by Dong Yi arrived in the area of the Jingshui River. Zhang Han, who had likely hoped to distract Han Xin at Feiqiu, led the combined Yong, Sai and Zhai forces to relieve Haozhi. Previously, Zhang Han had won both the battles of Linji (208) and Dingtao (208) by making surprise marches against the enemy position after appearing to be at a disadvantage. However, this time Zhang Han was intercepted by Han Xin and Cao Shen east of Rang and suffered another defeat. Zhang Han returned to Feiqiu, and Zhao Ben withdrew further east to the former Qin capital Xianyang, which was being garrisoned by Sai troops under Neishi Bao. Han Xin and Cao Shen re-joined the Han forces at Haozhi, and Zhang Ping broke out of the encirclement. The Han army assaulted Haozhi, with Fan Kuai again leading a force onto the walls, and they captured the city, with the Prefect and Assistant Prefect of Haozhi killed in the fighting. Instead of focusing on Feiqiu, the main Han army then marched past the city towards Xianyang further to the east. The Sai army under Zhao Ben and Neishi Bao left the city to do battle with Han Xin but were defeated and fled east, causing Xianyang as well as the counties of Mei, Huaili and Liuchung to surrender. Liu Bang renamed Xianyang Xincheng, and the Han army garrisoned Jingling further to the east. Jingling's proximity to Yueyang, the capital of Sai, prompted Sima Xin to lead the main Sai army to besiege Jingling, where he was joined by the forces under Zhang Ping. The Han garrison in Jingling defended the city for twenty days and then sallied out and defeated the Sai-Yong coalition, causing it to retreat. Cao Shen was one of the generals in the city, and Han Xin was either within the city as well or assisted from outside. Zhang Ping retreated north to Qi, where he joined forces with a Zhai force under Yao Rui, but they were defeated by a Han detachment under Zhou Bo, who then marched west to pacify the county of Dian. Zhang Ping retreated to Longxi Commandery in the far west. A Han detachment under Guan Ying approached Yueyang, and Sima Xin, having lost too many soldiers, surrendered. Liu Bang subsequently moved his headquarters from Nanzheng in Hanzhong to Yueyang. Meanwhile, part of the Han army encircled Feiqiu, with Zhou Bo