Chapter Thirty-One: What else is there in this army besides waiting to die?
How is a hundred thousand people a single number?
Or just a number, not to be ashamed of how many people are.
Gu Nan also understood this way before he had actually seen it.
But if you really see it, the person who can line up from one mountain to another has only just realized how small and pitiful a person is.
More than ten miles outside Xianyang City, 100,000 barracks were laid out in a piece. Gu Nan rode his horse and exhausted his eyes, but he could only vaguely see an end that seemed to be there and not.
This is a work that the King of Qin had already arranged.
Zhao State changed its generals and Wu'an went to war, which were all things that were already calculated.
These 100,000 people have been camping here for several days, waiting for Bai Qi to go on a battle.
As we approached, it was different from what Gu Nan expected. We thought that the military camp position of 100,000 people would be a big scene.
But now in front of her was a military camp that was extremely quiet, without a noise. Occasionally, when a few soldiers passed by, they might chat with each other, and their voices soon disappeared in this huge camp.
"Crack." The spears in the hands of several soldiers outside the military camp were put together, blocking Bai Qi and Gu Nan's way.
"Xu." Bai Qi grabbed the reins, turned his head, and his hooves stomped back and forth on the land several times.
Gu Nan also patted Brother Hei's neck gently. Brother Hei slowed down and stopped.
"Who is coming?"
Bai Qi didn't say anything, and took off a sign from his waist.
The soldier just glanced at him and quickly put away the spear that was standing in front of the two of them and lowered his head.
"General."
"Yeah." Bai Qi responded, waved to Gu Nan, and urged the horse to walk in first.
The soldier's eyes swept across Gu Nan's face, and he was secretly surprised, but he didn't say much, just watched the two of them in until they could not see them.
"Hey, did you see it just now?" I don't know who asked.
Another voice replied.
"You are not talking nonsense. The one who followed General Bai Qi just now was a woman, right?"
"He is a woman, and she is really handsome. I almost couldn't get my senses back just now."
"Why did Wu Anjun bring a woman in?"
"Miss Gu..." A soldier said in a daze.
"Miss Gu?"
"Yes, I think so. Have you heard of it? Wu'anjun accepted a woman as his disciple, and the woman's surname is Gu."
"Ah, I remembered that, Miss Gu, it is said that she is a rare talented woman. She has excellent poetry and prose, and is highly valued by Wu'anjun in military tactics."
A veteran frowned: "The poems and prose are excellent? The battlefield is not the place where my daughter comes, and not even many of us men can save our lives."
"Stop talking." The person who seemed to be the captain looked at the person behind him: "You keep these rumors and talk privately. If someone hears them, none of our team can get good results."
The person behind shrank his neck and no one spoke again.
The head general's camp was located in the middle of the military camp. Even when he walked in through the camp gate, it took him more than ten minutes to get to the center.
Along the way, in addition to the occasional couple, there were also a few conversations, most soldiers looked like they had a face and a "waiting to die".
He was indeed a face waiting to die, his eyes were dull, and his hands were weak in holding the weapons. The cloth robe and leather armor he was wearing seemed to have not been washed for a few days, and a layer of dirt was formed.
If you look like you want to fight, or if you are a national war like Changping, what is it to wait for death?
Gu Nan walked on the road and looked at the deadly military camp around him with a frown slightly.
Bai Qi seemed to notice this and glanced at the soldiers walking over with his head down: "I think this barracks are pretty unrestrained?"
After hesitating for a moment, Gu Nan nodded: "As such a sad soldier, there is no ten combat power left."
"Then what do you think it should be?" Bai Qi's rebellious question stopped Gu Nan.
What should it look like? It is full of energy and shouts for the sake of the Qin Dynasty for the people? It is indifferent to life and death and sacrifices its life for justice?
Soldiers are human, too.
Most of these people came to join the army for the sake of their family's meals and for the amount of salary from the military camp. Some of them were forced to recruit soldiers.
Everyone who came here understood that they were here to fight and to die.
What else can be found on this face besides waiting to die?
Bai Qi walked in front of Gu Nan: "It's good to have these people every year in wars."
As he said that, Bai Qi looked at the soldier who was eating dry food that was already frozen and hard.
Gu Nan looked at Bai Qi from behind, and the old man in front of him said nothing, but Gu Nan felt heartbroken in his eyes.
It flashed and made Gu Nan even think that he had read it wrong.
"Wu'anjun." A shout attracted Gu Nan's sight.
But in the distance, a young general wearing black armor trotted over on a white war horse.
The man had a little tender face. I think he was only about twenty years old, but he was already a general. It was rare to be so young.
He was holding a long halberd in his hand, and the white horse under him was extremely handsome, but in fact, riding a white horse on the battlefield was a bit unsafe.
After all, the white horse is too conspicuous and must be taken care of by the other party's arrows. If it is not for yourself and your confidence, it is better not to ride it.
The young general took a few breaths and ran to Bai Qi and Gu Nan, looking at Bai Qi with a respectful look on his face.
But he was an energetic young man who was out of place in the military camp.
Gu Nan glanced at his mouth secretly.
To be honest, she still envies the aura of these young people. After all, they are still young and have a high spirit, which always makes her feel old.
But there is nothing I can do. He is already old. In his previous life, he is already a half-year-old man in his thirties.
Unfortunately, Gu Nan didn't notice that she was probably only seventeen or eighteen years old, but she was a little younger than the young general in front of her.
Chapter completed!