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Ying Bu was from Liu County. When he was young, he asked someone to read his fortune and predict his future.

The fortune teller said that he would become a king after being punished, and would have to endure hardships before he could rise to prominence.

When he reached adulthood, he was punished by tattooing for violating Qin law, so he changed his surname to Ying.

Soon after Ying Bu was convicted, he was escorted to Mount Li to perform labor to build the tomb of Qin Shihuang.

Ying Bu smiled happily and said to others, "My fortuneteller said that I would become king after being punished, and this is almost true."

There were hundreds of thousands of prisoners in Mount Li. Ying Bu actively carried out liaison activities among the prisoners, interacting with the criminal leaders and heroes, and gathered a group of supporters.

Afterwards, he led this gang to escape from prison and became thieves in the underworld.

"In the 36th year of Emperor Qin Shi Huang's reign, Ying Bu led a group of prisoners to the Wasi Mountain and built a city to live in. Because the prisoners were all tattooed with ink, it was called the Tattoo City."

"Ying Bu went to meet Wu Rui of Fanyang and was appreciated by him, so Wu Rui married his daughter to him."

"Ying Bu led thousands of people and joined Wu Rui in rebelling against the Qin Dynasty."

"In July of the first year of the reign of Emperor Hu Hai, the second emperor of Qin, after Chen Sheng and Wu Guang started an uprising, people all over the country responded and soon established the Zhang Chu regime."

"At that time, Ying Bu led thousands of prisoners to rise up in response, marched north to capture Chen County, and effectively cooperated with the uprising army led by Lu Chen."

"In the second year of the reign of Qin II, Qin General Zhang Han destroyed the armies of Chen Sheng and Lu Chen, and the situation of the rebel army was extremely dangerous."

"Ying Bu led his troops northward and attacked the left and right lieutenants of the Qin army, defeating them at Qingbo."

"Ying Bu was valiant and skilled in fighting. He charged into battle, defeated the enemy with a small force, and was the bravest of the whole army."

"In the second year of the reign of Qin II, Xiang Liang arrived in Huainan and supported King Huai of Chu, calling himself Lord Wuxin, and Ying Bu was named Lord Dangyang."

"The strength of the rebel army continued to grow. Ying Bu's army and Xiang Liang's army defeated the Qin army in Dong'a, turned to attack Dingtao, and defeated the Qin army in Yongqiu together with Liu Bang's Han army, beheading the Qin general Li You. Because of the military victory, Xiang Liang became increasingly arrogant and underestimated the enemy. Qin general Zhang Han took the opportunity to attack Dingtao at night, and Xiang Liang was killed in the battle."

"In October of the third year of the reign of Qin II, King Huai of Chu moved his capital to Pengcheng. Ying Bu and other generals followed him and gathered in Pengcheng to defend it."

"After Zhang Han defeated Xiang Liang, he thought that the Chu army was not a concern, so he went north to besiege Zhao, captured Handan, and surrounded Julu with a large army."

"The King of Zhao sent an envoy to ask for help from Chu. King Huai of Chu ordered Song Yi to be the general, and Fan Zeng, Xiang Yu, Ying Bu, General Pu and other generals to lead the main force to the north to rescue Zhao. When the army reached Anyang, Song Yi was reluctant to send troops. Xiang Yu was eager to avenge his uncle, so he argued with Song Yi and killed him in anger."

"King Huai of Chu then appointed Xiang Yu as the supreme general, and all the generals were under his command."

"Ying Bu was ordered to lead 20,000 elite troops to cross the river and attack the Qin army. He defeated the Qin army several times and opened up a passage. Then Xiang Yu led his army across the river, the Qin army was defeated, and Zhang Han led his troops to surrender."

"At that time, the armies of Yan and Qi gathered in Julu to rescue Zhao, but they were all afraid of the Qin army and dared not go out to fight."

"Only Ying Bu was willing to serve as the vanguard, marching straight into the city, winning nine battles in a row and defeating the Qin army. Ying Bu and General Pu killed the Qin general Su Jiao, captured Wang Li, and forced the Qin general She Jian to commit suicide. The Qin commander Zhang Han surrendered, and the siege of Julu was lifted."

"After this battle, the Chu army became the backbone of the anti-Qin forces and made the greatest contribution among all the princes' armies."

