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When Wang Shizhen's body was about to fall, Xue Poye finally grabbed his side and supported him from behind. He was very sad, but he was very puzzled and said: "Master Wang, you... what are you doing? Why do you want to kill yourself?" Suicide?"

The bright red blood had already reflected on Wang Shizhen's front chest, and the expression on his face was not pain, but relief.

"Abandon Da Chu and vote...to the Mingyue King...to be unfaithful...!" Wang Shizhen's breathing weakened, and she was very weak, with a faint smile on her face: "That is to say, to cast...the Mingyue King, but to carry... To betray the master and help the enemy...is for the great injustice...the unfaithful...people have no face to live...!"

Xue Poye looked at this "unfaithful and unrighteous" Wang Shizhen, and was extremely shocked. This person came this time with the intention of dying.

"Your family...?" Xue Poye frowned, Wang Shizhen's death, how will his family in the city deal with it?

Holding his last breath, Wang Shizhen said: "Ming... Mingyue Wang Fei... is not a despicable person... I won't embarrass... my family...!" Struggling slightly, he said: "After breaking the city...after breaking the city... You can caress the people...don't kill the people...!" Breathing out his last breath, he died in Xue Poye's arms.

Xue Poye supported Wang Shizhen's body in a daze, and he didn't react until the body gradually sank.

"Infidelity?" Xue Poye sighed, and murmured: "Lord Wang, when it comes to loyalty, I'm afraid there are few people in the world who can compare with you."

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Wang Shizhen's body was properly placed by Xue Poye. Although he committed himself to King Mingyue's subordinates, before he died, he was still dedicated to Da Chu. Therefore, Xue Poye felt that it was necessary to transport the body of such a person after his triumphant return. Go back to Kyoto and let the people of Chu know about this man.

Perhaps the Northwesterners would hate such a person from the bottom of their hearts, but there is no doubt that once the war is won, the people of Chu State will remember such a person.

Several confidantes will gather in front of Shuai Ying's case.

"General Yang, you can drive 2000 people to this chaotic hillock, look for the marked caves, take out the medicinal materials, be careful, these are life-saving medicines, don't miss them, otherwise ...Military law!" Xue Poye said in a deep voice.

Yang Yijun said solemnly: "Don't worry, Commander, if you make a mistake, you will come to see me later." He took the order and left.

"Ye Tianxiang!" Xue Poye called Ye Tianxiang, and ordered: "You choose three hundred elite soldiers, be strong and strong, bring a shovel, and follow me to explore the terrain."

"Follow the order!"

"The rest of the generals, stick to their posts, strictly enforce the military regulations, and don't let the morale of the army fluctuate."

"Follow the order!"

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Xue Poye rode with 300 yuan, followed the signs on the map, and finally found the sandy land that didn't look strange on the surface.

In fact, it is quite inaccurate to say that there is nothing unusual. It seems that intentionally or unintentionally, the yellow sand in this area is obviously thicker than other places, but this situation is not conspicuous in the northwest land.

Today's sandstorm seems to be much more violent than usual. There are even fine grains of sand floating in the air, hitting people's faces and bodies. Although they don't feel very painful, they still make people feel uncomfortable. What is unbearable is that these fine sands will penetrate into the battle armor unknowingly. After a long time, these sand grains will stick to the skin, and with people's activities, they will rub against the muscles, causing the skin to bruise. Injuried.

Xue Poye got off his horse, and Ye Tianxiang also led the soldiers off the horse.

Stepping on the thick yellow sand, Xue Poye knew that according to the instructions on the map, under his feet was the underground waterway leading to Yongzhou City, and this waterway flowed from the Yihe River. People in the city drink the water of the Yi River.

"Dig it!" Xue Poye pointed to the sandy tunnel.

The soldiers took out their shovels one after another and started digging at the place pointed by Xue Poye.

Ye Tianxiang also pulled a shovel, dug a few times, and suddenly pointed to the two of them and said, "Look around to see if there are any Northwest Rangers. If there is any situation, please notify the commander in chief!"

Those two can take orders and go.

Xue Poye was not worried about the ambushes of the roving warriors. These three hundred or so people were all elite soldiers, and they fought bravely, and they all had horses that criss-crossed like lightning. No more than two or three hundred, fighting head-on, no matter how fierce the Northwesterners are, they cannot be the opponents of the three hundred regular Chu troops. Even if the number of opponents is large, they can retreat on horseback. Youyong are nothing compared to the real Northwest cavalry, and their horses are very few.

However, Ye Tianxiang sent people to patrol around, which was wise.

If the Northwest Ranger finds out that these Chu troops are here to destroy the underground waterway of Yongzhou City, they will definitely do their best to protect it.

After digging for half a day, a big hole has been dug, with hills of sand piled up on both sides, but there is still no water source. Xue Poye frowned and stared, waiting for the water source to appear.

