i ang ▁contact ed ▁King ▁Min ▁of ▁Q i ▁and ▁proposed ▁an ▁al liance ▁where ▁both ▁would ▁claim ▁the ▁title ▁" Di ", ▁and ▁planned ▁to ▁attack ▁the ▁newly ▁strength ened ▁state ▁of ▁Z ha o ▁together . ▁ ▁However , ▁King ▁Min ▁was ▁persu aded ▁by ▁Su ▁Q in ▁to ▁ren ounce ▁his ▁Di ▁title , ▁and ▁instead ▁al lied ▁with ▁other ▁states ▁to ▁attack ▁Q in , ▁forcing ▁King ▁Z ha ox i ang ▁to ▁also ▁ren ounce ▁his ▁Di ▁title . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁Q i ▁took ▁the ▁opportunity ▁to ▁conquer ▁its ▁rival ▁state ▁of ▁Song , ▁which ▁made ▁itself ▁a ▁major ▁immediate ▁threat ▁in ▁the ▁eyes ▁of ▁other ▁states . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 8 4 ▁BC , ▁King ▁Z ha ox i ang ▁sent ▁troops ▁in ▁a ▁five - state ▁al liance ▁of ▁Q in , ▁Yan , ▁Z ha o , ▁Wei ▁and ▁Han , ▁led ▁by ▁the ▁Yan ▁general ▁Y ue ▁Y i , ▁to ▁attack ▁Q i . ▁ ▁Over ▁ 7 0 ▁cities ▁were ▁captured ▁within ▁six ▁months , ▁including ▁its ▁capital ▁Lin zi ▁( <0xE8> <0x87> <0xA8> <0xE6> <0xB7> <0x84> ), ▁leading ▁to ▁the ▁murder ▁of ▁King ▁Min ▁of ▁Q i ▁by ▁his ▁supposed ▁Ch u ▁al ly . ▁ ▁The ▁two ▁remaining ▁Q i ▁cities ▁Ju ▁and ▁J imo ▁were ▁then ▁sie ged ▁by ▁the ▁al lied ▁forces ▁for ▁five ▁years . ▁ ▁Q i ▁eventually ▁defeated ▁the ▁al lied ▁forces ▁and ▁re capt ured ▁lost ▁lands ▁after ▁a