In the winter of the eleventh year of Zhengyuan, it was exceptionally cold and lacking. This weather is even more of a disaster for the people of Guanzhong in the war.

On October 25, the Jin army occupied Xianyang, the last major city north of the Wei River, on the banks of the Chenbing River. In the meantime, Tongzhou, Huazhou, Yaozhou and other places north of the Wei River have all been owned by the Jin army. The Jin army set up porridge shacks in various towns and towns to provide relief to the people. With the arrival of heavy snowfall, the Jin army retreated in the big tents and towns set up along the river, but they kept the agreement between Qi and Jin and did not cross the river.

The Qi army did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and nearly 10,000 horses were stationed in Weinan, Dengxian and Huayin along the south line of the Wei River. The Wei River is already frozen, and the Jin army may cross the river at any time. The only thing that reassured the Qi army was that the pass had been taken, and the Qi army's grain route was unimpeded.

However, for the Qi army besieging Chang'an, the weather was even worse. After three months of fierce fighting, the Qi army was already exhausted. This war is relatively easy for the Jin army. For the Qi army, it was a bitter battle in the true sense.

Before the Qi army besieged Chang'an, most of the nobles and high-ranking officials in Chang'an had fled to Dasanguan, and the rest were some troops and officials who were loyal to Li Yuandan. Enraged by the atrocities of the Qi army's flooding of more than 40,000 Western Xia captives, these men swore to defend the city to the death. There were not many Western Xia troops in Chang'an City, less than 20,000 people. However, Chang'an City is a veritable fortified city with high walls and thick walls. The Qi army had launched five or six tentative attacks, all of which were held by the Western Xia army with a tough attitude.

It is reported that Li Yuandan hoarded more than a year's worth of grain and grass in Chang'an City, and in a short period of time, he was not afraid of the Qi army besieging the city.

In a big mansion in Baqiao Town, Xiao Jun was lying on the bed, angry like a gossamer. The imperial physician who accompanied the army had already hinted that Gao Dingshan and other high-level Qi army leaders had already run out of oil, so he didn't let go west for a long time, because he was holding his breath in his heart and wanted to see the day when the Qi army entered the city.

Although the generals of Gao Dingshan, Guan Bi, and Xiao Dingguo were extremely anxious, they were helpless in the face of such a strong city and bad weather.

The bad news is not only this, the Jin army on the north bank of the Wei River is like a fierce tiger, and it will not know when it will pounce. And in Daqi Pass, it is also quite unpeaceful. Previously, the Qi army had attacked Tongguan for a long time and could not pass it, and there were already opposing remarks in the army, and in Jiangning City, those civilian officials did not have a lot of complaints. When the Qi army broke through the pass, this opposition was temporarily suppressed, and now Chang'an City did not go down with a drum, and some people wanted to make a fuss.

In particular, some officials of the household department and the Ministry of Rites, who did not know the soldiers, accused the generals of the Qi army of taking advantage of the opportunity of the war to be greedy for ink and silver, resulting in huge expenditures. There are also a few veterans who have retired, but now they are alive, and under the encouragement of well-intentioned people, they have written books one after another, accusing the war of being unfavorable. There is even more shameless, seeing that the Qi army is trapped in Chang'an, he took the initiative to ask Ying to come to the front line of Chang'an, intending to grab credit.

These dissatisfied opinions, under the strong suppression of the little emperor Xiao Ying, cannot be turned up much for the time being, and the most critical problem is the lack of support and follow-up of the Great Qi.

Daqi's current national strength simply cannot support a long period of war attrition. Huang Yuandu knew the key to this battle, and tried his best to raise funds in the rear, but it was difficult, and everyone in Jiangnan united to boycott it. They took the lead in stockpiling grain and raising prices, which made the people's resentment boil. If it weren't for Huang Yuandu's transcendent identity, he would have been replaced by a prime minister.

For a time, Daqi, both on the front line and in the rear, was in a very difficult state.

The battle on the front line was stalemate, and Liang Yiyue, who was in Shu, was very happy. He kept running among the high-ranking officials such as the Prince's Mansion, the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the Privy Envoy's Mansion, urging the high-level officials of Shu to send troops to aid Western Xia.

On October 25, Liang Yiyue made a very unexpected move and knelt at the gate of the palace of the king of Shu. Although Song Zheng himself couldn't get out of the Purple Qi Garden, he could get the news through Yuan Haowen. Liang Yiyue took off his crown and hat, dressed in ordinary single clothes, and knelt outside the palace gate. The officials of the Ministry of Rites of Shu took turns to persuade him, but they failed to impress the historical records of Tamarfa.

In this cold winter, Liang Yiyue had white hair, knelt on the cold steps, and shivered. His white hair fluttered in the wind, and he looked very depressed and pitiful. Not only that, Liang Yiyue also wrote a blood letter, which was spread in front of him. On the blood book, the history of cooperation between Shu and Western Xia was counted, and Shu was asked to send troops to aid Xia.

Liang Yiyue's hand immediately aroused the sympathy of many Shu officials. Originally, there was no conclusion on whether to send troops or not. For more than 20 days, there have been endless arguments in the court. However, after Liang Yiyue's performance, those who supported the troops immediately gained the upper hand.

Even the crown prince Lang Bochuan also expressed his opinion in a book. Of course, Lang Bochuan did not support sending troops, but suggested that his father write a letter of state to Daqi, asking Daqi to let go of the Xia army and people in Chang'an City, let them transfer to Hanzhong, and not to massacre the city. Moreover, it is necessary to ensure that the Great Scattered Pass cannot be attacked. Otherwise, it will not be too late for Shu to send troops again.

