General Qin

Although it is summer now, the sky is filled with a thick layer of dark clouds, and the air is very dull and oppressive.

Zhao Tuo was wearing a thin silk garment, but he was covered with leather armor and a goose crown on his head. This kind of attire made him sweat profusely just sitting in the tent.

"This dog weather, Naigong really wants to jump into the water naked and swim twice."

Qiang Li muttered while wiping his sweat.

The others laughed, and the air was filled with the smell of sweat. Fortunately, there was no need to take off your shoes in the military tent, otherwise the smell would be intoxicating just thinking about it.

Wang Jian strode over from outside the tent, took a few steps to the chief seat and sat down. Everyone hurriedly saluted and said hello. They sat upright and stared at the old general with piercing eyes. This discussion officially began.

"The people of Qi stationed one hundred thousand troops at the border, what do you mean by that?"

Wang Jian cut straight to the point and got straight to the point.

"What's the point?"

Qiang Lu was impatient, and shouted on the spot: "It's nothing more than receiving a call for help from Chu State, so we specially sent troops to guard the border, and pretended to attack our Qin State at any time, so that we can retreat."

"In my opinion, there is no need to worry about these Qi people. They haven't started a war until now, and most of them are just pretending. I don't believe that Qi State dares to attack Qin State!"

After Qiang Li's words fell, the generals of Pi nodded in agreement.

It's not that everyone present looks down on Qi.

But Qi Guo's performance in the past few decades is really difficult to attract attention.

Since Qi Wangjian came to the throne, under the assisted government of his mother and queen, Qi State has emphasized being cautious and respectful when dealing with Qin State in diplomacy, and emphasizing integrity with other princes.

Facing the wars between Qin State and other vassal states, Qi State always maintained an attitude of staying out of the matter.

If you hit you, I'll take a look.

Under such circumstances, even in the most tragic battle of Changping in the past, Qin and Zhao were at a stalemate. When Zhao State was short of food, he sent people to Qi State to borrow food for help, but Qi State directly refused, and always maintained Qi people's independence from the war. other attitude.

In this way, Qin State continued to attack Han, Zhao, Wei, Yan, and Chu day and night, and the five countries were busy in self-rescue and alliance during Qin's attack. troubled by any war.

Qi State, which has not fought for more than 40 years, what will happen to its soldiers and horses.

All the people here are veterans in the battlefield, how could they not be clear, so when they heard the news that the Qi State stationed troops at the border, apart from being surprised, all the generals looked relaxed.

Wang Jian nodded, and said again: "According to your opinion, Qi State is only stationing troops for deterrence, and has no intention of going to war?"

Qiang Li smiled disdainfully.

A general said: "If Qi State intends to go to war, then it is not just a matter of stationing troops. This will not be a missed opportunity, but it will only make the border cities of Qin State ready for defense. If I am the general of Qi State, If they intend to start a war with Qin, then they should take advantage of the time when the main force of the Qin army and the Chu army are facing each other in Huaibei, and directly raid the country and attack the city in one fell swoop. Isn’t that the right way for a military strategist? I think they are responding to Chu’s call for help. Make a show."

The generals nodded in agreement.

Wang Jian frowned slightly, and glanced at the generals in the tent. Seeing that the general at the end of the tent, Zhao Tuo, was silent and thoughtful, he couldn't help but asked, "Zhao Tuo, all the generals think that the people of Qi are just What do you think of the garrison of troops for deterrence and no intention of attacking?"

Zhao Tuo thought for a while, then cupped his hands and said, "General, what you generals said is reasonable. Qi's move to station troops is mainly based on deterrence, but we must not take it lightly."

"Prime Minister Qi wins later, and has always been friendly with Qin State. With him in power, Qi and Qin will be in peace. Now that Hou Sheng is assassinated, Qi State is asking for help from Chu State, and Qi State has set up troops on the border. This has proved the internal tension of Qi State. The wind is starting to shift, and it can no longer be treated with the usual rationale."

"The last general believes that the Qi people stationed 100,000 troops on the border. They will not take the lead in attacking, but will act on the basis of the situation in the Huaibei battlefield. If our army wins the Chu people in this battle, the Qi people will definitely attack our East County. To save the decline of Chu State, the general had to return to the army to rescue, and gave Chu State a chance to breathe. In this way, they achieved their goal of saving Chu State."

"And if our army is defeated by the Chu people, the Qi people may retreat, but they may also take the opportunity to advance westward and capture the city of Qin's east county."

Wang Jian nodded slightly, what Zhao Tuo said was similar to what he had in mind.

The Qi State stationed troops on the border, watching the wind direction, and waited until Qin and Chu fought before making the next move. After all, the Qi people were not stupid enough to take the initiative to attack and attract the hatred of the Qin army for the Chu people.

