General Qin

Zhao Tuo handed over his sword and strode into the palace gate.

Along the way, all the former colleagues in the palace looked at him with envy and awe, saluted and said hello, and respectfully shouted: "Zhao Zhonggeng."

Zhao Tuo nodded, smiled at them, and called out some Zhonglang's names from time to time, which flattered them even more.

More than a year ago, Zhao Tuo was just like them, a little Zhonglang stationed in the palace, but a year later, he has transformed into a well-known young hero in Qin State.

The title has even reached the middle level, which is the same as many veterans and famous generals. This kind of leap is enough to make the eyes of the middle men turn red with envy.

After Zhao Tuo left.

A Zhonglang looked at his back and couldn't help enviously saying: "If I knew this, I would follow my orders to go to the battlefield. Maybe I will be the same as Zhao Zhonggeng now, and I will be promoted to meritorious deeds..."

Zhong Lang on the side immediately sneered and said: "Come on, if you went last time, maybe you followed Li Zhonggeng to attack Shouchun by surprise, and died in Chu by accident. Don't forget, Guan Zhong who attacked Chu earlier Most of the elite are under Li Zhonggeng's command."

Another Zhonglang said with a smile: "It's okay to follow Li Zhonggeng, at least there is a chance to come back alive. If we followed our original Li Hu general. Haha, it would be a disaster. The whole army was wiped out, and he was the only one alone." live."

"That's true, but when General Li Hu was in the palace, he looked like a famous man. How come he only has the ability to escape when he goes to the battlefield? Now people in Xianyang secretly call him 'Li Paopao', I don’t know who got this title, it’s quite appropriate.”

"Hey hey."

...

Compared with the envy and friendliness of those Zhonglang colleagues, Zhao Tuo was a little embarrassed by some of the original superiors.

Zhonglang cavalry general Wang Li.

Zhao Tuo met him on the road, and Wang Li looked at Zhao Tuo with complicated eyes.

In the past, when Zhao Tuo entered the Qin Dynasty, he was the head of Guizhou without a title, but Wang Li was already a Zhonglang cavalry general with five titles of senior officials.

Even if Zhao Tuo made meritorious deeds one after another, even after defeating Yan State to worship the Duke and Duke, and entered the Qin Palace as Zhonglang, he was still below Wang Li.

At that time, Wang Li also wanted to subdue Zhao Tuo, thinking that he was quite talented in military strategy, and he could be accepted as a subordinate and entrusted with important tasks when he became a general in the future.

Who would have thought that only two years had passed, the former Wujue boy has now become the aloof Zhao Zhonggeng, while he, Wang Li, has not changed, and is still the title of Fifth Doctor.

However, there was no way to do this. Wang Li's father and ancestors led troops to fight outside one after another, so the Wang family naturally had to stay in Xianyang for a generation.

Wang Li's name is Zhonglang, but he is actually the proton of King Qin's restraint of Wang Jian and his son.

When Li Xin conquered Chu, Wang Li had the possibility of going to the battlefield, but unfortunately Wang Ben thought that the risk of the battle was too high, so he held back, so he stayed in the palace for another year.

Now that Wang Jian is leading the army to go to war, it is naturally impossible for him, Wang Li, to go to the battlefield to make meritorious service.

In this way, the gap between him and Zhao Tuo became wider and wider.

Wang Li sighed secretly, cupped his hands to Zhao Tuo and said, "Wang Li, I have seen Zhao Zhonggeng."

Zhao Tuo didn't even dare to speak, and returned the courtesy: "Your Majesty, don't do this. Although Zhao Tuo has made contributions, his abilities are all due to the teaching of Old General Wang and General Wang. If there is no Wang family, An De will have today's meritorious service."

"Zhao Tuo never dared to accept the king's gift. Moreover, Zhao Tuo wanted to make friends with the king, so the king should not be commensurate with his title. It's just a lot of estrangement."

Hearing what Zhao Tuo said, a smile appeared on Wang Li's face, and the feeling of jealousy in his heart could not help but ease.

Yes, no matter how handsome this Zhao Tuo was as a young man, he was favored by the king, but he was brought out by Wang Jian after all, and he was a natural ally of his Wang family.

Wang Li smiled and said: "In that case, then I won't call him a title, but I will call him Jun Zhao."

Zhao Tuo also responded with a smile.

Wang Li envied Zhao Tuo's meritorious service in the battlefield, why didn't Zhao Tuo envy Wang Li's birth as a general.

