At this time, Handan City was in chaos.

Handan was more than 100 miles away from Xindu. The news of the defeat of the Zhao army in Xindu was sent back to Handan the next day.

Before Zhao Wangdan went to Xindu, he was just made the crown prince and was regent. Zhao Yan, who is only twelve or thirteen years old, was crying loudly after knowing the news of his father's death and didn't know what to do.

In fact, Zhao Yan is not the successor in Zhao Wangdan's mind.

Zhao Wangdan has three sons. The eldest son died of illness after the end of the Handan Defense War a few years ago; the second son Chunpingjun was sent to Qin by Zhao Wangdan as a tyrant and has not returned to the country yet; Zhao Yan is Zhao Wangdan's third son.

The country cannot be without a master for a day. In this case, Zhao Yan was supported by the ministers in the court. On that day, after discussing with the ministers, Zhao Yan sent people to Pingyang City and asked Qingshe to lead the last 50,000 Zhao troops back to Handan.

After Qingshe led his army to withdraw back to Handan, Bo Wang, the commander of the Yan army's southern route, led his troops to the southern Great Wall of Zhao without any blood, and occupied Yecheng (now southwest of Linzhang, Hebei), Pingyang (now southeast of Cixian, Hebei), Wucheng (now southwest of Cixian, Hebei) and other places.

After the Yan army advanced to the southern Great Wall of Zhao, it did not go to Handan immediately, but based on Ji Kang's edict, stationed here, ready to fight against reinforcements from Qin and Wei at any time.

At the same time, the Yan army stationed in Xindu rolled south and headed straight to Handan.

After arriving in Quliang City, Wei Man and the surrendered Yan Ju, Jin He, Fang Yi and others went out of the city to welcome Ji Kang.

Yan Ju and others came to Ji Kang's carriage, knelt down, and said loudly:

"We are the sinners, pay homage to the king."

Ji Kang walked out of the car, went up to help Yan Ju and others one by one, comforting him:

"You are the one who has made meritorious deeds and turned to light, so what is the crime?"

"I am afraid that I will not dare to give you any praise from the king." Yan Ju and others replied gratefully.

Ji Kang looked up and looked at the Quliang City in front of him. Although it was a mere county town, it was of great significance. From Quliang to Handan, it was only more than forty miles. When the army marched here, it can be said that it had already arrived at Handan City.

Seeing Wei Man standing beside him, Ji Kang asked, "What's the situation in the city?"

"Report to the king, the soldiers and civilians in Quliang City have obeyed our army and have settled down..."

Wei Man bowed and reported in detail to Ji Kang.

After listening to Wei Man's report, Ji Kang looked at Wei Man and nodded slightly to the attendant Ling Wang Cong beside him.

The attendant ordered the king to come forward, unfolded the king's edict in his hand, and said loudly:

"Wei Man, Yan Ju, Jin He, Fang Yi listened to the imperial edict."

Wei Man, Yan Ju and others were overjoyed, and they knelt down on the ground, kowtowed and said, "I will listen to the imperial edict."

"... Weiman was granted the third-class viscount and was awarded the rank of major general; Yan Ju, Jin He and Fang Yi abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, and made contributions to the city. He was awarded the rank of first-class baron, Yan Ju, Jin He was awarded the rank of brigade general..."

"Thank you, my king, for thousands of years! Ten thousand years! Ten thousand years!" Wei Man, Yan Ju and others knelt on the ground to thank him.

With Yan Ju, the generals of Zhao army who were surrendering to Yan State, and many soldiers, were relieved, and knelt down on the ground, shouting in unison: "The king has tens of thousands of years! Tens of thousands of years! Tens of thousands of years!"

Originally, Ji Kang planned to reward the generals of the Yan army after the battle against Zhao.

However, in order to stabilize the officials who surrendered to Yan State, the soldiers gave rewards to Yan Ju and others on the spot. It would be inappropriate if Wei Man's official position and title were not granted at this time, and he also rewarded them.

