It was another sunny morning, there was a dead silence outside the big stone city, after comprehending Yang Hao's flowering cannon, the old and young of the big stone city were completely stable, guarding the city every day, and no longer dared to break through the delusion of the city, the city was not allowed to get out, but it was not so easy to enter, the people of the big stone city firmly believed in this, and the Khitan people seemed to agree,

This big victory undoubtedly has a great morale-boosting effect, but even so, the Wukui Department is still about to lose the entire war, the stability on the surface is completely dependent on the bloody butcher's knife of the law enforcement team, under the deterrence of the black robe, the birds are silent, and there is a dead silence all around, no one dares to talk nonsense, at least not in public, but Yang Hao knows very well in his heart that this kind of silence is terrible, if the suppressed resentment cannot be channeled in time, the longer it is suppressed, the greater the power of the rebound, and when the pressure cannot resist the power of the rebound, it is the time when the crisis breaks out, one day late to break out, one more day of danger,

must wait for the crisis to be resolved before it becomes a reality.

There is no more solution than the bottom of the kettle.

Following this line of thought, the staff put forward a variety of solutions, which sound quite good, but Yang Hao can see their essence at a glance, it is just some work that tickles the itch of the boots, and the insight is not nothing, for example, some people have proposed that for the sake of today's plan, it is advisable to change the rapid attack to a slow attack, and to accumulate morale, the idea is of course good, but there must be a premise for implementation, food, a large amount of food, to ensure that the military food is sufficient, no food is unstable, hungry, how to save morale,

Yang Hao moved his stiff buttocks, looked around with a smile, and said, "Sir, put this discussion aside for the time being, do you have any other plans, you might as well say it all at once." ”

Everyone in the tent, you look at me, I look at you, and finally looked at Zhang Bozhong, Zhang Bozhong, who was sitting upright like a rock and drinking tea, also had to express his position, he cleared his throat and said to Yang Hao: "It seems that there is only this way." When all the staff members heard this, they solemnly saluted and said: "The military advisor has this proposal, and we will second it." ”

Yang Hao lowered his head when he heard this, pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said with a smile: "It looks like I'm going to have a fight with that profiteer again." ”

"Profiteer" Wang Chenglong reluctantly came to Yang Hao's military camp outside Dashi City, but left satisfied.

Yang Hao reached an agreement with him, and the Haotian Trading Company advanced funds and was responsible for transporting one million stone grain to the army, with a deadline of one month, and the return was naturally very rich, so rich that Wang Chenglong, who had a great appetite, could laugh out loud when he sat in the car, and his entourage was also a friend for many years, but Zhang Lan pouted disapprovingly and said: "One million stone grain, delivered in a month, is still such a cold and snowy place, brother, my Wang Da shopkeeper, are you sure this is not a loss-making business." ”

Wang Chenglong immediately refuted: "No, I calculated very clearly, we are making a lot of money this time, this is not called earning, there is no money-making business in the world, brother, I know that this burden is heavy, but as the saying goes, wealth and danger are sought, and this vote is done, our Haotian Trading Company, as well as your brother, will be reborn and become an immortal. ”

After saying this, he ignored his stunned old friend, squinted his eyes to himself, and hummed the minor tune "Cailing Children's Song" that is popular all over Luoyang and Chang'an Lefang.

With food in his hands, he did not panic, Zhang Bozhong's strategy of changing the hasty attack to a slow attack and cultivating morale was successfully implemented, the complaints of the battalions gradually subsided, and the busy man Bo Lai gradually became helpless to do.

All the generals advocated the abolition of the law enforcement team, but Yang Hao did not allow it, but changed the word "law enforcement" to "inspector", replaced one-third of the posts, and reinstated Bo Lai Guan, which was still under the command of Mu Hong, and remained under the golden tent.

