On February 3, 266 B.C., the Qin general Hu wounded 30,000 soldiers and defeated Lantian North. Since Hu was injured and below, all the 30,000 Qin troops were ambushed, and none of them surrendered! The old Qin people once again proved their bloody nature with iron bones, but this could not change the fact that south of Xianyang, there was no more soldier in the Qin State!

On February 4, the Korean army linked Kedu County, Yidao, and Zhiyang. On 5 February, the ROK army captured the distance between Xianyang and Xianyang, which was only separated by a Weishui strip. Qin Guoyou knew that the pass had been lost, and the Korean army was pressing.

Knowing that the pass was lost, 100,000 Korean troops assembled on the other side of Weishui to prepare to cross the river, and Xianyang City was immediately in chaos. The people only thought it was incredible, and the ministers were frightened. Some people want to go out of the city to take refuge, and some people want to go into the city to seek peace, but the Xianyang Order and the officials under his command are not obstructed, nor are they allowed to do so. Fortunately, the decree from the palace came at a timely time. The King of Qin has an order to close the four gates of Xianyang, and no one is allowed to enter or leave Xianyang without the edict of the King of Qin.

However, doing so seems to confirm the news of the South Korean army's invasion even more. Because in Xianyang City, only a small number of people saw the Han army that was gathering on the other side of Weishui, and more people were hearsay, this will of King Qin directly corroborated these rumors. However, there is no way for the Qin State to do this, there are only three thousand defenders in the entire Xianyang City! If you don't close the city gate, there will be more and more Korean fine works pouring into Xianyang! When the war starts, Xianyang will have a series of fires if it is not done well!

The Xianyang Palace was silent, and the atmosphere was suffocating. The ministers of the Qin State were like frosted eggplants, shrugging their heads one by one, not daring to look up at the King of Qin who was in a fit of rage and despair.

"Perhaps, the Qin State shouldn't provoke South Korea at all!" Many ministers thought nonsense.

This sentence was said a little late, and the South Korean and Qin States were already unstoppable, unless the Qin State was willing to be subservient. Sue for peace with South Korea and send the crown prince as a hostage, maybe there is still room for turnaround. However, this also means that the Qin State has given up the last shred of dignity and pride! But at the moment of life and death, what is the use of dignity and pride?

No one dared to propose peace, no one dared to propose surrender. Whoever proposes this construction first, the king of Qin, who is in a state of rage, may click him first. It is important to be loyal to a courtier, but it is not more important than one's own life.

"Your Majesty!" In the end, it was Prime Minister Wei Ran who spoke first with difficulty and said: "For the sake of the Qin State, the minister invites the king to patrol Liyang!" ”

The ministers knew very well that the so-called patrol was actually an exodus to avoid the advance of the Korean army! Xianyang is obviously unable to hold it, and what Qin State has to do now is to do it. It's to keep the living force! There is no doubt that the 100,000-strong army under the command of Wu Anjun has become the greatest reliance of the Qin State.

Liyang is two hundred miles east of Xianyang, more than 300 miles east from Liyang is Tongguan, and four or five hundred miles north is Hedong County. Even if the Han army followed, the Qin State could rely on Liyang to maneuver with Korea. However, this also means that the Qin State has completely abandoned a large area of land west of Xianyang, which is half of Guanzhong!

More importantly, the location of the temple of the Qin State and the construction of the capital lasted for 294 years. Yongcheng, the former capital of Yongcheng, where nineteen monarchs ruled and then rested in Si, Longxi, the old place where the Qin State started, is west of Xianyang!!

If you have to go hunting. The ministers believed that the king of Qin would prefer to go to Longxi and Yongcheng instead of Liyang! But alas, everyone understands that with the Korean army conquering the pass. Traveling west from Xianyang has become extremely dangerous. Even if Qin can find out the loopholes of the Han army, break through the encirclement of the Han army without danger, shake off the pursuit of the Han army, and successfully reach Yongcheng, what can he get?!

Anpyeong Pass is under attack by the South Korean army. Precarious. The most important thing is that the army of Longxi County was all transferred to the front line of Hedong and Tongguan! Now the entire army of Longxi County is only a few thousand people! Without troops, relying on the support of the people alone, how long can the Qin State hold out with Yongcheng?!

If people lose land, people and land will not be lost; If you lose your land, you won't save your land! Retreating to Liyang became the only choice for Qin!

