▁refused ▁but ▁D ong ' ou ▁s ided ▁with ▁the ▁reb els . ▁However ▁when ▁Li u ▁Pi ▁was ▁defeated ▁and ▁fled ▁to ▁D ong ' ou , ▁they ▁killed ▁him ▁to ▁appe ase ▁the ▁Han , ▁and ▁therefore ▁escaped ▁any ▁ret ali ation . ▁Li u ▁Pi ' s ▁son , ▁Li u ▁Z iju , ▁fled ▁to ▁Min y ue ▁and ▁worked ▁to ▁in cite ▁a ▁war ▁between ▁the ▁Min y ue ▁and ▁D ong ' ou . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 3 8 ▁BC , ▁Min y ue ▁attacked ▁D ong ' ou ▁and ▁bes ie ged ▁their ▁capital . ▁D ong ' ou ▁managed ▁to ▁send ▁someone ▁to ▁appeal ▁for ▁help ▁from ▁the ▁Han . ▁Op in ions ▁at ▁the ▁Han ▁court ▁were ▁mixed ▁on ▁whether ▁or ▁not ▁to ▁help ▁D ong ' ou . ▁Grand ▁command ant ▁T ian ▁Fen ▁was ▁of ▁the ▁opinion ▁that ▁the ▁Y ue ▁constantly ▁attacked ▁each ▁other ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁in ▁the ▁Han ' s ▁interest ▁to ▁inter f ere ▁in ▁their ▁affairs . ▁Palace ▁coun s ell or ▁Z hu ang ▁Z hu ▁argued ▁that ▁to ▁not ▁aid ▁D ong ' ou ▁would ▁be ▁to ▁signal ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁emp ire ▁just ▁like ▁the ▁Q in . ▁A ▁comprom ise ▁was ▁made ▁to ▁allow ▁Z hu ang ▁Z hu ▁to ▁call ▁up ▁troops , ▁but ▁only ▁from ▁K ua iji ▁Command ery , ▁and ▁finally ▁an ▁army ▁was ▁transport ed ▁by ▁sea ▁to ▁D ong ' ou . ▁By ▁the