▁routing ▁victory ▁at ▁J imo ▁by ▁T ian ▁Dan ▁using ▁fl aming ▁ox ens . ▁ ▁However , ▁Q i ▁never ▁reg ained ▁its ▁former ▁strength ▁and ▁influence , ▁and ▁could ▁no ▁longer ▁create ▁any ▁ge opol it ical ▁threat ▁to ▁Q in . ▁ ▁War ▁against ▁Z ha o ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 8 3 ▁BC , ▁King ▁Z ha ox i ang ▁offered ▁to ▁trade ▁fifteen ▁cities ▁in ▁exchange ▁for ▁the ▁H es hib i ▁j ade , ▁which ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁Z ha o ' s ▁possession . ▁King ▁H ui wen ▁of ▁Z ha o ▁was ▁attract ed ▁by ▁the ▁offer ▁and ▁agreed ▁to ▁the ▁trade . ▁ ▁However , ▁the ▁Z ha o ▁amb assador ▁Lin ▁X i ang ru ▁( <0xE8> <0x97> <0xBA> 相 如 ) ▁figured ▁out ▁that ▁Q in ▁never ▁meant ▁to ▁hold ▁up ▁their ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁deal , ▁and ▁managed ▁to ▁return ▁the ▁j ade ▁back ▁to ▁Z ha o . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁following ▁three ▁years ▁( 2 8 2 ▁BC ▁to ▁ 2 8 0 ▁BC ), ▁Q in ▁attacked ▁Z ha o ▁multiple ▁times , ▁capt uring ▁cities ▁such ▁as ▁Sh ich eng ▁( 石 城 ), ▁Lin ▁( <0xE8> <0x97> <0xBA> ), ▁L ishi ▁( <0xE9> <0x9B> <0xA2> 石 ), ▁Q i ▁( <0xE7> <0xA5> <0x81> ) ▁and ▁Gu ang lang ▁( 光 <0xE7> <0x8B> <0xBC> 城 ), ▁killing ▁ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁men , ▁and ▁forcing ▁Z ha o ▁to ▁agree ▁to ▁send