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“…… Therefore, now that Bai Qi replaces Xiang Shou as the commander, can the generals have objections? ”

Back a few days ago, Wei Ran, the marquis of Qin, personally came to the front line of the Yique battlefield and conveyed the royal decree of "appointing Bai Qi as the commander" on behalf of the Qin king Yingji in front of all the generals in the Qin army's marshal's tent.

"White Rise?"

"It's just a matter of deception to seize a new city, why did you become the commander of the armies?"

"Shhhhhh He was named the head of the left before he could make an inch, and now he has been appointed as the commander of the armies, this white start is really good luck!"

After hearing the words of Marquis Wei Ran, the generals of the Qin State in the tent were slanderous, but no one dared to raise objections.

It turned out that they didn't dare to disobey Wei Ran.

Marquis Wei Ran, this person is the half-brother of the Empress Dowager Xuan, the mother of the current Qin King Yingji, since Chu entered the Qin Dynasty, he became the minister of Qin, and then because of the meritorious service of supporting the nephew King Qin, he was named the Marquis, and obtained the Suiyi as a lost city, so the world called him the Marquis. [PS: The title of the marquis is one level higher than that of the king, and he was already the highest lord at that time. 】

When Zhao's father was still alive, Zhao's retainer Lou Chuan once replaced Wei Ran as Qin's minister, but after Zhao's father's incident, Qin immediately dismissed Lou Chuan and changed to Wei Ran as the minister again, coupled with the influence of his sister Empress Dowager Xuan, so that Marquis Wei Ran is now powerful in Qin, and no one among the courtiers can match.

Now, Marquis Wei Ran is clearly trying to promote the young general Bai Qi, even if the rest of the Qin generals in the tent are not convinced, they are helpless.

"Isn't there any objection to General Xiang Shou?"

The generals in the tent turned their eyes to Xiang Shou, thinking that Xiang Shou would stand up and explain two sentences, after all, in the eyes of most of the Qin army generals, Xiang Shou was actually doing a good job as the commander this time, at least there was no omission to give the main general of the opposite South Korea, Storm Kite, an opportunity.

But unexpectedly, Xiang Shou smiled and didn't say anything from beginning to end, as if he had no opinion on Wei Ran's replacement of him with Bai Qi.

Seeing this, the generals in the tent could only accept the reality of being commanded by Bai Qi, a young general who was just in his early twenties.

"There seems to be no objection."

After looking around at the generals in the tent, Marquis Wei Ran said in an irrefutable tone: "In this case, Bai Qi, you will assume the position of commander on the same day and take charge of the 130,000 troops of the whole army!" ”

"Whoa!" Bai Qi clenched his fists and received the order with a serious expression.

A moment later, the military council of the day ended, and the generals of the Qin army in the tent left one after another, leaving only Wei Ran, Xiang Shou, and Bai Qi.

At this time, Xiang Shouchang exhaled and said with a smile: "I finally unloaded the burden of thousands of catties on my shoulders......"

His words are not self-deprecating, in fact, Xiang Shou is also a self-aware general: if he is allowed to attack a certain city with tens of thousands of Qin troops, then he Xiang Shou can also be competent, but in a large-scale war like the one in front of him, where hundreds of thousands of troops are invested by both sides, then he will not be competent.

First of all, he does not have the courage to make all kinds of decisions in a war of this scale, and secondly, he also lacks the strategy to defeat the enemy, just like Gongsun Xi's evaluation of him, he is just a general who will only lead his troops to attack step by step, and he will definitely win the war, which will most likely not be lost, but he may not be able to win the war.

That's it.

Now that Wei Ran has brought the order of King Yingji of Qin and changed Bai Qi to be the commander, in fact, Xiang Shou is also secretly relieved by this.

After hearing Xiang Shou's words, Marquis Wei Ran glanced at him angrily.

Some people may think that Wei Ran recommended Bai Qi to replace Xiang Shou in front of Qin Wang Yingji, so maybe the relationship between Wei Ran and Xiang Shou is not good.

However, it would be wrong to think so, Wei Ran is the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Xuan, and Xiang Shou is a relative of the Empress Dowager Xuan's mother's family, these two are actually in the same camp in the Qin State, and they both belong to the party of the Empress Dowager Xuan.

Including Bai Qi, Bai Qi is not an outsider, don't look at him as a native of Qin, but in fact, after he is surnamed Mi, his ancestor is the son of Prince Jian, the son of King Chuping, "Wang Sun Sheng", because he was named "Bai Gong", he is also called "Bai Gongsheng", and became the ancestor of the surname Bai.

