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Long Jia 龍賈 was a general in the state of Wei 魏 during the Warring States period 戰國 (5th cent.-221 BCE) who fought in 330 in the battle of Diaoyin 雕陰 (today's Ganquan 甘泉, Shaanxi) against the Qin 秦 general Gongsun Yan 公孫衍 (Xishou 犀首). After the defeat of Wei, the army of Qin massacred 80,000 troops of Wei. Long Jia was captured and killed. The wall of Hexi 河西, until then the western defence system against Qin, fell into the hands of the victor.

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