 Such good news required that nobles in the capital, no matter how ill, should visit the palace to offer congratulations; when Xiao He persuaded Han Xin to do so, he was arrested and executed, along with his family.In the field, the year began with Chen Xi's general Wang Huang and his thousand cavalry at Quni (present-day Shunping County, Hebei); Hou Chang ( "Hóu Chǎng") raiding the countryside with a force of around ten thousand men; and Zhang Chun (t s "Zhāng Chūn") crossing the Yellow River with a similar force in order to attack Liaocheng.From Handan, the emperor dispatched forces under his general Guo Meng ( "Guō Méng") and the army of the princely state of Qi under its chancellor Cao Shen.