Because his father, Prince Jian of Chu, was framed by Fei Wuji, a courtier of Chu, and lost the opportunity to inherit the throne, Bai Gongsheng later rebelled, trying to seize the position of the monarch of Chu from Xiong Zhang, the king of Chu Hui, but unfortunately the uprising failed, Bai Gongsheng died in the chaos, and his children and grandchildren fled to live in Qin because of fear of being implicated, that is, Bai Qi's ancestors.

This is also the reason why Marquis Wei Ran looked at each other differently from the beginning, that is, after each other was surnamed Mi.

Of course, in addition to this, the main reason is that Wei Ran values Bai Qi's talent.

In general, the nobles surnamed Mi led by Empress Dowager Xuan and Marquis Wei Ran, although they are now powerful in the Qin State, they are not without political enemies, and their biggest threat is the Ying family of the Qin State.

For example, the famous general of the Qin State before, that is, Yingji, this person is Wei Ran, and he has to be afraid of three points.

However, since Ying died of illness, the Ying family has almost no pillars, which is also the reason why the relatives surnamed Mi led by the Empress Dowager Xuan and the Marquis Wei Ran gradually controlled the rights of the Qin State.

It is no exaggeration to say that now in the Qin State, the influence of the Empress Dowager Xuan and the power of the Marquis Wei Ran, the combined power of the two is even higher than that of the King of Qin.

"Leave him alone."

Seeing Bai Qi looking at Xiang Shou with a little apology in his eyes, Wei Ran waved his hand and said, "He was frightened by the violent kite and rhino martial arts, do you still expect him to win this battle?" ”

"Hey, hey, hey......" Xiang Shou Wenyan pretended to be angry and said: "It's too much for you to say that, if you just strive to be undefeated, I can do it." ”

"What if I want to defeat the Wei and Han forces on the other side?" Wei Ran looked at Xiang Shou with a smile.

"Uh......" Xiang Shou smiled and stopped talking.

It's no wonder, after all, there are 110,000 combined forces between South Korea and the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, plus 180,000 reinforcements sent by the Wei State, at this time, the combined forces of Wei, Han, and the Eastern Zhou Dynasty on the opposite side can reach 300,000 troops, and how many of his Qin troops are there? It's only 130,000, not even half of it, how can Xiang Shou be confident that he can defeat this coalition army?

"Humph!"

With a playful snort, Wei Ran turned his head to look at Bai Qi, and seeing that the latter's face was full of solemnity, he smiled and said with relief: "Don't care about what I say." …… Bai Qi, this time I recommended you as handsome in front of the king, just because I knew that Xiang Shou guy would definitely not be able to defeat Storm Kite and Gongsun Xi. But you're different, and I expect a lot from you. However, you don't have to put too much pressure on it, in front of the 300,000 coalition troops on the opposite side, as long as you can hold the new city, it will be a great achievement, on top of this, if you can inflict heavy damage on the Wei and Han armies, then you will have merit, and I will personally show you merit in front of the king! ”

"Thank you for your support, I am very grateful!"

Bai Qi said respectfully with his fists clenched.

Facing Wei Ran, Bai Qi was very respectful, after all, don't look at him as a descendant of the princely family of the Chu State, but it can be passed down to his area, he is basically no different from a commoner in the Qin State, if it weren't for the fact that he took refuge in Wei Ran and was appreciated by the latter, why did he Bai Qi be awarded the position of "Zuo Shu Chief" before attacking South Korea New City last year?

What grade of official is the chief of the Qin State?

In the rest of the countries, it is the "Xia Qing" and "Xiao Sima" level.

Little Sima, as the name suggests, is the adjutant of Big Sima.

In other words, Bai Qi got the position of Zuo Shu Chang, which is analogous to the official rank of Xia Qing and Xiao Sima, in the case that he did not participate in any war and did not establish any meritorious service, so it is conceivable that Wei Ran promoted him.

"Lead the troops well."

Wei Ran smiled and patted Bai Qi's shoulder, then turned his head to Xiang Shou and said, "Xiang Shou, you help Bai Qi more." ”

"I know." Xiang Shouyi smiled and waved his hand, and immediately asked Wei Ran: "Can you return to Xianyang, or will you stay in the army for a few days?" ”

Wei Ran thought for a while and said, "Don't stay, I still have something to do, I need to return to Xianyang immediately......"

