In the early morning of the next day, before the sky was completely bright, Prince Dan led the servants to leave Daijun and return to Yan Kingdom. The soldiers defending the city had already received a notice from the plateau, so they did not stop them and opened the door to let them go.

After a night's rest, Tai Xiaodan finally thought about it completely, after all, Yan Guo is not incorrigible now, and if he stays here, he can't say that he can't move the plateau, so it is better to return to Yan Country as soon as possible, prepare for war, and defend Jijing, just waiting for the Dai army to defeat the Qin army, and Yan Guo can be preserved.

Although the strength of the Yan State is currently the weakest among the countries, with less than 100,000 standing troops, and insufficient training, the combat effectiveness is not strong, and there are no famous generals in the country. But after all, Yan is one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, the total population of the country has reached nearly three million, and the total number of adult men is not less than 800,000, and there are three or four hundred thousand people living in the capital Jijing alone, plus the area around Zhouye, the total population is not less than 6 or 700,000, so within ten days, no less than 150,000 adult men can be recruited to enlist in the army. There is also the city wall of Jijing is high and strong, the city defense facilities are very perfect, and the Yan Kingdom has also gathered a large number of grain and grass materials in Jijing, which is enough to support several years. The army of Qin attacking Yan was only 100,000 troops, so as long as it was fully prepared, actively prepared for war, and properly organized, it was completely possible to hold Jijing.

In addition, Prince Dan also knows that after the battle to destroy Wei, Qin's national strength has suffered considerable losses, this time it can dispatch 400,000 troops, which is the limit of Qin's current national strength, Qin Wangzheng also ordered a national tax increase for this, it can be seen that Qin is indeed difficult to support for a long time, so as long as Yan can hold on for about a year, maybe there is no need to wait for the army to defeat the Qin army, Qin will take the initiative to withdraw because the national strength is difficult to maintain.

But what worries Prince Dan the most is whether his father Yan Wangxi can hold on, for so many years, Yan Wangxi has given Prince Dan the feeling that he is mediocre in intelligence, incompetent in governing the country, self-righteous, soft-hearted, not enough success, more than defeat, if it weren't for his father's treachery, insisting on attacking Daijun and tearing up the agreement between the two sides, then the current situation would not have fallen to the current point. Therefore, it is not easy to convince Yan Wangxi to make him determined to stick to Jijing and resist the Qin army to the death, but Yan Wangxi is still the monarch of Yan after all, and he has reigned for more than 40 years, and he still has a lot of tricks in Yan State, and his attitude and determination are important conditions for holding Jijing.

Of course, for convincing Yan Wangxi, Prince Dan still has some confidence, after all, they are also father and son, but even if Yan Wangxi is convinced, Tai Xiaodan still has to face the ministers of Yan State.

It has been more than ten years since Prince Dan fled back to Yan from Qin, and he is naturally clear about the virtues of the ministers of Yan, these people are stubborn traditions, abide by holy words, sit and talk, no one can match, morality and preaching, the head is the way, but they are incompetent. Tai Xiaodan didn't dare to expect this group of people to be able to resist the Qin army. After thinking about it, Prince Dan found that the only one who could really organize and lead the army and people of Yan State to resist the Qin army was himself. Therefore, Tai Xiaodan also hated to rush back to Jijing immediately, collect troops, and arrange military forces to guard Jijing.

But although Tai Xiao Dan was in a hurry, it was impossible to fly to Jijing at once, and he still had to walk slowly on the road, but Prince Dan's people did not return to Jijing, but his heart had already flown back, and his mind was constantly thinking about how to hold Jijing, how to organize the defense line, how to arrange the army collected, and how to use the people there to pay the responsibility. And other things are easy to do, only there are really few people who can use them, in fact, over the years, Prince Dan has not recommended talents like Yan Guo, but unfortunately they have been squeezed out by the ministers of Yan State. Therefore, Prince Dan couldn't help but regret and be anxious, it seems that Yan Guo has really reached the point where it has to change.

Tai Xiaodan has been a hostage in the Qin State for more than ten years, and has also done some research on the political system of the Qin State, and also realized that the Qin State is rich and powerful, completely because after the Shang Dynasty changed the law, he left a set of effective systems for the Qin State, so that the Qin State has always remained strong. In the era of King Yan Zhao, the Yan State also carried out a reform and innovation, and made great efforts to make the Yan State strong for a time, and once ordered more than 70 cities of Qi, almost defeating the Qi State to the death.

But this time the change did not touch the traditional political system of the Yan State, the main thing to do was to recuperate, rectify the rule of officials, appoint the meritocracy, train the army and other basic things, more rely on the personal wisdom and diligence of the King of Yan Zhao, in maintaining the Yan State in the norms of the traditional political system to become rich and powerful, but this means of relying on human rule is of course not long, so as soon as the King of Yan Zhao died, the Yan State immediately restored to its original state, first of all, let the Qi State turn over and restore the country, And then because of the misunderstanding of external decision-making, he regarded Zhao as his enemy, and was defeated by Zhao several times, and his national strength weakened again.

After Tai Xiao Dan returned to Yan State, he also built yì Yan Wang Xi several times, and Fang School Qin State changed the law, but without exception, they were strongly opposed by the ministers of Yan State, the reason was that the ancestral system could not be changed, and the result had to be done.

