Han Xin could have lived to be 76 years old, but he did 5 things that shortened his life by 40 years
Han Xin was a figure known as the God of War during the Western Han Dynasty. His life can be described as a legend. He helped Liu Bang defeat Xiang Yu. He was known as the White Tiger Star descending to the earth. He was an invincible and invincible figure on the third day of the Han Dynasty. Jay. Han Xin was only 38 years old when he died, but according to folklore, Han Xin should have lived about 80 years. What unethical thing did Han Xin do that caused him to lose 40 years of his life?
It is said that Han Xin did five immoral things in his life, each of which cost him eight years of life.
The first one is called Shui Piao Walnut, which tells the story of Han Xin when he was a child.
When Han Xin was a child, his family was relatively poor, and the children would have some competitive thoughts. Naturally, Han Xin had never eaten walnuts due to poverty, but he happened to see a child holding walnuts in his hand. I really want to taste what walnuts taste like.
Han Xin is indeed resourceful, and he has already started to make trouble when he was a child. Pull the walnut boy and let others put the walnuts on the millstone to play with. Everyone knows that the millstone is in the shape of a water leak, and the walnuts will roll down when left on it. As a result, the walnuts rolled into the grinding hole and could not be taken out. The walnut boy had no choice but to watch his walnuts fall. He had no choice but to go home.
Han Xin waited for them to leave, poured water in, and then the walnuts floated up, and everyone ate them all. Legend has it that God felt that Han Xin's trip was bad and shortened his life by eight years.
The second incident also happened when Han Xin was a child, which was called burying his biological mother alive.
One day, Han Xin walked under a thousand-year-old tree and saw two old men with white hair and silver beards playing chess. The old man kept mumbling words, often saying things such as what day someone from that village would die. The speaker has no intention, but the listener has intention. Han Xin secretly wrote it down and went to find out when he got back. It was indeed exactly what the old man said.
A few days later, Han Xin overheard two old men talking about which country's monarch and prince would die on which day. Han Xin went down the mountain to inquire with the merchants, and it was indeed as the old man predicted. Han Xin believed that the two old men were immortals in charge of life and death in the world.
Suddenly one day, Han Xin came again and heard two old men saying that this is a geomantic treasure land. If anyone can bury their ancestors here, then there will definitely be a general or a king in the family. . When Han Xin heard this, wasn't this a good opportunity to make a comeback? So I immediately went home and watched my old mother’s eyes light up. Han Xin took his mother's hair and nails and buried them in a geomantic treasure land. This move is not equivalent to burying my mother alive.
The ancients valued the body, hair, and skin affected by their parents more than anything else. Han Xin's move was disrespectful, so his life span was again shortened by eight years.
The third thing is to give money to kill the baby.
Once, Han Xin escaped from Xiang Yu's military camp and was chased by Xiang Yu. At this time, he fled into a forest. Suddenly, Han Xin felt a heat on his shoulder and a burst of water flowed down. He thought it was raining. When he looked up, he saw a child standing on the tree and peeing. With a thought in his mind, he decided to take revenge on the child, and thought of a dangerous move to kill someone with a borrowed knife.
He gave the child a penny and told him that a burly man would be chasing him soon. If you pee on him too, he would give you a bunch of copper coins. In the end, the child really believed it. When Xiang Yu came over, the child peed on her head. Xiang Yu was not a good-tempered person, so he immediately drew an arrow and killed the child.
Han Xin’s move was really damaging. Not only did he humiliate Xiang Yu, but he also took revenge on the child. It was so inhumane. And because of this incident, he was once again deprived of eight years of life.
The fourth thing also happened at this time, which was called asking for directions and killing the woodcutter.
It is said that Han Xin had been in Xiang Yu's army for several years, and he was very depressed as a big soldier on guard every day. One day, Zhang Liang suddenly sneaked into Xiang Yu's camp and pointed out a clear way to Han Xin to surrender to the King of Han. Han Xin slapped his head, yes, why hang yourself from a tree? Xiang Yu, this uncivilized dead head, would be doomed if he met a powerful character. Although Liu Bang's strength is far inferior to Xiang Yu, being a chicken head is worse than a phoenix tail. So Han Xin killed the soldiers who tried to stop him and headed westward. Xiang Yu was furious when he got the news, so he sent people to hunt him down.
