Dragon Clan, Lu Mingfei who repeatedly returns from the game

In the end, Gu Nan didn't take her with him. After all, this time they were going to fight in the war, not to travel, and it was inconvenient to take her with him.

Xiaolu was also a polite person. In front of so many people, she did not argue too much. She just handed the reins to Gu Nan and went back to the lady's side.

Everyone got on their horses, and Bai Qi threw his robe and waved his sleeves, saying in a loud voice:

"set off!"

The Qin State invested a huge amount of money in this battle. There were tens of thousands of cavalry and infantry from the five schools. The amount of food and fodder consumed by the people and horses in a day was an astronomical figure, not to mention the 100,000 infantry and 300,000 civilians.

In the first half of the journey, grain could be transported by water, but in the second half, the laborers had to carry the grain bag by bag on their backs.

Although it was normal to go to war after the autumn harvest, it was by no means easy for such a huge empire to gather hundreds of thousands of people.

By the time the autumn grain was delivered to the warehouse and the civilians and soldiers arrived in Xianyang, it was already the month when snowflakes were falling.

Bai Qi led the army in the middle, while Gu Nan, Lu Mingfei and others were ordered to be the vanguard, leading 5,000 light cavalry in the front.

The cavalry assigned to Gu Nan was the smallest in number, with only 5,000 men and horses, but their equipment was the best, and at least everyone had armor.

The sound of horse hooves on the road was deafening, raising a cloud of dust.

Lu Mingfei looked back and saw black rivers behind him, stretching as far as the eye could see, seemingly endless.

These rivers flow in twists and turns like huge pythons.

Marching in winter is an extremely difficult task. The cold wind cuts across people's cheeks like a knife, making everyone's face red.

In order to protect the soldiers from frostbite, Lu Mingfei even went back and brought back several hundred kilograms of lard.

In such cold weather, although it was uncomfortable to apply lard on the face, the soldiers needed it to keep out the cold.

Although Lu Mingfei was unable to take care of the entire army, he could still do his best for the thousands of people who followed him.

His warehouse was now filled with thousands of kilograms of pork, and he had specially selected the fattier pork so that the soldiers could at least replenish some fat and energy.

Although the pork was not enough for everyone to eat to their heart's content, it at least ensured that there would be some fat in every meal, so that they would not just eat the frozen hard pancakes.

A bowl of steaming broth can make you feel warm even in such weather.

It is only 500 kilometers from Xianyang to Changping. In modern times, it only takes a few hours to drive to the destination.

However, here they had just arrived after marching for over a month with their large army.

The daily marching distance was less than 20 kilometers at most, and that was because there were military horses to help carry the soldiers' armor, weapons and other heavy items.

Without the help of horses, the march would be much slower.

Moreover, as vanguards, they cannot stray too far away from the main force.

After a long march, the army finally arrived at Shangdang County.

Conditions here have improved significantly compared to before, especially in the city of Gaoping Pass (now southwest of Gaoping City, Shanxi Province).

Although it is adjacent to the Zhao army, after three years of careful management by the Qin army, it has now developed into a large city.

Although it is still not as good as Xianyang and other cities, it is definitely qualified to be an important border town.

At least, it can accommodate 200,000 Qin troops at the same time.

Thinking back to what Bai Qi had said, it was true that after the Qin army retreated to Gaoping Pass, although they had been withdrawing, the Zhao army never dared to launch an attack easily, but instead followed the Qin army in withdrawing to the rear.

Gaoping Pass is strategically located and controls the only mountain pass in Kongcangling that can be used by the army.

Such a dangerous place would be difficult to conquer no matter how many troops Zhao sent.

Now, the Zhao army has only stationed 30,000 soldiers in the Guanglang City opposite and the two Wu forts in front.

At this moment, there were not only the original 40,000 troops stationed in Gaoping Pass, but also more than 100,000 new reinforcements brought by Bai Qi!

