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Peng Yue was from Changyi, Dang County. His courtesy name was Zhong and his family background is unknown.

During the chaotic times at the end of the Qin Dynasty, he was a fisherman in Juye Lake in Wei. Later, he was forced to become a bandit and make a living by looting.

Chen Sheng and Xiang Liang successively led armies to rebel against Qin. Several young backbone members of the bandits came to Peng Yue and asked him to follow the example of the other heroes and become a leader to lead everyone in rebelling against the Qin Dynasty.

Peng Yue refused, and at the same time pointed out that Chen Sheng, Xiang Liang and the Qin army were fighting, and the outcome was unpredictable, so the matter should be postponed for the time being.

A year later, the number of bandits gathered in Juye Lake had reached more than a hundred people, but they were leaderless. Some core members again asked Peng Yue to be the leader. Peng Yue repeatedly declined and had to agree reluctantly.

Before leaving, Peng Yue made a request, agreeing that both parties must gather when the sun rises the next day. If they fail to do so, they will be beheaded.

The bandits agreed to the request and said goodbye, but although they agreed on the surface, they actually didn't care.

The next day, Peng Yue arrived at the agreed location and waited for everyone to report.

However, the sun had already risen, and more than a dozen people were still late, and the latest one even arrived at noon.

"Peng Yue ordered a small leader to tie up and kill the last person who arrived, in accordance with military law."

"However, the small leaders and the crowd did not take it seriously and burst into laughter. Peng Yue then personally joined the queue to drag out the last person to be beheaded. He then set up an altar on the spot and placed the head on it to show the public as a warning to others."

"Everyone was shocked and immediately feared and respected him. After that, Peng Yue continued to lead his people to capture cities and territories, and took in many defeated soldiers and brave men from the princes. His people gradually grew to more than a thousand people."

"Liu Bang attacked the Qin army in Changyi County from Dangbei. Peng Yue led his troops to help him, but they were unsuccessful."

"Liu Bang led his troops westward, while Peng Yue withdrew his troops and returned to his former base, Juye Lake. He was responsible for receiving the defeated soldiers of the princes and kings who fled to Wei after their defeat, in order to expand his own power."

"After Xiang Yu entered Guanzhong, he divided the states among the princes, proclaimed himself the Overlord of Western Chu, and then returned east to Pengcheng."

"Although Peng Yue had grown to over 10,000 people, he felt uneasy because he had no political affiliation."

"In the autumn of the first year of the Han Dynasty, King Tian Rong of Qi betrayed Xiang Yu and sent an envoy to give Peng Yue a seal of general, ordering him to capture Jiyin and fight against the Chu army. From then on, Peng Yue belonged to Tian Rong."

"Xiang Yu sent General Xiao Gongjiao to lead the Chu army to attack Peng Yue, but Peng Yue successfully defeated the Chu army led by Xiao Gongjiao."

"In the spring of 205 BC, Peng Yue, together with Wei Wang Bao and other princes, attacked the Chu army eastward. Peng Yue led more than of his troops to meet Han Wang Liu Bang in Waihuang County, thus changing sides and formally submitting to Liu Bang's Han army."

"Liu Bang recognized Peng Yue's contribution in pacifying Wei and capturing more than ten cities. He also believed that the most urgent task now was to restore Wei's former territory to fight against Chu."

"So Liu Bang appointed Wei Bao as King of Wei and Peng Yue as Prime Minister of Wei. At the same time, Liu Bang decided to give Peng Yue full command of the Wei army and authorized him to make decisions in an emergency, asking Peng Yue to occupy Wei, wipe out all hostile forces, and strategically restrain the Chu army."

"After Liu Bang's main force was defeated in Pengcheng and forced to retreat westward, Peng Yue abandoned the dozen cities he had just captured and led his main force to retreat north of the Yellow River alone."

"In the third year of the Han Dynasty, Peng Yue led his troops as a guerrilla force of the Han army, crisscrossing both sides of the Yellow River, constantly harassing the rear of the Chu army, and also successfully cutting off the food supply route of the Chu army in Wei."

