For the time being, there is no enemy trace. Within a thousand miles of Montenegro, general fan Dachun, Han wendang and Guo Hong are responsible for the construction, training and farming of Baishiyu. Chen Hai is a little more relaxed. Since he has such an idea, he immediately sent four teams of heavy troops to dig sand and wells 20 miles around the cliff to detect the depth and shape of the underground rock stratum.
The situation around the cliff is the same as Chen Hai predicted. The accumulated sand on the rock layer is only thirty or forty meters, and below it is a dense, hard black sandstone layer as iron.
Of course, this is only the situation near the cliff. It is a huge project to change the flow direction of lakes and rivers in 20 oases. We need to find out the conditions of underground rock strata within a 300 mile radius of Montenegro before we can make the final decision. Otherwise, the waste of human and material resources will be too terrible.
Chen Hai set up an exploration team of more than 40 people directly under the baggage camp to take charge of this matter.
If this thing can really be done, even if one third or one quarter of the vast sand sea with Montenegro as the core and a radius of 300 Li can breed new oases, it is extremely considerable.
The underground spring in Heishan is likely to be connected with Pinglu Lake in Pinglu oasis. It is mainly glacier melt water from Wushaoling. Water resources should be sufficient.
After sending out the exploration team, Chen Hai led ma Bujun and baggage camp to continue on the road, ready to rush to Baishiyu and meet the main force.
As soon as I left, I saw a dark shadow coming quickly from the far sky.
After a while, Chen Hai saw that it was Han Qingyuan who went to contact Han Jian and other Han''s children.
Han Qingyuan flew down from the back of the spirit eagle, bowed to Chen Hai and Ning chaner and said, "Qingyuan has lived up to the trust of the national envoy. Han Jian, with 300 Han''s children, has got rid of the pursuit of the black mountain bandits. He should be able to arrive in black mountain in three days and wait for the dispatch of the national envoy!"
"OK!" Chen Hai said happily.
Deng''s family was badly hit. In the end, only a dozen people took refuge in jinxiangling with Deng tonger and became bandits. Han Qingyuan and Han Jian''s Han family, where more than a thousand people were exiled, occupied the mountain as bandits. Whether it was systematic teaching and practice, or strict and orderly discipline within the clan, they were far from ordinary horse thieves.
Han''s subordination means that Chen Hai can select a group of qualified military officials and civilian officials -- which is also the key for the Jingjue army to truly become the sharp division of the tiger and wolf.
Chen Hai trained his army in fujiaoling and dared to suppress the patriarchal clan''s children because there are a group of poor children available. However, in the depths of the vast sand sea, Han''s patriarchal clan''s children are not the best choice, but they are much more reliable than those bold horse thief leaders.
No big deal, first support han to become an aristocratic family surrounded by Western Qiang, and then spend time training some children of civilian origin to check and balance.
"The internal thieves in collusion between the Western Qiang state and the Heishan bandits have emerged in Yequ mountain, and the state envoy may think of who they are?" Han Qingyuan also brought back very important news this time. He hoped that Han could get rid of the bad name of horse bandits and regain the opportunity to establish clans and achieve world valves in the depths of the desert. At present, he still hopes to make more achievements.
"Kong Peng was ordered by Ye chentianxia, the Lord of the Western Qiang state, to kill the whole family. It is rumored that he had an affair with a princess of Ye chentian," Chen Hai said. "According to the situation at this time, the princess who died of suicide may not be the one who really had an affair with Kong Peng."
"The national envoy really has a clever plan..." Han Qingyuan''s contact with Chen Hai is very short, and he even has no chance to talk privately, but he is also stunned by the miraculous rise of Jingjue army. He believes that the opportunity of Han''s restoration should be placed on Chen Hai.
Although black mountain Wu Zun Kong Peng and the behind the scenes messengers have much stronger strength and influence, and the Jingjue army has little chance of winning in the end, Han has the opportunity to withdraw into Hexi with the Jingjue army, but he still doesn''t lose a good choice.
Even though Han Qingyuan can directly guess Chen Hai''s identity unlike Deng tonger, he believes that Chen Hai must have a high position in Hexi and Dayan empire.
It is not only that Chen Hai has such powerful force when he is so young, but Chen Hai''s superb military talent is the talent that a large valve attaches most importance to - Han has no foothold in Jinzhou, and it is not a long-term plan to occupy the mountain as a Kou. Attaching Hexi or Dayan inside is a good choice.
"When the bandits surrounded the Yequ mountain, the state envoy led his troops to attack the villages in Heishan, heifalcon cliff and jinxiangling, the morale of the black army bandits almost collapsed. Many horse thieves wanted to withdraw from the siege to protect the foundation. It was Zhang, the queen of Ye chentian, the leader of the Western Qiang state, who came forward and made a heavy promise to appease the people," Han Qingyuan said, "It''s very confidential at this time. Some village leaders in Yequ mountain have seen the queen. I only know the matter of heavy promise."
"The queen Zhang''s affair with black mountain wuzun?" Chen Haineng guessed that there was someone else who had an affair with Kong Peng, but he didn''t expect it to be the queen Zhang who was rumored to have deep feelings with ye chentian, the Lord of the Western Qiang state.
"Yes, the queen Zhang returned to Zhang''s clan to recuperate from illness. In fact, she has been secretly staying with the old thief Kong Peng, which Han Jian saw with his own eyes..." Han Qingyuan said.
"Will you tell the Lord of the Western Qiang state, the husband who saved your little lover?" Ning chaner asked jokingly.
