Battle of Yique(伊阙之战)(293BC),levied by King Nai of Qin against the alliance of Wei(魏) and Han(韩) at Yique(now as Longmen,city of Luoyang,Henan province),commanded by Qin's well known General Bai Qi.With the half number of soldiers of the alliance force's,Bai Qi's army tooke the alliance's strengthholds one by one.The battle ended up with the capture of the alliance's General Gongsun Xi(公孙喜)，240 thousand casualties of the alliance and seizing of 5 cities of Han and Wei including city of Yique. After this battle, Han and Wei were forced to trade their land for further peace. The following details the state of Wei of the Warring States Period. ... The Han (simplified Chinese: 韩, traditional Chinese: 韓) was a state during the Warring States Period in China. ... Bai Qi (?-257 BC), an outstanding military leader in the state of Qin in the Warring States Period. ...
Wei's advancement in the east was checked several times in series of battles including the Battle of Maling in 341 BC.
In the west it lost the Xihe region (a pastoral and strategic area on the west bank of the Yellow River at the border of today Shanxi and Shaanxi province) to Qin, continuously under invasions from Qin thereafter.
Military prowess of Qin broke the coalition forces of the states of Wei and Han at the Battle of Yique in 293 BC after which both states would no longer muster enough forces to face Qin in any major operation.
In the west it lost the Hexi region (a pastoral and strategic area on the west bank of the Yellow River at the border of today Shanxi and Shaanxi province) to Qin, continuously under invasions from Qin thereafter.
Military prowess of Qin broke the coalition forces of the states of Wei and Han at the Battle of Yique in 293 BC.
The Wei surrendered to the Qin in 225 BC, after the Qin general Wang Fen flooded Daliang with water from the Yellow River.
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