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==Service under Xiang Yu== |
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Xiang Liang personally recruited him after witnessing his bravery in battle during his early wars against the Qin state |
[[Xiang Liang]] personally recruited him after witnessing his bravery in battle during his early wars against the Qin state. After the death of Xiang Liang, Ying Bo went to serve the late general's nephew [[Xiang Yu]] and become one of his most able general and right hand man. Ying Bo served with distinction in the [[Battle of Julu]] and was involved with burying those 20,000 Qin soldier alive. He also personally executed the [[Emperor Yi of Chu]] under Xiang Yu orders. After the destruction of the Qin dynasty, Xiang Yu divided China in [[Eighteen_Kingdoms|eighten kingdoms]], Ying Bo was granted the Jiujiang (九江) kingdom (in modern day [[Anhui]]) for his service. |
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==Defection to Liu Bang== |
==Defection to Liu Bang== |
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Revision as of 15:10, 13 March 2012
Ying Bu 英布 (? - 195 BC), A former criminal whom later become a general for the Chu and later the Han in Chu-Han Contention. He begun his career as a bandit warlord after escaping from his prison during the crisis of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebellion against the Qin. He was noted to have a prison tattoo and was sentenced to hard labour.
Service under Xiang Yu
Xiang Liang personally recruited him after witnessing his bravery in battle during his early wars against the Qin state. After the death of Xiang Liang, Ying Bo went to serve the late general's nephew Xiang Yu and become one of his most able general and right hand man. Ying Bo served with distinction in the Battle of Julu and was involved with burying those 20,000 Qin soldier alive. He also personally executed the Emperor Yi of Chu under Xiang Yu orders. After the destruction of the Qin dynasty, Xiang Yu divided China in eighten kingdoms, Ying Bo was granted the Jiujiang (九江) kingdom (in modern day Anhui) for his service.
Defection to Liu Bang
During the 5 year Chu-Han Contention, Liu Bang and his adviser Chen Ping used divide and conquer strategy by sowing discord among Xiang Yu's trusted allies and men (among those was Xiang Yu's advisor Fan Zeng), fearing for his life Ying Bu later defected to Liu Bang after Xiang Yu starting to mistrust him.
Aftermath and death
After the Chu-Han contention, he was granted the Huainan fief for his services. However in 195 BC Ying Bu was later defeated and executed by Liu Bang after a failed armed rebellion in order to protect himself after Empress Lü started to assassinate most of Liu Bang's former subject, among them where Han Xin and Peng Yue.