Xiang Liang's army began marching after sunrise. Divided into four columns, they crossed the Sishui River in high spirits, as if they did not regard Zhang Han—who had only recently crushed Linji—as a threat at all, charging madly westward.
Half a month later, Xiang Liang captured Kangfu. A month later, Xiang Yu captured Changyi, Xiang An captured Chengwu, while Liu Ji subdued a band of bandits led by Peng Yue that had been roaming Juye Marsh.
Western Chu's front line steadily advanced westward, while within Qi, a shocking upheaval took place.
Qi King Tian Dan had been impaled to death by Zhang Han's spear in the battle of Linji. Without the slightest pause, Qi immediately installed a new king, Tian Jia. The speed of it left the other states dumbfounded.
Brother, you might run this fast when the cafeteria starts serving food, but your former king's first seven days of mourning hadn't even passed, and you were already rushing to crown a new king?
Tian Rong, Tian Dan's younger brother, was still on the road mourning his own elder brother when Qi somehow found a Tian Jia and made him king. When Tian Rong received the news, he clenched his fists so hard that they bled.
The battle of Linji had ended in a crushing defeat, and his brother had died there. Facing the heartless and faithless Qi that had abandoned the two brothers, Tian Rong roared in fury.
Thus, Qi, having only just lost its ruler and not yet recovered from the shock, was plunged into another civil war.
However, when they had gone to aid Wei, the now-dead Tian Dan had taken nearly all of Qi's main forces with him. A vast portion had perished at Linji, but though the remaining troops were few, they were still Qi's