Everyone was in the hall, silent.

Everyone except King Qin and Wei Ran showed a surprised expression.

This Marquis Rang is really bold to say.

Of course, it is not impossible to cede land and seek peace. No country has done such things in this era. It is not shameful to admit defeat for the time being. We will make a comeback in the future.

From the perspective of Qin, the two counties that were newly given to Chu were still there. If Wei had not suddenly had civil strife, the Hedong County would have been firmly returned to Wei.

So ceding the land is really not a problem, the problem lies in this opportunity.

The king was so angry that he vomited blood by the people of Zhao. Marquis Rang immediately proposed to cede land... You think the king vomited less blood. Do you still want the king to vomit two more pounds for you to put on a plate, and then serve you some wine and food when you go back?

Having said that, no one dared to stand up and answer Wei Ran's words at this time, and there was not even a person to refute them.

The King of Qin looked at Wei Ran with a complicated expression.

After a while, the King of Qin said, "Tell me your reasons."

Wei Ran sighed: "The reason is very simple. The Qin Dynasty... there is no war-making soldier that can fight against Zhao. King, if he does not cede the land, when King Zhao fights to Xianyang, he will probably be gone in Guanzhong!"

A deadly silence.

This sentence actually reminds everyone present.

Except for the King of Qin who fainted from vomiting blood and Wei Ran who was present at the time, the others actually didn't know about the news that Hangu Pass was defeated and Zhao's army entered Guanzhong before entering the palace.

After entering the palace to learn the news, the people present were actually more concerned about the fact that the King of Qin vomited blood and fainted.

Will the King of Qin die if he vomits blood? Will the Lord Rang take the opportunity to seize power? Or will the Empress Dowager re-obey the government? Or will the new king such as Jingyang or Gaoling? Or will the king not be able to vomit but not die immediately? Or will the king eventually recover?

These problems are really imminent for the Qin ministers in front of them, because they are truly born in front of them.

Although Bai Qi's failure is also very important, it is obviously not very important for the problem of the throne that is coming.

Until now.

It was not until Wei Ran, the only Marquis Rang who knew in advance and had enough time to think about this matter, threw this question out and directly hit everyone's ears, that everyone suddenly appeared-

It turned out that the people of Zhao were about to attack Xianyang City!

Moreover, this time it was not like the Battle of Lantian more than 20 years ago. Although the Chu State fought to Lantian in Guanzhong, Qin State also had a large army to deal with it. But now Zhao State is coming in full swing, and the two armies of Meng Ao and Bai Qi of Qin State have been broken up.

Not to mention a large army, today's Daqin cannot even organize a decent army.

When everyone thinks of this, everyone's hearts sink at the same time.

You should know that just last year, the Qin Dynasty still captured the two capitals of Yan and Ying of Chu, and expanded its territory thousands of miles in the southeast direction. It was a little weaker than the Zhao State, which destroyed Yan State. The land and population seized were even more abundant than the ones obtained by Zhao State.

Why was Daqin forced to this point by Zhao in a blink of an eye?

Several ministers looked at each other, with extremely obvious confusion and confusion in their faces.

The only two who were not confused or confused were Wei Ran who had just made the suggestion and the King of Qin lying on the bed.

The Qin King was silent for a while, and suddenly said, "Do you think King Zhao will agree to a peace request?"

Wei Ran said: "If it is the conditions of cede Yiqu and Hedong, the possibility of King Zhao agreeing to seek peace in the Qin Dynasty is only 10%.

Several ministers were shocked when they heard this, and their eyes looked at Wei Ran and became strange.

A 10% possibility is almost equal to no. What else are you talking about? I’m afraid you are not just having fun with the king and us.

However, the King of Qin did not seem to have been affected.

The King of Qin suddenly said, "Help me get up."

Everyone was shocked and wanted to dissuade them: "The king had just suffered damage to his qi and blood, so it would be better to lie down and rest first."

"Master, it's not advisable to be angry at this moment. It's better for us to retreat first and wait until tomorrow..."

The King of Qin raised his tone: "Help me get up!"

Everyone helped the King of Qin up with all their might and leaned against the couch.

The King of Qin breathed a sigh of relief and looked around everyone.

At this moment, everyone suddenly felt that the king who was extremely majestic on weekdays was back.

Everyone lowered their heads, and no one dared to look at the King of Qin.

The Qin King said slowly: "Why didn't King Zhao agree to the conditions for ceding Hedong and Yiqu?"

Wei Ran said: "To be honest, if the king said this condition is Zhao's father, as long as the Qin Dynasty attaches some money beauties and uses lobbyists to persuade the ministers of Zhao to agree to take Zhao as the leader of the alliance, Zhao's father must have agreed. But Zhao's man is ambitious and is determined to annex the world and destroy other princes. In the past few years, the Yan State of Qi has been killed by him. Since he has the opportunity to take Guanzhong all this time, he will never let it go. Even if he has the chance, he might even think about annexing the entire Qin Dynasty directly!"

After Wei Ran finished speaking, everyone was dissatisfied.

If what you didn't expect just now was that Guanzhong was facing a huge crisis, then now everyone realized that what they didn't expect was still coming.

Why did it sound like the Qin Dynasty was about to destroy its country after only two defeats?

This is too outrageous!

Finally, someone couldn't help but question: "Marl Rang's words are too alarmist."

