Sun Ming ordered the army to assemble, originally there were only 500,000 troops in Chaoge, and all the rest were scattered all over the place, but now with an order, the three parties dispatched elite soldiers and strong generals, and began to gather towards Chaoge.

The way Sun Ming controlled the army was to take a large number of people in units of thousands, and a large number of people walked within the rule of the Great Shang, while Chaoge retained the maximum number of troops of 500,000, so that it could be effectively controlled in various places, and at the same time, although the army outside was numerous, it could not be unified and there was no threat to Chaoge.

Although the gathering is a little slow, but it is also more beneficial than disadvantageous, now it is necessary to gather 500,000 troops, all of which are drawn from various places, and at the same time can not affect the local defense and garrison situation, the population of Dashang is now very large, and the specific number is difficult to count, but Sun Ming does not have the slightest idea of increasing the number of troops, after all, soldiers need a lot of training, and at the same time, Sun Ming adopts professional army management, every soldier is paid.

Such combat effectiveness is very strong, but the cost of money is also a lot, and at the same time, the weapons and equipment are the best and most advanced, it is completely the idea of winning by quality, but now in the face of the two hundred princes in the West, the quantity does not suffer.

The princes don't raise too many troops on weekdays, after all, they spend their own money to raise them, and at the same time, the equipment and training are also uneven, Jiang Ziya can gather 700,000 troops is not easy, and it is even more expensive to improve the armament, after all, they don't have so much time to accumulate, the overall level of the two sides is not above the same level, if they face each other, it will inevitably be a battle.

For a whole month, the vanguard of the army was prepared, Kong Xuan was ready to set off at the west gate of Chaoge, and Sun Ming personally saw him off.

"The general must be cautious when he goes, survey the roads, set up camps, and make full preparations for the arrival of the army, but he must not cross Jinji Ridge. Sun Ming stared at Kong Xuan.

Jinji Ridge is not a pass, Kong Xuan was originally the chief soldier there, and after Jinji Ridge is Shouyang Mountain, and then west is Xiqi City, and Sun Ming chose to hoard a large army here, with his back to Bishui Pass, and face Xiqi head-on, it depends on whether the other party dares to send troops to Shouyang Mountain. This is very interesting, Lao Tzu's first preaching in the human race was here, and then Sanqing divided the family to accept the disciple Xuandu, and practiced here, this is Lao Tzu's territory.

However, it's been too long, he hasn't come back for a long time, he has been practicing for thirty-three days, and the only people he established are him and his disciple Xuandu, and this place has been abandoned for a long, long time.

Sun Ming did not let Kong Xuan pass through Shouyang Mountain, but also had some considerations in this regard, he was not afraid of Lao Tzu, but did not want the Holy City to intervene in this war too early, but let the interception of the religion and the exposition of the religion collide first, leading to the contradiction between the Three Qings, and if the Holy City intervened too early, then the two in the West may not come to this troubled water.

Sun Ming didn't want to do this, he hoped that the two of them could come, and they happened to collect the debts together, and they would inevitably bleed profusely when the time came, otherwise wouldn't he let them watch a good show on the sidelines with such a lot of effort?

"Yes, the last will do his best. Kong Xuan turned over and got on his horse, and then the 100,000 vanguard army drove directly, and the 50,000 infantry team of 1,000 people was a small phalanx, and finally began to set off, and behind were 50,000 archers, with 2,000 cavalry scouts, and 10,000 people. The team was crowded with carriages and horses, and the road stretched for more than ten miles, but the army was in good order, without the slightest confusion, and you can see how the usual training is.

Sun Ming nodded, and then asked, "Taishi, how long will it take for the rest of the army to be ready?"

"King Qiyu, it will be more than half a month. Taishi Wenzhong said.

The million-strong army is not a small number, although all the staff are now in place, but the ownership of the thousand troops, logistics problems, and transportation problems all need to be uniformly dispatched, although there are rules and regulations, but things are too complicated.

"Let Huang Feihu, the king of Wucheng, lead an army of 200,000 to go out after five days, be responsible for supporting Kong Xuan's department, and bring 20,000 cavalry in case there is a change. Sun Ming thought for a moment, and then decided.

"Yes, the old minister will do it immediately. Taishi Wenzhong went to be busy again, and Sun Ming reflexively returned to the palace, he wanted to accompany the queen mother as much as possible these days, but now it is not bad, compared to having a son and two daughters, and three daughters-in-law to accompany him, the queen mother is not lonely.

"Wang'er, do you really want to conquer yourself this time?" asked the Queen Mother as soon as she saw her son.

"Yes, Queen Mother, this war is related to the rise and fall of my royal family, and my sons will naturally go out in person. If the battle is won, it is to lay the foundation of eternity, if it fails, then the queen mother does not need to worry, the royal family will naturally be preserved. "What Sun Ming said is the truth, even if it fails, it's a big deal, but the probability of failure doesn't seem to be great.

