Pei County
The battle was romanticised in chapters 18–19 of the historical novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" by Luo Guanzhong. Some fictional events were added, while actual ones were modified to large extents for dramatic effect. In the novel, the battle took place in two stages: the first took place near Xiaopei (小沛;　present-day Pei County, Jiangsu) while the second was at Xiapi (下邳; present-day Pizhou, Jiangsu) itself.