"In the winter of the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang led their main forces to confront each other in Xingyang, and the outcome was undecided."

"Peng Yue took the opportunity to lead the main force of his troops across the river to the south, and captured 17 cities including Suiyang and Waihuang in one fell swoop."

"After receiving the report, Xiang Yu urgently ordered his general Cao Ju to hold Chenggao firmly, while he personally led the main force eastward to recapture the cities that had been captured by Peng Yue."

"As soon as Xiang Yu arrived with his main force, these places were immediately recaptured by the Chu army. Peng Yue led his main force to retreat northward to Gucheng to avoid the Chu army's attack."

"In the autumn of the fifth year of the Han Dynasty, Xiang Yu could not bear the attacks from both sides and was forced to retreat south to Yangxia to rest."

"Peng Yue took the opportunity to lead his troops to recapture Changyi and more than 20 surrounding cities, obtaining more than 100,000 bushels of rice, which he then sent to Liu Bang's army."

"Liu Bang and Xiang Yu fought a major battle in the Xingyang area, Liu Bang lost more than he won, and suffered heavy casualties."

"He also sent envoys to Hebei several times, asking Peng Yue to come to the front to help."

"But Peng Yue repeatedly declined, saying that Wei had just been pacified and he could not leave yet."

"Soon after, Liu Bang chased the Chu army retreating southward, but was defeated by the Chu army again in Guling. Liu Bang asked Zhang Liang for advice on the issue of the kings of different surnames refusing to send troops. Zhang Liang suggested to Liu Bang that he could promise Han Xin and Peng Yue fiefs."

Su Shi: In his early years, Peng Yue made a living by fishing, and his life was very tight.
He also made some bad friends in society. In order to make a living, he led poor fishermen and became bandits in the waters near his home.

With the chaos at the end of the Qin Dynasty, Chen Sheng and Xiang Liang successively launched rebellions against Qin. At this time, someone persuaded Peng Yue to join the anti-Qin team.

However, Peng Yue thought the situation was unclear, so he did not go and just waited for more than a year.

At this time, the young men in the swamp gathered more than a hundred people and joined Peng Yue.

Peng Yue couldn't refuse, so he made an appointment with them to meet at sunrise the next day, and anyone who was late would be beheaded.

As a result, the next day, more than ten people were late at sunrise, and the last one arrived at noon.

Peng Yue said, you all insisted that I be the leader, now we have agreed on a meeting time, but many people are late, so we cannot kill them all, only the last one will be killed.

Everyone laughed and said, why bother, they would not dare to do it again.

But Peng Yue finally killed the man, set up an altar, and issued orders.

Everyone was afraid of him and dared not look up to him.

So they occupied land and took in the scattered soldiers of the princes to expand their power.

Peng Yue originally had the opportunity to participate in the war to destroy Qin. He also assisted Liu Bang in attacking Changyi, but failed. Liu Bang led his troops to continue marching westward, but Peng Yue stayed in Juye Lake.

From this action, we can see that Liu Bang had plans and goals, but Peng Yue lived in a confused state, taking one step at a time and not getting rid of the bandit mentality.

Although Peng Yue had been quietly expanding his power during this period, his men had grown to more than 10,000 people.

However, he was absent in the destruction of Qin, which also led to Xiang Yu ignoring Peng Yue's power when he was enfeoffing the princes.

Although the wealthy Xiang Yu ignored Peng Yue's power, those forces that opposed Xiang Yu united him closely around themselves.

Soon after Xiang Yu was enfeoffed, Tian Rong of Qi appointed Peng Yue as a general and ordered him to attack Xiang Yu.

Xiang Yu did not take this small force seriously and sent his generals to attack it, but they were defeated by Peng Yue.

Liu Bang seized this rare opportunity and sent someone to give Peng Yue the general seal and asked him to attack the Chu army in Jiyin. Xiang Yu ordered Xiao Gongjiao to lead his troops to meet the enemy. In this battle, Peng Yue's troops performed brilliantly and defeated the Chu army.

