The person in the third position on the left is named Zhu Bo, who is Chinese New Year's Eve one year old today, is the captain of the 13th Army of the Beijing Division, and there are people in the family who are in business, and he is the richest person in a radius of ten miles, a person from Dongzhou!

The person in the fourth position on the left is named Feng Feng, 27 years old this year, a lieutenant of the five armies of the Beijing Division, from an ordinary family, a person from Beizhou, a student of the military hall of the Zhongdu Academy, and an outstanding figure in the young Zhuang faction in the army.

The person in the fifth position on the left is named Yang Taozhen, twenty-four years old this year, he is the captain of the Eighth Army of the Beijing Division, and his background is very big, the eldest grandson of Yang Ze, the prime minister of the left and the secretary of the military department, and he is also a student of the military hall of the White Tiger Academy.

Yang Taozhen completed his graduation from the White Tiger Academy at the age of seventeen, entered a reserve camp in a certain place for three years of training, and was recruited into the Beijing Division by Bai Qi at the age of twenty-one because of his excellent performance.

At the age of twenty-four, he became a lieutenant of the First Army, coupled with Yang Taozhen's back, it is difficult not to talk about it behind his back, but Yingchang is not worried about Yang Ze using power for personal gain, after all, the Jingshi camp is in charge of Bai Qi, but Bai Qi is the master who does not recognize him and Yingbei's six relatives, can he sell Yang Ze's face?

There is a large sand table in the center of the tent, the sand table has mountains and rivers and blue mini soldiers, and there is a wooden plate in every area, marking what the name of this area is, this large sand table is the masterpiece of the scout camp.

As early as before the army set out, Bai Qi ordered the scout battalion to go to the Korean border to investigate, responsible for drawing maps and making sand tables, this large sand table is only a small part of the Han border, which only put the three counties west of the Han Dynasty into it, and there are five counties that have not been placed, and the five counties have another sand table.

Ying Chang got up from the handsome position, walked to the front of the sand table unhurriedly, and the generals standing on the left and right sides of the tent also took the initiative to stand in a circle around the sand table.

Twenty miles east of the Green Mountain Pass, it is the Ghost Gate Pass of the Han Dynasty, the name is very domineering, this pass is indeed in line with this name, without it, the Ghost Gate Pass is not a common pass, it has an organ from the inside out, what kind of organ is this organ, no one has tried, only know that only a thousand people can control it, and it can block a million troops!

This ghost gate pass was built by the Han Dynasty in order to prevent the Wei Dynasty from borrowing the moon to attack Han, it has been more than two hundred and fifty years today, it is said that this ghost gate pass cost the Han Dynasty tens of millions of taels of silver, which can be described as the strength of the country, as a result, the Wei Dynasty has never fought the Han Dynasty, and the Yue Dynasty has no strength to fight, because no one has hit the Ghost Gate, making the defense of the Ghost Gate Pass a mystery.

It is precisely because of this that the Ghost Gate Pass is full of mystery and is also known as the first pass in the world!

"What do you think about the Ghost Gate?" Yingchang looked at the people around the sand table and asked.

"The Ghost Gate Pass is mysterious, and Erchen has heard of it, but Erchen thinks that the Ghost Gate Pass is like a fiction for my Daqin, so I don't need to take it to heart!" Ying Jiang replied disappreciatively.

When the generals heard this, they all nodded in agreement.

As long as the Ghost Gate is within the range of artillery, it can easily be reduced to ruins at a powerful gate.

Ying Chang was silent for a while, and then muttered, "What are the recent movements of the Han Dynasty?" ”

"Before my Qin army arrived at the Green Mountain Pass, the Han Dynasty didn't know that my Great Qin was attacking Han, and it is estimated that there was not much defense, even if I knew it now, if the Han Dynasty wanted to react, it would be too late to increase the troops at the Ghost Gate!" Yang Taozhen, the commander of the Eighth Army, replied with a respectful expression.

Although the Qin army's expedition was not a secret, the goal was a secret, and the Han Dynasty did not seem to think that the Qin army would attack Han, so the Han Dynasty did not increase troops to the Ghost Gate Pass, and now there are only 10,000 Han troops stationed at the Ghost Gate Pass.

"How much food do I have left in my army?" Ying Chang then asked.

"There are about 1.6 million stone of grain!" Ning Shilang, the commander of the first army, replied respectfully.

The 500,000 Qin army led by Ying Chang brought a total of 3 million stone grain, and since the departure from Xianyang, the army has been marching for nearly six months, consuming about 1.4 million stone grain, of which the cavalry has lost the most, and the 100,000 cavalry is on top of the total consumption of 300,000 baggage battalions and 100,000 infantry.

Before the battle was fought, half of the food was consumed.

"One million stone of grain is only enough for seven months of consumption of my army of 500,000, if you count the food for the return of the division to the dynasty, we have already run out of food!" Pei Ji, the commander of the Praetorian Guard and the head of the Xianyang Palace, said with a solemn expression.

Ying Chang frowned slightly, and after pondering for a while, he spoke: "Spread my will, let the 300,000 baggage battalions return to Beizhou with forty stone of grain, and collect six million stone of grain from the major granaries in Beizhou, led by Lu Quan, the commander of the left military guard of Xianyang Palace!" ”

This is the pain of the expedition, before the war has begun, there is not enough food to eat.

In the absence of siege equipment, the 300,000 baggage battalions went back and forth for at least eight months, and about 800,000 stone of grain were consumed on the way back and forth, which is why Yingchang gave 400,000 stone of grain to the baggage battalion, which was consumed on the way back to the baggage battalion.

When the 300,000 baggage battalions have collected 6 million stone of grain, the 400,000 stone grain given by Yingchang will be consumed, and after the 300,000 baggage battalion returns to Lushan Pass with 6 million stone grain, there will be about 5.6 million stone of grain left over from the 6 million stone grain.

This is calculated according to the speed of the march, if it takes nine or even ten months for the baggage battalion to go back and forth, the loss will be even greater, and the baggage battalion will have to be frugal, or even hungry.

The expedition consumes too much, and it is difficult to dominate the world here, if there is no logistical pressure, the Qin army can destroy the entire Kyushu countries in one go, without rest at all.

As soon as Ying Chang's words fell, Lu Quan, the head of the left military guard of Xianyang Palace, immediately responded respectfully: "The minister's order!" ”

Bai Qi said with a slightly solemn expression: "The baggage battalion took away 400,000 stone grain, and we have 1.2 million stone left, with the daily consumption of 200,000 Jingshi, 1.2 million stone grain can only barely last for eight months, and the soldiers can only last for seven months if they eat a little more every day!" ”

Ying Chang waved his hand, "Then make a fire and cook according to the standard of eight months, not much!" ”

"Yes!" The generals raised their hands respectfully and shouted in unison.

"Yingjiang!"

Ying Chang looked at Ying Jiang and snorted at the latter.

Ying Jiang replied with a solemn expression: "The son is here!" ”

"I will give you five artillery battalions, and then transfer a total of 6,000 troops from the Eighth Army and the Thirteenth Army to you, and you will attack the Ghost Gate Pass tomorrow!" Ying Chang looked solemn and ordered without being angry.

Zhu Bo and Yang Taozhen were overjoyed when they heard this, this is a good opportunity to have a good relationship with the eldest prince, maybe they can become the confidants of the eldest prince, and the future is immeasurable!