The Liao State solved the food crisis, and it was possible to stay in Xingqing Mansion, but the tall Xingqing Mansion resisted the attack of the Liao army, unless Liao Xingzong went crazy, otherwise, it could only be surrounded. Now, it depends on the grain and grass on both sides, who can consume whom, on the surface, the Liao State has the upper hand, but Yuan Hao saw that a large number of livestock were brought, and the reason why he did not attack was that he still had a hole card, that is, winter.

The winter of Western Xia, unusually cold, at the same time, over the years, getting colder and colder, in winter, even the grass does not grow, some tribes must kill livestock, or even drown, livestock, so that they can slowly survive the winter, camp in the wild, need to attack the Liao army, they are in the cold, how many possibilities, as long as they can't hold on, it is their opportunity.

In fact, the severe cold has had a huge impact, and the preparation of the Liao State is not sufficient, which has been manifested in the territory of Western Xia at the beginning, just through the desert area, tens of thousands of horses have been killed, not Xiao Hui and others, who successfully defeated Western Xia in the early stage, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

Now, it has entered winter, the winter of Liao, the same is more difficult, the general Liao soldiers, also carry some wintering items, but in the wild environment, and the fixed aquatic and grass plump place, this is completely different, especially fortunately, holding weapons, fighting, frostbite is endless.

Especially when food is scarce and the soldiers at the bottom begin to control, frostbite begins to intensify, and the cold environment consumes much more calories than the ordinary environment, and the soldiers at the bottom are deducted, which is even worse.

If it weren't for the appearance of Zhou Wenxiu, the cold and food problems alone would have been enough to make the Liao army collapse.

The arrival of a large number of cattle is a little better, at least, the soldiers at the bottom have meat to eat, and in the daily life, life is not so hard.

But with the arrival of December, the cold wind was bitter, a cold wave down, fell nearly one percent of the livestock, in fact, the soldiers were also damaged, but the arrival of a large number of livestock, peeled off a lot of skin, with the help of the cold of these furs, so that most of the soldiers, have a leather coat, even if the cut is very bad, but can also spend in the cold wind.

These are equivalent to saving the lives of the low-level soldiers, but the cattle outside do not have such a good life.

The climate of the Xiaoice River, the cold is intensifying, even the North Sea, that is, later Lake Baikal is frozen, the nomads living in the north began to move south, which is also the fundamental reason for the Jin Dynasty Liao, Yuan Mengdai Jin.

It's not that they want to attack, it's not their ambition, in the beginning, it's all forced to live, and they need to find a place to spend the winter.

Frozen livestock, in this cold winter, will not deteriorate, but to the Liao State sounded the alarm, they thought, can be here to besiege the city for a year, but at most in the spring of next year, they must retreat, because the spring flowers, not only will bring a warm climate, but also let the permafrost thaw, these very good animal carcasses, will become a mess of rotten stinky meat, when the time comes, what to do.

The leather coat was barely enough to keep out the cold, but to cook the frozen meat, it would take more fuel and some necessary heating, after all, it was impossible to hide in a tent all the time.

Pessimistic thoughts, once again appeared this time, this time, even Xiao Hui was a little pessimistic, a winter, there is no way to let Yuan Hao consume the materials, by the beginning of the spring next year, the materials are scarce, and when the permafrost melts, it will be a nightmare for Liao.

Of course, in winter, it is not possible to march, not to mention Yuan Hao's pursuit, let's just say that the bad climate, a large-scale cold air down, is enough to inflict heavy damage on the marching troops, and it seems that all of a sudden, it has entered a dilemma.

Living in the palace of Xingqing Mansion, Yuan Hao is very comfortable, the more cold the wind, the more happy he is, although because there are too many people concentrated, the population of Xingqing Mansion has increased by 10 times, which will make the cold have some impact, but the overall situation remains the same.

The city wall guarding Xingqing Mansion has become a part of the elite army and people, and the tall city wall can reduce the experience problem of the soldiers, and they can afford to hold weapons, and they can have a lot of strength.

Yuan Hao's previous wars with the Northern Song Dynasty were all on the attacking side, and in many cases, in the face of the strong city walls, there was no way but to rely on cavalry, large-scale mobilization, and in the guerrillas, to kill the enemy.

Now, the same treatment is enjoyed by the Liao State, and at the same time, the Liao State does not have the conditions of the Western Xia, except for Xingqing Mansion, the Western Xia has no place worthy of the Liao State, even if it is those tribes, at most it will increase some military rations, it is impossible to mobilize the Western Xia, he just has to wait quietly, if it really snows a few times, it will be better.

The Liao State and the Western Xia State fell into a strange balance, it seemed that the Liao State had the upper hand, but it was a dilemma, and the Western Xia seemed to be besieged in the city, but they sat firmly in the Diaoyutai.