Winter goes to spring, and gradually it is spring remnants, one day, Yang Hao patrolled with a knife, and saw the traffic in front of the camp gates, countless sergeants in and out of mule carts, and asked to know that it was a waterwheel out of the camp to get water, Yang Hao said: "Each battalion has a well, why do you have to go out of the camp to get water, such a messy and noisy, not afraid to give the enemy a chance to take advantage of." Dongfang Landao: "In the summer, there has been a continuous drought, and the water volume of the wells drilled in each camp has plummeted, and the water is insufficient, so I have to go out of the camp to get water. ”

Yang Hao didn't say a word, with the water truck looking northwest, about ten miles, saw a gentle slope, there are more than ten wells in a row, on both sides of the well, the water cart comes and goes, although there are many but not chaotic, Yang Hao pointed with a whip: "Is there water in only this place?" Dongfang Lan replied: "It's strange to say, within a radius of thirty miles, I don't know how many wells have been drilled, but only this one place has water, the amount of water is strong, and the water quality is sweet." Yang Hao nodded when he heard this, and rode up the hillside, because he saw that the sixteen newly dug wells were lined up like a dragon, and the direction of the dragon's head was pointing to Dashicheng.

Watching the room, Zhang Bozhong and a few subordinates hiked up the hillside, saw Yang Hao hurriedly approaching, Yang Hao left the Dongfang brothers and Zhang Bozhong to go uphill to the top, looked at the big stone city, and asked Zhang Bozhong: "There is Daze in this city, I don't know how many days it can be used for water." Zhang Bozhong said with a smile: "The water is like mud, full of weeds, ping, algae, the people in the city are washing the drowning barrels in the river, but there are dead cats, dead dogs, dead pigs are also thrown in, I am afraid that I can't drink a sip of water." ”

Yang Hao was overjoyed when he heard this, looked up at the spicy sun above his head, and then looked at the hot city in the distance, called Dongfang Lan, and said: "Command the military quartermaster, along the three miles outside the city wall, dig wells every hundred zhang." After saying that, he sent his horse back to the camp, the dust and smoke cleared, and the military quartermaster complained to Zhang Bozhong: "We have checked in detail, and there is only water here around the city. ”

Zhang Bozhong sneered: "The holy will is unpredictable, you just have to obey your fate." ”

More than a month, hundreds of wells were dug along the four cities, but there was no water, the officials were afraid, howling and begging to worship under the military tent, Zhang Bozhong asked the reason, but said with a smile: "This is the will of heaven, what does it have to do with you, you can rest assured, I will explain the reason in front of the commander." ”

Seeing everyone away, Zhang Bozhong shouted: "Come, take my robe, I want to see the commander." The attendant said: "The weather is so hot, why don't you wear a short shirt, didn't the commander allow the adult to see the driver." ”

Zhang Bozhong said with a smile: "It's okay on weekdays, but today is different, don't talk more and be prepared." ”

The weather is hot, Yang Hao is shirtless, holding an ice melon in one hand, holding an official document in the other, watching and eating while walking, two guards holding a pu fan followed him behind him to fan the wind, everyone was in a hot sweat, I heard that Zhang Bozhong was outside the tent, Yang Hao ate the ice melon in a few bites, put down the official document, and asked the attendant to take a short shirt to wear, so that the left and right were invited in, seeing that Zhang Bozhong was fully dressed, he laughed and said: "What does this mean, how much ice is put in your military account, it is cooler than mine." ”

Zhang Bozhong smiled and didn't answer, dancing and bowing down in front of the case, Yang Hao saw that he was polite, and he also accepted the heart of banter, and hurriedly lowered the steps to help him up, and said: "Forgive me for the crime of being untidy, why is the military advisor so polite." ”

Zhang Bozhong said: "Thousands of joys, the big stone city can be broken in the near future, and the hegemony of the great commander can be achieved." ”

When Yang Hao heard this, his eyes lit up, and he asked with a smile: "Where does the joy come from?" ”

Zhang Bozhong then informed the general that he needed to fetch water in the four cities and did not see water, and Yang Hao deliberately asked: "There is no water in the four cities, you should be sad, how can the military advisor say that it is joy." ”

