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Li Xin (李信) was a Chinese military general of Qin during the Warring States era. He participated in the conquest of Zhao, Yan and Chu states, and was involved in the assassination of Jing Ke and the Battle of Chu.
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Li Xin (李信) was a general of Qin during the Warring States era. Li Xin is primarily known for his role in assisting Qin Shi Huang in his conquest of the six Warring States. Aside from his career in the Warring States campaigns, he is also a fifth generation ancestor of the Han dynasty "Flying General" Li Guang.
After the fall of Zhao in 228 BC, Wang Jian's army stationed in Zhongshan started preparations for an offensive war against Yan. Ju Wu (鞠武), a Yan minister, proposed to King Xi of Yan to form alliances with the Dai, Qi, and Chu states, and make peace with the Xiongnu in the north, as a preemptive measure in preparation for the Qin invasion. However, Crown Prince Dan felt that the alliance strategy was unlikely to succeed, so he sent Jing Ke to assassinate Ying Zheng, the king of Qin. Jing Ke entered Qin disguised as an envoy, bringing with him a map of Dukang and the head of Fan Wuji, a turncoat Qin general. The assassination attempt failed and Jing Ke was killed.
In 226 BC, using the assassination attempt as casus belli, Ying Zheng ordered Wang Jian to lead an assault against Yan, with Meng Wu (蒙武) as Wang's deputy. The Qin defeated the Yan army as well as Yan's reinforcements from Dai in a battle on the eastern bank of the Yi River (易水), after which they captured the Yan capital, Ji (薊; present-day Beijing). King Xi of Yan and his son, Crown Prince Dan, fled with their remaining forces to the Liaodong Peninsula. A Qin army led by Li Xin pursued the retreating Yan to the Yan River (衍水; present-day Hun River, Liaoning), where they engaged with enemy forces and destroyed the bulk of Yan's army. Later, King Xi ordered Crown Prince Dan's execution and sent his son's head to Qin as an "apology" for the assassination attempt. Qin accepted the offer and did not attack Yan for the next three years.
In 224 BC, Qin began preparations for an invasion of Chu, its most powerful rival among the six states. During a discussion between Ying Zheng and his subjects, the veteran general Wang Jian claimed that the invasion force needed to be at least 600,000 strong to succeed against Chu, but the younger general Li Xin believed that 200,000 men would be ...
Li Xin is one of the primary protagonists in Yasuhisa Hara's popular manga Kingdom.
Li Xin was a Qin general who helped conquer Yan and Chu in the Warring States era. He is also an ancestor of the Han dynasty "Flying General" Li Guang.
Mar 5, 2019 · Li Xin was a Qin general who helped conquer Zhao and Yan in the 5th century BCE. He was also involved in the failed campaign against Chu and the later expansion of Qin in the northeast.
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Li Xin is a common Chinese name that can refer to different people or places. It can be a military general, a ruler, a journalist, a sportsman, or a county in China.
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