Why did Liu Bang ruthlessly push his children off the carriage when he fled?

Regarding Liu Bang's behavior, there are generally two interpretations.

This happened after the Battle of Pengcheng, and the initial Chu-Han dispute, Liu Bang's smoothness was probably not even expected by himself. All the way from Hanzhong to Xiang Yu's hometown Pengcheng, 560,000 princes joined forces and successfully took Pengcheng, while Xiang Yu was still in Qi for a long time. After Liu Bang took Pengcheng, he was fluttering, and he didn't want to quickly stabilize the defense, or send troops to take Xiang Yu, but sang songs day and night, drank and feasted night and night, and was so happy with the princes that he got carried away.

And Xiang Yu, who lost his old nest, led 30,000 elite soldiers to kill it and defeated Liu Bang's army in one fell swoop. Liu Bang had nothing left to do, only to flee all the way. However, in the process of escaping, Liu Bang's "driver" Xiahou Ying found a pair of children of Liu Bang on the side of the road - Princess Lu Yuan, who is about 10 years old, and Liu Ying, who is 6 years old, have no more than two choices at this time, one is to run with their children; The other is to ignore their children and run away alone.

Xiahou Ying's method was to carry Liu Bang's children into the car, and Liu Bang's method was to kick a pair of children out of the car.

In short, how many times did Liu Bang kick it down, and Xiahou Ying hugged it n+1 times, making Liu Bang so angry that he really wanted to kill Xiahou Ying directly, but the problem was that after killing Xiahou Ying, who would help him "drive"? It's not easy to find a "driver" with such good skills. There was no way, it was best that Liu Bang had no choice but to give in, and the frightened Lu Yuan and Liu Ying hugged Xiahouying's neck tightly, in this case, Xiahouying escaped with Liu Bang and his two children.

The two interpretations of Liu Bang's behavior are positive views that Liu Bang is just running for his own life, making the car lighter, regardless of the life and death of his children, the children are so small, and in that environment, the survival is very small. and repeatedly mentioned this incident as a "big black spot" of Liu Bang. The opposing view is that under the circumstances at that time, no one knew Liu Bang's children, and Chu Jun would not treat the two children for no reason.

On the contrary, they follow Liu Bang, and the goal will be more obvious. At that time, Liu Bang considered that his life and death were uncertain and he didn't want to be ended, so he kicked his children out of the car several times, although his behavior was bad, but his heart was commendable. Moreover, after they became safe, they also sent Lu Yuan and Liu Ying back to Feng County, and did not stay with them directly.

died and got rid of it, and to filial piety, Lu Yuan Yufeng. - Historical Records: The Biography of Fan Liteng

Regarding this issue, it is believed that Liu Bang's mentality at that time was likely to be more complicated, and it is very likely that he had both ideas, and the reason why he kicked his children out of the car was not only for himself but also for his children, or that selfish psychology was dominant, and there was a fluke psychology for the next fate of a pair of children.

Therefore, from this point of view, it is reasonable to say that Liu Bang is selfish, but it is a little unreasonable to think of Liu Bang as too selfless. It's just that taking this incident as Liu Bang's "big black spot" is a bit too much, between life and death, who can guarantee that he has no selfishness? What's more, no one can predict whether the final outcome of the two options will be good or bad.

If you are caught, you will definitely be executed, and your children will also be caught, and if you don't get caught, you will have a hard life without a father. And pushing the children out of the car, there will be a glimmer of life, and the children as hostages, the possibility of being hurt is not very great, leaving time for them to strengthen themselves.

Because Liu Bang is a selfish villain, for the sake of his own life, even if he sacrifices his children, he will not hesitate to push his children off the carriage in order to attract the attention of the pursuers.

In order to survive, in this way, the weight of the car can be reduced, the horse can run faster, Liu Bang is a person who does a big business, he will not give up the country for his children, he can do anything in order to survive.

He wants his children to be bait to attract the attention of the enemy army and add time to his escape, to put it bluntly, abandoning his children can increase the probability of his own life.

This is a person who can achieve great things and carry Ji to tease, for his own great cause, everything else will not be a stumbling block for Feng Ji, and he will do whatever it takes to achieve his goal.