"When Han Jian fled, Kong Peng, the black mountain''s Wu Zun, and the queen Zhang''s family would no longer be in charge of the immaturity of the time, but would launch in advance," Chen Hai frowned and asked Han Qingyuan, "what''s the strength of the Zhang family?"
"Zhang''s family, the father of the queen Zhang''s family, is one of the strongest in the four main roads of Western Qiang. At this time, including Kong Peng, there are still five figures in the daodan territory of Western Qiang. Zhang''s family rose late. Zhang Xiong also built daodan when Dayan conquered Jinzhou. In recent years, he concealed himself in Tianai mountain. At this time, Zhang Jun, the second person of Zhang''s family, served as the southern army of Western Qiang Deputy Duwei, in the Western Qiang state, the military power is under the Duwei of the northern and southern armies. However, ye Qinglin led 20000 elite soldiers of the southern army to aid Yequ mountain. They were frustrated, lost their soldiers and were trapped in Yueya Lake. At this time, Zhang Jun was the temporary acting Duwei of the southern army in the Western Qiang state, and the remaining Southern Army soldiers and horses were mainly led by Zhang''s children... "Han Qingyuan said.
Chen Hai frowned. In addition to the relatively independent garrison troops in various cities, the troops and horses directly led by the royal family ye were divided into the north and South armies. The North army was mainly to guard against horsemen in the depths of the vast desert. Its strength and personnel were relatively weak. The cavalry increased by about 40000 soldiers; The southern army is responsible for the defense of the Tibetan and Qiang countries. It has the strongest strength, with about 60000 cavalry and heavy armored infantry.
This means that the Zhang family is likely to master 40000 elite to launch a coup. If ye chentian, the leader of the Western Qiang state, and the northern army do not have enough defense, they may be doomed.
Will the main leaf chentian of Western Qiang have enough defense?
It''s hard for Chen hai to think about it. He thought that when he saw those excellent army armours engraved with the seal of the northern army Duwei mansion in Heishan stockade, he once mistakenly thought that there were generals in the northern army of the Western Qiang state in collusion with Kong Peng. Even if ye chentian, the leader of the Western Qiang state, had some precautions, he was likely to be misled by the Zhang family and suspected the northern army generals.
"What about the disabled soldiers led by Ye Qinglin?" Chen Hai asked again.
"The leader of the Western Qiang state should be aware of internal problems. After ye Qinglin''s Department was defeated, he did not send reinforcements. Ye Qinglin led the remnant to break through and return to the Western Qiang state, but he was frustrated several times. At this time, more than 3000 troops and horses were surrounded by the Songyang Lake..." Han Qingyuan said.
"That''s not far from us," Chen Hai said with emotion.
Han Qingyuan rode away the iron scale giant eagle, and the reconnaissance range of the Jingjue army was limited. He could only put the reconnaissance horse seven or eight hundred miles away. He didn''t know that the remnant of Ye Qinglin had fought with the black mountain bandit army several times, which was only more than 2000 miles away from them.
When Han Qingyuan returned, Chen Hai didn''t delay halfway. He left the baggage camp and 2000 horse infantry slowly. He, Ning chaner and Han Qingyuan rushed to Baishiyu first to meet the main force.
It is called Baishiyu. The stone ridge two or three hundred feet high is mainly composed of black sandstone. Only in the deep of the stone ridge, there is a section of Baishiyu 100 meters deep, so it is called Baishiyu.
Baishiyu is about four miles long from east to west of Shiling. Several springs are distributed at the south foot of Shiling, and several streams and rivers are winding. Ten miles away from the south of the mountain, they converge into a lake with a radius of 1000 mu.
With this lake as the center, Baishiyu oasis is about 400 square miles, with lush grass and trees.
After the Heishan bandits occupied Heishan, in order to prevent the surrounding tribes from breeding resistance, they forced the tribes in BAISHILING to demolish the stronghold.
More than a thousand houses are scattered between Shiling and the lake. After fan Dachun, Han wendang and Guo Hong led the main force to arrive, they have begun to build new walls on the previously destroyed walled walls, but this is not something that can be done in three or five days.
In the oasis, the soil is a precious resource and cannot be exploited casually. Fortunately, we annihilate the horse thieves in Guhuo mountain and obtain a set of flame gathering Rune array for refining utensils.
This set of flame gathering Rune array has an extraordinary product level. The flame temperature that can be formed by xuanyang Gangsha is enough to melt thousands of Jin of quenched gold and iron at one time. Many smelting furnaces built by juquanling also use this level of flame gathering Rune array.
At this time, there was no gold and iron material to smelt. On the basis of this set of flame gathering Rune array, fan Dachun first built a sand melting furnace. The large bricks made by sand mining were stronger than black sandstone; At this time, combined with four or five thousand labors to mine stones in Shiling, the speed of building the city can be accelerated.
At this time, even if you build a half meter high parapet around the stronghold city first, it is much better than no shelter at all.
When Baishi valley was the largest, more than 30000 people lived and multiplied here. In the area controlled by Heishan bandits, a large number of people were exiled or persecuted, and the number of people decreased to less than 10000.
At this time, more than 15000 people, the main force of the Jingjue army, gathered together. In addition, the slaves of guhuoshan and other strongholds were constantly transferred here, and baishiyudun time was lively again.
Although Baishiyu oasis has a large area and abundant water resources, the pressure is still great when forty or fifty thousand people gather and a large number of livestock and horses are transferred.
When Chen Hai arrived at Baishiyu, he first summoned generals fan Dachun, Guo Hongxing and Han wendang to discuss the matter and informed everyone about the Zhang family; Deng tong''er''s side, Chen Hai also specially sent an iron scale giant eagle to pick it up to participate in the discussion.