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"... Therefore, Bai Qi replaced Xiang Shou as the commander. Can the generals have any objections?"

Back a few days ago, Wei Ran, the Marquis of Rang of Qin, personally came to the front line of the Yique battlefield. In front of all the generals in the Qin army commander's tent, King Yingji of Qin, conveyed the king's order to "appoint Bai Qi as the commander" on behalf of King Yingji of Qin.

『Bai Qi?』

"It's just that he has seized a new city by tricks. Why do he become the commander of the army?"

"Ga! He was named Zuo Shuchang before his merit was established, and now he has been appointed as the commander of the army. Bai Qi is really lucky!"

After hearing the words of Wei Ran, the Qin generals in the tent complained about it, but no one dared to raise objections.

It turns out that they dare not disobey Wei Ran.

Ranghou Wei Ran, the mother of the current Qin King Yingji, is the half-brother of Queen Mother Xuan. Since Chu entered Qin, he became a minister of Qin. Since then, he was named Marquis because of his contribution to supporting his nephew, King Qin, and obtained Rang as a lost town, so he was called Marquis of Rang. [ps: Marquis' title is one level higher than the king and is already the highest title at that time.]

When Zhao Zhufu was still alive, Zhao's minister Lou Yan once replaced Wei Ran as the prime minister of Qin. However, after Zhao Zhufu, Qin immediately dismissed Lou Yan and changed to Wei Ran as prime minister again. In addition, his sister Empress Dowager Xuan's influence, the Rang Marquis Wei Ran is now in great power in Qin, and no one among his ministers can match.

Now, Marquis Rang Wei Ran clearly wants to support Bai Qi, the young general. Even if the other Qin generals in the tent are dissatisfied, they will have nothing to do.

『Does General Xiang Shou have no objection to this?』

The generals in the tent turned their attention to Xiang Shou, thinking that Xiang Shou would stand up and explain a few words. After all, in the eyes of most Qin generals, Xiang Shou did a good job as the head coach this time, at least there was no omission to give the opponent Korean leader Bao Yuan an opportunity to take advantage of.

But unexpectedly, Xiang Shou smiled from beginning to end, as if he had no objection to Wei Ran's replacement of him with Bai Qi.

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

"It seems there is no objection."

After looking around the generals in the tent, Ranghou Wei Ran said in an unrefutable tone: "Since that's the case, Bai Qi, you will be the head coach today and take charge of the 130,000 troops of the entire army!"

"Here!" Bai Qi clasped his fists and answered the order with a serious expression.

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

At this time, Xiang Shou let out a long sigh and said with a smile: "I finally took off the heavy burden on my shoulders..."

His words were not self-deprecating. In fact, Xiang Shou was also a self-aware general: if he was asked to lead tens of thousands of Qin troops to attack a certain city, then Xiang Shou would be competent, but if he was like the one in front of him, he would not be competent.

First of all, he did not have enough courage to make various decisions in wars of this scale. Secondly, he lacked the strategy to defeat the enemy. Just like Gongsun Xi's evaluation of him, he was just a general who could only lead troops to attack step by step and could definitely win a war. He would probably not lose, but he might not be able to win a war.

That's it.

Now Wei Ran brought the order from King Yingji of Qin and changed Bai Qi to the commander. In fact, Xiang Shou also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

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

Some people may think that Wei Ran recommended Bai Qi to replace Xiang Shou in front of King Ying Ji of Qin, so the relationship between Wei Ran and Xiang Shou may not be good.

However, I was wrong to think so. Wei Ran was the younger brother of Queen Mother Xuan, and Xiang Shou was a relative of Queen Mother Xuan's family. These two people were actually in the same camp in Qin and both belonged to Queen Mother Xuan's party.

Including Bai Qi, Bai Qi is not an outsider. Although he is a native of Qin, in fact, he is the descendant of the Mi family. His ancestors were "Wang Sunsheng", the son of Prince Jian, the son of King Ping of Chu. Because he was named "Bai Gong", he was also called "Bai Gongsheng", and became the ancestor of the Bai family of Mi family.

Because his father, Crown Prince Jian, was framed by Fei Wuji, the minister of Chu, and lost the opportunity to inherit the throne. Bai Gongsheng later rebelled and tried to seize the position of the monarch of Chu from King Hui of Chu Xiong Zhang. Unfortunately, the uprising failed and Bai Gongsheng died in the chaos. His descendants fled to Qin because of fear of being implicated, which was Bai Qi's ancestors.

