Although there were still nearly 20,000 men left in the camp, they were miserable and miserable, and under the first battle, most of the men and horses were lost, and they were suddenly reversed in the hope of victory.

A breakthrough retreat is unimaginable. Breaking through in such a state under the nose of the enemy will inevitably end up with the destruction of the entire army.

"If there are half fewer people, there will be more food, and it will last for about ten days." Li Bo, who came back from counting the logistics, said tiredly. "Ten days, will reinforcements arrive?"

Li Che and Wang Mingren were silent.

The main forces of Chengde are all here, where will there be reinforcements? Jiedu made Li Anguo indeed have more than 1,000 armor soldiers in his hands, but this alone is that the people and horses came to the rescue, it was a heavenly pool.

If you want to re-recruit more government soldiers from Zhaozhou, Yizhou, and Zhenzhou, where can you do it in ten days? Even in a month's time, I'm afraid it won't be possible.

At present, this army of levies has begun to assemble after the spring ploughing.

"Repair the barracks, let's hold on first!" Li Che sighed, "Akihito, you go and preside over the renovation of the big camp. ”

In the large camp, the armor soldiers did not unload their armor, but carried their weapons, leaning against the fence to rest, the government soldiers were busy renovating the large camp, the earlier large battalion, did not pay much attention to defense, only made some precautions according to the routine, but now, they have to rely on this large camp to resist the enemy's attack.

Fortunately, there was still a large amount of straw bags left over to fill the trenches outside Karuma Province, and they were stacked on earth and stone behind the fence to form an earthen wall. The sacks of grain that had been eaten were also brought over and filled with soil.

Behind the earthen wall, a trench two or three meters wide is being dug up, and the excavated soil is packed into bags, and the trench is another line of defense for the battalion. Every dozen meters, a large plank or tree pole will be tied together on top of the trench to facilitate the entry and exit of the defenders.

More arrow towers and watchtowers are being built.

Looking at those extremely tired armor soldiers and the government soldiers who were still working hard, Wang Mingren sighed silently, how could he suddenly become like this?

A battle that must be won has become a losing situation in the blink of an eye.

A few miles outside the camp was the Hejian Mansion, the seat of Yingzhou Governorship, which was almost taken by them, but now, it has become an unattainable target, and within a day, the situation is reversed, and that city has become their life-destroying talisman.

And what is even more terrifying is the sparkling firelight that is wandering outside the camp at this moment, it is the Khitan cavalry walking around with torches, and as far as the eye can see, there are such torches around the camp.

Breaking through is unimaginable. With the current ability of the army, abandoning the camp and coming out, the long retreat road will directly become the road to the Huangquan Ghost Gate.

How many days can you hold on?

Unless there is a miracle, it is possible to escape.

Chengde's side is not capable of coming to the rescue for the time being, and it is not a day's work to regroup the army, and the only hope now is that Liu Chenglin, who has occupied Zhangwu, can rush to support after hearing the news and cover their retreat in the direction of Zhangwu. After all, Zhang Wu is not far from Hejian.

Although people have been sent to Zhangwu to ask for help in the evening, it is a question whether people can arrive, and whether Liu Chenglin will come is also a question if people arrive.

That's a horizontal navy after all. Coming to the rescue in such a situation is a considerable risk.

This can only be regarded as one of the possibilities, and the most important thing is to rely on yourself. If the morale can be re-aroused, there are still nearly 2,000 armor soldiers and more than 10,000 soldiers in the camp, and it is not impossible for everyone to work together. But in this way, it is necessary to abandon the wounded soldiers in the large battalion.

It is easy to say that morale is boosted, but it is extremely difficult to do. Even if it's yourself, aren't you depressed now?

There was a noise in the distance, and soon the sound of horses' hooves became closer and closer, and a group of cavalry rushed from far and near in the direction of the main camp.

The whistling sound of feathered arrows sounded in the air, and scattered arrows were shot into the camp, causing a commotion among the soldiers who were digging a ditch and building a wall, and then the sound of horses' hooves was heard to go away again, and the whole camp returned to calm.

In the middle of the night, this harassment never stopped.

They knew that it was harassment, but they did not dare to relax their vigilance a little, who knows when such harassment and feints will immediately turn into real fierce attacks?

The enemy's tactical intention was obvious, that is, to keep the Cheng German army without rest, to consume their physical strength and endurance, and to wait until the sky was bright before launching a fierce attack.

This night, whether it was Wang Mingren or Li Che and Li Bo, no one closed their eyes.