To put it bluntly, this time he personally came to the front line of the battlefield to convey the royal order of Qin Wang Yingji, in fact, it was to cheer Bai Qi on his feet, so that those generals in the Qin army understood one thing: that is, Bai Qi was his confidant recommended by Wei Ran!

Bai Qi also thought of this, and said with gratitude: "Houhou, no matter what, please go back to Xianyang after dinner." ”

Wei Ran smiled, and immediately patted Bai on the shoulder and said: "There is no good food and wine in the army, so there is no need, I am still rushing back to Xianyang, and when you return victoriously with the armies of Wei and Han, it will not be too late for me to drink with you." ”

With that, he nodded and said hello to Xiang Shou, and then said goodbye and left.

Sent Wei Ran out of the camp with Bai Qi, looking at the back of Wei Ran getting into the carriage and heading straight to Xianyang, Xiang Shou said to Bai Qi: "This time the Marquis is specially here for you, you don't want to live up to the Marquis's grand intentions." ”

"What the general said is very true."

Bai Qi nodded, and a little determination gradually appeared on his grateful face.

Although Marquis Wei Ran's requirements for him were only to hold the new city, Bai Qi's requirements for himself were not so low.

Whether it was to repay Wei Ran, the marquis, or for his own future, Bai Qi hoped that he could perform better in this battle.

For example, to inflict heavy damage on the armies of Wei and South Korea!

However, this is simple to say, but it is quite difficult to operate in practice - not to mention the heavy damage to the armies of Wei and Han, in fact, the 110,000 combined forces of Korea and the Eastern Zhou State on the opposite side are enough for the Qin army to have a headache.

Well, the army of the Eastern Zhou State is actually negligible, and the key is the 100,000 Korean army.

Qin, Qi, Zhao, Wei, and Han, in today's situation in various countries, South Korea, as one of the three Jin Dynasty, has fallen to the fifth place, on an equal footing with the Song State, but just like last year, the Qi State raised 150,000 troops to attack the Song State but ultimately failed, even if a powerful country like Qin and Qi wants to annex a small country like Han and Song, it is not something that can be achieved casually.

The Song Kingdom was far less weak than King Qi expected, and Korea, as one of the Three Jin Dynasty, was by no means as weak as the world mistakenly thought.

It is undeniable that compared with Wei and Zhao, South Korea, which is also one of the Three Jin Dynasty, except for a period of time during the period of Han Zhaohou, has been silent for the rest of the time, and has always played a role that has been bullied by Qin and Wei.

Thinking about it this way, it is actually clear that in fact South Korea is not weak, and it can even be said that because it is sandwiched between the four powerful countries of Qin, Wei, Zhao, and Chu, instead of having the opportunity to expand outward, it is always threatened by Qin, Wei, Chu and other countries, which makes South Korea's military system develop extremely rapidly, and even if the Korean monarchs of the past dynasties are mediocre, they will not stop improving the forging process, because this is the only guarantee that South Korea can survive in this troubled era.

Because of this, the weapons and bows and crossbows of the South Korean army are in fact the most skilled in the entire Central Plains, and the crossbows are longer, more accurate, and more powerful, even if they are the crossbows of the South Korean army, they are helpless.

This has been verified in the battle of the Qin army's tentative attack on the South Korean army some time ago.

At that time, Xiang Shou was still the commander of the Qin army, and he tentatively launched an attack on the army under the command of the Han general Storm Kite, and almost the 100,000 Han troops only released a few rounds of crossbow arrows, which caused heavy losses to the Qin army, forcing Xiang Shou to give up the temptation.

It's no wonder, after all, the army under the command of Storm Kite is one of the few elites in South Korea at present.

Of course, in fact, whether it is Qin Wang Yingji, or Empress Dowager Xuan, Marquis Wei Ran, they have never thought of annexing Korea in one go, Qin's strategy to deal with Wei and Han has always been to approach step by step and slowly encroach, only an arrogant guy like King Qi's field would want to annex a small country in one go.

Speaking of Qin's attacks on Wei and Han in the past two years, the main purpose was to test the reliability of the "Wei-Han Alliance" and prepare for the gradual encroachment of the two countries in the future.

In fact, Bai Qi had previously led his army to attack the new city of South Korea, which was only an attempt by the Qin State to see if he could capture this fortress, after all, this new city was a border fortress built by South Korea to resist the invasion of the Qin State, and sooner or later, the Qin State would have to find a way to uproot it.

