Chapter 268: Survive with a Broken Arm
Zhao Yan beheaded the Yan to make Cai Niao, with his head to sacrifice the flag, and the king of Zhao raised 350,000 troops to attack the Yan.
Although the state of Chu claimed to help Zhao with the strength of the country, the state of Chu was far away from the state of Yan, and it did not need too many soldiers and horses to deal with the state of Yan, and in the end, the king of Chu only sent 30,000 troops to the commander of the state of Zhao.
Han and Wei saw that Chu sent 30,000 troops, and did not send more troops and horses, so they sent 30,000 troops one after another.
It's just that the 90,000 horses sent by the Three Kingdoms were all handed over to the commander of Zhao General Lian Po, and his own generals did not interfere.
Even the Qin State, in order to express its condemnation of the Yan State, also sent 10,000 troops to be commanded by Lian Po, so the coalition army of Yan was as high as 450,000.
In addition, Qi Guo was also very interested in exterminating Yan.
Since the Qi State had just been taken away from the land of Du Kang, the King of Qi was originally preparing to march into the Yan Kingdom in a big way, so he naturally would not sit back and wait for such a good opportunity to miss.
This time, the Qi State sent 250,000 troops, wanting to get a piece of the pie in the general trend of destroying Yan.
In fact, only Zhao and Qi are adjacent to Yan, and after the destruction of Yan, these two countries will inevitably benefit the most.
The army of up to 700,000 Yan made the Yan country panic.
Yan is a small country, since the defeat of the Battle of the Yan Dynasty, it has been reduced to a small country of the last class, coupled with repeated defeats over the years, Yan Guo has the disaster of losing the country against Zhao alone, let alone facing the Six-Power Alliance.
And in the past, Yan State was first forced to return Fangcheng to Zhao State, and then Li Mu took the land between the rivers, and Jixian, the capital of Yan State, had no danger to defend except for the city built by the water.
Although the strategic location of the calendar room is important, it does not have the precariousness to match it, how can it stop the advance of the coalition forces?
Today's Yan Kingdom, when facing the coalition army, is like a little daughter-in-law who has stripped naked, which is almost equivalent to being defenseless.
Therefore, after King Yan learned the news of the Six Kingdoms' attack on Yan, he almost fainted with fright.
King Yan finally stabilized his mind, and immediately scolded: "Qin Guo's words are not believed, and King Zhao's wolf ambition is simply too much of a bully!" ”
He didn't think that it was his repeated wrong actions that made Yan Kingdom reduce to a small country of the last class, and finally embarked on the road of destruction.
After Le Yi attacked Qi, Yan Kingdom, which had always lacked a sense of existence, began to gradually become stronger.
In the Battle of Changping, Zhao was defeated, and Yan was even less of a strong enemy, and the living environment became the best of the Seven Kingdoms, and it was the best time for Yan to really develop and grow with peace of mind.
It's a pity that King Yan was so happy that he first formed an alliance with Zhao, and then saw that all the men of Zhao died in Changping, so he tore up the alliance and raised an army to attack Zhao, launching a huge battle of the Yan Dynasty.
It's a pity that Zhao broke the Yan army with a weak army, not only killed Yan Xiang, but also besieged Yandu.
Since then, the Yan Kingdom has been doomed to decline.
Next, instead of learning a lesson, King Yan remembered his hatred with Zhao and wanted to rely on Qin as a backing to make enemies of Zhao.
But he forgot that the final competition in the war is its own strength, and any move to rely on external forces is self-inflicted, and no country will be willing to pay wholeheartedly for the Yan country.
In the repeated confrontations with Zhao State, Yan State was finally completely defeated, and even the important place to defend the capital was forced to be changed to Zhao State.
If at this time, King Yan can carefully hug Zhao Guo's thighs, although he will become a vassal, he will also be able to survive.
It's a pity that the assassination of Zhao Jia completely brought Yan Guo to a dead end.
Even if both the Qin State and the King of Zhao wanted to get rid of Zhao Jia, the Yan State did what they wanted and fulfilled their wishes, but they forgot that no country could bear the consequences of assassinating Zhao Jia.
King Zhao can't, and neither can Qin.
Then, Yan Guo can rightfully serve as the backstabber.
King Yan didn't understand such a simple truth, and he had to sigh at his political wisdom.
It's a pity that because the assassination of Zhao Jia can't be put on the table, it seems that Jiangqu and other important ministers of the Yan State still don't know what their king did secretly.
Otherwise, they would definitely do their best to stop King Yan, but there were not so many ifs in the world.
Yanwang's study.
Jiang Qu said with an anxious face: "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 Yan Guo can't get rid of responsibility for Zhao Jia's death, it won't be to this extent, and Zhao Guo should first attack Qin Guo.
Until this time, Jiang Qu still didn't know what King Yan had done.
King Yan showed a painful look on his face, and suddenly cried out: "If the widow trusts Xiangguo, it will not let the Yan Kingdom fall to this day, although the assassin of Zhao Jia has the participation of the Qin people, and the one who finally kills Zhao Jia, it is the person sent by the widow!" ”
When Jiang Qu heard this, he immediately felt dizzy and almost collapsed to the ground.
"Zhao Guo, it's over!"
At this time, there was only this thought left in Jiang Qu's heart.
But soon, Jiang Qu stabilized his mind and shouted: "Please also ask the king to tell me the details of the matter, and see if there is any room for recovery!" ”
When King Yan heard this, it was as if the drowning man had grabbed the last straw, and he didn't dare to hide it in the slightest, and told the general of the assassination process in every detail.
After listening to Jiangqu, he pondered for a long time before saying: "The minister has long heard that King Zhao and Pingqi Jun are not in harmony, but he didn't expect that the relationship between the two has been so bad. ”
King Yan hurriedly said, "How about we make the truth of the matter public? ”
Jiang Qu hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Absolutely not? ”
King Yan was puzzled, "Why? ”
Jiang Qu replied: "The king made this matter public, although some people will believe it, the vast majority of people will not believe it, but will feel that the king is cornered, so he slandered King Zhao." ”
"In this way, not only will it not help to announce this matter, but it will completely offend King Zhao and the Qin State, and there is no possibility of turning around."
King Yan was a little anxious: "Isn't it true that if you don't announce this matter, things will turn around?" ”
Jiang Qu nodded heavily: "If King Zhao really wants to avenge Gongzijia, Zhao Guo will naturally be unable to escape the disaster of losing the country, but since this matter is caused by King Zhao, how can we talk about revenge?" ”
"Now that Zhao Jia is dead, Zhao Wangxing is attacking Yan, one is to calm the anger of the domestic people, and the other is to take the opportunity to seize the land of Yan."
"However, the six kingdoms attack Yan, even if the Yan country eventually perishes, Zhao will never be able to swallow the land of the Yan country alone, even so, we still have a chance."
When King Yan heard this, his face showed surprise and asked, "What is Xiangguo's good plan, please come quickly!" ”
Jiang Qu stared at King Yan and asked, "In order to keep the Kingdom of Yan, can the king give up everything?" ”
King Yan nodded without the slightest hesitation and said, "Anything can be abandoned!" ”
Jiang Qu pressed again step by step: "What if the king is asked to give up half of the country?" ”
King Yan's expression became extremely stiff when he heard this, but thinking of the current situation of Yan Kingdom, he finally gritted his teeth and said: "Compared to the death of the country, half of the country is nothing, as long as the Yan country is still there, sooner or later you can regain your homeland!" ”
Jiang Qu shouted: "In this case, the minister will offer the king a strategy to survive with a broken arm!" ”