"Strange words?" Wei Ran sneered: "Three years ago, the same four countries attacked Qi. Does anyone think that Qi, which was the hegemon at that time, was defeated by Zhao, just because he lost a battle of Taoyi and a battle of Gaotang, and then the country was destroyed? Now, the four countries led by Zhao were also attacking Qin. The Qin lost Hangu Pass in the east and Ji County in the west. The two sides of Zhao marched into Guanzhong have become a force. Let's talk about whether the Qin Dynasty could follow the old path of Qi!"

Wei Ran's words were reasonable and well-founded, and his gaze was really sharp, which immediately left the questioners speechless.

The King of Qin said, "So, what if King Zhao is unwilling to agree to the conditions of the Qin Dynasty?"

Wei Ran hesitated for the first time, and wanted to speak but stopped.

The King of Qin said: "Marquis Rang comes only when he comes, I will consider it."

Wei Ran then made up his mind and said in a deep voice: "King, there are only two choices for the current plan. First, gather the two remaining soldiers of Meng Ao and Bai Qi, and there should be about 70,000 to 80,000 people. In addition, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Xianyang City can piece together, and no matter how you can piece together a unit of 140,000 or 50,000 troops. The Qin Dynasty can rely on these 150,000 people to defend Xianyang and resist the Zhao army's troops."

The Qin King said: "So, from the perspective of Ranghou, what is this road?"

Wei Ran looked around everyone present and smiled bitterly: "Forgive me, this road is probably a dead end."

Everyone was in a commotion again. Although they knew they would be criticized, some people still spoke again: "Marquis Rang's words are too exaggerating the combat effectiveness of the Zhao army, right? Xianyang is the capital of the Qin Dynasty. Is it so vulnerable?"

"That's right, Xianyang is not Yingdu!"

"Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Xianyang are united, can't they resist the Zhao people?"

Wei Ran raised his hand and pressed it symbolically.

"Your reason sounds very reasonable. But I only ask one question here. Compared with Hangu Pass, is Xianyang easier to conquer or more difficult to conquer?"

Just this question immediately made the hall silent.

Is Xianyang more difficult to conquer or Hangu Pass more difficult to conquer?

The answer to this question is actually very obvious.

When Shang Yang established Xianyang City, this ambitious Zuo Shu of Qin was full of mind, thinking about pioneering and enterprising, so when he chose the site, he did not consider anything easy to defend but difficult to attack. He was completely considering the goal of Xianyang being the core of Guanzhong's rule and the eastward base.

Xianyang City is located on the plain north of the Wei River. It is an extremely flat open land. Although there is indeed a convergence of Jingwei and Wei River as a barrier, that's all.

No one would think that just two rivers could stop the Zhao army, after all, that was not the Yellow River and the Yangtze River.

On the other hand, Hangu Pass has the Yellow River and the South and the Gushan Mountains. The front passage is extremely narrow, which is really easy to defend and difficult to attack the terrain. Otherwise, the word "one man is a pass and ten thousand men" would not be called "that the pass" is not open."

However, even such a difficult Hangu Pass was broken by the people of Zhao.

Although everyone in the hall now does not know how the Zhao people broke through Hangu Pass, as long as people with a normal IQ will understand that the Zhao army who can break through Hangu Pass will definitely be able to break through Xianyang, because the walls of Xianyang City are not as good as the pass of Hangu Pass, and the so-called hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Xianyang City are far from comparable to the 200,000 elite Qin troops and civilians guarding Hangu Pass in Bai Qi.

Wei Ran looked at the silent crowd and said seriously: "It's not that I, Wei Ran, are here to gain others' ambitions and destroy their own power, but if I really take the strategy of defending Xianyang to the death, then Xianyang will become the second Linzi! And the Qin..."

Wei Ran didn't continue talking about it at this point because he knew that everyone present would definitely understand what he wanted to say next.

The King of Qin breathed a sigh of relief and said, "So according to the meaning of Ranghou, if I don't want to become the second King of Qi, I can only adopt your second strategy?"

Wei Ran said: "I dare not. But after some thought, I believe that the second plan that can help the Qin Dynasty is indeed my second plan."

The King of Qin said: "Then let's talk about it."

Wei Ran took a deep breath and said, "My second plan is also very simple. Please ask the king to take the queen mother and the princesses to leave Xianyang and tour Chengdu in the south!"

Even though Wei Ran was sure to make amazing preparations, everyone was still truly shocked by Wei Ran's words.

Even the King of Qin, who had always been very calm, had a very obvious change in his face.

The so-called Southern Tour just sounds nice, and of course everyone understands the real meaning.

That is to ask the King of Qin to give up Xianyang and flee to Chengdu!

Wei Ran continued: "There is a separation between Bashu and Guanzhong, and the Shu road is steep. As long as the king can travel south to Chengdu and recuperate for a period of time, once the situation in the world changes, the Qin Dynasty can go north again..."

Finally, the King of Qin interrupted Wei Ran for the first time: "Okay, Marquis Rang."

Wei Ran stopped his words.

The rest of the people were shocked and even forgot to refute Wei Ran.

The King of Qin looked at Wei Ran with a deep look: "Mr. Rang, do you really think that this strategy of abandoning countless old Qin people in Guanzhong and abandoning the foundation of the Qin Dynasty for hundreds of years is the only best strategy that Da Qin can take now?"

Wei Ran nodded calmly: "King, this is indeed the only way."

With a bang, a Qin minister next to him suddenly knelt down.

"King, this plan is absolutely absolutely impossible! Guanzhong is the place where the Qin Dynasty was established. If Guanzhong is gone, what else can I do?"
To be continued...