Chen Ping? BC 178) Wu Yang (now southeast of Yuanyang, Henan Province) was a great strategist. When I was young, I liked reading and had great ambitions. I used to divide the meat for the village, and my father praised it. He said with emotion: "If you flatten it, you will kill the whole world and still have so much meat!" In the first year of Qin Ershi (209 BC), after the uprisings of Chen Sheng and Guangwu, the nobles of the six countries rose up in succession, and Chen Ping blamed Wang Wei for the past. Soon after, he was hanged and returned to Xiang Yu to break Qin. Liu Bang went to the Han Dynasty when he was still deciding on Sanqin. Be the commander in chief, so that you can join and protect the army. Later, he served as an Asian general and an army lieutenant. He participated in the Chu-Han War, put down the rebellion of the princes with different surnames (see the princes with different surnames), and became an important counselor of Liu Bang, the Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty. When Liu Bang was trapped in Xingyang, he suggested donating tens of thousands of Jin to alienate Xiang Yu's ministers, so that Fan Zeng, an important counselor of Xiang Yu, died of anger. In the sixth year of Emperor Gaudi (20 1), he suggested that Liu Bang pretend to travel and arrest Han Xin. The following year, Liu Bang spent seven days and seven nights in Pingcheng (now the northern part of Datong, Shanxi) for the Huns. Since then, he has adopted Chen Ping's plan to bribe modu chanyu's E Shi to get rid of it. Because of his work, Chen Ping is called Houhu and Houqu. After the death of Emperor Gaozu, he became a doctor and taught Fu. In the sixth year of Huidi (former 189), he became the left and right prime ministers with the tomb. After being exempted from the imperial tomb, Chen Pingpan became the right prime minister, but Chen Ping was deprived of real power because Lu Hou made Zhu Lu king. After his death, he conspired with Qiu to quell Zhu Lu's rebellion and made Wang Wendi (see Heng). In the early years of Emperor Wendi, Chen Ping gave way to Zhou Bo and became Prime Minister Zuo. Because of his loyalty to his duties, he was praised by Emperor Wen. Soon, Zhou Bo went on strike and Chen Ping was appointed as Prime Minister. Xiaowen died two years later. When Chen Ping was a child, his family was very poor, but he just liked reading, especially the theories of Huangdi and Laozi. Seeing that Chen Ping likes to make friends, Chen Ping's brother undertakes all the work at home, so that Chen Ping has time to study abroad. One year, on the occasion of the country sacrifice, people elected Chen Ping as the country butcher in the country temple, presided over the sacrifice to the country gods and distributed meat to everyone. Chen Ping divided the meat evenly. To this end, local villagers have praised him; "Chen Ping, the child is sharing meat. It's really good to share it. Too capable! " Chen Ping said with emotion: "If I can have the opportunity to govern the world, I can be as suitable and competent as sharing meat." In 209 BC, the introduction of the East and the West saved Liu Bang, which carried an uprising in Chen Daze Township and blamed Wei on Wang Wei. So Chen Ping said goodbye to his brother and went to Lin Ji to find Wang Wei. Later, he was transferred to Xiang Yu's men to do soil. Chen Ping didn't get the attention of Xiang Yu and was very depressed. He met Liu Bang at the Hongmen banquet and thought that Liu Bang would become a great man in the future. Therefore, talented people are in the contradiction of "being in Chu and being in Han". At this moment, Liu Bang was trapped in Xianyang by Xiang Yu, which was equivalent to house arrest. Liu asked Sean, but Sean was trapped in the enemy's camp and could do nothing. At this time, they thought of Chen Ping, and Sean decided to put all your eggs in one basket and secretly went to find Chen Ping. I didn't expect the two of them to hit it off at once. After leaving, Sean spoke frankly about his intention to visit. After thinking for a moment, Chen Ping said, "To save Liu Bang from Xiang Yu, we must first' transfer the tiger in the mountain' and let Fan Zeng leave Xiang Yu for a few days, otherwise nothing can be done." The next day, Chen Ping designed: Ask Xiang Yu to give him the title of righteous emperor, and send him to Chenzhou to provide for the elderly, so that Xiang Zhao can live in the world. Chen Ping's words are exactly what Xiang Yu wants. Soon, Fan Zeng went to court to see Xiang Yu, and Xiang Yu said to Fan Zeng, "There are no two days, and the people have no two masters." Then, he turned Chen Ping's words into his own, saying that he remembered these words. Fan Zeng immediately echoed and said, "Your Majesty, this matter really should be done sooner rather than later. Moreover, I have to go to this matter. " But Fan Zeng is also a counselor after all. Before he left, he asked Xiang Yu three things. The first thing is that Liu Bang can't go back to Hanzhong. After Xiang Yu