Qian Qian's idea was not invented by herself, her method came from the Women's Rescue Society during the Anti-Japanese War. If the border areas are bitterly cold, if they want to maintain the combat effectiveness of the soldiers in the cold winter season, they must have military uniforms and sufficient military rations to protect them from the cold, but the winter salary of the military department has not been delayed, and they can only find their own way.

Qian Qian thought about it, the military uniform is complicated, even if you ask someone to make another one, it is too late, but a cotton cloak can be made by ordinary men.

Qincheng is an important border town, and the merchants who go out of the customs have to pass through it, so it is a very prosperous city. A large part of the defenders of Qincheng were local residents who had families in the local area. The local people are open, and many men are willing to go out to do small businesses, so it is easy to find cheap labor to help her make a cape.

A cloak made of sturdy coarse cloth and old cotton wool is inexpensive, but it is enough to protect against the cold in a temporary emergency. In addition, Qian Qian's two hundred carts of coarse grain with shells were ground into dry and hard coarse wheat cakes, which were distributed to each soldier.

Don't underestimate this coarse and hard wheat cake, sometimes, a mouthful of water, a mouthful of wheat cake, on the battlefield can make a soldier continue to maintain combat effectiveness.

In this way, that winter, the defenders of Qincheng survived day after day by relying on shallow coarse wheat cakes and cloaks of old cotton wool, waiting for the arrival of winter pay.

Jin Haiying sent several letters to the capital in an urgent manner, constantly urging the military rations, but unfortunately until the end of November, the winter salary was not delivered halfway, but the defenders of Qincheng encountered the siege of the Xiongnu in advance.

The winter of this year was particularly difficult, after several heavy snowfalls, the Xiongnu's cattle and sheep suffered serious losses, and the Xiongnu were forced to make a bold decision to attack Qincheng and grab supplies.

Because the weather conditions were really bad and the troops lacked supplies, General Jin did not dare to go out of the city at will to meet the enemy, so he made the decision to close the city and defend it.

It was the Ling family who guarded Yanggu Pass, and after receiving an urgent report from Qincheng, Qian Qian's cousin, Ling Huaixia, Ling Huaixia, immediately set off with her daughter to the rescue. But who knows that the luck is really bad, the only passage from Yanggu Pass to Qincheng has an avalanche, if you want to repair it, I am afraid it will take more than a month at the earliest, which means that in a month's time, the defenders of Qincheng can only rely on themselves to persevere.

The lack of materials and the arrival of the Xiongnu soldiers in the city made Qincheng fall into a desperate situation in an instant.

"No matter what, you have to hold on until the reinforcements arrive......" Qian Qian stood at the head of the city, looking at the black Hun soldiers under the city, and listening to Jin Haiying's muttering in his ears.

"I'm afraid it's going to be twenty days!" Ling Lingqing, who was beside Qian Qian, also lowered his head, looked at the city for a moment, and his tone was very calm. "I have received a carrier pigeon from my cousin yesterday, and she and my cousin are leading the soldiers to clear the way, but I'm afraid it's too late, we have to rely on ourselves. ”

"Twenty days?" Su Kui frowned slightly: "The rest is okay to say, but we are in the city, they are under the city, if they want to repel the Xiongnu attack, they mainly need to rely on archers, but the arrows shoot out of the city and cannot be recovered, I am afraid that they will not last so long." ”

"I'm afraid there won't be enough thorns on the walls." Another general interjected next to him and said: "Now you can't go out of the city to cut wood, even if you tear down all the houses in the city, it may not be enough." ”

Qian Qian listened quietly for a long time, and suddenly asked Ling Chenqing, who was good at bows and arrows: "Cousin Chenqing, use the best archers to consume all the arrows in the city, how long can you hold on at most." ”

"Ten days!" There was a hint of ruin in Ling Chenqing's tone: "Let me command, and I can be sure to destroy Sancheng siege soldiers." ”

"Good!" Qian Qian nodded: "Just ten days!" Moon Dye collects snow water, boils it and pours it from the city wall, this weather drips into ice, and the slippery wall is afraid that it is not good to build a ladder. ”

Of course, this idea is not Qian Qian's own, she is now very glad that 7788 forced her to learn military theory for a whole day before she came, and she just looked at a few examples briefly, she thought she couldn't remember it, but she didn't expect that when it came to the end, several small jokes of siege were now turning in her mind.

As long as her luck is good enough, Qian Qian thinks about it, and uses these few small jokes to follow the cat and the tiger to operate, and it is enough to save her life.

After ordering Xia Yuedye to water the snow that day, Qian Qian never went up to the city wall again, and she was busy organizing the military and civilian people to make straw men. The horses could not be moved, so Qian Qian merged some of the residents in groups and gathered them together, and demolished the roofs of the vacant houses, so that she needed to use the thatch with heavy roofs.

On the tenth day, Ling Chenqing really fulfilled her promise, her archers shot the last quiver, and the ground outside the city wall was full of Hun corpses. These brave soldiers, relying on coarse wheat cakes, a little water, and a thin cloak of padded cotton, held out on the city wall for ten days.

On the tenth day, Qian Qian and Jin Haiying climbed the city wall together.

"No more arrows!" This was the first thing Ling Lingqing said when he saw Qian Qian and Jin Haiying.

Qian Qian nodded, she looked at the tired faces of the soldiers around her, and ordered Chen Chenqing: "Take them down to rest, in order to save firewood, I didn't let Yueye boil hot water, but at least let them sleep well tonight and eat a little more." I'll leave it to me today, don't worry, I'll have arrows for you tomorrow. ”

"Can Your Highness do it himself?" Jin Haiying looked at Qian Qian with some concern.

"General Jin rest assured!" Qian Qian smiled: "Tonight, I will take the Ling family to guard the city wall." ”

Although Jin Haiying was not at ease, she was finally persuaded away by Qian Qian. After she left, Qian Qian beckoned the Ling family's guards to move the straw man to the city wall and set it up, and tied a strong hemp rope around the straw man's waist.

It's come to this, I hope she's lucky enough! Qian Qian looked at the ready straw man and thought silently.

The straw man borrowed arrows, this idea came from a siege war during the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, Qian Qian stared at her straw man and hesitated for a while, maybe she should make some movement when she put down the straw man? What if the Huns were particularly stupid?

It turns out that opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared. Qian Qian's luck this time is simply not too good! On that day, the Xiongnu besieging the city were calculating, and the arrows in the city were estimated to be almost used, and without the rain of arrows shot down from the city wall, her attack on Qin City would be much easier.

Because of this thought, that night, the Xiongnu Shan Yu sent scouts to reconnoiter in the direction of the city walls of Qincheng.

As the scouts approached the city walls, they saw rows of black-clad figures slowly descending from the walls.

The scout immediately thought that the defenders of Qincheng had attacked out of the city, so she decisively ran back to report the news. Xiongnu Shan Yu smiled coldly: "Descending people from the city wall to sneak attack? Then let them go and never go back! Tell the order to go down and release the arrows! until dawn! ”