Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

At night, dense crowds of people, both men and women, were gathering in the north of the city driven by the army.

They dug soil from an open space in the east at night, filled and compacted the rear of the city wall, surrounded it with good pine boards, and continued to thicken the city wall from the inside.

Xiao Siwen personally brought more than 20 personal guards to supervise the work in the rear, and asked the defenders to supervise. Anyone who did not work hard would be whipped directly with a whip.

The number of guards around him continued to increase. At the beginning when he was in Nanjing, he basically had only one personal guard, who was a subordinate warrior who had followed him for many years. Later, there were four, ten, and now more than 20 masters.

Just because the situation in Shangjing became more and more tense, and the atmosphere became even more terrifying.

The city of Shangjing is not too fast, and the situation is becoming more and more cloudy.

The north and south of Shangjing are long and narrow, separated by the inland river. The north of the city is called Da Nei, which is the residence of Khitan nobles and noble ministers of the Liao Kingdom.

On weekdays, the two sides are quite distinct, and there are many conflicts, but they can still get along peacefully.

However, as the Liao army has been continuously defeated and lost troops over the years, and Shi Congyun has made it clear that those who can speak Chinese will not be killed. In addition, now that the army is approaching the city, the people in the city are panicked, terrified, and under the pressure of fear. However, the Qin army has been only attacking the north of the city, and has been fighting directly towards Da Nei, which has caused many other voices in the city.

In the south of Seoul, some people have long advocated surrender, lest the Qin army come in without leaving behind. The Khitan nobles in the north of the city are dominated, but they dare not surrender. .

If this happened in the past, Xiao Siwen could lead troops to suppress it, but now the Daliao has more than [-] elites, and the defense of the city depends entirely on the soldiers and civilians in the city. Insufficient, many people fled, and many died in the south.

Xiao Siwen was also in a dilemma. Two days ago, there were Han people who wanted to assassinate him in the street, and opened the city gate to welcome the Qin army into the city. At that time, the assassin was caught and executed on the side of the street. After that, his guards also increased one after another.

While he was supervising men and women recruited temporarily to repair and thicken the city wall, someone came to tell him that the officials in Taicang were in a hurry, and the food, grass, cattle and sheep in the city were almost gone.
Xiao Siwen's face turned gloomy. The Qin army besieged the city for more than a month, and three of their cattle, sheep, food and grass were no longer in the city.

Some of them were taken away by the army that went south to fight, and they must have been captured by the Qin army afterwards.

The other part is in the big camp outside the city, which has now been captured by the Qin army, and must also fall into the hands of the Qin army.

There are also most of them because the late emperor was fond of hunting and ignored government affairs. Most of the time he was not in Shangjing and hunted in the north. Most of them lived in the Heishan Palace in Huazhou, where he often went hunting. The war broke out after His Majesty ascended the throne, and there was no time to pay attention to those things.

Now the Black Mountain Palace must have been occupied by the Qin army and fell into the hands of the Qin army.

In other words, almost all of the savings of the Liao Kingdom over the years, a large amount of cattle, sheep, horses, and grain, fell into the hands of the Qin army, so that now Shangjing began to be short of grain and grass after more than a month of siege.
Xiao Siwen felt even more overwhelmed and clueless for a moment, so he could only give orders, and temporarily concealed the news, taking one step at a time.

That night, he came home very late, and when he passed by street corners or alleys on the way, he was trembling, for fear that an assassin would jump out of it, and before he got home, he heard the Qin army firing cannons at night as usual, disturbing people's hearts.

When he returned to the eldest princess' mansion, his wife and daughter Xiao Yanyan were waiting for him and prepared hot food for him.

Xiao Siwen was very pleased, but he didn't have the slightest appetite. Looking at the daughter of [-] Nianhua in front of him, he looked serious and full of affection, and said seriously: "Yanyan, you are our family's hope."

Xiao Chuo was smart, and immediately felt the strangeness in his father's words: "Did the Qin army attack the city?"

Xiao Siwen nodded, "And it's very powerful, I'm afraid it won't last for a few days."

After saying this, both mother and daughter were terrified, and Xiao Siwen comforted again: "No matter what happens, our family will be fine, but Yanyan
Shi Congyun has been clamoring for you for many years, and he has never forgotten you since you were eight years old, now"

Xiao Chuo was a little embarrassed and annoyed, but she was never a naive person: "Father, I will try my best to protect my family no matter what."

With her daughter's guarantee, Xiao Siwen was relieved, and soon went into the room and fell into a drowsy sleep.

Before dawn at midnight, Xiao Siwen only slept for two hours, and immediately got up to inspect the city. The Qin army outside the city did not fire any more cannons, probably because it was still early, maybe they would continue to attack the city with cannons after dawn .

Xiao Siwen inspected the northern part of the city wall, and then went home after dawn.

But when he arrived at the gate of the mansion, someone reported to him at the gate that someone had just arrived from the palace and carried Xiao Chuo away in a sedan chair.

Xiao Siwen was stunned for a moment, strode into the yard and began to question the matter. Hearing the voice outside, his wife came out and asked him what was wrong.

"Who took Yanyan away!"

"There are more than 200 people in the palace. They are all elite guards. Don't worry if they can protect Yanyan's safety." The wife said.

Xiao Siwen raised her voice suddenly, "I didn't mean that! Didn't I tell anyone not to take Yanyan away!"

The wife was stunned: "But they are His Majesty's people, and they are His Majesty's request."

Xiao Siwen's mind was buzzing, he slapped his wife backhanded, and angrily said: "Your Majesty is also a human being!"

The wife covered her face in disbelief and looked at him. She was frightened and at a loss for a while, and soon she was wronged and shed tears.

Because she is the eldest princess of the Wei Kingdom of the Liao Kingdom, and married into the Xiao family, her husband has always been obedient to her, but she never thought that her husband would beat her today!
"That's our family's fate!" Xiao Siwen didn't have time to say more, he ignored his wife who was still crying and got on his horse, and asked someone to summon the Xiao family's private soldiers, and quickly gathered more than 200 people in front of the eldest princess's mansion.

The guard next to him asked: "Are we going to rob someone?" They witnessed the quarrel between the husband and wife.

Xiao Siwen was stunned for a moment, the sun was rising in the distance, and sporadic gunfire from the Qin Army came from outside the city. He sighed softly, as if muttering to himself, "I have nothing to rely on now."

Then he led the people to the south of the city: "It's not to ask for people, but to open the city gate."

Everyone was stunned, but almost no one objected, some agreed aloud, some acquiesced, and followed Xiao Siwen all the way to the south of the city.

Almost everyone knows that going to the capital cannot be kept for a long time. The reason why Xiao Siwen was not afraid of all kinds of difficulties and had the heart to persevere before is nothing more than that he had Xiao Chuo as his reliance, and felt that even if the city was destroyed, Shi Congyun would not chase him to death. It was someone else and not him.

Now His Majesty has taken away his support and completely cut off his retreat. Entering the palace and seizing people is notorious for rebellion.
He thought in his heart, don't blame me for being unkind, it's better to open the city and surrender, and let the Qin army enter the city!Otherwise, when Qin Jun fights in by himself, he will not end well!