Eleven years later, Wei launched an attack against the State of Han. The Qi army, again under the command of Sun Bin, took the strategy of besieging Wei to save Han. The Qi army pretended to retreat ล่าถอย. On the first day they left behind enough camp fire sites to cook food for 100 000 soldiers, the second day enough for 50 000 soldiers, and the third day only enough for 30 000 soldiers. The Wei commander speculated คาดการณ์ that the Qi soldiers were deserting ละทิ้ง, หนีทัพ in great numbers. He chose an elite หัวกะทิ troop to chase the Qi army to Maling (马陵Mǎ líng) (in today's Henan Province). When the Wei forces caught up with what they thought was a small force of the Qi army, they were ambushed and defeated by the full strength of the Qi troops. This is “the famous War of Maling” (马陵之战Mǎ líng zhī zhàn). After these two victories, Qi later replaced Wei as the hegemon of the Central Plains.