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The Chu and Han Dynasty divide the gap as the boundary (203 BC)

In 203 BC, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu gathered heavy soldiers at Guangyang (now Xingyang, Henan). Liu Bang listed soldiers against Chu State. Liu Bang listed Xiang Yu's ten counts: Liu Bang listed Xiang Yu's ten counts:

 1. "At the beginning, you and Xiang Yu were ordered by the king to be the king, and the person who entered the pass was the king in Guanzhong. You Xiang Yu violated the agreement and let me be the king in Shuhan. This is your first crime.

2. You Xiang Yu falsely entrusted the king's order to kill the champion of Qingzi Song Yi, and became a general. This is your second crime.

3. You Xiang Yu was ordered to rescue the State of Zhao, and you should have returned Wang Huai, but you Xiang Yu hijacked the army of the princes to enter the customs without authorization. This is your third crime.

4. King Huai originally agreed not to burn, kill, or pillage after entering the customs, but you burned the palace of the Qin Dynasty, dug the tomb of the first emperor, and collected property from the Qin land privately. This is your fourth crime.

5. You just killed Prince Qin who had surrendered. This is your fifth crime.

6. You used fraudulent means to bury 200,000 Qin soldiers alive in Xin'an, but rewarded their surrenders. This is your sixth crime.

7. You Xiang Yu sealed the generals of the princes in good places, but moved and drove away the original princes Wangtianshi, Zhao Xie, Han Guang, etc., so that their officials rebelled for the throne. This is your seventh article. Guilt.

8. You Xiang Yu drove Yi Emperor out of Pengcheng, but you built the capital there, and invaded the territory of King Han, and claimed the Liang and Chu land together as existing. This is your eighth crime.

9. You Xiang Yu sent someone to secretly kill Yidi in Jiangnan. This is your ninth crime.

10. You are a courtier, but you murder the monarch and kill those who have surrendered. You are unfair in politics, not keeping your promises, not tolerant of the world, and rebellious. This is your tenth crime.

 After hearing Liu Bang’s words, Xiang Yu was trembling with anger, so he had to throw a cold arrow at Liu Bang. He shot Liu Bang and saved a bit of face. The two armies had been stalemate for three months, and Xiang Yu was short of soldiers and food. To cut the gap to the west for the Han and the east for the Chu" requirement, that is, to divide the world with the gap (southeast of Xingyang) as the boundary. After Liu Bang's family, led the army back to the original place, Liu Bang continued to pursue the hungry and exhausted Chu army under Zhang Liang's suggestion.

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