Dragon Clan, Lu Mingfei who repeatedly returns from the game

The next morning, the two of them walked out of the brothel drunkenly, supporting each other, and were caught by Bai Qi who was passing by and attending court.

Gu Nan didn’t see it yet, but she felt that Lu Mingfei’s sudden stop almost made her fall.

Just as he was about to complain, he saw Bai Qi reining in his horse, and was so scared that he dumped out the alcohol in his body.

But Bai Qi did not scold them on the spot. He just glared at them and asked them to go home early.

The general idea is to wait until he gets back to deal with them.

After the morning court session ended, Bai Qi asked to see the King of Qin alone, saying that he had important matters to report.

At the palace's martial arts training ground, Bai Qi first bowed to the black-robed King Qin, who waved his hand to excuse him and asked,

"Mr. Wu'an, you suddenly asked to enter the palace and to be in the martial arts training ground. What urgent business do you have?"

Bai Qi said: "Your Majesty, my disciple Gu Nan discovered a tool yesterday that can quickly turn flexible soldiers into cavalry and greatly improve their combat effectiveness on horseback. Please check it out, Your Majesty."

Then Bai Qi waved his hand, and a horse with a ring hanging on each side of its belly was led into the training ground.

The King of Qin also had profound internal strength and often rode horses to hunt. The moment he saw the horse, he noticed something strange. Without Bai Qi's instruction, he immediately mounted the horse and practiced around the training ground.

After practicing all eighteen kinds of weapons including swords, spears, halberds, axes, hooks and forks, Ying Ji's eyes flashed with excitement. It was obvious that he also understood what role these things would play on the battlefield.

Suppressing the ups and downs of his emotions, Ying Ji got off the horse and said to Bai Qi:

"Mr. Wu'an, these two rings are truly ingenious. Although they are simple in structure, they can strengthen the soles of the feet and allow ordinary soldiers to remain stable when riding horses. They are indeed good things."

"Whoever finds this object can be promoted to a doctor through military merit."

"Let's go inside and talk. We have seen everything, but I guess you still have something to say to me."

Then he waved his robe and entered the hall.

After entering the hall, Bai Qi bowed to the King of Qin again to thank him on behalf of Gu Nan.

Let me say here that although it was Lu Mingfei who discovered it, Bai Qi still favored his little disciple after all.

He had also sought Lu Mingfei's opinion yesterday, because Lu Mingfei was not yet a registered resident of the Qin State. At best, he was a slave in the Wu'an Marquis's mansion, and even if he had made meritorious services, he could not obtain a title.

He can only make up for it in the future. As long as he is on the battlefield, Bai Qi will always have the opportunity to promote him.

"Your Majesty, with this thing, chariots will probably gradually fade out of the battlefield, because light cavalry can adapt to most terrains and is suitable for surprise attacks. Moreover, every cavalryman can shoot arrows immediately, which will have a huge impact on the enemy's formation when the two armies are facing each other!..."

Bai Qi explained to the King of Qin the advantages of light cavalry one by one.

Then, he formally submitted a request to the King of Qin.

"Your Majesty, please consider temporarily suspending the Changping offensive and training several schools of light cavalry. We will fight in the autumn of next year. Bai Qi will surely be able to attack Handan in one go!"

(The number of soldiers in a Qin army school ranged from several thousand to tens of thousands, and a full-strength school usually had tens of thousands.)

The King of Qin remained calm after hearing this. He narrowed his eyes slightly and kept tapping the table with his fingers. He seemed to be having a complicated psychological struggle. After a long time, he asked Wu Anjun:

"Bai Qi, do you know the current situation of Shangdang?"

"Your Majesty, at present, our Qin army has 400,000 soldiers and the Zhao army has 300,000 soldiers. They are currently facing each other on both sides of the Luo River. The Zhao army is currently holding out. We can withdraw 100,000 soldiers to relieve the pressure and make Zhao relax its vigilance."

Bai Qi thought for a moment and gave an answer.

But the King of Qin was not satisfied with Bai Qi's answer. The national strength of Zhao was much behind that of Qin, and their food and grass were almost unable to keep up.

At this time, Qin and Zhao had been in a long standoff in Shangdang for two years. Qin's national strength was also very tight. In addition, Qin suffered from natural disasters this year and grain production decreased. The only way to give the people a meal was to drag them to the battlefield as laborers.

But after all, he was the highest general in the army, and Bai Qi's opinion must be taken seriously. The King of Qin could only ask the question in his heart.

