From the twenty-sixth year of Yuande, the Xia State began to mobilize the forces of the entire country.

After the defeat of the Anxi general Zhou Li's army in the Resha Sea, before the Protectorate made a decision, the sergeants from all over the river had already rushed to the camp on their own with weapons and horses. The sergeants deliberated while preparing for battle. The battalions on the border prepared for the ensuing attack of the Turks, while the battalions in the interior cried out for revenge. On the north bank of the Wuhu River, the state and county closed the city gate during the day and curfew at night, and the people took their families to hide in Cangcheng. Before the Protectorate made its decision, the whole river was like a hornet's nest that had been stabbed, and there was a commotion everywhere, but after the Protectorate made the decision to retaliate against the Turks, everything began to be in order.

In the 26th year of Yuande, Hezhong mobilized three times the number of active soldiers in the township, and urgently trained a group of regimental training battalions to garrison the rear.

At the end of the 26th year of Yuande, the army in Hezhong, including the regimental training army, had exceeded 600,000 people, and at this time, the hearts of the people in various places were completely settled. This national mobilization is the largest and most complex organized campaign in history. If one were to look down from the sky over the entire continent, they would see a spectacular sight of millions of people moving slowly westward. Marked by the Praetorian Guard Jiaorong Army and Lian Rui Army being ordered to aid Hezhong in the west, the army of the entire Xia Kingdom, nomadic herds, grain and grass reserves are moving westward, and even the Yinhu cavalry of the Anbei Military Division is also nomadic to the west. The army in the river was gradually assembled to the south, but because a large number of officers were killed, the newly built battalion needed to be trained and integrated, as well as the relationship between logistics, the brigade stayed on the north bank of the Wuhu River for training, and the front line was still in a defensive posture against the Turks.

From the twenty-seventh year of Yuande, the baggage division ensured that the grain and grass from Wuhushui to Tiemoya were safe, and General Xu Wenhu led the main force of the Anxi Army to cross Wuhushui, which meant that the offensive against the Turks officially began. For the Xia people, especially the Hezhong people, retaliation against the Turks was the most legitimate act. For the officers of the Xia State on the front line, this is just a small test to train new soldiers, and compared with the upcoming battle to destroy the country, this year's military achievements or losses are insignificant. For the Roma Turkic tribes, it was a year when the gates of hell were wide open, and countless attacks, looting, murder, and arson occurred every day. In order to escape the harassment of the Xia cavalry, many tribes were forced to migrate westward. For the baggage division, there are countless grains, grasses, and horses consumed on the road every day. For the marching division, it is possible to receive news of a victory or setback for a certain unit every day.

In the twenty-eighth year of Yuande, the Protectorate, the General's Mansion, the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the Emperor Chen Xuan reconfirmed the attack on the Roma Turks.

The Romani Turks sent envoys several times to negotiate terms, but in the eyes of the Protectorate, the lives of more than 20,000 soldiers had cut off the possibility of peace, and if the heads of the Sultan of Rum were not cut off, it would not be regarded as revenge. Prime Minister Liu Yi also believes that the Turkic Sultan is ambitious and capricious, and must cut off the future troubles as soon as possible.

On the other hand, although the Sultan of Rûm established the Messud dynasty, replacing the Baiyi dynasty as the legitimacy of the Great Eclipse princes, war, killing, and capture were still the main means by which the Turkic Sultan Messud gathered his generals. The Sultan's generals, vassals, and tribal chiefs controlled the vast majority of the power of the Metsud dynasty. And many princes were unimpressed with peace. These people followed the Sultan of Rûm out of the sea of corpses and blood, and the destruction of the Baiyi Dynasty gave them great benefits, but the desire for wealth and power for most people only intensified. In the Xia River, the legendary silk piles up like mountains, gold and silver everywhere, stimulating the desire of many people's hearts. At the beginning, they were still a little afraid of the military might of the Xia State, and the defeat of the General Zhou Li in the hot sand sea made many people think that the Xia army was nothing more than that. The corpses of the Baiyi dynasty could no longer satisfy these vassals, and even the sultan had to take their opinions into account.

Since the Xia did not agree to peace, the Sultan happened to declare that the cause of the war was the arrogance and ambition of the Xia State, and that the Turks were preparing to fight the Xia people, so he sent envoys to gallop in all directions, forming allies and conscripting troops from various princes, and the large and small Turkic cavalry teams converged to the east like a trickling stream.

The scale of the war would be greater than anyone had ever imagined, and it would involve many of the Xia and Turkic allies. In the vast territory of warring, no tribe and no one can neutralize and defend themselves. On one side is the Turkic Sultan, on the other hand, the powerful Xia kingdom that has been in the river for a hundred years, in the eyes of the world, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, this collision of iron and blood seems to be a historical inevitability, the fate of millions of people will depend on the outcome of this war, the people here have all kinds of beliefs, but they are just as excited and apprehensive, waiting for the gods to write the verdict with blood. As the sages said, manpower is not as good as an ox, and walking is not as good as a horse, and oxen and horses are used because people can form a group, but cattle and horses cannot fight in groups. On the other hand, in the face of the torrent of history, the fate of each person who has formed a group because of interests is closely linked to the fate of the group to which he belongs.

Tens of millions of people have been swept in by storms, and the center of the storm is often quiet.

On the eighth day of the seventh month of the 28th year of Yuande, the general Zhang Shanfu left Kangguo.