But now Tai Xiaodan has found that the situation in Yan has been corrupted to this point, if he can protect Yan Guo this time, after Qin State retreats, he must persuade his father to change the law of Qin State to make Yan State strong again.

Daijun was not far from Yanguo, and the flat gallop road was repaired, so the walking speed was very fast, and it only took eight days for the group to rush back to Jijing from Daijun.

After arriving in Jijing, Tai Xiaodan rushed to the palace to see Yan Wangxi regardless of the fatigue of the carriage and horses all the way, and told Yan Wangxi the results of his trip to Daijun.

After listening to Prince Dan's words, King Yan's face couldn't help but change greatly, and he said in a trembling voice: "If the Dai Army doesn't come to the rescue of my Yan Kingdom, wouldn't it be dangerous?" In this way, Jijing is undefendable, so it is better to flee to Liaodong to temporarily avoid the Qin army. ”

Prince Dan hurriedly said: "Father, rest assured, the situation is not here, my Yan country can still be preserved, I have been a country for more than 800 years, and Jijing is still the foundation of my Yan country, in Jijing has been built for nearly 800 years, deep-rooted, the temple of my Yan country, as well as the spiritual price mausoleum of the ancestors of the past dynasties are in Jijing, how can I give up lightly, and although I can temporarily avoid the Qin army by fleeing to Liaodong, if the Qin army chases to Liaodong, where can my father retreat." ”

Yan Wangxi's face softened slightly, and said, "Do you have any way to protect Jijing." ”

Tai Xiaodan then explained the complex relationship between Daijun, Yan and Qin Jun to Yan Wangxi in detail, and emphasized that although Daijun will not come to the rescue of Yan Guo, he will also have to fight fiercely with the Qin army, and there is a great chance of defeating the Qin army, and once the Qin army attacking Daijun is defeated, then the Qin army attacking Yan will inevitably retreat, so as long as Yan can hold Jijing, it can be preserved.

After listening to Tai Xiaodan's speech, Yan Wangxi settled down a lot, and said, "It's just that now can we hold Jijing?" Now there are less than 100,000 soldiers in my Yan country. ”

As soon as Tai Xiaodan heard this, he knew that his father was moved by what he said, and hurriedly said: "Father, rest assured, the son has already considered it, and now he will immediately recruit the people in the prime of life to join the army, and within ten days, no less than 200,000 troops can be collected, which is twice as much as the Qin army, and we still have Jijing to defend, the Qin army is good at field warfare, negligent in attacking the city, and it took two years to capture the Great Liang, and it took two years to break the city. The strength of the city defense of our Jijing is not under the girder, and there is no big river nearby, so it is impossible for the Qin army to break through Jijing. As long as it is ordered by his father, the sons are willing to personally lead the army, defend the city, and fight a decisive battle with the Qin army to protect the clan of our Yan country. ”

Yan Wangxi nodded and said: "Yes, my Yan Kingdom has been in power for more than 800 years since the call of the public country, and now it is the only backbone of the Zhou Tianzi royal family, and for more than 100 years, the people who are in danger do not know how many times!" But it is still not extinguished! Why? Destiny is also a matter of destiny! Virtue is also true! Qin Guo has no choice but to do it, Yan Guo! Tomorrow's court meeting, the widow will pay you military power in public, just lead the army to fight with the Qin army, if you don't win, the widow should personally lead the army, out of the decisive battle with the Qin army, will definitely be able to make my Yan country turn the danger into a disaster. ”

After listening to these bold words, Tai Xiaodan was relieved, and his father was finally persuaded by himself, and hurriedly said: "Father, rest assured, the son will definitely swear to protect the Yan Kingdom." ”

At this time, Yan Wangxi said again: "However, although the widow decided to fight a decisive battle with the Qin army, but the battle is difficult to decide, and it is necessary to leave a back road for my Yan country, so the widow still plans to send people to Liaodong to prepare early, in case Jijing is difficult to protect, we can also retreat to Liaodong, and we can still gather troops to save the country!" Lying on the salary and tasting the courage, after recovering the hometown, it is still the Yan country! ”

Prince Dan nodded, and had to admit that Yan Wangxi's consideration was indeed much more thoughtful than his own, and it was of course necessary to leave a way back, so he said: "It's all up to my father's arrangement." After a pause, Tai Xiaodan said again: "Father, Jijing is lost, so it is natural to mention it, but if you can get away with saving Yan Kingdom this time, Erchen implores my father that my Yan Kingdom must immediately school the Qin State Shang Yang to change the law, in order to enrich the country and strengthen the army." ”

Yan Wangxi frowned and said, "The matter of changing the law is a big trouble, so you can't make a rash decision." ”

"Knock", Prince Dan knelt on the ground, and cried loudly: "Father, the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, the third of them, among the existing countries, my Yan Kingdom is the weakest, and the surrounding countries are all tiger and wolf countries, even if this time can save the Yan Kingdom, but the Yan Kingdom is still between survival and death, the only way to do this is to change the law and innovate, use the virtuous and capable, eliminate the maladministration, enrich the country and strengthen the army, so that the Yan Kingdom can not follow the fall of the Three Jins, so please father do not hesitate." ”

Yan Wangxi was silent for a while, and finally nodded, and said: "Okay, the widow announced at the Ming Dynasty meeting that after the Qin army retreated, the Yan State should change the law." ”

Tai Xiaodan was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, father." I thought to myself, so it seems that Yan Guo can still be saved.