Chapter 680: Journey

The next morning, nearly 300,000 soldiers and able-bodied men of the Ming army set out for the northern expedition. Amid the sound of trumpets, the vast land between the Yanghe River and the Qingshui River was filled with people and horses, like a sea of people.

The red morning sun hung in the sky, while the earth was sprinkled with yellow sunlight. Under the slanting sunlight, the colors of everything were very saturated, and the soldiers seemed to be covered with a layer of orange-yellow paint.

Countless helmets were surging, and many wide-brimmed iron helmets were seen, which were different from the troops on the northern frontier. Because more than half of the troops were mobilized from the capital, and the south was rainy, the helmets were all wide-brimmed.

The sound of horse hooves and loud footsteps mixed together, and a thick "rumbling" noise resounded between heaven and earth.

"Swoosh!" A loud eagle cry was heard in the air.

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