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=== Han conquest of the Three Qins === While Xiang Yu was away, Liu Bang, who was never happy with the fiefs forcefully appointed to him, seized the opportunity to attack the [[Three Qins]]' territories in [[Guanzhong]]. During the few months settling in Hanzhong, Liu Bang's deputy [[Xiao He]] discovered a talented military commander named [[Han Xin]], and convinced Liu Bang to make him the [[dayuanshuai|grand marshall]]. Han Xin proposed a strategy to invade Guanzhong by pretending to reconstruct the previously burnt [[gallery road]]s in order to draw the Three Qins' attention towards the [[mountain pass]]es south of Xianyang, while he secretly took a western route through [[Chencang District|Chencang]] (present-day [[Baoji]], [[Shaanxi]]) to surprise the Three Qins. The plan was a huge success and Han Xin defeated the hastily regrouped [[Zhang Han (Qin dynasty)|Zhang Han]], the King of Yong, in two consecutive battles. Riding on the tide of victory, Liu Bang proceeded to conquer [[Longxi Commandery|Longxi]] (the area in present-day eastern [[Gansu]] located west of [[Mount Liupan|Mount Long]]), [[Beidi Commandery|Beidi]] (northeastern Gansu and [[Ningxia]]) and [[Shang Commandery|Shang]] (around present-day [[Yulin, Shaanxi|Yulin]]). He also sent his men to retrieve his family in [[Pei County|Pei]] (present-day [[Xuzhou]], Jiangsu) and bring them to him from territories controlled by Western Chu. Upon receiving news of Liu Bang's attacks, Xiang Yu sent an army to Yangjia ({{zhi|c=陽夏}}; present-day [[Taikang County]], Henan) to block Liu Bang's forces; he also appointed [[Zheng Chang]] as the King of [[Han (Warring States)|Hán]] to help him cover his flank. Meanwhile, [[Zang Tu]], the King of [[Yan (state)|Yan]], killed [[Han Guang]], the King of [[Liaodong Commandery|Liaodong]], seized his lands and proclaimed himself the ruler of the Yan territories.
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