Cheng Jiao looked at the letter from Guanzhong in his hand in the hall, and the rest of the generals looked at Cheng Jiao intently.

Cheng Jiao's expression was complicated, his face was heavy, and he slapped the letter in his hand on the table on the side, and said, "Uncle, Lu Buwei refuses to send troops to rescue, as for the reason, uncle can watch it himself." ”

Only then did Yinghe and others trust the past, and Lü Buwei asked them to hold on, the reason was that the army was insufficient!

Ying Zhi and the others naturally knew that the soldiers in the pass were indeed insufficient, and it was impossible to dispatch the soldiers from Hangu Pass to join the party, and no one dared to transfer the soldiers in the fourth pass.

As for the hundreds of thousands of troops in the rest of the passes, now, they are indeed plugged, and they know this in Xianyang.

Ying Zhi looked at Cheng Jiao, and then said: "Chang'an Jun, if Guanzhong can reinforce grain and grass again, we will wait for the city to be a strong city, naturally worry-free, even if Guanzhong can't increase troops, it's not a big problem, just wait for the heavy snow to come." ”

Cheng Jiao nodded, this is also a great luck in misfortune.

Everyone withdrew from the council, and Cheng Jiao came to the city tower with a lot of worries, and murmured: "It's late autumn, and in more than ten days, it will be winter." ”

At the moment, the best news is that the Dai army is stationed hundreds of miles away, and in addition to cutting off the information of the two cities, they are not ready to attack Tunliu at all.

Cheng Jiao and others waited for more than ten days.

Seeing that the grain and grass in the city had only one month left, the news of the front-line baggage finally came back, which undoubtedly boosted the morale of the tunliu.

There is no food, and the soldiers and the people are all in fear.

At this time, the soldiers of the Qin State were quite resentful in their hearts, but they had never been so aggrieved.

A group of generals waited at the gate of Tunliu City, until a fast horse galloped in the distance, saying: "General, it's not good, the grain and grass have been robbed again!" ”

Cheng Jiao this time, finally couldn't bear the blow, and immediately sat unsteadily, and fell straight down, if it weren't for the quick win and eye disease, Cheng Jiao was caught, I'm afraid there would really be an accident.

The soldiers at the gate of the city were in an uproar.

Ying Zhi lifted the helmet on his head, dismounted and asked, "What about the army escorted in Guanzhong?" What about grain? ”

Tanma said: "Guanzhong dispatched 20,000 horses to escort, but this time, Han Wei dispatched 40,000 people, and ran away directly after burning the grain, grass and baggage. ”

When Cheng Jiao woke up again, he had already arrived at the bed of the county government, he looked at the people in front of him, and said: "There must be no chaos in the city, generals, we can find a way to deal with the matter of grain and grass, but we must not let the soldiers mutiny." ”

All the people were grim-faced.

Now Tunliu has fallen into a desperate situation of lack of food and grass inside and no reinforcements outside.

Win and said: "Chang'anjun, please rest assured, the current grain and grass in the city is enough for two months, if you save food, it should be enough in March, now, it depends on who can survive to the end." ”

At this time, there was a sudden commotion outside.

Everything from afar can be transmitted to the house, Cheng Jiao is angry and attacked, not that he is in serious health, and when he saw the changes outside, he immediately sat up.

Zhao Cheng panicked, ran in, and said: "Generals, the Dai army has besieged the city, and now the situation of insufficient food and grass has been spread, and the morale of the soldiers has dropped greatly, if it goes on like this, I am afraid that there is no need to wait for the Dai Guo to attack the city." ”

Cheng Jiao opened his eyes and said, "Siege? ”

Daiguo has always cut off the road, if you don't beat me, I won't beat you, when will you besiege the city.

Cheng Jiao immediately put on his armor and came to the city tower with a group of generals, at this time, every household in the city was closed, and there were Qin soldiers running everywhere.

Outside the city gates, a huge roar echoed under the city sky.

Cheng Jiao was escorted by several tower shield bearers, climbed the city tower, only to see that the black pressure was pressed, and the entire tunliu was surrounded by water, at this time, it was simply wishful thinking to break through and ask for help.

The cavalry approached the city, and took turns to sweep a burst of arrows across the city, and then quickly retreated, and the soldiers of the Qin army also began to shoot at each other one after another, preventing the Dai army from approaching.

For a time, there were casualties on both sides.

Win and command the iron crossbow battalion to guard on their respective city towers, this battle, that is, three hours, all exhausted, even if the Qin army has a city to defend, but also killed and wounded seven or eight hundred people.

Finally, the Dai army was not attacking the city, but was stationed around the cantonment, not attacking.

Ying He, Cheng Jiao and others looked at this scene, their hearts were like knives, and Cheng Jiao said: "I'm afraid, they want to starve us to death, for today's plan, we can only wait for the heavy snow." ”

The rest of the generals also saw the purpose of the Dai Army, and there were no ladders and other ordnance, and it was nonsense to attack the city head-on, so why did the Dai Army do this?

Ying Zhi looked at the soldiers who were so tired that they collapsed to the ground on the lower city tower, their faces were gloomy, and their eyes were wandering.

This is a sign of a great loss of morale.

Only wait until the heavy snow comes.

The Dai Army could not run in the snow for a long time, and at that time, they lost their advantage, and that was the only way to expel the Dai Army to break through!

