494 Guan City

Bai Zhongqi rode a white horse, accompanied by Ling and several students, to the gate of Mount Ranji—the Bowl Mouth Pass.

He and Zang Murenqing had traveled there via the mountain path from the Great Snow Mountain, but the road to the north could hardly be called a road at all since it connected to the Great Snow Mountain north of Mount Ranji, which still presented great difficulties for marching troops. This made the Bowl Mouth Pass the only exit from Mount Ranji to the outside world.

"Although the terrain is not as steep as I imagined, it is still quite good," Bai Zhongqi judged purely on the basis of ancient military knowledge.