曾赫 / Zeng He
曾赫 / Zeng He enters the wiki through Hanji 152 part 2 as a newly attached 刘邦-side commander in the aftermath of the 彭城之战. The episode cites the 《史记》 merit-marquis table and presents him as coming from Shanxi before joining Liu Bang’s army not long before the battle.
His source role is discipline under collapse. While the Han coalition is broken by 项羽’s mobile attack, Zeng He keeps his own formation together and uses it to block Chu cavalry. The episode treats that as one of the few Han-side bright spots in a rout otherwise defined by panic and disintegration.
After Liu Bang escapes, he orders Zeng He to stay around Pengcheng and hold the fortifications against Xiang Yu. The source says Zeng He obeys and does not withdraw, and that after the Chu-Han war he is enfeoffed as Qihou / 祁侯 with fourteen hundred households, ranking fifty-first among the founding merit marquises named by the episode.
Connections
- 刘邦 - commander whose escape Zeng He helps cover.
- 项羽 and 骑兵奇袭指挥中枢 - opposing commander and tactical pressure Zeng He resists locally.
- 彭城之战 - source battle and rout setting.
- 《史记》 - cited table source for Zeng He’s later merit-marquis status.
- 实力重估式阵营转向 - broader post-defeat field that makes disciplined holdouts stand out.