Neither country realizes that in Lingzhou, not far away, a huge change has emerged.

Not far from them, in Lingzhou, the Northern Song Dynasty, the object they had been ignoring, also began to move.

Lingzhou is close at hand, if it is said that if you search for grain and grass, Lingzhou, which is rich in water and grass, should be the best choice, but Liao has no time to search Lingzhou, where is not the route of their attack, in addition to which direction Zhou Wenxiu came back, brought a large amount of grain and grass, and told him that where Yuan Hao has been concentrated.

This is a lie that is easy to debunk, but under the premise of the time, it is easy to miss, after gaining a lot of gains in the northwest, no one will mention this aspect, after all, Lingzhou is too close to Xingqing Mansion, unless Yuan Hao takes the initiative to inform, otherwise, no one knows whether personnel and materials are concentrated.

Under such an advantage, the Northern Song Dynasty quietly marched and began to take root in Lingzhou.

After taking almost all of Lingzhou, Han Qi has been carefully staying in Xiping Mansion, and by the way, he has occupied all the places in Lingzhou, including those close to Xiping Mansion.

One month ago, he only controlled the important place of Xiping Mansion, but a month later, the entire Lingzhou, and even other places that were handed over to Lingzhou, were occupied by the Northern Song Dynasty, and 24 points were set up.

A Xiping Mansion can allow the Northern Song Dynasty to have a stable fulcrum, and 24 fortresses converge into a piece, which will form a barrier and encompass the entire Lingzhou.

In terms of geographical location, Lingzhou cannot be called precipitous, nor is it easy to defend and difficult to attack, but the advantage of Lingzhou, to a certain extent, is the fertility of the land.

Lingzhou is a rich land near the Hetao, the shape of the Yellow River, just passing here, an important tributary of the middle reaches of the Yellow River, passing through it, bringing abundant water sources, here from the end of the ancient road, all belong to the rich land, but in the hands of the Western Xia wasted.

Now, it has fallen into the hands of the Northern Song Dynasty, as long as the flexible arrangement and a series of fortresses ensure safety, this will become the base ahead, as long as enough land can be developed, it will become an important fulcrum of the Northern Song Dynasty in the northwest.

The role of grain on the border plug can be said to be called the first, with food, only then can a large army be stationed, only then can a large army be stationed, and only then can the army achieve results, and even offensive.

After war and over-development, the once rich land of Guanzhong has become a barren place.

The reason why the northwest costs a lot is because there is no local output, basically all rely on foreign transportation, and the harsh environment here, coupled with inconvenient traffic conditions, makes the transportation cost very high.

In feudal society, the worst form of labor was to transport grain to the border army, and it was easy to suffer from danger, not to mention the things given.

Manpower pushes the grain truck, and the mileage traveled every day is very limited, even to maintain the most basic living needs, a lot of food is needed, not to mention that someone eats and takes a card.

On this 2,000-mile journey, I don't know how many people are buried in it, and the most terrible thing is that even so, the price paid for transporting a stone of grain to the front line in Longxi is very amazing.

The grain transported from Bianliang to Longxi has almost increased by 10 times, the reason is very simple, a cart of grain, to be transported from Bianliang to Longxi, the consumption on land alone is more than several times of its own, plus other aspects such as loss, if it is not sold to 10 times, it will lose money.

From the time of Zhenzong, the crisis in Longxi began to appear, and the most recognized practice of all the courtiers was to Tuntian, even if the cost was huge, even if the use of Juntun this way, as long as Longxi could produce 1 stone more grain, it would mean that from Bianliang to Longxi, less than 5 stone would be transported, and this ratio was very terrible.

Realizing this does not mean that it can be done, the weak environment, planting grass is okay, food is difficult, and even planting grass is quite barren, compared to Hetao, compared to Inner Mongolia, I don't know how much worse.

There is only an area close to the border, a little better, where is the war zone, God knows, when, Western Xia will come to attack, even if it can be planted, it will be cheap for Western Xia.

But Lingzhou is different, this is the territory of Western Xia, Western Xia is not the Northern Song Dynasty, it has never grown grain, it is still like planting and harvesting, this piece of plastered land has been given up like this, which is more or less, making them feel wasteful.

As long as there are enough military and civilian, as long as there is a large number of tools to support, the development will be a fertile soil, conservative estimates, if Lingzhou is developed, the area of cultivated land, will not be less than 4 million mu, even if a stone, is 4 million stones, which means that Bianliang less expenditure of 20 million stones, this is a huge promotion, for the entire northwest is immeasurable benefits.

Just to save money, it will be tens of millions, not to mention the stable defense brought by a large amount of grain, and when the time comes, there will even be spare strength to concentrate some of the grain and grass to counterattack the Western Xia.