Chapter 94 Everyone takes action
When Qin stopped the fighting, the people who were most anxious were not the King of Yan and his men, but Pang Nuan and others who wanted to push Yan to join the coalition as soon as possible.

They were worried that King Zhao would try to find a way to make up for his losses from the State of Yan.

On this point, Pang Nuan and the others were right to worry, because King Zhao also responded quickly.

Originally, Yan and Zhao sent envoys to negotiate in front of the army. When the exact information about Qin's withdrawal came, the King of Zhao quickly sent people here to express his attitude to Pang Nuan and others.

Peace talks are possible, but Yan State must give something as compensation.

As soon as Zhao made its attitude clear, the Yan envoy and Lord Yan Chun became unhappy.

Yes, our Yan state’s commander-in-chief Ju Xing was killed, but now more than half of the Yan army’s soldiers are still in Zhao state’s territory.

Fearing that something unexpected might happen, Yan Chunjun did not let Wang Jian and others leave, but strongly demanded that he be placed in a safe place before leaving.

Yan Chunjun is very greedy and does not have much talent, but he is a smart man. If Wang Jian and his men leave at this time, if the situation goes wrong, Pang Nuan and others will be able to beat the Yan army into a pulp.

Commander Ju Xing died, but Yan Chunjun was not too sad. Up to now in the battle, no one could blame him.

But if something went wrong at this time, he would not be able to explain to the king when he returned.

No matter how the peace talks are conducted, Yan Chunjun must ensure that the interests of the State of Yan are not harmed. This is a great political foundation for him.

With Zhao's current attitude, how could Yan Chunjun be willing? It would be a shame if Zhao were to take advantage of him. If he, Yan Chunjun, is not the head coach, he will be the one to take the blame. He can't let the king take the blame, right?

"Your Majesty, at this moment, please do not forget Crown Prince Yan Dan."

Wang Jian reminded Yan Chunjun that although the Qin generals would like Yan and Zhao to continue fighting, judging from the overall situation, this possibility no longer exists.

Seeing that Yu and Yan Chunjun were cooperating quite well, Wang Jian reminded him that Prince Yan Dan's identity made him a good scapegoat.

After being reminded by Wang Jian, Yan Chunjun immediately reacted, but he frowned again and said: "If Yan Dan and Pang Nuan collude with each other and let Yan State benefit, wouldn't it help him to gain more power?"

Wang Jian was speechless and explained: "Your Majesty, Crown Prince Yan Dan has lost points since he vomited blood and fainted."

"Even if he can get Pang Nuan and the others to agree to give benefits to Yan State at this time, Your Majesty will still be credited, because the army is now in Your Majesty's hands."

Yan Chunjun narrowed his eyes and nodded slightly. This was indeed true. In this case, if the negotiations failed, Yan Dan would have to take the blame.

Soon, Yan Chunjun sent people to find Yan Dan, and at the same time reported to the capital, asking Yan Dan to be the main negotiator. The reason was that Yan Chunjun directly stated in the memorial that he had inflicted heavy losses on the Zhao army, and if he went to negotiate, it would provoke too much hatred.

The King of Yan agreed with Yan Chunjun's opinion. When Yan Dan received the urgent imperial edict of six hundred miles, he really wanted to grind Yan Chunjun to ashes.

Because of Ju Xing's death, he, the military supervisor, was also impeached by the court. In particular, Yan Chunjun had people spread the reputation of Yan Dan being incompetent and deserting the battlefield throughout the State of Yan. Now Yan Dan's reputation is not right.

If the Yan State loses again in this peace talk, who knows whether Yan Dan will be branded as a traitor.

"What on earth is Father thinking? Isn't he afraid of Yan Chunjun's power at this moment?"

Yan Dan was blaming his father to death. At this time, someone next to him said, "Your Highness, Yan Chunjun indulged his subordinates in doing absurd things, and his reputation is tarnished."

Yan Chunjun, who was already a black man, has now defamed himself. Now if anyone in Yan State says that Yan Chunjun has the reputation to rebel, I am afraid that not many people will believe it.

As for the King of Yan, even if Yan Chunjun, who had a very bad reputation, gained more political capital this time, he could just balance it out a little bit when the time came. As for being wary of him, he basically had no fear of him.

