王陵 / Wang Ling
王陵 / Wang Ling enters the wiki through 《资治通鉴·周纪》94丨杀神白起，长平之战中的“草包”名将？（3） as the 秦国 general sent by 秦昭襄王 to attack 邯郸 after the 长平之战. The episode cites 《史记》 for the follow-on campaign frame: Qin has won at Changping, but Wang Ling’s attack on Zhao’s capital does not go smoothly.
His role in this source is mainly to expose Qin’s post-victory limit. Qin Zhaoxiang Wang wants 白起 to replace Wang Ling, but Bai Qi refuses, arguing that Changping has left Qin “国虚民饥.” Wang Ling therefore marks the point where a huge Qin victory fails to translate cleanly into immediate conquest because manpower, food, and campaign endurance still constrain strategy.
《资治通鉴·周纪》96丨毛遂自荐（1） fills in the battlefield pressure around Wang Ling’s failed Handan campaign. In 258 BCE, Wang Ling attacks Handan and loses five xiao, which the host glosses as roughly four thousand men. Qin sends more troops, but the added force produces more casualties rather than a breakthrough, setting up Qin Zhaoxiang Wang’s effort to replace him with Bai Qi and, after Bai Qi refuses, with 王龁.