At the same time, in the area west of the Qinling Mountains, a team of thousands of Rao infantry is slowly moving forward, and the "Black Yan Banner" fluttering in the wind represents their identity, this is an army from the Qin State, and the reason why they will travel a long distance to such a place is because they want to use the geographical advantages of the Qinling Mountains to reconnoiter the Xirong tribe that has not been honest recently.

In a narrow sense, the Qinling Mountains are located between 32° and 34° north latitude, between the Guanzhong Plain and the Hanjiang River Valley in the south, and are the watershed of the four rivers of Jialing River, Luo River, Wei River and Han River. It stretches 400-500 kilometers from east to west and 100-150 kilometers wide from north to south.

The Qinling Mountains in a broad sense stretch from Kunlun in the west, through Longnan and southern Shaanxi in the middle, and to Hubei, Henan, Anhui, Dabie Mountain and Zhangbaling near Bengbu in the east.

Its range includes the north of Minshan, Longnan and southern Shaanxi meandering in the south of Tao River and Wei River, the Han River and Jialing River tributary - the area north of the Bailong River, east to Funiu Mountain and Xiong'er Mountain in western Henan, in Fangcheng and Nanyang mountain ranges, forming the Nanxiang Pass Road, at the junction of Henan and Hubei for Tongbai Mountain, at the junction of Henan, Hubei and Anhui for Dabie Mountain, the trend becomes northwest-southeast, to the area of Huoshan and Jiashan in southern Anhui is hilly, and the trend is northeast-southwest.

The Qinling Mountains, in a broad sense, are the watersheds of the Yangtze River and Yellow River basins. The south of the Qinling Mountains has a subtropical climate with a southern type, and the north has a warm temperate climate with a northern type.

There are also significant differences in the characteristics of agricultural production between the north and south of the Qinling Mountains, so later generations of people and horses have long regarded the Qinling Mountains as the geographical dividing line between the "south" and "north" of Shenzhou.

The Qinling Mountains can be roughly divided into three sections: west and east.

The western section is divided into three branches, the northern branch is the Qinling Mountains, also called the Nanqi Mountain or the Dasanling, the middle branch is the Fengling Mountains, there are loess accumulations, and the soil erosion is relatively strong; the southern branch is the Zibai Mountain, and the northwest of the Liuba is called the Chaiguan Ridge. These mountains are all above 1,500 meters above sea level, and Zibai Mountain is the highest, reaching 2,610 meters above sea level. The western section of the Qinling Mountains has become the watershed and birthplace of the Qingjiang River and the Jialing River, the tributaries of the left bank of the Jialing River and the main stream and tributaries of the Fushui River, and some tributaries of the Baohe River......

And the final destination of this team is to reach the westernmost area of the Qinling Mountains, relying on the terrain advantage of high mountains and deep waters there to complete this reconnaissance mission.

"My lord, we are about to reach the location of the tribe designated by General Zhang. Duber pointed to the map.

"Whew...... Twenty-seven days of trekking, is it finally coming?" Ling Xu rubbed his somewhat swollen eyes and let out a long sigh of relief.

As the leader of this team, he has led the team alone to soak in this deep mountain for nearly a month, and this is the result of everyone preparing enough dry food and drinking water in advance and carrying a map, otherwise they are likely to be completely lost in this vast deep mountain...

"This Tuoba Department has not been very honest recently, and has repeatedly invaded the western border of our Great Qin, this time we must find out their bottom carefully before we can return. Ling Xu commanded solemnly.

"Yes, but my lord, we can't hold up our food and grass anymore...... Is it now asking the camp for more grain and grass?" Du Bo was a little bitter, but he had to report this matter to Ling Xu.

"I know, you don't have to worry, inform the brothers, rest in place for half an hour, but you are not allowed to take off your armor, food and grass...... I'll figure it out. Ling Xu tapped his breastplate to see if it was still useful.

"Yes. Duber respectfully stepped back.

"Grain and grass, ......" Ling Xu was a little nerve-wracking.

Since they were lightly armed this time, it was impossible to carry too much grain and grass, so General Zhang Jun also gave them a month's ration for each of the 1,000 people, and when they were marching in a hurry now, the consumption rate of food would naturally be faster.

Damn, it would be nice if I had brought cavalry this time, and maybe I would have been able to get to the predetermined place in advance.

The infantry can be regarded as the main group in the basic structure of the Qin army.

Most of the warrior figurines unearthed in the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang in later generations were infantry figurines.

Infantry is flexible, can adapt to various terrains, weather and combat forms, and is especially conducive to acting in dangerous and complex environments, so its differentiation and equipment are more complex than other arms, and their use is more extensive than other arms. There are two main types of infantry: hoplite and light infantry.

Most of the hoplites wore metal armor and armed with long-handled weapons such as ge, spears, axes, and beryllium, and were tasked with fighting the enemy's heavy groups.

Light infantry generally do not wear armor, but carry long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows, and cooperate with heavy infantry to kill and injure enemy troops outside their own combat distance.

