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entity Updated 2026-08-26 Topics: History

下邳 / Xiapi

下邳 / Xiapi enters the wiki through Hanji 162-2 as the place where 彭越 defeats a Chu force while attacking 项羽’s rear. The episode emphasizes its strategic value by placing it near 彭城 and river transport, so pressure there threatens Chu logistics rather than only adding another captured city.

For this source, Xiapi matters as a 交通线切割 node. Its loss or harassment forces Xiang Yu to leave the central 荥阳相持 front and go east, giving 刘邦 a chance to retake 成皋.

Hanji 995 adds a late-Han religious-logistics use. 陶谦 appoints 笮融 as Xiapi chancellor and gives him charge over grain transport from 广陵, Xiapi, and Pengcheng; Ze Rong diverts that grain to build Buddhist temples, gather followers, and stage large ritual feasts.

Hanji 169 part 2 adds Xiapi’s founding-settlement role. After Liu Bang changes 韩信 from Qi king to Chu king, Xiapi becomes Han Xin’s capital; the episode reads that placement through 敌意封国安置 because Chu territory may be politically hostile to the commander who helped bring down 项羽.

Hanji 1017 adds a late-Han use. The source says 陈登 later turns first against 吕布 during 曹操’s 198 CE attack, helping Cao’s side take Xiapi and persuade Lü Bu’s generals. This page keeps that as a compact place note rather than a full siege account.

Hanji 999 adds the earlier late-Han transfer of Xiapi from 刘备’s side to 吕布. 张飞 is left to guard the city, kills 曹豹, and the resulting disorder lets 许耽 open the gates to Lü Bu. The episode therefore makes Xiapi the hinge where a rear-city conflict, family hostage capture, and 粮食诱导式同盟背叛 turn Liu Bei from host into dependent.

Hanji 1000 adds an earlier late-Han internal-command use. 郝萌 attacks Lü Bu’s Xiapi headquarters at night, forcing Lü Bu to flee to 高顺 before the revolt is suppressed. Xiapi therefore appears not only as a later siege site, but also as the place where Lü Bu’s own command fragility becomes visible.

Hanji 1025 supplies the detailed pre-surrender siege mechanics. 吕布 fails to send his daughter out through 曹操’s blockade to restore the 袁术 marriage-rescue channel, Cao Cao keeps the siege active after 荀攸 and 郭嘉 advise against withdrawal, and the Si and Yi rivers are diverted to flood the city. The final break comes when 侯成, 宋宪, and 魏续 capture 陈宫 and Gao Shun from inside.

Hanji 1026 supplies the full late-Han fall of Xiapi. 曹操 besieges the city, water pressure and internal betrayal break 吕布’s position, and the post-surrender decision room ends with Lü Bu, 陈宫, and 高顺 being strangled. Xiapi therefore becomes the hinge between Lü Bu’s collapse and Cao Cao’s eastern incorporation of surrenderers and local forces.

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