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|commander1=[[Liu Bang]], [[Han Xin]], [[Zhang Liang]]
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The '''Battle of Gaixia''' (垓下之戰) was a [[China|Chinese]] battle in [[202 BC]], during the [[Chu-Han contention]] between rival rulers of China which followed the collapse of the [[Qin Dynasty]]. The battle resulted in victory for the [[Han Dynasty|Han]] forces led by [[Liu Bang]], who was later to become [[Emperor of China]], over their [[Chu (state)|Chu]] opponents.
==Background==
The Han forces had earned many major victory against Chu, but they still cannot control most of the country. Most of western China was still until Chu control. Eventually Xiang Yu was able to reorganize his forces, and strike back at Liu Bang.
At this point, major disagreements had occured between Liu Bang and Han Xin. The primary reasons were because Liu Bang refused to gave Han Xin too much control over the Han army, and his refusal to use many of Han Xin 's suggestions. As a result, Han Xin withheld his forces, as Liu Bang was under siege from Xiang Yu. Liu Bang was only able to hang on, because of the assistance from another excellent military strategist [[Zhang Liang]].
At one point, Xiang Yu was about to capture Liu Bang. Finally, Liu Bang agreed with everything that Han Xin requested, and Han Xin finally agreed to help. Later, Liu Bang was able to convince Xiang Yu to a peace treaty. At the end, both parties agreed that the two coutries of Han and Chu can co-exist peacefully. Then Xiang Yu started to move his forces back west.
Unknown to Xiang Yu, this was a tactic from Han Xin. The Chu forces had sieged the Han fortress for a long time, and a lot of them were tired of the battle. When news reached them that the war was over, and there will be long term peace ahead, they were overjoyed.
Han Xin then lead many attacks against the joyful Chu forces. In anger, Xiang Yu tried to fights his way back to Liu Bang 's fortress, but Han Xin had set up many traps and ambushes along the way. Finally Xiang Yu decided that a quick victory is no longer possible, and decided to temporily retreat back to the Chu capital, and regroup there.
Han Xin
==External link==
http://www.yiyou.com:1980/b5/anhui.yiyou.com/html/2/43.html (chinese)
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9E%93%E4%B8%8B%E4%B9%8B%E6%88%98 (chinese wiki)
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