After the campaign against Chu, Bai Qi's name shook the world.
In the thirty-fourth year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, Zhao and Wei joined forces to attack Huayang, an important stronghold north of Han.
Han appealed to Qin for aid, so King Zhaoxiang sent Bai Qi, Wei Ran, and the guest official Hu Yang to lead troops to rescue Han.
The Qin army employed tactics of striking unexpectedly and attacking the unprepared, launching a long-distance raid.
The allied armies of Zhao and Wei were caught off guard and suffered a crushing defeat, with 130,000 men beheaded.
The Qin army then engaged the Zhao general Jia Yan, who had led troops to reinforce them, and drowned 20,000 Zhao soldiers.
In the end, Wei was forced to offer Nanyang to Qin State and sue for peace.
In his early years, Ying Ji had campaigned against Chu. Though he won, he was ambushed by cultivators, suffered grave injuries, and was taken away by Moyuan, leaving the Qin State royal clan without one of its pillars.
At the same time, the royal clan's restraint over outside ministers was also severely weakened.
Marquis Rang, Wei Ran, served as chancellor four times, his power overshadowing both court and field;
Lord Wu'an, Bai Qi, was invincible in battle, his might aweing the world.
This general and chancellor had indeed opened up frontiers and expanded territory for Qin State, establishing feats unmatched in their age.
However, to the monarch Ying Ji, power had to be held firmly in his own hands.
As the years passed and his prestige grew ever higher, he found it increasingly unbearable that Wei Ran had long monopolized the chancellor's authority, while the Chu-line maternal relatives were coiled roots and tangled joints, their forces swelling larger by the day.
Chancellor Wei Ran bore the