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Chapter 268 Survival with Broken Arms

Zhao Geng killed Yan's envoy Cai Niao and sacrificed his head to the flag. King Zhao then raised an army of 350,000 to attack Yan.

Although Chu claimed to have helped Zhao with its might, Chu was far away from Yan and did not need too many soldiers to deal with Yan. In the end, the King of Chu only sent 30,000 troops to Zhao.

When Han and Wei saw that Chu sent 30,000 troops, they did not send more troops, and sent 30,000 troops.

However, the 90,000 troops sent by the Three Kingdoms were all handed over to the command of Zhao general Lian Po, and his own generals did not intervene.

Even Qin State sent 10,000 troops to be commanded by Lian Po in order to express his condemnation of Yan State, so the coalition forces attacked Yan this time reached 450,000.

In addition, Qi was also very interested in destroying Yan.

Since Qi had just been taken away from the Dukang land, the King of Qi was already preparing to launch a large-scale advance to Yan State, so naturally he would not wait for such a good opportunity to miss it.

This time, Qi sent 250,000 troops to get a share of the general trend of destroying Yan.

In fact, there are only Zhao and Qi countries that are adjacent to Yan. After destroying Yan, these two countries will definitely benefit the most.

The army of attacking Yan, which was as high as 700,000, made the Yan State panic.

Yan was originally a small country. Since it was defeated in the Battle of the Dynasty, it has become a small country with the last level. In addition, it has been defeated repeatedly over the years. Yan State has suffered the national destruction against Zhao State alone, not to mention facing the coalition forces of the six countries.

In the past, Yan State was forced to return Fangcheng to Zhao State, and Li Mu seized the land of Hejian. Ji County, the capital of Yan State, had no danger to defend except for Li Shi, a city built beside the water.

Although the strategic location of the Lishu is important, it does not have a steep degree that matches it. How could it be possible to stop the pace of the coalition forces from advancing?

Today, when facing the coalition forces, Yan State is like a young wife who has taken off her clothes, almost as if she is not on guard.

Therefore, after learning about the attack on Yan by the six kingdoms, the King of Yan was almost fainted.

The King of Yan finally calmed down and immediately cursed: "Qin State has no faith, and the King of Zhao is a wolfish ambition, which is so damning to me!"

However, he never thought that it was his repeated wrong actions that made Yan State fall into a small country of the last and eventually embark on the road of destruction.

After Le Yi attacked Qi, Yan State, which had always lacked a sense of existence, began to gradually become stronger.

In the Battle of Changping, Zhao State was defeated, and Yan State lost one strong enemy, and its living environment became the best for the seven countries. At that time, it was the best time for Yan State to truly grow and grow with peace of mind.

Unfortunately, the King of Yan was very happy with the achievements and first formed an alliance with Zhao State. Then he saw that all the men of Zhao State died in Changping, so he tore up a war to attack Zhao, and launched a huge battle of the Emperor.

Unfortunately, Zhao defeated the Yan army with his weak army, not only killed Yan Xiang, but also besieged Yandu.

From then on, Yan State was destined to decline.

Next, the King of Yan not only did not learn from the lesson, but instead cared about his hatred with Zhao and wanted to rely on Qin as his backing to become an enemy of Zhao.

But he forgot that the ultimate battle of war is his own strength, and any action that relies on external forces is to bring shame on himself. No country would be willing to devote himself to the Yan State.

In the repeated confrontations with Zhao, Yan State finally completely defeated, and even the important places that guarded the capital were forced to be exchanged for Zhao State.

If the King of Yan could hold Zhao's thighs carefully at this time, even though he would become a vassal, he could survive.

Unfortunately, the assassination of Zhao Jia completely led the Yan State to a dead end.

Even if Qin and King Zhao wanted to get rid of Zhao Jia, Yan did this as both of them and fulfilled their wishes, but they forgot that no country could bear the consequences of assassinating Zhao Jia.

King Zhao cannot, nor can Qin.

Then, Yan State can be the scapegoat for granted.

The King of Yan didn't understand such a simple truth, and he had to sigh at his political wisdom.

Unfortunately, since the assassination of Zhao Jia was not up to the forefront, such as Jiang Qu, the important officials of Yan State, still do not know what his king did in secret.

Otherwise, they will definitely do their best to stop the King of Yan, but there are not so many ifs in the world.

Yan King's Study Room.

Jiang Qu said anxiously: "King, didn't Gongzi Jia die at the hands of the Qin people? Why did Zhao send troops to attack Yan?"

In Jiang Qu's opinion, even if Zhao Jia's death cannot be free from responsibility, it will not cause trouble to this extent. Zhao should first attack Qin.

Until this time, Jiang Qu still didn't know what King Yan did.

The King of Yan showed a look of pain and suddenly burst into tears: "If I trust the prime minister, I would not have made Yan fall to this day. Although the Qin people assassinated Zhao Jia, those who ended up killing Zhao Jia were the ones I sent!"

When Jiang Qu heard this, he felt dizzy and almost collapsed to the ground.

"Zhao State, it's over!"

At this moment, Jiang Qu had only this thought left in his mind.

But soon, Jiang Qu calmed down and shouted: "Please tell me the details of the matter to see if there is room for recovery!"

When the King of Yan heard this, it seemed that the drowning man had caught the last life-saving straw. He did not dare to hide it at all and informed Jiang Qu of every detail of the assassination process.

After listening to the Qu, he pondered for a long time before saying, "I have heard that King Zhao and Lord Pingqi have been in conflict, but I didn't expect that the relationship between the two is so different."

The King of Yan hurriedly said, "How about we make the truth public?"

Jiang Qu waved his hand and said, "No?"

The King of Yan said in confusion: "Why?"

Jiang Qu replied: "The king made this matter public. Although some people would believe it, most people would not believe it. Instead, they would feel that the king was desperate, so they slandered King Zhao."

"In this way, announcing this matter will not only be of no use, but will completely offend King Zhao and Qin, and there will be no possibility of turning around."

The King of Yan said anxiously: "Will the matter be turned around if it is not announced?"

Jiangqu’s key point: “If King Zhao really wanted to avenge Prince Jia, Zhao would naturally be unable to escape the disaster of the country. However, since this incident was caused by King Zhao, how could he talk about revenge?”

"Now that Zhao Jia is dead, the King of Zhao has launched an army to attack Yan, one to calm the public anger in the country, and the other to take the opportunity to seize the land of Yan."

"However, even if the six kingdoms attack Yan, even if Yan Kingdom eventually perishes, Zhao Yi will never be able to swallow the land of Yan Kingdom alone. Since this is the case, we still have a chance."

When the King of Yan heard this, he looked surprised and asked, "What are the good strategies for the Prime Minister? Please come quickly!"

Jiangqu stared at the King of Yan and asked, "In order to protect Yan State, can the king give up anything?"

The King of Yan nodded without any hesitation and said, "You can give up anything!"

Jiang Qu pressed forward step by step again: "What if the king asked to give up half of the country?"

When the King of Yan heard this, his expression became extremely stiff, but when he thought of the current situation of Yan State, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Compared to the destruction of the country, half of the country is worth it. As long as Yan State is still there, he can regain his hometown sooner or later!"
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