Less on top!

When they heard the announcement of Zhao Tuo's title, although everyone had already prepared, at this moment, the eyes of the ministers and officials in the palace all fell on the young general.

Their eyes were either amazed, exclaimed, or full of envy.

The fifteenth level of the twentieth rank of the Qin State is already at the upper level of the military merit system.

You must know that even an old minister like Li Si is just a mid-level knighthood.

As for Zhao Tuo, at a young age, he is only nineteen years old this year, and he has already reached such a height.

The most important thing is that Zhao Tuo's title is not inherited from his father, but he has earned it from his own hands on the battlefield, even if he is the most picky person, he can't say anything at this moment except praise.

Zhao Tuo immediately bowed his head and thanked him, satisfied in his heart.

"It's pretty much the same as expected."

Zhao Tuo had already estimated that he had broken 100,000 Qi troops in Zhencheng and captured the Great Sima of Qi, which was enough for him to be promoted from the middle to the right guard.

But the decisive credit after that was not much, breaking through Xiang Qu's army, killing only more than 10,000 people, and not capturing the enemy general. Huaishui was embattled, and most of the Chu army fled, and there were very few captures. And there was Feng Wuxuan in that battle, and the important person Xiong Qi also ran away, and the two battles looked very powerful, but in fact, they didn't add up to much merit.

What played an important role was the attack on Shouchun Waiguo, which was a great achievement.

But after the surrender of the king of Chu, Zhao Tuo gave the credit to the Qin generals. Among them, Wang Jian took the lion's share as the coach, and Zhao Tuo and the generals shared the small credit.

There is also the merit of defeating Xiang Yan, but Xiang Yan's army is only tens of thousands of people, and Zhao Tuo has Feng Wuxuan to accompany him, so he has to share part of the merit to the other party, and the rest of the merit is not enough for Zhao Tuo to be promoted.

Immediately after the determination of Jiangdong and Yuedi, Jiangdong took the initiative to surrender, did not capture, and Zhao Tuo did not take the full credit, because there was still a general Bai Meng, and then it was mainly Bai Meng who guarded Wu Land, this Jiangdong merit, Zhao Tuo could only take half of it at most, and the remaining half was Bai Meng's.

In the battle of Yuedi, the Qin army was quite killed, but Zhao Tuo only forced the queen of Yue to leave with Xiong Qi's body, and did not participate in the subsequent Qin army's reoccupation of Yuedi and the establishment of Huiji County, so the credit for expanding the territory was only half.

Of course, the most important thing is to capture the puppet king Xiong Qi, which is a decisive achievement.

All the credits add up, and it is more than enough for Zhao Tuo to be promoted to a young master, but if you want to be promoted to a higher level and become a big master, you are still a little unqualified.

After all, the military merits of the Qin State are really the more difficult it is to rise to the back.

Li Xin back then, but after participating in the battle to destroy Yan and obtaining the merit of developing the giant cannon, he also captured the princes and nobles of the entire Yan Kingdom, captured the crown prince Dan who assassinated the King of Qin, and hollowed out the noble class of the Yan Kingdom, so that he could be promoted to a young master.

Today's Nanjun Shouteng personally led his troops to destroy Korea, one of the six countries of Shandong. The merit of destroying the country, but the title is only right, which is lower than today's Zhao Tuo.

Wang Jian destroyed the strong enemy Zhao State, and the title was only to the head of the chariot, and the attack on the Yan State was also the head of the big house. The reason why he was able to seal the Marquis of Che this time, in addition to breaking the 400,000 Chu army and destroying Jing Chu, Qin Wangzheng intended to let him go home with a full-level title, which was also one of the reasons.

Although Zhao Tuo's contribution is great, it is not as good as Jun Shouteng's merit of destroying a country alone, and it is reasonable to promote him to a lesser creation.

Thinking that he had been upgraded from it to a knighthood, Zhao Tuo was a little dazed.

Because just more than three years ago, he made great contributions in Yandi with Li Xin, and on the main hall of this Xianyang Palace, Li Xin was promoted to a young master, just like he is now.

At that time, Li Xin was full of spirits, and at the subsequent celebration banquet, he even issued a bold statement of "200,000 annihilation of Chu".

Thinking of this, Zhao Tuo couldn't help but shudder.

He must not go back to General Lee's old path.

As the confessor continued to read out the edict of rewarding Qiang and other generals, Zhao Tuo quietly raised his head and looked at the side of the hall.

That is where the generals of the Qin State stood.

Wang Ben, Meng Wu......

They all smiled and nodded at Zhao Tuo's gaze to show goodwill.

Until Li Xin.

The two looked at each other.

It was the first time they had seen each other since two years ago.