He, Zhao Tuo, fought desperately on the battlefield, traveled thousands of miles, narrowly escaped death, and now he can only be promoted to the rank of nobleman, and the title of marquis is nowhere in sight.

And what about Wang Li?

He only needs to sit in Xianyang without taking any risks, and he has his father and ancestors to accumulate credit for him.

Even if Wang Li doesn't do anything, when Wang Jian dies, he will be able to inherit a Marquis securely.

People are better than others.

Zhao Tuo and Wang Li exchanged some more greetings, took their leave and left, and soon met Meng Tian, ​​a Zhonglang general in armor and sword, who was guarding the Great Court Council in front of His Majesty.

Compared to Wang Li's friendly attitude before, Meng Tian seemed soft and stubborn.

Seeing Zhao Tuo approaching, he still stood upright, staring ahead, pretending to be a serious guard.

Meng Tian could ignore Zhao Tuo, but as his former subordinate, Zhao Tuo had to take the initiative to say hello.

"Zhao Tuo, I have met General Zhonglang."

Zhao Tuo offered to surrender.

Meng Tian turned his head, glanced at Zhao Tuo, and said coldly: "Zhao Zhonggeng's rank is higher than Meng Tian's, and he is also a famous general in the battlefield. Can Meng Tian'an accept Zhonggeng's gift?"

"According to the status of my title in the Qin Kingdom, only Meng Tian can salute to Zhong Geng. It is just to forgive Meng Tian for being in armor and carrying out official duties of the guard, so it is inconvenient to salute."

The corner of Zhao Tuo's mouth twitched.

This Meng Tian acted like he was doing business, and directly blocked his overtures, which made Zhao Tuo feel bored.

"It's Zhao Tuo who is being rude."

Zhao Tuo shrugged, it seemed that he and Montessori were really not on the right track.

Although the matter of Zhao Gao before did not lead to enmity against Meng Yi, the stern and selfless Tingwei Mansion Zuo Zuo would definitely not have a good impression of Zhao Tuo.

Now Meng Tian has this attitude again.

He, Zhao Tuo, was destined not to be able to get along with Montessori.

Zhao Tuo was thoughtful, and after bidding farewell to Meng Tian, ​​he walked towards the hall.

Behind him, Meng Tian looked at Zhao Tuo's back with complex expressions in his eyes.

"This time, I also want to ask for Fachu... Otherwise, I will only be able to look at the back of this son in the future, and the name of Montessori will ruin me."

Thinking of this, Meng Tian had another strange feeling in his heart.

The last time Li Xin conquered Chu, under Qin Wangzheng's suggestion, he thought that he was about to become the deputy general who conquered Chu, and he would be promoted to the rank immediately after making meritorious service.

The position of lieutenant general hinted by the king finally fell to his own father, which made Meng Tian very speechless. If it was someone else, he would still feel resentment or even resentment in his heart. But it was Meng Wu, so Meng Tian could only swallow his teeth, not even daring to say a word of complaint.

But I didn't expect that Li Xin's attack on Chu was a big defeat. He, Meng Tian, ​​didn't participate as a lieutenant general, but it became a great thing, and his father, Meng Wu, seemed to have suffered a catastrophe on his behalf.

Whenever thinking of this matter, Meng Tian felt dumbfounded, and his mood was very strange.

It's just that Meng Tian has always had a doubt in his heart, which has troubled him for a long time.

"Your Majesty clearly hinted that he wanted me to be a lieutenant general, why did he become a father in the end?"

"Did the king himself change his mind, or was someone slandering him?"

"Who is that man? Why did he do this?"

...

"This time in the battle against Chu, the widows will be ashamed, and all the affairs of the battle will be entrusted to General Wang."

"Wang Jian, as the general of our Qin State, he will lead an army of 600,000 troops to defeat Jingchu!"

In the main hall, Qin Wangzheng opened his mouth and formally announced the appointment of Wang Jian as the general to defeat Chu.

Wang Jian came out, saluted, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, my minister Wang Jian will certainly live up to the king's orders."

Compared with Li Xin's bold words last time, Wang Jian's words were few, but everyone in the hall listened with peace of mind.

"Wang Jianwen, this time we can finally fight the wind."

Looking at this scene, Zhao Tuo was very happy. With Wang Jian leading the army, he didn't have to worry about the risk of a big defeat.

The national strength of the Qin State today, as long as the coach does not mess around, the victory is great.

