Fan Zeng and Zhang Liang told me some relevant information

Known. Fan Zeng and Zhang Liang were the most famous strategists in the late Qin State and the early years of the Han Dynasty, both of them had the ability to strategize and win thousands of miles away, and they were both powerful figures, but the final ending was completely different, why is this? The main reason is because Fan Zeng has a serious shortcoming.

When Fan Zeng was seventy years old, he was invited by Xiang Liang to go out of the mountain to help Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu regain the Chu State. Originally, everything was developing in a good direction, and with the help of Fan Zeng, Xiang Yu and Xiang Liang's strength was getting bigger and bigger. At this time, the problem arose, Xiang Liang died, so the heavy responsibility of leading the Chu army to crusade against the Qin State fell on Xiang Yu.

Although Xiang Yu has the courage of ten thousand people, he is too conceited and deaf to many of Fan Zeng's schemes, which makes Fan Zeng very depressed. However, thinking of Xiang Liang's entrustment to himself before his death, Fan Zeng still assisted Xiang Yu wholeheartedly. With the help of Fan Zeng, Xiang Yu won the victory in the Battle of Julu, quickly won over the princes of all parties, and became the leader of the alliance army.

Originally, according to Fan Zeng's plan, it was only a matter of time before Xiang Yu won the world, but unfortunately at this time, Liu Bang jumped out and wanted to compete with Xiang Yu for the world. Fan Zeng set up a Hongmen banquet after seeing Liu Bang's ambition, wanting to take this opportunity to kill Liu Bang. It's a pity that at the last moment, Xiang Yu had a problem and softened his heart towards Liu Bang.

Not only that, Xiang Yu also fell for Zhang Liang's discord plan and became suspicious of Fan Zeng.

The similarities are that the strategic level of the two is very high, in fact, Fan Zeng is even better, which is also one of the reasons why Chu Changsheng in the early stage; After the Han army's divisive strategy, the Chu army quickly went to defeat.

The biggest difference is that he followed a boss with a different personality, which is the saddest thing about Fan Zeng. If the leader does not trust and does not adopt, no matter how capable the strategist is, no matter how good the plan is, it is useless. There is no suspicion in employing people, and Xiang Yu is too far behind Liu Bang in terms of employment.

There are many such tragic strategists in history, such as Tian Feng, Zhuge Liang, and even Wei Yan in the Three Kingdoms.

This also gives us a little enlightenment: the leader plays the greatest role in the team, and no matter how outstanding the individual is, it is difficult to make up for the incompetence of the leader (such as Adou who can't be supported). Standing on the right side with the right person is the key to success, and you will not end up lamenting "lack of vertical and conspiracy".

If he is Fan Zeng, he has no skills, the leader's ability and character are not easy to change, and Mingzhe may be the only way out. He had already done his best, and Fan Zeng had already privately asked Xiang Zhuang to assassinate Liu Bang during the Hongmen banquet. Even such an opportunity will be missed, Xiang Yu really can't do it, no wonder Fan Zeng is angry.

And in the Hongmen banquet, Fan Zeng smashed his cup and let the ambush soldiers kill Liu Bang, which will inevitably cause Xiang Yu's resentment and suspicion, and he is very likely to be killed.