After determining Lingchangjin as a key defensive location, the Huainan Army was also quickly mobilized, and the soldiers who were originally scattered along the Yellow River all moved to Lingchangjin.

Because of the foundation of the enemy's general Chen Shi's earlier operation, it saved a lot of initial fortifications, Chen Shi was defeated and retreated in a hurry, and many of the original camps were too late to be demolished, but they were a little messy, and after a little repair, the Huainan defenders could be directly stationed.

But the foundation of the word is actually only the most basic camp, and as for the fortifications of defense, it is basically equal to nothing. Moreover, the enemy army may attack at any time, and there is no chance to build a large number of buildings in such a short time, otherwise the enemy army will attack halfway, which will be more chaotic and unfavorable for defense.

As for some large-scale offensive and defensive equipment, there is no one in the Huainan Army at the moment. Therefore, this battle seems to be a stronghold of the Huainan Army, but in fact, it is no different from a field battle. In particular, Lingchangjin is surrounded by tidal flats on the left, and once a war starts, there will be no changes in formation and coordination of troops.

Therefore, before the enemy attacked, the Huainan army did at most to mow the dense and miscellaneous reeds and other shelters around it, in order to expand the coverage of long-range weapons as much as possible, and at the same time accumulate more firewood along the river line to cooperate with the fire defense, which can be regarded as gaining a little defensive advantage.

"In the past, it was a battle, or to take advantage of the crowd, or to take the advantage, or to take the opportunity, but this time to defend Lingchang, all the advantages are not available, only by fighting for life, can we seek one or two chances of victory. Although there were quite small victories before, they must not be underestimated!

The enemy of Hebei has been fierce for a long time, and in previous years, it was even more dominant in the Central Plains and caused chaos in China. Now brave to this point, there is no lack of luck, if this battle is unfavorable, if the next day if you seek to enter here, it is inevitable to fight bloody battles, I don't know how many Huainan heroes are buried here, although the victory is still humiliating, self-surrender, all have no face to see Jiangdong fathers! ”

During this time, Shen Zhezi has also been staying near Lingchangjin and will never leave. There was not much to inspect in this humble barracks, so most of the time he walked between the ranks to boost morale: "But you don't have to worry, Huainan was also a war-torn wasteland in the early years, especially by the river at this time. But what about now? We and other Huainan soldiers, the most important thing is to face the difficulties of the heroic, in previous years even if there were victories, the flow of time is mostly to luck and despise.

However, today, the outnumbered, tired, useless, and far away, the battle will be lost, and the only one who is strong will be defeated, and who will dare to underestimate the fierceness of Huainan in the future! ”

When the soldiers heard Shen Zhezi's words, their expressions were also dignified. To be honest, Huainan has experienced a lot of large and small wars in the past few years, but there are really not many situations like today's complete disadvantage.

Just as Shen Zhezi said, the Huainan Army has no advantage in all aspects, and even this key defensive combat location may not be the direction of the enemy's attack.

Therefore, Shen Zhezi himself has no confidence in this victory or defeat, although he believes that the Huainan Army is definitely a strong army in the world, but in the past, every time there is a big or small war, he has done his best to strengthen the advantages of the Huainan Army from all aspects, and does not completely put the Huainan Army in an absolutely inferior combat environment.

But this time, as a lone army that reached the Yellow River, he himself was really unable to catch it, and whether he could win this battle depended on the fighting spirit of the Huainan Army officers and soldiers.

But the fighting spirit is too difficult to figure out, some people in order to survive, some people in order to protect the countryside, some people in order to soar, can put aside the great fear between life and death, and sacrifice their lives to fight.

Moreover, Shen Zhezi has always felt that war is the most complex and fierce game, and if there is a war, it must be put to death and reborn, which is the responsibility of the general. It is the duty of the officers and men to dare to fight in the face of the enemy, and this time, it is indeed his dereliction of duty not to create a superior battlefield environment for the officers and men of the Huainan Army.

In fact, this battle could have been avoided, and the Huainan Army was reluctantly deployed along the river. Now that it is certain that the enemy army will take advantage of the weakness of the Huainan army to attack, the best thing to do is not to take a step back for the time being, wait for the successor army to go north, and then attack northward with all his might.

However, in this way, the follow-up combat pressure of the Huainan Army will be much greater, and it may have to pay several times or even more costs.

And there is another point, that is, the Huainan Army will inevitably have to fight on a large scale in Hebei in the future, and Hebei is quite unfamiliar to the Huainan Army in terms of scenery and terrain, which can be described as a new challenge.

Moreover, according to Shen Zhezi's style, it was impossible for him to give too many benefits to the people of Hebei to compromise and use them for his own use, so as to reduce the intensity of future wars.

So in the future, there will be more and more unplanned encounters, even if Shen Zhezi can control the general strategic direction, but an unexpected and undominant local battle like the current one requires the Huainan soldiers to maintain their own strength, not only to win, but also to survive!

"At that time, many people marked me with national soldiers, and I was always proud of it. But ask yourself, Yongjia surrendered to Shenzhou Lu Shen, the Central Plains rebelled against the masses, the general trend is sad, and the common people are suffering, only I Huainan, with the lonely and weak people to fight the rebellion of the thieves, and rebuild the paradise in the sky with a hundred battles wasteland, is it the work of one person! If there is no me Huainan with a strong man in armor to fight with his life and repeatedly break strong enemies, who does the common people know who Shen Weizhou is?