This is also the reason why Marquis Rang looked at Bai Qi differently from the beginning, that is, they are both descendants of the Mi surname.

Of course, in addition to this, the more important thing is that Wei Ran values ​​Bai Qi's talent.

In general, although the nobles of the Mi surname, led by Queen Mother Xuan and Wei Ran of Ranghou, are now in great power in Qin, they are not without political enemies. Their biggest threat is the Ying clan of Qin.

For example, the famous general of the former Qin State, named Chu Liji, is Ying Ji, and even Wei Ran is afraid of this person.

However, since Ying Ji died of illness, the Ying clan has almost no pillars. This is also the reason why the Mi family, led by Queen Xuan and Wei Ran, the Marquis of Rang, gradually controlled the rights of Qin.

It is no exaggeration to say that now in Qin State, the combined power of Queen Mother Xuan and the power of Rang Marquis Wei Ran is even above that of King Yingji of Qin.

"Don't worry about him."

Seeing Bai Qi looking at Xiang Shou with a little apology, Wei Ran waved his hand and said, "He was scared by Bao Yuan and Xiwu. Do you still hope he can win this battle?"

"Hey hey hey..." Xiang Shou said angrily when he heard this: "It would be too much for you to say this. If I just strive to be undefeated, I can do it."

"What if I hope to defeat the Wei and Han alliance opposite?" Wei Ran looked at Xiang Shou with a smile.

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

It is no wonder that after all, there are 110,000 coalition forces between South Korea and the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, plus 180,000 reinforcements sent by the Wei State. At this time, the total strength of the Wei, Han and Eastern Zhou Dynasty coalition forces on the opposite side was almost 300,000, and how many Qin troops were there? It was only 130,000, not even half. How confident is Xiang Shou to defeat this coalition force?

"snort!"

With a playful snorting, Wei Ran turned to look at Bai Qi. Seeing the latter's solemn face, he smiled and comforted, "Don't care about what I said just now... Bai Qi, I recommend you as the coach in front of the king this time, just because I know that Xiang Shou will definitely not be able to defeat Bao Yuan and Gongsun Xi. But you are different, I have great expectations for you. However, you don't have to be too stressed. In the face of the 300,000 coalition forces on the opposite side, as long as you can defend the new city, it is a great achievement. On this, if you can severely inflict both Wei and Han armies, then you will make contributions to you in front of the king!"

"Thank you for your support from Marquis Rang, I am grateful!"

Bai Qi said respectfully with fists.

Facing Wei Ran, Bai Qi was very respectful. After all, although he was a descendant of the Chu princes, he was basically the same as a commoner in Qin. If he had not surrendered to Wei Ran and was appreciated by the latter, why did Bai Qi be granted the title of "Left Shuchang" before attacking Han Xincheng last year?

What level of official title is Zuo Shuchang of Qin?

In other countries, it is the "Xiaoqing" and "Little Sima" level.

As the name suggests, the little Sima is the assistant of the great Sima.

In other words, Bai Qi was given the position of Zuo Shuchang as an official position of Xiao Sima without participating in any war or making any contributions. It is conceivable that Wei Ran promoted him.

"Lead the troops well."

Wei Ran smiled and patted Bai Qi on the shoulder, then turned to Xiang Shou and said, "Xiang Shou, please help Bai Qi more."

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

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

To put it bluntly, he came to the front line of the battlefield to convey the order of King Yingji of Qin, in fact, to cheer for Bai Qi, so that the generals in the Qin army can understand one thing: Bai Qi is his confidant general recommended by Wei Ran!

Bai Qi also thought of this layer and was grateful and kept saying, "Mr. Rang, no matter what, please go back to Xianyang after using the meal."

Wei Ran smiled, then patted Bai Qi on the shoulder and said, "There is no good food in the army, so there is no need. I am still rushing back to Xianyang. When you severely damage the troops of Wei and Han, you will return to victory and return. It will not be too late for me to drink with you again."

As he said that, he nodded and greeted Xiang Shou, then said goodbye and left.

He sent Wei Ran out of the camp with Bai Qi. Looking at Wei Ran's back as he was in the carriage and heading straight for Xianyang, he talked to Bai Qi and said to Shou: "This time, Marquis Rang is here specifically for you, don't let down Marquis Rang's intentions."

"What we say to the general is very true."

Bai Qi nodded, and a few traces of determination gradually emerged on his face, which showed a look of gratitude.

Although Ranghou Wei Ran’s request for him was only to defend the new city, Bai Qi’s requirements for him were not that low.