"The troops led by Ying Bu in the Chu army repeatedly defeated the larger forces with a smaller force, which made the armies of various princes gradually submit to the Chu State."

"When the Chu army reached Xin'an, 200,000 Qin soldiers who surrendered rioted. Ying Bu was ordered to kill 200,000 surrendered soldiers in one night in the south of Xin'an. Then he continued westward and reached Hangu Pass. However, he could not enter. The army was blocked outside. Xiang Yu sent Ying Bu and others to defeat the army guarding the pass through a hidden path. Only then was he able to enter the pass and reach Xianyang."

"In the third year of the reign of Qin II, Liu Bang's Han army was the first to arrive at Bashang. King Ziying of Qin surrendered, and the Qin Dynasty perished."

"Xiang Yu entered Xianyang, killed the Qin prince Ziying, and burned the Qin palace."

"Xiang Yu supported King Huai of Chu as Righteous Emperor and enfeoffed 18 vassal states in order of their closeness to each other."

"Ying Bu was often the vanguard of the army, fought bravely and made great contributions, so he was named King of Jiujiang and his capital was established in Liuxian."

"In the first year of the Han Dynasty, all the princes left Xixia and returned to their respective fiefdoms."

"Xiang Yu supported King Huai of Chu as the Righteous Emperor and moved the capital to Changsha, but secretly sent Ying Bu to attack the Righteous Emperor on the way."

"In August of that year, Ying Bu sent his generals to attack Emperor Yi by surprise. They caught up with Emperor Yi in Chen County and killed him."

Su Shi: In the second year of the Han Dynasty, King Tian Rong of Qi betrayed the State of Chu. Xiang Yu led his troops to attack Qi and called on Ying Bu to mobilize troops. Ying Bu used the excuse that he was ill and could not go, and only sent his generals with several thousand people.

Liu Bang's Han army defeated the Chu army in Pengcheng, but Ying Bu still claimed to be ill and refused to rescue the Chu army.

From then on, Xiang Yu harbored resentment towards Ying Bu. He sent messengers to accuse Ying Bu many times and summoned Ying Bu to meet him. Ying Bu became more and more frightened and dared not go to meet Xiang Yu.

When Xiang Yu was facing various forces, the person he trusted the most was Ying Bu, so he did not send troops to attack him.

In the third year of the Han Dynasty, after Liu Bang was defeated in the war, he withdrew his troops to Yu County and sent Sui He to Huainan as an envoy, with the aim of inciting the Chu army to rebel and to contain Xiang Yu from staying in Qi for a few months.

After Sui He arrived in Huainan, Ying Bu summoned him.

Sui He believed that Ying Bu only had the empty title of being affiliated with Chu. Now that the Chu army and the Han army were fighting in Pengcheng, Ying Bu did not send troops across the river to support them. He was watching the victory or defeat of the Chu and Han armies. In fact, he hoped to take the opportunity to develop his own power.

He also said that Chu was not a reliable backing. Even if the Chu army was strong, it would attract an attack from all the armies in the world.

Chu was inferior to Han and hoped that Ying Bu would join the Han Dynasty.

So Ying Bu privately agreed to rebel against Chu and return to Han, but did not tell anyone.

At that time, the envoys of Chu State happened to be in Jiujiang. They were urging Ying Bu to send troops to help. They were living in the guesthouse.

Sui He rushed directly to the residence and told them that Ying Bu had already submitted to the Han Dynasty and would not send troops to the Chu State. Ying Bu was panicked.

Ying Bu killed the messenger and sent troops to attack the Chu army.

Xiang Yu sent Xiang Sheng and Long Ju to attack Huainan, while he himself stayed behind to attack Xiayi.

A few months later, Long Ju attacked Huainan and defeated Ying Bu's army.

Ying Bu wanted to lead his troops back to Han, but he was worried that the Chu army would intercept him along the way. Therefore, Ying Bu and Sui He fled back to Han through a small road.

When Ying Bu arrived at Liu Bang's place, Liu Bang was sitting on the bed and having his feet washed. He summoned Ying Bu to come in to see him.

When Ying Bu saw this situation, he was immediately furious, regretted coming to Liu Bang for surrender, and wanted to commit suicide.

