1. In the second year after Lin Xiangru returned to Zhao, and in the seventeenth year of King Huiwen of Zhao, Qin sent troops to capture Zhao's two cities on the pretext that Zhao would not join forces with him. In the 18th year of King Huiwen of Zhao, Qin troops invaded Zhao and captured Shicheng (about the southwest of Linzhou, Henan Province today). In the 19th year of King Huiwen of Zhao, General Bai Qi of Qin led his army to attack Zhao, took all the Wolf City (about the west of Gaoping County, Shanxi Province today), and killed 30000 people in Zhao. While Qin threatened Zhao militarily, he forced Zhao to yield in diplomacy.
2. In the 20th year of King Huiwen Zhao, King Qin sent envoys to inform King Zhao to have a friendly meeting at Mianchi (now the west of Mianchi County, Henan Province) outside the Xihe River. King Zhao was afraid of Qin and wanted to say goodbye. After discussion, Lian Po and Lin Xiangru said to the king of Zhao: "It seems that Zhao is weak and timid that the king will not go to the meeting." So the king of Zhao decided to meet the king of Qin and take Lin Xiangru with him. When Lianpo arrived at the border, he said goodbye to the king of Zhao and agreed: "After the king set out, it is estimated that the round trip and meeting etiquette will be over in only thirty days. If you don't come back after thirty days, please let us make the crown prince king to stop the idea of Qin detaining you as a hostage." The king of Zhao agreed.
3. King Zhao met King Qin in Mianchi. At the banquet, when the King of Qin was having a good drink, he said to the King of Zhao, "I heard that you like playing the zither. Please play a song for me." So the King of Zhao played a song at the banquet. The historiographer of the State of Qin came up and wrote: "On a certain day, a certain month, a certain year, the King of Qin will drink with the King of Zhao and order the King of Zhao to play the zither." Lin Xiangru went up to the King of Qin and said: "The King of Zhao has heard that the King of Qin is good at the music of the State of Qin. Now I offer pots and fouls and ask the King of Qin to knock them for entertainment." The King of Qin was angry and refused to agree. Lin Xiangru came forward with a basin of Fou and knelt down to offer it to the King of Qin. The King of Qin still refused to knock. Lin Xiangru said, "The distance between me and the king is less than five steps. If the king doesn't agree to my request, I will splash the blood on his neck!" The guards of the king of Qin wanted to kill Lin Xiangru. Lin Xiangru stared at them and shouted at them, which scared those people back. The King of Qin was very unhappy, so he forced to knock on the Fou. Lin Xiangru called back the historiographer of the State of Zhao and wrote: "On a certain day, a certain month, a certain year, the King of Qin struck the Foul for the King of Zhao." The officials of the State of Qin said, "Please the King of Zhao send fifteen cities to the King of Qin as a gift." Lin Xiangru also said, "Please the King of Qin send the capital Xianyang to the King of Zhao as a gift." Until the end of the feast, Qin could not take the lead of Zhao. The State of Zhao mobilized a large army to guard against the invasion of the State of Qin, and the State of Qin dared not do anything.