Once Qi Xiaobai gives the order to stop cutting Yue, then they will be impeached by the major generals, saying that they are incompetent.

And Fan Yue really didn't show any achievements, so Jiang Ai's status is likely to decline because of this.

At this time, the State of Qi was no longer the State of Qi that had just begun to be succeeded by Qi Xiaobai, and the Jiang family and the Sun family needed to fight and contend with each other to maintain the stability of the Qi army.

Now part of the army of Qi is under the direct jurisdiction of Qi Xiaobai, and part of it is under the control of Qi Jiu, although he Jiang Ai is in charge of the army in Xuzhou, but Qi Xiaobai is also in charge of the other half of the army in Xuzhou.

She Jiang Ai has no ability to threaten Qi Xiaobai at all with troops, and the Jiang family of Qi State is different from the past at this time.

She Jiang Ai is just a high-ranking general with military power in Qi State, and her status is not as good as the three major cabinet ministers of Qi State.

Therefore, Jiang Ai hopes that he will take advantage of this battle to get a certain amount of military honors, so as to stabilize his position, and even rise to a higher status.

Otherwise, after a long time, the Jiang family, which was once in the Qi country, may end in her generation.

And the opponent of the Jiang family, although it is also in a state of decline, the Sun family has a Sun Bin to support him.

Although Sun Bin has crippled legs, he is also one of the four friends of Guigu anyway, and he is a great talent of the empire, and now Sun Bin is often reused in the cabinet for the sake of the Sun family, and it is likely to become the fourth minister of the empire.

And what about her Jiang Wai? Since mastering the Xuzhou Legion, because she is relatively comfortable, she has not made an inch, although she has been transferred to the cabinet because of her status and rank, but she Jiang Ai is in Xuzhou and rarely participates in cabinet meetings.

In the cabinet, he did not say anything, nor did he put forward any strategies, which gave people the impression that he was just hanging up a false position in the cabinet.

However, the fact that Jiang Ai is a powerful figure in the cabinet, no matter what, although she is a generation of women, but she is from the Jiang family, and she is still in charge of the other half of the Xuzhou Legion, how can this kind of person not have real power?

It's just that she doesn't participate, to say that Jiang Ai is unwilling to participate? In fact, it is not that he is unwilling to participate, but because the Xuzhou Legion is not highly evaluated in the Qi State Legion.

Some people even think that the Xuzhou Legion is just a group of old and weak soldiers, and it is necessary to reduce the military expenses of the Xuzhou Legion, and even disband the Xuzhou Legion.

In order to prevent this kind of thing, Jiang Ai had to personally train the Xuzhou Legion in Xuzhou, but let the people of the Xuzhou Legion fight bandits and robbers to experience their actual combat ability.

Because of the personal training of soldiers, he could not go to the cabinet meeting, and Jiang Ai could be regarded as ruining the opportunity to develop in the cabinet.

It's okay not to go once, but if you don't go twice or three times, people will basically forget you as a person and won't ask you as a person.

Of course, Jiang Ai can also enter the cabinet during this period, but if she doesn't go for a long time, her colleagues in the cabinet won't have any impression of her, and if you want to establish some majesty in the cabinet, you must do great things, such as having a good merit.

And this time is an opportunity to regain a foothold in the cabinet, and she Jiang Ai also has the confidence to participate in the cabinet meeting.

Therefore, although he knew that a rash attack would cause heavy losses, Jiang Ai still hoped that Kuang Zhang would give the order to attack.

In this expedition, the commander-in-chief was nominally Jiang Ai, but in the process of the expedition, she Jiang Ai still had to discuss with Kuang Zhang.

After all, the samurai legion obeyed Kuang Zhang, not her, Jiang Ai.

Unless she Jiang Ai only led the Xuzhou army to attack rashly, but if she failed, this price was something she Jiang Ai could not afford, if she succeeded, she could participate in Kuang Zhang, but if she failed, she had to apologize for herself.

Kuang Zhang looked at Jiang Ai and said: "It's not the time yet, in this battle, we need to get the help of one person before we can attack!" ”

"Whose help?" Jiang Ai looked at Kuang Zhang suspiciously and asked.

"General Zhou Baotong's help!" Kuang Zhang said to Jiang Ai.

Zhou Baotong is a very special case among the generals of Qi State, his background is not a big noble, but a grass coward, in addition, Zhou Baotong has been fighting all year round, and his military exploits are also very many.

To say that the exception is his identity, although he has made many military achievements, but he has not been pulled into the cabinet.

It stands to reason that Zhou Baotong should also be pulled into the cabinet and become a cabinet minister after making these achievements, but he didn't, this is mainly because he needs to go on a campaign outside, and it makes no sense to enter the cabinet.

Because Zhou Baotong basically has to assist Zhang Zhen, or assist Qi Jiu, after entering the cabinet, he may go to the cabinet, and he can't better assist, Qi Jiu and Zhang Zhen.

This is also some small means made by Zhang Tianshang, of course, this is with Qi Xiaobai's acquiescence, otherwise Zhou Baotong has made such a great contribution, and Zhou Baotong is needed for overseas expansion, how can he not enter the cabinet?

The reason why Zhou Baotong is outside is mainly because of Zhang Zhen, with Zhang Zhen's ability alone, it is difficult to achieve anything outside the Sai, and he must have Zhou Baotong's help, which is also the reason why Qi Xiaobai acquiesced to Zhang Tianshang.

But leaving Zhou Baotong outside alone, Qi Xiaobai is not at ease, Zhou Baotong is from a grass coat, he is outside alone, with military power or something, will he rebel?

"Zhou Baotong?" Jiang Ai was stunned for a moment, looking at Kuang Zhang, she couldn't understand what this battle had to do with Zhou Baotong.

"Zhou Baotong is far away in the northern grasslands, sitting in Goguryeo with Zhang Zhen and dealing with those grassland nomads, how can he come to the south to help us? There's no way to come south to help us, can you? Jiang Ai looked at Kuang Zhang and said.

"You forget, Zhou Baotong still has an identity, the only admiral of Qi State, he can dispatch naval warships to attack Ba Fujian on the sea in the land of Fujian!" Kuang Zhang looked at Jiang Ai and said.

"Where we are in the land of Fujian, Wuwei must have arranged a lot of defensive measures, as for the sea, they should have no defensive measures, Zhou Baotong can easily enter the land of Fujian, as long as he can get a fortress in the land of Fujian, we can attack outside, attack back and forth, and we can destroy Wuwei!" Kuang Zhang looked at Jiang Ai and said.

According to Kuang Zhang, Zhou Baotong raided and captured a fortress in Fujian, and used it as a base to transport troops at sea to attack Fujian, and they attacked from the frontal entrance of the land of Fujian.

Although the terrain of Fujian is dangerous, it is impossible to defend two points at once, and after a long time, it will definitely be gradually eliminated.

And the key to this strategy is Zhou Baotong, if Zhou Baotong can't capture a fortress on the seaside of the land of Fujian in a surprise attack, Wuwei will definitely arrange defensive measures on the seaside, and it will be difficult to attack the seaside.

At this time, he was in a battleship on the ocean not far from the land of Fujian.

"General, if I attack rashly, I will definitely suffer heavy losses, and there are no fortifications on the sea as Kuang Zhang said!" A Qi Navy soldier said to Zhou Baotong.