Although there were nearly 20,000 people left in the camp, they were miserable and miserable. In a battle, most of the people were lost, and they were suddenly reversed under the expectation of victory. The great hope was before and the great despair was now.

It is unimaginable to break through and retreat. In such a state, breaking through under the enemy's nose will inevitably lead to the destruction of the entire army.

"If the people are less, the food will be more, and it will last for about ten days." Li Bo, who returned after counting the logistics supplies, said tiredly. "Can reinforcements arrive in ten days?"

Neither Li Che nor Wang Mingren made any noise.

The main forces of Chengde are here, so where can there be reinforcements? The Jiedushi Li Anguo does have more than a thousand soldiers in his hands, but it is Tianfang Yetan to rescue them based on this little force alone.

If you want to re-enlist more military soldiers from Zhaozhou, Yizhou and Zhenzhou, where can you do it in ten days? Even if it takes one month, I am afraid it will not be possible.

At present, the army that was going on the expedition began to gather after the spring plowing.

"Renovate the camp, let's hold on first!" Li Che sighed, "Mingren, go and preside over the renovation of the camp."

In the camp, the soldiers did not unload their armor, but instead leaned on weapons and rested against the fence. The soldiers of the palace were busy renovating the camp. The camp did not pay much attention to defense in the early camp, but only made some defenses according to the rules. But now, they have to rely on this camp to resist the enemy's attack.

Fortunately, there were still a lot of grass bags prepared to fill the trenches outside Hejian Mansion. After loading these straw bags with earth and stones, they were stacked layer by layer behind the fence and built into a wall of earth. After eating the grain bags were also taken over to fill the soil.

Behind the earth wall, a two or three-meter-wide trench is being dug, and the digging of soil is put into a bag, and the trench is another line of defense for the camp. Every ten meters, a large wooden board or tree pole will be tied together on the trench, so that defenders can enter and exit.

More arrow towers and watchtowers are being built.

Looking at the extremely tired soldiers and the soldiers who were still working hard, Wang Mingren sighed silently. Why did he suddenly become like this?

A battle that will win will be a sure defeat in a blink of an eye.

A few miles away from the camp was Hejian Mansion, the capital of Yingzhou, which was almost taken by them, but now it has become an unattainable target. Within one day, the situation reversed, and the city became their destruction talisman.

What's even more terrifying is the scattered flames that are wandering outside the camp at this moment. They are the Khitan cavalry wandering with torches. Looking around, there are all such torches around the camp.

It is unimaginable to break through. With the current capabilities of the army, abandoning the camp and the long retreat path will directly become the road to the gate of the Ghost of the Yellow Springs.

But if you stick to it, how many days can you keep it?

Unless a miracle occurs, you can escape from the heavens.

Chengde's side is not able to come to rescue for the time being, and it will take only one day to regroup the army. The only hope now is that Liu Chenglin, who has occupied Zhang Wu, can come to support and cover them to retreat in the direction of Zhang Wu. After all, Zhang Wu is not far from Hejian.

Although people had been sent to Zhangwu for help in the evening, whether people could arrive was a question. Whether people could arrive was also a question, whether Liu Chenglin would come.

After all, it was Heng Haijun. In such a situation, it was necessary to take considerable risks.

This can only be one of the possibilities, and the most important thing is to rely on yourself. If morale can be rekindled, there will be nearly 2,000 soldiers and more than 10,000 soldiers in the camp, and it is not impossible for everyone to work together. But in this way, the wounded soldiers in the camp must be given up.

But it is easy to say, but it is difficult to do. Even if you are yourself, aren’t you depressed now?

There was a sound of drums in the distance, and then the sound of horse hooves became closer and closer. A team of cavalry rushed from far to near, towards the direction of the camp. The soldiers standing by the fence immediately raised their swords and guns and were on guard.

The whistling sound of feather arrows sounded in the air, and scattered arrows shot into the camp, causing a riot among the soldiers who were digging trenches and building walls. Then, the sound of horse hooves left again, and the entire camp returned to peace.

It was midnight, and such harassment never stopped.

Even though they knew it was harassment, they did not dare to relax their vigilance. Who knows when such harassment would immediately turn into a real fierce attack?

The enemy's tactical intention was very obvious, which was to prevent the Cheng German army from resting, consume their physical strength and endurance, and wait until it was dawn before launching a fierce attack.

That night, no one was close to his eyes, whether it was Wang Mingren, Li Che and Li Bo.

Even though everyone prayed that it would be a little later, the dawn still lit up in the east on time. In the camp, both the armored soldiers and the palace soldiers had a full meal.