When he came out, he came to the residence specially prepared for him by Liu Bang. He saw that the curtains, utensils, food, and serving officials were all of the same standards as Liu Bang's. Ying Bu was overjoyed again.

So he sent people to Jiujiang. At that time, Xiang Yu had sent Xiang Bo to recruit Ying Bu's remaining soldiers and killed his wife and children. The people Ying Bu sent to Jiujiang found Ying Bu's favorite minister and old friend at the time, and led thousands of troops to join the Han Kingdom.

Liu Bang added more troops to Ying Bu, who led his army northward, recruiting soldiers along the way to Chenggao.

In July of the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang appointed Ying Bu as King of Huainan and launched an attack on Xiang Yu.

In the fifth year of the Han Dynasty, Ying Bu led his army into Jiujiang, captured several counties, and bribed Zhou Yin, the Grand Marshal of Chu. Zhou Yin betrayed Chu, so Ying Bu mobilized the Jiujiang army to attack Chu together with Liu Bang's army, and defeated the Chu army at Gaixia.

In 202 BC, during the Chu-Han contention, Liu Bang defeated Xiang Yu and proclaimed himself emperor and established the Han Dynasty, with its capital in Chang'an, which is known in history as the Western Han Dynasty.

Ying Bu was granted the title of King of Huainan and established his capital in Lu'an. Jiujiang, Lujiang, Hengshan and Yuzhang counties all belonged to Ying Bu.

In the seventh year of the Han Dynasty, Ying Bu went to Chen County to pay homage to the emperor. In the eighth year of the Han Dynasty, Ying Bu went to Luoyang to pay homage to the emperor.

"In the ninth year of the Han Dynasty, Ying Bu went to Chang'an to pay homage to the emperor. In the eleventh year of the Han Dynasty, Empress Dowager Gao executed Han Xin, Marquis of Huaiyin, and Ying Bu was terrified."

"In the summer of that year, Liu Bang killed Liang Wang Peng Yue and chopped him into meat sauce. He also packaged the meat sauce and gave it to the princes as a reward."

"When the meat sauce was delivered to Huainan, Ying Bu was out hunting. When he saw the meat sauce, he was extremely frightened. He secretly sent people to arrange deployment, assemble the army, and closely monitor the movements of neighboring counties."

"Ying Bu's concubine fell ill and was sent to a doctor for treatment. The doctor's house was opposite the house of Zhong Dafu Ben He. The concubine went to the doctor's house for treatment many times. Ben He and Ying Bu's concubine drank together in the doctor's house."

"The concubine praised Ben He for his loyalty and honesty, and Ying Bu suspected that there was an affair between the concubine and Ben He."

"Ben He was terrified and used the excuse of being sick to stay at home. This made Ying Bu even more angry and he planned to arrest Ben He."

"So Ben He claimed that Ying Bu had rebelled and took a post carriage to Chang'an."

"Ying Bu sent people to chase him, but they failed to catch up."

"After arriving in Chang'an, Ben He wrote to Liu Bang to report the incident, saying that Ying Bu showed signs of rebellion and that he could be killed before he started the rebellion."

"After Liu Bang read the letter, he discussed it with Xiao He. Xiao He believed that Ying Bu would not start a rebellion, but was framed because of a grudge he had with someone. He requested that Ben He be imprisoned and someone be sent to secretly test Ying Bu."

"Ying Bu was worried that Ben He would reveal his secret plan. Liu Bang's envoys came to Huainan and might find out something, so he killed Ben He's family and started a rebellion."

"When Liu Bang learned that Ying Bu had rebelled, he released Ben He and appointed him a general."

"Liu Bang summoned all the generals to discuss what to do if Ying Bu rebels."

"The Duke of Teng, the Marquis of Ruyin, summoned the former Prime Minister of Chu, the Duke of Xue, to inquire about this matter. The Duke of Xue believed that Ying Bu should have rebelled from the beginning."

"The court killed Peng Yue last year, and killed Han Xin the year before last. These three people have made equal contributions, and they are a trinity."

"Ying Bu was of course worried that the disaster would affect him, so he started a rebellion."

"Duke Teng wrote these words to Liu Bang. Then Liu Bang summoned Duke Xue."

