"Why is the Qingzhou Legion suitable for the Eastern Expedition to the Dongyi Island Country?" Qi Xiaobai looked at Wang Yi and asked.

"The Qingzhou Legion is the best legion in the three major legions, and there are many small islands in the Dongyi Island Country, which are indispensable for naval battles, so I want to select 50,000 elite soldiers from the Qingzhou Legion to accompany me to the Eastern Expedition!" Wang Yi said to Qi Xiaobai.

The former station of the Qingzhou Legion was near the sea, and Qingzhou was near the junction of the sea and Yandi, and most of the soldiers of the Qingzhou Legion were from Qingzhou, and their water quality was better than that of the Yanzhou Legion and the Xuzhou Legion.

Qi Xiaobai wanted to agree with Wang Yi and send him 50,000 elite soldiers in the Qingzhou Legion, but Guan Zhong stood up and said: "The Qingzhou Legion is now mixed with the Southern Hebei Army to form a new legion, and they are now going to defend Le Yi's Northern Hebei Army and Zhao State, if 50,000 people are transferred from it, this is equivalent to weakening the strength of the Qingzhou Legion!" ”

The Qingzhou Legion experienced the Great War of the Central Plains, and its strength and scale were greatly weakened, and now it relies on merging with the remnants of southern Hebei to form a new combat corps.

In the process of formation, the pressure of the Qingzhou Legion was also the greatest, and they defended two strong enemies at once, one was Le Yi, who supported the army and respected himself, and the other was the powerful Zhao State.

If it weren't for the contradiction between Wei and Zhao, the pressure on the Qingzhou Legion would be greater, but fortunately, there are fewer horse thieves in Zhao now, and the Qingzhou Legion can deal with it.

As for Le Yi, where does he embrace his own respect, Qi Jie must always pay attention to Le Yi's every move, if Le Yi goes south, this Qingzhou Legion is the first wall of Qi State.

Originally, the Qingzhou Legion was in a weak state, rebuilding, and they also had to defend against a strong enemy, if the Legion was transferred from it, Guan Zhongjue's would not be good.

This belongs to the Qingzhou Legion, which is already under great pressure, to increase the pressure, and the Qingzhou Legion, which has just experienced a big war, is not suitable for going to war, they need to recuperate.

Although Qi Xiaobai has been weakening the strength of the Qingzhou Legion before, but now that he can use the Qingzhou Legion, he needs to guard against Le Yi and Zhao Guo, weakening it is equivalent to weakening the strong barrier of Qi State.

Qi Xiaobai looked at Wang Yi: "What Father Zhong said makes sense, the Qingzhou Legion doesn't have the manpower to transfer it to you!" ”

Wang Yi also knew that the Qingzhou Legion had just experienced the Central Plains War, and now it was in a state of reconstruction, and it was recuperating, and the Qingzhou Legion still had a very difficult task, and it was indeed difficult for those who wanted the Qingzhou Legion.

Wang Yiyou looked at Qi Xiaobai: "Then transfer troops from the Yanzhou Legion, right?" ”

The Yanzhou Legion is Qi Xiaobai's direct standing legion, the Yanzhou Legion is Qi Xiaobai's lifeblood, Wang Yi wants to transfer people from the Yanzhou Legion, but Qi Xiaobai is unwilling in his heart.

This is Qi Xiaobai's defense of Yingqiu and the army within the Qi State, and it is also the backbone of the rebellion and quelling the rebellion in the Qi State.

Qi Xiaobai's series of reforms and policies have offended a lot of ministers, and if the Yanzhou Army is weakened, it will be tantamount to making the internal weak.

For his own safety, it was impossible for Qi Xiaobai to give Wang Yi the soldiers of the Yanzhou Legion.

Wang Yi wanted the soldiers of the Yanzhou Army, but it was actually very simple, because he used to be the general of the Yingqiu Army, and the Yingqiu Army now belonged to the Yanzhou Army, and he transferred people from it in the hope of gathering his former subordinates.

This would be more effective during the Eastern Expedition, so he hoped that Qi Xiaobai could mobilize 50,000 troops to him in the Yanzhou Army.

