The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 222: Yan State was severely punished by Zhao State again

What's even more tragic is that he no longer has the time or opportunity to change his heir. Even if he did have the time, among so many sons, none of them stood out.

And the King of Qin is still so young.

Facing such an enemy, is there still hope for the Wei Dynasty and the world?
Even though he was already in despair, was King Anxi of Wei someone who would give up easily?
As a great leader, perseverance is his basic quality. King Anxi of Wei was determined that facing such an opponent, the Wei Dynasty must not fall into civil strife. He gradually delegated power over the past six months and gave all power to Crown Prince Zeng. In the end, he made up his mind to take away all unstable elements.

He watched coldly as his brother and loyal ministers died in despicable ways, but he remained motionless and allowed them to be killed. Only after they were all dead did he send people to hunt down the remaining members of Luowang in order to weaken the power of Qin as much as possible.

But King Anxi of Wei is also a human being, how could he not feel pain?
After receiving the news, his brother of more than fifty years and his loyal subject of more than twenty years spat out a mouthful of blood, tears streaming down his face, staring at the crown prince, and shouting: "Great Wei, Great Wei."

The eyes of this dying tiger were extremely terrifying. Even though Crown Prince Zeng had already grasped the power of the entire Wei State, he was still sweating profusely.

After shouting a few times, King Anxi of Wei fell into a coma, and it has been more than ten days today.

During these ten days, King Anxi of Wei was sometimes unconscious and sometimes conscious, but after waking up, he did not say a word except for drinking some soup. The funeral arrangements for Crown Prince Zeng had already been prepared.

For the sake of his own reputation after death, King Anxi of Wei did not carry out a large-scale purge of Xinling Jun's people in the court. He just allowed all the important positions to be replaced by Prince Zeng's people, and planned to make adjustments after Prince Zeng came to the throne.

Even though Crown Prince Zeng had been prepared for the assassination of Xinling Jun and Gongsun Xiu some time ago, when the incident really happened, the whole government was shocked and he was still busy with the cleanup work.

For the sake of his father, Crown Prince Zeng temporarily suppressed some criticisms and waited until he ascended the throne to reorganize the court.

After hearing the news that Qin State had launched a massive attack on Hedong, Prince Zeng was completely paralyzed.

What's going on? I haven't heard what happened in the world.

The King of Qin is not someone who would initiate a war without any reason. This is not his style.

Moreover, now is a year of great disaster. Qin State, are you really not afraid of the people starving to death with this kind of situation?

Aren’t you known as a benevolent king?

Crown Prince Zeng was well aware of the importance of Hedong, but he had been in charge of the court for half a year and knew that Wei did not have the ability to stop Qin. Wei suffered heavy losses last year.

Now the Wei State is weak and short of food, and has to rely on buying food from the Chu State. The price makes even the crown prince heartbroken.

In this situation, if one wants to stop the Qin army, at least 200,000 troops must be sent out. However, if the Wei State forcibly sends 200,000 troops now, Prince Zeng does not dare to think about what the consequences will be.

Just when all the officials in the court were at a loss and arguing endlessly, the bad news came to make the situation even worse.

Zhao State, led by Li Mu, launched an army of 100,000 to attack Yan State. The army was unstoppable and Yan State asked for help!

As for the Yan State, we can only say that it deserved it.

King Xi of Yan believed that Zhao had been seriously injured by the wars last year and must rest and recuperate, so he would never dare to start a war. King Xi of Yan made a lot of money by smuggling grain to Zhao with the help of Yan Chunjun. Zhao accepted the price more than ten times, which was enough to prove that Zhao had no ability to start a war. Otherwise, King Xi of Yan would rather start a war to rob than buy it himself.

Coincidentally, the State of Zhao also thought so. It was too expensive, and it was better to rob than to buy. As for robbing, there was no other choice except to rob the State of Yan.

As for compromising on such a high price, it was Li Mu's strategy of taking advantage of the situation. He has always been good at using the strategy of taking advantage of the situation.

Li Mu is worthy of being a master of military strategy. He knows that it is better to take precautions before the event occurs. Li Mu saw the battle between Zhao and Yan clearly and had already made preparations.

Li Mu led an army of 100,000, including 50,000 elite cavalry!
After the battle with the Huns last year, Zhao State was not short of horses now. Even if too many animals were killed for food, the benefits of defeating the Huns and conquering the Huns would be enormous.

When these 100,000-strong army arrived at the State of Yan, the State's defenses completely collapsed before it had time to react.

Given the system of Yan State, it would be difficult to organize an effective counterattack force in a short period of time, and even defense would be extremely difficult.

In fact, this was not what Ying Zheng wanted to see. What Ying Zheng hoped to see was Yan and Zhao falling into the quagmire of war again. Therefore, he did not conceal the news of Guo Kai's alliance with Qin, but deliberately leaked it to Yan Dan, so that Yan could make early preparations.

But unexpectedly, before the news of Yan Dan was passed back, the State of Zhao had already reached the doorstep.

Out of trust in Guo Kai, King Zhao Daoxiang began preparing for war as soon as Guo Kai went to Qin. He asked Li Mu to be prepared, and the war started as soon as Guo Kai returned with the good news.

Li Mu was also a master of cavalry, and he knew very well that speed was of the essence in war. The military strategist's speed was like the wind, and the ravages were like fire, and Li Mu used them to perfection.

By the time King Xi of Yan received the news from Yan Dan, Li Mu had almost reached Fangcheng, and his cavalry vanguard was less than a hundred miles away from Yan's capital Jicheng!
With Li Mu's large group of elite cavalry, it would only take a day or two for the main force to reach Jicheng. Now the entire Yan court was in chaos and panic.

King Xi of Yan hurriedly asked Wei for help, while urgently mobilizing the entire country to protect Ji capital.

In fact, Li Mu had reached his limit. After all, his troops were too few, the battle line was too long, he had captured too many cities, and the distribution of his troops made it impossible to maintain a stable occupation. Now he was just taking advantage of the great victory to scare the King of Yan. In fact, he was ready to stop while he was ahead. It was impossible to destroy Yan with only 100,000 soldiers.

The current move is just to gain bargaining chips for a ceasefire and to gain more advantages in the ceasefire negotiations.

Now the results of the war are great enough. The large amount of grain stored by Yan Chunjun has all become the food of Zhao State. In order to alleviate the food crisis of Zhao State, he turned a blind eye to some of the actions of his soldiers. Naturally, the more grain he could steal from the country, the better.

When Prince Zeng received this news, he was completely paralyzed. Zhao State must not destroy Yan State. It would be too terrible for Zhao State to destroy Yan State.

While cursing the Prince of Yan as a waste, he hurried to find King Anxi of Wei and said, "Father, I can't handle this. What should I do now?"

Prince Zeng was lucky. He only waited anxiously in front of King Wei Anxi's bed for half an hour before King Wei Anxi slowly woke up.

After King Wei Anxi regained consciousness, he looked at the anxious Crown Prince Zeng. Although his voice was weak and his face looked like gold paper, he still said calmly, "Tell me, what happened?"

After Crown Prince Zeng explained the current situation, King Anxi of Wei just nodded slightly. He knew that he should not get emotional now and at least he had to tell Crown Prince Zeng how to get through this hurdle.

(End of this chapter)