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After the Feast at Hongmen, Xiang Yu did not kill Liu Bang, but he did drive him into the extremely barren land of Bashu.

They thought that doing this would completely extinguish his ambition.

Little did Liu Bang know that being enfeoffed as the King of Han and entering Bashu would truly be a time of boundless freedom for him!

Before leaving, Zhang Liang left Liu Bang with a backup plan: to secretly cross the Chencang pass.

With his appointment of Han Xin as commander-in-chief, and his strategy of feigning an attack on the plank roads while secretly advancing through Chencang, he laid the foundation for the Chu-Han Contention.

"So Zhang Liang truly lived up to his reputation as a strategist. When Emperor Gaozu entered Xianyang, he had already devised a backup plan for him."

"If Zhang Liang had not bribed Xiang Bo to persuade Xiang Yu to grant the Hanzhong region to Gaozu, there would have been no later 'openly repairing the plank road while secretly crossing Chencang,' and Gaozu would likely have had to spend his remaining years in the Bashu region."

It can be said that each of the three heroes of the early Han Dynasty was indispensable to Liu Bang.

Zhang Liang could always plan ahead, sometimes even several steps ahead.

From the very beginning, a route out of Shu was prepared for Liu Bang, which led to Han Xin's secret crossing of Chencang!

"Indeed, Zifang has been of great help to me since we met."

"If it weren't for Zifang, I would most likely have remained just the King of Han for my entire life."

Liu Bang did not deny Zhang Liang's contributions in the slightest.

It can be said that the three heroes of the early Han Dynasty, as people call them, truly laid the foundation for his downfall of Qin and Chu!

Zhang Liang, in particular, participated in almost every turning point and played a significant role!

However, it was precisely because Liu Bang had so many top talents around him that people overlooked his own abilities.

As a result, countless people in later generations believed that Liu Bang could only rely on the strength of others.

In fact, his own abilities are equally undeniable.

What's most astonishing is their terrifying learning ability.

He started a rebellion at the age of forty. Before that, he was at most a village head in Sishui. Apart from being a swindler and having some personal bravery, Liu Bang was basically useless.

However, right after he raised his army, he won over countless people with his learning ability and strategic vision.

The reason why these talented people, including Zhang Liang, were willing to follow Liu Bang was not only because of his reputation for benevolence and righteousness, but more importantly, because of Liu Bang's talent!

No capable person would want to serve under an incompetent ruler!

It can be said that Liu Bang almost fulfilled all the fantasies of these talented individuals!

Looking at the words on the sky, Xiang Yu grew angrier and angrier.

Was Liu Bang, that villain, really that outstanding?

"This scoundrel has never beaten me on the battlefield!"

He harbored some dissatisfaction.

"Yes, on the main battlefield where you were stationed, he never won a single battle, but on the battlefields where you were not stationed, Emperor Gaozu never lost a single one."

It would be fair to say that during the late Qin and early Han dynasties, Han Xin's brilliance overshadowed Liu Bang's military talents.

However, to conclude that Liu Bang was a useless person based on this would be akin to being illiterate.

Indeed, whenever Xiang Yu was on the front lines, Liu Bang lost every single battle.

The most tragic battle was the Battle of Pengcheng, where more than 500,000 troops were routed by Xiang Yu's tens of thousands of cavalry, and the pile of countless corpses almost stopped the Sui River from flowing.

However, Liu Bang was almost always victorious in battles where Xiang Yu was absent.

The top generals under Xiang Yu in the past all met their tragic ends in his hands.

It is said that Xiang Yu won his entire life, but only lost one battle.

However, although Liu Bang was said to have suffered repeated defeats by many, he only lost to Xiang Yu!

"You, Hegemon-King of Western Chu, are indeed the bravest warrior in the army, but the problem is that your strength alone is too weak, and it is impossible for you to take care of all battlefields."

"When you were here, Emperor Gaozu never won, but when you were gone, the battle lines were always retreating."

"That's why he can lose many times, and each time he has a chance to start over, but if you lose once, you lose the whole game!"

Xiang Yu was too arrogant.

This was the biggest reason for his downfall!

But the problem came again.

In his early twenties, he made a desperate move, defeating Zhang Han and Wang Li's forces with fewer troops, and entered Guanzhong to enfeoff the various lords of the land.

He was revered by countless people as having unparalleled bravery.

Old Zhu thought about it.

If I were given this kind of script, I might be even more arrogant than Xiang Yu!

After all, his arrogance was actually quite justified.

On the front lines, no one can rival him.

Regardless of whether his opponent was Liu Bang or Han Xin, even in the final Battle of Gaixia, if the enemy's songs of Chu on all sides hadn't completely extinguished the soldiers' will to fight, he wouldn't have been completely defeated!

If this script were in someone's shoes, who wouldn't be a little arrogant?

"However, Your Majesty, we cannot deny Liu Bang's abilities simply because he never defeated you, can we?"

"After all, he just didn't beat you. You know, before he was forty-eight, he was just a minor official in Sishui, and he knew nothing about military strategy. But you? You've been studying military books since you were a child, haven't you?"

"Compared to that, don't you think his talent is even more amazing?"

Clearly, Liu Bang had a good reputation among the emperors, and his abilities were recognized by almost everyone.

Therefore, quite a few people stood up for him at this time.

"Indeed, with such talent, in my opinion, Emperor Gaozu was simply born to be emperor!"

"Cough cough."

Liu Bang coughed twice; he couldn't stand the praise anymore.

"I am not so good either. I have made my own mistakes. Moreover, if it weren't for the constant advice from Xiao He, Fan Kuai and others, I might have ruined the whole situation on many occasions due to my impulsiveness."

Although he can be quite shameless at times, he wouldn't take all the credit for himself.

Moreover, he learned many things from the people around him.

He was not born with innate knowledge, nor was he born to be emperor; he learned everything through his own hard work.

Even now, he still admits that he has many shortcomings.

"It's one thing to have their advice, but it's quite another to listen to it!"

Liu Bang's excellence lies in the fact that he not only possessed extremely strong abilities, but also did not hesitate to learn about areas he did not understand.

And under such circumstances, they will humbly listen to and reflect on any advice they receive.

It is precisely this habit that allows him to take every step on the right path as much as possible.

He raised an army against Qin at the age of forty, and destroyed Qin in three years and Chu in four years.

During this period, he experienced the defeat at Pengcheng and was forced to abandon his wife, children, and elderly parents, but none of this could completely defeat him.

In the end, it took him only seven years to pacify the world as a commoner wielding a three-foot sword.

One of the typical examples of someone who achieves success late in life.

Forty-eight years experiencing the lives of ordinary people, seven years of war, and one day ascending the throne!