Even if the food is insufficient to support it for a long time, today we will have to fill the soldiers. The most intense battle will inevitably break out today. This is something that both sides know very well.

It was finally bright. Standing on the tower in the camp, you could clearly see the situation outside. The Khitan cavalry gathered together in the east and west, sitting on the ground, and were also eating the first meal of today. While eating, they pointed at the camp from time to time.

Yesterday was the first time that Wang Mingren really fought with the Khitan cavalry on the battlefield. He clearly saw how Li Che led 500 cavalry to destroy the Khitan cavalry in front of him.

Compared with the well-trained Tang cavalry, the Khitan cavalry that relies on instinct to fight cannot be too much threat. It is no wonder that Zhang Zhongwu defeated the Khitans in Lulong. But the problem is that there are too few cavalry like them and too many Khitan cavalry. Yesterday they came so suddenly, and the timing was just right. The Cheng German army had no room for preparation. If they could have time to form an orderly army, even if they were the palace soldiers, what could these Khitan cavalry do to them?

But time will not go back. Wang Mingren recalled yesterday's battle situation carefully, and finally found that even if time flies, they could not get back to the situation yesterday, and it was still a big defeat.

The sound of dong dong drums sounded above the Hejian Prefecture City. The scattered Khitan cavalry outside stood up at the same time and turned over their horses. In a moment, a huge cavalry cluster appeared in front of the generals Chengde.

The gate of Hejianfu City was wide open, with soldiers leading the way, and teams of soldiers drove out of the city.

As the rising sun gradually rose, Li Che and others' faces gradually turned pale.

Because the enemy's attack lineup has been listed, but between them and the camp, there are tens of thousands of Chengde soldiers who were captured in the battle yesterday.

The three of them immediately understood what Shi Yi wanted to do.

He wanted to drive these prisoners to rush into the German camp.

Not only these three people understood, but everyone in the camp also understood what was going to happen. There was a silence in the camp. These soldiers were collected from one place, with many of them having relatives, friends, neighbors and old friends.

Before they could come up with any solution, the drums and trumpets were already ringing across the opposite side. The Khitan cavalry shouted and drew out their scimitars, rode their horses forward, driving countless prisoners to rush towards the camp ahead.

The prisoners seemed to know what kind of order they were about to meet. They cried and refused to move forward, so the scimitar and feather arrows fell mercilessly on them. The captives fell down one after another, and the rest finally stepped apart in fear and rushed towards the Chengde camp ahead.

"Archer prepares, crossbowman prepares." Li Che clasped his fists tightly and his fingernails were deeply embedded in the flesh. If these prisoners were allowed to break through the camp, the Khitan cavalry would follow up. Once the camp was broken, no one would have a way out.

"Shoot the arrow!" With a command, countless feather arrows flew into the sky, rose to the highest point, fell down, crossbow arrows roared away, and blood alleys were opened among the crowd. Countless prisoners screamed and fell under their former robes.

Going forward means death, and going backward means death.

No matter how dense the arrow rain was, it could not stop the continuous impact. Hundreds of prisoners rushed to the camp and shook the wooden fence flew wildly. In their opinion, if they could enter here and return to their companions, they might have a chance to survive, but what the people inside saw was not their desire to survive, but the hideous Khitan soldiers following them.

The fence fell down with a bang, and the earthen wall behind was overturned. The Cheng German army on the earthen wall fell down. Before they could get up, they were already flooded by the crowd rushed out.

Opposite the trench, teams of spearmen were erecting long spears and stabbing violently through the trench without any mercy, stabbing the crowd that was rushing to death on the edge of the trench.

The trench several meters deep quickly became shallow.

The war horses neighed, and dozens of war horses rushed from behind the prisoners. The murderous force caused the prisoner's body, which was only a thin layer in front, to be knocked up and flew up, crossed the trench and landed on the spear opposite, and the war horse immediately flew across the trench.

The war horse fell heavily to the ground, with countless broken spears and swords inserted into it. However, the horse knight slipped to the horse's trench the moment the war horse flew over the trench, and pulled the horse's tail tightly to the ground. As soon as he settled his feet, he cut the scimitar in his hand.

Dozens of armored soldiers immediately emerged from behind the spearmen and met the Khitan cavalry rushing over.

The swords and spears were raised, and Mars flew everywhere. The Khitan soldiers were cut to death on the spot without long standing in front of the armored soldiers.

The same battles happened all around the entire camp.
Chapter completed!