Cao Wenzhao rode on a jujube red horse, he hadn't marched and fought for a long time, he didn't sit in a carriage, he wanted to experience the feeling of galloping on the battlefield in a majestic manner.

Three of his old subordinates, Cao Bianjiao, Feng Ju, and Ping'an, also rode a horse to follow him. Other members of the headquarters, Tian Qiliang, Hong Pengju, Shayer, Liu Chenggong and others, followed behind in a carriage.

At that time, Cao Wenzhao commanded the Guanning Iron Cavalry with a maximum of 3,000 men and horses, but now he commanded an army of 150,000 people, and the Cossack Iron Cavalry and Mongolian Iron Cavalry under his command were much more ferocious than the Guanning Iron Cavalry back then.

Feng Ju was riding a sweaty horse, he followed closely to the right of Cao Wenzhao, and he said to Cao Wenzhao complimentingly: "Master Cao, you are the most powerful back then!" ”

Cao Wenzhao smiled heartily: "Grandma is a bear, Lao Tzu is much more powerful now than he was back then!" ”

Cao Bianjiao, who followed Cao Wenzhao to the left, said: "Today's Cao Ye is in command of thousands of troops and horses, sweeping the generals of West Asia!" ”

Cao Wenzhao sighed: "This is all due to the emperor's wisdom!" If it was Emperor Zhu of the previous dynasty, would he still be able to conquer West Asia? I can't even think about it! ”

Cao Bianjiao also sighed: "Without the wisdom of the emperor today, there would be no us today, you see," he pointed to the team that was constantly transporting supplies, "What does it mean that the soldiers and horses go first before the grain and grass are moved?" This is the first thing that the soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass. I think back then, we fought for Emperor Zhu, and our Guanning Iron Cavalry had the most abundant food, but there was no such landscape as it is now, and the team transporting materials was even more vast than the team that I marched and fought, can such an army not win the battle? ”

Ping An also said: "The emperor is wise and great!" The emperor is wise and great! ”

"Your Majesty, the Lord of the Names!" Cao Wenzhao finally concluded.

"Master Cao, look, camel team!" Feng Ju's hand was raised again.

Cao Wenzhao said: "I saw it." This group of camels was captured by our 101st Division, captured during the battle with the Ottoman army last month. ”

Feng Ju exclaimed, "It's the first time I've ever seen so many camels in my life. ”

Cao Wenzhao said: "There are more than 3,000 horses in this camel caravan, and ours and Persian's are here. ”

The men quickened their whips and walked in parallel with the endless end of the camel caravans.

They galloped for five hours to overtake the caravan, and after they had overtaken the caravan, they saw the motorcaravan, which was also the transport team of the logistics department.

Cao Wenzhao slowed down his progress, and Feng Ju panted and said to Cao Wenzhao: "Master Cao, running, running for such a long distance, is it a rest?" ”

Cao Wenzhao himself couldn't support it, after all, he was old, and he couldn't compare with that year, so he ordered: "Get off the horse and rest!" ”

After everyone dismounted, Cao Wenzhao said to Cao Bianjiao: "Let's change to a carriage!" ”

"Okay, I'll borrow a carriage from the convoy." After Cao Bianjiao finished speaking, he flew on the horse and chased after the horse convoy.

After a while, Cao Bianjiao brought back a carriage with a shed, and Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao, and Feng Ju got into the carriage.

Ping'an, who was younger than all three of them, insisted on not riding in the carriage and following behind it on horseback.

Before dark, they came to a post station, where they stayed, and Cao Bianjiao thanked the handlebar of the carriage and asked him to return with the carriage.

Tian Qiliang's carriage followed one after another, everyone stayed at the post station, and Cao Wenzhao's carriage also arrived, so he could march in his own special carriage.

It was a large post station and a transit point for Bushehr to the oil city, which was originally a deserted place, because a small river flowed through it, and the logistics department built a post station here, and due to the increasing number of people, it has grown into the size of a town in a few months.

The dinner was very rich, with Siamese rice, fish and shrimp from Gangnam, roast pig from the Northeast, and ramen from the Northwest......

The next day, Cao Wenzhao led the Huabo Headquarters to continue the march westward, and before leaving, the head of the post came to see Cao Wenzhao off.

"Commander Cao, are you still satisfied with our reception?"

Cao Wenzhao said: "Satisfied! Satisfied! Very satisfied! ”

"This post station is developing very rapidly, the emperor has decreed that a new city should be built in this place, please ask Commander Cao to give this new city a name!"

Cao Wenzhao thought for a while and said, "This is located in the east of the oil city, let's call her Dong'an City!" ”

"Dong'an City, thank you Commander Cao for naming this city, this place will be called Dong'an City in the future."

……

Cao Wenzhao got into the carriage, left Dong'an City, and continued to advance towards Oil City. Along the way, he could still see a steady stream of convoys transporting supplies to the Oil City.

In the afternoon, they came to an oasis land, where there were not only rivers, but also many clear springs and date palm groves, which brought life to this land.

Chen Yunlong, the 101st Division who arrived in advance, was already waiting for Cao Wenzhao's arrival.

"Commander," Chen Yunlong saluted Cao Wenzhao, "please go back to the division headquarters to rest first." ”

Cao Wenzhao asked: "How far is the division headquarters from here?" ”

Chen Yunlong replied: "There is still an hour to go by carriage. ”

Cao Wenzhao nodded in agreement: "Okay, I'll go to you first." ”

Cao Wenzhao asked Chen Yunlong to get into his carriage, and in the carriage he asked Chen Yunlong: "Senior Commander Chen, what is the scale of this oil city now?" ”

Chen Yunlong said: "At present, it is still a small village, after our troops entered, all the local residents fled, except for a few or four earthen houses, there is nothing, the soldiers of our troops live in tents, we are now not only responsible for military defense, but also responsible for the construction of the city." ”

Cao Wenzhao said: "I received a notice from the Civil Affairs Bureau that the mayor of the oil city can come to take office in two days and take over the urban construction work here. ”

Chen Yunlong asked, "Where is the next direction of our division?" ”

Cao Wenzhao said: "There is no operational mission. ”

"No operational mission?"

"Yes, there is no operational mission." Cao Wenzhao affirmed, "The emperor ordered the headquarters to also move over, the purpose is to let us take root here in the oil city, and after the oil city is stabilized, we will develop outward." ”

"Let me put down roots here, and we won't go to Suez?" Chen Yunlong asked.

Cao Wenzhao said: "Of course I want to go." You don't want to think about what if you go deep alone and can't get up with logistics? ”

Chen Yunlong said: "I understand, we are encroaching on the Ottomans step by step. ”

"Phew—" shouted from the handlebars, and the carriage stopped.

Chen Yunlong said: "Commander, we have arrived. ”

"Get out of the car!"

The headquarters of the 101st Division was built on the bank of a small river, and tents were connected one after another, stretching for more than ten miles.

In this expedition, the Persian army sent a division headquarters and a whole regiment to the 101st Division, which is why only one division headquarters stretched for more than ten miles.

The 101st Division is actually a mixed division, not only the 101st Division is a mixed division, but the other two divisions (103rd Division and 105th Division) that entered Saudi Arabia are also mixed divisions, and the Persian Army sent two Persian infantry divisions to join, because the Persian army is more adapted to desert warfare, and it is also the best guide for the Chinese Army.

After the headquarters of the Polish-Chinese coalition army was stationed in the oil city, 150,000 coalition troops were stationed within a radius of several tens of kilometers of the oil city, and together with the transportation army of the logistics department, the number of people gathered in the oil city exceeded 300,000 for a time.