promised, Fan Zeng didn't leave. Chen Ping estimated that Fan Zeng had gone far, so he typed a book early in the morning and said, "As soon as we settle down, we must save people. Now the princes gather in Xianyang, and there are no fewer than 40 thousand soldiers and horses from all walks of life. The burden of rations is extremely heavy. If the princes are not sent back to China as soon as possible, I am afraid that the people can't afford it. " Xiang Yu was shocked when he heard this, and immediately sent a message: the princes of the world, the distant ones give 10 days, and the nearest ones give 5 days, and they are ready to return to China within a time limit; Only Liu Bang stayed in Xianyang to accompany the king. Xiang Yu's detention of Liu Bang was also expected by Chen Ping. Chen Ping used the opportunity of various governors returning to China to instruct Sean to divert attention from the West. Therefore, Liu Bang went to the stage according to Sean's intention, and asked Xiang Yu for leave to return to his hometown of Pei County. Xiang Yu hesitated and deliberately said, "You can't ask Liu Bang to go back to his hometown to pick up his family, otherwise he might be king in Pei County. You might as well send him back to Hanzhong with the defeated soldiers, and then send someone to Peixian to take his family hostage and teach him to behave himself. " Chen Ping took the opportunity to play: "Your Majesty has made Liu Bang Hanwang, which has been announced to the world. His subjects knew this, but he was not allowed to take office. I am afraid it is not enough to win the trust of the world. People may say that your majesty lied as soon as he ascended the throne, and then some laws and regulations will be enforced. Why don't you listen to Sean, take Liu Bang's family hostage, stay in Xianyang and send him back to Hanzhong, so as to save your credit and contain Liu Bang? Isn't this the best of both worlds? " Xiang Yu thought for a long time and agreed. Liu bang was so happy that he pulled out the village and set off immediately after returning to camp. Chen Ping's diversion saved Liu Bang, not only saved Liu Bang's life, but also won a good opportunity for Liu Bang to make a comeback in the future. In the spring of 205 BC, Xiang Yu was angry because Sima Yi betrayed Chu and surrendered to Han. Chen Ping was not only scolded by Xiang Yu, but also his plan was no longer adopted by Xiang Yu. Chen Ping felt that he had become a doormat, and maybe one day Xiang Yu would kill him, especially since he had seen that Xiang Yu was a reckless warrior and it was impossible to win in the end, so he hung a seal and secretly left. He remembered that Wei Ignorance under Hanwang was his old friend, so he might as well go to Liu Bang. When it was getting dark, he fled to the Yellow River and asked the boatman to take him across the river. Chen Ping got on the boat and another boatman came out of the cabin. He thought that these two men might be water thieves, that he had jewels on him, and wanted to kill people for money. Chen Ping is very clever and scheming. In order to save his life, he immediately took off his clothes, threw them on the boat, and went naked to help the boatman row. When the boatman saw it, there was nothing at his waist, and there was no sound when his clothes were left on the boat. Knowing that there was nothing valuable on him, I gave up the idea of hurting him. A danger was easily resolved by him. Wei Ignorance was recommended to meet Liu Bang in the Han Dynasty. The two men are very speculative in talking about world affairs. Liu bang made an exception and appointed Chen Ping as a captain, staying with him as a passenger (the official who accompanied him on his trip and drove the carriage for him) and ordering him to supervise the distribution of the three armed forces. This aroused the dissatisfaction of the generals, saying that he was misbehaving and graft (that is, "stealing money" and "stealing sister-in-law" sometimes mentioned by later generations), and such people could not be trusted and reused. Liu Bang couldn't stand everyone's repeated slanders and became suspicious. He called Chen and asked, "I heard that you used to help Wang Wei, then left Wang Wei to help Chu Bawang, and now you come to help me. How can you not let others doubt your faith? " Chen Ping replied slowly: "The same useful things have different functions in different people's hands. I served Wang Wei, and Wang Wei can't use me. I left him to help the overlord of Chu. The overlord didn't trust me, so I joined the king of Chu. Although I am still me, the people who use me are different. I have long longed for your majesty to be good at employing people, so I came all the way to your side. I came with nothing, so I had nothing, so I accepted a gift from others. Without money, I can't live and do nothing. If the king listens to slanders and can't use me, then I can hand over all the gifts I have received and ask the king to give me a chance to live and let me resign and go home to