately predict the future situation.

After Liu Bangxi entered Qin, Fan Zeng sensitively predicted the changes of the world situation. Before the Qin Dynasty was destroyed, all the governors in the world were Qi Xin's allies, comrades-in-arms and good brothers. However, once the Qin Dynasty perished, the relationship between governors became rivals and competitors. Liu Bang is called "the elder". He is kind and good at buying people's hearts. At the same time, he was the first vassal to enter the customs, so he took the lead. So Fan Zeng decided that Liu Bang would be Xiang Yu's biggest obstacle.

Xiang Yu decided to attack Liu Bang because he blocked Hangu Pass. Fan Zeng said that Liu Bang had a son of heaven on his head, in order to strengthen Xiang Yu's determination to attack Liu Bang. So what are the benefits of hitting Liu Bang at this time? Liu bang blocked the Hangu Pass and blocked the princes of the world. One is outnumbered, and the other is the loss of human justice. Attacking Liu Bang at this time is a justified teacher of justice.

Although the war failed to break out because of Xiang Bo's leak, it turned into a banquet at the Hongmen Gate, but Fan Zeng's shrewd vision was still reflected, and his accuracy in recognizing people was evident.

Another event that showed Fan Zeng's political and military talents occurred after Liu Bangpeng's defeat. Xiang Yu pursued Liu Bang all the way, and Liu Bang retreated to Xingyang to hold his ground. Liu Bang adopted Shi Li's suggestion. According to the risk of Xingyang, we took food from Aocang and finally managed to defend the city. However, Xiang Yu repeatedly broke Liu Bang's tunnel (the way to transport grain), and Liu Bang really couldn't persist. He is going to take the west of Xingyang as the Han dynasty and rule the world with Xiang Yu.

Hou of Liyang said, "Han Yi, if you release Fu, you will regret it in the future." Xiang Yu has promised Liu Bang's request for peace, but Fan Zeng firmly opposed it, and recorded what Fan Zeng said in Historical Records of Xiang Yu. The general idea is that this is the time when the Han army is weak. If you don't beat it completely at this time, you will definitely regret it later. Xiang Yu refused Liu Bang's peace and continued the Chu-Han dispute, which was very correct. Facts have proved that Fan Zeng once again made a correct prediction, which brought great trouble to Liu Bang.

At this time, the Chu army had an overwhelming advantage over the Han army. If everything goes on like this, the Han army may really be completely wiped out by the Chu army, but at the critical moment, Fan Zeng left angrily, which is related to his personal weakness.

Personality characteristics: he is arrogant and does not know how to be a minister, so he is suspected by the monarch. Chen Ping used a deviant behavior to make Fan Zeng lose the trust of Xiang Yu. What is this deviant? When Xiang Yu's envoy arrived, Chen Ping prepared good wine and meat. When the messenger told him that he was in Wang Xiang, Chen Ping pretended to be angry and said, "I thought this was the messenger of General Fan." Then he withdrew the good wine and meat, and then brought some poor food. The angel was humiliated and naturally entrusted these things to Xiang Yu, so Xiang Yu no longer trusted Fan Zeng.

What about Chen Ping's abnormal behavior? Judging from the description in Historical Records, this is really a poor performance. Xiang Yu will not be alienated if he thinks about it seriously, which shows that the relationship between Fan Zeng and Xiang Yu has been cracked.

Time returned to the hongmen banquet, and after liu bang escaped from the path, Sean presented gifts to xiang yu and Fan Zeng, and conveyed the news that liu bang had returned to the barracks. Fan Zeng's performance at this time is detailed in Historical Records of Xiang Yu. Fan Zeng put Zhang Liangxian's jade bucket on the ground, drew his sword and cut it, and then said, "The vertical axis is insufficient, seek!"

Father Ya fought with Jade, drew his sword and cut it, saying, "Alas! Insufficient vertical shaft, ask. Those who win the title of king of the world will be rewarded by the audience. I belong to the present. "

The "vertical axis" here refers to Xiang Zhuang, but in fact Fan Zeng is pointing fingers. Xiang Yu was unmoved when he winked at him many times at the Hongmen banquet. He is complaining about Xiang Yu. It is worth noting that although Liu Bang left, Sean was still there, and so was Fan Zeng. The first is to embarrass Xiang Yu, and the second is to expose the contradiction between the monarch and the minister to outsiders.

In other words, Fan Zeng is an impulsive person. He lacked emotional control and didn't give Xiang Yu enough respect. As a subordinate of Xiang Yu, but he doesn't take Xiang Yu seriously, can his performance reassure Xiang Yu? Liu Bang said that "Xiang Yu has a Fan Zeng, so it can't be used", which means mocking Xiang Yu. But if Fan Zeng, a guy who doesn't know the way of the people and ministers, is in his hand, will he dare to use it boldly? I'm afraid not!