But his calculation was wrong, Qi Xiaobai thought for a while and said, "I'll send you 50,000 troops from the Xuzhou Legion!" ”

The Xuzhou army did not have no pressure, and it was the state of Chu that was connected to them, and the state of Chu and the state of Qi were allies.

"Xuzhou Legion?" Wang Yi was stunned for a moment, and then nodded: "Respect the Holy Will of the Grand Duke!" ”

The Xuzhou Legion is also the Qi Legion, Qi Xiaobai thought, give the Xuzhou Legion a salary, this Xuzhou Legion has not done anything outstanding, it is better to drag them to the East.

Of course, the Xuzhou Army is relatively large, and the transfer of 50,000 people from it has no change to the Xuzhou Army.

Compared with the Xuzhou legion, there are no foreign enemies, and it is enough for those troops to defend where.

"I will not only give you the Xuzhou Legion, I will let Zhou Baotong go to the Eastern Crusade with you, you are the commander, he is the deputy commander!" Qi Xiaobai said to Wang Yi.

Zhou Baotong, the commander-in-chief of the Qi Navy, lieutenant general, Qi Xiaobai asked Zhou Baotong to go with Wang Yi, in fact, he meant to supervise him, after all, what should you do if Wang Yi doesn't listen to me after fighting Dongyi Island?

So he wants to support a person who can compete with Wang Yi for power, this person, Zhou Baotong is the most suitable.

Although Zhou Baotong is a lieutenant general of the Qi State, his rights cannot be compared with the lieutenant general of the Central Committee of the Qi State.

And because Zhou Baotong is a navy, he fights all the pirates, and it is too difficult to make immortal contributions to such things as escorting merchant ships.

Of course, Qi is now colonizing Jeju Island, and Zhou Baotong has helped Qi merchants suppress the natives of Jeju Island with his strong naval strength, which can be regarded as a meritorious service.

But when you fight the natives, what can you add to him? Moreover, the central government of Qi did not attach so much importance to the colonies.

Therefore, Zhou Baotong has always wanted to make meritorious contributions and enter the power core circle of the Qi State to get rid of the stain of his pirate background, but he has never had the opportunity.

In the battle of Jincheng between Qi Xiaobai and Yan State, he Zhou Baotong made a great contribution, but he only gave him money and rewards, and there was no improvement in power.

Therefore, Qi Xiaobai wants to arrange for Zhou Baotong, who wants to make meritorious contributions, to follow Wang Yi to the Eastern Expedition, if he defeats the Dongyi Island Country and is restrained by Zhou Baotong, Wang Yi will not dare to act indiscriminately.

Moreover, the Eastern Expedition to Dongyi Island Country can bring huge resources to the Qi State, which is indeed a great merit, even if Zhou Baotong cannot enter the central core circle, but the status can definitely be improved, and the money will not be less.

"Zhou Baotong will go with me to the Eastern Crusade?" Wang Yi was stunned, he didn't expect that Qi Xiaobai would arrange for Zhou Baotong to follow him.

Zhou Baotong understands that he was born as a pirate, he is an out-and-out pirate, and he is a bandit, he is honest and unwilling to deal with this kind of person.

The two people have different backgrounds and different identities, although he Wang Yi is not from a big family, but he is a child of the scholar clan, if it weren't for the fact that the Qi State needs to protect merchants and need the navy, what qualifications does this Zhou Baotong have to become a lieutenant general?

But this is Qi Xiaobai's will, and he doesn't dare to disobey: "With the assistance of General Zhou, then I will definitely get twice the result with half the effort!" ”

"After all, you need water talents for your expedition to Dongyi Island, since you want to talk about the water talents of my Qi country, it must be Zhou Baotong's navy!" Qi Xiaobai said to Wang Yi.

Wang Yi nodded silently, and Guan Zhong looked at Qi Xiaobai, he knew what Qi Xiaobai meant, this was to prevent Wang Yi's family from being dominant and not listening to the dispatch after the Dongyi Island Country was defeated.

This kind of thing has not happened before, there was a man named An Guo who went to fight a man named Chen Guo, and the general of An Guo went to Chen Guo and defeated Chen Guo, and because the general who beat Chen Guo had a very high prestige in the army, because his power in Chen Guo was too great, and there was no one in the army to restrict him, which made him a marquis directly in Chen Guodi!