Wujiang decisive battle
Xiang Yu commanded twenty-eight riders, rushed back and forth, fought his way out again, and rushed south to the Wujiang River (now Wujiangpu on the Yangtze River in the northeast of Anhui County). He was ashamed to meet his elders in Jiangdong, so he dismounted from the rider and fought hand-to-hand with Han. Xiang Yu killed hundreds of Han soldiers by himself and suffered more than ten injuries himself. He finally hanged himself at the age of 38.
After Xiang Yu's death, the Han army wiped out the Eighth Wan Chu Army, and Chu surrendered to Han, but the Lu people who left Xiang Yu intact refused to surrender (Xiang Yu was once named). Later, Liu Bang showed Xiang Yu's head to Lu, and Lu surrendered. So far, the Chu-Han War, which lasted for four and a half years, ended with Liu Bang's victory.
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Xiang Yu is a bully in the history of China, and there are countless legends about him, among which he committed suicide in Wujiang River, which is the most generous and tragic, and also the most popular among the people.
According to the earliest records, Xiang Yu committed suicide because he had no face to see his elders in Jiangdong. According to Records of Historical Records of Xiang Yu, after being defeated by Liu Bang in Chu-Han War, Xiang Yu led 800 troops to break through and came to the banks of Wujiang River. At this time, director Wujiang advised Xiang Yu to cross the river quickly in order to make a comeback and avenge himself. Xiang Yu smiled and said, "What can I do if the sky dies?"
Besides, 8,000 people crossed the river westward with Jiangdong's children, and no one has returned so far. I pity my father and brother in Jiangdong, so I can't stand it! If you don't say anything, one person is worth it! "So he drew his sword and committed suicide. This sentence was written by Taishi Gong Sima Qian, which is very close to the time when Xiang Yu died. Very impassioned, so it is the most widely circulated, and most of the legends about Xiang Yu's suicide in later generations originated from this.
There is also a saying that Xiang Yu committed suicide in order to end the war and eliminate the pain caused by the war. According to Historical Records, in the Chu-Han War, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu were at loggerheads. "Ding Zhuang struggled in the army, old and weak." So Xiang Yu said to Liu Bang, "Long live the Huns in the world, and would like to challenge Hanwang without suffering the people in the world."
It means to fight it out through a duel between two people, so as not to let the people in the world suffer, which shows that Xiang Yu does have feelings of pity for the world.
When Xiang Yu led the defeated army to Wujiang River, he thought that he would make a comeback after crossing the river, and another Chu-Han war would bring greater disaster to the people, so he chose to sacrifice his life to end the killing that lasted for several years and return the world to peace.
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