King Qin muttered as if he had lost his soul: "Xianyang can't be lost!" Xianyang can't be lost! The widow cannot become a sinner in the Qin State! No!! ”

"Your Majesty!" Zong Zhengying also stood up at the right time and pleaded: "The Meridian Pass is also in Lantian County, and some time ago, 20,000 Han troops attacked the Meridian Pass. Now that the pass has been broken, most of the meridian passes are not spared! According to the report of the previous few days, the casualties of the ROK army were negligible. The Korean army on the opposite side claims to be 100,000, although most of it is an exaggeration, but there are still 80,000! Now, there are only 3,000 defenders in the entire Xianyang City, and even if all the men in the city are gathered, there are only about 10,000 people! Among them, most of them are old and weak! Where have these people experienced bloody battles, once the Korean army attacks the city, I am afraid that it will not last for two days and will be wiped out! At that time, if the king is captured, our Great Qin will be finished! Please ask the king to plan for the Qin State Society and patrol the oak Yang! After speaking, Ying Zechang couldn't kneel, obviously King Qin didn't agree to his posture of not getting up.

"Please ask the king to patrol Liyang for the sake of Qin's national plan!" The crown prince seemed to understand the situation in the Qin State, and knelt down and pleaded.

"Please ask the king to patrol Liyang for the sake of Qin's national plan!" The ministers knelt down one after another.

"Hehe, hehe", King Qin stood up slowly, and the eunuch Ling on the side wanted to support King Qin, but was thrown away by King Qin.

"Xianyang can't be lost! Xianyang is the soul of our Great Qin! Great Qin's spirit! Are you the sinners of the ages who want to be widowed and be Great Qin?! King Qin roared hoarsely.

"What about the 20,000 army of the Duke of Qi? What about Wang Qian's army of 30,000? What about the 100,000 army that rose in vain? All of them are transferred back to the widow! If you are outnumbered, you don't believe it, South Korea can capture Xianyang, which is outnumbered! ”

King Qin refused to accept the arrangement of fate, he may not have inherited the wisdom of King Qin Zhao, but he did not lack the determination to break the kettle or break the net! The monarchs of the Qin State in the past dynasties, there are playful and capricious, but there is no servile and servile! For hundreds of years, the blood of the old Qin people soaked the land of Guanzhong. The Qin State fought with the Rong people, the Di people, and the world, and exercised the temperament of never accepting defeat lightly and never accepting fate. If the Qin people were docile, they would have been annexed by the Rong people a long time ago, instead of destroying the twelve countries established by the Rong people!

No one answered, and the 20,000 troops of the Duke of Qi were only less than two hundred miles away from Xianyang, but by the time the army of the Duke of Qi arrived, Xianyang was likely to have been lost long ago, and even if it was not lost, the Korean army had completed the comprehensive encirclement of Xianyang. 20,000 tired soldiers in addition to sending war exploits to the South Korean army. No more to do! I'm afraid that the field battle is what the South Korean army hopes for the most! When the Han army defeated or even completely annihilated the 20,000 Qin army, Xianyang will surrender without a fight!

As for Wang Qian's army, it should have just arrived at Tongguan at this time, even if they rushed back non-stop despite their exhaustion, it would be at least four days later! The same thing. Even if Bai Qi returns to the division with all his might, it will be seven days later when he arrives in Xianyang! Time, this time it really didn't stand on the side of the Qin State.

But if there are 10,000 elites in the city, the Qin State will not be so passive. But there are no ifs in war. What's more, all the estimates just made are ideal. It is not a big problem to transfer the army of the Duke of Ji, but the army of Wang Jian and Tongguan may be lost faster than Xianyang, and the army of Baiqi may be followed by the Han army in Hedong all the way! For the state of Qin. Moving the capital to Liyang, so that Bai Qi divided part of his forces to defend Liyang is undoubtedly a suitable choice!

King Qin sighed and said, "The widow doesn't leave!" The widow would rather die in Xianyang than patrol Liyang! This Xianyang, once you leave, it will not be easy to come back! ”

The ministers were silent, and they couldn't find a reason to refute it. Having lost a large area of land west of Xianyang, the Qin state was left with only two counties (the already occupied half of Hedong was not counted for the time being). The number of troops is only a hundred thousand! With such strength, how can you talk about recovering Xianyang? ! Maybe decades from now. Qin Guo had to clamp his tail and be a man!

"Prime Minister, take the prince to Liyang! The widow ordered you to imprison the country! With the talent of the king, the monarch and the ministers work together, and after decades, they will be able to recover Guanzhong! "King Qin seems to be explaining the aftermath.

