Seeing that the entire thistle was in front of him, being attacked at such a fast speed, Zizhi couldn't help but show a trace of despair! With such a fast speed of breaking the city, how did the Qi army do it? It's too late to implement the escape plan that I left in advance!

Seeing Qi Jun coming in his direction, Zizhi's face showed a hint of determination. He drew his sword and wanted to kill himself here and die for his country!

However, what was surprising was that when Zizhi took the sword in his hand and put it on his neck, his hand began to tremble unconsciously. As soon as the blade touched his skin, he felt a chill, and that sword just couldn't cut it!

This powerful minister of the Yan Kingdom, who was proficient in the art of power and won the throne of the King of Yan, also led a large army and killed countless people who were hostile to him! However, when he was about to end his life, he really felt what a wonderful thing it was to live!

However, when he thought of the fate of falling into the hands of Qi Jun, it was estimated that he couldn't think of it all. So he said directly to the guards beside him: "You kill me immediately, don't let me die at the hands of Qi people!" ”

Hearing his order, no matter how prestigious Zizhi's usual prestige was, his guards couldn't help but hesitate a little. After all, this is to make them bear the charge of killing the king!

When someone finally stood up and wanted to complete Zizhi's task, the Qi army had already rushed to the front, and the guard's sword had not yet touched Zizhi, and he had already been shot and killed by the Qi army! Zizhi, such a powerful minister who seized the throne of King Yan, became a prisoner of the coalition army!

The thistles have been broken, and the happiest, except for Kuang Zhang, is the entire army of Yan Felling! Jidu, such a seven-hundred-year-old capital, has accumulated a lot of wealth for all the allied soldiers who participated in the Battle of Yan!

And the Taoqiu merchants who followed the army and came to Jidu together were also extremely happy! The coalition soldiers had their previous experience in Yidu, and the looted goods they plundered this time were also stored in the money bank opened by the Taoqiu merchants in the same way as before, and exchanged for portable bills of exchange!

After the wanton looting of the Yan coalition in the Yan Kingdom, which led to a sharp deterioration of the situation in the Yan Kingdom, many Qian Zhuangs under Taoqiu Qian Zhuang also ushered in new customers - the nobles of Yan State.

As an old vassal state, the Yan State was governed in a manner similar to that of the Song State before the reform, with the royal family surnamed Ji dominating after the central government was Zhaogong, while at the local level, most of them were actually self-governing by small and medium-sized nobles.

When the coalition army broke through the two capitals of Yan Kingdom and plundered the Yan Kingdom, those local nobles couldn't help but start worrying! They are terrified of the poor military discipline of the coalition forces! At this time, a good asset haven is extremely important!

Since the Yi capital was handed over to the management of the Song army after the city was broken, and was responsible for maintaining local order, under the leadership of Xiao Xiang, the entire Yi capital was quickly restored to order. The safety of the Yan people is guaranteed, and their wealth no longer has to worry about being plundered. Even because the main force of the Song army was stationed here, led by Taoqiu merchants, there was an endless supply of material resources transported to Yan from surrounding countries, and Yidu even began to have a different kind of prosperity!

And the Yan people around Yidu also quickly realized that the Song army was different from the armies of other countries! The soldiers of the Song State never did anything to loot in Yidu, not only did they help stabilize the order of Yidu, but most of the Song soldiers had a simple education, and they also mastered various techniques and were able to help the Yan people from all aspects!

For example, in Yidu City, the houses that were burned down after being looted, according to the method of the Yan people, did not take more than ten days, and they could not be restored! However, with the help of the superb carpentry skills of the Song soldiers, as long as the house is not particularly badly damaged, it can be restored to good condition within a few days!

And seeing the backward level of agriculture around Yidu, there were even some disciples of the peasant family who taught advanced agricultural technology to the Yan people on the spot!

Song Jun's approach deeply moved the righteous Yan people, and thus changed their view of the Song Kingdom! After that, the nobles of the Yan Kingdom around Yidu were worried that the coalition soldiers would return and when they came to Yidu again, they were afraid that their wealth would be plundered again, so they stored most of the property in their hands in the money bank handled by the Taoqiu merchants!

At such a time, it is not too safe for the wealth of the Yan people to be transferred to Linzi of the Qi State or the Lingshou of the Zhongshan Kingdom in the south. Fortunately, the Taoqiu merchants have now become complete international merchants, and their influence has spread all over the country, and the wealth of these Yan nobles can be preserved in the Zhao State, which is a country of in-laws with the Song State!

Driven by the nobles around Yidu, the rest of the Yan Kingdom, such as the nobles in the villages around Zhuoyi and Jidu, also transferred their wealth to the Zhao Kingdom through Taoqiu merchants! The wealth absorbed by the Taoqiu merchants from these people is even more than five times the wealth obtained by the Fayan alliance from plundering the thistle!

The most important thing is that through such cooperation, Taoqiu merchants have gained the trust of the magnates of the Yan Kingdom! As a result, they have mastered the exclusive distribution right of Rouge, the most important wealth lifeline of Yan Kingdom!

