▁soldiers ▁outside ▁Hu ay ang ▁and ▁d row ning ▁ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁Z ha o ▁prisoners , ▁forcing ▁Wei ▁to ▁seek ▁an ▁arm ist ice ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁c eding ▁N any ang ▁( 南 陽 ). ▁ ▁Q in ▁attacked ▁Wei ▁again ▁in ▁ 2 6 8 ▁BC ▁and ▁captured ▁H ua ich eng ▁( <0xE6> <0x87> <0xB7> 城 ). ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 6 6 ▁BC , ▁the ▁Wei ▁national ▁F an ▁Ju ▁( <0xE8> <0x8C> <0x83> <0xE9> <0x9B> <0x8E> ) ▁fled ▁to ▁Q in ▁after ▁being ▁per sec uted ▁and ▁tort ured ▁by ▁the ▁Wei ▁ch an cell or , ▁Wei ▁Q i ▁( <0xE9> <0xAD> <0x8F> <0xE9> <0xBD> <0x8A> ), ▁and ▁v owed ▁reven ge ▁upon ▁his ▁home ▁state . ▁ ▁He ▁ad vised ▁King ▁Z ha ox i ang ▁about ▁the ▁strategy ▁of ▁" ally ing ▁distant ▁states ▁while ▁attack ing ▁nearby ▁states " ▁( 遠 交 近 <0xE6> <0x94> <0xBB> ). ▁This ▁advice ▁im pressed ▁King ▁Z ha ox i ang ▁so ▁much ▁that ▁he ▁appointed ▁him ▁as ▁the ▁ch an cell or ▁of ▁Q in . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 6 4 ▁BC , ▁King ▁Z ha ox i ang ▁sent ▁B ai ▁Q i ▁to ▁attack ▁Han , ▁capt uring ▁nine ▁cities ▁including ▁X ing ch eng ▁( <0xE9> <0x99> <0x98> 城 ) ▁and ▁killing ▁ 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁of ▁the ▁enemy , ▁en abling ▁Q in ▁to ▁block ade ▁the ▁routes ▁around ▁southern ▁Tai hang ▁Mountains .