Zhang Bozhong said: "The so-called pros and cons are born together, the pros are the disadvantages, and the disadvantages are also the advantages. ”

Yang Hao made a gesture of enlightenment, and said with a smile: "God's mercy, it's not in vain for my hard work, let's stop it, this matter still has to work hard for the military division, and the rest of the people are not enough." ”

Zhang Bozhong bowed again: "I am willing to receive my life." ”

When June, between heaven and earth is like a cage of fire, people but sit in the shade of the tree silently is also a sweat, the summer of the big stone city is hot, this year's summer is particularly hot, since the middle of May, the sky has not seen a trace of clouds, the white sun scorched the earth, the baked stones are soft, the land is smoking, if it is a peaceful season, even if it is a pawn of a peddler, as long as the family has overnight food, you have to give up your livelihood, find a place with water, soak in water to spend the summer,

Dashicheng people call soaking in the bathhouse called soaking water, there are hundreds of bathhouses in the city, no matter winter or summer, only three copper coins can be soaked in clear water, water is living water, warm in winter and cool in summer, both clean and cool, soaked in water, a pot of tea at hand, a few fruit points, and three or five friends, chatting, leisurely time,

Fortunately, although the summer in Dashicheng is hot, the time is short, from the end of June to the middle of July in the lunar calendar, but half a month will be cool and breezy, and it will enter autumn.

Although the siege is tightened now, the people of Dashicheng obviously have no intention of giving up the old law to spend the summer, because of the siege and the shortage of materials, the price of refreshments and fruits has risen several times, but the price of water should not rise, the water flows from the underground river outside the city, it grows naturally, and everyone has a share.

Some pessimists said that now there is a war, the two armies are facing each other, in order to win, do everything they can, if they can cut off the enemy's water and food, and surrender the army without a fight, why not, but the optimists still account for the majority, people generally believe that the earth river is hidden in the ground, even the old people who have lived in the city for decades can not tell where it came from, where it is going, where the Khitan people who have just arrived know it,

Zhang Bozhong in order to find out the direction of the river, quite a lot of effort, but also suffered a lot, fortunately, the work was not in vain, after he figured out the direction of the river, he mobilized thousands of soldiers day and night in the upper reaches of the river to build an artificial lake, the river waist cut off, the water into the lake, made a natural lake, the water is rippling, dozens of acres in a radius, horses drink people, and play in the water to cool off, the water is left outside the city, the city is cut off, at the beginning of the water break, people complained that the living water in the bathhouse became stagnant water, The stagnant water has become stinky water again, and there is no bath, and it is difficult to fall asleep.

In the next few days, it was discovered that not only bathing had become a luxury, but also drinking water had become a problem, and the 27 wells of the water office could no longer produce water.

At first, people thought that the foresters who spoke the incomprehensible language of birds were also contaminated with the stench of businessmen, hoarding and hoarding, intending to take the opportunity to make a fortune, until they smashed two water houses in the center of the city, and found that in addition to the water vapor in the well, it was indeed difficult to bring out a drop of water, and then there were rumors that the Khitan people outside the city must have cast magic and cut off the underground river, if only magic was used, then maybe there was room for turnaround, and the people provided for hundreds of masters with advanced Taoism, In this time of crisis, it is they who cast spells to save the people from fire and water.

The masters generously promised one by one to save people, and the people naturally doubled their offerings, but soon they found that the magic of the mages did not seem to be able to crack the magic of the Khitans, and the well gradually dried up, and finally, a profound mage found the crux of the problem, he stood on the top of the highest tower of the palace and pointed to a clear lake in the northwest and said: "Look at that, the Khitans have been bewitched by the devil and used brute force to imprison the earth dragon in their camp. ”

The mage preaches the law, not brute force, if it is to use brute force to snatch the earth dragon away, it is really not something that the mage can invite back, the people of the city forgave the mage, but threw the problem to the king, you are worshiped by the people, you should be the master of the people, thousands of people under the scorching sun, kneeling in the square in front of the city lord Kra, praying for their king to cast a spell to save them,