Han Xin traveled day and night and finally escaped to the Qinling Mountains. After crossing the Qinling Mountains, he reached Hanzhong and reached Liu Bang's territory. At this time, he was safe. But he couldn't find his way.
It turned out that Liu Bang listened to Zhang Liang's suggestion and set fire to the plank road to paralyze Xiang Yu to show that he would never go out to fight for the world.
This is embarrassing for Han Xin. Getting lost is equal to death. Just when he was anxious, he passed by a woodcutter. Han Xin was so happy that he immediately stopped the woodcutter and asked for directions. The woodcutter was so warm-hearted, saying that he was born and raised here and could walk out even with his eyes closed. The woodcutter patiently showed Han Xin the way, and Han Xin found a shortcut based on the map. Just as we were not far away, a question came to mind. What if the woodcutter informed Xiang Yu's pursuers of my whereabouts? Would I be dead?
Han Xin immediately turned around and came back and killed the woodcutter with a sword. It stands to reason that Han Xin was too unkind. It would be strange that he would not get retribution for killing the chicken to retrieve the eggs, so he lost another eight years of his life.
The last thing is called House of Flying Daggers.
In the final decisive battle between Chu and Han, no one could defeat Xiang Yu head-on in a field battle, not even Wang Jian, not Han Xin, not even the gods.
In view of Xiang Yu's terrifying rushing combat style and his impeccable battle formation style, Han Xin decided to use only his own 300,000 troops to confront Xiang Yu head-on, while other princes fought from a distance. , just seal the Chu army’s outer outlet.
In this way, a siege was formed, encompassing Xiang Yu's army from all directions. House of Flying Daggers refers to the six directions of northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest and heaven and earth in addition to the four directions of southeast, northwest and northwest.
Although this statement comes from the folk and is exaggerated, under Han Xin's arrangement, Xiang Yu cannot break out no matter what. Han Xin divided his men into three parts to form three major armies. Each army has layers of defenses stacked up on top of each other, which can be said to be watertight.
Xiang Yu's combat impact is the first in ancient and modern times, so Han Xin deployed an abnormal-level defensive formation with ultra-long, deep and multi-layered echelons to prevent the Chu army's super abnormal straight-line impact.
When the battle started, the Han army led by Han Xin launched a fierce attack on the Chu army, but the Chu army did not show weakness. One hundred thousand Chu troops charged together, but they could not break through Han Xin's heavy defenses. But Xiang Yu is Xiang Yu after all. After repeated attacks, the Han army's several echelons were finally broken through one by one. Han Xin planned to make the Han army retreat. Xiang Yu saw the opportunity and made a cavalry surprise attack. Unexpectedly, he fell into Han Xin's plan. The infantry and cavalry were disconnected. At this point, the battle was no longer suspense.
Xiang Yu desperately escaped from the siege. When he fled to the river, he saw the words "Xiang Yu committed suicide here" written on a big tree, and it was also lined up by ants. Xiang Yu thought this was God's will. , so he drew his sword and killed himself.
But in fact, this was Han Xin's design. He painted words on the tree with honey, and the ants were attracted to form a row, where Xiang Yu committed suicide. Han Xin's actions undoubtedly did not leave Xiang Yu a way to survive. He was too ruthless, so he lost eight years of his life.
It can be said that Han Xin knew his destiny at a young age and knew that he would be king in the future, but it was also because he had not let go of his mother since he was a child. He was too greedy in his heart and wanted to be the king wholeheartedly, although he did not target it. The throne of the old Liu family, but this move has already threatened the status of the Liu family, and because his army is too powerful, he will inevitably be killed. However, Han Xin and his powerful ministers were hanged up and stabbed to death with bamboo sticks by Empress Lu, which was too tragic.