Chapter 118: Yan Dan's Hesitation, Jing Ke's Decision
Wang Ben received the order and directly attacked Daidi.
Gongzijia did not expect that the Qin army would come so quickly, and Dai could not hold the land quickly. He was defeated by the Qin army and had to seek refuge with the Yan state.
Wang Ben crossed the Yishui River and continued to march to the State of Yan to capture Prince Jia.
However, Prince Dan of Yan once again sent troops to resist and resist the attack of Wang Ben's army.
It was impossible for Wang Ben to retreat, and he received an order from Ying Zheng that he must bring back Gongzi Jia's head. The two armies fought, and Prince Dan was wiped out. He continued deep into the Yan Kingdom and quickly captured three cities near Yishui.
Although the Qin army only had 100,000 troops, its momentum overwhelmed all the Yan troops.
He even said that if the Yan State did not hand over Gongzi Jia, the Qin army would directly attack Jicheng.
In the end, Grand Tutor Ju Wu came forward to negotiate with Wang Ben, and Wang Ben agreed to give King Xi of Yan three days. After three days, if Gongzi Jia's head was not found, he would continue to send troops to attack Jicheng.
Yishui is not far from Jicheng, and a round trip is enough.
After Ju Wu got the result of the negotiation, he quickly returned to Jicheng and reported it to King Yan.
At this time, King Xi of Yan, Prince Dan of Yan and others were all in the main hall.
"Come here, kill Zhao Jia and send the head to Wang Ben."
King Yan did not dare to hold on any longer and could only agree to Wang Ben's condition.
Prince Dan sighed, knowing that his method of uniting Dai Di was a complete failure. Gong Zijia could no longer keep him and had to give him up.
King Yanxi said again: "Yan Dan, when you decided to save Zhao Jia, why didn't you discuss it with me?"
He was almost killed by Prince Dan. He was kept in the dark about the whole thing from the beginning, and he didn't know anything.
If the Qin army hadn't come to Yishui, he still wouldn't know what his son had done.
"Father, Dan was wrong, he was impulsive."
Prince Dan bowed and said: "But when Dan was a hostage in Xianyang, he understood one thing. Ying Zheng has great ambitions and will definitely destroy our six countries. Now that Zhao and Han are gone, our Yan country will soon be gone."
I didn’t want to see the Yan Kingdom destroyed, so I acted impulsively.”
Regarding the current general trend, Yan Wangxi can understand it and can no longer express any words of blame.
"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince, and I believe that our Yan State should form an alliance with Qi and Chu, and then form a good alliance with the Xiongnu in order to resist the Qin State."
Ju Wu also agreed that it was an unstoppable fact that Ying Zheng wanted to destroy the Six Kingdoms.
He felt that the best way to deal with Qin was to organize and unite.
Prince Dan shook his head and said: "It is impossible for the cooperation to succeed again, so Dan plans to take a gamble."
Only then did he confess his plan to assassinate Qin.
Ju Wu had known about it for a long time and didn't think anything was wrong, but Yan Wangxi reacted fiercely and shook his head: "No, absolutely not!"
"If it succeeds, Yan State may not have to suffer from war again."
Prince Dan said with firm eyes.
If Ying Zheng dies, the Qin State will definitely be in civil strife. In the next few years, or even more than ten years, it will be able to avoid war, and it will be possible to really unite to destroy the Qin State.
Yan Wangxi said: "If we fail, we will all die!"
Prince Dan advised: "If you don't do it or you fail, you may die. But if you succeed, you can destroy Qin. Do you really think you can't gamble?"
Yan Wangxi struggled for a long time, but was finally convinced by Prince Dan.
Then, Prince Dan left the palace city of Yan State and went to Tian Guang's small courtyard.
By this time, Tian Guang had committed suicide.
Jing Ke lived at Tian Guang's place and was drinking in the front yard. There was a man beside him who was having fun building a building.
"Mr. Jing, please help me."
After Prince Dan came in, he said directly.