General Li has lost weight, and his beard under his chin is longer than before, but his eyes are not full of confidence and pride as before, but are full of loneliness and exhaustion.

Zhao Tuo's eyes were very good, and he could even see some silver threads in the black hair under Li Xinyu's crown.

"General Lee......"

Zhao Tuo muttered in his heart.

Seeing Zhao Tuo looking, Li Xin's face turned red.

He turned his head sideways, not daring to look at Zhao Tuo.

Two years have passed, and he is still not ready to meet Zhao Tuo.

In addition to the shame caused by Li Xin's failure to listen to Zhao Tuo's advice, which led to the defeat of Chu.

What's more important is that Zhao Tuo now personally defeated Xiang Yan, who defeated him Li Xin, and also captured and killed the traitor Xiong Qi who let Li Xin fall into such a field.

Zhao Tuo avenged his Li Xin and enjoyed infinite glory in the Qin State, from which the title was promoted to the rank of Lesser Upper Creation.

And he, Li Xin, because of the defeat, became a disgrace to the Qin State, and the title was reduced from a small to a middle one.

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"Zhao Tuo, you are better than me."

Li Xinzhong whispered, and met Zhao Tuo's gaze with a side face.

He couldn't face it.

"General Li's ability is still very strong, and among the Qin generals, it is enough to be called middle and upper. It was only because of pride that he lost his cool, and because he met Xiang Yan and Xiong Qi, that he suffered a big defeat. ”

"I have received great favor from General Lee, and I cannot let him sink. In the future, we should look for an opportunity, ask the king, and give General Li a chance to go on an expedition. ”

Zhao Tuo made up his mind and withdrew his gaze from Li Xin.

Just as he turned his head, he found that someone had been watching him.

On the high emperor's couch, Qin Wangzheng was looking at him with a smile.

"The King."

……

Just when the general Wang Jian took all the generals to accept the reward and knighthood in the palace, dozens of captains and military candidates who destroyed Chu also knelt outside the palace.

One by one, they looked excited and full of anticipation, and the listeners read out the reward from the king.

Two years of war is for today's glory.

"The five doctors are involved, with General Zhao to break through the Qi army, attack Shouchun, Huaiyin to block the enemy, enjoy the merit of Wu Yue, and enter the two levels of Jue, as the right chief."

"The fifth doctor, Zhao Guang...... Special entry jue two levels, for the right chief. ”

"Zuo Shu Chang Meng Tian...... Enter the first level of the knight, and be the right chief. ”

"Five doctors with black buttocks...... Enter the first level of the knight, and be the left chief. ”

"The public took Ren Hustle, followed General Yang to break through the other parts of the Chu army, Rushui broke the enemy, captured the right Sima of the Chu State, and attacked several cities and Keyi, and entered the two levels of Jue, as the left chief."

When he heard that Ren Huan was promoted two levels in a row because of Rushui's defeat of the enemy and the capture of the right Sima of the Chu State, he jumped directly from the eighth level of the public car to the tenth level of the left chief.

The generals couldn't help but let out a voice of envy and admiration.

In the crowd, Li You had a bitter face.

If his last battle is successful, then the person who Rushui breaks the enemy and captures the right Sima of Chu State is him Li You.

Li You can not only be promoted to the title of Zuo Shu Commander today, but also get an incomparably huge glory, which is enough to wash away all his previous shame.

Let the entire Qin people in Xianyang know that he Li You is not a "Li Ranran", but like Zhao Tuo, he is a good Qin general who wins more with less.

This is also the reason and motivation why he chose to fight more with less and fight against the odds.

But now, it's all gone.

Li You had already questioned the military judge in charge of the division of merit, as well as the superior lieutenants and generals.

Because considering Li You's defeat in Rushui, it played a great role in breaking the enemy and capturing the right Sima of Chu in the future, plus he Li You also laid down several small cities later.

In the end, the final result is that you will not be promoted, nor will you be reduced, and you may get some monetary rewards.

But in this kind of great victory to destroy the country, and all the generals have their titles promoted, only he Li You's title has not changed, isn't this the biggest irony?

"Father, king, princess...... I've let you down. ”

Li You muttered in his heart, his heart was like ashes.

At this moment, the person who read the edict also read Li You's name.

"Gong Cheng Li You, with General Yang to break through the other parts of the Chu army, Rushui blocked the enemy, helped to capture the right Sima of the Chu State, and conquered several cities, entered the first rank, for the five doctors."

The speaker's voice fell, and Li You was stunned.

"I've been promoted to the rank of Fifth Doctor?"

Li You blinked, and his heart, which was originally like ashes, jumped excitedly.