The soldiers also knew in their hearts that if there really was an underground waterway here, so although they were sweating all over, they still spared no effort in digging, digging...!

"Marshal!" Ye Tianxiang exclaimed suddenly, "You...look!"

Xue Poye rushed over immediately, only to see something strange suddenly appeared in the big pit dug nearly three meters deep.

In the soil layer under the yellow sand, hard rocks that were successfully fired from mudstone appeared.

"Keep digging!" Xue Poye became excited.

The soldiers were even more excited, and increased their digging efforts. After digging for more than an hour, the situation below was finally revealed.

Below this, there is really an underground waterway, and the waterway is made of hard stones into a cylindrical shape. It is a huge stone pipe, and the production of the stone pipe is extremely exquisite.

Xue Poye took a shovel and slammed it on the stone pipe, with a "choke", the stone debris from the smashed stone pipe scattered, but did not break open.

"This thing is really thick, and there is a source of water inside." Xue Poye said with certainty: "This stone pipe must have been dredged from the bottom of the Yihe River, all the way to Yongzhou City... for hundreds of miles. It's a huge project."

At this time, Xue Poye really admired the wisdom and technology of the ancient people from the bottom of his heart.

The stone pipe is extremely thick. If calculated by width and capacity alone, it can accommodate three or four cows. It can be seen that it is huge. For hundreds of miles, such stone pipes are used to transport water. This can be said to be an extremely delicate project.

The quality of this stone pipe is naturally the pinnacle of work in this era. Just imagine the hundreds of kilometers of pipes. If the stone pipe is not strong enough, once it is damaged, it is easy to be infiltrated by yellow sand. In this way, It doesn't take long for the pipes to become clogged.

"Marshal, Northwesterners may not be able to do such a project!" Ye Tianxiang was full of surprise: "I think there are nine out of ten that the Gongsun family in the organ city came forward to plan it."

Xue Poye immediately nodded and said: "That's right, I think so. Only the Gongsun family in the organ city can do such a skill." I have great respect for the Gongsun family in my heart, no matter whether the Gongsun family helps Mingyue King or not, but Their ingenious ability to move mountains and seas is really unmatched in the world. This kind of skill can even be said to have surpassed the times. He sighed in his heart: "If the Gongsun family came out to benefit the people, I am afraid that the life of the people will be better. "

Xue Poye raised the shovel, poured energy into his arm, and struck down on the stone pipe again. After a while, the heads of the shovels that were still not smashed were all smashed. Xue Poye smashed three shovel heads in a row, and when he reached the fourth shovel head, he heard a "click", and finally smashed the extremely strong stone pipe. A hole was smashed open, and a gust of water spewed out immediately.

The soldiers cheered for a while, and Xue Poye was also very happy.

The clear spring that spewed out was only for a short moment, and it did not spray continuously like a fountain. When everyone probed to see, they saw that the stone pipe was full of clear water, flowing from east to west.

"Commander, this is the Heavenly Extermination Northwest Army, Yongzhou City is about to be destroyed!" Ye Tianxiang clenched his fists excitedly.

Xue Poye clenched his fists, looked at the Yongzhou City in the west that stood like a demon in the vast land, and murmured: "Mingyue King, let's see how long you can last!"

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In Yongzhou City, the fifth floor of Tianji Pavilion.

In addition to the large living room where meetings are held, there is also an extremely elegant small hall. Everyone knows that only King Mingyue can enter this small hall in the entire world. Even the closest people to King Mingyue don’t know What exactly is this small hall used for.

In fact, the decoration of this small hall is extremely simple, except for a big chair and a pair of portraits hanging on the wall facing the big chair, there is nothing else.

Mingyue King was sitting on the big chair at this time, staring blankly at the portrait hanging on the wall.

The portrait depicts a slender woman. If anyone has seen Han Min, the current empress dowager in Kyoto, they will recognize it immediately, because the woman in the portrait is so similar to Han Min. Apart from the lifelike face, even the Han Min's charming movements are vividly outlined.

"Min'er, I don't know when we will see you again." Mingyue King's voice was gentle, as if he was facing a real Han Min, with a gentle smile on his face: "You know, for you, I fought this battle and sacrificed countless sons and daughters in the Northwest... I will make up for what I owed you!"

Of course he didn't know that a conspiracy in the imperial garden of the Imperial Palace in Kyoto had already made his beloved woman disappear.

"That year, I met you suddenly like that. You were wearing a water-green dress that day, and you smiled like a lotus flower. From that moment on, I knew that my whole life would be ruined by In your hands." Mingyue King seemed to be telling a story quietly: "In order to know and love you, how many letters did I let Nanfeng pass through for you, hey... I am afraid that you have already destroyed those letters... !"

