At that time, Lv Zhi, the father and wife of Hanwang Liu Bang, and four people, one son and one daughter, were arrested by Xiang Yu and imprisoned in the army, and their lives were in danger at any time. Liu bang was unable to save his father, wife and son, and wanted to negotiate with Xiang Yu peacefully, demanding that Xiang Yu put his relatives back. The two sides stopped fighting and the conditions were very low. Xiang Yu is also in a dilemma at this time, and his rations are running out. At that time, he could not defeat Liu Bang. However, Han Xin, the general of Liu Bang, swept his rear and couldn't cope with Han Xin himself. Many enfeoffed princes rebelled again. Xiang Yu wanted to pacify the rear as soon as possible, and also wanted to negotiate a truce with Liu Bang. In this way, the two sides quickly reached an agreement, with the gap of the ancient canal 20 miles southeast of Xingyang as the boundary. The land on the east side of the ditch belongs to Chu Wangba, and the land on the west side of the ditch belongs to Hanwang Liu Bang (this is the origin of the later "Chu River Han boundary"). Xiang Yu also agreed to return Liu Bang's father, wife and children.
After the two sides negotiated a truce, Xiang Yu hurriedly led the troops to retreat to quell the war in the rear. Liu bang also wants to retreat. Sean and Chen Ping stopped him: "Why did the king retreat?" Liu Bang said: "Xiang Yu and I have already talked about a truce. Xiang Yu has already left. What am I doing here? "
Sean and Chen Ping said together, "We negotiated with Xiang Yu to save your father, wife and children. Now that your relatives are back, the goal has been achieved, and you can just fight against Xiang Yu again. Now Xiang Yu's army is exhausted and there is no food and grass. When he retreats, we will chase Xiang Yu from behind, and we will surely defeat him. Besides, many vassals who were enfeoffed surrendered to you, and you occupied more than half of the country. As long as Xiang Yu is eliminated, he can be emperor. How can such a good opportunity be let go? "
After listening to Sean and Chen Ping's advice, Liu Bang immediately changed his mind. On the one hand, he issued a notice to various governors, demanding that * * * attack Xiang Yu, on the other hand, he reorganized the army and pursued Xiang Yu's army.
In order to completely defeat Xiang Yu, Liu Bang accepted the advice of Sean and Chen Ping, made general Han Xin king of Qi, sealed Peng Yue, and ordered them to send troops to pursue Xiang Yu immediately. In this way, Han Xin all the way, Peng Yue all the way, Liu Bang led Ying Bu, Huainan Weiyi Wang Road, and the three-way army closely followed the ass of Xiang Yu's army. Although Xiang Yu's army was brave and good at fighting, it could not stay long because of lack of food and grass, so it retreated while fighting. Thinking of his hometown of Cheng Peng, he got food and grass, reorganized the army, and then fought a decisive battle with Liu Bang.
Xiang Yu's army finally retreated to Gaixia, far away from Cheng Peng, but was trapped by Han Xin's flying daggers. After Xiang Yu went to An Lushan, he climbed a hill. Looking around, I saw that the Han army surrounded itself in all directions, and there were many people like ants. At this time, Xiang Yu regretted not killing Liu Bang at the Hongmen banquet.
After dark, the encirclement of the Han army narrowed, and Sean came up with a way to make all the Han troops sing Chu songs. Xiang Yu's soldiers were all Chu people, and when they heard the folk songs in their hometown, they all cried out. Many people deserted in the dark, and some ran to the Han army camp to surrender.
Xiang Yu was about to rest in the barracks when he heard songs all over the mountain. He was surprised and said, "Where did so many Chu people come from?
Did Hanwang occupy the whole State of Chu? ! At this time, the soldiers came to report: "Many soldiers opened the camp gate overnight and surrendered to Hanwang!" " Xiang Yu felt that the tide was gone and sat in his tent and drank wine in frustration.
Xiang Yu has a beautiful wife named Yu Ji. Seeing Xiang Yu so sad, Yu Ji accompanied him to tears and kept pouring wine for Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu looked at Yu Ji and thought about his current situation. While drinking, he couldn't help singing: "Pulling out the mountain will provoke the world's anger and never die." What can I do without dying? " I am strong and heroic, but I am unlucky, and my husband can't run fast. What should I do? Yuji, what are you going to do? After singing the song, Xiang Yu began to cry sadly, and Yu Ji was even sadder. Suddenly, she drew a sword from Xiang Yu's waist and cut her throat with it. Xiang Yu wanted to save her, but it was too late to see Yu Ji fall in her arms and die. Xiang Yu burst into tears and buried his concubine.
Early the next morning, Xiang Yu led his troops to break through and ran to the edge of Huaihe River. Only a few hundred people followed him, and the Han army followed Xiang Yu closely. Xiang Yu continued to flee and fled to Wujiang (now Hexian County, Anhui Province). Director Wujiang sailed to meet Xiang Yu and asked Xiang Yu to cross the river quickly. Xiang Yu smiled and said, "In those days, I set out from Jiangdong and led 8,000 soldiers to cross the river. Now I'm the only one left to go back. How can I have the face to see my hometown in Jiangdong! " He gave the black-eared horse to Tingchang and let Tingchang cross the river. He got off the horse, carrying a sword, and collided with the Han army left and right, and suffered many injuries. Finally, he committed suicide.
Xiang Yu was trapped in Jiulishan, and Han Xin was besieged on all sides.