hou ▁hosted ▁King ▁Wu ▁of ▁Q in , ▁who ▁just ▁returned ▁vict orious ▁against ▁Han ▁at ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁Y iy ang . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁visit , ▁King ▁Wu , ▁a ▁keen ▁wrest ler , ▁decided ▁to ▁try ▁lif ting ▁the ▁" drag on - pattern ed ▁red ▁ca uld ron " ▁( 龍 <0xE7> <0xB4> <0x8B> 赤 <0xE9> <0xBC> <0x8E> ) ▁in ▁the ▁Z hou ▁palace . ▁ ▁He ▁died ▁from ▁the ▁attempt , ▁ble eding ▁from ▁his ▁eyes ▁and ▁breaking ▁his ▁sh in ▁b ones . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁child less ▁King ▁Wu ▁died , ▁his ▁host age ▁half - bro ther ▁Y ing ▁Ji ▁returned ▁to ▁claim ▁the ▁throne ▁as ▁King ▁Z ha ox i ang . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 9 3 ▁BC , ▁East ▁Z hou ▁decided ▁to ▁al ly ▁itself ▁with ▁the ▁states ▁of ▁Han ▁and ▁Wei , ▁and ▁sent ▁troops ▁to ▁help ▁attack ing ▁Q in . ▁ ▁However , ▁the ▁combined ▁forces ▁of ▁this ▁al liance ▁was ▁destroyed ▁at ▁Y ique ▁by ▁the ▁young ▁Q in ▁general ▁B ai ▁Q i , ▁with ▁ 2 4 0 , 0 0 0 ▁men ▁killed ▁and ▁their ▁commander ▁G ong sun ▁X i ▁( 公 <0xE5> <0xAD> <0xAB> 喜 ) ▁captured ▁and ▁executed . ▁ ▁After ▁this ▁loss , ▁the ▁East ▁Z hou ▁was ▁unable ▁to ▁act ively ▁particip ate ▁in ▁future ▁inter state ▁strugg les ▁in ▁any ▁significant ▁fashion . ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 2 5 6 ▁BC , ▁Duke ▁Wu ▁of ▁West ▁Z hou ▁(