Whether it is to repay Marquis Rang, or for his own future, Bai Qi hopes that he can perform better in this battle.

For example, it severely damaged the armies of Wei and Han countries!

However, this is simple, but it is quite difficult to actually operate - let alone severely damage the armies of Wei and Han, in fact, the 110,000 coalition forces of Han and Eastern Zhou countries across the opposite side are enough for the Qin army to have a headache.

Well, the army of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty is actually negligible, the key is the one hundred thousand Korean troops.

Qin, Qi, Zhao, Wei, and Han, in the current situation in various countries, as one of the Three Jins, has fallen to fifth place and equal to Song. But just like Qi launched an army of 150,000 to attack Song last year but ultimately failed, even if Qin, a powerful country like Qi wants to annex Han, a small country like Song cannot be achieved casually.

The Song State was far less weak than the Tiandi of the King of Qi expected, and as one of the Three Jin Dynasties, South Korea was never as weak as people mistakenly thought.

It is undeniable that compared with Wei and Zhao, Han, which was one of the three Jin Dynasties, had a brief revival during the Han Zhaohou period, and was silent at the rest, always playing a role bullied by Qin and Wei. Then the question arises. Why does such a weak country have the reputation of "the world's strong soldiers (swords) and strong crossbows all come from Han"?

Thinking of this, you can actually understand that in fact, South Korea is not weak. It can even be said that because it is sandwiched between the four powerful countries of Qin, Wei, Zhao and Chu, it not only has no chance to expand outward, but is always threatened by Qin, Wei, Chu and other countries. This makes South Korea's military systems develop extremely rapidly. Even if the Korean monarchs of all dynasties, they will not terminate the improvement of forging technology, because this is the only guarantee that South Korea can survive in this troubled times.

Because of this, the weapons and crossbows of the Korean army are actually the most advanced in the Central Plains technology. Take crossbow tools as an example. They have a longer range, higher accuracy and greater power. Even if the Qin army is helpless against the crossbow tools of the Korean army.

This has been verified in the Qin army's tentative attack on the Korean army a while ago.

At that time, Xiang Shou was still the commander of the Qin army. He tentatively launched an attack on the army under Han general Bao Yuan. Almost the 100,000 Han troops only set off a few crossbows, causing heavy losses to the Qin army, forcing Xiang Shou to give up that temptation.

It's no wonder that the army under Bao Yuan's command is one of the few elite troops in South Korea.

Of course, in fact, whether it is King Yingji of Qin, Queen Mother Xuan, and Marquis of Rang Wei Ran, they never thought of annexing Han in one go. Qin's strategy to deal with Wei and Han was to approach and slowly erode. Only arrogant guys like King Qi Tiandi would think of annexing a small country in one go.

Speaking of Qin's attack on Wei and Han in the past two years, it is mainly to test the reliability of the "Wei and Han Alliance" and to prepare for the future of erosion of the two countries.

In fact, Bai Qi led his army to attack South Korea's new city, which was just a attempt by Qin to see if it could capture this fortress. After all, this new city was a border fortress built by South Korea to resist the invasion of Qin. Whether sooner or later, Qin would find a way to remove it sooner or later.

But unexpectedly, Bai Qi captured Xincheng in a battle. This not only made the Marquis of Rang, Wei Ran, who originally valued him, reaffirmed his talents, but also made the Qin State think of taking advantage of the victory to attack.

Otherwise, if the new city of Han was not conquered, the main direction of Qin's advance would be the Hedong land of Wei. After all, in comparison, Hedong was even richer and was the only way for Qin to advance to the Central Plains. If Hedong could be conquered, Qin could threaten the Daliang of Wei and take the "Shangdang (County)" of Han, which was also a rich land.

But since the new city has been captured, Qin did not mind trying to see if it could capture more land in South Korea.

But the same thing is true. The 100,000 Han army under Bao Yuan's command is not weak, let alone the 180,000 Wei reinforcements under the command of Wei General Gongsun Xi. It was not easy for Bai Qi to severely damage the Wei and Han armies in this battle.

However, Bai Qi also had his own plans for this.

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

They climbed to the top of Xiangshan Mountain and peered at the enemy camps across the river from a high point. According to the banner, on the west bank of Yishui and on the south side of Yique Mountain, there were 100,000 Korean troops under Baoyuan and nearly 10,000 troops from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Well, the Eastern Zhou army can be ignored.

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

"This is strange."

Xiang Shou frowned and said, "According to the detailed work in Gongcheng area, Gongsun Xi should have led 180,000 Wei troops to the Yique area..."
To be continued...