When I was in Qin Dynasty, I lost contact with the wave

Chapter 698: Yan Dan Killed All His Brothers and Sisters
At Yanmen Pass, the Central Army Camp

Zhang Ji looked at the information from Luowang and he really didn't know what to say about Yan Dan.

I thought that since Yan Dan did not succeed in killing the Six-Fingered Black Knight in this life, did not become a great figure of the Mohist school, and even Jing Ke had nothing to do with him, it shouldn't cause much trouble.

He was keeping an eye on the two brothers Mi Qi and Mi Rong, so even if Yan Dan wanted to do something, he would not be able to help.

Unexpectedly, a troublemaker is still a troublemaker after all. Without any conditions, he created them. Instead of killing his master, he killed his king and father instead.

That's his biological father. Prince Xi of Yan was really good to Crown Prince Yan Dan.

The royal family has always had little family affection, but Wang Xi of Yan was preparing a stepping stone for Yan Dan. When Yan Dan did something wrong, he took the blame for him, which was considered to be the utmost kindness he could do.

But Yan Dan still forced the emperor to abdicate and killed his father.

Not only that, after Yan Dan ascended the throne, he immediately killed his other younger brother, Prince Yin, who had been supported by Yan Chunjun and had competed with him for the position of crown prince.

All of Yan Wangxi's other sons, whether they were indulged in sensual pleasures or fond of writing, were executed. Even the babies were not spared. His married sisters and their husbands' families were also executed.

What is even more outrageous is that even the royal family’s collateral branches were massacred in large numbers.

Obviously, Yan Dan was very concerned about Wen Zhi's unintentional provocations. Now almost all the royal family members of Yan State were wiped out by Yan Dan. The only ones left were Taifu Ju Wu, who changed his surname to "Ju", and Yan Chunjun, who occupied Wuyang City.

Yan Dan was a ruthless man, even more ruthless than Hu Hai.

Even if Hu Hai was instigated, he would not kill all the Qin royal family members. At most, he would kill all the children of Ying Zheng, and even spared the family and descendants of Prince Gao.

He is truly a master of cleaning the royal family of Yan.

However, Yan Dan and Hu Hai were different after all. After Hu Hai cleaned up his brothers and sisters who might affect his royal power, he handed over power to Zhao Gao, but Yan Dan concentrated power in himself.

Yan Dan had his own ideas. From a certain perspective, Yan Dan's approach could indeed help him consolidate his royal power in the shortest possible time, but it also ignored human nature.

This is not the era of later generations where the subjects have to die if the ruler wants them to, but an era where the ruler treats his subjects like grass and the subjects treat the ruler like an enemy.

The ministers of Yan State were at most afraid of Yan Dan, not in awe of him.

After all, if someone can kill his father and brothers and sisters, who else can he not kill?
Although Le Yang destroyed Zhongshan State, he was feared and hated by Wei Wenhou. Wasn't it because he ate the meat soup made from his son's meat by Zhongshan State?
If you can eat your own son’s flesh, whose flesh can’t you eat?
Therefore, Le Yang was eventually hidden away and died in depression.

But hidden dangers are hidden dangers. If the king of Yan State is Yan Dan, it will indeed be a big trouble for Qin State.

Under normal circumstances, Qin could even attack Yan under the pretext of helping Yan Chunjun clean up the traitorous false king of Yan, but at this moment the main force of the Qin army was stationed on the grassland. If Yan Dan sent troops to attack the Qin army's flank.

"Your Majesty, even if King Dan of Yan is defeated by Lord Chang'an in the previous battle of Yishui, the Yan army can only gather 100,000 soldiers and horses to defend Qi and the border, right?" Wang Ling asked puzzledly, "Even if he sends out all 100,000 soldiers and horses, Lord Yanchun's 20,000 soldiers in Wuyang City can still hold it, right? Not to mention Lord Chang'an's 50,000 soldiers and horses are there to help."

"When our Qin army faces the Yan army, it is not an exaggeration to say that we can fight one against two in a field battle. If we only defend and do not attack, Yan Dan may not be able to break through the defense line from Wuyang City to Yishui even with all his 100,000 soldiers and horses, right?" Wang Ling's opinion was shared by most people in the tent, and even Chen Ping was no exception.

The presence of Yan State is too weak.

Even during the period of King Zhao of Yan, which was a period of great prosperity, Yan was only slightly stronger than other countries of the same period, and was no match for Qin and Chu. Its rise was only short-lived.

Therefore, many people did not think it was difficult to attack Yan at the beginning, and they looked down on Yan for a time. Even Zhang Ji only thought that Yan was good at supporting other countries, so it could be destroyed first to cut off the minions of Chu.

But it was not until the information about Yan Dan's mobilization of troops reached Zhang Ji's central military camp that he suddenly realized that Yan State actually still had 200,000 border troops stationed in Liaodong.

If the Donghu, Xiongnu and Yuezhi formed an alliance with Yan State at the instigation of Ju Wu before marching south to attack Qin, then Yan Dan could at least transfer back 150,000 border troops from Liaodong, leave troops on the southern line to defend against Qi State, and then gather 250,000 troops to march west.

Without this border army, the Yan State in history would not have been able to survive so easily in Liaodong and still deter the Donghu, Xiongnu and other tribes from moving south.

After listening to Zhang Ji's narration, everyone in the tent realized that Yan State actually had such a new force.

"Do you want to ask the king for help?"

Zhang Ji hesitated. These 400,000 men were the maximum number of troops that Qin could mobilize under normal circumstances.

Qin's national strength is naturally more than enough to support an army of 400,000, but among these 400,000 troops, almost all of Qin's famous powerful troops are gathered, but these famous powerful troops are also full-time troops.

In other words, this is not real history, but the Qin's Moon with a messed up technology tree. The ground-breaking Saburo used by Gongshujia for siege was developed into the civilian farmland Silang and wheat-harvesting Golang with the joint efforts of Gongshuqiu and Master Ban.

However, no matter how amazing the agriculture was, it was impossible to produce 10,000 kilograms per mu. If we take into account the soldiers from counties and prefectures and the garrisons in the frontline fortresses, the Qin State really had no extra troops.

Unless the Qin State ignores the busy autumn harvest season and calls up soldiers like it did during the Battle of Changping.

"Go down and let me think about it alone."

Zhang Ji waved his hand, and after everyone left, he was about to ask Yingge to call Zi Nu and Bai Jin over, perhaps they could give him some advice.

However, just as Zhang Ji was about to speak, the hairs on his body stood up and a bone-chilling chill came from behind.

Choking!

The Zhanlu sword, which had not been unsheathed for a long time, appeared in Zhang Ji's hand, and the powerful black and white internal force enveloped Zhang Ji's body.

"You are a boy who has defiled the harem. If you are so useless, I will kill you today."

A strong and powerful hand used its palm as a knife. At the moment when Zhang Ji's eyes just caught sight of the figure in the black cloak in front of him, the palm knife broke through the black and white internal force around Zhang Ji and slashed straight towards his neck.

(End of this chapter)