The news that Qin secretly contacted Yan Qi to attack Zhao was soon transmitted back to Handan through Jicheng Zhao Shang. After receiving the righteous report of the business trip, Zhao Kuo immediately found the fake Li Si, and the two met after some discussion, so they decided to enter the palace together to meet King Zhao.

The attendant on duty at the palace gate saw Zhao Kuo and Li Si coming together, and did not dare to slack off, while letting people pass through King Zhao, while leading the two of them towards the east side hall that had just been rebuilt. A few wisps of green smoke slowly rose from the big tripod in the square in front of the palace, stepped on the steps, and on the royal steps at the end of the road, Zhao Wangjia had already stood there with his back and backhand and waited for a long time. Zhao Kuo and Li Si glanced at each other, and hurriedly stepped into the palace, standing on both sides of the royal steps.

"The king already knows about the coalition army's attack on Zhao." Hearing the sound of footsteps coming from outside the hall, Zhao Wangjia sighed slightly, then slowly turned around and sat back in the Wang case, shaking his sleeves, and asked worriedly, "What is the best way for Erqing to defend against the enemy here?" ”

"Great King, although the Qin army has been repeatedly frustrated in attacking Zhao recently, it has occupied the land of Han and Wei, and the national strength is more abundant than before. And I changed the law for three years, although the national strength has improved greatly, but it is still not the same as the time of King Xiaowen, if it is besieged on three sides, it will be difficult to gather military strength and compete with it! Zhao Kuo frowned tightly and said, "The minister thinks that the three kingdoms of Qin and Yanqi are thousands of miles apart, and it will take time to contact them back and forth. ”

"The minister agrees with the general's plan." As soon as Zhao Kuo's words fell, the fake Li Si immediately added, "Since Qin has set a precedent for destroying the country, I don't need to worry about anything else!" Yan sits on the Jiliao Plain, with abundant grain and grass, and sufficient leather goods; Located on the coast, the salt fields are thousands of miles, and the wealth of money is unique in the world! And these two countries have always had lax armaments, the king is dim and the ministers are dark, if my king gets Qi Yan, one will greatly increase the national strength, and the other will no longer have the worry of suffering from the enemy, so why fear Qin Zai from now on? ”

"Erqing's words are reasonable, without further ado, I still have to bother the general to make a hard trip." Zhao Wangjia looked at Zhao Kuo helplessly, since Pang Yuan died in battle, Zhao Guo's generals have become even more scarce, and now only Zhao Kuo is left to support the beam.

"Do your best for the country, and do your part! Why did the king say this? Zhao Kuo said.

Zhao Wangjia waved his hand, and the two attendants standing beside him immediately turned around and picked up the tray and came to Zhao Kuo. Zhao Wangjia then got up and walked down the royal steps, reached out and took out half a bronze tiger talisman from one of the trays, handed it to Zhao Kuo, and then handed the bronze wine lord in the other tray to Zhao Kuo: "May the general succeed!" ”

Zhao Kuo raised his head and drank the wine, then put it back into the wine jue, bowed deeply to King Zhao, and turned around and left the east side hall.

The next day, an army of 200,000 composed of 100,000 flying horsemen and 100,000 heavily armored foot soldiers marched out of the Julu camp and headed east to the Yan Kingdom.

Knowing that the Zhao army was attacking on a large scale, the government and the opposition of the Yan State were suddenly in chaos, and the Yan King Ji Xi hurriedly ordered the prince Dan to lead 200,000 Liaodong elites to resist the enemy. After the main force of the Yan army crossed the North Yishui, under the advice of the deputy general Song Ruyi, the prince Dan divided the soldiers and horses into two routes, all the way to Wuyang, the capital of the lower capital, and all the way to the south of the Great Wall of Yan State, to form a horn and gallop to each other's aid.

After reading the deployment map of the Yan army sent by the scout commander, Zhao Kuo's eyes flashed, and he suddenly thought about it.

"Sister Xue, call Li You!" Zhao Kuo slowly unfolded a roll of bamboo slips in front of the case, and casually instructed Ji Xue beside him while flipping through it. Li You is the son of the fake Li Si, after being picked up by Li Si to Zhao State, he has been following Zhao Kuo to learn the art of war. In this Eastern Crusade, Zhao Kuo made Li You his lieutenant.

Seeing Zhao Kuo's leisurely expression, Ji Xue knew that Zhao Kuo must have a good way to break the enemy, she smiled lightly, turned around and walked out of the big tent. In a few moments, a handsome young general strode into the tent.

"Teacher!" As soon as he saw Zhao Kuo, Li You bowed deeply.

"Regardless of personal feelings in the barracks, let's call the general!" Zhao Kuo frowned, and a slightly unhappy look appeared on his face.

"No." Li You stuck out his tongue, straightened up and asked seriously, "What does the general command?" ”

Zhao Kuo beckoned Li You to approach, and then whispered in his ear. After the matter was explained, Zhao Kuo patted the heavy cowhide armor on Li You's shoulder and said, "If you get rid of Ji Xi, the old man will ask you!" ”

"No!" Li Youhu roared, turned around and strode out of the military tent......

