Xiao He told Han Xin the good news at the first time, and Han Xin's hanging heart was finally put down.
For the grace of Prime Minister Xiao's recommendation, Han Xin bowed three times and thanked him: "Prime Minister's grace, I have no teeth to forget, and in the future, I will surely make a long face for my big brother, and take Guanzhong for the great king, and gain the world."
Xiao He smiled and said: "Brother Han, you are a genius, the king can use you, is the king's blessing. Now the stage is set up for you, it is up to you to perform brilliantly, heroes must have a place to use, from now on, the whole world will be a big stage for you to show your talent."
Han Xin said with confidence: "I will live up to the expectations of the Prime Minister and the King."
Xiao He smiled and said, "I won't look away, you can do it!" After that, Xiao He sent his men to build a platform for worshiping generals, and prepared to choose a good day to hold the ceremony of worshiping generals.
The platform for worshiping the generals is still very delicate, Liu Bang is the son of the Red Emperor, red is red, belongs to fire, in the five directions, fire in the south, so the platform for worshiping the generals is located in the south of the square, which also indicates that Liu Bang, the king of the Han Dynasty, will be crowned emperor in the south.
April, A Chen day, this day the weather is clear, light breeze, sunny, the surrounding mountains a green, flowers bloom, birds singing mountain streams, butterflies fly flowers, a spring scene.
The Langzhong order divination shows that this day: Dali South, suitable for building a marquis, conquest success, great good fortune.
Liu Bang then ordered a ceremony to honor the generals, and the whole army quickly gathered. When the generals heard that the king of Han was going to worship the generals, they all secretly thought that they were going to worship themselves as the generals.
On the stage of the ceremony, the flags were displayed, and the team stood neatly. The ceremony began formally, Xiao He shouted from the side: "Please ask the King of Han to ascend the stage to worship the general."
At this time, Liu Bang dressed in a king's clothes, valiant, waist with the sword of the White Snake. The sword body is three feet and three inches long, the sword name is red sky, red sky sword is Liu Bang's accompanying sword, one of the top ten famous swords in ancient times.
He slowly walked up to the stage, stood still on the stage, pulled out the red sky sword to the whole army shouted: "Manly man standing between heaven and earth, when the will to live forever, should be waving the sword bravely forward. Xiang Yu negative covenant, let us come to this poor mountainous place, now we are far away from our parents, far away from our wives and children. A great man, a shovelful (pou) of soil is not dry, six feet of loneliness how to trust? For the sake of our parents, wives and children, it is time for us to fight back. Generals, now we take out the courage, take out the bravery, take out the courage, kill back! Go back to protect our parents, wives and children, and be a true man, a man of fervor. We will vow to die for our family and fight for honor!"
Hearing the king say that he wants to go back, at this time the whole army's morale is high, shouting in unison: "Fight for home, fight for honor!"
Liu Bang signaled everyone to stop, he brushed his sword into the scabbard, and said majestically: "To achieve these, we have to choose a battle will be won, attack will be taken, invincible talent as a great general, let him lead us to fight back. Han Xin is unrivaled in his country, and is worthy of this important task. Han Xin comes forward to listen to the seal, the king hereby formally worships Han Xin as the great general."
At this time, Han Xin walked out of the crowd, his look was magnificent, he step by step to ascend to the worship platform, to the king of Han to bow down.
The King of Han worshiped Xin as a great general, and the crowd was shocked, staring at him with wide eyes, feeling that it was too unexpected and unbelievable. Han Xin, who was unknown, became a great general in one leap, and everyone had a hard time accepting it, and whispered about it.
At this time, Xiao He walked up to the king of Han with a gift box in his hand, on which was a sword symbolizing the power of the great general. This sword is called Pure Jun, is the king of Han Liu Bang occupation of the Qin Palace when a sword, cutting iron like mud, cutting gold and iron like pushing and pulling, the ancients regarded as a general's sword.
Liu Bang authorized the general's sword, and Han Xin knelt and took it with both hands. After awarding the sword, Liu Bang said forcefully: "General Han please rise."
Han Xin was so excited at this time that he hurriedly thanked him and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, I will not live up to Your Majesty's trust, and I will ride the wind and waves and cut through the thorns to realize Your Majesty's lofty ambitions."
After listening to Liu Bang, the heart is very happy, said: "You received this sword, is the king's great general. In the future, when you ride the sands and make great achievements, and make a name for yourself, do not let down the king and the prime minister Xiao and even the generals to give the high expectations!"
Han Xin rose with three obeisances, took the general's sword with care, stood up and raised the sword and shouted: "Fight for the family, fight for the honor. The imperial sky is above, thick earth is below, heaven and earth as a proof, I Han Xin here to make an oath, lead everyone to fight back, build a career to take Guanzhong, fight for power in the world. The King of Han has treated me with kindness, and I will lay down my life to repay him. From now on, I will serve the King of Han with all my soldiers. The military discipline is like a mountain, if anyone does not listen, ask this sword in my hand if he agrees!"
