Although it is summer, the sky is filled with thick dark clouds, and the air is very dull and depressing.
Zhao Tuo was wearing a light silk garment, but he also had a leather armor on top and a crown on his head. All these attires made him sweat profusely just sitting in the tent.
"It's such a hot weather, Nai Gong really wants to jump naked into the water and swim twice."
Qiangxu was wiping his sweat and mumbling.
The others laughed, and the air was filled with the intoxicating smell of sweat. Fortunately, there was no need to take off shoes in the military tent, otherwise the smell would be intoxicating just thinking about it.
Wang Jian strode from outside the tent, walked a few steps to the main seat and sat down. Everyone hurriedly saluted and said hello. They sat upright and stared at the old general with bright eyes. The discussion officially began.
"The people of Qi have stationed a hundred thousand troops at the border. What do you mean by this?"
Wang Jian got straight to the point and went directly to the topic.
"What else can it mean?"
Qiang Yu was impatient and shouted on the spot: "It's nothing more than receiving a request for help from the Chu State. I specially sent troops to guard the border and pretended to attack our Qin State at any time so that we could retreat."
"In my opinion, there is no need to worry about these Qi people at all. They haven't started a war yet, they are probably just showing off. I don't believe that Qi State really dares to attack my Qin State!"
After Qiang Yu finished speaking, several generals nodded in agreement.
It’s not that all of you here look down on Qi.
But Qi's performance in the past few decades is really difficult for people to pay attention to.
Since King Jian of Qi came to the throne, under the assistance of his mother, the queen, Qi has been cautious and respectful in its dealings with Qin, and honest with other princes.
Facing the wars between Qin and other vassal states, Qi always maintained a stay-out attitude.
I'll take a look at those who hit you.
Under such circumstances, even in the most tragic battle of Changping in the past, Qin and Zhao were at a stalemate. When Zhao was short of food, he sent people to Qi to borrow food for help, but Qi directly refused and always maintained the Qi people's independence from the war.
attitude outside.
As a result, Qin State continued to attack the five kingdoms of Han, Zhao, Wei, Yan, and Chu day and night. The five kingdoms were busy saving themselves and uniting during Qin's attack. On the contrary, during the more than forty years of King Jian of Qi's reign, Qi State did not withstand
through any war.
Qi has not fought a war for more than 40 years. What will happen to its soldiers and horses?
The people present here are all veterans on the battlefield. How could they not be clear about it? Therefore, when they heard the news that Qi State was stationing troops at the border, all the generals looked relaxed despite being surprised.
Wang Jian nodded and said again: "According to your opinion, Qi State is only stationing troops to deter, and has no intention of starting a war?"
Qiang Xu smiled disdainfully.
A general named Pi said: "If the Qi State intends to go to war, then it will not only station troops but will not move. This will not only miss the opportunity to fight, but also make Qin's border cities defensive. If I were the guard general of Qi,
If they intend to start a war with the Qin State, then they should take advantage of the main force of the Qin army and the Chu army to confront the Chu army in Huaibei, and directly raid into the country and seize the city and territory in one fell swoop. Isn’t that the right way for military strategists? I think they are just responding to Chu’s request for help.
Make a show."
The generals nodded in agreement.
Wang Jian frowned slightly and glanced at the generals in the tent. When he saw General Pi Zhao Tuo at the end of the tent, he was silent and seemed to be thinking. He couldn't help but feel moved in his heart and asked: "Zhao Tuo, all the generals think that Qi people are just
They stationed troops as a deterrent and did not intend to attack. What do you think?"
….
Zhao Tuo thought for a moment, then held up his hands and said: "General, what you generals say is right. Qi's troop deployment is mainly for deterrence, but we must not take it lightly."
"The prime minister of Qi, Hou Sheng, has always been on good terms with Qin. With him in office, Qi and Qin are at peace. Now that Hou Sheng has been assassinated, Qi has stationed troops on the border with Chu asking for help. This has proven that the internal situation of Qi has
The direction of the wind has begun to change, and we can no longer deal with it by the usual logic of the past."
"The general believes that the Qi people have stationed 100,000 troops on the border. They will not be the first to attack, but will take action based on the situation in the Huaibei battlefield. If our army defeats the Chu people in this battle, the Qi people will definitely attack our Dongjun.
To save the declining state of Chu, the general had to return to the army to rescue him.
To give Chu a chance to breathe. In this way, they can achieve their goal of saving Chu."
"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 seize the cities of our Qin State's Eastern Commandery."
Wang Jian nodded slightly, what Zhao Tuo said was similar to what he was thinking.
