The news that Suiyang City was broken was spread to Zhao Dan's desk in Handan City in just one day.

"Suiyang City is broken, and the prince of Wei is safe and sound?" Zhao Dan was overjoyed when he heard this.

Several important officials of Zhao State on the side also had different expressions when they heard this. Lian Po couldn't help but ask: "Master, the old minister has something unknown. Isn't the king going to destroy the Wei State in this battle? Why do you still have to keep the Prince of Wei's life?"

Just from the joy Zhao Dan heard when Prince Zeng was alive just now, it can be seen that Zhao Dan would definitely not kill Prince Zeng.

Zhao Dan smiled and said, "What the General said is not bad. I am indeed going to destroy Wei State, but the demise of Wei State does not mean that the prince must have a different body and head."

In fact, the destruction of a country in this era, especially when the last monarch of a great country was destroyed, was relatively dignified.

Not to mention anything else, for example, later generations usually believe that the division of Jin by the three families was the starting point of the Warring States Period, but did the Jin State perish when the three families of Wei, Zhao and Han were formally enthroned as princes by the King of Zhou in 403 BC?

Actually, it doesn't.

In fact, after the three families divided Jin, the State of Jin still existed, but the monarch of Jin was exiled from the capital of Quwo, and only retained a little insignificant fief.

It was not until 349 BC, 54 years later that the three families of Wei, Zhao and Han finally divided up the last little land of Jin State and abolished Duke Jing of Jin as a commoner. Jin State officially declared its death and officially disappeared.

This approach seems a bit dragging and gives Jin a possibility and opportunity to counterattack, but it actually has its benefits.

After all, the Jin State was still a nominal monarch at that time, and it was still a nominal monarch. There were still people who were willing to follow the Jin State.

Therefore, if the Wei, Zhao and Han families do not kill the monarch of Jin, this will give those ministers who are willing to follow Jin. Knowing that these three families will not kill them all, they will naturally extinguish their intention of fighting the three families to the end.

By decades later, the reputation of Jin State would have disappeared, and those loyal ministers were all dead. At this time, if Jin State was destroyed, there would be no splashes.

Zhao Dan now also plans to use this method. He is planning to grant the Anyi City, which is thousands of miles away from Hedong County, to the Prince Zeng, the future King of Wei, and then annex all other Wei lands.

In this case, although the Wei State still exists in name, it is actually destroyed just like the Jin State back then.

Some people say, isn’t this a fool still erected a archway after being xx?

That's true, who made the world really take this trick?

If you don’t believe it, look at another negative example. This negative example is not someone else, but Qin Shihuang, who is known as the emperor of the ages in history.

How did Qin Shihuang treat his defeated monarchs of the six kingdoms?

King Zhao was moved to Fangling and lived in a thatched hut, starving to death.

The King of Wei pretended to surrender and was killed.

King Fu Chu was captured and was charged with the crime of regicide and mysteriously disappeared.

King Xi of Yan was captured and mysteriously disappeared.

King Jian of Qi was exiled and starved to death.

King An of Han was killed for involvement in rebellion.

All the monarchs of the six kingdoms will not die well.

This led to one thing, that is, when Qin Shihuang's death, the old nobles of the six countries launched an extremely rapid and super counterattack almost immediately. In just a few years, there were wars and rebellions everywhere in the entire Qin State east of Hangu Pass. Among them, there were also heroes like Xiang Yu from the old nobles of the six countries, and eventually ruined the short-lived Qin Dynasty.

After Zhao Dan summed up this experience with history as a mirror, he felt that killing and Huairou actually had their own advantages and disadvantages, but given the current situation facing Zhao State, it is naturally better to Huairou.

Not to mention anything else, if all the Wei royal families were destroyed directly, which of the other five countries would dare to surrender to Zhao in the future? They would definitely fight to the end, and there would be a lot of unnecessary damage out of thin air.

On the other hand, as long as all these monarchs surrender, how to deal with them will not be Zhao Dan's words?

Of course, Zhao Dan was not going to explain these things to Lian Po. Seeing that Zhao Dan looked confident and Yu Xin on the side was shining again, naturally he would not continue to ask questions.

So, the next day, a notice was immediately drafted in Handan City, that is, King Zhao was ordered by heaven to attack Duan Ganzi, a ruthless minister, and now he has done his best. Thanks to CCT... No, it is thanks to the strong support of all countries. We will see you next time.

Two days later, a notice was also drafted in Suiyang City. First, it thanked the King of Zhao and the righteous army of the princes for helping the Wei State to remove such a disaster. Then it ordered all the officials in Wei State that they must immediately put down their weapons and accept the entry of the Six-Nation Alliance, otherwise it would be regarded as a rebellion. The Prince of Wei will ask the leader of the Six-Nation Alliance Zhao Army to wipe out the rebels.

Then, Zhao State's Handan was naturally issued another notice, saying that at the request of the Prince of Wei, the Zhao army would station in Wei State until all the rebellions of Wei State were eliminated.

By this time, the entire continent had actually understood the intention of Zhao State.

"This King Zhao wants to annex the State of Wei!" The kings said to their ministers openly and secretly.

In fact, this is also the result that Zhao Dan wanted. After all, things like archways are used to coax the people below, and they will definitely be unable to hide from other princes.

But Zhao Dan is also full of confidence now. After all, he has two allies in hand, Han Chu, which is not a shame!

According to the prior agreement between Zhao, Han and Chu, all the land that Zhao deserves has been taken down. Unless Han and Chu are willing to take out their own land to establish the state of Wei, otherwise the existence of Wei's name and death will be a foregone conclusion!

Sure enough, after these announcements, most of the Wei State City Guardians and County Magistrates surrendered to Suiyang City, and Zhao State also began to dispatch large numbers of troops to these surrendered cities.

Half a month later, except for Shouchun and a small part of the land north of the Huai River, the entire Wei State had been included in the territory of Zhao State.

Tian Chong, the general of Wei State in Shouchun, was also a bloody man. He did not surrender, but announced to the world that the Zhao people held Prince Zeng hostage and wanted to annex Wei State. Therefore, unless the Zhao army completely withdrew from the land within the Wei State, Tian Chong led his 100,000 soldiers under his command to fight with Zhao State until the last moment!

Zhao Dan felt it was amazing from the bottom of his heart about Tian Chong's behavior, and then issued an order.

"I will go south from Suiyang and destroy Tian Chong!"

Three days later, the main force of the 100,000 Zhao army led by Le Cheng to the south of Suiyang City and rushed straight to Shouchun, the last big city of Wei.

The ambitious Zhao monarch and ministers are preparing to declare the official opening of the Zhao unification battle with the fall of Shouchun City!
Chapter completed!