With the support of all the ministers, His Majesty Li Er, who had already decided to send troops to the Western Regions, immediately asked someone to bring the map of the Western Regions to discuss specific military dispatch matters!

Li Chengqian was embarrassed now, because both His Majesty Li Er and the ministers completely ignored him and discussed how much troops should be distributed, how much food and grass should be needed, etc., etc. He had no idea of ​​asking for his opinion or asking for his help.

Li Chengqian curled his lips and stood up and prepared to leave directly. As a result, His Majesty Li Er, who was looking at the map, said without raising his head: "Stay well, I have something to ask you later!"

Li Chengqian could only sit back on the chair again, drinking tea while playing with his fingers bored... He was not interested in what His Majesty Li Er and others discussed, so he went in with his left ear and his right ear, and would not stay in his mind for a second, let alone think about it.

After drinking three cups of tea and eating two plates of nuts, Li Chengqian finally couldn't stand it anymore. His anger began to erode his weak will. After a while, he hung his head and went to chat with Zhou Gong.

...

When he woke up again, candles had already lit in Liangyi Hall, turned his head to look out the window, and it was already dark.

When looking at His Majesty Li Er and others, they all frowned and looked worried...

"The only problem now is the supply of food, grass and supplies. It is thousands of miles away from the Western Regions and has to pass through the vast desert next door... I'm afraid that the 50,000 Turkic prisoners of war alone is not enough!"

"Well, this is indeed a big problem! If too many troops are sent, it will be difficult to supply food, supplies, but too few troops are sent and not enough to control the situation in the entire Western Region... It is difficult to control the degree of this!"

"There is another point. After all, the Western Regions are now within the sphere of influence of the Western Turks. If the Tang Dynasty recruits troops to recover the Western Regions, it will definitely send troops to obstruct... I have to be careful!"

"Your Highness the Crown Prince said before that Tubo... If you attack the Western Regions, you must also prevent possible interference from Tubo!"

"No matter what, it is imperative to send troops to the Western Regions... The remaining 50,000 prisoners of war in the Turks were first transferred to Longyou Road and began to transport food and grass to accumulate in Yizhou!"

"Your Majesty, this is probably a drop in the bucket! The food and grass consumption of these 50,000 prisoners of war is comparable to that of the 20,000 army... Moreover, the trouble is far more than food and supplies, and water sources! This is the most fatal problem!"

...

After listening for a long time, Li Chengqian finally understood that His Majesty Li Er and others were stumped by the problem of transportation of food, supplies and supplies that were conquered by the Western Regions!

As the saying goes, "the three armies will go first before they move their food and grass." If you want to send troops to recover the Western Regions, the food and supplies, especially Tamsui, is a very, very important issue!

You should know that after leaving Yumen Pass, there is a desert next door that is thousands of miles away, and it is deserted. Not to mention the water source, it may not even rain for several years!

If you cannot prepare enough Danshui, it is very likely that the Tang army will be trapped in the next door of the desert before it reaches the Western Regions!

His Majesty Li Er and his ministers were frowning, thinking about how to solve the transportation and supply of food and supplies, and how to ensure the freshwater supply of the army when they crossed the desert.

Li Chengqian, who was standing beside him, curled his lips speechlessly and said directly: "Father, I have a way to solve the problems of food, supplies and freshwater!"

"Um?"

"What?"

His Majesty Li Er and his ministers then noticed Li Chengqian sitting beside him, and suddenly remembered his existence.

"You really have a way to solve the problem of food, supplies and Danshui?" His Majesty Li Er asked with some doubts.

"Of course, this is not a difficult thing!" Li Chengqian wrote lightly.

Changsun Wuji smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "Your Highness, what you think is not difficult has stumped all of us!"

"That's because uncle, you have too limited thinking. You always want to collect labor service from the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty to transport grain, grass and supplies to the Western Regions..."

"Oh? Does Your Highness have any other solutions?"

