General Qin

"Two hundred and fifty thousand troops!"

Zhao Tuo sighed in his heart.

He originally led 70,000 troops, but some of them were killed or injured in several battles.

After the extermination of the dynasty, after adjustments and arrangements, he handed over one of the soldiers and horses to the deputy general Yang Yuan, who was in charge of the remaining affairs of the generation, so Zhao Tuo had only 50,000 soldiers stationed in Dongyuan City. .

This time Qin Wangzheng recruited 200,000 soldiers from the Qin army after the autumn harvest to attack Qi. Adding the remaining 50,000 soldiers in Zhao Tuo's hands, there are a total of 250,000 soldiers, which is more than when Li Xin attacked Chu. .

And this time Qin Wangzheng appointed the Deputy Commander of Qiqi to be the former Dongjun County Wei Tu Sui. He has a good relationship with Zhao Tuo and will not hinder Zhao Tuo.

All the conditions were prepared enough for Zhao Tuo. This is complete trust, even surpassing the time when Li Xin defeated Chu.

"I will not let the king down!"

Zhao Tuo was very moved.

In the camp of the Qin army outside Dongyuan City, Zhao Tuo summoned his generals and officially began the deployment of the battle against Qi.

"The army is gathered in Xingyang and is about to go to Dongjun. I will personally go to command and start the war against Qi from the direction of Dongjun. Of the 50,000 people in Dongyuan, I will only take 20,000, and the remaining 30,000 soldiers will be A general is leading and temporarily stationed here."

"When the war opportunity arrives, this general can lead his troops to go south across the giant deer, cross the river into Qi, penetrate from the north of Qi, and approach Linzi, the capital of Qi! This is the strange army that will attack Qi this time!"

With a sonorous voice, Zhao Tuo spoke out the plan in his heart.

"Okay, the general's arrangement is in line with the art of war."

The counselor Li Shiqi was the first to join in, and he smiled and praised.

The law of war says that by combining rightly, we can win by surprise.

The situation on the battlefield is constantly changing, so it is naturally impossible for the Qin army to concentrate all its troops on the frontal battlefield, and reserve a part of its troops to be used as surprise troops in other places, so that endless opportunities can be derived.

Hearing what General Zhao said, all the generals in the tent nodded one after another, with excitement flashing in their eyes.

Especially the three generals She Jian, Zhao Guang and Meng Tian.

Under Zhao Tuo's command, these three generals are considered to be the most capable, with the highest rank and rank, and the person who stays here to lead the army will naturally choose one of these three.

Meng Tian has a majestic body, piercing eyes, and straight waist.

Zhao Guang's face was calm, but the longing in his eyes was hard to hide.

Shejian looked at Zhao Tuo with soft eyes.

Zhao Tuo glanced over the faces of the three people, and thought about it in his heart.

He opened the mouth and said: "The highest title here is General Meng, and General Meng will lead 30,000 soldiers."

As soon as these words came out, a look of surprise flashed in Meng Tian's eyes. He thought that Zhao Tuo would hand over this great achievement of leading an army alone to his old subordinate Shejian or Zhao Guang.

After all, in the Battle of Fadai, I was promoted to the title of nobility, but these two people were not promoted to nobility. If Zhao Tuo entrusted them with this important task, it would be reasonable, but I didn't expect it to fall on him in the end.

Let me lead the way.

General Zhao, you really know people!

Meng Tian was excited in his heart, he immediately got up and cupped his hands and said: "The last general Meng Tian takes the order, this time he will definitely live up to the general's trust!"

Zhao Tuo nodded with a smile.

Letting Meng Tian lead the army, speaking from the public mind, is because Meng Tian has demonstrated high military talent and quality in these few battles, which is stronger than Shejian and Zhao Guang, and he has the ability to come from behind. The trend makes it safer to lead the army.

Moreover, Meng Tian's title is the highest below Zhao Tuo's, Zuo Gao's rank is higher, commanding 30,000 soldiers, it is reasonable, reasonable and compliant, no one can say anything.

From a selfish point of view, after the war to destroy Qi this time, the world will be unified, the war will come to an end, and Zhao Tuo will return to the court and enter the political arena. At this time, he made friends with Meng Shi through Meng Tian, ​​which would be of great benefit to his future court career.

It is both in line with the public interest and in line with self-interest. It can be called a win-win move. Why not do it?