Lang Bochuan's scholarly point of view looks very funny. However, from Song Zheng's point of view, he really hoped that Shu would do this. Put Li Yuandan, the tiger, into Longyou and Hanzhong, and let him lead the soldiers to fight Li Xi to the death, and Daqi can make a profit. On the contrary, if the Great Qi army swears to attack the city to the death, not to mention the huge casualties, whether it can be captured in a short period of time is still a question.

Lang Bochuan is a benevolent gentleman, and he wrote a letter to Song Zheng after the book, vaguely expressing his apologies. He also explained that he himself intended to make friends with Great Qi and did not want Great Qi to attack Western Xia. Song Zheng looked at it and said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was so lovely that Song Zheng couldn't bear to hurt him.

Smart people are everywhere.

On the first day of November, the Great Qi Front. Gao Dingshan discussed with Guan Bi, Xiao Dingguo and others all night, and finally decided to send a letter to Chang'an City in the name of Xiao Jun. The righteousness of the letter is that as long as Li surrenders the city on New Year's Day, the Great Qi army will send them to the west without hurting a single hair. Otherwise, after the city is breached, the city will be slaughtered for three days.

Li Yuandan replied with only one sentence, "The city is in the people, the city is ruined, can I be the ghost of the Wei River?" ”

After receiving this letter, there was silence in the big tent for a while. On that day, when it was decided to drive more than 40,000 Western Xia troops into the mouth of the Wei River, Xiao Dingguo, Xin Qiji and other generals resolutely opposed it, meaning that this would arouse Li Yuandan's determination to defend Chang'an City to the death, and make it more difficult to attack the city in the future.

However, both Gao Dingshan and Guan Biao opposed this. The reason for the opposition was also very strong, the Qi army did not have so much food to feed these prisoners. At the beginning, the grain and grass of the Western Xia army were concentrated in Xiguan Town. Seeing that there was no hope of guarding the pass, the Western Xia army actually burned their own grain and grass, and did not leave a grain of grain for Daqi. This is also one of the important reasons for killing prisoners. Coupled with the resentment of heavy casualties due to the attack, Gao Dingshan directly ordered the killing of prisoners to boost the morale of the army.

The captives were killed, and Li Yuandan also hated the Great Qi Army very much, let alone believed in the Great Qi Army, or he still had a trace of illusion about Liang Yiyue's relocation of Shu reinforcements.

Xiao Hui did not say anything about killing the prisoner, his body was already weakening, he fell into a fainting when he broke through Tongguan, and when he woke up, the Western Xia army had been driven down the river. It had already happened, and Xiao Hui just sighed and didn't blame anyone. By the time he arrived at Baqiao Town, he had already entered a state of continuous coma. Occasionally, I came to my senses, but I couldn't even speak.

Now inside and outside Chang'an City, a strange circle has been formed. The Western Xia army trapped in the city was quite moist because the grain and grass were quite sufficient. The Qi army besieging Chang'an City had to set up camp in the ice and snow. In such weather, it is impossible to storm the city. On the current Chang'an city wall, layer after layer of cold water has already been poured by the Western Xia army, forming a thick layer of ice. The originally strong city wall is equivalent to an extra layer of armor, and no matter how great the Qi army's ability is, it will not be able to attack the city.

The battle was so deadlocked, until Xin Qiji came up with another trick.

On the eighth day of November, the heavy snow that had been intermittent for many days finally stopped, and the sky cleared. On the east side of Chang'an, a group of Qi troops walked out of the big tent, and what they were holding in their hands was no longer knives and guns, but iron hammers.

"Hurry up, shovel all this snow into the moat." While commanding his brothers, Zhang Bing threw his arms and shoveled snow into the moat.

Zhang Bing was originally one of the many Qi troops in Luoyang Pass, and because of his bravery, he had just been promoted to one hundred households. Today he received an order to shovel snow into the moat. Fill in the moat.

This is not difficult, after the first few sieges, the Xixia army in Chang'an City has also learned to behave, unless the Qi army sets up a ladder on the city wall, the Xixia army will release arrows and throw stones, and the rest, even if you stand outside the city wall more than 20 zhang away and scold the street, the Xixia army will not bird you. The Western Xia army had long been prepared to fight a protracted war, and the rolling wood and thunder stones, bows, arrows, and oil used to defend the city were very economical.

Zhang Bing, as a newly mentioned hundred, is in high spirits. He didn't know the difficulties of the high-level, but Zhang Bing had nothing to say about obeying orders. Despite this, Zhang Bing wondered in his heart, shoveling snow is shoveling snow, why do you need to add wood and sprinkle water?

The Great Qi army dispatched nearly 3,000 sergeants, each waving their shovels to fill the moat with snow along the east and west of the moat outside the east gate of Chang'an City. For each layer, you have to use a shovel to make it firm. After more than an hour, the snow was already above the riverbank.

At this time, another group of sergeants came, each of them carrying the newly cut trees, and placing them on top of them in the order of placing them every half a zhang.

Immediately afterwards, other sergeants came, each carrying water, and came to the front and back of the snowdrift, and poured buckets of water on it. The snowdrift, which had been raised high, immediately collapsed most of it.

Next, it's snow filling. This year's snow was so heavy that it was more than a foot thick. The Qi army does not worry about the lack of snow to fill, there is no near, and it is a little farther away.

Another layer was filled, and the whole tree was thrown up with its branches, but this time the wood was arranged horizontally, and the next thing was watering.

Five days later, along the moat of the East Gate, a strong high wall was erected. The walls were so high that they were almost level with the walls not far away.

This is true not only outside the east gate, but also on all other four sides. Outside the various gates of Chang'an City, there is an additional high wall that is one mile long.

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