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

Zhao Tuo was wearing a light silk coat, but he was covered with leather armor and a crown on his head, which made him sweat just by sitting in the tent.

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

Qiang was wiping sweat and muttering in his mouth.

The others laughed, and the air was filled with the smoky smell of sweat, but luckily you didn't have to take off your shoes in the tent, otherwise the smell would be intoxicating just to think about.

Wang Jian strode from outside the tent, walked to the main seat and sat down in a few steps, everyone hurriedly saluted and said hello, sat upright, stared at the old general with blazing eyes, and the discussion officially began.

"Qi people stationed 100,000 troops on the border, what do you mean by that?"

Wang Jian got straight to the point and went straight to the topic.

"What else could it mean?"

Qiang was anxious, and shouted on the spot: "It's nothing more than receiving a call for help from the Chu State, and specially sent troops to guard the border, making it look like they are going to attack our Qin State at any time, so that we can retreat."

"In my opinion, there is no need to care about these Qi people, they haven't started a war until now, most of them are just for show. I don't believe that he Qi State really dares to make a move against my Qin State!"

Qiang's voice fell, and several generals nodded approvingly.

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

It's the performance of Qi in the past few decades, and it's really hard to attract attention.

Since the accession of Qi Wangjian to the throne, under the auxiliary government of his mother queen, the state of Qi has emphasized cautious and respectful diplomatic relations with the Qin state, and honest with other princes.

In the face of the wars between the Qin state and the vassal states, the Qi state always maintained an attitude of staying out of the matter.

I'll see what you beat.

Under such circumstances, even in the most tragic battle of Changping in the past, Qin and Zhao were deadlocked, and when Zhao was short of food, he sent people to borrow grain from Qi for help, but Qi directly refused, and always maintained the posture of Qi people independent of the war.

In this way, the Qin State attacked the five states of Han, Zhao, Wei, Yan, and Chu day and night, and the five states were busy saving themselves and uniting in the attack of the Qin State, but during the more than 40 years of the reign of Qi Wangjian, the Qi State did not experience any war.

The country of Qi, which has not fought for more than 40 years, will become of its soldiers and horses.

All the people here are veterans of the battlefield, how can they not be clear, so when they heard the news that Qi was stationed at the border, in addition to being surprised, all the generals were relaxed.

Wang Jian nodded, and then spoke, "According to your meaning, the Qi State is only a deterrent army, and has no intention of going to war?"

Qiang smiled disdainfully.

A general said, "If the Qi State has the intention of going to war, then it is not just that the troops will not move, but in this way, it will not be a loss of warplane, and the border cities of the Qin State will be on guard. If I am the general of the Qi State and have the intention of starting a war with the Qin State, then I should take advantage of the confrontation between the main force of the Qin army and the Chu army in Huaibei, and directly raid the entry and conquer the city in one fell swoop. I think they are just responding to Chu State's pleas for help and making a show."

The generals nodded in agreement.

Wang Jian frowned slightly, glanced at the generals in the tent, and saw that the general Zhao Tuo at the end of the tent did not say a word, as if he was thinking, he couldn't help but move in his heart, and asked: "Zhao Tuo, all the generals think that the Qi people are just stationing troops to deter, and they have no intention of attacking, what do you think?"

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Zhao Tuo thought for a while, and then arched his hand and said, "General, what the generals said is reasonable, the actions of the Qi State to garrison troops are mainly for deterrence, but we must not take it lightly."

"After Qi Xiang wins, he has always been friendly with my Qin State, and with him in power, Qi and Qin will be peaceful. Now Hou Sheng was assassinated, and the State of Qi was rescued by the State of Chu and stationed troops on the border. This has already proved that the wind direction within the Qi country has begun to change, and it can no longer be measured according to the common sense of the past."

