At night, a new moon crosses the delicate corner tower, sprinkling hazy moonlight in the palace, making the female underground palace mysterious and quiet.

Inside the palace, candles burned, occasionally crackling and splashing with tiny oil.

The empress was dressed in a dragon robe, standing sideways in front of the bedroom window, looking up at the sky and the bright moon.

The night breeze blew, the windows creaked, and in the wind, it seemed to be mixed with the smell of the Yan army outside the city, which made the sense of oppression of the war stronger.

Since she learned from Mingyue's mouth during the day that the Yan army was deployed against Kaifeng City, the empress's heart collapsed and became uneasy.

Blockade the grain road, there is food in the city, and it can last for more than a month, or even longer.

However, cutting off the water supply will deal an unprecedented blow to the people of the city.

Losing the water source, the people, the brave soldiers, hold on for three days, there will definitely be mass casualties, after four days, Kaifeng City, afraid that corpses will be everywhere, become a dead city.

I have to say that Lin Feng's strategy of drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle was too vicious, and he forcibly forced her to submit and surrender.

After discussing with Song Qi and Jian Ye, Jian Ye proposed that the Yan army's offensive outside the city could not be dismantled, but the well was dug in time in the city to prevent flooding, and the Song army in the city was helpless.

At the same time, Song Qi proposed to collect all the grain in the city, control it, distribute it according to the quantity every day, reduce the food expenditure, and strive to wait for Meng Kuo to break the Yan army blockade from the periphery.

The two proposed that it could only cover the war, but it could not fundamentally solve the crisis in Kaifeng.

However, while the water source in the city has not dried up, she instructed Mingyue to order the soldiers and civilians in the city to quickly obtain water, and store it in the same way as grain, in case of emergency.

In this way, there are too many soldiers and civilians in the city, and it is still difficult to last, and as a result, they are still dying of thirst.

Jian Ye, Song Qi didn't have a thorough solution, like an ant who was too hot, and he was in a hurry.

The empress knew very well that in order to resolve the crisis of Kaifeng City, as Lin Feng said, it was either to fight or surrender.

However, Jian Ye and Song Qi put forward conditions for Lin Feng, sneered at them, and did not take them to heart, especially ordering Song Guo to give up the territory and give it to Yan Guo.

It was even regarded as a shame by the two, and they would rather die in battle than give up an inch of Song State.

Song Qi and Jian Ye knew the current situation well and thought carefully about whether the Song army could stop the Yan army from attacking the city, and whether Kaifeng City would finally be forcibly broken by the Yan army.

They concluded that as long as the Song army held the city of Kaifeng and the army and the people worked together, the situation would gradually change in favor of the Song state.

Yan and Song fought hard, and the Song army was in a weak position, however, judging from the general trend of the vassal states, the situation was still favorable to the Song state.

In the south, the state of Chu, the soldiers sent troops, arrived in Kaifeng to assist the Song army, and held the city, perhaps, Lin Tianzhao will be unfavorable to the Song state in the future, but the Song state will sit idly by.

On the other hand, the Yan State, the Shu army and the Mo family jointly sent troops to enter the territory of the Yan State, and the large army pointed directly at the imperial city of the Yan State, and Zhang Yu led the army, whether it could be blocked with all its might, it is unknown.

In addition, the territory south of the Yangtze River of Yan was also divided between Wu Yue Chu and the soldiers, and the Duke of Jin led the troops and retreated.

Song Qi, Jian Ye believed that the Song army dragged on in Kaifeng City for two or three months, and the southern princes entered the Yan Kingdom, and the situation in the north and south would definitely change greatly.

At that time, the Yan State became a thorn in the side of the vassal states, in order to ensure that the Yan State was not violated and not collapsed by the vassal states, the hundreds of thousands of male soldiers besieging Kaifeng will definitely evacuate and return.

The crisis of Kaifeng City was solved.

