When the Gogol army arrived at the grain shop, he realized that the place was indeed very hidden. If someone hadn't told them that there was a small valley where food was stored, he would have missed it if he hadn't seen it.

The century-old ancient trees have become forests, and only a path is covered by snow. After three turns, it becomes clear. There is a simple wooden fence at the entrance of the valley. At the gate, a group of veterans wearing broken-faced cotton-padded jackets are kowtowing to the army.

"Master Foreigner! We are the old men guarding the horse material factory. Don't kill me, be proud of yourself... I'll open the door for you!"

Behind the broken wooden fence gate were piles of horse materials. The top was covered with snow, and no one had used it for a winter. Fumanov excitedly rode his horse and swung his horse, "It's great, great! What is missing is horse materials. The army rested for three hours to replenish the strength of the war horses!"

When I looked back, Gogol didn't say a word, but just recorded and described it in the notebook with a fountain pen.

"What are you doing?" Fumanov asked in confusion.

"What are you doing? Of course, I recorded everything I saw and heard along the way. What a great opportunity. The entire Qing Dynasty's virtuality and reality are clearly visible..."

"With the first march, there will be a second attack. We are familiar with the Songhua River and the Sanxingcheng Post Road. This is our first-hand map information for the next attack on the Qing Dynasty..."

"Think about it! If these locals hadn't given us the direction, we could find such a secret horse material farm? Haha, if you can hide horse material here, you can hide soldiers. Maybe it's a big barracks here in the future!"

"Yes, yes, these false and real must be recorded!" Fumanov smiled and said, "There are also these incompetent Qing troops, which are simply a group of weaklings. They are not even as fierce as those mountain people and hunters. Those people dare to harass us on the way, and these people know to kowtow..."

Gogol jumped off the war horse and asked his personal soldiers to feed it. The alfalfa grass that was harvested last autumn was fermented for a winter and was nutritious and easy to digest. If the hay was mixed with soybeans, the war horse's physical strength could be fully supplemented.

As for the commander and the tall Arab horses riding in the Pioneer Camp, they are even more charming, not only should they eat alfalfa and soybeans, but also eggs and salt, so as to ensure the combat effectiveness of the war horses.

The entire valley was already full of horses, with 20,000 troops and nearly 40,000 war horses. It was spread out and it was almost impossible to see the end. The tall haystacks shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye and finally disappeared without a trace.

Gogol and Fumanov climbed to the commanding heights on the side of the valley under the escort of their own soldiers and began to use their pens to draw the terrain here. The surrounding mountains and streams were clearly recorded in their notebooks, including the denseness of the forest.

Finally, the information was not quenched. They brought all the timid veterans up. Gogol nodded and smiled, "Don't be afraid, I have some questions to ask you, don't worry, we are not the enemy of the Qing Dynasty, we are just using the passage..."

"Look, isn't this the treasure sword passed down by the guards of the Sanxian City? He used it as a token of me. Don't be afraid, there is a silver reward for you here..."

As he spoke, several big silver ingots rolled into the snow. The veterans were overjoyed and hurriedly held them in their arms. "What do you think of a foreigner? We know everything, and we say whatever we ask..."

"Tell me the terrain of this area. Do you have any idea of ​​looking at the map? Tell me..."

Perhaps it was the sword of the garrison that allowed the veterans to dispel their doubts, or perhaps it was the light of silver that made the veterans greedy, or they thought these problems were of no value at all.

Several veterans who grew up here all year round began to point fingers, and all the mountains, rivers, waters, and terrain on the ancient post road from Sanxing City to the south were introduced.

Several translators and officers were studying and drawing on the map. Soon the map became more detailed. Gogol and Fumanov smiled at each other, "Did you see it? If the spy asked to inquire about this terrain, it would probably take at least three months, but as long as I find the right method, we can understand all this within three hours..."

"Let's copy a few copies and send them back to China. This will be our offensive route in the future... These savages don't know what they are doing!"

Fumanov looked at Gogol with admiration, "I have never understood why you asked the token of that cartilage official for what kind of token you want. Now I understand that this kind of thing is so lethal to the Qing people!"

"Haha, wait and see, there is still usefulness in the future..."

Three hours passed quickly, and the army like a swarm of locusts mixed up the horse feed factory in a mess. Then, they left the valley like the wind, leaving only a few veterans holding silver ingots in a daze.

Fumanov clearly heard the veterans shouting excitedly and made a fortune. His lips curled up, "Poor inferior nation, do you know that you just lost the best opportunity to wipe out our army..."

"Then a horse farm is surrounded by forests. If one or two thousand soldiers set rockets down the top of the surrounding mountains, that fire would burn at least one-third of our troops!"

"But you dare not! Hahaha... you are just a group of ghastly, you don't deserve this rich land!"

The tokens in Gogol's hand really played a big role. The ancient post road in the south of the Sanxing City belongs to a very important road in the Ningguta area, and is extremely important in both economic and military sense.

You can see this from the place name. There are first stations, second stations, third stations, and fourth stations in turn. As the name suggests, these place names are the sites where Tunming rests in the past.

After four battles, we went south to Sandao River, and then there were four Karen, three Karen, two Karen, and the first Karen... As the name suggests, the word Karen means a card, and the name outside the pass is really simple and vivid.

Sites, checkpoints, and river berths are all named for military purposes, which means that there are garrisons in these towns, or such towns were first developed based on garrisons.

On the southernmost part of the ancient post road, which is more than ten miles south of the Toudao Karen, it is Ningguta City, the most important city in Jilin Province of the Qing Dynasty.

Gogol knew very well that there were countless minor troubles along the way. Of course, his army was not afraid of these minor troubles, but it would take time to solve the troubles. At this time, the token of the treasure sword guarding the Sanxian City came in handy.

The three closest posts to the Sanxing City actually sent the Rakshasa army to pass without any resistance, because the officers here were all under the Sanxing City, and the tokens of their direct superiors were quite useful.

Note: The ancient place names in the text are real. I have a complete set of maps of the Qing Dynasty in the 31st year of Guangxu, including classified maps of each province. All wars in the Qing Dynasty are based on maps from the Guangxu period.

For example, the Sanxing City is actually Yilan County in Heilongjiang Province. It was under the jurisdiction of Jilin during the Qing Dynasty. Ningguta is Ning'an City in Heilongjiang Province now. Of course, the Qing Dynasty also belonged to Jilin.
Chapter completed!