Liu Daxin, the general of the baggage division, Kang Hengming, the king of Kang, the commander of the Tiger Wing Army, Chen Ang, the king of Yong, the son of Kang, Kangde, the son of the king of Kang, that is, Chen Kang, and some court officials from the sons of the princes stayed in Kang and formed a camp to transport people and horses. Liu Daxin will soon set off to establish another transfer camp in Wuhushui, and after Zhang Shanfu and Xu Wenhu meet, a transfer camp will be established in Tiemo Cliff to continuously send material resources from the rear to the front line. Before leaving, Zhang Shanfu specially told the remaining officials in Kangguo, in addition to transporting grain and grass, they must step up their precautions, although the Turks are afraid that there is only a 1 in 1,000 hope to break through the Wuhu Water, and a 1/10,000 chance to hit Kangguo, but this situation must also be prepared.

After deliberately checking the palace of His Majesty, Zhang Shanfu left with confidence. Zhang Shanfu is a very unassuming character, and when he marches, he does not notify the post station in advance to greet him, nor does he raise the banner of a general. He himself had been in the four-wheeled carriage studying the old maps drawn by the marching division for the Baiyi Dynasty, and after the cavalry escorted the convoy through the towns and villages, the people were excited and delighted to learn from the guards that the famous Marquis of the Protector, General Zhang, had just passed by.

50,000 elite infantry horses transferred from the east went south with Zhang Shanfu. And there were only a few hundred people in total with Zhang Shanfu, mainly officers, guards and heralds from the marching division. At each post station, Zhang Shanfu had to confirm the position of each army, and issued a new military order to each army, ordering the regiments that were too fast to slow down, and urging those who moved slowly to speed up their advance, so that the armies could keep an appropriate distance from each other. Most of the cavalry of the southbound army were one man with two horses, or even one man with three horses, and the infantry camp also carried many four-wheeled carts. In order to alleviate the pressure of supplies along the way, the marching distance between the various armies and battalions was deliberately widened.

On July 23, Zhang Shanfu arrived at Gushang City, he rarely stepped off the carriage, wearing an old gray military robe, came to the bank of the Shede River, looked down on the river water kept flowing to the southwest, the general was silent for a long time, the lower reaches of the river, is the fertile field of the upper reaches of the Wuhu River, the Tianshan Mountains meandered in the north, the green ridge towered in the east, the Hinddu Mountains lay across its south, the towering mountains are like three towering walls, the fertile field in the upper reaches of the Wuhu River is surrounded by a basin that opens to the west. The wind from the west blows here, and it comes to an abrupt end when it hits the towering mountains on three sides.

The gap basin is a natural bridgehead for the Xia Kingdom. For thousands of years, countless peoples have entered this Colosseum-like place, and the Greeks, Persians, Huns, Yueshians, Sogdians, and Turks have come and gone. Tiemen Pass and Huwen City are the most critical cities in the north and south of this area, and Tang Xuanzang recorded Tiemen Pass as the starting point for the spread of Buddhism in the Western Regions. And further south, is the place where Zhang Shanfu became famous, Huwen City. The general who used an army to intimidate the Ghaznavid princes, traveled thousands of miles, crossed the eastern edge of the vast Black Sand Sea, and captured the famous city like a bag, is now a Houwen Marquis who is over fifty years old.

The officers of the marching division were busy with their own affairs, and the few who followed them did not disturb the old general who was standing by the river in contemplation.

Until an officer came out of the post station, walked to Zhang Shanfu's side and bowed down and said, "Your Majesty has arrived in Gaochang." ”

"It's a good show, Your Majesty really can't wait." Zhang Shanfu joked rarely. The officer under his command smiled clearly, but he didn't dare to take this stubble. Zhang Shanfu shook his head a little tediously, returned to the four-wheeled carriage from the river bank, and personally marked Chen Xuan's location on the map.

The speed of the emperor's march exceeded Zhang Shanfu's expectations. He didn't despise the Praetorian Guards Dragon Tooth Army who followed the royal car, but because Chen Xuan couldn't shirk the people's love for the royal family. Generally speaking, every place where the royal driver goes, there will always be a climax of cheers and onlookers. In the Xia Kingdom, the huge territory, the strong army, the incorruptible officials, the strict law and discipline, and the fair governance made the vast majority of the Xia people, regardless of the young and the old, regardless of their personality and status, most of them have a heartfelt love for the emperor. Since Chen Xuan ascended the throne, he has always adhered to the duties of the emperor, and almost never interfered in the specific affairs of the five mansions, which has brought this love for the royal family to a peak, which is the same as the ancient hermit who could not live in seclusion, but could develop a huge reputation among the court and the opposition. In such a warm love, some people may be so excited that they may forget who they are, but Zhang Shanfu knows that His Majesty himself is definitely not among them.

Since Chen Xuan's marching speed exceeded Zhang Shanfu's expectations, it means that His Majesty the Emperor must have adopted a marching method similar to that of the general of the marching division, marching without banners and without showing his identity. "What a pity." Zhang Shanfu pouted with some dissatisfaction in the carriage, if the royal car came in a mighty way, it would definitely boost the morale of the military and the people all the way from east to west. "It's a pity." He sighed, and also understood Chen Xuan a little, "Willing, willing, Your Majesty has given up a lot of personal things, and it is harmless to do whatever you want when you march, and the soldiers and civilians along the way will inevitably be a little disappointed." ”