"Black clouds are over the city!" Zhao Zongjing sighed secretly.

Wang Ningxuan, who was standing beside him, corrected: "It hasn't been repaired yet!"

Zhao Zongjing said: "It's now, don't be serious, hurry up and think about it! To be honest, when I heard that the army of more than 100,000 people would not be able to sleep for a long time."

Prince Zhao was waiting for two rolling eyes and wailed weakly.

Wang Ningxuan said indifferently: "The generals come to block the water and the soil, and no one in our Wang family is afraid!"

Di Yong said calmly: "It's nothing to die. The problem is the court's entrustment. I finally took root in the Western Regions. If Pu Changhai is lost, we have no face to go back to see the court's officials!"

Zhao Zongxiang said: "How about this, we should first withdraw the elderly, weak, women and children to Qingtang, and let us stay and give it a try."

"This is a solution, just ask Lu Huiqing and Zhang Dun." Zhao Zongjing immediately ordered someone to invite these two people.

They have always been responsible for civil affairs. These days, Lu Huiqing supervised the construction of cities, established yellow books, and compiled households and people. As for Zhang Dun, they arranged employment and let their people make full use of their talents, either plowing fields, grazing, fishing, and various craftsmen's workshops. In short, they are to improve their self-sufficiency.

These two were busy, but they heard that they were going to take the person away.

"What a joke, I'm gone, how can we manage the Western Regions? That's not what Wang Xianggong said!"

Zhao Zongjing was embarrassed, "Isn't there no way to do this? We only have 20,000 people and more than 100,000 people on the other side. If they spread the people and keep harassing each other, we will not be able to protect everyone."

Zhang Dun snorted, "Prince, you have discussed for a long time and then decided to come up with such a result? Isn't it too disappointing my master's trust?"

"This... I'm not good at war."

"Then find someone you are good at!"

"Good at? Who?"

Zhao Zongjing subconsciously looked at both sides, and suddenly he slapped his forehead.

"By the way, Jing Ping said that he would arrange a combat helper for me, where is he, others?"

Lu Huiqing said angrily: "We have been here for so long, will he not arrive? Prince, are you negligent?"

"Impossible, I told you to pay more attention. Do you think he will have an accident?"

Zhang Dun snorted, "Will something happen to the person you like Master? I don't believe it. Prince, you might as well find someone as soon as possible!"

Zhao Zongjing was also anxious and immediately ordered everyone to spread it out. The Puchang Seaside he controlled was only a radius of dozens of miles. After careful investigation, he found no clue.

Zhao Zongjing is going crazy. The ace sent by Wang Ning'an to him has nowhere to go. Isn't this a fatal thing?

In one day, Zhao Zongjing walked back and forth at the city gate five or six times.

When I came back on my last trip, a few men from the Western Regions ran over and knelt on the ground. In clumsy Chinese, they were from Khotan and asked to take in.

Before Zhao Zongjing could speak, the soldiers guarding the door ran over.

"Get out, they are all liars. You are not from Khotan!"

After knocking the person away, the sect official ran over.

"Prince, don't worry about them. Every day, many people come, some say they are from the Khotan people, some say they are from the Han people, and some say they are from the Western Generals, they are all crazy people and have driven away their humble positions."

"You've done a good job."

Zhao Zongjingquan's horse was about to leave when he suddenly trembled suddenly, and hurriedly turned around and pulled the door official over.

"You said there is someone who claims to be the Great General of the West?"

"That's right! That guy also said that he was the Western Regions Protector, like a beggar. I didn't drive him away and had to send him to the prison."

Zhao Zongjing's hands trembled, and his voice changed, "What does that guy look like? What's the accent?"

"Look? I'm in my thirties, quite young, and I speak Chinese very well. If he wants to say he is an ordinary Han, I will believe it. He actually said he is a general. Where did he come from?"

"ah!"

Zhao Zongjing couldn't stand it anymore, "Hurry, take me to the prison!"

...

"What did I say... Brother Murong, how are you doing for so many years?"

Murong Qingchen pillowed with a roll of reed mat and only gave his back to Zhao Zongjing!

"Okay, but okay! It's just not as majestic as the prince!"

Zhao Zongjing felt even more embarrassed, "Misunderstandings are all misunderstandings!"

"No misunderstanding." Murong Qingchen stretched and said calmly: "I was originally a slave of the uncle's mansion. When I lived in this black prison, I really found the feeling I had back then. Prince, go and do the military and national affairs! Let me take a good rest and sleep for a while."

Zhao Zongjing was crying, it was the biggest military and national event to get you out!

He didn't pay attention. At this moment, Wang Ningxuan and Zhang Dun arrived.

When they saw Murong Qingchen lying inside, they were not polite. Wang Ningxuan kicked open the door. He and Zhang Dun carried Murong Qingchen and went out.

Wang Ningxuan also said, "This guy is just pretending to be garlic. If you don't give him some color, you won't know that the sky is thick!"

Zhao Zongjing didn't dare to laugh, but just said that, he made a noise and returned to the temporary Western Regions Protectorate.

Murong Qingchen shook his shoulders and threw Wang Ningxuan and Zhang Dun away.

Standing at the door and looking at the soldiers on both sides, the door officer was trembling among the crowd.