Officers at all levels above 100 generals in the infantry are mainly responsible for commanding troops in battle, and security and self-defense are very important, so they only wear armor and carry swords, and do not hold long-handled weapons. Officials below the commander of the tun not only commanded the warriors in battle, but also personally led the warriors to charge and fight, so they both wore swords and long-handled weapons, and like the soldiers they led, some wore armor, and some did not wear armor.

Regardless of offensive, defensive, siege, danger, detour, encirclement, ambush, surprise attack and other forms of warfare, infantry often undertakes the main combat mission and finally solves the battle. Therefore, infantry was the most important type of military in the Qin Dynasty, and infantry generally dominated the coordinated combat of chariots, infantry, and cavalry.

The weakness of the infantry is that it is not as fast as the cavalry, and the stability is not as good as the chariot soldiers.

Therefore, the army of the Qin State placed special emphasis on the coordinated operation of chariots, infantry, and cavalry, which were mainly infantry.

But at the moment, the reconnaissance team led by Ling Xu is all infantry, although there are also firehead soldiers who are responsible for cooking, but it is difficult for Qiao women to cook without rice, and now their military rations are about to run out, if they can't arrive at the predetermined place in time to replenish food and drinking water, I'm afraid that their team can only retreat in advance.

In the Qin State, if an army fails to complete its tasks on time, it will inevitably be laughed at by other armies.

And the reason why the predetermined place set up by the general this time is on a high mountain is because this place is condescending, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is easy to obtain food and grass supplies, as long as they can reach there within a month, and then stand on this mountain as a signal, they will be considered to have completed most of their mission this time......

Half an hour later, everyone had eaten enough dry food, replenished drinking water, and quickly gathered again under Ling Xu's summons.

"Brothers, our rations are running out, and there are still three days left before the appointed time of the army, do you have faith?"

"Yes!"

"Okay!

In the following time, no one dared to be lazy, this reconnaissance mission was a primary test for them, which was related to their future future, so everyone cheered up and went to the predetermined place as fast as possible......

Two days later.

"My lord, in half an hour, we will be almost there. ”

"Well, brethren, we are almost there, and we will be able to rest when we arrive!

Ling Xu's sonorous words made all the soldiers see hope, victory was already in front of their eyes, as long as they worked harder, they would be able to reach that mountain!

So, on this night, the thousand-strong team finally arrived at the predetermined place before the rations ran out, leaving the Black Swallow Banner on the mountain as a sign of completing the mission......

The soldiers were very happy, their bodies were very tired from the hard work of the past few days, and after a short celebration, everyone fell asleep in unison, they were too tired.

This night, as the leader of the team, Ling Xu personally kept vigil, the more in this kind of night, it is necessary to raise a bonfire to keep warm, otherwise it is easy to be attacked by wild beasts, but it is easy to be discovered by the people of the Xirong tribe when the bonfire is raised, Ling Xu thought about it, and finally found a cave that was large enough to rest tonight.

"My lord, you have been running all night, so you should go to bed early. ”

"No, you sleep, I still have something to do......" Ling Xu got up, with his strength of the ground lock five, it would not be a problem to last another two or two nights, but most of these soldiers in front of him were still recruits with three or even one ground locks, and Ling Xu naturally couldn't let them take risks for themselves.

Besides, after days of marching, these soldiers are already very tired, so they have to do it themselves.

Ling Xu carefully checked the map and found that near this mountain lived a subordinate tribe of the Tuoba Tribe, the Minglu Tribe.

Therefore, he wanted to go and reconnoiter to see how the defense of the Minglu Department was, and if it was more lax, he could take the opportunity to touch a few sheep out......

Thinking like this, Ling Xu quietly set off and went in the direction where the Ming Lu Department was located......

The next day, the smell of mutton that filled the cave woke everyone up at once.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this mutton soup has just been boiled, and now is the time to eat it, so get up and eat it!" shouted Dubb.

Zhong Rao's expression was suddenly a little moved, I didn't expect to be able to eat meat here, so happy?

Fortunately, although they marched in a hurry, they still had all the utensils for eating, and each person came to a bowl of mutton soup, which was very hot and comfortable, and the tiredness of the past few days was suddenly swept away.

"Where did this mutton come from?" asked a couple of soldiers.

This question, and soon everyone spontaneously stopped their dishes and chopsticks, yes, where did this mutton come from, why didn't the adults come to eat?

"Brothers, the adults have already fallen asleep, and I can have this mutton soup to drink today, because the adults went to Minglu last night and stole a few sheep and came back, everyone eat them, and when the adults wake up, I will send them to him......" Du Bo said.

"It's me who dragged down the adults, but I didn't expect the adults to take care of ......me so much," a soldier was very moved.

For a while, everyone was a little touched, and they were even more satisfied with Ling Xu, the leader.

At this moment, Ling Xu had already found a hidden place to sleep, and on his back was a bloody wound, which was obviously being cut, but Ling Xu didn't let Du Bo tell the soldiers, he just wanted the soldiers to have a good meal at ease.

Although the wound had been medicated, the pain still made his expression distort slightly, but even so, he fell asleep.

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