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Chapter 429: The Destruction of the State of Yan

According to Wang Jian's order, the Liaodong Hu people who participated in the rebellion in various places stopped this war. Zhao Kuo released a lot of prisoners in the war with Yan State, which made the Liaodong Hu people respect and love Zhao Kuo very much. Later, when Zhao Kuo fought with Wei Wuji outside Hangu Pass, he released a group of Hu people. These people also saw the Hu generals who had risen by relying on military merits in the Qin army, and they also had an inexplicable yearning for Qin State.

Even Yan Dan's enlightenment mentor Ju Wu said: When the Hu people in Liaodong met, they always asked whether the Qin army had arrived in Liaodong. The idea of ​​rebellion could not be curbed. They should find ways to eliminate them in time. He deliberately sent death with the rebels, most of them were Hu people who could not survive. He used this method to weaken the rebel forces in the country.

People are probably always like this. They never see their own problems, nor will they look for the reasons from themselves. Instead, they have a very thorough understanding of the problems of others. Yan State had long seen the problems of these Hu people, but they did not think about why there were a large number of barbarian Qin State in the territory, and why wouldn't Zhao State, which occupied Lin Hu and Yun Middle Areas, encounter such a thing?

Yan State is not without smart people, so Huo once raised this question. Why did Qin State, which had a larger number of Hu people, not such a situation occurred in the Qin State and the original Zhao State?

The Yan people learned from their mistakes and finally found the reason. This is because the Hu people in Yan State are more fierce than the Hu people in other places... Although the vast majority of Hu people in Yan State are farmers engaged in farming.

When the military merit system was just implemented in Yan State, these Hu people were very happy and thought they saw hope. They began to bravely participate in the war and wanted to change their current status. However, when they finally found out that they were deceived, they could no longer bear it. After Wang Jian gave the order, Ke returned to the Hu people and read out the orders of Qin State. Qin State would not hold them accountable.

Qin State asked them to end the war from now on and return home to work with peace of mind! Qin State will provide certain seeds and farm tools!

The Qin State will conduct an assessment soon. People who are familiar with the law can participate in the assessment and become officials, whether they are Hu people or not!

Qin State exempted them from a year's tax!

Whenever Ke talked about one thing, the Hu people cheered. The Qin people they thought about day and night finally came. They no longer had to face the unfair treatment of Yan State, nor would they face the terrible life in the past! Ke emphasized in particular that the war had passed and the next thing had to be handed over to the Qin people. On the way back, they could not burn, kill, rob, and walk home with their heads down. They must cherish this hard-earned hope!

Then, Ke took Hu people from all over the world to return to his hometown. The siege of Yan King City ended within a day. The Hu people gave up the siege and returned, leaving the place with a smile. The soldiers of Yan State on the city wall were confused and cheered, and the generals' faces were not very good. They knew in their hearts that the retreat of Hu people represented what it meant, which meant that a stronger enemy came here.

At this moment, Yan Wangdan also received this news. The ministers present said seriously: "With the Qin people not surrounding the city, they should give up here and escape elsewhere."

"Where to escape?"

"It seems that the Qin people dismissed the Hu people from Liaodong, so it would be better to go north to flee to Donghu..."

"Donghu? It's even worse to fall into their hands than to fall into the hands of the Qin people!"

The ministers quarreled for a long time, but they couldn't come up with a way. Yan Dan looked at them who were quarreling endlessly, and almost desperate, a face appeared in his mind, which was his prime minister Huo. Before leaving, Huo held his hand and said seriously: "Shangjun, I went to the expedition this time, and it's hard to say whether I can survive. If I can't come back, you can retreat to the capital, find the right time, break out, and it's best to avoid Donghu. I have visited many places, some coastal areas north of Liaodong, which are suitable for farming and city building, so you can hide there!"

Yan Dan suddenly raised his head and looked at his ministers.

"We left the royal city, avoided the Donghu, and headed to the northeastern coast of Liaodong..."