"Okay, it's great! The Khitans didn't catch me, the Xixia people didn't catch me, and the Uighurs didn't catch me! When I arrived at my own territory, I was arrested by your grandsons. What a courageous one! You guys wait and see how I deal with you!"

At this time, Lu Huiqing also arrived. As Wang Ning'an's disciple, when he was in Youzhou, Lu Huiqing and Murong Qingchen had the best relationship. To put it bluntly, these two people have similar stinky tastes, but they are one who emphasizes literature and the other who emphasizes martial arts, but they are insidious and cruel, and there is no difference!

"Brother Murong, don't blame them. Since the level was set, there have been too many people pretending to be Han people and Yutian people. There are at least hundreds of cases every day. I have neglected and neglected!"

"Hmph! Do I use Han people to emerge? I am the general appointed by the imperial court to conquer the West!"

As he said that, Murong Qingchen took off his coat and took out a roll of imperial edict from the middle of the two layers of leather.

He took a skin bag filled with water from his waist and tore it open it directly. There was a golden seal inside, which was the seal of the General of the West!

"Open your dog's eyes and take a look!"

Murong Qingchen raised the imperial edict and said to Zhao Zongjing: "Prince, Your Majesty's decree, the King of the King's resignation, every time the war is concerned, the general of the Western Expedition controls all officials, civilians, etc. You, the Prince of Dongping, is no exception!"

Zhao Zongjing endured his anger and finally understood why Wang Ning'an didn't say who the candidate was.

It is hard to say that Murong Qingchen's ability is, but because of his early experience, he had no good views on royal relatives and nobles of the royal family. He looked down on his former master Cao Qi, and even more so on a group of royal families protected by his ancestors. Zhao Zongjing also knew that if Wang Ning'an told him, Zhao Zongjing would probably ask for a replacement.

But there is no more suitable candidate, so I can only take action first and then report.

Forget it!

Admit your fate!

"General Murong, Xiao Wang is willing to obey orders and go through fire and water, and he will never refuse!"

Zhao Zongjing took the lead in giving a gift, and this action satisfied Murong Qingchen's self-esteem. He was not unhappy, so he quickly helped Zhao Zongjing.

"Prince, military affairs have always been like this. I will definitely apologize to the prince in the future."

Lu Huiqing said: "Okay, let's discuss countermeasures as soon as possible!"

After returning to the signing room, Murong Qingchen took the initiative and sat in the middle. He first listened to everyone's analysis. After he figured out the situation, he couldn't help asking: "How did Xizhi's troops be mobilized? Where did he come from?"

"Xizhi's men were divided into two routes, one along the Tianshan South Road and the other along the old land of Khotan, with the goal being Puchanghai."

"Why do we need to divide the troops?"

"It's because of the water source." Di Yong said in a muffled voice: "The water source in the Western Region is precious. More than 100,000 troops are mobilized, and it cannot be separated from the foothills, because only here is oasis and water source!"

Murong Qingchen suddenly burst out laughing and smashed his fist, "Don't you say it very clearly? Why can't you come up with a solution?"

"Clear, what do you know?" Zhao Zongjing said curiously.

Murong Qingchen curled his lips, "Since the army cannot do without water sources, we must delay the other party's advance and destroy the water sources. What's the difficulty!"

What's the difficulty?

You can say it out loud!

Several people present all stared at each other, and Zhao Zongjing coughed and said, "Brother Murong, do you know what the water source in the Western Regions is?"

"Isn't it just Kanerjing? If it's something else, it can't be destroyed!" Murong Qingchen said lightly.

But Zhao Zongjing and the others were vomiting blood.

The Yellow Sand in the Western Regions is thousands of miles away, and survival is difficult. Especially the water source is sparse, and preciousness is better than gold.

According to the "Records of the Grand Historian", Emperor Wu of Han was connected to the Western Regions. In order to garrison troops in the Western Regions and fight against the Huns, he invented the Kanerjing, also known as Jingqu.

The climate and soil in the Western Regions are very special. The precipitation here is dozens of millimeters a year, and the evaporation is thousands of millimeters. The ground is filled with sandy soil that is prone to seepage. Water is diverted from the surface and evaporated and penetrated cleanly halfway, so people cannot use it.

Smart Han craftsmen found that although there was no water on the surface, there was still abundant water resources underground.

They found aquifers in the mountains, first digging a vertical shaft, passing through the aquifer, and digging a vertical shaft at a distance, then using a compass to dig a trench underground and tie the two wells together. In this way, the water from the first well can flow along the underground trench to the second well.

As long as there are enough vertical shafts and long ditches, precious water resources can be directed from the hillside to the plains, irrigated and nourished the oasis, and people and livestock rely on this little water to survive!

Think about it, if you want to find a water source, build a vertical shaft, and dig a trench. If there is a slight mistake, it will cause landslides. In order to repair a Kaner well, there will definitely be more people who die than wells!

In the Western Regions, even the most crazy people dare not touch Kanerjing.

Whoever moves the Kanerjing will be punished by God!

"Brother Murong, that was started by ancestors of the Han Dynasty. For more than a thousand years, aren't you afraid of God's punishment?"

Murong Qingchen blinked, "Where is God? Let him come to see me! I want to ask him, should he bless my Han people? Or Xizhi of the Karakhanate?"

He said with disdain: "If God doesn't stand on our side, what's the point of asking him to do? If God punishes him, let him come to me!"

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