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Yue Yi

3rd century BCE · 3rd century BCE

Yue Yi was a general of the Warring States period who served King Zhao of Yan. In 284 BCE he led an alliance of states against Qi, took its capital Linzi and overran almost all of the kingdom. Distrusted by King Zhao's successor, he fled to Zhao, and Tian Dan then recovered Qi from Jimo in 279 BCE.

Yue Yi
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State of YanState of Qi

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