The ministers were all a little surprised, but since the King of Yan spoke, they naturally had no doubts. The situation in Yan State is very bad at present. There are not many ministers who can handle various affairs by the King of Yan. After the King of Yan issued an order, the only few incompetent generals left the royal city with their soldiers, and Yan Wang Dan was also among them and quickly fled here.

In fact, at this time, Wang Jian had already brought the main force outside the royal city, but did not launch an attack. He was just thinking about whether he could force the Yan people to abandon the city and escape... Sure enough, as Wang Jian thought, when the Hu people retreated, Yan State abandoned the city and chose to escape... Because the pressure brought by the 200,000 Qin troops was too great, the Yan people could not refuse to defend, so they could only choose to escape. Wang Jian then issued an order without rushing.

At that moment, the Qin army launched an attack and pursuit from all directions. Wang Jian also commanded an army of 200,000 and began to advance on the front line of thousands of miles. This was always Wang Jian's specialty. Wang Jian spread the army directly according to the command of the commander, and instantly arranged on every land on the border of Yan State. Then he began to attack in an orderly manner, cooperated everywhere, and continued to move forward.

The situation in Yan State is still a bit complicated. Some places have been captured by the Hu people, so there are no officials and troops here. The people hid at home in fear. The Qin people could occupy them directly, while some cities were still in the hands of the Yan people, which required siege to take them down. The army advancing everywhere in Qin State looked a little chaotic and fell behind. The cooperation between them was extremely ugly.

This is definitely the worst Qin army in history that Wang Jian has ever seen... The new Qin people are so new that they are not like Qin people. They don't know how to cooperate with each other and cannot understand military orders. And the commanders are some young people. These young people have never seen such an army, and they suddenly become helpless. Fighting with the army they can't command, they are furious and incompetent and furious.

Of course, not everyone is like this. Meng Tian, ​​Li Xin, and Wang Ben are the young men who stand out among a large number of young generals... Wang Ben is the first to control the entire army, Meng Tian and Li Xin followed closely behind. They can complete Wang Jian's orders well. Whether it is pursuit or siege, they do a good job. They are deeply loved by the soldiers. This war is more like a training of troops and generals in Qin.

Fortunately, their opponent is the weak Yan State. Both sides can be said to be in the same match, with equal matches and eating chickens... In short, the defenders of Yan State fought to the death with these new Qin Army, and fought back and forth. Although most of the time they ended with the defeat of Yan State, this did not have much impact.

At first, the King of Yan's army was still very happy because there was no Qin's pursuit army behind him, so he fled carefully to the northeast along the way. At this time, Wang Jian's subordinates were still fighting with defenders from all over the country, and the progress was very slow. However, after a period of time, the Qin's advancement began to become faster and faster, and faster... There was almost nothing that could stop their advance.

The cooperation between the soldiers was getting better and better, and the young generals gradually knew how to control their troops.

Wang Jian had a deep understanding of this because he felt that his orders were being executed better and better... Qin State was constantly eroding the territory of Yan State, and the very tall and strong cities of Yan State could not last long. However, the army of Yan King Dan continued to shrink on the road to Liaodong, with a large number of deserters. The morale of the soldiers was low and the food was insufficient. Some people even wanted to capture the King of Yan to present it to Qin State. Although it failed, the impact was still great.

The Yan State is about to perish, which is a fact that everyone can understand.

Within two months, all cities in Yan State except Liaodong fell, and Wang Jian easily captured most of the Yan State. He left the troops stationed in the army, and the rest turned their targets to attack Liaodong...

Li Xin rode his horse and was heading towards Zaoyang City in Yan State. This is where the Great Wall of Yan State is located. If you continue to rush, you will have to enter the sphere of influence of Donghu. This city is of course the last survivor of Yuyang County in Yan State. The army led by Li Xin was only more than 20,000, and Meng Tian and Huan Qi on both sides, the Qin people heading in this direction were about 50,000 to 60,000.

The other generals had already launched an attack on Liaoxi County and Liaodong County.