Wei Ran immediately panicked and knelt down and took a few steps forward. He kowtowed again and again, and said eagerly: "The king should not be arrogant! The backbone of Great Qin is the king! Not a minister! If this is the case for the king, the ministers are willing to die to save the name of the ministers! ”

King Qin shook his head with a wry smile and sighed in his heart. I didn't know Wei Ran's thoughts. The Qin State is already so downtrodden, if he is captured by Korea or dies, and the underage prince succeeds to the throne, the lord Shaoguo is suspicious, and the hearts of the people of the Qin State are afraid that they will be completely dispersed!

"If the outnumbered people don't die, South Korea's vigilance against our Great Qin will not be eliminated one day. If the widow dies and the lord of Qin is suspicious, maybe South Korea will despise our Qin country! With a chance to breathe, whether vertical or horizontal, there is always the possibility of our Qin State to exert it! If the ancestors bless and the widow can get away with holding Xianyang, it will be even better! If Guanzhong can be kept, the widow is willing to lower his status and sue for peace with South Korea! King Qin said it calmly, but the ministers were ashamed after hearing it. The so-called lord humiliates the death of his ministers, Gai Mo is so!

"Your Majesty! The state of Wei has already existed in name only! South Korea is now sending 300,000 troops, obviously wanting to destroy our Great Qin! If the king is here, our Daqin can still unite as one and win a glimmer of life! If the king is not there, the prince is young, and the hearts of the people will be scattered! That's the disaster for our Great Qin! Please think twice! Zong Zhengying said with tears falling like rain.

"Please think twice!" The ministers kowtowed one by one.

King Qin showed a moment of hesitation, yes, South Korea is mobilizing the army this time, I am afraid that he has really made up his mind to destroy the Qin State! If he is here, the people's will and morale are there, and the four kingdoms of Zhao, Qi, Yan, and Chu may be able to lend a hand. After all, the Wei State has already existed in name only, and if the Qin State is destroyed again, it will soon be the turn of the Zhao State and the Chu State, and the rabbit will die and the fox will be sad, and the Four Kingdoms will never let the Qin State be destroyed by Korea. But without himself, I am afraid that the army's morale will be scattered, maybe the reinforcements from the four countries have not yet arrived, and the army will be defeated in vain! King Qin suddenly realized that he could not die.

Wei Ran took advantage of the situation and said: "Shang Tang was once trapped in Xiatai, King Wen was once imprisoned in Jinli, Chong'er of the Jin State also fled to Zhai for refuge, and Xiaobai of the Qi State also ran to Ju, but they all achieved the cause of the king in the end. Even Goujian, the king of Yue, once served as a slave of Wu Wangfucha, but he finally destroyed the state of Wu. It's easy to die, but it's hard to endure humiliation, if the king is not even afraid of death, can't he endure humiliation and lead our Great Qin to rise again? The minister thought that if the king had a will to die and handed over state affairs to the young prince, it would be disloyal to the ancestral society! ”

Wei Ran's agitation obviously worked, and the king of Qin said that he would defend Xianyang to the death, but it was just a momentary anger. Now Wei Ran compares the cases of Shang Tang, King Wen of Zhou, Duke Wen of Jin, Duke Huan of Qi, and King Goujian of Yue, as soon as King Qin died, he ignored the social affairs of Qin in order to preserve his name! Endure humiliation and bear the burden, so that you have a chance to rise again!

"The widow is taught!" King Qin was happy and convinced.

"Don't dare!" Wei Ran hurriedly returned the salute.

"In that case, the widow can go to Liyang with the prince, what does the prime minister think?" King Qin asked Wei Ran's opinion.

"The king's words are very true! The Han army will cross the river at any time, and the sooner the king and the prince arrive in Liyang, the sooner the Qin State will be safe! But. After all, Xianyang is the capital of our Great Qin, if everyone goes to Liyang, the Korean army will soon capture Xianyang, and it will inevitably follow! Therefore, the minister asked the king for his life, and the king drove Jane from Liyang. The minister led the army to defend Xianyang and buy time for the king! Wei Ran said with a resolute face.

The ministers were stunned, but King Qin was very moved while being shocked. Xianyang is now a fire pit, and whoever stays here is a dead end. Fang Cai has already said that the king of Qin and the crown prince must rush to Liyang, but the selection of those who stay in Xianyang is a problem. This person's status can't be low, otherwise he won't have the appeal and will not be able to mobilize the strength of the entire Xianyang to defend! It can even be said that the higher the status of the officials who remain behind, the better. In this way, in the name of King Qin, it can boost morale and boost the people's hearts. But it also means that at least one of the Qin king's henchmen will live and die with Xianyang. The prime minister is a respected and undoubtedly excellent candidate. If the news of King Qin's patrol of Liyang is well concealed, as long as Wei Ran appears in the city, ordinary soldiers and civilians will definitely think that King Qin is still in Xianyang City, and the morale of the army will not be improved at all!

