Crush Your Rivals Completely — The War Between Hsiang Yu and Liu Pang

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century BC. China, stands as a classic tale of the importance of crushing one’s enemies completely. It is a lesson that has been proven true by great generals from Alexander to Patton and is still taught in military schools today.</p><p id="44c9">They had been friends when they were younger, but when the king pitted them against each other in war, they became bitter enemies. Despite both being great strategists, Hsiang Yu always managed to win in battle. However, each time he was trapped, Liu Pang managed to sue for pardon or to escape. After many battles, Liu Pang finally gained the upper hand and utterly destroyed Hsiang Yu, who committed suicide as a result.</p><p id="8a65">Liu Pang is the hero that is remembered today, despite the fact that he only won one battle, but it was the one that mattered most.</

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An old adage in the study of war, but that has remained largely true throughout the history of warfare.

China has a long history of great heroes and generals (detail of an AI-generated image by Masadepan on Freepik)

The long rivalry between Hsiang Yu and Liu Pang, in second century BC. China, stands as a classic tale of the importance of crushing one’s enemies completely. It is a lesson that has been proven true by great generals from Alexander to Patton and is still taught in military schools today.

They had been friends when they were younger, but when the king pitted them against each other in war, they became bitter enemies. Despite both being great strategists, Hsiang Yu always managed to win in battle. However, each time he was trapped, Liu Pang managed to sue for pardon or to escape. After many battles, Liu Pang finally gained the upper hand and utterly destroyed Hsiang Yu, who committed suicide as a result.

Liu Pang is the hero that is remembered today, despite the fact that he only won one battle, but it was the one that mattered most.

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Crush Your Rivals Completely — The Rivalry Between Hsiang Yu & Liu Pang

An old adage in the study of war, but that has remained largely true throughout the history of warfare.

Hsiang Yu and The Lesson Learned from Crushing Your Rivals Completely

In 208 BCE, Hsiang Yu was a general of the Kingdom of Ch’u. The Ch’u kingdom had existed for hundreds of years but had…