"I just don't know who the deputy general is? Yang Duanhe?"

As Zhao Tuo expected, after announcing Wang Jian as the general, Qin Wangzheng immediately announced that the deputy general who will attack Chu this time is Yang Duanhe, a veteran of the Yang family.

Everyone took it for granted, and no one was surprised.

Unlike the last time Li Xin attacked Chu, Qin Wangzheng wanted to replace the backbone of the Qin army with a bunch of fresh blood.

This time, his purpose was to completely destroy the Chu State and bring shame to it.

For this reason, he did not hesitate to personally go to Pinyang to ask Wang Jian to come back, and even mobilized the Qin State's 600,000 troops, which can be called the power of the whole country.

Under such circumstances, Qin Wangzheng must not allow any failure.

So this time, he used the most stable collocation for everything.

Commander Wang Jian, be steady.

Lieutenant General Yang Duanhe, stable.

This battle must be won steadily!

There is no second choice.

Zhao Tuo held Mo Yugui and stood in the hall, watching Yang Duan and the old general come out to salute and thank him, but he was thoughtful.

He found that the senior military generals in the entire state of Qin seemed to be monopolized by a few major generals.

Wang.

Montessori.

Xin's.

Young's.

Lee.

Huan.

...

Although there is a saying in this era that "the prime minister must start from the state, and the fierce general must start from the army".

But in fact, it is the major clans that really monopolize the upper echelons.

The military meritorious ranks of the Qin State opened up a channel for people at the bottom to rise up, but for real civilians, there are too few, too few, or even none, who can start from small soldiers and climb to the top.

Even if he was like Qiang Li, he was born with a common surname of Qiang people, and when he joined the army, he would be treated with a title of title, which is beyond comparison for ordinary people.

Perhaps, he, Zhao Tuo, can be regarded as a real soldier who has risen from a small soldier.

...

At the Great Court Meeting.

Qin Wangzheng formally appointed the candidates for the main general and deputy general for this attack on Chu.

After that, Wang Jian, Yang Duan and the two veterans went to Bangwei's mansion, and together with Bangwei Weiliao, they decided on the candidates for the remaining generals.

This time Qin sent 600,000 troops.

In addition to the 300,000 auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands, there are also about 300,000 soldiers.

In this way, thirty Qin generals at the rank of school lieutenant and more than ten generals of benefit are needed.

"How should Zhao Tuo arrange this?"

"He is now a middle class knight, it's really troublesome."

Yang Duanhe looked at Zhao Tuo's name on the bamboo slips and couldn't help but feel worried.

The title of middle class is enough to serve as a general.

But according to Yang Duanhe's thinking, although this Zhao Tuo made brilliant achievements in the battle of Li Xin's defeat of Chu, he was too young after all, and had only led five thousand soldiers at most, and had no experience in leading an army to fight.

If it is suddenly promoted to a high-level job.

I'm afraid this young man won't be able to grasp it.

It is also possible to end up like Li Xin in the end.

Yang Duanhe thought of Wang Jian's steady temperament and the situation of suppressing Li Xin when he was attacking Yan before, so he couldn't help but make a sound.

"Zhao Tuo's sudden rise to the position may repeat what happened to Li Xin. Why not appoint him as a school lieutenant and bring only 10,000 people? That would be safer, but Zhao Tuo's rank is too high to be under others, so let him be How about putting it under the direct control of the general?"

Hearing this, Wang Jian, who has always been steady, smiled and shook his head.

"You don't need to make such an arrangement. Although Zhao Tuo is young, his ability is not small, not inferior to other generals."

Wang Jian thought that before Zhao Tuo attacked Wei, he came to ask himself what he should do if "the Qin army defeated Chu and was followed by the Chu people".

Thinking about it now, this son actually has such foresight, even farther than Wang Jian.

From Mr. Changping's abnormal performance, it can be seen that the opponent may rebel, and thus deduce a series of changes in the war... Zhao Tuo's ability to see things in detail, just thinking about it makes Wang Jian amazed.

Not to mention, Zhao Tuo's record in Chudi also made Wang Jian feel very impressive.

This child cannot be treated with common sense.

Thinking of this, Wang Jian laughed, and said to Wei Liao who was beside him: "Young Lord, I don't think we need to suppress Zhao Tuo on purpose, how about just accepting him as General Pi according to his title?"

Wei Liao smiled and said, "Good."

There is a third update tonight, it will be later