Liu Bang himself doesn't particularly value his family affection, and the most important thing in his heart is his own career, pushing his children off the carriage so that the car can run faster, and there are more opportunities for people to flee the state.

Liu Bang already had a son Liu Fei before marrying his original partner Lu Pheasant, and later, Lu Pheasant gave birth to Liu Ying and Princess Lu Yuan for him. At the beginning, Liu Bang, as the chief of the Surabaya Pavilion in Pei County, was able to marry Lu Pheasant, which was regarded as climbing a high branch, and Lu Pheasant loved these two children very much, and Liu Bang naturally doted on them.

There is a good saying: "Husband and wife are birds of the same forest, and they fly separately when disaster comes", if this is still the case between husband and wife, what about relatives who are related by blood? Liu Bang and Xiang Yu fought for so long, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, in a battle, Liu Bang was defeated, and on the way to flee in a hurry, a very interesting thing happened.

Liu Bang's coachman is called Xiahou Ying, when Liu Bang fled in a hurry, it was the carriage driven by Xiahou Ying, because he ran all the way, and there were Xiang Yu's soldiers chasing after him, Liu Bang was frightened, seeing that the horse's physical strength was getting weaker and weaker, and running slower and slower, Liu Bang kicked Liu Ying and Princess Lu Yuan on the carriage. At that time, Liu Bang's idea was probably that Liu Ying and Princess Lu Yuan, although they were children, their combined weight was worth an adult, and kicking the two of them down could reduce the weight of the carriage, so that the speed of the carriage could be accelerated a lot, and the enemy army would definitely not be able to catch up.

Moreover, if the enemy army sees a pair of his children, he will inevitably take them back to Jiao, so that he will no longer chase Liu Bang. However, the coachman Xiahou Ying didn't think so, when Liu Bang kicked a pair of children out of the car many times, Xiahou Ying risked killing his head and pulled the two children into the car, Liu Bang was angry at that time and threatened to kill Xiahou Ying.

But at that time, Liu Bang needed Xiahou Ying to drive, so he naturally endured his behavior. Later, Liu Bang escaped smoothly and did not execute Xiahou Ying, but remembered him for a great achievement. Why is that?

In fact, the reason is very simple, just imagine, if a man who wants to become an emperor really leaves his children behind on the way to escape, he will inevitably fall into truth and lose his prestige.

And the reason why Xiahou Ying was able to sacrifice his life to save him was not all for Liu Bang's great cause, but more for self-preservation. If he obeyed Liu Bang and left Liu Ying and Princess Lu Yuan behind, he would definitely have to carry the black pot for Liu Bang afterwards, not to mention that this pair of children was born to Lu Pheasant, even if Liu Bang did not hold him responsible, Empress Lu would definitely not spare him, so no matter what, Xiahou Ying would not leave Liu Ying and Princess Lu Yuan.

If you live well, you must like your children? But Liu Bang can still be ruthless, and he was once chased and killed by Xiang Yu. Xiahou Ying took him and the two children, and the carriage was always not fast on the way, so in this way, it was not enough, it was quite simple

In history, Liu Bang was a person who loved children very much, and throwing off the carriage must have been for the sake of the child's thoughtfulness.

It is impossible to verify, and it is still doubtful whether there is such a thing, but modern and modern scholars have found that the Manchu Qing Dynasty has tampered with ancient books. Even if it is true, you should use the brains of adults to think clearly about who Xiang Yu is targeting? Will swaggering along with this goal die faster?

If you want to run lightly, wouldn't it be more refreshing to just unload the carriage and run? Come to think of it, you'll scoff at the fallacies of those stupid people.

In order to be able to escape, by the way, the pursuers behind the people can go to the errand and make them not chase after them.

It must be to protect his children, after all, he is his blood relative.

In order to escape, reduce the weight of the carriage and increase your chances of escape.

In order to take care of the overall situation, if the enemy army captures them and threatens them, it will be harmful and useless.

In order to sign up, they flew separately when the disaster came. What a ruthless person.

In order to save his life, and he thinks that the enemy will not do anything to the child.

In order to escape, and ask the enemy.

I will do the same! If they are caught together, the whole family will die! As long as they live, children have the value of their own existence, but the chance of living is greater! This is a manifestation of extreme rationality!