The empress boasted that she knew Lin Feng better, Lin Feng was treacherous and full of means, she would definitely not be good at taking a break, and waited quietly for Kaifeng City to fall into a crisis.

This Kaifeng City is in danger, I'm afraid it has just begun.

The next day, the Song State was in charge of water conservancy officials, led the soldiers, and ordered the people to start digging wells in Kaifeng to try to solve the urgent need.

At the same time, the people and the army in the city stored a large amount of domestic water, and unceremoniously said that all the utensils that contained the water source slammed the door to purify the water.

With this, Jian Ye sent officials to announce the news of Emperor Yan's request for the surrender of the Song State to the public. Inspire the military and civilians in the city to work together, unite as one, and stick to the city.

For a while, the city of Kaifeng became busy.

However, for two consecutive days, the Yan army stationed outside the city did not move, and even the secret agents who were monitoring from all directions were evacuated.

The people in the city didn't know that the north gate guard, but secretly relaxed, the news was transmitted back to the palace, the empress, Song Qi, Jian Ye and others, in an unusual atmosphere, felt that there was something important.

After all, two days ago, the water source of the moat into the city gradually decreased, and the city was close to the homes of the people in the north, and the well water was about to fall.

On the third day, the water in the moat flowed unusually thin, and the well water in the northern part of the city dried up.

The loss of water sources, although there are some stores in advance, there are still rumors in the city, and the people in the north of the city do not hesitate to go to the south of the city to seek water sources, and within half a day, there are two murders.

The lack of water made the people in the city irritable, and the crisis in Kaifeng City was gradually exposed.

On the fourth day, according to the empress's guess, the Yan army appeared at the north gate as scheduled, but the Yan army did not forcibly attack the city, but relied on catapults, put it in a clay pot, mixed with sand and soil letters, and hit into the city of Kaifeng.

For a while, the city was full of letters from the Yan army, and the soldiers and civilians learned through the letters that the grain road outside Kaifeng was blocked and the water source was cut off. The Yan army adopted the strategy of clearing the wilderness with strong walls.

At this time, Kaifeng City was reduced to a lonely city, and within a radius of 100 miles, it was controlled by the Yan army.

The water source was cut off, there was a shortage of water in the city, and in an instant, the people were in panic all day long, and the soldiers were fearful.

Jian Ye transmitted the news from the city into the palace, and the empress was anxious when she learned about it.

Yanjing deliberately sabotaged the relationship between the people in the city and the court, and deliberately made the two dislike and deviate from morality.

However, the empress knew very well what serious consequences the chaos of the people would be.

Ordered Jian Ye to issue an official document of the court to appease the people in the city, and accordingly, set up a harsh decree to severely punish those who make trouble at will.

Strive to ensure the stability of Kaifeng and prevent the people from being used by Lin Feng.

It's a pity that Yan Jun's methods are becoming more and more ruthless and vicious, so that Lin Shuying, Jian Ye, and Song Qi are not on guard.

On the fifth day, the Yan army was at the east gate, concocted the same method, and smashed a large number of letters into the city of Kaifeng with catapults.

However, the content of the letter has changed dramatically, and it is simply written that Lin Tianzhao is plotting against the enemy, wanting to avenge the revenge of the soldiers back then, secretly uniting with the Yan army, and when the time is ripe, open the north gate to welcome the Yan army into the city.

In addition, there is also a letter that writes that the empress, Song Qi, aware of Lin Tianzhao's intentions, sent Mingyue out of the city, discussed with the Yan army, and severely damaged the Xuanjia soldiers and the righteous army, in exchange for Song Guogou.

The news was chaotic, which made the Song army, the Xuanjia soldiers, and the generals of the righteous army suspicious, even if no one on either side said anything, however, they already had a grudge in each other's hearts

In addition, Lin Tianzhao secretly ordered the army to assemble at the north gate and beware of the Song army approaching, which worsened the contradictions between the two sides.

