Zhang Zhongyao saw that most of the Ghulam cavalry had crossed the river, and was about to call the porter who accompanied him to drive the camel team across the river first. The mission set out with a large quantity of the finest bone china, tea leaves, and brocades, some of which were sent from Khotan and Ghaznavid. The potter tried to produce a kind of porcelain with azure patterns on the surface of the bone china, which was especially liked by the emir Mahmud, and the real kings paid attention to the style of doubling the reward, so he gave the Oriental monarch forty camels, loaded with all kinds of precious spices, gold and silver coins, and agate pearls and other treasures, so that the camels carrying gifts in the mission at this time did not decrease but increased, so that the porters could not be busy.

Many Ghaznavid princes and nobles privately asked Zhang Zhongyao for some exquisite gifts of oriental specialties, and asked the merchants of the Xia Kingdom to bring more high-quality porcelain to sell next time.

Suddenly, a rain of arrows shot from the dense forest on the other side of the river, and the first few Gulam cavalry grabbed their throats and fell off their horses, "Enemy attack!" The Xia army that had not yet crossed the river moved before the Ghaznavid cavalry, and the captain Cai Lang led more than 100 cavalry of the Jiaorong Army to quickly rush to the bank of the river, Cai Lang commanded the sergeant to take out a hard bow, and the arrows pointed in the direction of the attack on the other side of the river, covering the porter to drive the camel team that had just entered the water and scrambled back. The centurion Changshu led the archers to shout loudly as the porters surrounded the camels in a circle, ready to hold on to the spot, and at this time, the Ghulam cavalry led by Ayaz drew their scimitars and crossed the river with a loud shout in Turkic that the Xia army did not understand, as if they were going to fight to the death with the attacking enemy.

"You lowly slaves dare to invade the territory of the King of kings, Adulyadej Daurai. A group of horsemen slowly came out of the woods on the other side of the river, the leader of the leader, his face covered in a scarf, his body dressed in a robe made of linen, his bow and arrows already behind the saddle, and his scimitar in his hand, shouting at Ayaz. This humiliation made the Ghulam cavalry all shout, and the two armies were about to fight together, Ayaz's face sank, and he raised his hand to silence his subordinates, and said in a loud voice: "We are escorting the envoy group of the Eastern monarch to Baghdad to meet the great caliphate, should the usurper also stop it?"

Cai Lang understood a lot of Turkic language, and when he heard it, he said loudly: "Yes!" He turned back to Zhang Zhongyao and asked Zhang Zhongyao for the letter of state from the king of Xia to the monarchs of various countries along the way, which was written in Han, Uighur, Turkic, Sogdian, Arabic and other languages, and rode over alone, and handed it to the leader of the cavalry on the opposite side for inspection. We are the Praetorian Guard of the King of Kings, but now we have another mission, we can't escort you to the Caliph and the King of Kings along the way, do you need a guide?" Without waiting for Cai Lang to answer, he turned his head and said to Ayaz: "The messenger of the East is already under the protection of the King of Kings, you lowly slaves can go back." ”

Zhang Zhongyao and the soldiers on the other side of the river saw the two sides of the Great Food Princes' armies at the beginning of the scolding of each other, and then Cai Lang came back to get the letter of state to the head of the cavalry on the opposite side to see, and then the princes on both sides began to scold each other, almost to start their hands again, until the last moment, Ayaz stopped drinking his men, scolded and came back, Zhang Zhongyao only understood his foul words mixed with a sentence: "God, let the hypocrites go to Hell." I can't help laughing, but the Turks often scold each other as hypocrites, and fight in the same room, no less than the Han princes kill each other, even if they are inferior to others, they have to curse verbally, but I don't know which side the almighty god wants to help after listening to the wishes of so many believers.

The cavalry on the opposite side laughed loudly at them in the most obscene language as the Ghaznavid army retreated, and Zhang Zhongyao said goodbye to Ayaz and thanked him before leading the delegation across the river slowly. The leader of the cavalry of the other side, accompanied by two retinues, rode over and explained to Zhang Zhongyao that they had important matters to do, but could provide two guides to take them to Baghdad, and Zhang Zhongyao thanked him again, took out ten white silks and gave them to him, and the leader took them reservedly, and gave Zhang Zhongyao a tall Arabian war horse, and told him that if he stayed in Baghdad for a long time, he could go to the Praetorian Guard to find Ahmad bin Abad, and waved goodbye, and took his group of men and horses downstream along the river.

The Xia delegation continued its march under the guidance of the guides, and along the way they encountered two more cavalry search teams of the Baiyi Dynasty, but after explaining to them by the guides sent by Abad, they left one after another. This way Xiaoxing stayed overnight, Zhang Zhongyao secretly observed the big food army, cities, Fortress and the people, only feel that the soldiers are fierce and dare to fight, all the armies encountered are light cavalry as the main force, the war horses are particularly handsome, the blades are sharp, but the soldiers are not heavy armor, even the elite is also at most wearing a layer of chain mail, the bow and arrow are soft and inaccurate, almost no crossbows are seen, the cities and military fortresses are mostly made of large stones, strong and difficult to destroy, the inner city where the army and the princes live have a separate water source, the people live together, the closer to Baghdad, the more devout belief in the villages of God, and the Central Plains inland folk customs are different, the residents here have some ability to practice martial arts, and have their own swords, bows and horses, when the princes attack each other, there are many recruits from the people。 No salary, only a promise of freedom to plunder after victory, and a large army of civilians will follow him.

Zhang Zhongyao recalled that Hexi was stepping up training soldiers, building all kinds of armor and ordnance, and sending a large number of caravans and spies to the Black Khan and Gaochang, and secretly rejoiced in his heart that the Black Khanate and the Gaochang Uighurs were far away from the hinterland of the Great Food Country, otherwise it would be unknown how the victory would be with the land of the twelve states of the Xia Kingdom against the entire Great Eclipse. He carefully observed the reality of the big food during the day, and at night the rat whisker pen recorded what he saw and heard and his experience one by one, starting from Hexi for half a year, the snow had not yet melted when he set off, and it was the hottest summer of the year, and the soldiers had taken off several layers of skin, in addition to the armor that could only be repaired by themselves, horses and clothes were constantly added to the big food city along the way, and Zhang Zhongyao's notes also accumulated three thick copies.

On this day, the scorching sun hung high in the west, and suddenly, the two great food guides, Hou Maier and Ah Zai, knelt down against the distant horizon, and bowed down very reverently, Cai Lang felt quite strange, these two guides had to kowtow in the direction of the holy place every day, but they had a certain hour, more punctual than the rooster crowed, and before the time came today, why did they suddenly do their homework. While the guide was doing his homework, Zhang Zhongyao had always restrained the sergeant and porter to wait quietly beside him without disturbing them, and did not continue to leave until they had finished their prayers.

After the guide Azai finished kowtowing, he stood up and said loudly to Cai Lang beside him: "O messenger from the east, in front of you is the land given by God, the great holy city, the city of peace. Following the direction of his finger, far into the sky, a white wall was faintly revealed under the dazzling sunlight, and behind the wall, the dome of the high palace could be seen, shimmering in the sunlight with an emerald green light. "Peace City, it's Baghdad, we're here!" cheered the sergeants and porters who responded.