This time, the coal digging army under the city was bitter, and the buckets of cold water poured down on their heads, which could not be blocked at all, and the door panel could block the stones, but could not block the water, and under the splashing of water droplets, everyone was poured wet, not to mention, and the feet became a piece of mud, almost untenable.

When the water began to freeze, it was even more difficult to dig the city, the ice under his feet was very slippery, it was difficult to stand, his hands were not strong, not to mention, his clothes were wet, the cold wind blew, everyone was so cold that his teeth were shivering, and the shoes on his feet were so wet that he lost consciousness in his feet.

And the city was still watering incessantly.

The peasant army really couldn't stand it, and they didn't care about the heavy reward, so they withdrew one after another. was so angry that Sun Kewang scolded the city.

The officers and soldiers at the head of the city laughed, and some people shouted to the city: "Brothers of the peasant army, you can't attack it, let's get on fire, the ice stubble is defeated, it's enough, come up and eat......"

The peasant army under the city also began to scold: "You can't attack today, and tomorrow, sooner or later, you will attack it, don't be scared to pee your crotch ...... when the time comes."

At this time, there was a scolding in the city, Hong Chengchou sat under the enemy tower, smiled, and instructed the officer on duty in the city: "The thieves lost a game today, and they will not attack again in a short time, do not relax, use this period of effort to strengthen the garrison, I think, they will attack in the afternoon, if they still come to dig the city at that time, they will continue to water." ”

When he had finished giving the order, he rode down to the city and returned to the governor's palace.

Looking at his calm back, the officers and soldiers at the head of the city were a hundred times bold, and while cleaning the city, they began to talk and laugh, for the soldiers, the spirit of the commander can affect everyone, and they can clearly get a message from Hong Chengchou's body: the thieves will never be able to attack.

At this time, it was almost noon, Zhang Xianzhong outside the city scolded a few words, and then said: "Withdraw first, this unfortunate weather has helped these turtle grandsons, wait until the afternoon, the weather is warmer and then attack." ”

So the people's army began to collect troops, and the corpses of the dead could be dragged back, and those who were too close to the city had to be thrown there first, and at this time, the shouts of the other two city gates were also quiet, and it seemed that Luo Rucai had not been able to succeed.

When everyone returned to the camp, Luo Rucai also arrived, and said angrily: "This city can't be attacked, Lao Hong ordered the four gates to be watered, and the city is like an ice lake under the roots, and it is suitable to walk the ice, and you can't stand." ”

Zhang Xianzhong looked at him and laughed: "I can make Cao Cao angry, it seems that Hong Chengchou is still very good." ”

Luo Rucai also smiled: "It seems that I have to wait for the weather to warm up before attacking the city, and I can't even set up a ladder right now." ”

At this time, the camp had a meal, and the soldiers sent the rice, and there was no banquet during the war, but dried vegetable porridge, big steamed buns and pickled radish shreds, and everyone discussed countermeasures while eating.

Xu Yixian said: "Hong Chengchou is good at adapting to opportunities, full of tricks, is a strong enemy, plus Xi'an City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is really difficult to take it in a short period of time, I think it is not good to attack from the ground, do you want to use the digging army?" ”

The digger army he said was an army that dug tunnels, as early as the Three Kingdoms period, it was used in wars, and the most famous example of this was Yuan Shao's use of the digger army to break through Gongsun Zhan's Yijing Tower, and it was often used by people in later generations.

Luo Rucai thought for a while and said: "It's not easy, first of all, you have to pass the Haogou level, the Haogou is two or three zhang deep, you dig shallow, and the Haogou will be transparent, and the city can be seen, digging too deep, first, the project is huge, time-consuming and laborious, and second, the weather is so cold, freezing three feet, and when you dig into the city, I'm afraid that the year has passed." ”

Li Yan nodded: "Yes, and I think the official reinforcements are about to arrive, but don't come to the city to encircle, then you will be passive." ”

Zhang Xianzhong said: "Li Gongzi is right, but if you want to break the city as soon as possible, there is no good way." ”

Li Yan groaned: "How about besieging the city and sending reinforcements? ”

Luo Rucai was stunned: "Li Gongzi said that the main force should be withdrawn and the reinforcements of the official army should be fought?" Li Yan said: "Yes, the reinforcements transferred by Hong Chengchou must be elite soldiers, as long as these elite soldiers are defeated, Xi'an City will be broken sooner or later if it loses foreign aid." ”

Xu Yixian shook his head: "It's good, I'm afraid that these reinforcements are not coming all the way, but several ways, and I don't know how many people and horses there are, if we miss a few ways, the people and horses who stay to besiege the city will be defeated." ”

Li Yan said: "These things depend on the people who inquire about the news, so I have to send more detailed work and scouts, far away from hundreds of miles, to see the movements." ”

Zhang Xianzhong frowned, he was thinking about Li Yan's words, it was not impossible to besiege the city and send reinforcements, the main thing was that Zhang Xianzhong was a little uneasy in his heart. He was afraid, what if Hong Chengchou transferred Cao Wenzhao and Zuo Liangyu? That's not a good deal.

