When Gogol's army arrived at the grain store, he found that this place was indeed very hidden, and if someone had not told them that there was a small col where grain and grass were stored, they would have missed the inconspicuous entrance. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

A hundred years old trees have become forests, only one path is covered by snow, and it takes three bends to suddenly open up, a simple wooden fence at the entrance of the mountain pass, and a group of veterans wearing broken faces and cotton jackets are kneeling at the gate, kowtowing to the army.

"Lord Yang! We are the old man guarding the horse feed factory, don't kill me, hold up your noble hands...... I'll open the door for you!"

Behind the broken wooden fence gate is a pile of horse material, the top is covered with snow and it seems that no one has used it for a winter, Fumanov excitedly rode his horse around, "Great, great! What is lacking is horse material, the army rests for three hours to replenish the strength of the war horse!"

Looking back, Gogol didn't say a word, just recorded and drew in a notebook with a pen.

"What are you doing?" asked Fumanov, puzzled.

"What are you doing? Of course, I have recorded everything I have seen and heard along the way, what a good opportunity this is, and the reality of the entire Qing Dynasty is clear at a glance......"

"There is the first march, there is the second attack, the Songhua River and the three surnames of the city post road we are familiar with, this is our next attack on the Qing State first-hand map information......

"Think about it! If it weren't for these locals showing us the way, we would have been able to find such a secret horse stockyard? Hehe, if we can hide horse material here, we can also hide soldiers, maybe this will be a big barracks in the future!"

"Yes, yes, these truths must be written down!" Fumanov said with a smile, "And these incompetent Qing troops are simply a group of weak chickens, they are not even as strong as those mountain people and hunters, those people dare to harass us on the way ...... march, and these people know how to kowtow."

Gogol jumped off the war horse and let the soldiers take it to feed, the alfalfa grass that was beaten last autumn after a winter of fermentation is the time when it is nutritious and easy to digest, and then mixed with soybeans from Northeast China in the hay, the physical strength of the war horse can be fully replenished.

As for the tall Arabian horses ridden by the commander and the pioneer battalion, it was even more squeamish, not only to give alfalfa grass and soybeans to eat, but also to supplement eggs and salt, so as to ensure the combat effectiveness of the war horses.

The whole col was already crowded with horses, 20,000 troops and nearly 40,000 war horses, spread out as far as the eye could see, and the tall haystacks were shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye and finally disappeared without a trace.

Gogol and Fumanov, escorted by their own soldiers, climbed to the commanding heights on the side of the col and began to trace the terrain with their pens, the surrounding mountains and the course of the streams, including the density of the forest, were clearly recorded in their notebooks.

In the end, this information did not quench their thirst, they brought those timid veterans up, Gogol nodded and smiled, "You don't have to be afraid, I have some questions for you, don't worry, we are not the enemies of the Great Qing Kingdom, we are just borrowing the way......"

"Look, isn't this the heirloom sword of the three surnamed city guards? He gave it to me as a token, you don't have to be afraid, there is silver to reward you......

As he spoke, several large silver ingots rolled down in the snow, and the veterans were overjoyed and hurriedly held them in their arms, "What does Lord Yang ask, we know everything, what to ask, what to say......"

"Tell me about the terrain in this area, do you know how to read the map, show me the ......."

Perhaps it was the Guard's sword that reassured the veterans, or perhaps the light of silver made the veterans greedy, or perhaps they thought that the questions were of little value at all.

Several veterans who have grown here all the year round began to point fingers, starting from the city of the three surnames all the way to the south, all the mountains and rivers on this ancient post road have been introduced.

Several translators and officers worked on the map as they studied, and soon the map became more detailed. Gogol and Fumanov smiled at each other, "See, if you let the spies find out about it, I'm afraid it will take at least three months to find out such a topographic map, but if I find the right method, we can understand it all in three hours......"

"Go back and copy a few copies and send them back to China, and this will be one of our offensive routes in the future...... These barbarians have no idea what they're doing!"

Fumanov looked at Gogol with admiration, "I haven't been able to understand why you asked for any token from that soft-boned official, but now I understand that this kind of thing is so lethal to the Qing people!"

"Haha, wait and see, it's still useful later......"

Three hours passed quickly, and the army of locusts stirred up the horse feed factory, and then left the col like the wind, leaving only a few veterans holding silver ingots in a daze.

Fumanov clearly heard the excessants of those veterans excitedly and made a fortune, and the corners of his mouth curled: "Poor inferior people, do you know that you just lost one of the best opportunities to annihilate our army......"

"It's a horse yard, surrounded by forests, and if one or two thousand soldiers drop rockets on the top of the surrounding hills, that fire can wipe out at least a third of our troops!"

"But you don't dare!hahaha...... You are a bunch of cowardly people, and you don't deserve this rich land!"

The token in Gogol's hand really played a big role, and the ancient post road in the south of the city belonged to a very important road in the Ningguta area, which was extremely important in both economic and military sense.

This point can be seen from the place name, from the three surname city to the south of the town in order to have the first station, two stations, three stations, four stations, these place names as the name of the past to rest the station.

After four battles, to the south was the Three Rivers, and then there were the four Karens, the three Karens, the two Karens, and the first Karens...... As the name suggests, the word card is the meaning of the sentry card, and the name of the customs field is really concise and vivid.

Sites, checkpoints, and river bends are all named for military purposes, which means that there are garrisons in these towns, or this kind of town is the first to rely on the garrison to develop.

In the southernmost part of the ancient post road, that is, more than ten miles south of the first road Karen, is the most important city in Jilin Province in the Qing Dynasty, Ningguta City.

Gogol is well aware that he will encounter countless small troubles along the way, of course, his army is not afraid of these small troubles, but it will take time to solve the troubles anyway, and at this time, the treasure knife token guarded by the three surnamed cities can come in handy.

The three sentry posts closest to the city of the three surnames actually let the Rakshasa army pass without resistance, because the officers here are all under the rule of the city of the three surnames, and the tokens of their direct commanders are quite useful.

Note: The ancient place names in the text are true, I have a complete set of Guangxu 31 years of the Qing Dynasty map, the provinces are classified maps, all the wars in the Qing Dynasty are subject to the map of the Guangxu period.

For example, the city with three surnames is actually Yilan County in Heilongjiang Province, which was under the jurisdiction of Jilin during the Qing Dynasty. Ningguta is now Ning'an City, Heilongjiang Province, of course, the Qing Dynasty also belonged to Jilin.