"The last general believes that the Qi people have 100,000 troops on the border, and they will not take the lead in attacking, but will move when they see the situation on the Huaibei battlefield. If our army defeats the Chu people in this battle, the Qi people will definitely attack our Dongjun to save the decline of the Chu State, so that the general has to return to the division to save it

aid, give Chu a chance to breathe. In this way, their purpose of saving Chu will be achieved."

"And if our army is defeated by the Chu people, the Qi people may retreat, but it is also possible to take the opportunity to advance westward and seize the eastern county of our Qin State."

Wang Jian bowed slightly, what Zhao Tuo said was similar to what he thought in his heart.

Qi State's troops were stationed at the border, looking at the direction of the wind, waiting for Qin and Chu to fight, and then 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 attack or not, for the sake of safety, I should send an army north to confront the Qi people at the border. In this way, we can take precautions, I wonder which general in the army is willing to lead the army north and garrison the Qi-Qin border?"

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

To confront the Qi people, it was a thankless task.

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

In this war of hundreds of thousands of people, there are credits everywhere.

As long as they follow the general to break through Xiang Yan's army, sweep the state of Chu, break Shouchun, and capture the king of Chu, this kind of annihilation of the country can properly make them rise to one level, and even if the merit is greater, it is possible to be promoted to two levels.

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

First of all, the great merit of destroying Chu is gone, at most the profit is a little merit, and it is definitely enough to upgrade the title with this, and I have worked hard in Huaibei for a few months, and now that the great merit that is about to be done is gone, who can be willing?

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 it reaches the border of Qi and Qin, the situation is very embarrassing.

If the Qi army does not attack, then there is no credit to speak of.

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

Because it is impossible for Wang Jian to send a large army, at most let a general bring 30,000 people over to confront and defend.

In this way, the Qi army has 100,000, and the Qin army has a maximum of 30,000.

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

Inexistent.

Therefore, the Qi State launched an attack, and the Qin army that went to confront it was most likely to rely on the cities of Dongjun to defend it, and was pressed and beaten by the Qi people.

From this point of view, General Pi, who was sent to the border to confront the Qi army this time, was poured with blood mold, not only did he have no great work to destroy Chu, but he also had to entangle with the Qi people, and he would be beaten by someone.

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

People have destroyed the Chu army and won successive battles, but you have lost the battle, and in comparison, don't even think about raising your head in the future.

Therefore, all the generals just now said that the Qi army was not afraid, in addition to really despising the Qi country, they did not want to be sent to confront the Qi army was also one of the reasons.

It's better to ignore those Qi troops and let the other party attack Dongjun, anyway, those places are also the old lands of Wei, Wei and other countries, even if they are lost, it is not a pity, and they are directly thrown to the Qi people to drag them down.

Wait until the Qin army gets rid of the Chu State, and then go back and slowly clean them up, so that they may be able to gain more military merits.

Now that Zhao Tuo has made his words clear, Wang Jian asked who took the initiative to go, and all the generals bowed their heads and remained silent, which made the atmosphere in the tent very embarrassing.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

Wang Jian coughed, he didn't know the thoughts of these old slippery heads, so he turned his gaze to Zhao Tuo.

He stared at Zhao Tuo with a smile.

"It can't be me, can it?"

Zhao Tuo felt Wang Qian's gaze and couldn't help jumping in shock.

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

Zhao Tuo thought that he only had 20,000 soldiers under his command, and this matter could not fall on his head, 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 Qian's eyes were fixed

Zhao Tuo didn't speak, but the hint on his face couldn't be clearer.

If you don't take the initiative.

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

Zhao Tuo was helpless, stood up with a bitter face, and said, "The last general is willing to go."

"Good!"

Wang Jian stroked his palms and laughed, and said to the left and right: "General Zhao Tuo took the initiative to ask for orders to go and hold on to the Qi army, which is very good!"

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

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

All the generals laughed.

I saw that someone took the initiative to take over this extremely frivolous task.

The military tent was suddenly filled with cheerful air.

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

Just the 20,000 people under your command, go and wait to be beaten by the 100,000 Qi army.

Dongjun who took off