"You know, I don't want to fight for too many things with others. We royal children, no matter what we fight for, there will be bloodshed... In my whole life, the thing I don't like to see the most is blood."

"So, I quit the battle for the throne, even... even you, I don't want to fight with him...!" King Mingyue sighed softly: "I know I owe you a lot, and I know too, Deqing Once you die, your status in the palace will plummet, and no one will protect you... I want to make up for you, I want to protect you... However, seeing those Northwest children who were still alive in the past are now falling in a pool of blood one by one , do you know how much my heart hurts? I feel as hurt as if my own brother died, or my own child...!"

"They should have slashed the swords in their hands at the barbarians. Even if they died on the battlefield with the barbarians, they would die without regret and would be indomitable heroes. But now, what they are facing is a battle that is connected with their blood. My compatriots... the army of the imperial court suffered countless casualties, why don't I feel sorry for them, and they are not my royal people... But for you, they are bleeding, in order to compensate you, I can only be ruthless, and wait until after I die , and go to hell to atone for their death."

He spoke quietly and gently.

But he soon heard that there were already people waiting outside the small hall.

Everyone knows that if King Mingyue is in the small hall, even if the sky falls, he is not allowed to disturb him.

However, King Mingyue is well aware of the current situation. The army outside the city is approaching the city. It is usually an extremely urgent matter to be interviewed by someone at this time, so he did not delay long before leaving the small hall and coming to the main hall. Looking at Yuan Tiangang who was waiting, he asked Said: "What happened?"

Yuan Tiangang's expression already showed that the matter was troublesome.

"Your Majesty, the Chu Army...the Chu Army mobilized 1 horses and hoarded them in the Jinsha area."

Mingyue King is so smart, he immediately understood the meaning of Yuan Tiangang's words, his expression changed slightly, and his brows frowned: "You mean...they found an underground waterway?"

Yuan Tiangang nodded solemnly: "Now Liuzi Lake in the west of the city has no water supply, and the small water pipes branching off from the big waterway are also blocked. The Chu army has cut off the underground waterway."

King Mingyue sat down slowly, without panic. He pondered for a while before calmly saying: "Xue Poye is really not an ordinary character. This move was actually thought of by him."

"Your Majesty, in my opinion, Wang Shizhen must have betrayed us and betrayed Your Majesty." Yuan Tiangang's eyes were slightly angry: "This person has been in my Yongzhou for more than a year. Unexpectedly, we are breeding tigers...!" Kneeling down, he blamed himself: "At the beginning, I saw that he was very talented in governance and was abandoned by the court, so I wanted to receive Yongzhou and use it for the king, but...but I didn't expect it to cause today's catastrophe. This person has hidden evil intentions. For a long time, but the servants couldn't tell, it was really a crime worthy of death, I beg the king to come down!"

King Mingyue stood up, supported Yuan Tiangang with his own hands, and said warmly: "Tiangang, you have good intentions and recruit talents for me. How can I blame you? People are separated by belly, who can really read people's hearts, you can't see Wang Shizhen's hypocrisy can't be considered a crime. But Wang Shizhen...seems to be a loyal minister!"

"Loyal minister?"

"After arriving in Yongzhou, it is rare to still not forget to be loyal to the imperial court." King Mingyue sighed softly.

"Your Majesty, once he returns to the city, his subjects will definitely punish him severely!" Yuan Tiangang said.

King Mingyue smiled faintly, shook his head and said, "He won't come back. He left the city yesterday and didn't return today. If he really revealed the secret of the underground waterway, he might be dead by now."

"Dead?" Yuan Tiangang was a little surprised: "He has made great contributions to Xue Poye, how could Xue Poye still kill him?"

"Xue Poye won't kill him, he will kill himself." King Mingyue returned to his seat and sat down, picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said slowly: "Wang Shizhen turned his back on the court and voted for me. Suspected of loyalty, now he is backing me to help the enemy, even more suspected of injustice, this person takes loyalty very seriously, and now that loyalty is not complete, to him, he must have lived without face... Sigh, this is another Why bother!"

"Wang Shizhen, Wang Shizhen!" Yuan Tiangang couldn't help shaking his head.

"His family needs to be taken care of, after all, he is the queen of loyalty." King Mingyue said calmly: "The water source was cut off, so I had to order the soldiers to dig wells in the city. Although there is not much water in the ground, there is always some... Let's pass on the order , all the people in the city, whether they are high-ranking officials or ordinary people, the water source will be distributed according to the head, and anyone who wastes water... will be killed without mercy!"

"Yes!"

King Mingyue sat back on the chair, closed his eyes, and murmured: "Xue Poye, Xue Poye, do you think you can defeat me if you cut off my water source? If the city is not broken, you won't last long. Let's compare patience... ...The patience of the Northwesterners is unparalleled in the world!"