Liu Bang saw Peng Yue's strength and wanted to use him for his own benefit, so he appointed Peng Yue as the prime minister of Wei, giving him the power to pacify Liangdi. After Liu Bang was defeated in Pengcheng, he fled to Xingyang. During Xiang Yu's pursuit, he took over a dozen cities in Liangdi occupied by Peng Yue.

Unable to win in a frontal battle, Peng Yue had to resort to harassment and sneak attacks. This was the objective condition that led him to resort to guerrilla warfare.

From then on, Peng Yue's guerrilla warfare against Xiang Yu began in full swing.

"Liu Bang followed the plan and sent envoys to Qi and Wei, promising Han Xin and Peng Yue fiefdoms. As soon as the envoys arrived in Wei, Peng Yue immediately led all his forces south to Gaixia to join the main forces of Liu Bang and Han Xin, and completed the encirclement of Xiang Yu's army."

"In this battle, the elite troops of the Han army came out and the Chu army was defeated. Xiang Yu committed suicide after being defeated, and the Chu State was destroyed."

"In the spring of the fifth year of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang fulfilled his promise and made Peng Yue the King of Liang, with Dingtao as his capital."

"In the sixth year of the Han Dynasty, Peng Yue went to Chen County to pay homage to Liu Bang."

"In the ninth and tenth years of the Han Dynasty, Peng Yue went to Chang'an many times to pay homage to Liu Bang to show his obedience."

"In the autumn of the tenth year of the Han Dynasty, Chen Xi, the prime minister of Dai, who led elite troops to defend the Dai Kingdom in the north to prevent the Xiongnu, rebelled. Liu Bang personally led a large army to suppress the rebellion."

"When they reached Handan, Liu Bang sent people to recruit troops from Wei Wang Peng Yue."

"Peng Sui claimed to be ill and only sent his generals with some troops to deal with the situation."

"When Liu Bang saw that Peng Yue did not come, he was furious and sent people to Dingtao to rebuke Peng Yue. Peng Yue was terrified and decided to rush to Handan in person to apologize."

"Hu Zhe, a general under Peng Yue, dissuaded him and suggested that Peng Yue rebel, but Peng Yue flatly refused and refused to rebel."

"At the same time, he was also afraid that Liu Bang would punish him because of his growing suspicion, so he finally decided to continue to claim illness and refused to go to Handan."

"At this time, the Grand Coachman of Wei offended Peng Yue, and Peng Yue wanted to kill him."

"The Imperial Household Officer took advantage of Peng Yue's inattention and fled the State of Wei. He then went to Handan to meet Liu Bang and reported Peng Yue and his general Hu Zhe for plotting a rebellion."

"Liu Bang was shocked and quickly sent an envoy to secretly arrest Peng Yue."

"Peng Yue was not aware of this, so he was captured by the envoys. At the same time, Liu Bang imprisoned Peng Yue in Luoyang. The judicial officials tried him and asked Liu Bang to behead Peng Yue and exterminate his three clans. However, Liu Bang pardoned Peng Yue's death penalty because of his past military exploits. He only demoted him to a commoner and exiled him to Qingyi County in Shu to live under surveillance."

"On the way to the capital, Peng Yue and his entourage arrived at Zheng County and met Empress Lü, who was on her way to Luoyang to meet Liu Bang."

"Peng Yue cried out to Empress Lü, telling her what happened to him and asking to be able to return to his hometown Changyi to retire. Empress Lü was afraid of Peng Yue's bravery and wanted to eliminate his future troubles. She expressed sympathy on the surface and brought Peng Yue to Luoyang to meet Liu Bang."

"Empress Lü met with Liu Bang and said that Wei Wang Peng Yue was a brave and heroic man. If he was sent to Shu, there would be endless troubles. She suggested that Liu Bang should kill Peng Yue to eliminate the troubles. Liu Bang acquiesced to Empress Lü's suggestion."

"Empress Lü then bribed Peng Yue's followers and confidants, and had them write another letter to falsely accuse Peng Yue of treason."

