Handan, Longtai.

One of the things that is very interesting is that the envoy of the Yan people to negotiate peace and the messenger sent by Pang Xuan to report the victory actually arrived in Handan on the same day, and the time gap between them was only a short hour.

In addition, although Zhao Dan has been distracted by most of his attention these days because of internal matters, the news of the external battlefield is also coming one after another.

The latest information on the northwest battlefield came from five days ago, when Lian Po was just preparing to cross the river, and he should be about to meet the Huns now, but in view of the fact that there is a whole Taihang Mountain, it will have to wait another five days to know the real battle situation.

And in the Central Plains to the south, the Han and Wei coalition forces had already fought with the Chu people.

After suffering ten miles in successive wars, the current state of Chu not only has shrunk seriously, but also its national strength and military strength are not as good as before.

Since the Han and Wei coalition forces sent their troops, they have won successes one after another, and they have continuously advanced the entire front to the south step by step, and now they have occupied a large amount of land in the Chu State.

According to Hu Yiwei's latest secret report, Chu Wangyuan could no longer resist such pressure and sent envoys to Xinzheng and Taoyi to sue for peace.

This made Zhao Dan's heart somewhat happy and disappointed.

I was happy because Han and Wei really beat Chu State as they planned, and they didn't get involved with Qin State to play any small action of taking the opportunity to stab Zhao Guo.

The disappointment is because with the victory of this war, Han and Wei will definitely become stronger, and the possibility of disobedience in the future will naturally increase.

In general, there are gains and losses.

After all, Zhao Guo's focus this time is still on the Yan Kingdom in the north, since the Yan Kingdom has determined that he can't be obedient obediently, then he will directly beat Yan Guo until he has no strength to stab himself with a knife.

So after meeting with the envoy and reading the peace letter that should have been written by the Empress Dowager Yan, Zhao Dan threw the letter back at the envoy's feet.

"Envoy, this battle has been fought to this point, even the entire land of the governor is already in the hands of the widows, at this time, if you want to use a mere Wuyang City, you have to let the widows withdraw their troops, this is too whimsical, right?"

Looking at the envoy of the Yan Kingdom who was stammering and didn't know how to answer, Zhao Dan shook his head, making his words sound as gentle as possible: "The envoy will wait in the side hall for one or two, let the widow and the ministers discuss before replying to you." ”

After sending off the envoy of the Yan State, the ministers of the Zhao State in the main hall immediately began to argue.

The first to speak was Yu Xin, who had just taken office as Si Kou.

Yu Xin can be said to be infinite these days, since he took office as Si Kou, he has carried out a big combing of the entire Zhao State according to the list of confessions, and a large number of officials from the original Zhao Bao faction have been dismissed because of this, and they have been replaced by Yu Xin's own cronies.

In addition, Yu Xin also cooperated with Mao Sui, the deputy director of supervision and health, who was responsible for arresting and interrogating people, and Si Kou's subordinates were responsible for sorting out confessions and trying and convicting many suspects.

Under the efficient cooperation of Yu Xin and Mao Sui, in the past few days, batches of convicts have been dragged to the gate of the vegetable market and beheaded, and a large number of family members of the convicts have been relegated to the border counties to enrich the farming population.

Under such circumstances, even Zhao Sheng, who was a noble minister, had to be forced to adopt an attitude of tolerance and avoidance towards Yu Xin due to the situation.

Therefore, Yu Xin's current limelight has even overwhelmed Zhao Sheng, and even the power that should have been Zhao Sheng's first to express his opinion was unceremoniously taken over and used for himself.

I saw Yu Xin say to Zhao Dan: "King, now that the Yan army is weak and the Yan country is tired, and the monarch of the Yan country is still young, it is the time to destroy the Yan country in one go!" As long as the Yan Kingdom is destroyed, then the king can go south and west with peace of mind, and no longer have to worry about being attacked on his back! ”

You must know that this war against the Yan Kingdom was promoted under the strong leadership of Yu Xin, so when it comes to the enthusiasm for destroying the Yan Kingdom, Yu Xin is naturally higher than anyone present.

However, although Yu Xin is in the limelight, after all, it is not the new Sikou who is above the entire court now, so there are still people who oppose it.

This opposition is none other than Zheng Zhu, who has always maintained neutrality.

"Yu Qing's words are wrong, if the Yan Kingdom is destroyed this time, then all the countries in the world will be terrified, and it is likely that they will unite to attack my Zhao Kingdom, so the gains will outweigh the losses."

Yu Xin snorted and said, "Zheng Qing's words are too conservative, if all the countries are defeated under my Zhao State today, what does it matter if they join forces?" What's more, each country has its own ghosts, and it only needs to be broken by various divisions. ”

Zheng Zhu shook his head and said, "King Qi also thought like this back then, but what was the result? As a result, the state of Qi was almost destroyed because of this. I think that it is too risky to destroy the Yan Kingdom, it is better to negotiate peace with the Yan Kingdom, only to supervise the land and Wuyang in the hands of our country, and the Yan Kingdom will not be in trouble from now on, what is the difference between extinction and immortality? ”

Both of their opinions were supported by many people.

After some quarrels, Zhao Dan coughed, and the many ministers of Zhao who were arguing quietly quieted down.

Zhao Dan thought for a moment and said slowly: "What Zheng Qing said is reasonable, it is indeed not the time to destroy the Yan Kingdom. Moreover, except for the land of the governor, the rest of the land in the Yan Kingdom is vast and sparsely populated, and there is no value to occupy for the time being. Therefore, the widow has decided, since the Yan State has sent an envoy, then let's make a truce. ”

This is actually the decision made by Zhao Dan after synthesizing the reference opinions of all staff officers and front-line generals.

Although Liaodong has been occupied by the Yan State, the current Liaodong is far from being developed, and it is basically still in a situation similar to that of the primitive society.

As long as there is no place to supervise, the only big granary in Yan Kingdom, then no matter how much Yan Kingdom wants to go against Zhao State, it will be powerless.

In this era, food is an out-and-out strategic material.

A moment later, the envoy of the Yan Kingdom was recalled to the main hall of Longtai.

Zhao Dan personally announced the decision to the envoy of the Yan Kingdom: "Envoy, the widow has decided to negotiate peace with the Yan Kingdom. You went back and told the Empress Dowager Yan that she must immediately let Wuyang City surrender, and when Wuyang City surrendered, the widow would go north to meet with the Empress Dowager Yan in Wuyang City to discuss peace talks face-to-face. If Empress Dowager Yan can't agree to the widow's request, then Xianyang is a lesson from Jidu! ”