Unexpectedly, Bai Qi defeated the new city in the first battle, which not only made Wei Ran, the Marquis who already valued him, reaffirm his talent, but also gave the Qin State the idea of attacking while he was victorious.

Otherwise, if the new city of Korea has not been conquered, the main direction of Qin's march is most likely to be the land of Hedong of Wei, after all, Hedong is more rich in comparison, and it is the only way for Qin to march into the Central Plains - if Hedong can be defeated, Qin can take advantage of the situation to threaten the Liang of Wei, and by the way, the "Shangdang (county)" of South Korea will be in the bag, which is also a rich land.

But now that Xincheng has been captured, Qin doesn't mind trying to see if he can capture more land in Korea.

But again, the 100,000 Han troops under the command of the storm kite are not weak, not to mention the 180,000 Wei reinforcements under the command of the Wei general Gongsun Xi.

However, Bai Qi also has his own calculations for this.

The next day, Bai Qi and Xiang Shou took hundreds of Qin soldiers and rode a chariot to Xiangshan on the east bank of Yishui.

Judging from the banner, on the west bank of Yishui and on the south side of Yique Mountain, there were 100,000 Han troops under the command of Storm Kite and nearly 10,000 troops of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty stationed on the west bank of Yishui and on the south side of the Yique Mountain.

After watching carefully for a while, Bai Qi said to Xiang Shou: "Sure enough, the Wei army did not step forward......

"That's weird."

Xiang Shou Wenyan frowned and said, "According to the news from the fine work in the Gongcheng area, Gongsun Xi should have led 180,000 Wei troops to arrive in the Yique area......"

As he was talking, a team of Qin soldiers suddenly came to report, saying that they were on the north side of Xiangshan, and they saw the Wei army camp on the other side of the river from a distance.

Glancing at Xiang Shou, Bai Qi immediately took the soldiers to the north side of Xiangshan and climbed high to look at the other side of the river.

Sure enough, as those soldiers said, Bai Qi vaguely saw a vast military camp on the flat ground on the south side of Yique Mountain, although the two places were far apart, and the flag fluttering above the military camp was not real, but no matter how you thought about it, you could guess that it must be the military camp of the Wei army - except for the reinforcements of the Wei State, Korea was unable to make up an army of that number.

"Hey!"

Seeing this scene, Xiang Shou chuckled and said, "The Han army is on the south side of Yique Mountain, and the Wei army is on the north side of Yique Mountain...... Gongsun Xi is trying to take the opportunity to make the Han army and my Qin army consume each other? It seems that the alliance between Wei and Han is indeed no longer as strong as it used to be......"

Speaking of this, he let out a long breath, shook his head and said, "But even so, this battle is not easy to fight." …… Even though Gongsun Xi intends to let the Korean army and our Qin army consume each other, he will never sit idly by and watch the Korean army be severely damaged by our army, and once the battle situation is unfavorable to the Korean army, he will inevitably send reinforcements immediately...... When the time comes, our army, which was dragged to exhaustion by the Korean army, will have to face an energetic Wei army...... It's not easy to fight, it's not easy to fight. ”

Hearing this, Bai Qi lowered his voice and said, "Then try to defeat the Wei army first!" ”

"Defeat the Wei army first?" Xiang Shou looked at Bai Qi in surprise.

I saw Bai Qi say in a deep voice: "General Han Storm Kite, I see that he has used troops recently, and he only focuses on defense, I can probably guess what he is thinking, it is nothing more than to help Gongsun Xi drag down our army as much as possible, so that the Wei army can easily defeat our army after that, in other words, if our army does not take the initiative to attack, Storm Kite will not take the initiative to attack, so that we only need to set up a false flag around the barracks, and we can deceive the Storm Kite to stand still......"

“…… Take the opportunity to draw the main force to attack the Wei army again? ”

Xiang Shou understood what Bai Qi meant, and asked with a frown, "Are you planning to cross the river in this area and attack the Wei army?" When I look at the location of the Wei camp, it seems that the Wei army has taken precautions against this. ”

"Attacking the 180,000 Wei army across Yishui? No, no, no, if this is the case, once it is discovered by the Wei army and attacks our army halfway, our army will be defeated. ”

"Then what do you mean ......"

"Bypass from the west side, bypass the barracks of the South Korean army."

"From the west side?" Xiang Shou was taken aback, lowered his voice and asked, "Do you want to go back to Yushui?" ”

"Yes!" Bai Qiqi nodded and said: "First quietly cross the water to the west, avoid the Han army, and then cross the water again, and then you can reach the back of the Wei army......"

