Han Fang was unaware at the time that Lin Tian had already sent people to investigate him.
He behaved himself properly, and in the absence of war, he would not have any remarkable performance.
However, three days later, Lin Tian decided to summon his generals to discuss attacking the Yan army.
"It is truly unforgivable that the Yan army has taken the initiative to attack our Qin."
"Therefore, I, your general, have decided to attack Yan!"
"This time, I do not want just one or two cities; I want to conquer the entire Yan!"
"Do you have confidence?"
"Yes!!"
These generals who followed Lin Tian all had a spirit of wanting to fight.
When Lin Tian asked such a question, they did not hesitate to express their fighting will.
At this moment, if Lin Tian ordered an attack on Yan, they would absolutely lead the army to charge out.
But warfare still requires considering another issue.
"Zhang Han, do we have enough provisions?"
"Originally, we did not. The ministers in the court also hoped to rest for a while and conserve our strength!"
"However, this time we attacked the Xiongnu and brought back a large quantity of sheep and cattle, effectively solving the problems of meat and farming. Therefore, we can fight against Yan!"
"That's good!"
Hearing that the provisions were sufficient, Lin Tian also breathed a sigh of relief.
Although he had thought of sweeping through all six nations in one go before,
Lin Tian also knew that war required consuming a large amount of money and grain.
As for money, it could be replenished after conquering other countries!
After all, those countries possessed vast wealth, and their nobles were all richer than the state.
Once they were captured, Qin would naturally have money.
However, grain was different. Grain needed to be planted, and sometimes it could not be bought even with money.
Once the army purchased a large amount of grain, the price of grain for the common people might rise, burdening them.
Therefore, even though Lin Tian had the idea of attacking Yan when he was in Yanmen before,
he did not have the idea of directly conquering Yan.
This time was different. With enough sheep and grain, they had no worries about the future.
Therefore, attacking Yan now was very opportune.
"Do you have any methods to minimize our losses when attacking Crown Prince Dan of Yan?"
"Ah? Minimize losses? Aren't we just charging in?"
"If we just charge in, we can naturally break through Crown Prince Dan's army, but in that case, our losses will also be considerable!"
"Our goal is to conquer the entire Yan. Once the army suffers too great a loss, it will be much more difficult to conquer Yan later!"
Lin Tian had suffered losses due to a small number of troops.
When defending Yanmen before, he had defended the city walls of Yanmen Commandery twice.
Many tactics could not be used, and they even dared not leave the city.
This kind of fighting was undoubtedly very passive.
Now, to conquer the entire Yan, they naturally could not use such a passive method.
Others heard Lin Tian's words and fell into deep thought.
They were thinking about what kind of strategy would be suitable.
However, considering the defensive measures of Crown Prince Dan of Yan, a direct assault seemed to be the best choice.
"Great General, the Yan army's defenses are very strict, giving us no opportunity for a surprise attack. It is simply impossible to sneak up on them!"
"Indeed! Great General, the Yan army does not come out of the city at all. If we want to fight them, we can only attack the city head-on; other methods are not as effective!"
"Great General, the Yan people might learn from our Yanmen Commandery and seal their city gates. If they really do that, I think it will be even more difficult for us to capture them!"
"Therefore, your subordinate believes that we should request more troops to be dispatched to join us in attacking Yan!"
Since the only method was a frontal assault, and it was to capture the entire Yan while preserving troops,
then more soldiers should be transferred.
As long as their army was larger, even if they launched a frontal assault on Yan's cities, they would have nothing to worry about.
However, Lin Tian was not satisfied with such an answer.
He looked at everyone, clearly still searching for other answers.
At this moment, Li Mu was about to speak, but Han Fang spoke first.
"Great General, your subordinate believes that we can surround the Yan army and then persuade them to surrender!"
"Surrender?"
"Crown Prince Dan of Yan and the Yan army are clearly terrified of us. They didn't dare to come out of the city for six days after we merely intimidated them!"
"This time, when the general led his army back, they didn't dare to fight your army and directly retreated!"
"This shows that Crown Prince Dan of Yan and the Yan army are already terrified to their very core of the Great General!"
"Now, we only need to surround them, and they will feel immense pressure, and everyone will be in a state of panic."
"If we then persuade them to surrender and promise them benefits, there is a fifty percent chance that they will surrender directly, as they do not know that we intend to conquer the entire Yan and are afraid of our army launching a full-scale attack on them!"
Hearing Han Fang's words, everyone else was stunned.
At first, it seemed incredible, but upon closer thought, it seemed plausible.
The Yan army was already so afraid of them; at this time, if they surrounded the army, they might really surrender.
Everyone else was pondering whether this method would work, but Lin Tian's gaze kept flickering.
He was not thinking about whether the method would work, but about Crown Prince Dan of Yan surrendering.
Historically, Crown Prince Dan of Yan had a very famous proposal to surrender, which was to feign surrender and send the top assassin, Jing Ke, to assassinate Ying Zheng.
Jing Ke's assassination of the King of Qin had been passed down for thousands of years.
Its authenticity was beyond doubt.
And now, Han Fang was actually advocating for forcing Crown Prince Dan to surrender voluntarily.
This made Lin Tian have to think more.
He remembered that Zhang Liang and Ji Dan had a relatively good relationship. They had even planned together to save Han Fei of Han.
Now, with Han Fang proposing the idea of Crown Prince Dan of Yan surrendering, Lin Tian couldn't help but feel strange.
"Could it be that he is truly Zhang Liang? And Zhang Liang who used a disguise technique?"
"It seems I need to have someone keep a close eye on this Han Fang and not let him out of sight!"
If he were truly Zhang Liang, Lin Tian naturally could not spare him.
Keeping him would be a great danger to Qin.
However, before that, he still needed to stabilize him.
"Good, then we will surround the Yan army and persuade them to surrender!"
"If they do not surrender, we will then discuss methods to deal with the Yan army!"
Hearing Lin Tian's words, Li Mu, who had intended to speak, no longer continued.