To be able to work with you, not to worry about the catastrophe, not to be lonely and weak, even if the sky is tilting, I have my own Huainan up and down the iron backbone to bear it, the rest of my life can be described as a great luck! How many people in the world are called lonely, how many are widowed, have you ever asked me to be a strong man in Huainan? In March, the army was raised in Huainan, and in June, the Yellow River water was drunk. When the battle is about to come, the only thing I have to say is that I put my life in your hands, and you are willing to take my life here? ”

"Fight to the death for the governor!"

In the humble camp, the roars of the soldiers of the Huainan Army sounded everywhere, although they were not very neat, but they were also murderous for a while, which made people feel moving.

After hearing the response of the soldiers, Shen Zhezi was also very relieved for a while, but he did not continue to incite people's feelings, after all, such an excited state is also a great drain on people's mental and physical strength.

Although the troops around the Huainan Army have all gathered in the camp of Lingchangjin, even Sujube City is only symbolically decorated with three or four hundred troops, and they have given up the defense of the city, and these defenders are more of a messenger. But even so, in the entire Lingchang camp, there were only 3,000 soldiers.

As for the division of troops on the slipway, even if they are withdrawn, they may not be able to catch up with the big battle, and those people are originally to defend and operate the slide, and it may not be impossible to hold out for a few days to defend the city, but if they withdraw in a hurry, they will lose both the beginning and the end.

Of course, in addition to the 3,000 soldiers in the camp, there were still 2,000 cavalry led by Xiao Yuandong to roam the near side. However, Xiao Yuandong's cavalry was not prepared to defend Lingchangjin, once the enemy did not choose to attack Lingchangjin, or found that Lingchangjin was difficult to conquer and chose another landing site, the cavalry would come in handy, obstructing and pinning down the enemy in the field, and providing opportunities and time for the defenders of Lingchangjin to change positions.

Nowadays, in Lingchang Jinzhong, almost all the commanders and generals are Huainan young and strong. Although the current situation is extremely unfavorable to the Huainan Army, the momentum of these generals is still sharp, on the one hand, it is the sharpness of the newborn calf who is not afraid of the tiger, and on the other hand, it is also through Xiao Yuandong's encounter that the governor is also interested in promoting these young people, the opportunity is in front of him, just see who can grasp it.

However, when they heard Shen Zhezi say that he would also stay and stick to Lingchangjin, everyone was still a little hesitant in their hearts, and Bian Zhang, who was Shen Zhezi's protégé, persuaded: "The thief general Tian Ni is just a dog in the stone thief household, and there is really no need for the governor to personally enter the battle to supervise the battle." What's more, the enemy army may not directly take Lingchangjin, if it still has to move to battle, it is necessary to dispatch after the capital to supervise the town......"

The rest of the generals also advised Shen Zhezi one after another, on the one hand, they really felt that the thief of Tianni was not worthy of the Governor to face the battle in person, and on the other hand, they were also worried that if the battle did not go well, they might put the Governor in danger. If anything happens to the governor in the battle, then they will really become Huainan sinners.

When Shen Zhezi heard this, he smiled and waved his hand: "There is no need to say anything about this matter, I live here, and I am not here to supervise the war." When the time is about to fight, it is still up to you to dispatch the enemy. But I have thousands of strong men in Huainan here, if even a single Tianni can force me back, what can I talk about sweeping Hebei! You have all worked with me for a long time, and there is no shortage of acquaintances, and I hope you will not let me suffer the humiliation of this retreat! ”

When the generals heard this, they knew that the governor had made up his mind, and it was useless to say more, so they simply shut up, but secretly decided in their hearts that if the enemy army really came to attack Lingchangjin, even if they fought to the death, they would never allow these thieves to rush to the governor's tent.

This night, quiet and quiet, although the Huainan army officers and soldiers know that a vicious battle may happen at any time, but they do not mean this, except for some cruising scout rafts on the river, the rest are all sleeping peacefully and recuperating.

Before dawn, the moonfall hook had already fallen into the western sky, the night still shrouded the river, the ripples of the cool breeze did not even have scales, the whole world seemed to be completely soaked in ink, only a few faint lights were about to be extinguished.

Syllable...... Syllable!

The loud sound of gongs and drums suddenly sounded, and the warning roar of the scouts was heard on the river that was blown intermittently by the night wind: "Enemy attack, enemy attack ......"

The originally silent camp suddenly came to life, the bonfires were lit outside the camp tents, and in a very short time, the officers and men of the Huainan Army were fully equipped, and under the leadership of their respective commanders, they entered the defense areas they had divided in an orderly manner, and then each picked up knives, guns, bows and crossbows, faced the Yellow River shrouded in night, and stood silently in the battle array.

Shen Zhezi also marched out of the military tent surrounded by his own soldiers, and then sat down on the couch in the open space in the middle of the camp, surrounded by bonfires, which could be seen from any direction.

In this battle, he did not intend to leave here, and if he did, either the enemy army had been killed and retreated, or the defeat of the Huainan army was decided. He wants to see with his own eyes the strong army of Huainan that he has created with his own hands, still fighting bravely in a completely unfavorable situation, and killing Hu Lu!

On the front line, with the sound of rushing water, the scouts were ushered ashore. Soon, there were many dots of lights in the field of vision, which floated on the surface of the river and floated quickly towards the south bank, and the outlines of the boats that were in a line were gradually outlined.