When he was in Henan, he had an encounter with Zuo Liangyu, only half an hour, he lost thousands of people and horses, if it wasn't for the quick withdrawal, more people died, I heard that Cao Wenzhao's Guanning iron cavalry is more powerful than Zuo Liangyu's Changping soldiers, if these two enemies are here, with their own and Cao Cao's tens of thousands of horses, whether they can annihilate people is not to say, they are not destroyed is a great luck.

Luo Rucai saw his worries, so he disagreed with Li Yan's words: "Mr. Xu is right, the reinforcements of the Ming army must be cavalry troops, and they move quickly, in case we can't intercept them, the men and horses under the city will be finished." The division of troops is weak, and it is better to storm Xi'an City with all its strength than this. ”

Zhang Xianzhong thought for a while, and finally said: "That's it, Li Gongzi's words also make sense, let's take a middle, the official army reinforcements can't arrive for a while, and don't care about him, send more people to keep an eye on it, now first storm Xi'an, the turtle grandchildren water, want to freeze the city, let's not dig the city first, or climb the city, pass the order down, install iron nails under the ladder, so that it can be erected on the ice, after lunch, all the ladders are used, four city gates, four city walls, hundreds of ladders to attack together, non-stop, Even if you use a mat, you should also pad into Xi'an City. ”

At this time, there was also a tense atmosphere in Huayin City.

Ziyi has become the general of the Qin army, and he is gathering several lieutenants under him to discuss the military situation. They had already received definite news that Zuo Liangyu's men and horses had just entered Tongguan day and night.

Zuo Liangyu is so anxious is reasonable, although Xi'an City is strong, but there are not many people in the city, it is not easy to resist tens of thousands of peasant troops, once the reinforcements are late, Xi'an City is breached, Hong Chengchou is killed, he and Cao Wenzhao and other generals who rushed to aid Xi'an will be heavily responsible. Hong Chengchou is a popular man in the eyes of the emperor, he is going to die, and the people who accompany him to the funeral must be indispensable. In order to keep his head on his shoulder, Zuo Liangyu rushed to Xi'an desperately, and he knew that Cao Wenzhao was the same.

According to the agreement with Zhang Xianzhong and other peasant soldiers, the Qin army wanted to block Zuo Liangyu's men and horses and prevent them from rushing to Xi'an smoothly, but Fan Ju had secretly made an appointment with Hong Chengchou and was ready to betray the people's army, but only Fan Ju and Ziyi knew about these things, and others were kept in the dark, and what they were afraid of was that after they knew the inside story, they would make a noise and ruin a big thing.

Therefore, when the officers and soldiers were coming, they still had to do some superficial work, so Ziyi called the officers to a meeting to study countermeasures.

Of course, Li Dang was also invited, at this time in the army, his prestige was second only to Ziyi, Li Dang looked at the map, frowned, and said nothing.

Ziyi asked him: "Doctor Jun, how do you think we should fight?" ”

Li Dang then spoke: "It's Zuo Liangyu who came, when this person was in Henan, I heard of him, he fought bravely and fiercely, and his generals were the same, he was an elite army. The spies reported that Zuo Liangyu's men and horses were no less than 5,000 people, and all of them were cavalry, and their attack power was extremely strong. At present, the Qin army in Huayin City is less than 5,000, and most of them are infantry, and if they meet it head-on, they will suffer a big loss. And Zuo Liangyu galloped to help Xi'an, and he will definitely not come to attack us. Just get through quickly. ”

A lieutenant on the side said, "Then we can only let him go?" ”

Li dared to say: "Of course not, if Zuo Liangyu passes, the peasant army under Xi'an City will be in danger, and if we do that, we will lose our trust." ”

He only said half of the reason, and the more important reason was that his sworn brother Li Yan was still under the city of Xi'an. The last time he was separated, Li Kang was very remorseful, and this time, no matter what, he couldn't let this brother be in danger again.