"Mr. Xue analyzed that Ying Bu was originally a prisoner in Mount Li, and became the lord of a chariot through his own efforts. He did all this for wealth and glory, and would not consider the common people and future generations. He would take the worst strategy, send troops to the east to occupy Wu, attack Xiacai to the west, move all the baggage and treasures to Yue, and then run to Changsha himself, so that the Han Dynasty would not be threatened."

"Liu Bang granted Duke Xue the title of Marquis of a Thousand Households. Liu Bang personally led the army to attack Ying Bu."

"When Ying Bu started his rebellion, he thought Liu Bang was old and hated fighting, so he would not lead his troops to fight in person. So he sent generals to fight. Among all the generals, he was most worried about Han Xin and Peng Yue. Now that they are dead, the rest of the generals are not worth worrying about."

"In the eleventh year of the Han Dynasty, Ying Bu attacked the State of Jing to the east. King Liu Jia of Jing fled and died in Fuling."

"Ying Bu gathered all the troops of the King of Jing and crossed the Huai River to attack the State of Chu."

"The Chu State mobilized its army to fight Ying Bu between Xu County and Tong County. The Chu State divided its troops into three groups, hoping to adopt a unique strategy of mutual assistance."

"Defeat one of the armies first, and the other two armies will flee in all directions. Ying Bu's marching strategy is exactly as Xue Gong expected."

"Afterwards, Ying Bu led his army westward and met the army led by Liu Bang at Huicui, west of Qi County."

"Ying Bu had elite soldiers under his command, so Liu Bang stationed them in Yongcheng. When he saw Ying Bu's battle formation was very similar to that of Xiang Yu's army, Liu Bang was disgusted."

Li Shimin: Liu Bang and Ying Bu looked at each other from a distance, and asked Ying Bu why he rebelled. Ying Bu replied that he wanted to be the emperor.

Liu Bang was furious and cursed Ying Bu, so the two armies started a fierce battle.

Ying Bu's army was defeated and fled across the Huai River. Ying Bu stopped several times to fight Liu Bang's army, but all failed. So Ying Bu and more than one hundred people fled to the area south of the Yangtze River.

Ying Bu had originally married the daughter of Wu Rui, so King Ai of Changsha sent people to lure Ying Bu, pretending to flee with Ying Bu and luring Ying Bu to the Nanyue area. Ying Bu trusted him very much, so he followed him to Fanyang. The people of Fanyang killed Ying Bu in a private house in Zixiang.

At this point, Ying Bu's rebellion was completely suppressed.

After Liu Bang eliminated Han Xin and Peng Yue one after another, one person was very frightened. This person was Ying Bu, King of Huainan.

In order to prevent himself from being liquidated by Liu Bang, Ying Bu had to secretly deploy a lot of troops.

They inquired from many sources and patrolled the border closely, hoping to use the army to protect themselves.
At worst, you have to establish your own regime. You can't be like Han Xin and Peng Yue, two fools, who only wanted to resist when they were about to be killed, but they no longer had any chance.

However, just as Ying Bu was busy making preparations to guard against Liu Bang's sudden attack,
A concubine favored by Ying Bu set fire to his backyard.

It turned out that when Ying Bu was busy, this concubine fell ill and had to leave the palace for medical treatment.

It happened that the doctor's opposite neighbor was Ying Bu's favorite minister Ben He. When Ben He saw Ying Bu's concubine coming to his neighbor's house for medical treatment,

He cherished this hard-won opportunity very much and was very attentive to Ying Bu's concubine.

Ben He not only gave Ying Bu's concubine a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, but also wanted to borrow the Feng Shui treasure land of his neighbor to invite her to drink together.

The neighbor was naturally reluctant to do such a thing. He felt that Ben He had crossed the line and was a little worried.

Ben He was a typical villain. He had long coveted Ying Bu's concubine.

However, Ying Bu had always kept a close eye on him, and Ying Bu's status also prevented him from coming casually.

Ben He gave Ying Bu's concubine a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, and invited her to drink at the doctor's house, trying his best to please the concubine, which also made Ying Bu's concubine very happy.

After the concubine returned, she praised Ben He in front of Ying Bu, saying that Ben He was a good subordinate.

Ying Bu didn't take it seriously at first, but when he heard his concubine say this about his subordinate, his heart suddenly skipped a beat. (End of this chapter)