die of old age. " In a few words, the political advantages and disadvantages of all parties are clearly stated, and there is something in the words. Liu Bang's doubts were dispelled, and he became more fond of Chen Ping. He rewarded him and promoted him to the rank of army lieutenant and general. From then on, Chen Ping was bent on winning the world for Liu Bang's "six unique skills" and became a famous Anguo counselor in the Western Han Dynasty. In 203 BC, the Chu-Han War reached its most intense moment. Liu bang was besieged by Xiang Yu in Xingyang for a year, cutting off the passage of foreign aid and food and grass. Liu bang asked Xiang Yu for peace, and Xiang Yu refused. Liu bang is very worried. At this time, Chen Ping put forward a plan to let Liu Bang set aside 40,000 Jin of gold from the warehouse to buy some generals of the Chu army, and let these people spread rumors, saying, "Fan Yafu and Zhong Limei made the greatest contribution to Wang Xiang's men, but they could not be crowned king. They have an appointment with Hanwang. Destroy Xiang Yu together and share the land of Xiang Yu. " These words reached the ears of the overlord and made him suspicious. Sure enough, he became suspicious of Zhong Limei, and never discussed important things with Zhong Limei again. He even suspected that Fan Zeng was having an affair with Hanwang and was very rude to him. In order to completely isolate Xiang Yu, Chen Ping also removed Fan Zeng. I did not hesitate to frame Fan Zeng for this. One day, Xiang Yu sent an envoy to see Liu Bangying. Chen Ping asked the waiter to prepare very delicate tableware and take it to the reception room. As soon as the messenger entered the room, he was invited to the VIP table. Chen Ping repeatedly asked about Fan Zeng's life, praised Fan Zeng, and whispered in his ear, "What does Fan Zeng's father command?" The messenger asked inexplicably, "We are sent by the overlord, not the holy father." Hearing this, Chen Ping pretended to be surprised and said, "We thought it was someone sent by Dad!" He told several pawns to withdraw from the first-class banquet, and then led the messenger to another humble room, where he was served with inferior tea and light meals. Chen Pingze was unhappy and left. The messenger didn't expect to be humiliated and was very angry. After returning to Chuying, Xiang Yu was informed in detail, and overlord was more convinced that Fan Zeng was having an affair with Hanwang. At this moment, Fan Zeng suggested to Xiang Yu to step up the siege, but Xiang Yu was uncharacteristically unwilling to listen. A few days later, Fan Zeng also knew the rumor that he was having an affair with Hanwang. He felt that Xiang Yu no longer trusted himself, so he said to Xiang Yu, "The world affairs have been basically settled. I hope the king will do it himself. I am old and in poor health. Please allow me to go home to support the elderly! " Xiang Yu is so fickle that he has no intention of retaining him. He promised his request and sent someone to escort him back to his hometown. Fan Zeng walked all the way, sighing all the way, unable to eat, unable to sleep and heartbroken. He is 75 years old, where can he stand such a big grievance? When I arrived in Pengcheng, I was so angry that I got cancer on my back and couldn't afford to get sick. Alas. Xiang Yu's only famous counselor was removed by Chen Pinghe's tricks. Xiang Yu concealed the siege of Xingyang and was cheated by Chen Ping, which made Fan Zeng very angry and made Xiang Yu furious. In May 203 BC, Xiang Yu stormed Xingyang, and the situation was very critical. Chen Ping gave Liu Bang an idea: "Please write a fake surrender letter to Bawang and ask him to meet at the East Gate. The overlord will definitely arrange his army outside the East Gate, and we will try our best to attract his guards at the west, north and south gates to the East Gate, so that the king can rush out from the West Gate. " Hanwang agreed. In a short time, Chen Ping led a general Ji Xin who looked like Hanwang to see Hanwang. He said that he would go out and pretend to be Hanwang to attract the enemy to concentrate their forces around the East Gate, and then Hanwang could attack the West Gate. Before dawn the next day, the Han army opened the East Gate, and Chen Ping sent 2,000 women out of the East Gate in batches. As soon as the Chu soldiers in the south, west and north gate heard that there were all beautiful women outside the east gate, they rushed to the east gate. Suddenly, someone shouted "Hanwang is coming!" Everyone looked up and saw "Hanwang" sitting in the car, escorted by the guard of honor: slowly walking out of the east gate. Go straight to ChuYing near, overlord found that it was not Hanwang who came out by car. The real Hanwang, in the chaos of the East Gate, has rushed out of the West Gate, with Chen Ping, Sean, Fan Kuai and others fighting our way out and fleeing in the direction of Guanzhong. The plan sealed Han Xin's destruction of Xiang Yu in 203 BC (1 1), and Han Xin, the general of