Chapter 551 Big Gift
Prince Yan's Mansion.
"Dan, you're back!"
After not seeing her for a long time, Princess Yan’s face was filled with longing for her husband. However, Yan Dan has been looking sad since he came back from the palace.
At this time, seeing Princess Yan coming, her expression softened a lot.
"I'm leading the troops these days, and you're in charge of all the affairs in the house. Thank you for your hard work."
"What do you mean, husband?"
Princess Yan took two steps forward with a shy look on her face, but heard Yan Dan say something.
"You should also be prepared to take Gao Yue and follow the royal family eastward to Liaodong."
"Don't worry, husband, I'm ready."
The Qin army's swiftness exceeded many people's imagination.
Li Xin defeated the Yan army at Yishui, Wang Jian broke through the Great Wall and attacked Wuyang, and Zhao Shuang even directed his troops towards Jicheng.
Three Qin armies defeated a hundred thousand Yan army in the blink of an eye, and then Wuyang was defeated and Zhuoxian was lost, so fast that many people could not react.
Five thousand Taiyuan Jingjia are fifty miles away from Jicheng and may march at any time. The King of Yan was preparing to flee to Liaodong, but he did not give the monarchs and ministers of Yan much time.
Now the royal family of Yan State are very panicked. But looking at Princess Yan in front of her, all Yan Dan could feel was that she was at ease.
"When did you start preparing?"
"Just after the news of the failed assassination came."
Qing Lan said something, but Yan Dan's face changed. At this time, he looked at the woman in front of him and felt a little strange.
"Husband, what's wrong with you?"
Qing Lan also felt Yan Dan's depressed mood at this time and asked.
"nothing."
Yan Dan said, with a hint of loneliness in his words.
"Husband, when do we set off?"
"I will lead the army to the rear. You and Gao Yue must be careful when leaving."
After Yan Dan finished giving instructions, Qinglan turned and left, but when she was about to go out, she tilted her head slightly.
Qinglan could feel that there seemed to be other people in the room. However, Qinglan didn't intend to take care of it and left here.
"Prince, it's not that I'm talkative. The Crown Princess doesn't seem like an ordinary woman."
Tian Guang walked out from behind the screen on one side of the palace and spoke slowly.
"Among the hundreds of families, the farmer is not the only one who wants to get close to me." After Yan Dan said this, he asked, "Has there been any news about the farmer?"
After Tian Guang heard this, he stopped hiding it.
"I only found out that the Crown Princess may be related to the Yin Yang family."
"Tai Chi Xuan Yi, Yin and Yang Qi. Yin Yang family?"
Yan Dan smiled and didn't care much.
"How's it going over there, Mr. Changping?"
"The Qinglong Project has been officially launched. However, Lord Changping would like to remind the Crown Prince to be careful of King Yan."
Yan Dan's face darkened and he nodded.
"My father asked me to be the queen, and I already understand the meaning. But it is also a good opportunity to make Prince Yan disappear in front of the world."
"I'm ready over there."
Letting Yan Dan fake his death and lead the Yan Mo forces in Jiwang Valley was originally part of Qinglong's plan. And the actors for this scene have already been prepared.
"Who did it?"
Yan Dan asked.
“The snare—covering the sun!”
Tian Guang's answer made Yan Dan smile.
"It's a good candidate! But will the snare be what we think?"
"Luo Wang regards Zhao Shuang as a great enemy and is eager to achieve great results. The life of His Highness the Crown Prince is enough to make them tempted."
"It is indeed more convincing to let the people in the net come to the conclusion that Yan Dan is dead." Yan Dan looked at Tian Guang and asked, "Just like what Zhao Shuang did back then?"
Tian Guang smiled.
"Yes, just like what he did back then."
Qin army camp.
"Your Majesty, the prince of Yan Kingdom has left Jicheng. At this time, Jicheng is in chaos, and many places have been set on fire."
"Order our vanguard to enter Jicheng immediately to maintain order in the city."
Because of the intrusion of the Qin army, the Duke of Yan withdrew too quickly. What was left in front of Zhao Shuang was a complete city and a large amount of supplies in the city that could not be taken away in time.
Yandu Jicheng is one of the centers of the metropolitan area north of the river. Compared with the Handan metropolitan area, although it is smaller in scale, it is still quite wealthy.
Yan State's national strength is not as good as Zhao State, but compared with Zhao State, its economy and industry are more complete.
The east is rich in fish and salt, the north is rich in livestock, and the south is fertile in Dukang. In addition, western Liaoning also has a large-scale wine making industry.
These were completely left to Qin at this time.
Zhao Shuang had no intention of fighting to the death with the Yan army. After all, the Yan army still had tens of thousands of troops at this time. It's better to give them enough time to retreat.
This is also the reason why he has never entered.
"Remember, when entering the city, maintain order and do not harass the people."
"promise!"
Just after the sergeant exited the tent, the sound of war horses neighing was heard in the camp.
Unlike the war horses of the Taiyuan Army, Zhao Shuang knew that it was Li Xin's flying army coming when he heard the sound.
Li Xinfeng entered Zhao Shuang's tent, bowed and asked.
"The Yan army withdrew?"
Zhao Shuang nodded.
"Why don't Lord Hanyang pursue you?"
In Li Xin's opinion, this was a great military achievement.
"There is a saying in the art of war that the besieging army must be surrounded. If the Yan capital is attacked in a hurry, the Yan army will fight to the death. If they are allowed to withdraw and pursue from behind, they will achieve great success."
Li Xin nodded, and Zhao Shuang continued.
"Compared to the Yan army, capturing Yan's land is the most important. As for military success, it is not so urgent. Xianyang has already made a strategy and is preparing to move Yan's land to Shanggu, Yuyang, Guangyang, Youbeiping, Counties in western Liaoning and eastern Liaoning. Now King Jia of Dai has fled to Shanggu and is guarding Dai, while King Yan is afraid that he will flee to Xiangping in eastern Liaodong."
"Just let him escape like that?"
"The Yan army still has the strength to fight, and the people of Yan are still loyal to the Yan royal family. But our army's next strategy is to attack Wei and Chu south of the river. There is no need to keep the army here for a long time. As far as the world is concerned, here is The fight has nothing to do with the overall situation."
As long as the Yan State's farming areas are occupied, the Qin army's strategic goal will have been achieved. As for the east and north of Yan State, there are mostly mountains and mountains. Although the territory is vast, the Qin army does not need to spend a lot of energy entangled with the remnants of the Yan Dynasty and the two countries in the mountains.
"More importantly, there is information from the Yan Kingdom that King Yan asked Prince Yan to take the throne."
"Are there no other generals in the Yan Kingdom?"
Li Xin was a little strange, Yan Jun's behavior was a little unusual. The prince of a country, at this time, shouldn't he stay in the central place to avoid mistakes?
"Obviously, King Yan deliberately threw this gift out in order to achieve a certain balance with our army."
Zhao Shuang was well aware of King Yan's intentions. Yan Dan was the mastermind behind the assassination of Qin and the biggest target of the Qin army.
"And the snare is already in action."
"It's these assassins again!"
There was a hint of dissatisfaction in Li Xin's words. The hand of the snare stretches so far that it even penetrates into the army. Although he has restrained himself a lot in recent years, it is still enough to make people disgusted.
But Zhao Shuang didn't care and smiled slightly.
"Sometimes, it's not necessarily bad to let the net hold up in front."