He double-eyed model lake.

"Rushui blocked the enemy and helped capture the right Sima of Chu State...... The King ......"

Li You's whole body trembled, you must know that no matter how much of a role his battle of Rushui played in the subsequent capture of the right Sima, but he was defeated after all, and the soldiers were killed and wounded, and according to the Qin law, he would be punished, even if he could offset the merits, it would never be possible to be promoted.

Now, Li You has been promoted.

In the edict, he did not mention his defeat at Rushui, but praised his role and exploits in this battle, isn't this the special favor of the king?

"The king, you love me so much!"

Li You raised his head excitedly, and this time, confidence appeared in his eyes again.

Even the original resentment towards Zhao Tuo and others in his heart has dissipated a lot.

Even if the title is not high, the king still favors me, otherwise how can I be promoted to a general with a defeated record!

……

After the knighthood was awarded, all the meritorious captains and military attendants were led by the attendants to a large side hall.

The king wanted to hold a grand celebration banquet for the meritorious soldiers there.

"Li Jun, this time your credit has not been buried, congratulations."

On the way to the side hall, Ren Huan walked to Li You's side and sincerely congratulated him.

"Li You is only a small achievement, the battle of Rushui, thanks to Ren Juncai, if it weren't for Ren Jun leading the army to arrive, how could our army capture the right Sima of Chu State. The merit of Ren Jun is the great merit! ”

Li You responded with a smile, he felt the king's favor for him from the edict, and the whole person instantly saw it, his mental state was very good, and he also felt very pleasing to the eye when he looked at the big man Ren Huan beside him.

The two chatted and walked.

After the generals arrived at the side hall of the banquet, they took their seats in the order of their titles.

Although Li You's title of the fifth doctor was low among many captains and military candidates, and he could only sit in the back position, he was not annoyed at all.

Even when he saw Zhao Tuo, who was newly promoted to the rank of Shao Shang, followed Wang Qian, walked in front of him, and sat down in front of the main hall.

Although Li You had envy in his heart, he didn't have much jealousy.

One is Zhao Tuo's credit, which is indeed worthy of the name, and even he has to admire it.

The other is that he Li You is favored by the king, and the general of the defeated army can still be promoted, which is enough to make him feel excited and comforted.

After the generals were seated, the music sounded.

Qin Wangzheng walked in from outside the hall.

"The King."

The generals hurriedly stood up and saluted.

"This is a celebration feast, a celebration of the merits of the emperors, no need to be polite."

Qin Wangzheng walked to the main seat and sat down, and smiled at the generals.

The generals sat down, but only one person in the back of the palace was a little slower, which attracted the attention of Qin Wangzheng.

Qin Wangzheng looked sideways and saw the man staring at him with a burning gaze.

Li You?

Qin Wangzheng was stunned.

He actually attaches great importance to Li Youren, not only because of Li Si's relationship, but also because Li You was very capable and diligent when he entered the palace as a Zhonglang household general, and he was a good material.

Later, Li You, the general of the Qin Dynasty, was promoted to the rank of Zuo Shu, and agreed to Li Si's request to let Li You go on the expedition, in fact, he also wanted to see if this person had the ability to fight on the battlefield and whether he could be trained as a future general.

At that time, in the choice of Princess Shang, Qin Wangzheng had not yet made up his mind.

It wasn't until later that the defeat of Chu was defeated, and Li You also fell into the name of "Li Ranran".

Qin Wangzheng was disappointed by this, but he could also understand Li You and did not blame him.

After all, Li Youchu went to the battlefield, and in the first battle, he was attacked by the veteran Xiang Yan with tens of thousands of troops, and no one could be defeated in that scene.

Later, Li You was attacked by Zhaoping and led an army in Qiyi, and he was also beaten by more and less, Li You's defeat this time was also excusable, and no one could turn the tables in that kind of battle.

So this time, Wang Jian attacked Chu, and in the face of Li You's invitation to fight, Qin Wangzheng agreed again, and he also wanted to see how Li You would behave under the drive of Wang Qian.

Who knew that the final result was "all the generals won, but only Li You was defeated".

That's it, Qin Wangzheng actually understands Li You's desire to fight for merit and want to be ashamed, and he doesn't have much ill feelings towards him.

Until that day, Zhao Gao's words.

"Everyone in the army says that Li Youshu is strange."

"That's a strange number!"

Qin Wangzheng smiled at Li You and nodded, looking sideways at the others.

He had a plan in mind.

"People who are strange in numbers, if there are many unfavorable things, don't go to the battlefield in the future."

Behind the main hall.

Li You saw the king on the main seat nodding and smiling at him, and his heart became more and more excited.

"The King."