the Han army, won in succession in Qi, which greatly increased his military strength. Liu bang was injured and stationed in Guangwu. Facing the Chu army, the two sides were at loggerheads. Han Xin took advantage of Liu Bang's defeat and sent messengers to ask Liu Bangli to make him a fake king (agent). Hearing this, Liu Bang flew into a rage and swore in front of Han Xin's emissary. "I have been trapped here for so long, and I am looking forward to him coming here to help me every day. Now, instead of helping me, I will stand on my own feet! " As soon as I scolded here, I suddenly felt kicked under the console table. I paused and shut up quickly. It turns out that Chen Ping and Zhang Liangzheng are sitting beside Hanwang. They know that Han Xin is a generalist, armed to the teeth, and Liu Bang has no ability to stop him from becoming king. If this matter is not handled properly, once it becomes a mutiny, Han Xin will stand on his own feet as king, Chu and Han will have three pillars, and the Han army will make enemies again. It will be even more unpredictable who wins and loses in world affairs. Therefore, Chen Caiping kicked Liu Bang with his toes under the console table; Liu bang is also very clever, so he quickly changed his tune and said, "A gentleman can pacify a vassal, but if he wants to be a real king, why should he be a fake king!" As a result, Han Xin was named King of Qi, which stabilized this very important force and avoided the division of the Han army. Because Chen Ping kicked Liu Bang, Han Xin was named King of Qi, and Han Xin was grateful from then on. No matter who persuaded him again, he could not bear to be ungrateful, and eventually led the army to attack Chu, which played a decisive role in Liu Bang's unification of the world. In August, the two sides demarcated the "Chu River Han Boundary". In September, Chen Ping, with his keen insight as a strategist, saw that Xiang Yu was at the end of the road, so he said to Liu Bang, "Now we have occupied more than half of the world, and all the princes in the world have sincerely surrendered to us. On the contrary, the Chu army fought for years, exhausted, and ran out of food. This is a good opportunity for heaven to destroy Chu. We must take this opportunity to destroy Chu. If you don't seize the opportunity to attack, it will be like what people say' the legacy of raising tigers'! " Liu Bang accepted Chen Ping's suggestion and immediately sent troops to attack Xiang Yu. By February 65438 BC+202 BC, Xiang Yu's army was besieged on all sides, and the Han army ambushed on all sides, defeating Xiang Yu and forcing him to retreat to Wujiang River and commit suicide. Chen Ping designed Han Xin to be the King of Qi, thus killing Xiang Yu and enabling Liu Bang to complete the great cause of unifying the world. At this point, the Chu-Han War, which lasted nearly four years, ended. Please capture Han Xin in the urn. In February 202 BC, Liu Bang ascended the throne, known as Emperor Gaozu in history. Han Xin was made king of Chu. Before long, someone wrote to report the rebellion of Han Xin, the king of Chu. Liu bang asked the generals for advice on this matter. The generals said, "Send your troops quickly and bury this ungrateful son alive!" Gaozu knew that these were not good ideas, so he didn't reply. At this point, Sean has an excuse to retire, only Chen Ping is still the most important counselor around Liu Bang. Liu bang asked Chen ping for advice. Chen ping refused to give an idea at first, until Liu bang repeatedly asked, he said, "I am going to send troops to crusade against him." What do you think? " Chen Ping asked calmly, "At this time, someone wrote to report Han Xin's rebellion. Does anyone else know? " Liu Bang said, "No one knows." "Does Han Xin know about this?" "I don't know." Chen Ping looked down for a while and then asked, "Is your majesty's army stronger than Han Xin's?" Liu Bang replied: "Not necessarily." Chen Ping asked again, "Who among your majesty's generals can defeat Han Xin on the battlefield?" Liu Bang replied, "No one can beat him." Chen Ping said: "The strength of the army is not as good as that of Han Xin, and the general is no match for Han Xin. Now you have to send troops to fight Han Xin. " If there is a war. The result is hard to predict. I'm really worried about your majesty! "Liu bang listened to, very anxious, quickly asked if there is any safe way. Chen Ping said: "In ancient times, the son of heaven often traveled around the country and met rulers from all over the country. There is a place in the south called Yunmengze. Your Majesty pretends to travel in Yunmengze and wants to meet various governors in Chen Zhou. Chen Zhou was in the western boundary of Chu, and Han Xin heard that the son of heaven was traveling and came to his territory again. Of course, he will come to see him. You can arrest him when he sees your majesty. In this way, there is no need to send troops. A warrior is enough. "Liu bang acted according to the plan; Han Xin is in the middle of the road. Liu