Even though everyone prayed that the sky would light up a little later, the dawn still lit up in the east on time, and in the big camp, whether it was a soldier or a government soldier, they all had a full meal.

Even if the food is not enough to support it for a long time, today it is necessary to feed the soldiers. The fiercest battles are bound to break out today. This is something that both sides know very well.

The sky finally dawned, standing on the watchtower 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 eating the first meal of the day. While eating, he pointed at the camp from time to time.

Yesterday was the first time Wang Mingren actually confronted the Khitan cavalry on the battlefield, and he clearly saw how Li Che led five hundred cavalry to destroy these Khitan cavalry in front of him.

Compared with the well-trained Tang cavalry, the Khitan cavalry that relied on instinct to fight could not become too much of a threat, and 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 there are too many Khitan cavalry, and yesterday they came so suddenly, and the timing was just right. So that the German army did not have the slightest room for preparation. If they can have time to form a neat army, even if it is a government soldier, what can these Khitan cavalry do to them?

But time doesn't turn back. Wang Mingren carefully recalled yesterday's battle situation, and finally found helplessly that even if time passed, they could not recover the situation yesterday, and it was still a big defeat.

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

The gates of Hejian Mansion City were opened, and the soldiers took the lead, and a group of soldiers came out of the city.

As the morning sun gradually rose, the faces of Li Che and the others slowly turned pale.

Because the enemy's offensive lineup had been lined up, but between them and the big battalion, there were tens of thousands of Chengde soldiers who had been captured in yesterday's battle.

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

He was to drive these captives into the camp of the German army.

Not only did the three understand, but everyone in the camp understood what was going to happen. There was a dead silence in the camp. These government soldiers were all recruited from one place to another, and many of them had relatives, friends, and neighbors.

Before they could come up with a solution, the drums and trumpets were already sounding on the opposite side, and the Khitan cavalry shouted and drew their scimitars, and rode forward, driving countless captives towards the large camp in front.

The captives seemed to know what kind of order they were about to meet, and they cried and grinded and refused to move forward, so scimitars and feathered arrows fell on them mercilessly, and the captives fell down one after another, and the rest finally opened their legs in fear and rushed towards the camp of the German army in front of them.

"Archers ready, crossbowmen ready." Li Che clenched his fists tightly, his nails digging deep into his flesh. If these captives are allowed to break through the camp, the Khitan cavalry will inevitably follow, and once the camp is broken, everyone will have no way out.

"Shoot the arrows!" With an order, countless feathered arrows flew into the sky, rose to the highest place, fell upside down, and crossbow arrows whistled away, opening a bloody alley in the crowd. Countless captives screamed and fell to the hands of their former robes.

Forward is death, and backward is death.

No matter how dense the rain of arrows was, it couldn't stop the onslaught, hundreds of captives rushed to the camp, shaking the wooden fence frantically, in their opinion, if they could get in here and return to their companions, maybe they would have a chance to live, but the people inside saw not their desire to survive, but the hideous Khitan soldiers who rushed behind them.

The fence collapsed, the earthen wall behind it was overturned, and the Cheng Germans on the earthen wall fell down, and before they could get up, they were already overwhelmed by the crowd rushing outside.

On the other side of the trench, a group of pikemen with spears and mercilessly stabbed through the ditch, stabbing the onrushing crowd to death on the edge of the trench.

The trenches, which are several meters deep, rapidly become shallow.

The war horses neighed, and more than a dozen war horses rushed from behind these captives, and the impact force of the murderer made the body of the captive, who was already only a thin layer in front of him, be knocked into the air, and flew up, crossed the trench, and landed on the spear on the opposite side, and the war horse also flew across the trench in the air.

The war horse fell heavily to the ground, and there were many broken spears and broken knives stuck in his body, but the knight slipped behind the horse's stock at the moment when the war horse flew over the trench, and tightly dragged the horse's tail to the ground. As soon as his feet were firm, he slashed with the scimitar in his hand.

Dozens of armor soldiers immediately drilled out from behind the pikemen and met these Khitan cavalry who rushed over.

The swords and spears were raised, the sparks were splashed, and the Khitan soldiers were hacked to death on the spot in front of the armored soldiers who were all dressed in armor.

Throughout the camp, the same battles were taking place all the time.

Wang Mingren, Li Bo was tired of running for his life, Li Che was in the middle of the command, and if there was a danger there, he would have to support it. He no longer has any reserves available, and all the armor soldiers are now fighting on the front line.