Was Xiang Yu's failure to kill Liu Bang at the Hongmen banquet "a woman's benevolence" or "political wisdom"?

Xiang Yu didn't kill Liu Bang at the Hongmen banquet. I think this is political wisdom rather than women's kindness. After all, we all know that Xiang Yu's name is "overlord of Chu", and he commands hundreds of thousands of troops. People will definitely not follow a general who has a good woman; In addition, Xiang Yu was even more ruthless when he was fighting. He likes slaughter, and killed 200,000 Qin Jun in Xin 'an. How can such a vicious general be a soft-hearted person? The reason why he didn't kill Liu Bang is full of his own political wisdom and consideration of reality, mainly including two aspects.

The first aspect: the Hongmen banquet killed Liu Bang, which had a bad reputation. Xiang Yu is very concerned about his reputation, and "having nothing to say to his elders in Jiangdong" is the best proof. From a moral point of view, Liu Bang has done something wrong, but his attitude of admitting mistakes is still positive, and it is even more striking to confess in person. If you kill him at the banquet at this time, it will not only be misunderstood as the heart of a villain, but also be laughed at by various governors. Xiang Yu would never do such a thing.

The second aspect: Liu Bang's military strength should not be underestimated. At that time, Liu Bang's 6.5438+10,000 troops could be the first of the vassal states, but compared with Xiang Yu's 400,000 troops, there was still a big gap. If the two sides go to war, Xiang Yu will naturally win, but if he kills one thousand, he will lose eight hundred. Liu bang was eliminated, and Xiang Yu's strength was greatly weakened. At this time, if other governors want to use the power of fishermen, Xiang Yu is helpless.

So we can see that many times Xiang Yu didn't want to kill Liu Bang, but he just couldn't. He may be waiting for an opportunity, but such an opportunity did not appear after all. After that, Liu Bang quickly expanded his team, United with various governors under the guise of "killing King Xiang Yu", and finally defeated Xiang Yu.