The empress had to order Song Qi to send troops to monitor Lin Tianzhao's actions and prevent the other party from framing the Song army.

In the next two days, the Yan army did not move, as if he had forgotten the existence of Kaifeng City.

However, the problems in the city were completely exposed, first, the moat was cut off from the water source into the city, and the river gradually dried up.

The people dug wells in the city to get water, and they should have had access to water, but the rivers that flowed into the city dried up, and all the water sources at the bottom of the wells disappeared overnight.

What's more, the officials urged the people to continue digging deeper, but unfortunately, after days of hard work, they still did not find a water source.

In addition, many of the wells in the city have been decreasing in water and have even dried up.

The two armies have not yet fought fiercely, and it is already difficult to drink water in Kaifeng City.

In addition, the water stored before has been consumed for several days, and it is becoming scarce day by day, and many people are facing water shortage at home.

The most important thing is that the Song Army and the Xuanjia soldiers, the camp of the Righteous Army, hundreds of thousands of soldiers, the daily water demand is extremely large, and the storage of pure water is not enough to consume.

In desperation, the court controlled all the wells in the city, advocated open source and reduced expenditure, and strived to continue to dig deep wells to obtain water sources.

Unfortunately, the matter was not alleviated, and the army could not provide enough drinking water, and Song Qi was still able to suppress the Song army and hold his troops still.

Lin Tianzhao ordered the Xuanjia soldiers and the righteous army, but there were already soldiers, waiting for the opportunity to rob the people of drinking water, and even kill the people.

In order to use the Xuanjia soldiers and the rebel army, the imperial court chose to turn a blind eye, turn a deaf ear, and only send officials to compensate for gold and silver.

However, on the sixth day, there was a shortage of drinking water, and even in the camp of the rebel army, there was no drinking water at all, and thousands and hundreds of soldiers participated in the robbery of the people's water source.

At this time, there was bloodshed between the rebels and the people in the city, and there were casualties on both sides.

The defenders in Kaifeng City and the people were fighting among themselves, and it intensified, and Lin Shuying had to send Jian Ye to find Lin Tianzhao to negotiate.

In the face of Jian Ye's strong attitude, Lin Tianzhao promised to punish the soldiers who participated in the plundering of the people, but in fact he was still free to do so.

At the moment of life and death, under the secret promise of the imperial court, the people in the city, according to their residences, formed defenses in the streets and alleys to resist the plundering of water and the righteous army.

The drinking water in the city was reduced, and the rebels fought with the united people, and the more casualties, the less drinking water was taken.

At this moment, there is a serious shortage of water in the city, and among the rebels, the problem is even more serious. Unable to plunder water from the people, they have no choice but to set their sights outside the city.

When the moon and stars were scarce, thousands of soldiers in the rebel army fled from the north gate, looking for a water source, but they were all killed by the prepared Yan Qi!

The escape did not return a little drinking water, so that the rebels, and the Xuanjia soldiers, who were also in a flood crisis, were helpless.

Many soldiers proposed to Lin Tianzhao to abandon Kaifeng City and look for water sources.

However, in the predicament, Lin Tianzhao did not dare to go out of the city, fearing that there were Yan cavalry ambushes hidden outside the north gate, and he would be killed when he left the city.

On the eighth day, in Kaifeng City, there began to be people and soldiers who died of lack of water, and the number was not large, but everyone realized that if they changed, Kaifeng City would become everyone's grave.

What's more, the extreme shortage of water made the people and defenders in the city very weak, the people were full of grievances, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers declined.

It's okay to save your life, participate in the battle, and I'm afraid that Qi Qi will become a ghost under the sword and arrow of Yan.

The situation in the city is not optimistic, which makes the empress, Song Qi, Jian Ye, Lin Tianzhao and others nervous and puzzled.

There is still food in the city, which can support the three armies and the people, however, the problem of water shortage cannot be effectively solved, even if there is more food in the city, I am afraid it will be difficult to change the current situation.