Bai Qi - Battles Commanded

Battles Commanded

  • 293 BCE Battle of Yique. Killed 240,000 State of Wei and State of Han troops.
  • 272 BCE Besieged a Wei Fortress and killed 130,000 Wei soldiers. He then killed a further 20,000 Zhao soldiers and threw them into a river.
  • 263 BCE Sieged 5 Han fortresses and killed 50,000 Han soldiers.
  • 260 BCE Battle of Changping. Defeated State of Zhao in battle and killed all surrendered Zhao soldiers except for 240 men in order to inform Zhao. Total Zhao losses about 450,000 men.

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