In 202 BC, China first unified feudal dynasty Qin Dynasty was born. The remains of today'sworld cultural heritage - the Chinese Qin Shihuang of Shaanxi Terracotta Army is the dynasty.Another world cultural heritage - the Great Wall, is beginning to take shape in the Qin dynasty.
Since the Qin Dynasty rulers crave for greatness and success, especially Qin Shihuang to build his luxurious palaces and tombs, the court costs, so the people of exploitation is very cruel,constantly arouse people's uprising. The results, in 15 years, the Qin Dynasty was overthrown.Qin Dynasty, there are two forces vying for new national sovereignty, a team led by Xiang Yu, a team was led by Liu Bang.
Xiang Yu was a general in the army from Chu, strong character, proud, brave. Liu Bang in the Qin Dynasty is destroyed before a low-level bureaucrat, character some cunning, but good with people. In opposition to the Qin Dynasty in the war, two people had married brother, solidarity.The Qin Dynasty perish, two people will not.
Initially he accounted for the absolute superiority. He proclaimed himself "king of Western Chu",equivalent to the emperor, dubbed Liu Bang "HW", only the equivalent of the feudal lords. Liu Bang in order to save their own strength, acknowledges Xiang Yu's dominance of the surface, or to attract talent, the development of the army. Gradually, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu be well-matched in strength.
Xiang Yu and Liu Bang's war for several years, historically known as the "Chu Han contention".Once Xiang Yu Liu Bang played and defeated and captured Liu Bang's father and wife. Xiang Yu Liu father hostage, asking Liu Bang to surrender, threatening Liu Bangruo's surrender, his father killed soup. But Liu Bang had said to Xiang Yu: "we are brothers in the anti Qin, my father is your father, if you take 'our father' soup to drink, don't forget to give me a cup of." Xiang Yuhelpless, had to Liu Bang father and his wife back.
Liu Bang and Xiang Yu's battle to the death occurred in a place called Gaixia (in present-day Anhui). After a fierce battle, Liu Bang's forces surrounded Xiang Yu and his army. Xiang Yu has been at a disadvantage, but there are one hundred thousand forces, Liu Bang and not todestroy Xiang Yu.
One night, surrounded by Xiang Yu and his soldiers heard around the familiar voice rang out.Listen carefully, it is his hometown of Chu folk songs. The song is coming from the Liu Bang camp. Xiang Yu and his men were very surprised, thought that Liu Bang had taken them home,caught many hometown relatives captives, and this familiar song, also caused the soldiers homesickness. A general army morale of chaos, the soldiers have fled by night color, one hundred thousand people had left hundreds of people.
Originally, this is Liu Bang's use of the strategy. He organized his army soldiers sing the sentimental ballads of Chu state, it is in order to disrupt the stability of the Xiang army.
The battle of Gaixia is the final Liu Bang win, Xiang Yu was forced to commit suicide. Later, Liu Bang established the Han dynasty. The Han Dynasty is one of the most prosperous period of Chinese history, in the economic and cultural aspects for the attention of the world.
