Chapter 326

"Fast, too fast!"

In the State of Yan, in the Crown Prince's mansion, Yan Dan looked anxious and extremely unwilling.

He had learned the news of the Qin Guo attacking Zhao. At first, he found it hard to believe, and then, he felt unwilling.

He had never expected that the Qin Guo would attack the State of Zhao at this time.

In his view, at the beginning of the year, the Qin Guo had used Wang Jian as general to attack the State of Zhao and had plundered many cities, having already taken enough advantage; it was impossible for them to attack the State of Zhao again this year no matter what.

Even if they wanted to attack Zhao, it would at least be a matter for next year. After he returned to the State of Yan, he would still have time to prepare.

As it turned out, he had not expected that after only a few months, the Qin Guo would brazenly send troops.

The Qin Guo seemed completely unconcerned about the consumption of national strength caused by frequent troop deployments.

However, thinking about it carefully, it was not strange. Yan Dan had stayed in the Qin Guo for more than a year, and he knew very well what the national strength of the Qin Guo was like. Before destroying the State of Han, the Qin Guo had not spent much effort at all. After destroying the State of Han, they had rested for a whole year, and that year had been a bumper harvest, with the treasury full of grain. In the battle at the beginning of the year, the Qin Guo had known when to stop and had voluntarily withdrawn, not consuming much national strength.

On the contrary, the State of Zhao had suffered heavy losses in the battle at the beginning of the year, and after the King of Zhao and Li Mu died one after another, the turmoil of the entire country had not yet recovered.

Even if Yan Dan was unwilling to accept the fact that the Qin Guo was attacking the State of Zhao at this time, he had to face this cruel reality. The Qin Guo sending troops to attack Zhao shattered his last delusions.

Looking at the current situation, the State of Zhao could not resist the Qin Guo.

Once the State of Zhao was destroyed, the road between the State of Yan and the Qin Guo would be opened directly, and the Qin Guo could directly march to attack the State of Yan.

This was not a good thing.

Although after destroying the State of Zhao, the target of the Qin Guo might be the Wei Guo or the State of Chu, not necessarily the State of Yan, because of his escape from the Qin Guo, the State of Yan had already offended the Qin Guo, and the national strength of the State of Yan was far inferior to that of the Wei Guo and the State of Chu. If he were Ying Zheng, he would also attack the weak State of Yan first.

"Are we just going to sit here and wait for death?"

In the mansion, Yan Dan sighed at the speed of the Qin Guo's actions while muttering to himself.

He could not help but feel despair.

If he were given a few more years, he would have the confidence to train a strong army in the State of Yan. Not to mention confronting the Qin Guo, at least he could, like Li Mu of the State of Zhao, use this army to temporarily block the invasion of the Qin Guo.

However, time did not wait for him.

Even if the Qin Guo destroyed the State of Zhao this year and might not attack the State of Yan in the short term, what about next year?

The Qin Guo's actions in conquering other countries were so swift that while they would leave some hidden dangers within the Qin Guo, based on their strong national strength, these hidden dangers were not fatal.

The State of Yan, on the other hand, could not afford such a price.

Returning to his country this time, he was full of ambition and intended to accomplish something great. Even, in order to stay in the State of Yan, he spared no cost to please his uncle, Lord Yan Chun, and could be said to have exhausted his family fortune to bribe him.

Recently, Lord Yan Chun also seemed to have taken an interest in the Feixue Pavilion, and Yan Dan turned a blind eye to it.

At the beginning of the year, when the Qin Guo attacked Zhao, many people of Zhao were displaced. The Feixue Pavilion appeared in the State of Yan against such a background, and its top performer was a woman who had once caused a huge stir in the State of Zhao.

Although Yan Dan was still a hostage in the Qin Guo at the time, the people in the State of Yan still adhered to the instructions he gave when he left, collecting useful talents as much as possible. The woman in the Feixue Pavilion had a peerless appearance and was a well-deserved useful talent.

Fan Yuqi was a great general of the Qin Guo and knew many of the Qin Guo's secrets, so his value was certainly not low. Therefore, after Tian Guang found him, Yan Dan decisively took Fan Yuqi in.

Similarly, beautiful women were also a precious resource.

The beauty trap had been a useful strategy since ancient times.

The people of the Feixue Pavilion thought that Yan Dan's people took them in and gave them a place to stay in Jicheng out of pity and sympathy, but little did they know that Yan Dan's people had taken a fancy to her beauty from the very beginning, believing that at some point, she could come in handy.

Now, after Yan Dan returned to his country, he knew that Lord Yan Chun had developed some thoughts about the person in the Feixue Pavilion, yet he had not expressed any attitude. This was also a form of tacit approval, meaning that in his view, the one in the Feixue Pavilion was merely a tool to please others with her beauty.

Although it was a pity to let such a good tool be ruined by Lord Yan Chun, who told Lord Yan Chun to have helped him so much this time!

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If it were not for Lord Yan Chun's help, how could he have stayed in the State of Yan so easily? His father had long feared the Qin Guo, and upon receiving the letter from the King of Qin, he would probably have sent him back to the Qin Guo long ago.

Just as Yan Dan was sighing that heaven did not give him time because of the Qin Guo attacking Zhao, and was feeling despair.

On this day, he received a letter.

The person who wrote the letter was Tian Guang, inviting him to meet outside the city.

Yan Dan had known Tian Guang for a long time. Even though he had a close relationship with the Mohist School, in front of Tian Guang, he still felt a sense of mystery. He did not know Tian Guang's strength or background, but from the time Tian Guang asked him for a token to let the State of Yan take in Fan Yuqi, he realized that Tian Guang was not simple.

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At this moment, Tian Guang invited him to meet, and after a little thought, he went.

The first snow in the land of the State of Yan had not yet fallen, but the climate was already somewhat cold compared to the Central Plains.

Yan Dan wore thick clothes and took a carriage to a post house in the suburbs. Inside the post house, the stove had already been lit, and a figure wearing coarse cloth clothes had been waiting there for a long time.

"Master Tian Guang!"

"Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

The two greeted each other.

After the pleasantries, Yan Dan asked Tian Guang, "I wonder why Master Tian Guang invited me here?"

"The Qin Guo attacking Zhao—I suppose Your Highness the Crown Prince must have heard of it!" Tian Guang got straight to the point and spoke directly about the biggest event in the world today.

Yan Dan frowned and nodded.

Tian Guang continued, "If the State of Zhao is destroyed, the passage between the Qin Guo and the State of Yan will be opened, and the next target of the Qin Guo will very likely be the State of Yan!"

"!!!"

Yan Dan felt a chill in his heart. He had long guessed this result, but guessing was one thing, and having someone else say it to his face was another.

"What exactly does Master Tian Guang want to say?" Yan Dan asked in a deep voice.

Tian Guang said, "I am a man of the State of Yan, and I do not want this country to perish. I invited Your Highness the Crown Prince here today to discuss a way to save the country!"