"Zhao is running low on food and grass, so it will definitely seek a counterattack. If we withdraw 100,000 men, what will happen if Wang He cannot hold on?

If we don't withdraw, our army will have a hard time getting food and grass. Wu Anjun, do you have any countermeasures?"

Bai Qi closed his head. Since he dared to propose a strategy, he must have thought of a plan before coming.

"We can order Wang He to give up Guanglang City and retreat to Gaoping Pass. Gaoping Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and Shangdang was easy for Zhao to take, so Zhao is not very motivated to fight. Zhao will surely follow our withdrawal if Zhao knows that we are withdrawing our troops, but under pressure from our army, it dares not withdraw too much. If we delay for another year, Zhao will certainly become weaker. When our army is fully rested next year, we can take Handan in one fell swoop!"

The King of Qin stood up and paced in the hall thinking. The strategic idea proposed by Bai Qi was indeed good. There was a plain outside Gaoping Pass and steep mountains behind it. Let alone leaving 300,000 men, even if leaving 100,000 men, the Zhao army would not dare to attack.

"Okay, I'll do as you say. I'll order Wang He to withdraw his troops, let Meng Wu guard Gaoping Pass, and organize five schools of cavalry before next autumn."

The temptation to capture Handan was too great for Yingji. Among the seven countries, only Zhao was the strongest except Qin. If it had not been for years of confrontation with Zhao, Han should have been eliminated long ago. If Zhao could be defeated, there would be no rival for Qin in the world, and then the unification of the world would be within reach.

After the serious business, it was time to talk about some trivial matters. Thinking of the news he had heard from the palace maids before, Yingji smiled.

"Bai Qi, your disciple is really good. How could a rough man like you get such a treasure who is both civil and military? I don't believe you can teach him to write such good poems."

Bai Qi's face turned dark. How could he be called a rough man? There were mountains of books in his house, and he studied them every day. He dared not say that he could compare with scholars, but he was not illiterate.

"Your Majesty, how can you slander someone's innocence for no reason? I, Bai Qi, also study books every day, so why can't I teach a disciple who is both civil and military?"

Then came the matter of the military generals. How could they call such a rough man a rude man? And a bunch of difficult to understand words. The hall was filled with a happy atmosphere for a while.

It was already afternoon when he returned to Wu'an Jun's mansion. At noon, the King of Qin invited him to have lunch in the palace, and after lunch, he talked with the King of Qin about some things.

"Master, I was wrong! Can you give me less than ten strokes of the stick? I promise I will never go there again next time! And I will stop drinking."

Gu Nan lay pitifully on the bench waiting to be beaten, while Xiaolu stood beside him with a long stick, hoping that Bai Qi would show mercy.

Lu Mingfei was lying on the ground beside him, his buttocks had been beaten to pieces, the crime being that he took his sister to a brothel.

At this moment, he was in tears, but he couldn't open his mouth to refute. Who could believe that a woman would forcefully drag him to visit a brothel?

Bai Qi sat on the steps, his face livid.

"Beat her, fifty sticks, not one less! The little girl is so young and doesn't learn her lesson. She won't learn her lesson unless she is beaten! That's what you told me last time. Do you think you can go to that place?"

Xiaolu had no choice but to take action, but as soon as she hit him with the first stick, Bai Qi discovered that she was partial.

"Xiaolu, do you want me to come in person?"

Now Gu Nan started to lie on the bed and read books all day long again.

Although Xiaolu still had some strength left, his butt was still bruised. Not to mention getting out of bed, even going to the toilet was difficult. Fortunately, Xiaolu Painting Fairy was there to help.

Compared to Gu Nan, Lu Mingfei did not receive such good treatment and could only bear it on his own. Although he was beaten to a pulp (Xiaolu was angry that he took her own lady to a brothel so she beat him with all her strength), at least the S-level bloodline had been inserted. The wound on his buttocks formed a blood scab that night and was basically healed after a few days.

However, Gu Nan could not practice during this period, and he was afraid that Bai Qi would suspect him if he practiced alone, so he could only limp along to accompany Gu Nan to recuperate. The two of them played chess under an old tree in the yard, basking in the sun, feeling very comfortable.

Half a month later, the weather had turned completely cold, and the leaves of the old trees had all fallen off as the air grew colder day by day. Gu Nan came out of the room holding a spear, did eighteen somersaults in a row, and then landed in an extremely handsome posture.

"Come on, Xiaolu, you've been lying down for half a month, your body is almost rusty, come and experience my Zhangba Snake Spear!"