"Boom~" With a loud bang, the Xingzhou city wall also trembled a few times, and countless ice cubes splashed everywhere. The Song army, who was sieging the city, dodged everywhere. However, after the smoke of gunpowder, only an ice hole was blown up under the silver-shining city wall of Xingzhou, and even the city wall inside was not touched. However, the Dangxiang people on the top of the city wall heard a wave of provocation, and then several barrels fell down, and the broken ice wall soon frozen again.

"Let me withdraw my brothers!" Zhao Zhen looked at the situation under the city wall with a telescope in his hand, and then sighed. Since they drove Li Yuanhao back to Xingzhou City, the other party has been closed and has also used the cold weather to freeze the city wall into an ice wall, blocking the city gate. It is difficult for them to attack the city now.

Hearing Zhao Zhen's order, Cao Ma, who was next to him, also sighed, and then ordered the brothers responsible for installing the siege tube to retreat. However, at this moment, suddenly Di Qing came to Cao Ma's side and whispered: "General, I have a way to give it a try."

Di Qing's injury has not healed yet, so although he wanted to go into battle when he attacked Xingzhou City this time, Cao Ma did not let him go up. After all, Di Qing is his brother who is very optimistic, and there is no shortage of generals in the musket army who lead the way, so there is no need to let the injured Di Qing go up and take risks.

"What method?" Cao Ma was still a little listless at this time. In the past, they used to use the winter weather to freeze the city walls and block the siege of Dangxiang or Liao Kingdom. However, they did not expect that this time they would turn around. However, in the face of this situation, they themselves had no good solutions.

"General, look at the ice city in Xingzhou. It is thick and thin on the top, and there is a slope. If I continue to pour water on this slope, I might be able to lay a straight road that can be used to the city wall." Di Qing pointed to the ice city wall road in Xingzhou City.

"Someone has thought of this method, but the key is to get water from where to get water. All the surrounding rivers have been frozen. The camp can only get ice cubes and then boil them in the pot to turn into water. If you use this method to get water, it is probably not enough to cut down all the surrounding woods." Cao Ma shook his head after hearing Di Qing's words.

In fact, in addition to using water, some people in the palace have thought of building soil directly into a road, but now it is winter and the ground is full of frozen soil. It is not easy to dig out so much soil. If it snows heavily, the entire land will probably be frozen.

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

"Jingshui?" Cao Ma was stunned when he heard Di Qing's words, but then he frowned and said, "Jingshui does not freeze easily, but there seems to be no well nearby, right?"

"We can do it without us. I have a brother who used to dig wells for people. He has experience in this area. Moreover, Xingzhou is close to the Yellow River, so it is easy to dig out water. Then, using well water can pave a way!" Di Qing said again. It was because of this that he suggested to Cao Ma.

"Are you sure you can get out of water?" Cao Ma was shocked when he heard this. If it was really easy to get out of water, you could give it a try. After all, they only need to use ice to lay a ramp that leads to the city wall, and well water can also be provided.

"Of course it's certain, but it's not to hide it from the general. I dug a well in my camp two days ago. Now our camp uses well water." Di Qing said with great certainty. If he was not sure, he wouldn't suggest it to Cao Ma.

"Good boy, you really have you. Come with me to see the general!" Cao Mata believed that Di Qing would not lie to him, so he immediately slapped his hands and shouted, and after that, he pulled Di Qing to see Zhao Zhen.

At this time, Zhao Zhen also ordered the siege army to retreat, and he frowned and looked at Xingzhou City. Although he had expected that Xingzhou City was not easy to fight, and even prepared to consume with Dangxiang, he found that Dangxiang was far more difficult to fight than he had estimated, especially Li Yuanhao, who is experienced in military use and calmer than his age. Anyone will have a headache when encountering such an enemy.

At this moment, Cao Mata brought Di Qing to see Zhao Zhen, and then told Di Qing's thoughts. As a result, Zhao Zhen's eyes lit up after hearing this, "Take me to see your well!"

Di Qing immediately agreed, and then took Zhao Zhen and Cao Ma to the camp where he was stationed. In a corner of the camp, a well was dug out. He saw that there was ice on the wall of the well, but there was heat underneath. After all, the temperature of the well water is relatively high, and it will not freeze even in winter.

"Where is the one who dug the well, call him!" Zhao Zhen immediately spoke again, and Di Qing agreed at this time, and soon brought a young man with a medium figure and a poor appearance.

"The villain Zhou Zan pays homage to the general!" The 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 shoot this well?" Zhao Zhen asked directly without saying a word.

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

"If you ask you to have a few more mouthfuls, are you sure you can get out the water?" Zhao Zhen asked again.

"The villain is sure. In fact, the water veins underground are connected. Water can be produced here, and nearby places can be produced." Zhou Zan nodded again. His family has been living by digging wells for generations. He has passed down the skills of digging wells and finding water veins. Unfortunately, his family suffered a disaster a few years ago. His family has many brothers and cannot support them at all. He entered the army to have enough food.

"That's great. I'll allocate a group of people to you. You direct people to dig a well in front of the camp. If water can come out, I'll remember you!" Zhao Zhen said excitedly again.

"Thank you General!" Zhou Zan was also very excited when he heard Zhao Zhen's words. It is not easy for a lower-level soldier like him to make contributions, and the contribution that Zhao Zhen promised in person is definitely not small. Maybe he will make great achievements in the future with this contribution.

With Zhao Zhen's order, Zhou Zan led hundreds of people to start digging wells near Xingzhou City for the next period of time. When the first well was drilled out, Zhao Zhen began to send people to fetch water, and then prepared to use ice to build a slope that can be directly energetic city walls.

The Dangxiang people in Xingzhou City quickly guessed their purpose, so naturally they would not allow the Song army to complete it easily. So every time the Song army approached, arrows were falling like rain on the top of the city, but soon the Song army thought of a good idea.

They first built a tall ice wall with ice near the city wall, and then built a slope behind the wall. In this way, the ice wall was blocked by the ice wall, so that the Dangxiang people on the top of the city would not easily hit them. When the slope behind the wall was higher, the ice wall would be raised again.

As the saying goes, there are many people and great power. This time, Zhao Zhen brought an army of 50,000 and divided into several teams to pour the ice wall day and night. The weather in the northwest almost turned into ice. Even if the water temperature in the well is higher, if he runs a little slower, it may freeze on the ice wall. 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 entered the iceberg. Although the iceberg was slippery, they only needed to lay soil on the surface and pour a little water to form a frozen road, which could make people climb up very easily. The archers, with the terrain, immediately suppressed the Dangxiang archers at the head of Xingzhou City, and then countless people spent another ten days to fill the huge gap between the iceberg and the city wall.

With the formation of roads between the iceberg and the city wall, the city wall in Xingzhou has lost its function. Coupled with the suppression of archers, the wall on the front of the iceberg almost cannot afford the Dangxiang people a foothold. It can be said that as long as the Song army is willing, they can climb the iceberg to the top of the city at any time and start a battle with the Dangxiang people.
Chapter completed!