The Qi State stationed troops at the border to watch the wind direction and wait until Qin and Chu started fighting before making the next move. After all, the Qi people were not stupid enough to launch an 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 attack or not, to be on the safe side, I will send an army north to confront the Qi people at the border. This way we can be prepared for any eventuality. I don't know which general in the army is willing to lead the army."
Go north and station at the border of Qi and Qin?"
Upon hearing this, all the generals, including Qiang Yu, lowered their heads slightly and remained silent.
Going to confront Qi Ren 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 involving hundreds of thousands of people, credit is everywhere.
As long as they follow the general to defeat Xiang Yan's army, sweep the Chu Kingdom, defeat Shouchun, and capture the King of Chu, this kind of feat of destroying the country will definitely allow them to rise to one level of title. Even if they have more merit, it is possible to rise to two levels.
of.
Go north to the Qi-Qin border to confront the Qi army?
First of all, the great achievement of destroying Chu will be gone. At most, it will be a small achievement. It is absolutely difficult to upgrade the title with this. After working hard for several months in Huaibei, who can be willing to see that the great achievement that is about to be obtained is gone?
The second is to lead troops north to confront the Qi army. Not to mention the hardships of the long journey, even when they reach the Qi-Qin border, the situation is very embarrassing.
If the Qi army does not launch an attack, then there will be no merit at all.
If the Qi army launches an attack, the Qin army that goes to confront them will be very aggrieved.
Because Wang Jian could not send a large army to go there, at most he asked General Pi to lead 30,000 people to confront and defend.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In this way, the Qi army has 100,000 troops, and the Qin army has a maximum of 30,000 troops. Under this disparity in military strength, even if the Qi army has been sparse for a long time, it will be slightly stretched.
It collapsed, but the number of people was there.
Is there someone who can break 30,000 to 100,000?
nonexistent.
Therefore, when the Qi State launched an attack, the Qin army that went to confront them would most likely rely on the cities of Dongjun to defend and be suppressed by the Qi people. After Wang Jian had taken over the Chu State, he would then lead his troops north to take down the Qi State.
From this point of view, General Pi, who was sent to the border to confront the Qi army this time, was unlucky. Not only was the great success of destroying Chu lost, he also had to tangle with the Qi people, and he might even be pressed.
Get a beating.
….
If you accidentally lose the battle, it will be even worse.
They defeated the Chu army in consecutive battles, but you lost the battle. Comparing this, you will never even think about raising your head in the future.
Therefore, just now all the generals said that the Qi army was not fearful. In addition to really despising Qi, one of the reasons was that they did not want to be sent to confront the Qi army.
It would be better to ignore those Qi troops and let the other side attack Dongjun. Anyway, those places are also the old places of Wei, Wei and other countries. It would not be a pity to lose them, just leave them to the Qi people to hold them back.
Wait until the Qin army has defeated the Chu state, and then go back and deal with them slowly. That way, they may be able to gain more military exploits.
Now that Zhao Tuo had made his words clear, Wang Jian asked who had taken the initiative to go. All the generals bowed their heads and remained silent, which made the atmosphere in the tent very awkward.
"Cough cough cough..."
Wang Jian coughed. He didn't know what these old cunning men were thinking, so he turned his attention to Zhao Tuo.
He stared at Zhao Tuo with a half-smile.
"It can't be me, right?"
Zhao Tuo felt Wang Jian's gaze and couldn't help but feel frightened.
All the generals knew that going to confront the Qi army was a thankless task, and he naturally knew it too.
Zhao Tuo originally thought that he only had 20,000 soldiers and that this matter would not fall on him, so he dared to speak out. However, Wang Jian actually looked at him and couldn't help but blame himself for talking too much.
Wang Jian stared intently at
Zhao Tuo did not speak, but the hint on his face could not be clearer.
If you don't take the initiative.
Then don't blame me for naming him in public.
Zhao Tuo had no choice but to stand up with a grimace and said, "I will go there eventually."
"good!"
Wang Jian put his hands on his hands and laughed, and said to his left and right: "General Zhao Tuo took the initiative to ask for orders to go and hold a stalemate with the Qi army. It's very good!"
"We all know that General Zhao is very devoted to the country."
"That's right, General Zhao Tuo is truly a young hero of our Qin Kingdom."
All the generals laughed.
I saw someone taking the initiative to take on this extremely tasteless task.
The military tent was suddenly filled with a happy atmosphere.
Qiang Yu even looked gloating about his misfortune, looking at Zhao Tuo as if he were looking at a fool.
As for the 20,000 people under your command, if you go there, you will be held down and beaten by the 100,000 Qi army.