The army rested at Jiayuguan for three days and continued its march to the northwest.

After Jiayu Pass, there is no railway transportation, the road condition is not good, and there are many Gobi, deserts and meadows in the four borders, which makes the road much more difficult.

Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty has built large-scale official roads and infrastructure in the Hexi Corridor in recent years, but it is much worse than the roads in the Guan.

"Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, there is a sound of battle in the yellow sand, one-two-three-four, one-two-three-four!"

In the passionate melody, under the sound of marching drums, a mighty red dragon is moving south in high spirits.

Hu from Zhu Cihong to the west is the 50,000 Tianwu army of the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army, they set off two months early, assembled at Jiayuguan to wait for the car, half of them are cavalry, or mounted infantry, these young sergeants are fully armed, dressed in strong and stubborn clothes, singing military songs all the way, morale is high.

"Brothers, work hard, rush to Yumen Pass before sunset, and we can camp and rest!"

The Chinese army praised the painting officer and galloped on horseback, agitating loudly.

"Tiger!"

There was a loud cheer around first, and then, the sound of this red long dragon was full of anger!

Hearing the shouts of the soldiers, Zhu Cihong showed a satisfied look and said to Wu Zhong next to Luan: "These young soldiers are in good condition!" ”

Wu Zhong smiled and said: "I think back then, the emperor, you commanded the troops to resist the Tartars, and the Shenji Battalion and the Shenshu Battalion accompanied them, both of them were the personal guards of the Son of Heaven, and the younger generation of the Tianwu Army was much stronger than them!" ”

Zhu Cihong smiled and nodded, although the road was extremely difficult, but the well-disciplined soldiers of the Tianwu Army still maintained an orderly march, and there was no desertion, even the two royal children of King Han and Princess Zhaoyang persevered.

The Tianwu army set out from Jiayuguan, basically maintained a march of sixty or seventy miles every day, and in just a few days, it walked a distance of three or four hundred miles, and no one was left behind.

This kind of marching efficiency is not worse than the invincible Tianwu Army twenty years ago!

Of course, the Tianwu Army of the previous generation was fully armoured, and the equipment on each armor soldier weighed fifty or sixty pounds, all on foot, and it was a real elite division!

The Tianwu army of this generation is all young and strong with very good physical fitness, they have no armor and less weight, except for some people who have participated in the battle of the sun, most of them have not really been on the battlefield.

Fortunately, they were well nourished and had a strong institutional foundation, and the long-distance march did not have a great impact on them.

These recruits were deeply honored to be able to accompany the westward expedition, marching and singing all the way, and their morale was always maintained.

Zhu Cihong looked at the sky through the curtain, and passed down the order: "Let the king of Han lead the cavalry and the cooking carts of the various departments to go first, and the horse infantry army will follow, and the rest of the men and horses will also speed up their pace, and arrive at Yumen Pass within an hour, and the whole army will eat and rest!" ”

When the long march, the guy who eats goes first, this is the old tradition of the Tianwu army, in order to let the cavalry's war horses rest early, and when the infantry arrives, they can also eat ready-made meals, so as to avoid the soldiers drinking the northwest wind in the cold wind and enduring the hardships of waiting for food.

Wu Zhong was just about to go to deliver the decree, only to hear Zhu Cihong say again: "Wu Daban, you go and call Princess Zhaoyang over and sit on the dragon chariot with me." ”

Hearing this, Wu Zhong was relieved.

He watched the princes and princesses grow up, marching in such a bad weather environment, especially being a princess, Wu Zhong was very distressed.

After Zhu Cihong's order was issued, the army significantly quickened its pace, and in the passionate singing, the army of Zhengxi rolled forward.

......

Ten days after leaving Jiayu Pass, the army passed Dunhuang and marched to Yumen Pass.

Taking advantage of the rest of the army, Xu Mingwu walked to the gate tower to observe this famous pass in history up close.

However, where there are any city towers, the entire Yumen Pass is a loess high city wall, standing alone in the Gobi.

On the head of Tuchengtou, Xu Mingwu raised his eyes with a telescope, and the scene in his eyes was barren or barren.

According to historical records, it was an important military pass and Silk Road transportation artery of the Han Dynasty, and the Tang Army and the Northern Xiongnu also fought many times at Yumen Pass.

However, in the Northern Song Dynasty, Li Yuanhao, the lord of Western Xia, led a large army to capture the Hexi Corridor, and Yumen Pass lost its military value, and since then it has disappeared from historical records, and has become increasingly desolate, forgotten, and finally abandoned.

"The Yellow River is far above the white clouds, a lonely city and ten thousand mountains, why should the Qiang Di complain about the willows, the spring breeze does not pass the Yumen Pass!"

Xu Mingwu subconsciously thought of this poem, recited it silently in his heart, and sighed at the vicissitudes of history by the way.

Suddenly, a slightly forced voice came from behind him: "Qinghai Changyun Dark Snow Mountain, the lonely city looks at Yumen Pass from afar, the yellow sand wears gold armor in a hundred battles, and Loulan will not be returned if it is not broken!" ”

Xu Mingwu turned around and looked and found that Zhu Heqi, the king of Han, was standing behind him unconsciously, as well as several young generals.

Xu Mingwu was just about to salute, but he saw His Royal Highness the King of Han waving his hand, and said with a smile: "This time we will go out with the car, is Brother Mingwu also in such a mood, if you don't break Tsarist Russia, you won't return to Beijing?" ”

Xu Mingwu smiled and said: "If you don't break your hair, how can you go back?" ”

Zhu Heyuan nodded slightly, stood with his hands in his hands, looked at the big Gobi in the distance, and said in high spirits: "Wherever my Ming King Shi passes, no matter how powerful the enemy is, he will be wiped out under our iron hooves!" ”

Xu Mingwu also felt the same way, looking at the vast desert, full of energy: "In the event of a war in the country, as a student of the Huangming Military Academy, it is our duty to go out for the country, and only by killing the enemy and making meritorious contributions, we will not make this trip in vain!" How can a mere 100,000 people be my strong opponents! ”

Seeing that they were blowing each other's business, several Wuxun disciples behind him also echoed and said some sentimental words for the country and killing the enemy.

Zhu Heqi glanced at Xu Mingwu and said with a smile: "Senior brother, you didn't graduate from the Huangming Military Academy, at most you are out of school." ”

Since Xu Mingwu invented hot air balloons and copper bullets, as well as the Dada Mingwu machine gun, he has suddenly risen among the children of Xungui, amazed everyone, and faintly became the most potential seedling among Xungui's children!

Although he has changed his career to engage in scientific research, for the thirsty Han Wang, Xu Mingwu is a high-end talent, and one person can be worth five brigades!

On the royal autumn hunt, the king of Han once saved Xu Mingwu once, which allowed him to find a breakthrough in the development of relations.

owed the prince a favor, and Xu Er wanted to be the brother-in-law of the prince, so he gradually had a good impression of King Han.

Lonely during the march, the two talked happily all the way, Xu Mingwu jumped up from time to time and pulled Princess Zhaoyang to chat and drink tea together......

King Han is not stupid, he can see this kid's plan at a glance, but in order to win over Xu Mingwu, Zhu Heqi is very cooperative.

The jade gate was closed, and the two were chatting and laughing, and suddenly heard the sound of the gong of the army coming quickly, and the king of Han and the others did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly rode back to the camp.