The news of the Xincheng War, the Zhao army was defeated, and the Zhao Wang Dan died in the war, as the Yan State proclamation spread to the counties and counties attached to Handan, the Yan army also dispatched partial troops to attack the cities around Handan.

For a moment, many counties and counties around Handan surrendered, and there were a few cities that were stubborn. The Yan army sent more troops to attack, which was immediately pacified.

After a period of time, before it even entered late May, Handan became an isolated city and surrounded by the Yan Kingdom's army.

On May 18th, under the city of Handan, the Yan army camp.

In the king's tent, Ji Kang sat in the main seat, and there were many Yan State officials and generals standing on both sides of the tent.

"So, Zhao State is unwilling to surrender?" asked an official in Ji Kang's tent.

"Yes, there are many officials and royal relatives in the Zhao court who are unwilling to surrender to our Yan State."

The official bowed and replied.

Gao Yang Jun Rongfu stepped forward and bowed and reported, "Master, since they do not want to surrender, our army can immediately organize a large army to attack the city. We must not let them delay any further."

Ji Kang snorted coldly, his eyes narrowed slightly.

As the saying goes, "Things can only be done in three things." This is the third time that Ji Kang sent to Handan to persuade surrender, but the Zhao State Court was still so stubborn that he refused to surrender to Yan State.

These royal relatives of the Zhao Kingdom who were unwilling to surrender to Yan State and some officials were too unwise at this time.

They always had a trace of fantasy, hoping to use the city of Handan, which is tall and strong, to resist the Qin army, and to block the Yan army for several years in order to allow reinforcements from various countries to arrive.

These people will inevitably be bloodbathed after the Yan army attacked the city.

Ji Kang stood up and ordered: "General Rong Feng."

"The last one is here." General Rongfu bowed to answer his order.

"How are our army's preparations for all the sieges?"

"Your Majesty, all the preparations for our army to attack Handan have been in place."

After looking at the civil servants and military generals in the tent, Ji Kang said slowly: "Okay, I have a decree to organize my army to start attacking Handan tomorrow. No matter what method you use, I will enter Handan City in three days."

"I will obey the order at the end." Rong Feng replied loudly.

The huge stones hit the walls of Handan City, making a loud "boom, boom".

Ji Kang stood on the podium outside the city, holding up his telescope and looking forward.

Around the command platform, one Yan army formation after another was arranged.

After the huge rock was smashed, a "killing" sound was heard, and many Yan soldiers carried the ladder and rushed towards the city wall in front.

The sound of fighting suddenly sounded above and below the city.

"Report to General, the explosive pack has been placed." Someone reported to Rong Feng on the podium.

"I will order my army to attack the city and return." Rong Feng ordered loudly.

The Yan army siege retreated like a tide.

Ji Kang still gave the generals such as Rong Qi and others no interference with the war command.

With the order, another batch of huge stone bullets passed by.

Dust and gravel splashed across the entire city of Handan.

"Report to General, our siege army has retreated outside the alert range." Another repelled army came here to report.

"Okay, blow up the walls of Handan and light the fire." Rong Feng roared.

The flags on the podium fluttered and the orders were passed down.

"The general has an order to light the fire."

With a loud "boom", the Handan city wall that had blocked the Qin army for three years finally collapsed.

"Kill! Kill into the city!" The Yan army under the city shouted.

The horn sounded, and the war drum shook the sky.

A large number of Yan troops rolled forward and rushed towards Handan City.

Two hours later, the capital of Zhao State, Handan, was finally completely captured by the Yan army.

"Your Majesty, our army has occupied the four gates of Handan."

"Your Majesty, Zhao Yan has opened the palace gate and surrendered to our army."

"Report! The king, our army has followed the king's edict to appease the people of Handan City and strictly order not to disturb the people. Now we are organizing the people to extinguish the war in the city in turn."

"Report!..."

Ji Kang on the podium was feeling a little subtle as he listened to his generals and school reports one by one.
Chapter completed!