The corners of Yan Dan's mouth twitched. To be honest, he admired Yan Chunjun in this aspect. He really understood his father. Seeing that he could not shirk, Yan Dan had to join the negotiations. Behind the scenes, he contacted Pang Nuan and others to negotiate conditions that would satisfy both countries. As the crown prince of Yan, he could not take the blame anymore.

On Pang Nuan's side, Guo Kai, who represented the will of King Zhao, also came. He didn't care about the alliance or not, he just wanted to make his own king satisfied.

If his own king is not satisfied, how can he be promoted? How can he be favored?

Pang Nuan had a splitting headache after Guo Kai drew a line with him with a tough attitude. In this war, he, Pang Nuan, lost points seriously. Now in the eyes of the king, Li Mu is the pillar of support for the State of Zhao.

He had lost serious points, so his speech had little weight. He could not persuade the King of Zhao and could only talk to the State of Yan.

The stalemate in the negotiations made both sides a little unbearable. The Nima army had to eat and drink every day, but all the food was transported over long distances. The Yan State was still better off, as there was no problem with the food route, but Pang Nuan, in order to trick Ju Xing, deliberately pretended that some of the food was destroyed.

It's a pretense, but the food and supplies are indeed gone.

If they couldn't reach an agreement through direct negotiations, they would use a trick underhanded approach. Pang Nuan asked the general of Chu to deliberately be impatient and express his attitude to Guo Kai. If the King of Zhao did not make concessions, they would return home first.

Once the Chu army returns, one can imagine how Yan State will react.

Guo Kai was not at all panicked by this situation, he was not a fool. Damn, you Chu and Wei countries came to reinforce Zhao State, weren't you trying to form an alliance? Now you are threatening me, do you think I am a fool?

Guo Kai simply expressed his attitude directly. Since they were allies, they should not make their respective kings unhappy. If the kings were unhappy, the alliance would have to be postponed, which would cause a lot of trouble.

General Chu and Pang Nuan almost vomited blood. Guo Kai was such a bastard. He might be smart, but why didn't he have any sense of the overall situation?

Seeing that they couldn't coax Guo Kai, the two of them analyzed the overall situation to Guo Kai. Anyway, the point was that as long as Guo Kai cooperated, it would be beneficial to the overall situation.

Guo Kai sneered repeatedly and said that he didn't know the overall situation, he only knew what his king wanted.

You always talk about the overall situation. Okay, you, Pang Nuan, take out 200,000 gold now, and I, Guo Kai, will return to Handan immediately and persuade the king to suffer a small loss and agree to peace talks.

Pang Nuan and General Chu's faces turned black. Damn, if they had 200,000 gold, could they fight with the State of Yan here?

Unable to convince Guo Kai, Pang Nuan used another trick. He secretly mobilized people to destroy Yan State's food supply and grain reserves.

At the same time, he contacted Yan Dan and prepared to get rid of Wang Jian and others whom Yan Chunjun relied on, and then force Yan Chunjun to bow his head so that he could go and persuade King Yan.

Soon, the Yan army encountered problems in the rear, because those who were dispatched were martial arts masters, and they appeared and disappeared at will, making it difficult to guard against them.

Faced with this situation, many people were happy. They thought they could not make any more money, but wow, this cooperation was really good.

Greedy people are never short of courage and brains. When they are sure that there will be no major changes in the peace talks between Yan and Zhao, they will be much bolder to take action.

At this time, there was no need for those elusive people to take action. Problems in the rear continued to arise, and it was a back and forth battle.

The memorial was sent to the capital, and the letter for help was sent to Yan Chunjun. These people were having a lot of fun doing it.

Yan Chunjun knew a little about the twists and turns of this situation, but he did not expose them. He only urged Crown Prince Yan Dan to speed up the negotiations.

Yan Dan, on the other hand, was also pretending to be confused. He also wanted to use this opportunity to ask his father to slightly lower the terms of the peace talks. Otherwise, it would be no use for the two sides to continue to be deadlocked. Only if his father spoke up could Yan Dan bear less blame.

(End of this chapter)