"Of course... as long as this is the case... this is the case... Similarly, the Tamsui problem can also be solved. We don't need to worry about it. At that time, there will be countless people who will rush to transport food and supplies to us!"

Li Chengqian finished his solution, and His Majesty Li Er and others all looked at him in amazement. He really didn't expect that in their opinion, the problem that was extremely difficult was really that simple to solve!

...

Go west to Chang'an, pass Longyou Road, leave Yumen Pass, and cross the vast desert next door. Three thousand miles away, below the foot of the mountain on the north side of Kunlun Mountain, there is a city called Yiwu, which is the capital of Yizhou!

Yizhou was established in the fourth year of Kaihuang in Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty. Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty initially changed Yizhou to Ruzhou and governed Liang County. In the eighth year of Daye, Chengxiu County was moved to Ruyuan County and abolished Ruyuan County. Ruzhou was changed to Xiangcheng County and governed Chengxiu County. The eight counties of Chengxiu, Liang, Yangdi, Dongruyuan, Runan, Lu and Jiacheng were established.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Yizhou also broke away from the rule of the Central Plains. In the fourth year of Zhenguan, Shi Wannian, the lord of Yiwu City, joined the Tang Dynasty with seven cities. His Majesty Li Er issued an order to establish Xiyizhou. In the sixth year of Zhenguan, he changed his name back to Yizhou!

The governor of Yizhou was named Xie and his name was Shufang. He was originally a subordinate of Li Yuanji. During the Xuanwu Gate Incident, he led his subordinates to work together with Li Jiancheng's troops to fight to eliminate the main force of Li Shimin's troops, and killed the generals of the Tunying camp Jing Junhong and Lu Shiheng! After that, His Majesty Li Er not only did not punish him, but instead pardoned him for his crimes and appointed him as the General of the Right Guard.

In the fourth year of Zhenguan, Yizhou surrendered and was appointed as the governor of the newly established Xiyizhou! During his tenure, he was well-managed, conquered people with virtue, cared about the suffering of the people, and tried his best to be fair in the prisons. Therefore, the local people admired him very much, "as if he was a strict father"!

At this time, the governor, who was praised by the people, frowned deeply and looked at the stack of letters on the desk in front of him with a heavy face!

In front of him was a middle-aged man, Wu Qiyun, the governor of Yi, with an anxious look on his face at this time, and said to Xie Shufang: "Empress, it's almost a month, so it's logical that Chang'an should have a reply, why is there no news yet? In the past few days, the Lord of Yanqi asked for help, and Yanqi's country could not hold on for long... How should I deal with it?"

"Correspond? Haha..." Xie Shufang smiled mockingly, shook his head and continued, "Maybe Your Majesty is willing to send troops, but the court officials will not support it!"

"Why is this?"

"Preferences! The Western Regions have no benefits in the eyes of court officials, as if they are useless!"

"How can it be without any profit? Not to mention anything else, this trade route alone has huge tariffs every day. But look, over the past year, because of the greed of King Gaochang, tariff growth has stagnated. Both the caravans of the Tang Dynasty and the Hu merchants in the Western Regions have also complained! Yanqi State intends to surrender to our Tang Dynasty, but because of this matter, Gaochang actually launched an army to conquer Yanqi... Where is the place where the Gaochang State acted in such a way? If there is no punishment, what is the power of my Tang Dynasty?"

"Oh..." Uncle Xie shook his head with a wry smile, and did not say anything else.

At this moment, a small official suddenly walked in quickly, and a soldier beside him!

"Empress, the 800-mile yard in Chang'an is urgent!" The clerk bowed and said.

The soldiers beside him held the backpack in both hands and raised it above his head and said, "Your Majesty is urgently asked for eight hundred miles, and the governor of Yizhou, Xie Shufang, personally opened it!"

Uncle Xie hurried over a few steps, opened the package inside, and waved his hand while walking towards the table, "Appoint this messenger to go and rest!"

The minor official took the order and left with his soldiers.
Chapter completed!