At present, there are only seven saints, this is because of their own arrival, to help the earth become holy, otherwise there are only six, and now one of them will definitely not go against him, but he has to guard against it, and when the time comes, he will improvise.

And it is unknown whether Nuwa will make a move, if she is smart, it is better to watch from the sidelines, now she has no strength to compete for the luck of the human race, and some of the things that are kept now are already the limit, if she sells them again, then the luck of the human race will have nothing to do with her.

The remaining Sanqing and the two in the west, Sun Ming fought for Tongtian to come over, then he would inevitably be invincible, and when the time came, the Zhuxian Sword Formation would come out, and he would stop the two casually, so he would inevitably win.

"With the strength of Chaoge now, do you still need you, the king, to go out in person?" The queen mother doesn't know much, so naturally she doesn't understand it very well.

"Queen Mother, now that the unification of the great merchants is imminent, how can the sons and daughters not go to such a moment? At this time, the sons and daughters are naturally not willing to lag behind, and none of those ministers dare to make such miraculous achievements. Sun Ming can only make it up.

So the Queen Mother nodded, "That's right, go, go early and return early, the north and south roads can be pacified, and now there is only one West left. ”

After chatting with the queen mother for a long time, and then having dinner, she left with the three children of the first queen and the second concubine, returned to her bedroom, and laid down a little food again, chatting with her three wives.

"I don't know when I will return from this expedition, and the queen in the harem will have to worry about it. Sun Ming looked at Jiang and said, there is no feeling, after all, he is a cultivator, but there is family affection.

"Please rest assured, there are few people in this harem, and there will be nothing going on. Queen Jiang said that she is very satisfied with her current life, the king is diligent in government, but she will not work the case, after all, Sun Ming is a cultivator, he sees things quickly, and it is not difficult to deal with problems.

"Okay, the two concubines also want to help the queen a lot, what I'm most worried about is the queen mother, you have to chat with you for a long time, if you miss your family, you can also invite you to come in and sit, I don't object to this. Sun Ming explained some trivial matters, and he didn't look like an emperor, but the head of a family. The emperor cares about the world, and the head of the family cares about the family, so that the three wives are surprised, but they are full of joy.

Five days later, Huang Feihu, the king of Wucheng, set out on the expedition, and after he set off this time, he will recruit the main general of the five passes, leaving the deputy general to guard the five passes, so as to ensure that there are powerful generals available in front of him.

And the other general soldiers recruited by Sun Ming also arrived in Chaoge one after another, and everyone was ready to do a big job, once they made war exploits in front of the king, then they would inevitably rise to prominence.

The army was finally prepared, and Sun Ming took out a lot of things this time, a wide robe with gold thread on a black background, and the gold thread on it was not embroidered with a dragon or anything, nor a five-party divine beast, but a mountain and river sheji.

Originally, as a Chinese person, he heard that he was the descendant of the dragon since he was a child, which should be deep-rooted, but after coming to the flood wilderness, the dragon or something is his descendant, and it is not a level of existence at all, Sun Ming naturally has no such idea, and as an emperor, he has to take care of the whole world.

That's what he thought when he first refined this robe, and now it seems to be right, he had refined a lot of things, and this is one of them. Then there was a three-foot long sword, which was also an acquired merit treasure, and on the head was with an imperial crown, directly buckled on the bun, and there were nine bead curtains hanging down in front and back.

These are the Shanhe Society robe, the Pingtian Sword and the Nine Curtain Emperor Crown, which are the acquired merit spirit treasure refined by Sun Ming, and then he also carried the Wufang Seal, this time he is fully prepared, and it will definitely be useful in the war at that time.

The frame is very large, with four wheels, eighteen horses and carriages, Sun Ming sits upright, in front of him is a long table, on which are placed the five square seals and the Pingtian sword, surrounded by roller blinds and curtains, which can shelter from the wind and rain.

"King Qiqi, the army is ready to set off at any time. Taishi Wenzhong rode the ink qilin to Sun Ming's frame, and said with his fists in his hands.

"Alright, herald the march of the army. "Sun Ming didn't say anything, now he doesn't have to do anything, he will talk about it after he wins.

The army pulled out, the momentum was huge, out of the barracks, and then along the city avenue out of the west gate, directly to the noon before all out of the city, stretching for dozens of miles, fortunately Sun Ming has been building the road for many years, the road to the west is flat and wide, although the army is too numerous, but the speed of walking is not slow, you can travel about eighty miles a day.

Kong Xuan set off early in the morning, he was a light car, bringing all the necessary materials, and the action was very fast, out of the Bishui Pass, there was Jinji Ridge in front of him, and Kong Xuan began to be careful when he arrived here. Chaoge's army gathered, and the other party must have found out the news, so now it is unknown whether Xiqi will take the initiative to attack Kong Xuan, although he is strong in Taoism, but now he has no idea of using Taoism, this is a war among mortals.