Cheng Jiao said: "Uncle, you must hold on." ”

Cheng Jiao finally knew at this moment that this was their only way to survive, and the next day, the Dai army launched another bluff-like attack, firing at each other for three hours, and then stopped.

The Dai army harassed for seven days, and on this day, snow suddenly fell from the sky, although it was far from the point of heavy snow, but it had already made Cheng Jiao and others ecstatic.

"Retreat! The army has retreated! ”

"Haha, they retreated."

The soldiers of the Qin State on the city tower have already jumped up.

Ying He also said in surprise: "Sure enough, when the Dai army saw the snow falling from the sky, he knew that he could not besiege the city. ”

Previously, they were worried that there were more and more wounded soldiers in the city, and some of them were seriously wounded and died a few days later.

Although there are cities in Tunliu that refuse to defend, Cheng Jiao and others have already seen that in the past seven days, the morale of the Qin army has begun to change dramatically, and the acting army is doing this to use the shortage of food and grass and the fear of siege to wear down their morale.

Everyone looked at the Qin army that finally retreated, and was overjoyed, and said with win: "Chang'anjun, quickly send someone to Guanzhong, this time, we must inform the king of the plan of the Daiguo in every detail, and let the king find a way to reinforce us, otherwise, the comeback of the Daijun is unimaginable." ”

Cheng Jiao nodded again and again, and said: "Yes, leave this matter to me, the city has been besieged for seven days, and my morale has been greatly damaged. ”

Zhao Chengdao: "Chang'anjun rest assured, he will take strict precautions in the end." ”

Cheng Jiao raised his eyebrows and said, "When necessary, you can take measures!" ”

In addition to food, the current cantonment is facing a new and huge problem, that is, the chaos of the soldiers.

……

Zhao Ji was playing the piano, and suddenly saw the snow outside the window, and a trace of blush suddenly rose on her cheeks, and said, "Zhao Qin, you accompany me out to have a look." ”

Su Zai looked at Zhao Ji, who was ruddy and happy in front of him, and said: "The Queen Mother's serious illness has been cured, and she is finally a little relieved in her heart, and it is not in vain that the king's trust has allowed her to accompany the Queen Mother in the palace for so long." ”

Zhao Ji's face suddenly froze, and she looked at Su Zheng and said, "You want to leave?" ”

Su Zai nodded and said, "Since the Queen Mother has recovered from her illness, there is naturally no reason to stay in the future." ”

Zhao Ji was silent for a while, Su Zheng Yiran could see a little struggle in her heart, Zhao Ji said: "If this palace does not allow you to go, you have to leave too?" You're gone, leaving me alone? ”

Su Zai muttered: "Queen Mother, you have never been alone, you still have a king." ”

Zhao Ji suddenly blushed, and said in a deep voice: "You once told this palace that this palace is your sub-period, and you are the uncle of this palace, what does this palace think, will you know?" If you know, but you still walk away like this, ignoring me, this doesn't mean that what you said to this palace is a lie to me. ”

Su Zai looked at Zhao Ji in front of him and said, "Of course I won't leave in the next place, the Queen Mother should know." ”

Su Zheng already knew that Zhao Ji saw his identity at the beginning, but Zhao Ji didn't say it, for what? In order to keep him.

Su Zheng can't stay by his side.

However, Zhao Qin can, and in their hearts, they both understand.

Zhao Ji bit her lower lip, her eyes surged with strong unwillingness and grievance, and said: "This palace doesn't know, this palace doesn't know anything, this palace only knows, I don't want you to go, if you don't care about me, you just run to the edge of the sky, I will also catch you back, if you can't catch it in one year, it will be two years, if you can't catch it in two years, it will be ten years, and if you can't catch it in ten years, this palace will bury yourself alone, maybe you won't be able to wait for ten years at all." ”

Su Zai looked at Zhao Ji with an angry expression in front of him, and his mood was also complicated.

It's not that Zhao Ji's friendship with him shouldn't have been.

It's that Zhao Ji and Ying Zheng are closely related to the world, do you want to watch Zhao Ji restart that period of history? Or to directly watch her fragrance and jade damage, regardless of it, these are not what Su Zheng wants to see.

This is the arrangement of history and the fate of Zhao Ji.

These are what Zhao Ji should bear.

Do you change your life against the sky? But there is still one thing that can't be changed, that is, she is the mother of the first emperor.

Su Zai's mind tossed and turned, and it was difficult to say the next word, should she let her go and mess around? Give her a little hope? But doing so is still bullying her, which is not what Su Zai is willing to do.

Zhao Ji stepped forward aggrievedly and came to Su Zai, the two were close to each other, Su Zai retreated, and said: "Queen Mother, I am your minister, I will always be there, I will always protect you and the king, please forgive the queen mother for the minister's hard work." ”

Zhao Ji tried hard to suppress her voice and said, "High-sounding words, is it the reason for your duduplicity?" This palace knows, you know my mind, but do you know, this palace also knows your mind. ”

Su Zheng was shocked on the spot, and it was difficult to reply.

Zhao Ji continued: "You said, you will always protect the palace and the king!" However, have you ever thought that you have indeed protected the king, but how have you ever protected me, you always say that you will protect this palace, but when this palace needs you, you leave this palace, this is your reason? ”