Bang made the samurai who had already ambushed Han Xin firmly bound and threw him into the prison car. Later, Liu Bang demoted Han Xin to Huaiyin Hou, stayed in Beijing, and refused to let him go to other places to work, so Han Xin could no longer make a difference. Chen Ping's strategy avoided a war, eliminated the bane of splitting the separatist regime again, and maintained the unity and stability of the new dynasty. Offering beautiful women shows that the newly built siege of Deng Bai in the Han Dynasty was too busy to appease the country and the Great Wall. At this time, the Huns north of the Great Wall took the opportunity to go south. In the winter of 200 BC, Liu Bang commanded 320,000 cavalry and infantry. When Liu Bang marched north to Pingcheng (now northeast of Datong City, Shanxi Province), he was surrounded by 400,000 elite cavalry led by Xiongnu Khan in Deng Bai (now east of Datong City), and sent soldiers to intercept the backup of Han soldiers at various important intersections. Gaozu climbed the hill and looked around, only to see tarkan stationed in all directions. It was cold at that time, and it rained and snowed for several days. High-impedance Liu Bang and his men were frozen stiff. After being besieged for three days, the food was almost finished, and the Han army was hungry and cold, and it was at stake. On the seventh day, Chen Ping suddenly had another coup. He saw that modu chanyu was very fond of the newly acquired E Shi (the queen of Khan) and was inseparable from him. This time I camped at the foot of the mountain. I often rode in and out with E Shi, smiling and whispering with deep love. So I thought, although modu chanyu can make a surprise attack, he can't help being confused by women and beautiful women, so I tried to get an idea from E Shi. He sent a special envoy down the mountain by fog. E Shi heard that there was an emissary of the Han army, so he quietly went outside the tent, held his screen and summoned the Han envoy. Ambassador China presented a lot of gold and silver jewelry to E Shi, saying that it was given to E Shi by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and also took out another painting, saying that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked E Shi to hand it over to Moduokhan. After all, E Shi is a woman. Seeing the gold jewelry, she was dazzled and couldn't put it down, so she accepted it. When I opened the photo again, I saw a stunning beauty painted on it. I couldn't help feeling jealous and asked, "What is this beautiful picture for? "Ambassador China pretended to be pious and replied," Emperor Xian of Han was surrounded by Khan and was very willing to call a truce and make peace. So I give you the gold and silver jewelry, and then ask you to intercede with Khan on his behalf, but I'm afraid Khan won't agree, so I'm going to dedicate the first beauty in the country to Khan. Because the beautiful woman is not in the army now, I will present her portrait first. "E Shi slightly said angrily." this is unnecessary, hurry back! "Ambassador China said," Han Di also thinks that giving Khan a beauty will take away Khan's love for you. But things are helpless; That's it. If you can bypass us, then of course we won't dedicate the beauty to Khan, and we would rather send you more gold and silver jewelry. " E Shi said, "Please go back and tell Handy, don't worry." Say that finish, after returning the painting to the messenger, the messenger went back. E Shi thought that if Emperor Xian could not break through, he would dedicate the beauty to Khan, and then I was left out in the cold. So, when she returned to the camp, she said to Shan Yu, "The army got news that hundreds of thousands of troops came to the rescue in the Han Dynasty, but I'm afraid they will arrive tomorrow." Khan asked, "is there such a thing? E Shi replied: "Korea and Hungary should not push each other too hard. Now that the emperor of the Han Dynasty is trapped in the mountains, how can the Han people stop here? "Naturally, they will try their best to save each other. Even if we defeat the Han people and seize their city, we may not be able to live permanently, because it is not acclimatized. If you can't destroy the Han Emperor, when reinforcements arrive, you will be attacked from inside and outside, and you can't share happiness. " Speaking of which, E Shi burst into tears. Khan didn't know what to do at the moment, so he asked, "What should I do?" E Shi said: "Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty was besieged for seven days, and the army did not panic. There must be God to help him. Although there is danger, he will be safe in the end. Why do you go against your destiny and have to destroy him? It is better to let him live, lest any disaster befall us in the future. " Khan track, but again afraid to make E Shi unhappy, so the next day, ordered to withdraw the siege. Chen Ping used this coup to let the Huns retreat, Liu Bang escaped from the tight encirclement, and a catastrophe disappeared invisibly.