Li Xin frowned. There was also competition among the three generals who went to Zaoyang this time. The troops they led were similar. Whoever could capture Zaoyang first means who has higher abilities. Among young generals, there are still many such competitions. After all, everyone is a proud young man, and no one is willing to bow his head. As long as it is not compared with the monster who has won the title of throne in his early twenties, Li Xin will not take it seriously!

Of course, the other young generals thought the same way. Although they all wanted to capture Zaoyang, they did not dare to advance at full speed... for fear of spending too much physical strength and not being able to attack the city. The generals wanted to compete, and of course there was such an atmosphere in the army. Li Xin also told his soldiers directly that as long as we could take Zaoyang City first, General Wang Jian would reward us personally!

These new Qin people were originally beaten and bullied on the battlefield, but since they became Qin troops, they had defeated the Yan army. They had never fought such a pleasant battle. Under the influence of the generals, they gradually became fanatical and began to actively pursue military merits. In two months, they had gone from a new Qin people who were not like Qin people to an old Qin people who were full of heads and wanted to chop off their heads.

His desire for battle even exceeded that of the old Qin people, and Wang Jian didn't quite understand why this was.

But Zhao Kuo knew that this was called converts fanaticism.

Just as the Chinese who joined the nationality of other countries often treat their compatriots more fiercely in later generations, just as the Chinese candidate from another country publicly stated that he was ashamed of being an Asian.

When the army was rushing towards Zaoyang, the scout suddenly brought news. A large number of cavalry appeared in front of him, and I don’t know who it was. This news made the Qin army stop quickly, and the generals including Li Xin ordered the stop of the attack. Yan State also had large-scale cavalry? What is the situation? Li Xin asked the soldiers to prepare for battle, and then led a group of knights to investigate the situation ahead.

Soon, Li Xin saw the enemies gathered in the distance. The enemies seemed to have found their own traces. They were still stagnant and were thinking about something. These were not the cavalry of the Yan people, but the cavalry of the Hu people. They were wearing fur clothes and riding horses, looking at the army in the distance curiously. They had no formation and looked very chaotic. They seemed to have captured a lot of slaves and killed many people.

There were several heads hanging around their waists, and these people shouted loudly, trying to intimidate the enemies in the distance.

"Are these... Donghu people?" Li Xin could see the other party's identity at a glance. In this area, there were probably only the Donghu people who could gather cavalry of this size. On the other side, the leader of Donghu was also a little confused when he saw the army suddenly appearing in the distance. He heard that there was a rebellion in Yan, so he brought the knights to take advantage of the weak Yan State to bite off his body.

Things went smoothly. They easily crossed the Great Wall without any resistance. Yan State was unable to protect itself, and of course there was no way to deal with it. They happily plundered several cities in the Great Wall, including Zaoyang. After tasting the benefits, they wanted to continue to go south and get more benefits. The leader of the Donghu was a sick young man, which made people doubt how he impressed those fierce and aggressive tribe members like this.

The young man looked at the enemy in the distance and waved his hand. Then a "Donghu" man ran to him with a smile.

"Why are those people on the other side wearing black clothes? They aren't Yan people?"

"King, they are not Yan people, they are Qin people, and I don't know why Qin people are here."

"The Qin people...the Qin people...the country where the saint who made the kang?"

"Well... it's not a saint... but you're right to say that, it's his country."

The young man laughed and said, "Okay, go and tell the people opposite me that because of the saints, I don't want to hurt them. Let them allow me to rob for three days. I will never interfere with their affairs. I will leave after robbing."

The Donghu man nodded, asked for a horse, and charged towards the Qin people. The Donghu leader narrowed his eyes and watched him leave, and said to the cavalry around him: "Let the leaders of various departments seize the time and escape with their supplies and slaves... Let them not disturb the enemy, leave here quickly... I will find a way to delay the time."

ps: Sorry, brothers, it's a little late today. To be honest, Lao Lang's life has been a bit hard during this period. I have encountered a lot of trouble. I am also working hard to solve these things. There is still another chapter later.
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