Daqin: My weak and virtuous minister
Chapter 96: The Destruction of Zhao
Yan State had previously lost a large amount of land to Zhao State. Seeing that the Zhao army was beaten by the Qin army without any ability to fight back, the King of Yan naturally would not miss this opportunity and immediately sent troops to attack Zhao.
However, he was resisted by Zhao general Pang Nuan.
The Yan general was no match for General Pang Nuan and was naturally defeated.
At this time, after the Qin general Wang Jian killed the Zhao general Huo Zhe, there was no Zhao general who could resist the Qin army.
In just two months, they captured Handan, the capital of Zhao.
Zhao Palace
"Prime Minister, what should we do now?"
King Qian of Zhao summoned Guo Kai in a panic, but he had no idea what to do at this time.
Zhao Jia also hurried into the palace.
Seeing that King Qian of Zhao was actually asking what to do with the villain Guo Kai, Zhao Jia, whose already poor health, was so angry that he almost fainted again.
After finally calming down his anger, Zhao Jia spoke: "Your Majesty, the only option for our Zhao State is to fight to the death. If Handan falls, our Zhao State will perish. How will you face my father, the king, who has been listed as our predecessor?"
Guo Kai was at a loss at this time. He was not a very talented person. If he had not gained the trust of the previous king, he would not have his current position. Seeing that Zhao Jia had a plan, he naturally retreated and did not speak.
Seeing that the prime minister didn't speak, King Qian of Zhao could only face Zhao Jia.
King Qian of Zhao was wary of his elder brother, but the State of Zhao was in danger at the time and he could not care about anything else.
"As you say, brother, I'll leave Handan in your care."
Zhao Jia felt much better when he saw Prince Zhao Qian like this.
If I had known this, why would I have followed the advice of that villain Guo Kai in everything?
If you hadn't forced Li Mu to leave, how could our Zhao State have ended up in such a state now!
Zhao Jiayi bowed, turned around and strode away.
King Qian of Zhao wanted to get angry, but then he thought about his current situation, waved his hand, and let Guo Kai leave.
Am I really wrong?
Shouldn't we listen to the Prime Minister's advice?
But when my father left that day, he told me that if I was undecided about any political matter, I could ask the Prime Minister for his opinion.
What have I done wrong?
However, King Qian of Zhao was full of questions and unwilling to give up, but no one came to answer him.
After Zhao Jia left, he quickly organized the military forces in Handan City and even conscripted the able-bodied men from the common people.
Wang Jian led a large army to besiege Handan, and sent Wang Ben to lead troops to stop Pang Nuan's army.
Pang Nuan withdrew his troops to rescue Handan, while the King of Yan sent troops to attack Zhao again.
This time, without Zhao general Pang Nuan, the Yan army captured several cities of Zhao along the way.
The King of Yan looked at the good news and both the king and his ministers rejoiced.
Wang Ben went to meet Pang Nuan's army and followed Wang Jian's orders to hold his ground and not come out. He only needed to stop Pang Nuan's army.
Because of the terrain advantage on Wang Ben's side, Pang Nuan could not move forward and had to turn his army around and take a detour.
Wang Jian knew that Pang Nuan would definitely take a detour, so the attack on Handan City could not be delayed.
At this time, Meng Tian and his men from Xianyang City delivered a batch of weapons.
These are the newly improved bows and crossbows of the Mohist school.
After this improvement, the crossbow has a longer range and higher accuracy. This magical weapon of Wang Jian is like a blessing from heaven.
The next day, they launched an attack on Handan City.
Inside the city, Zhao Jia and his men held the city wall for several days. Unexpectedly, the Qin army attacked the city again today, and the attack was even more fierce than before.
The Zhao army was originally a temporary group of civilians. After a group of them were shot to death by the arrows of the Qin army, they were so scared that they dared not show their heads again.
Zhao Jia saw that the Qin army suddenly had such a magical weapon, and then looked at the Zhao army, which was so frightened that it had lost its fighting power. He knew that Zhao was powerless to recover.
Zhao Jia left decisively and rode quickly to Guo Kai's house.