Wang Jian glanced at the generals in the tent and said, "Regardless of whether the Qi people are attacking or not, just to be on the safe side, I will send an army to the north to confront the Qi people at the border. This will prevent accidents. I don't know which general in the army is willing to lead the army Going north, stationed at the border of Qi and Qin?"

Hearing this, all the generals including Qiang Li lowered their heads slightly and remained silent.

Going to confront the people of Qi is a thankless task.

Let's talk about Huaibei first. After several months of confrontation between Qin and Chu, a war may break out at any time.

In this battle of hundreds of thousands of people, credit is everywhere.

As long as you follow the general to defeat Xiang Yan's army, sweep Chu, break Shouchun, and capture the king of Chu, this kind of feat of destroying the country will definitely allow them to rise to one rank of title, or even a little more credit, and it is possible to rise to two ranks of.

How about going north to the Qi-Qin border to confront the Qi army?

First of all, the great achievement of destroying Chu will be gone, and at most a small amount of merit will be shared. It is definitely not enough to upgrade the title with this. After staying in Huaibei for a few months, who can be reconciled to seeing that the great achievement that is about to be obtained is gone?

The second is to lead the troops north to confront the Qi army. Not to mention the hard work of the long journey, even if they reach the border of Qi and Qin, the situation is very embarrassing.

If the Qi army does not launch an attack, then there will be no credit at all.

If the Qi army launched an attack, the Qin army who went to confront it would be very aggrieved.

Because it is impossible for Wang Jian to send a large army, at most one general will lead 30,000 people to stand up and defend.

In this way, the Qi army has 100,000 troops, and the Qin army has a maximum of 30,000. Under such a disparity in strength, even if the Qi army has been scattered for a long time and is a little weak, the number is still there.

Could it be that someone can break 30,000 to 100,000?

nonexistent.

Therefore, when Qi State launched an attack, the Qin army who went to confront it would most likely rely on the cities of Dongjun County for defense, and be suppressed and beaten by the Qi people. After Wang Jian's side cleared up Chu State, he would lead his troops northward to clean up Qi State.

From this point of view, General Pi, who was sent to the border to confront the Qi army this time, was out of luck. Not only did he lose his great achievement in destroying Chu, but he also had to entangle with the Qi people, and he might be forced to Take a beating.

If you accidentally lose the battle, it will be even worse.

They have defeated the Chu army in successive battles, but you have lost the battle. If you compare it, you will not even think about raising your head in the future.

Therefore, just now all the generals said that the Qi army is not to be feared. In addition to really despising Qi foreign countries, one of the reasons is that they do not want to be sent to confront the Qi army.

It's better to ignore the Qi army and let the opponent attack Dongjun. Anyway, those places are also the old lands of Wei, Wei and other countries.

Wait until the Qin army destroys the Chu state, and then go back and deal with them slowly. In that way, they may gain more military merits.

Now that Zhao Tuo made his words clear, Wang Jian asked who would come forward, but all the generals bowed their heads and remained silent, making the atmosphere in the tent very awkward.

"Cough cough cough..."

Wang Jian coughed. Didn't he know what these old tricksters were thinking, so he turned his attention to Zhao Tuo.

He stared at Zhao Tuo with a half-smile.

"It can't be me?"

Feeling Wang Jian's gaze, Zhao Tuo couldn't help but jump up in shock.

All the generals knew that going to confront the Qi army was a thankless task, and he naturally knew it very well.

Zhao Tuo originally thought that he had only 20,000 soldiers under his command, and this matter could not be his responsibility, so he dared to speak out. Who knew that Wang Jian actually looked at him, and couldn't help but blame himself for talking too much.

Wang Jian stared fixedly at Zhao Tuo and didn't speak, but the hint on his face couldn't be clearer.

If your kid doesn't take the initiative.

Then don't blame me for calling names in public.

Zhao Tuo had no choice but to stand up with a bitter face, and said, "The final general is willing to go."

"good!"

Wang Jian clapped his palms and laughed loudly, saying to the left and right: "General Zhao Tuo took the initiative to ask for orders to go to a stalemate with the Qi army, very good!"

"General Zhao is the heart of the country, we all know that."

"That's right, General Zhao Tuo really deserves to be the young hero of our country of Qin."

All the generals laughed.

I saw someone take the initiative to take on this extremely tasteless task.

The military tent was suddenly filled with a happy atmosphere.

Qiang Lu was even more gloating, looking at Zhao Tuo as if he was looking at a fool.

As far as the 20,000 people under your command go, wait to be beaten by the 100,000 Qi army.

"Historical Records Tian Jingzhong's Family": Kings and empresses serve Qin Jin, trust with princes, Qi is also on the east sea, Qin day and night attacked three Jin, Yan, and Chu, each of the five countries was rescued by Qin, and the old king established more than 40 Years without soldiers.

Thanks to the book friend Kun Linyuan Mountain for the reward, and all the book friends for their votes, thank you!