"The prime minister is the widow's humerus minister, and he is the mainstay of my Great Qin. No, no! King Qin shook his head again and again.

So far. King Qin had no idea that Wei Ran might use power to suppress him. If Wei Ran was really such a person, would he voluntarily ask for his life to do such a life-threatening thing? Apparently not! The head of the four nobles, Wei Ran, who suppressed the first king, is no longer there! The person standing beside him is dedicated to the country and can be called loyal to Daqin! Therefore, even if Qin Wangming knew that Wei Ran was the most suitable candidate. King Qin can't agree to come down all at once, otherwise, wouldn't it chill the hearts of loyal ministers?!

Wei Ran knelt down directly, and said in an irrefutable tone: "The Lu of the Eater, the matter of loyalty to the Monarch!" The ministers were pampered and nobled in the Qin State. Enjoying the glory and wealth that ordinary people can hardly enjoy, now that the Qin State is in trouble, how can the minister escape as the head of a hundred officials? The ministers are here, and the soldiers and people of Xianyang must think that the king is here! In this way, we can unite as one! The minister is willing to die for the king and die for the Great Qin, please fulfill the king! ”

King Qin used his trembling hand to grab Wei Ran's arm, but Wei Ran kowtowed three times in succession and pleaded: "If the king doesn't agree, the minister would rather kneel and die here!" ”

King Qin finally let out a long sigh and said, "No one knows your mind!" That's it! That's it! Let the prime minister stay in Xianyang! ”

"Thank you for your success!" Wei Ran replied in surprise.

"The widow gave Aiqing the right to fight the plane, and the people of Xianyang, whether they were old or young, women and children, whether they were nobles and nobles, all listened to Aiqing's orders! Violators, Aiqing can cut first and then play! The widow quickly sent the army of Qi Gong to abandon Qi County and rush to the aid of Xianyang. The soldiers and horses west of Xianyang, the coefficient is mobilized by Aiqing! The selection of county officials, Aiqing can be the master alone! King Qin gave several orders in succession.

This almost meant that Wei Ran had all the power of the King of Qin. Although in this case, the power is somewhat non-existent. After all, if you want to give orders, you also need government orders that can be transmitted to the local area! But this undoubtedly shows the importance that the King of Qin relies on Wei Ran, and almost no one doubts that if Wei Ran is lucky enough not to die, when he returns to Liyang, he will definitely become a real courtier of the Qin State under one person and above ten thousand people. Instead of being wary of it as before, the King of Qin was wary of it. It's just that the ministers didn't care about the etiquette, after all, no one would think that Wei Ran could hold Xianyang, and as for being lucky and not dying, it was almost impossible!

"Minister, obey!" Wei Ran said respectfully.

An hour later, a team of hundreds of people was formed. The King of Qin, the Queen of Qin, the crown prince and the favorite concubine of the King of Qin must have priority departure, and the treatment they enjoy can at least guarantee a carriage for each person. This is understandable, any one of them being captured is tantamount to a catastrophe, and the Qin State will either lose its backbone or lose face. In order to reduce the size of the team as much as possible, these nobles of the Qin State were ordered to bring only three people, and they could only be squeezed into a carriage. At the back are the main subordinate officials of the various departments, who are the most critical players in maintaining the operation of the Qin state, but they can only carry one family member. In order to appease the people, the King of Qin assured that the families of all the officials who went to Liyang would be sent to the homes of ordinary people when the city was broken. The Han army would never slaughter the city, so when the time came, the Qin State could send the officials' families to Liyang in batches.

Now, the entire Xianyang City has been taken under military control, and all the people have been ordered to stay at home. Therefore, the carriage and horses of King Qin and his entourage were able to quietly leave Xianyang. To be on the safe side, the team will first head north to Jingyang, where it will stop for a short time before heading to Liyang. The whole journey, if it goes well, will take four days.

With the departure of King Qin and his entourage, Wei Ran became the de facto ruler of Xianyang with the respect of the prime minister, and the first order he gave was that all men in the city who were over 12 years old and under 60 years old, no matter what their background, whether they were servants of the noble family, were limited to two hours, and the coefficient was gathered in the military camp in the city! If there is anyone who hides and shields, he will not be forgiven! (To be continued......)