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) facing the other

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; because of the structure, the location later took on the name "Xingtai". General Pang Juan of the Wei state brought troops and surrounded the Zhao capital

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in 353 BCE in preparation for an attack. The Qi state sent envoys

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and Sun Bin along with troops to assist the Zhao state and they later defeated the forces of Wei at the Battle of Guiling. Afterwards, in the twenty-fourth year of his reign (351 BCE), Marquess Cheng forced

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into a humiliating peace treaty at the Zhang River near Handan.

References

*Chen Chenyan “Dynastic History of the Warring States”, Zhonghua Publishing, China. {{Monarchs of Zhao (state) Monarchs of Zhao (state) Zhou dynasty nobility 4th-century BC Chinese monarchs 350 BC deaths