"Wei Jun won't be defenseless against Yushui, right?" Xiang Shou frowned and said.

"It doesn't matter." Bai Qi chuckled and said: "Our army only needs to set up suspicious soldiers in this Xiangshan area, so that Gongsun Xi mistakenly thinks that our army will cross the river to attack his military camp, so that he will definitely take strict precautions in Yishui and ignore the ...... on the west side."

"That's a good idea." Xiang Shou stroked his beard and praised.

At this time, I saw Bai Qi raise his head and look at Yique Mountain on the other side of the river, and after staring at it for a while, he said in a low voice: "But before that, I have to confirm the deployment of the Wei army. …… It's not really true here, it's better to go to that mountain and see the deployment of the Wei army. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to Mount Yique in the distance.

"Mount Yique?"

Xiang Shou glanced up, and said with a sudden change in his face: "Are you crazy? There are 100,000 Han troops on the south side of that mountain, and 180,000 Wei troops on the north side, you actually said that you want to go to that mountain to peek at the deployment of the Wei army? No matter how you think about it, you know that there must be Wei and Han troops stationed on that mountain. ”

Bai Qi smiled and said, "But aren't the two armies of Wei and Han currently in harmony?" If I encounter the guards of the Wei army, I will falsely claim to be Han pawn; If I met the Han army, I would falsely claim to be Wei pawn, thinking that the Wei and Han armies were not very familiar with each other, so they would not see through my tricks. ”

“……”

Xiang Shou looked at Bai Qi speechlessly, shook his head after half a sound and said, "You are simply ...... Too bold. ”

Hearing this, Bai Qi glanced at Wei Ying in the distance, and said in a low voice: "Our army is only 130,000, if the two armies are deadlocked, it is absolutely impossible for our army to defeat the Wei and Han coalition forces, only by making a surprise can we have a chance to win!" ”

Xiang Shou Wenyan frowned.

Although he felt that Bai Qi's desire to go to Yique Mountain to peek at the deployment of the Wei army was simply looking for death, but if he thought about it carefully, Bai Qi was right: with ordinary tactics, it was basically impossible to defeat the Wei and Han coalition forces.

"Okay, I'll give up my life to accompany you, who asked the Marquis to let me take care of you?"

Xiang Shou sighed and said.

Seeing this, Bai Qi smiled and said: "General Xiang Shou, rest assured, this trip seems to be dangerous, but I think there is no danger at most." ”

"I hope so."

Xiang Shou sighed.

On the same day, Bai Qi ordered his soldiers to cut down trees nearby and build several rafts and boats.

The next day, when the sky was still dark, Bai Qi took Xiang Shou and dozens of Qin soldiers to take a raft and boat from the Xiangshan area and quietly rowed to the opposite bank.

After hiding the raft boat in the reeds along the river, Bai Qi and Xiang Shou and dozens of Qin soldiers quietly climbed Yique Mountain.

Along the way, Xiang Shou trembled, after all, there were nearly 300,000 enemy troops stationed in this area, and once the enemy discovered their traces, even if 300,000 people spit on them would be enough to drown them.

But fortunately, until Bai Qi and his party reached the top of the northern end of Yique Mountain, they did not encounter any soldiers from Wei and Han along the way.

At this time, the sky had already brightened, and Bai Qi was condescending, seeing the location and deployment of the Wei army camp.

He chuckled and said, "Sure enough! At this moment, Gongsun Xi is guarding against our army from sneaking up on his camp across Yishui, so he has set up many defenses on the bank of the Yishui River, as long as we set up suspicious soldiers in Xiangshan, he will definitely be tricked. ”

Although Xiang Shou was happy in his heart when he heard this, he couldn't help but persuade: "Since you have seen the deployment of the Wei army, let's go back to the camp now, after all, this place is too dangerous." ”

Bai Qi had a good relationship with Xiang Shou, so naturally he would not laugh at the latter's timidity, smiled and nodded, and returned the same way with everyone.

However, on their way back, they suddenly heard a voice not far away.

"Master Shuai, the front is almost to the top of the mountain."

With this voice, a small group of soldiers appeared in front of Bai Qi and the others.

"Commander?"

Bai Qi looked carefully at the general who was called the commander of the division, and felt that the other party seemed to be younger than him.

"Huh? Someone? ”

The team of soldiers also noticed Bai Qi and the others, and raised their heads one after another, and took a look at Bai Qi and the others.

Face the music!