He was Li Gao's second son, and so after Li Gao declared independence from Northern Liang and founded Western Liang in 400, it was not he, but his older brother Li Tan (李譚), who was created heir apparent. " I will not lose. Li Xin is primarily known for his role in assisting Qin Shi Huang in his conquest of the six Warring States. Li Xin is primarily known for his role in assisting Qin Shi Huang in his conquest of the six Warring States. He was given the area near modern 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 sufficient. He defeated many armies of those six states. In response, Wang Jian decided to lull the Chu garrisons into a false sense of security by appearing to idle in his fortifications while secretly training his troops to fight in Chu territory.
Li Xin led the Qin Army along with He retired after the Qin's unification. They are Wang Jian, and his son Wang Ben. I...will not shatter. He is a General of Qin and the leader of the Hi Shin Army. He fought the six states since the reign of King Zhaoxiang of Qin. As a son of the governor of Nanjun Commandery, Li Yao, he achieved his accomplishments in battlefields, mainly during In 227 BCE, using the assassination attempt as casus belli, In 224 BCE, Qin began preparations for an invasion of Henceforth, Ying Zheng assigned Wang Jian the command of a 600,000 strong army in the following year as he had requested and ordered him to lead another attack on Chu. It is not known when Li Xin was born, or whether his mother Lady Yin was his father Li Gao's wife or concubine. Aside from his career in the Warring States campaigns, he is also a fifth generation ancestor of the Han dynasty "Flying General" Li Guang. Li Xin (李信) was a general of Qin during the Warring States era. The answer is simple. 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).
High in morale after their victory in the previous year, the Chu forces were content to sit back and defend against what they expected to be a siege of Chu. Xiang Yan achieved victory by luring the Qin army away through allowing them a few initial victories, but then counterattacked and burnt two large Qin camps. Chu was swept away by the momentum of the swift assault and could only sustain local guerrilla-style resistance until it was fully conquered with the capture of In the same year, Ying Zheng used Qi's rejection of a meeting with a Qin envoy as an excuse to attack Qi.
The former territories of Yan were partitioned and re-organised into the Qin dynasty's Yuyang (漁陽), Beiping (北平), Liaoxi (遼西) and Liaodong (遼東) commanderies. Later, King Xi ordered Crown Prince Dan's execution and sent his son's head to Qin as an "apology" for the assassination attempt. Henceforth, Ying Zheng assigned Wang Jian the command of a 600,000 strong army in the following year as he had requested and ordered him to lead another attack on Chu. 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. King Xi of Yan and his son, Crown Prince Dan, fled with their remaining forces to the Liaodong Peninsula. After a year, a great portion of the Chu garrisons decided to disband and demobilize due to apparent lack of action from the Qin. High in morale after their victory in the previous year, the Chu forces were content to sit back and defend against what they expected to be a siege of Chu. 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. And I...I am...A man who will become a Great General of the Heavens!! " Wang Jian invaded at this point, having prepared for war the entire time, and overran Huaiyang and the diminished Chu forces. In response, Wang Jian decided to lull the Chu garrisons into a false sense of security by appearing to idle in his fortifications while secretly training his troops to fight in Chu territory.
After a year, a great portion of the Chu garrisons decided to disband and demobilize due to apparent lack of action from the Qin. Aside from his career in the Warring States campaigns, he is also a fifth generation ancestor of the Han dynasty "Flying General" Li Guang. Ying Zheng put Li Xin in command of the Qin army to attack Chu. Li Xin (李信) was a general of Qin during the Warring States era. Please improve this article by adding a reference. Conquest of Yan Edit. Wang Jian was a veteran general. Wang Jian invaded at this point, having prepared for war the entire time, and overran Huaiyang and the diminished Chu forces. Chu was swept away by the momentum of the swift assault and could only sustain local guerrilla-style resistance until it was fully conquered with the capture of Li Xin is one of the primary protagonists in Yasuhisa Hara's popular manga This article does not contain any citations or references. For information about how to add references, see The first historical reference to him was in 404, when Li Tan died, and Li Gao created him heir apparent to replace Li Tan.