Guo Kai's servants tried to stop them, but were killed on the spot by Zhao Jia and his men.
At this time, Guo Kai was considering escaping from Handan the next day. He had old friendships with Qin's senior ministers Yao Jia and Dun Ruo, and he had helped Guannei Hou so much before. He thought Qin was the place where he could stay.
Who would have thought that just as Guo Kai was about to ask someone to count the money, Zhao Jia walked in with a sword in his hand. There was blood on the sword, and drops of blood fell to the ground, as if hitting Guo Kai's heart.
"Why is this happening, sir?"
Guo Kai just opened his mouth, but Zhao Jia didn't want to pay attention to Guo Kai at this time. He had already tolerated this person for a long time, and now he didn't want to see him for a moment.
He immediately swung a sword at Guo Kai, who was unable to dodge and his neck was cut with a bloody mark. He then fell to the ground and died.
Two generations of prime ministers of Zhao State died at this point.
After Zhao Jia killed Guo Kai, he returned to the Zhao Palace.
"Brother, what are you doing..."
Seeing Zhao Jia coming in with blood on his body, King Zhao Qian hurried to greet him.
Zhao Jia put away his sword and said, "Your Majesty, our State of Zhao is doomed and will perish!"
When Zhao Jia said this, his eyes turned red and a tear rolled down his cheek.
Zhao Jia forced back his tears and glared at King Qian of Zhao: "It's all your fault. You're so foolish and incompetent that you always obeyed the advice of that villain Guo Kai. Now my State of Zhao is about to perish in your hands."
King Qian of Zhao was frightened by Zhao Jia and took a few steps back.
He looked a little dazed.
After a long moment, King Zhao Qian burst into laughter and then looked at Zhao Jia: "Am I stupid? Shouldn't I have listened to Guo Kai?"
Then, King Qian of Zhao took a few steps forward and met Zhao Jia's gaze. "You know, before my father died, he told me that if I'm undecided on political matters, I should defer to the Prime Minister. Now I've listened to Guo Kai's advice, and you're accusing me of being incompetent and ruining the State of Zhao. What about you? What have you done for the State of Zhao?"
"You knew Guo Kai was not a good person, so why didn't you kill him when your father was king?"
"And now you blame me?"
"What qualifications do you have to blame me?"
King Qian of Zhao used up all his strength to roar out the grievances in his heart.
"puff"
Zhao Jia didn't know whether he was angry or blaming himself, but he could no longer hold on. He spat out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground.
When King Qian of Zhao saw this, he immediately sent for a doctor.
The doctor came in a hurry and looked at Zhao Jia lying on the ground, his body shaking with fear.
He hurriedly squatted down to check Zhao Jia's pulse, but as soon as he felt the pulse, the doctor's hands began to tremble with fear.
After confirming several times, he said to King Qian of Zhao: "Your Majesty, Prince Jia has no pulse and has passed away."
King Zhao Qian took several steps back, and the eunuch quickly supported him, thus preventing him from falling.
At this moment, a soldier rushed in from outside.
"Your Majesty, Handan has been captured, and the Qin army is marching towards the palace."
"what!"
King Qian of Zhao pushed aside the eunuchs on both sides, walked outside the palace, looked at the chaotic Zhao Palace at this time, and laughed loudly.
Then he returned to his palace and asked everyone to leave.
Looking at his elder brother lying on the ground without a breath, King Qian of Zhao threw the candlelight into the palace.
The flammable items immediately ignited and flames spread everywhere.
King Qian of Zhao ignored him completely and walked to Zhao Jia and sat casually on the ground.
"Brother, now we can finally talk quietly. Stand up."
"Brother, go see father first. Please tell him that I have failed to keep my promise. The State of Zhao has perished in my hands."
At this point, Zhao Wangqian's tears rolled down his cheeks, and he quickly raised his hands to wipe away his tears.
"I don't have the face to go to see my father alone, so please go on my behalf, brother."
Afterwards, King Zhao Qian stood up, took off his outer clothes, walked to a place inside the palace, opened the mechanism, and revealed a passage.
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