A few days later, 30,000 elite heavy infantry soldiers of the Zhao army quietly opened the camp at night and hid into the river valley gauze tent on the bank of Yishui. Under the leadership of Ji Xue, the army soon came to the dilapidated old mansion of the Ji family.

"Ahead is the entrance to the passage!" Ji Xue pointed to the ruins in front of her and whispered.

Li You waved his hand lightly, and a team of 100 people from the Zhao Army followed Ji Xue and entered the old mansion first. Walking into the wooden building, Ji Xue went straight to the dusty bookcase, squatted down and fiddled with it, and in a moment, a wide secret passage was revealed behind the couch against the wall.

Ji Xue cautiously walked down the passage in the dark, only to see that the originally closed stone door at the end of the passage was slightly half-hidden, and Ji Xue easily entered the huge stone chamber hall. Although decades have passed since the last time she came, the stone room is still the same as it was back then, looking at the familiar scene in front of her, Ji Xue suddenly remembered her sister Ji Hua.

"Sister...... "Things are wrong, heaven and man are forever separated, and tears still flow uncontrollably when I think of this.

Just when Ji Xue was sad, Li You followed with his subordinates and also entered the stone room: "What is the master thinking?" Seeing Ji Xue's appearance, Li You couldn't help but be a little worried. In Zhao State, Ji Xue's identity is no longer a secret, and Zhao Wangjia even issued an edict authorizing Ji Xue to restore her female dress in the army, and there is no need to use Zhao Yan's pseudonym.

"I didn't ...... It's not ......" Ji Xue came back to her senses, wiped her tears busily, and diverted the topic, "Li You!" Tell the soldiers to light the torches, quickly pass through the secret passage, and rush to Jicheng before dawn! ”

Li You pursed his lips helplessly, turned around and commanded a few words to the guards. In a short time, thousands of torches converged into a huge fireball in the stone chamber, and as the team continued to move forward, the large fireball gradually turned into a winding fire dragon. After walking for two hours, the army finally came to another huge stone chamber at the end of the secret passage, and on the top of the stone chamber was the royal palace of Jicheng, Yandu.

Ji Xue then asked Li You's generals above the commander to gather all the generals to the corner of the stone room, and after the generals gathered, Ji Xue squatted down and unfolded a topographic map of the Yan Palace made of cowhide, and gave instructions to the generals one by one by the firelight.

After Ji Xue finished speaking, Li You added: "The key to this battle lies in Yan Wang Ji Xi, can you understand?" ”

"Understood!" The generals shouted in unison.

"Good! You act immediately and take Jicheng in one fell swoop! Li You clenched his fists, nodded and puffed up.

The generals left one after another, and the Zhao army hidden in the stone room immediately acted quickly in units of thousands of people, and in the shouting and killing in the sky, the Jicheng Palace instantly turned into a sea of fire.

By dawn, the Zhao army had completely occupied Jicheng, and Yan Wang Jixi was also killed by the rebels in his sleep on the king's couch.

The capital fell, and the news of the death of King Yan spread to the Yishui front, and the Yan army stationed in Wuyang and the area of the Great Wall of Yannan suddenly fell into chaos. Zhao Kuo then took the opportunity to launch a full-scale offensive, looking at the red storm sweeping all over the field, Prince Dan was so shocked that he didn't know what to do.

"Prince! Zhao Junqiang's crossbow has blocked Yishui's retreat! The Chinese army Sima stumbled to report it.

Prince Dan didn't hear the report of the Chinese army Sima, but just stood stunned, staring ahead blankly, and kept muttering to himself: "The Yan Kingdom is over!" Yan Guo is finished! ”

Seeing Prince Dan's dejected appearance, Deputy General Song Ruyi was anxious, "Prince! Our army is in a desperate situation with its back to the water, and if we do not retreat into the valley as soon as possible, we will surely be submerged in this valley! ”

It was only at this time that Prince Danfang came back to his senses, and he nodded with difficulty: "Got it, then retreat!" ”

Seeing that Zhao Jun was getting tighter and tighter, Song Ruyi hurriedly raised his long sword and ordered: "Quick! The whole army guards the prince! Retreat north into the valley! ”

But the Yan army had already become a rout, how could it take Song Ruyi's orders into account, and when they retreated to the valley, there were more than 1,000 loyal Chinese army escort horses left beside Prince Dan. Before everyone could catch a breath, a thunderous war drum suddenly sounded in the valley, and the Zhao army ambushed between the two mountains rushed over like a tsunami.

"There is no way back in the rear, there may be life in the forward!" Song Ruyi shouted hoarsely, and under his command, the remaining Yan army knights protected Prince Dan in the middle, forming a tight circle, waving their long swords to dial the sword rain, and rushing desperately in the direction of the mountain pass.

Seeing this scene, the Zhao army immediately gave up the blocking of the passage ahead, and just continued to attack the two wings of the Yan army from the left and right directions. The knights of the Yan army fell off their horses one after another, and before they reached the mountain pass, the Yan army was already wiped out, and the life and death of Prince Dan were unknown.