Is “Yue Yi led the allied forces of five states to attack Qi, defeated the Qi army in the Battle of Jixi, and captured over seventy cities of Qi.” true?

attested in history

According to the Records of the Grand Historian, Biography of Yue Yi, Yue Yi 'captured over seventy cities of Qi, all becoming barriers for Wei', leaving only Ju and Jimo unconquered. This devastating victory is detailed in both the Strategies of the Warring States and the Records of the Grand Historian, truly a military miracle of the Warring States period, not a fabrication by novelists.

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The miraculous feat of Yue Yi capturing over seventy cities of Qi in succession

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