"Boom~" With a loud bang, the Xingzhou city wall also trembled a few times, countless ice blocks splashed everywhere, and the Song army that was besieging the city also dodged everywhere, but when the smoke passed, I saw that the silver city wall of Xingzhou was only blown open an ice hole, and even the city wall inside was not touched, but the party members at the head of the city came with a provocative sound, and then several barrels fell, and the broken ice wall quickly froze again.

"Let the brothers withdraw!" Zhao Zhen held a telescope and looked at the situation under the city wall, and then sighed and said, since they drove Li Yuanhao back to Xingzhou City, the other party has closed the city, and also used the cold weather to freeze the city wall into an ice wall, and even the city gate was blocked.

Hearing Zhao Zhen's order, Cao Ma next to him also sighed, and then ordered the brother who was responsible for installing the siege tube to withdraw, but at this time, he suddenly saw Di Qing come to Cao Mata's side and whispered: "General, I have a way to try." ”

Di Qing's injuries have not healed yet, so when he attacked Xingzhou City this time, although he wanted to go into battle, Cao Yu did not let him go up, after all, Di Qing was his very optimistic brother, and there was no shortage of generals in the musket army, so there was no need to let the injured Di Qing go up and take risks.

"What's the solution?" Cao Ma was still a little listless at this time, in the past, they used the winter weather to freeze the city wall and block the siege of the party or the Liao State, but they didn't expect it to be the other way this time, but in the face of this situation, they themselves had no good way.

"General, look at the ice city in Xingzhou, the bottom is thick and the top is thin, and there is a slope, if I continue to pour water on this slope, maybe I can pave a road that can directly reach the city wall." Di Qing pointed to the ice wall road in Xingzhou City.

"This method has been thought of for a long time, but the key is where to get water, the surrounding rivers are all frozen, and the camp can only take ice cubes for water, and then boil it into water in a pot, if you use this method to get water, I'm afraid it will not be enough to cut down all the surrounding woods." After listening to Di Qing's words, Cao Yu shook his head and said.

In fact, in addition to using water, there are also people in the palace who have thought of directly building soil as a road, but it is winter, and the ground is all frozen soil, and it is not easy to dig out so much soil.

"The river water is frozen, but why did you forget that there is still well water, the well water will not be easily frozen!" Di Qing suddenly smiled at this time, since he proposed this method, he naturally thought of the difficulty of getting water.

"Well water?" Cao Yu was also stunned when he heard Di Qing's words, but then he frowned and said, "Well water does not freeze easily, but there don't seem to be any wells nearby, right?" ”

"There is no us to fight, I have a brother who used to dig wells for people, he has experience in this area, and Xingzhou is close to the Yellow River, it is easy to get water, and then you can use well water to pave a road!" Di Qing spoke again at the moment, and it was precisely because he knew this that he would suggest it to Cao Yu.

"Are you sure you can make water?" Cao Mata was also shocked when he heard this, if it was really easy to draw water, he could give it a try, after all, they only needed to use ice to pave a ramp that led directly to the city wall, and the well water could be completely provided.

"Of course I'm sure, in fact, I don't hide it from the general, I dug a well in my camp two days ago, and now our camp uses well water." Di Qing was very sure that if he wasn't completely sure, he wouldn't suggest it to Cao Yu.

"Good boy, you really have you, come with me to see the general!" Cao Yu believed that Di Qing would not lie to himself, so he immediately slapped his face and shouted, and after speaking, he took Di Qing to see Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen also ordered the siege army to retreat at this time, and he frowned and looked at Xingzhou City, although he had long expected that Xingzhou City would not be easy to fight, and even prepared to fight with the party, but through contact with Li Yuanhao, he found that the party was far more difficult to fight than he estimated, especially Li Yuanhao, who was experienced in using soldiers, and had a calmness far beyond his age, and anyone would have a headache when encountering this kind of enemy.

At this moment, Cao Yu took Di Qing to see Zhao Zhen, and then told Di Qing what he thought, but Zhao Zhen's eyes lit up after hearing it: "Take me to see your well!" ”

Di Qing immediately agreed, and then took Zhao Zhen and Cao Yu to the camp where he was stationed, and in the corner of the camp, a well was dug out, only to see that the wall of the well was already frozen, but there was hot air underneath, after all, the temperature of the well water was relatively high, even in winter, it would not freeze.

"Where's the man who drilled the well, call him quickly!" Zhao Zhen immediately spoke again, and Di Qing also agreed at this time, and after a while, he brought a young man of medium stature who did not look good.

"Villain Zhou Zan meets the general!" I saw that this young man came to Zhao Zhen and immediately saluted, but his words and deeds were still a little restrained.

"No need to be polite, did you dig this well?" Zhao Zhen didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly.

"It was the villain and a few brothers who fought together!" Zhou Zan immediately nodded.

"If you were asked to take a few more bites, would you be sure to make water?" Zhao Zhen asked again.

"The villain is sure, in fact, the underground water veins are connected, and water can be drawn here, and nearby places can also be shot." Zhou Zan nodded again and said, his family has been digging wells for a living for generations, and his ancestors have passed down the craft of digging wells to find water veins, but it is a pity that his family suffered a disaster a few years ago, and his family has many brothers, so he can't support it at all, so he entered the army in order to have enough to eat.

"Great, I'll allocate a group of people for you, you command people to dig wells in front of the camp, if you can get water, I'll give you credit!" Zhao Zhen immediately said excitedly again.

"General Xie!" Zhou Zan was also very excited when he heard Zhao Zhen's words, it is not easy for a low-level soldier like him to make meritorious contributions, and the credit that Zhao Zhen promised in person must not be small, and he may have to rely on this credit to soar in the future.

With Zhao Zhen's order, in the next period of time, Zhou Zan led hundreds of people to start digging wells near Xingzhou City, and when the first well was drilled, Zhao Zhen began to send people to fetch water, and then prepared to use ice to build a slope of the Zhineng City Wall.

For the Song army's move, the party members in Xingzhou City also quickly guessed their purpose, so naturally they would not let the Song army easily complete it, so every time the Song army approached, the city was rained down with arrows, but soon the Song army thought of a good way.

They first built a tall ice wall with ice near the wall, and then built a slope behind the wall, so that the party at the head of the city could not easily shoot them, and when the slope behind the wall was higher, the ice wall would be raised again.

As the so-called number of people is strong, Zhao Zhen brought 50,000 troops this time, divided into several teams to pour the ice wall day and night, the weather in the northwest is almost dripping into ice, even if the water temperature in the well is higher, but if you run a little slower, it may freeze on the ice wall, and with the efforts of so many people, half a month later, an iceberg higher than the city wall finally appeared outside Xingzhou City.

With this iceberg, the archers of the Song army immediately stationed in the iceberg, although the iceberg is very slippery, but only need to spread soil on the surface, and then pour a little water, it will immediately form a frozen soil road, which can be easily climbed up, and the archers rely on the terrain, immediately suppressed the party archers at the head of Xingzhou City, and then countless people spent ten days to fill the huge gap between the iceberg and the city wall.

With the formation of the road between the iceberg and the city wall, the city wall of Xingzhou has lost its effect, coupled with the suppression of the archers, resulting in the iceberg front of the city wall is almost impossible for the party to stand on, it can be said that as long as the Song army is willing, you can follow the iceberg to the top of the city at any time and start a battle for the head of the city with the party people.

However, Zhao Zhen was still very cautious, because he knew that Li Yuanhao would definitely ambush heavy troops on both sides of the city wall, as long as they dared to go to the top of the city, they would definitely encounter the siege of the party people, so he also had to be fully prepared.