"What do you think of the conditions proposed by Yan Guo?"

In the imperial study of King Zhao's palace, Zhao Yan looked at Fan Zeng and asked with some expectation.

Fan Zeng didn't reply, but asked, "Has the king contacted Gongzi?" ”

All the strategies were planned by Fan Zeng, and they have been very successful so far, but Yan Guo's audacity is beyond Fan Zeng's imagination.

As a result, Zhao Jia's life and death are still unknown until now, which also makes Fan Zeng very worried.

Zhao Yan also looked sad when he heard this, and sighed: "The widow originally thought that the other party would attack Jia'er by the hands of the Qin people in the future, and with Jia'er's advance arrangement, the Qin people should not be afraid. ”

"But I didn't expect that King Yan was so bold that he directly dispatched the army, so that Jia'er was in danger, and his life and death are still unknown."

Fan Zeng's face was gloomy, and he said, "If something happens to the son, the Yan Kingdom will die." ”

When Zhao Yan heard this, he opened his mouth, and his face showed hesitation.

Now that the Six Kingdoms are attacking Yan, Qi has dispatched many soldiers and horses, wanting to get a share of the Yan campaign, even if this battle can destroy Yan State, the territory of Yan State will definitely not be monopolized by Zhao State.

But now, King Yan sent the general Qu Wei envoy to Handan, and he was actually preparing to cede all the land of Dukang, Shanggu County, and Yuyang County to Zhao State, in order to ask Zhao State to call off the army.

Yan Guo was so bold that even Zhao Yan was shocked.

It must be known that although the land ceded by Yan State is only one-third of the area of Yan State, the people and cities in it occupy more than 70% of the entire Yan Kingdom.

Even, even Yandu Jixian, Dayi, Fuyang, and Yuyang, the three important cities that are almost comparable to Handan, are all included in the ceded land.

That is to say, if King Zhao agrees to King Yan's request, he can get most of the population and cities of Yan without bloodshed, even if Yan State still exists at that time, it has been driven to the desolate land of Liaodong, losing a large number of people and cities, even if it is still surviving, but there is no way to bring too much threat to Zhao State.

In this way, Zhao not only obtained the land and cities, but also avoided war, and there was a reason not to divide the spoils of war among the rest of the countries.

At that time, Zhao Guo was the real winner.

If Yan is destroyed according to the original plan, the land of Du Kang will definitely be taken by the Qi State, and the rest of the population, cities, and vassal states participating in the destruction of Yan will all ask for a partition.

At that time, the actual benefits that Zhao could get were probably not as good as the territories and cities ceded by King Yan.

It was precisely because this pie was so big that King Zhao began to hesitate, and even ordered Lian Po to suspend his march.

As if seeing what Zhao Yan was thinking, Fan Zeng said: "The prince has made great achievements for Zhao Guoguo, if he really dies in Yan State, but the king agrees to peace talks because Yan State ceded territory, even if he gets huge benefits, he will lose people's hearts." ”

"And did the king ever think that if the prince was not there, the alliance of Zhao, Chu, and Qi would no longer be stable, and at that time, the Zhao State had exclusive interests, but let the countries return empty-handed, and the kings would definitely hold a grudge."

"If the Qin State sows discord again, I am afraid that the alliance will collapse in an instant, and the Zhao State will inevitably be enemies in all directions, and the gains outweigh the losses."

"Therefore, in public and private, inside and outside, the king cannot be like this."

Zhao Yan was silent when he heard this.

The next day, Zhao Yan rejected the general's request and documents, and ordered Lian Po to continue to march to attack the calendar room, and Yan Guo was terrified when he learned the news.

Lian Po pulled out the calendar room on the fifth day, and then waved his troops straight to Jixian County, trapping the capital of Yan State.

If the Yan capital is broken, the Yan Kingdom will die!

In the mountains and forests, Zhao Jia had already received the news that Lian Po was besieging Jixian, but he was not in a hurry to show up.

It's just that Gao gradually left the Yan people, but he couldn't hold his breath.

After Gao Yanli and others learned that Zhao Jia was not dead, they felt that Yan Guo was saved, and not long after the two sides became acquainted, Gao Jianli asked Zhao Jia to come forward to persuade King Zhao to withdraw from the army.

Zhao Jia asked rhetorically: "Is it true that King Yan sent troops to attack and kill me?" ”

Gao Yuanli and the others nodded.

Zhao Jia asked again: "In the past, Zhao and Yan formed an alliance, and Yan Xiang congratulated the first king on his birthday, but he reported that 'the strong Zhao people all died in Changping, and their loneliness was not strong', so that King Yan betrayed his treachery and tore up the alliance to attack Zhao with the strength of the whole country, but he was defeated. ”

"King Jin Yan repeated his old tricks and formed an alliance with my Zhao State, but instead sent an army to pretend to be a Qin person to assassinate."

Speaking of this, Zhao Jia looked around at everyone present and said in a deep voice: "I know that most of you strong men are Yan people, so naturally I can't bear to watch the fall of the Yan Kingdom, but standing in the position of the Zhao State, is it wrong to send troops to attack Yan?" ”

"And the six countries sent troops to attack Yan, this move is huge, and it costs countless money and food, and the current situation is no longer something that Zhao Jia alone can control."

Gao Yanli and the others were full of shame when they heard this, and they didn't dare to mention the withdrawal of troops to Zhao Jia from then on.

It's just that they didn't leave, but always accompanied Zhao Jia, not only to avoid suspicion, but also to find an opportunity to persuade Zhao Jia again.

By now, the capital of Yan State has been besieged by the Six-Nation Alliance, and Yan Country is not far from the day of destruction, and Gao Yanli and the others can no longer hold back.

"Childe, although the king's actions are wrong, we also know that it is difficult for some strongmen to ask the prince to persuade King Zhao to withdraw his troops."

"However, we are Yan people after all, even if we know that this move is inappropriate, I also hope that Gongzi can be considerate and let Yan Guo avoid the disaster of losing the country!"

After speaking, Gao Yanli and the others knelt in front of Zhao Jia.

Zhao Jia stared at Gao Yanli, a famous chivalrous man in history, but his heart was mixed, and it took a long time to step forward to help him up.

"You are willing to sacrifice your life to save me, how dare Zhao Jia forget this grace, since you insist on this, then I will give it a try."

"If you can't persuade your father and other countries to withdraw their troops, I hope you won't be surprised!"

Gao Yanli and the others were overjoyed when they heard this, and bowed again: "If the prince is willing to persuade King Zhao to withdraw from the army, whether it can succeed or not, we are willing to repay with death in the future!" ”

Today's Zhao Jia, although he has a heroic heart, is a politician through and through.

If you give up your long-planned strategy just because Gao is leaving, you will definitely be a failed monarch.

The reason why he agreed to Gao Yanli and the others was because after contacting Fan Zeng, he knew the peace conditions proposed by Yan Guo, so he was moved.

If you really get the two richest counties of Yan Country and the land of Du Kang, the benefits will definitely not be much worse than destroying Yan Kingdom.

Moreover, the northeast of Yan Country is remote and desolate, and there are many alien races.

Even if Zhao Guo obtained this land, he would not have the energy to manage it, but would probably spend his troops to guard against those alien races.

If the civil and military forces of the Yan State were driven to Liaodong, perhaps the Yan State would instead become the northeast barrier of the Zhao State, or perhaps it would prompt the expansion of the Chinese territory when the Yan State was cornered.

The problem in front of Zhao Jia now is how to monopolize the territory of Yan Kingdom while being able to appease the rest of the countries.

Only by doing this, Zhao Guo will have no worries.