Seeing Meng Tian taking orders, Zhao Guang's eyes flashed with disappointment.

Shejian still had a smile on his face and didn't care. He even wanted to be with the general more than leading the army alone.

Of course, Zhao Tuo would not treat them badly. Where hundreds of thousands of troops are fighting on the frontal battlefield, how difficult is it to make contributions?

After arranging the curious soldiers, Zhao Tuo did not delay any longer, and immediately led 20,000 soldiers to leave the camp and go south to Dongjun, preparing to join the army.

The Qin army's black flag fluttered like a black dragon heading south.

But when this Qin army went south and arrived in Handan, it happened to meet an army going north.

Outside the city of Handan, the winter wind howled.

Zhao Tuo patted his horse forward, staring blankly at General Qin standing on the chariot in front of him.

The appearance of that person made him think of a lot.

Zhao Tuo cupped his hands and said softly, "General Li."

Li Xin stood on the car, his hair on the temples was as if covered with snow, he looked at the young general in front of him with the same complicated expression.

But soon, Li Xin laughed: "Good Zhao Tuo, this time you have to work hard to destroy Qi. If I come back from victory in the future, I will invite you to drink in my mansion!"

Li Xin's sudden boldness made Zhao Tuo slightly startled, and then a smile bloomed on Zhao Tuo's face.

"It's a deal! Zhao Tuo will wait for General Li to return triumphantly. I will drink General Li's wine!"

Zhao Tuo's gaze was like a torch, and Li Xin's eyes met.

The two didn't say anything more, and all their emotions were in silence.

Li Xin led his army north to conquer Liaodong, and Zhao Tuo led his army south to destroy Qi.

The two armies staggered.

Zhao Tuo, who was going south, couldn't help turning his head to look north, and whispered: "General Li, finally let go."

Li Xin, who was going north, couldn't help but look south, and murmured: "Zhao Tuo, so it's you."

...

Qin Wangzheng twenty-five years, November.

Zhao Tuo's troops crossed the river from Liyangjin on the north bank of the Yellow River, arrived at Baima, and then all the way to Puyang, the East Commandery.

Here, the sky has long been covered with banners, spears and halberds are like a forest, and the Qin army's barracks are all over the city outside the city.

"General Zhao!"

Tu Sui, the lieutenant general who attacked Qi this time, led a group of generals to greet him.

"General Tu!"

Zhao Tuo also stepped forward to return the gift.

After the two exchanged a few pleasantries, Tu Sui and Zhao Tuo walked forward arm in arm.

"Brother Tu, I have shown Chen Yuxiao to the public in Daidi. He and Han Cheng, who was torn apart by the car, are the masterminds of the previous Dongjun assassination."

Zhao Tuo spoke in a low voice. He noticed that Tu Sui had a huge sunken scar on his face. It was the scar left on him by the assassin Chen Yu during the last battle against Chu.

"Hahaha, well done. His mother's dog assassin dared to assassinate Naigong, which means he was caught by you. If it falls into Naigong's hands, what is the owl's head? Naigong will definitely cut off his two heads. "

Tu Sui laughed out loud, and after laughing, he pointed to the scar on his face, and joked, "But don't tell me, after having this scar, I feel much more powerful. Naigong just needs to get angry now, and put those eyes on his face. Stare, no one will dare to look at Naigong, hahaha!"

"Brother Tu is really a mighty general in the world."

Zhao Tuo praised with a smile, Tu Sui is really open-minded.

...

Just when Qin's 200,000 troops marched to Dongjun, Qin General Zhao Tuo led his troops south from Hengshan County.

The news also spread to the court of Qi State.

"Isn't Qin going to conquer Liaodong? Why did he station troops in Dongjun?"

"That Zhao Tuo also led his troops south!"

"According to reports from our scouts, the vicinity of East County has been blocked, and we cannot find out the specific situation. However, judging from sporadic news, the strength of the Qin State this time is more than 150,000, or even 200,000!"

"Two hundred thousand Qin troops! My God, what are the Qin people going to do?"

"Qin... wants to destroy Qi!"

Just when the monarch and ministers of Qi State were horrified by the facts before them.

Grand Sima Tianchong turned red when he heard the news that Zhao Tuo led his troops to the south.

Since you, Zhao Tuo, did not go to Liaodong to fight the Hu people, why did you write to me to ask for the way to control the Hu people?