King Zhuangxiang of Qin ruled for only three years.

He was succeeded by his son

Zheng, who unlike the two elderly kings that preceded him was only 13 years old at
his coronation. As an adult Zheng would turn out to be a brilliant commander who,
in the span of just nine years, unified China.[7]

Conquest of Han
In 230 BC, Qin conquered Han.[10] Han, the weakest of the Seven Warring States, was
adjacent to the much stronger Qin, and had suffered continuous assaults by Qin in
earlier years of the Warring States period. This went on until Emperor Qin Shi
Huang sent general Wang Jian to attack Zhao. King An of Han, frightened by the
thought that Han would be the next target of the Qin state, immediately sent
diplomats to surrender the entire kingdom without a fight, saving the Han populace
from the terrible potential consequences of an unsuccessful resistance.

Conquest of Wei
In 225 BC, Qin conquered Wei. The Qin army led a direct invasion into Wei by
besieging its capital Daliang but soon realized that the city walls were too tough
to break into. They devised a new strategy in which they utilized the power of a
local river that was linked to the Yellow River. The river was used to flood the
city's walls, causing massive devastation to the city. Upon realizing the
situation, King Jia of Wei hurriedly came out of the capital and surrendered it to
the Qin army in order to avoid further bloodshed of his people.

Conquest of Chu

A drinking cup carved from crystal, unearthed at Banshan, Hangzhou, Warring States
period, Hangzhou Museum.
In 223 BC, Qin conquered Chu. The first invasion was however an utter disaster when
200,000 Qin troops, led by the general, Li Xin, were defeated by 500,000 Chu troops
in the unfamiliar territory of Huaiyang, modern-day northern Jiangsu and Anhui
provinces. Xiang Yan, the Chu commander, had lured Qin by allowing a few initial
victories, but then counterattacked and burnt two large Qin camps.

In 222 BC, Wang Jian was recalled to lead a second military invasion with 600,000
men against the Chu state. High in morale after their victory in the previous year,
the Chu forces were content to sit back and defend against what they expected to be
a siege of Chu. However, Wang Jian decided to weaken Chu's resolve and tricked the
Chu army by appearing to be idle in his fortifications whilst secretly training his
troops to fight in Chu territory. After a year, the Chu defenders decided to
disband due to apparent lack of action from the Qin. Wang Jian invaded at that
point, with full force, and overran Huaiyang and the remaining Chu forces. Chu lost
the initiative and could only sustain local guerrilla-style resistance until it too
was fully conquered with the destruction of Shouchun and the death of its last
leader, Lord Changping, in 223 BC. At their peak, the combined armies of Chu and
Qin are estimated to have ranged from hundreds of thousands to a million soldiers,
more than those involved in the campaign of Changping between Qin and Zhao 35 years
earlier.