Thinking of this, Qi Bao'er felt a little better, but a group of Erques must have been dumbfounded.
Neither of them is the kind of person who would stick to one topic endlessly. They would just talk about unimportant things and move on to the next topic in the blink of an eye.
They are very broken and very silky.
"I heard that Nilguan has been a little uneasy lately, and I don't know what they are doing."
Jun Chenyuan was silent and said two words lightly, "Port."
First, we need to talk about the particularity of their geographical location in the east of Qilin Kingdom.
The east side of Qilin seems to be guarded by gods and has an excellent natural barrier.
The entire border to the east of the Qilin Kingdom is in the shape of a relatively smooth fan. It is said that such a border is very unfriendly to the country. Unless you have a strong force and can guard it with five steps, one post, and ten steps.
Stay there, otherwise there will be too many attackable positions in this fan-shaped terrain.
But God loves us, Qilin Country. Beyond the fan shape are several tall and huge mountains.
The highest mountain in the world where Qi Baoer lived in his previous life was more than 8,000 meters above sea level, and among the mountains outside to the east, the shortest one was more than 8,000 meters high.
You said there needs to be a plane or something, so that's not a problem, but what era is this?
Not to mention riding a horse, you just walk up the mountain, and you will freeze to death halfway, and there are a lot of problems such as lack of oxygen.
But people here don’t know about the lack of oxygen. There were people on the other side of the mountain who wanted to climb over the mountain to see what was on this side. Then, after climbing up the mountain for a while, they felt like they couldn’t breathe. People in that country believe in
They thought that there were gods living on the mountain and they were not allowed to go up the mountain.
He knelt and knelt, begged and begged, and then realized that he was just breathing hard but his life seemed to be saved for the time being. He thought that the gods were moved by his pleading and hurriedly went down the mountain.
Hey, my breathing immediately became easier once I got down the mountain.
Good guy, what else can the person living on this mountain be if it’s not a god?
It must be that the gods on the mountain forbid earthly people like them from disturbing them.
Coincidentally, this person has a high status in their country and is the queen's uncle. Among the people, he prefers to do good deeds and is very popular with the people. Therefore, what he says will be heard by both the upper class and ordinary people.
They are all quite trustworthy.
Just like that, that country is the closest to our Qilin Country across the mountain. No one has ever set foot on the other side of the mountain.
This country doesn't need to worry, let alone the other countries. The nearest one has two mountains connected to each other. Even if they are really determined to lead their troops over, it will be good if they can survive by climbing over those two mountains.
Therefore, the eastern part of the Qilin Kingdom is the calmest place on the border, with almost no battles to fight, which makes the Zhendong Army somewhat useless.
Here is a digression. When Emperor Qiming appointed the ancestors of the Zhao family as the commander-in-chief of the Zhendong Army, it was because the Zhao family had sacrificed too many men when they followed Emperor Qiming, but the Zhao family was stubborn and wanted only one son of the Zhao family.
If you don't die, you will guard the city gate all day long.' So after Emperor Qiming walked around the map, he looked at the big mountains in the east and pointed with his hand, "Hey, it's yours."
Therefore, the one who became the commander-in-chief of the Zhendong Army was driven to Nilguan without being seen by Emperor Qiming.
The ancestor of the Zhao family did not know the situation in the east at that time. He thought that Emperor Qiming had given him a great responsibility and wanted to make a difference.
But as soon as they arrived at the first camp of the Eastern Army, they saw a group of troops who were neither standing nor sitting around, and were even lazier than the gangsters they encountered on the road.
The one who made him angry almost drew his sword and killed several of them on the spot.
I'm going to change it, it must be changed!
With soldiers like this, all they can do is deliver food when the enemy comes.
Therefore, Patriarch Zhao did not have time to think about why the soldiers here were like this, and began to train the soldiers diligently.
Some people may ask, why didn't anyone tell him about the special characteristics of the east side?
The main reason is that I dare not say that since the founding of the country, the Qilin Kingdom has been relatively strict on military discipline. They are beheaded in this way and that way. Among them, maintaining combat effectiveness is included. It is a relatively focused one and is divided into several lines.
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So even if there is no battle to fight, your soldier should still look like a soldier, not just like a bastard.
At this point, the lieutenants didn't dare to say anything, they were too shameless.
Furthermore, Patriarch Zhao’s status was quite special. He was not only a capable general valued by the emperor, but he also had great military exploits throughout his life. His reputation at that time was not much different from that of Qi Bao’er now. Among the people and soldiers
In their eyes, he has been compared to an existence like a patron saint, and everyone has a strong suspicion of him.
Then Zhao Laozu trained there for three years. During these three years, not only did the enemy invade, but there were no spies to spy on him.
Ancestor Zhao didn't say that he likes to have enemies invade him, just... this is not normal.
It was also at this time that the lieutenants were no longer just in awe of him as before, but had become much closer to him, so one lieutenant told him about the special nature of Nierguan.
You said the east side is blocked by mountains, why do you still need to suppress the Eastern Army?
And why does this pass exist?
Why do you still need an army to protect you?
Because there was a huge earthquake here in the early days of the previous dynasty. The earthquake was so big that it split the two mountains side by side from the middle one, as if a giant ax had split it open, leaving the mountains on the left and right.
A huge gap formed between it and the mountain.
The gap like a grand canyon in Nilguan is nearly fifty meters wide and more than twenty meters narrow.
Fortunately, this is an easy-to-defend but difficult-to-conquer place that is conducive to the Qilin Kingdom. Judging from all the battles since ancient times, the defenders must have taken advantage of any place related to the Grand Canyon.
The Qilin Kingdom is the defender.
Moreover, there are many cliffs in the canyon. Let alone marching, it is not easy for a single person to pass safely.
But having said that, we have to guard against it.
The previous dynasty didn't pay much attention to it after seeing the terrain, and only sent an army with a capacity of 10,000 to garrison.
In the last years of the former dynasty, the country of Neil across the way was so poor that even the royal family could no longer afford to eat, so they set their sights on the former dynasty on the other side of the canyon.
If people are not forced to that point, they won’t survive anyway, so what if the canyon is difficult to walk through?!
They either marched or refugees poured in through the canyon.
The people were quite smart and knew that if there were few refugees, they would be doomed if they encountered the garrison. Instead, they gathered into a huge group and then poured out of the canyon.
There are only 10,000 garrison troops, facing hundreds of thousands of refugees who are so hungry that their eyes are red, and there is a steady stream of refugees behind them.
No one was left in the garrison, and refugees poured into nearby cities.
Speaking of this, Lieutenant General Ma felt extremely sad.
"The last general was serving as a garrison in the old city at the time. We didn't receive any news at all. Those refugees just poured in like locusts."
The boundary of Xicheng is also at a disadvantage. It is built on a plain with no natural dangers. Once trapped, there is no way out.
