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At Gaixia, Xiang Yu was surrounded, outnumbered, and losing hope.
He still had a chance to cross the Wu River and rebuild in Jiangdong.
He refused.
That decision ended the Chu–Han War.
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Xiang Yu captured Liu Bang’s father and threatened to kill him unless Liu Bang surrendered.
Liu Bang answered with one of the coldest lines in Chinese history—and made the threat almost useless.
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