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 the outside and a crown on his head. 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 wiped his sweat and murmured.
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.
"Qi people have stationed a hundred thousand troops at the border. Can you tell me what this means?"
Wang Jian got straight to the point and went directly to the topic.
"What else can it mean?"
Qiang Xuan was impatient and shouted on the spot: "It's nothing more than receiving a request for help from 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 everyone here looks down on Qi.
But the performance of Qi State 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 State has emphasized caution and respect in dealing with Qin in diplomacy, and integrity with other princes.
Facing the wars between Qin and various 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 independence of the Qi people 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 40 years of Qi Wangjian'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 it be unclear? 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 intimidate and has no intention of starting a war?"
Qiang Yu smiled disdainfully.
A general named Pi said: "If the Qi State intends to start a war, then it will not just station its troops. This will not only miss the opportunity to fight, but also make our border cities of the Qin State defensive. If I were the guard general of the Qi State, 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?"
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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 friendly with our Qin State. With him in office, Qi and Qin are at peace. Now that Hou Sheng has been assassinated, Qi State has stationed troops on the border with Chu State asking for help. This has proved that Qi State's internal 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 at the border. They will not be the first to attack, but will act based on the situation on the battlefield in Huaibei. 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.
Aid, giving Chu a chance to breathe. In this way, their goal of saving Chu was achieved. "
"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 the east county of Qin."
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 Qin army's hatred 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 on guard against any eventuality. I don't know which general in the army is willing to lead the army. Go north and station at the Qi-Qin border?"
Upon hearing this, all the generals, including Qiang Yu, lowered their heads slightly and remained silent.
Going to confront Qi Ren was 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 rank. Even if they have more merit, it is possible to rise to two ranks. of.
What about heading 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 it was impossible for Wang Jian to send a large army to go there, at most he asked General Pi to lead 30,000 people to confront and defend.
In this way, the Qi army has 100,000 troops, and the Qin army has a maximum of 30,000 troops. With this disparity in strength, even if the Qi army has been out of battle for a long time and is slightly exhausted, the number of people is still there.
Is there someone who can break 30,000 to 100,000?
nonexistent.
Therefore, when Qi State launches an attack, the Qin army that goes to confront them will most likely rely on the cities of Dongjun to defend and be suppressed by the Qi people. After Wang Jian has taken over Chu State, he will lead his troops north to take down 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.
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It would be even worse if he accidentally lost the battle.
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 State, 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 throw 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 took 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. Unexpectedly, Wang Jian actually looked at him, and he 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 happy air.
Qiang Yu looked gloating, looking at Zhao Tuo as if he were 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.
Dongjun taking off