Rouge, a red pigment used for makeup and painting, seems to have little value in the afterlife. However, in this day and age, rouge is the most important cosmetic!

No matter what era it is, it is the best money for women and children! And rouge is a cosmetics that almost all ladies need! One can imagine how profitable such a product will be!

And something like rouge can actually correspond to the products sold by Taoqiu merchants! Whether it is tea, glass mirrors, or whale oil sold by Taoqiu merchants, the main customers are also the wealthier people in various countries! Rouge's customers, in fact, are similar! That is to say, after obtaining the exclusive distribution rights of Rouge, Taoqiu merchants do not need to re-establish sales channels to sell this item all over the world!

It can be said that the Song State participated in the battle of Yan this time and sent troops to the Yan Kingdom, and it was almost effortless, and he got another fist product with great profits!

The thistle was broken, and the news of Zizhi's arrest quickly spread back to the Qi country and spread all over the world, so that the whole world was shaken!

In the propaganda of the Qi State, when the coalition army assembled in Linzi of the Qi State, it took more than 20 days to break through the lower capital of the Yan State, Yicheng, and then it took more than ten days to break through the Zhuoyi of the Yan State and the Jicheng of the upper capital of the Yan State one after another! The coalition army led by the Qi State only took more than a month to destroy the Yan State, which had a history of nearly 700 years!

After Zizhi was captured, the usurper of the throne and reluctant to commit suicide King Yan was sent back to Linzi, the capital of Qi, by Kuang Zhang as soon as possible, and was taken prisoner in front of King Qi!

Subsequently, this rebellious minister of the Yan Kingdom, whose life experience can be called wonderful, was spurned by the whole Qi State! The entire Qi State accused him of being a chaotic minister and thief, especially the Confucian who was located in the Jixia Academy, and even believed that this person was a heinous crime and must be dealt with with a heavy punishment to warn the world!

As a result, this Xuan He was a powerful minister and a puppet king of the Yan State for a while, and he was tortured (chopped into meat sauce) by the Qi people and died! And with the death of Zizhi, the Yan State was officially declared extinct, and the Yan State officially began to be included in the rule of the Qi State!

The record of Qi State's destruction of Yan in January made the whole world shocked! You must know that this is the Yan Kingdom that has been established for nearly 700 years after the Zhao Gong was called! Although Yan cannot become the most powerful country in the world because of its national strength, it is also one of the most powerful countries in the world after all!

Just more than 30 years ago, in the era of Emperor Wen of Yanhou, the Yan State was still in the war with the Qi State for Yishui, and defeated the Qi army! Such a powerful country is actually extinguished!

All countries in the world can't help but compare the record of Qi State this time with the battle of Hangu Pass, where Qin State broke the Three Jin Coalition Army before! In the eyes of all countries in the world, with the potential shown by the Qi State this time, its strength is already on par with the Qin State!

If the Qi State is allowed to safely annex the Yan State, then to what extent will the strength of the Qi State increase? Drums are beating in the hearts of nations!

And at such a moment, even Zhao Houyong, who personally led the army north out of the Guansai and wholeheartedly expanded his territory to the north, gave up the plan to give Lou Fu the final blow, and rushed back to Zhao to deal with the matter urgently!

Zhao Houyong rushed back so eagerly, the current international environment is of course an important reason, and more importantly, Song Guo, the in-law country of Zhao State, sent a secret envoy to see Zhao Yong and ask for assistance in dealing with the affairs of Yan State!

After the defeat in the Battle of Hangu Pass, even if Zhao Yong was dissatisfied with Dai Yan's marriage to the princess of Qi State, he had to admire Dai Yan's precise strategic vision! Now that he has sent a secret envoy, this is the first time that Song Guo has done such a thing, and Zhao Yong is also quite curious about it!

The secret envoy of the Song State who came to Zhao was Su Qin, who was in the position of the doctor of the Song State Rite Department. After many trials and beatings, Dai Yan decided to let Su Qin out and let him personally handle the diplomacy of the north!

Su Qin saw Zhao Yong, the hero of Zhao State, and the two only exchanged pleasantries, and Su Qin directly explained his intention: "Zhao Hou, I came to Zhao State this time to let Zhao and Song gain benefits and weaken Qi State!" Here is a handwritten letter from the lord of my family, asking for Zhao Hou's assistance! ”

Subsequently, Su Qin handed over the handwritten letter given by Dai Yan. In this letter, Dai Yan just chatted a few words, and explained the unfavorable situation that Zhao would suffer after the annexation of Qi State to Yan State! At the same time, he also told Zhao Yong that now in the depths of the Song Kingdom, Qi and Chu, the two major alliance powers, have lost their autonomy! And for the sake of the interests of Zhao and Song, the two countries must work together to weaken the strength of Qi!

Seeing Dai Yan's handwritten letter, Zhao Yong also believed in Song Guo's sincerity and Su Qin's identity. Then he asked Su Qin: "Since Mr. can be Song Jun's plenipotentiary envoy, he must be able to do it well!" I don't know what Mr. can do to weaken the now invincible Qi State? ”