The crowd is silent.
After the ceremony, the generals dispersed. At this time, Liu Bang summoned Han Xin and said to him, "Previously, Prime Minister Xiao had praised you in front of me several times, saying that you were born with great talent and were unrivaled in the world. What strategy can you tell me?"
Han Xin thanked and asked tentatively, "Today, Dongxiang fights for the power of the world, the opponent is not the king of Xiang?"
Liu Bang said categorically: "Yes, it is him."
Han Xin took the liberty of asking: "The king himself estimated, in terms of bravery, toughness, love, etc., who is better? In terms of troop strength and financial strength, who is more powerful?"
Liu Bang was silent for a long time, and after a while said: "Not as good as Xiang Wang."
Han Xin once again thanked him and said frankly: "I also think that the king can not compare with him, however, I have followed the king, and I still know him quite well."
Liu Bang said with interest: "Tell me."
Han Xin calmly said: "The art of war says, know your enemy and know yourself, and you will not be in danger in a hundred battles, and the most effective way to fight is to use the weaknesses of each other's character to attack. Xiang Yu as a person, thunderous anger, scared thousands of people do not dare to move, but can not let go of the appointment of talented generals, this is nothing more than the courage of a man; Xiang Yu usually treat people respectfully and lovingly, gentle words, someone sick, he will personally visit, heartbroken tears, and to the patient to feed the medicine, but some people made a merit, the need to increase the official title, he took the engraved seal in the hand, can not give, this is called the benevolence of a woman. The courage of a man and the benevolence of a woman are not enough to be feared."
Han Xin paused, jokingly said: "Thirsty, the king can not reward a mouth of tea?"
Liu Bang signaled his subordinates to bring a cup of tea, and Han Xin took two sips, then said: "Xiang Yu dominated the world and subjugated the vassals, but he made a fatal mistake. He gave up the favorable terrain of Guanzhong and built Pengcheng as his capital. Pengcheng is a place of four battles, with no dangers to defend, and is surrounded by enemies on all sides. In addition, he violated the agreement of Emperor Yi and appointed the generals as kings. The king appointed by Xiang Yu and the original kings of the vassal states had conflicting interests and were bound to war, and he used the feudalization as a reason to secretly still a bomb that would explode at any time to the vassal states, so that the vassals would be in an internal commotion. The new king appointed by him is not the rival of the original king of the vassals, and when the war starts, Xiang Yu is bound to rush around to help. In addition, Xiang Yu's move to expel Emperor Yi, and the morals of the clans are cold, the places he fought in were mostly destroyed, and the world is full of grudges, so the people will not be sincere, but only forced by Xiang Yu's power, and obeyed superficially. Although Xiang Yu's name is Bully, he actually lost the heart of the world. Xiang Yu's power will not last long."
Liu Bang was mesmerized.
Han Xin took a break, drank a mouthful of tea, and continued: "If the king goes in the opposite direction and appoints people who are brave and good at fighting, why not put them to death! With the world's cities and towns to seal the merit of the ministers, why not serve! If you lead the army to the east with a righteous division and take advantage of the soldiers' eagerness to return to the east, no matter how powerful the enemy is, it will not be able to stop the advance of the Han army. The three kings of Guanzhong whom Xiang Yu divided were all original Qin generals. They led the sons and daughters of Guanzhong to fight for three years, in which they suffered countless casualties. What is worse, these three surrendered generals deceived the Qin sons and daughters and surrendered to Xiang Yu. As a result, 200,000 Qin sons and daughters of Guanzhong were pitched and killed by Xiang Yu in Xin'an, but only these three men survived and were even crowned as kings by Xiang Yu. The Qin people hated these three surrendered Qin generals, namely Zhang Han, Dong Fei and Sima Xin, and therefore would not embrace them. The king entered the Wuguan Pass, pacified the Qin people, and made an agreement with them, which won the hearts of the people. The people waited for the king to return to be the king of Guanzhong. According to the agreement between King Huai of Chu and his vassals, the king should be the king of Guanzhong. It is Xiang Yu who broke the agreement and let you come to this barren land, and the people of Guanzhong know about it. Now, if the king swings his army eastward, the three Qin can be passed on to the finalization of the payment."
Liu Bang listened to the heart clear, very happy, that the letter is late, and rewarded to Han Xin many gifts.
After two days, Liu Bang called the generals to discuss. At the meeting, Liu Bang said firmly: "All the generals must obey the command of the great general, and those who disobey will be punished by the military law."
Then Han Xin pointed to the map of Guanzhong, deployed his generals to attack the target, and assigned combat tasks.