Jiang Rang continued: "As for whether these people are on the side of Da Qin or the puppet Yan, it all depends on the changes in the situation on both sides. The last time I suggested breaking out and asking for help, it was because Yecheng was defended, and if Murong Chui and Zhai Bin fought, they would If Liu Kuren's cavalry beyond the Great Wall can help us, it will indeed make Hebei unable to deal with it, or at least it will make it difficult for Murong Chui to deal with it for a while!"
"But now, it seems that Zhai Bin can't make any waves at all. Liu Kuren's army hasn't arrived yet, and Murong Chui only needs to concentrate on extinguishing the Hebei rebels. Now he has more than 200,000 people and tens of thousands of troops. It can be done easily. If Hebei is pacified, Liu Kuren will not be able to do much. Mr. Changle, it seems we have to think of other ways!"
Fu Pi's eyes dimmed following Jiang Rang's discouraging words just now. After hearing these words, he perked up and asked quickly: "What can I do?!"
Jiang Rang took a deep breath, his eyes bright: "Ask for help from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, abandon Yecheng, and return to Guanzhong!"
Fu Pi was stunned for a moment, then his face changed drastically, and he said angrily: "Jiang Rang, do you know what you are talking about? You are surrendering to the enemy and betraying the country. I can order you to be killed now. Now, I will give you another One chance, just pretend I didn’t hear what you just said, you say it again!”
Jiang Rang shook his head and said calmly: "Your Highness asked me how to save myself. If Your Highness doesn't want to hear this method, I don't have to say anything, but if Your Highness wants me to speak, I have no choice but to speak out, because, then This is my duty!”
Fu Pi said bitterly: "I'm not telling you to think about how to surrender to the enemy and treason. You might as well just surrender to Murong Chui outside the city."
Jiang Rang smiled slightly: "Don't you, Your Highness, know the difference between Murong Chui and Jin people?"
Fu Pi's brows furrowed: "They are all sworn enemies and they all want to plot against my city of Ye. What's the difference?"
Jiang Rang shook his head: "There is still a difference. Jin only wants the land in Yecheng. If we discuss it carefully, we can give us a way back to Guanzhong. But this Murong Chui, he not only wants the land in Yecheng The land, and the lives of His Highness and these tens of thousands of soldiers. Choose the greater of the two good things, and the lesser of the two evils. Your Highness is a smart man, and you don't know the difference."
Fu Pi shook his head and said seriously: "I don't think there is any difference. It is my father's order that I stay in Yecheng now. If he does not allow me to retreat, I cannot leave. This is the responsibility of guarding the land. What we can do , I am just thinking about how to defend this place. I don’t want to hear anyone who leaves Yecheng. Minister Jiang, you are an important minister and my think tank. At this time, you should stabilize the morale of the army and come up with a way to win, instead of coming up with such bad ideas!"
Jiang Rang sighed: "Compared to Yecheng, the king of Guanzhong is more dangerous now. The two thieves Murong Chong and Yao Chang combined hundreds of thousands of troops to besiege Chang'an, from Lingbiao to Guanzhong plain, almost all of them. The enemy, the King of Heaven has only one Great Wall left. As a minister, the first thing you should think about at this time is to save the King of Heaven, instead of guarding this meaningless city of Ye. Even if we defeat Murong Chui, if Chang'an is lost, then His Highness will How to deal with yourself? If the King of Heaven is here and Guanzhong can be pacified, then even if you withdraw from Guandong for a while, you can still fight back later. This was originally the territory of the Yan Kingdom, but the Yan Kingdom back then was destroyed by our Great Qin?"
Fu Pi gritted his teeth: "But I didn't receive the order, how could I retreat? If my father asked me to return to King Qin to help in the battle, that would be another matter."
Jiang Rang said calmly: "Now Yecheng is surrounded on all sides, how can we get any information? Even if the King of Heaven orders us to retreat, we don't know. We are also guarding an important town in Guandong, and Pingyuan Gong Fu Hui of Luoyang is returning with his troops. Guanzhong? Before Yecheng was completely surrounded a while ago, we knew that if it hadn't been for his troops, the King of Heaven would not have been able to push Yao Chang back to Lingbiao and stalemate with the Xi Yan army on Ba. Since Fu Hui can retreat, so can we."
Fu Pi's eyes were bright, as if he was thinking. After a while, he shook his head: "Then we can just retreat and break out. Why do we need help from the Jin army?"
Jiang Rang smiled slightly: "If we just break out of the encirclement, then at most more than 10,000 people can go out. The more than 100,000 Qin loyalists in this city, whether they are Han people or Di people, will become the targets of the Yan army's venting, and they will inevitably die under the butcher's knife. , and if there are only people, it will not help. Guanzhong is now fighting every day, and the red land is thousands of miles away. If the two groups of rebels can be put down, we must also consider restoring production. Otherwise, the food and clothing for the army will not be needed. Where did it come from? When Duke Pingyuan evacuated from Luoyang, he brought more than 100,000 people with him. If we return to Guanzhong, we should do the same."
Fu Pi sneered: "Will the Jin army just watch us retreat to Guanzhong? If the Jin army can do it, so can Murong Chui. Hasn't he always left a passage to the west for us to go?"
Jiang Rang shook his head: "It's different. The Xianbei people are despicable and have no faith at all. Murong Chui wanted us to leave the well-defended Yecheng and retreat on our own, and then sent troops to chase us on the road, because , if we return to Guanzhong and help the King of Heaven put down the rebellion quickly, we will definitely go out to Guandong to fight with him again, which he will never accept. This is called letting the tiger return to the mountain."
"But the Jin State is different. They only need to recover the lost territory. They don't care that Guanzhong belongs to Qin and belongs to Yan. Just like Pingyuan Gong in Luoyang, the Jin army did not surround Luoyang at all. This is the correct way to let the Luoyang soldiers and civilians leave. , Besides, many Han people will stay and become the subjects of the Jin State, while most Di people still want to return to their hometown. It will not be good for the Jin State to force these people who are not of the same mind with them to stay. Therefore, if the Jin army comes here, It will give us a way out. As long as we are willing to give up Yecheng, we can definitely talk about joining forces to attack the Yan army."
Fu Pi said thoughtfully: "But the Jin army is far away in the south of the Yangtze River. How can they help us? Besides, contacting the enemy to negotiate peace without my father's order is a serious crime of treason and collaborating with the enemy!"
Jiang Rang stamped his feet anxiously: "Your Highness! The matter is urgent! The King of Heaven is thousands of miles away, and there is no communication. Now that we can protect the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Yecheng, the most important thing is to save the King of Heaven. We must also Don't care about these pedantic rules. You are the prince who guards Hebei and you have the right to do things cheaply. Can't you do this? If the king of heaven really blames you in the future, you can say that this is entirely my Jiang Rang's plan. I will One person should bear the responsibility of collaborating with the enemy and treason!"
