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Li Xin 李信, courtesy name Youcheng 有成, was a general of the state of Qin 秦 during the very late Warring States period 戰國 (5th cent.-221 BCE).
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He hailed from Huaili 槐里 (today's Xingping 興平, Shaanxi). His father Li Yao 李瑤 was governor (taishou 太守) of the commandery of Nanjun 南郡 and was invested as Marquis of Didao 狄道侯.
In 228, Li Xin was made general under the supreme command of Wang Jian 王翦 during the campaign against the state of Zhao 趙.
Li Xin marched from Taiyuan 太原 and liaised with Wang Jian to encircle the army of Zhao and closed a ring around the capital of Zhao, Handan 邯鄲 (today in Hebei). The campaign ended with the destruction of Zhao.
Just after this historic victory, the army of Qin marched towards the northeast to attack the capital of Yan 燕, Jicheng 薊城 (today's Beijing).
King Xi of Yan 燕王喜 (r. 255-222) and the heir apparent Prince Dan 太子丹 fled to the region of Liaodong 遼東 farther east, but Li Xin defeated the Prince's last army at R