Naturally, the actions of a large army could not be concealed from the eyes and ears of others. The news that Qin State had sent reinforcements to Shangdang had been spread as early as two months ago, and it must have been known to the world by now.

However, after learning the news, the State of Zhao still did not send more troops to or withdraw its troops from Guanglang City. This unusual phenomenon aroused Bai Qi's vigilance.

He realized that there might be problems within Zhao State that prevented them from making effective decisions and actions.

For Bai Qilai, this was undoubtedly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Originally, the number of Zhao troops was smaller than that of Qin troops. If they could successfully capture these 30,000 Zhao troops, the strength of the Zhao army would be greatly weakened, which would have a significant benefit to the subsequent course of the battle.

So, Bai Qi decided to seize this opportunity.

On the day he entered the city, after completing the handover of the army with Meng Wu, he immediately issued an order to Gu Nan, requiring her to lead the army to detour to the east of Guanglang City within five days and cut off the food supply of the Zhao army.

At the same time, the 40,000 Qin troops in the city had to take action immediately.

They set out immediately, heading straight for the Nanbei Guo City that blocked the way of Guanglang City.

These cities are important strongholds of the Zhao army. After taking these two places, Guanglang City will be indefensible!

Bai Qi took the remaining troops and rested for two days before attacking Guanglang City.

As the orders from the commander's tent were passed down one by one, the entire Gaoping Pass began to move like a machine that had been still for a long time.

The soldiers began to prepare for battle busily. Their weapons and equipment were polished to a shine, flags fluttered in the wind, war drums beat, and morale was high.

Gu Nan and Lu Mingfei were naturally not idle either. After receiving the mission in the general's tent, they squatted in the tent and studied the map to find out how to lead the troops safely to the back of Guanglang City.

"There are only two roads from Gaoping Pass to Guanglang City. One is along the north side of Haoshan Mountain and along the Yuancun River. The other is along the south side of Haoshan Mountain and along the Macun River." Lu Mingfei looked at the map with a frown.

"There is actually no difference between these two Danlun roads, except that the road on the south side of Haoshan is a little farther." Gu Nan added.

However, the problem was that both roads had Wu Forts set up by Lian Po before.

That’s right, they were the two Nanguo and Beiguo cities that Bai Qi had just ordered the original defenders to attack.

These two Wu castles became obstacles to their advance. If they were not resolved, it would be difficult for the troops to pass safely.

"Apart from these two roads, the rest are mountainous areas with few people. It doesn't matter to us, but it's not easy to move with a large group of troops." Gu Nan was also a little troubled.

Indeed, it is only more than 20 kilometers from here to Guanglang City. It takes less than an hour for a few people to run to Guanglang City for tea.

At this time, Finger, who had been watching the excitement for a while, raised his hand and asked: "I say, why can't we take these two roads?"

Lu Mingfei was still holding his chin in deep thought and did not respond to Finkel's common sense question, but Gu Nan picked up a small stick, pointed at the map and started explaining to Finkel.

"See? If we pass through here, we will definitely be discovered by the two Wubao defenders."

"What will happen if we are discovered?"

"Then they will light up the signal smoke, and the Guanglang City behind us will know that we have started fighting."

"Then why can't we just capture this Wu Castle directly?"

"Wolf smoke!"

Gu Nan patted the table helplessly and continued,

"How can you guarantee that the enemy won't light a signal smoke signal when you take down this Wu Castle? It's as simple as throwing a fire into the firewood pile."

Finkel was not at all bothered by this question, and just continued talking with a calm expression.

"Then a few of us will sneak in quietly, and then take down the guards around the beacon tower..." At this point, Finkel made a gesture of putting a rope around his neck and tightening it.

"Then send the army into the city..."

Before Finkel finished speaking, Gu Nan patted Finkel's shoulder with shining eyes, "Fuck! It works! You can actually come up with a human idea!"