A few months later, Xiang Liang led his troops to attack Kangfu, and together with the troops of Qi general Tian Rong and Sima Longqi, they rescued Dong'a and defeated the Qin army in Dong'a. Tian Rong led his troops back at that time and expelled the Qi King Tian Jia. Tian Jia fled to Chu. Tian Jia's prime minister Tian Jiao fled to Zhao. Tian Jiao's brother Tian Jian was originally a Qi general, but he stayed in Zhao and did not dare to go back. Tian Shi, the son of Tian Dan, was made the king of Qi by Tian Rong. Xiang Liang had defeated the Qin army in Dong'e, so he went on the pursue of the Qin army. He sent envoys to Qi many times, trying to get the Qi army to march west with him. Tian Rong said: "If Chu kills Tian Jia, and Zhao kills Tian Jiao and Tian Jian, then I will send troops." Xiang Liang said: "Tian Jia is the king of an allied country. He came to our country in distress. I can't bear to kill him." Zhao also did not kill Tian Jiao and Tian Jian, trying to make a deal with Qi. Qi never sent troops to help Chu. Xiang Liang sent Pei Gong and Xiang Yu to lead another army to attack Chengyang and slaughtered the city there. The Chu army went west and defeated the Qin army east of Puyang. Then the Qin army retreated to Puyang city. Pei Gong and Xiang Yu then attacked Dingtao. Before Dingtao was captured, the Chu army went west and captured more land, until they reached Yongqiu, defeated the Qin army, and defeated Li You. They returned to attack Waihuang, but failed to capture it.
Xiang Liang dispatched troops in Dong'a and marched westwards. When he was near Dingtao, he defeated the Qin army again. Xiang Yu and others defeated Li You again, which made Xiang Liang underestimate the enemy and getting arrogant. Song Yi then advised Xiang Liang, "An army that wins a battle but whose generals and soldiers are proud and lazy will surely fail. Now the soldiers are a little lazy, and the Qin army is increasing day by day. I am worried about you." Xiang Liang did not listen. He sent Song Yi to the State of Qi. On the way, Song Yi met the Qi envoy Lord Gaoling Tian Xian and said, "Are you going to see Lord Wuxin?" Lord Gaoling said, "Yes." Song Yi said, "I think Lord Wuxin’s army will surely fail. If you go slowly, you can avoid death. If you go too fast, you will face a disaster." As expected, Qin mobilized all its troops to reinforce Zhang Han and attack the Chu army. The Chu army was defeated in Dingtao, and Xiang Liang died in the battle. Pei Gong and Xiang Yu left Waihuang to attack Chenliu, but Chenliu held out and could not be captured. Pei Gong and Xiang Yu discussed with each other and said: "Now Xiang Liang's army has been defeated, and the soldiers are panicking." So they led their troops eastward with Lu Chen's army. Lu Chen was stationed east of Pengcheng, Xiang Yu was stationed west of Pengcheng, and Pei Gong was stationed in Dang County.
居数月，引兵攻亢父，与齐田荣、司马龙且军救东阿，大破秦军于东阿。田荣即引兵归，逐其王假。假亡走楚。假相田角亡走赵。角弟田间故齐将，居赵不敢归。田荣立田儋子市为齐王。项梁已破东阿下军，遂追秦军。数使使趣齐兵，欲与俱西。田荣曰：“楚杀田假，赵杀田角、田间，乃发兵。”项梁曰：“田假为与国之王，穷来从我，不忍杀之。”赵亦不杀田角、田间以市于齐。齐遂不肯发兵助楚。项梁使沛公及项羽别攻城阳，屠之。西破秦军濮阳东，秦兵收入濮阳。沛公、项羽乃攻定陶。定陶未下，去，西略地至雝丘，大破秦军，斩李由。还攻外黄，外黄未下。
项梁起东阿，西，比至定陶，再破秦军，项羽等又斩李由，益轻秦，有骄色。宋义乃谏项梁曰：“战胜而将骄卒惰者败。今卒少惰矣，秦兵日益，臣为君畏之。”项梁弗听。乃使宋义使于齐。道遇齐使者高陵君显，曰：“公将见武信君乎？”曰：“然。”曰：“臣论武信君军必败。公徐行即免死，疾行则及祸。”秦果悉起兵益章邯，击楚军，大破之定陶，项梁死。沛公、项羽去外黄攻陈留，陈留坚守不能下。沛公、项羽相与谋曰：“今项梁军破，士卒恐。”乃与吕臣军俱引兵而东。吕臣军彭城东，项羽军彭城西，沛公军砀。
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