"The court judge Wang Tiankai presented the case file to Liu Bang, saying that the evidence was irrefutable and that according to the law he must be executed and his clan exterminated."

"Liu Bang agreed to this, and Peng Yue was eventually beheaded in 196 BC. His body was minced into minced meat and distributed to the princes. His three clans were exterminated, and his fiefdom was abolished."

"After Peng Yue was killed, his head was hung on the streets of Luoyang for public display. Liu Bang issued an edict not allowing anyone to collect Peng Yue's body."

"Luan Bu, a senior official of the State of Liang, was on a diplomatic mission to the State of Qi under Peng Yue's orders. When he returned, he saw Peng Yue's head hanging high in the streets of Luoyang. He reported the situation of his mission to the State of Qi to the head of Peng Yue and held a memorial ceremony at the same time."

"The officials guarding Peng Yue's body arrested Luan Bu."

"Liu Bang summoned Luan Bu, cursed him, and wanted to cook him to death."

"Luan Bu stood in front of the pot and told Liu Bang about the decisive battle at Gaixia, saying that if it hadn't been for Peng Yue, Xiang Yu wouldn't have perished."

"Luan Bu also accused Liu Bang of exterminating his entire clan because of a failed conscription. This not only made the meritorious officials feel uneasy, but also made Luan Bu himself feel that life was worse than death."

"After listening to Luan Bu's words, Liu Bang felt ashamed and decided to pardon Luan Bu's death sentence and appointed him as a captain. The case of Peng Yue's rebellion was thus ended."

"Although Liu Bang did not hold Luan Bu accountable, neither did any of the Western Han emperors, including Liu Bang, rehabilitate Peng Yue."

Du Fu: Xiang Yu didn't even look at Peng Yue, and turned his army westward, chasing after Liu Bang. Liu Bang was so scared that he abandoned his two children and fled to Xingyang.

When Xiang Yu surrounded Xingyang and launched a fierce attack, Peng Yue, who had recovered his strength, turned around and attacked Xiang Yu.

During the entire Chu-Han War, Peng Yue did only one thing: destruction.

Due to Peng Yue's presence, Xiang Yu was always unable to concentrate on fighting Liu Bang on the front line.

Therefore, Xiang Yu had to return to attack Peng Yue many times.

When Xiang Yu's army hurriedly arrived, Peng Yue slipped away without even fighting.

Xiang Yu couldn't find anyone, and couldn't defeat them, so he had to launch long-distance raids again and again.

In this way, Liu Bang and Peng Yue were on the front battlefield respectively, and they made Xiang Yu suffer greatly.

Not long after, just as Xiang Yu had withdrawn his army, Peng Yue sneaked into Qi without anyone noticing, captured more than 20 cities near Changyi, and seized more than 100,000 hu of grain, which he presented to the impoverished Liu Bang.

It can be said that if Peng Yue had not attacked and harassed Xiang Yu from behind, Liu Bang would most likely have died in Xingyang.

Although Peng Yue could not defeat Xiang Yu, he prevented Xiang Yu from concentrating on dealing with Liu Bang, thus buying Liu Bang a crucial breathing space.

He also directly supported Han Xin's strategic encirclement of Xiang Yu.

Due to his outstanding military achievements, after the Siege of Gaixia, Liu Bang officially appointed Peng Yue as King of Liang, making him the second most powerful prince after Han Xin.

Throughout the war, Peng Yue used his limited strength to contain Xiang Yu's powerful forces to the greatest extent possible.

This made it difficult for Xiang Yu to implement his tactical intentions and also caused severe military damage to Xiang Yu within a certain period of time, which had a huge impact on the situation of the Chu-Han War.

Later, after Zhang Liang's persuasion, Liu Bang realized that Peng Yue's threat was blatant.

But in order to defeat Xiang Yu, he had to compromise and sent another envoy to promise that if Xiang Yu was defeated, he would make him king.

In fact, after Peng Yue was named King of Liang, he still enjoyed five years of peace.

However, as a bandit, he did not understand politics and human nature, and it was only a matter of time before misfortune befell him. (End of this chapter)