Jing Ke put down his wine glass, pondered for a while and said, "Of course I want to help the prince, but I also have to gain the trust of King Qin before I can get close to him. The first thing I have to do is to give away the head of Prince Jia."
Prince Dan nodded and said: "This has been done!"
"Secondly, I want two more things."
"Mr. Jing, please speak!"
"Dukang map, use Dukang as bait, let the King of Qin meet me, and Fan Yuqi's head, can gain the King of Qin's trust. If the prince can give it to me, Ying Zheng will die!"
Jing Ke said with confidence.
Fan Yuqi and Huan Yuqi are two different people. The previous article only mentioned it and did not say that Huan Yuqi is equal to Fan Yuqi.
"General Fan Yuqi came to me because he was at the end of his rope. How could I hurt him?"
Upon hearing this, Prince Dan quickly shook his head.
He had no problem using Dukang as bait, but he didn't want to kill Fan Yuqi, so he added, "Sir, please give me time to think about it."
After saying that, he left.
Jing Ke put down his wine glass, stood up and went out.
Gao Jianli, who was constructing the building, asked, "Where are you going, Brother Jing?"
"Meet Fan Yuqi!"
After Jing Ke finished speaking, he went out.
Tian Guang committed suicide because of his assassination of Qin. If Prince Dan hesitated, wouldn't his death have been in vain?
Jing Ke did not want Tian Guang to die in vain. Since Prince Dan hesitated, he personally promoted the matter. The assassination of Qin must be carried out to the end.
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The other side.
Ju Wu took Gongzi Jia's head and worked hard, finally meeting Wang Ben before the end of three days.
"General Wang, this is Zhao Jia!"
He handed over the head and asked, "When will General Wang withdraw his troops?"
Wang Ben asked someone to check it to make sure that the head belonged to Zhao Jia, and said: "I will send the head back and consult the king before I decide whether to retreat or not. Just wait!"
I was bullied to the point of being bullied, but I couldn't do anything.
Ju Wu felt very aggrieved, but he could only endure it, and then said goodbye and left.
Wang Ben wrote a report, added Gongzi Jia's head, hid it in lime, and sent it back to Handan. However, he found that Ying Zheng had left Handan and had to change direction and return to Xianyang.
As soon as Ying Zheng entered Guanzhong, Wang Ben's report and Zhao Jia's head were quickly delivered.
"Do you think Bai Qing should withdraw his troops?"
Ying Zheng asked first.
Bai Zhong thought for a while and said: "I think we can retreat to the west of Yishui, and sooner or later we will attack the Yan Kingdom. The army is stationed on the bank of Yishui, which can deter the Yan army. We can send troops at any time in the future and occupy the Dai territory."
Next, Jing Ke assassinated Qin.
After this incident, although the State of Yan will not be destroyed immediately, the King of Yan will be sent to Liaodong, where Prince Dan's head will be obtained, and then troops will be launched against the State of Wei.
However, he did not tell him about the assassination of Qin in advance. Firstly, in Yingzheng's view, doing so was a sign of foreboding and he didn't know how to explain it. Secondly, he wanted to let things develop casually and see how early the destruction of Zhao could be. Will Jing Ke's assassination of Qin continue to happen?
If it happens, then the next historical events will be on the original trajectory, but they will happen a few years in advance.
"What do the General and Meng Qing think?"
Ying Zheng looked at the two of them.
Meng Wuxian responded: "I think General Bai's words are reasonable."
Wang Jian nodded in agreement and felt that it was not advisable to retreat first and continue to garrison Yishui. Firstly, it could deter the Yan State from messing around and occupying Dai territory. Secondly, he could send troops to attack the Yan State at any time.
Ying Zheng saw that the three of them thought so and said, "Then let Wang Ben stay on the west bank of Yishui and wait for my order."
After settling this matter, they speeded up and returned to Xianyang.
When I returned to Xianyang, it was already January of the 16th year of King Qin's reign.
Ying Zheng returned to Xianyang Palace first. Bai Zhong and Wang Jian sent them to the palace gate and then went home.
Chapter completed!