On Ren Changqing's left stood a burly man in his thirties, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, with a pair of big eyes on his black and red face looking around, tightly guarding Ren Changqing's surroundings.

He was wearing a deputy general's robe, which was Ren Changqing's left deputy general Wu Dingyuan.

Wu Dingyuan was picked up by Ren Changqing, and in the large and small friction battles with the Liao State on the border, Ren Changqing once saved Wu Dingyuan's life twice.

Wu Dingyuan's home is in Baishan City, but there are no relatives at home. once married a wife, but also died due to dystocia, but there is nothing to worry about.

The family's only three remaining houses are also deserted because they are uninhabited, and they are located in the southwest corner of Baishan City.

To the right of Ren Changqing also stood a person dressed as a lieutenant general, who was about the same age as Ren Changqing, with a thin face and a pair of slender eyes that occasionally flashed with a mysterious and unpredictable light.

At this moment, his thin lips pursed slightly, his expression was slightly cold, and his indifferent eyes were also staring at the military camp of the Liao State opposite, and a trace of gloom flashed in his cold eyes from time to time.

This person's name is Meng Qingwei, and he is the nephew of Meng Diquan, the secretary of the military department of the dynasty, and he is also the representative of the Meng family in the army.

More than a dozen pro-soldiers stood around the three of them in an arched formation, vigilantly watching everything around them.

Ren Changqing retracted his gaze, glanced at the newly replaced soldiers on the city wall, turned around and walked down the tower.

The two lieutenant generals and their own soldiers followed closely behind, and the soldiers on the city wall saluted Ren Changqing respectfully, expressing their admiration.

Ren Changqing did not put all his troops into it at once, but adopted a rotation method. This can both reduce the casualties of soldiers. It also preserves the physical strength of the soldiers.

In the face of several times the attack of the Liao army, he only arranged 10,000 troops to face the enemy on the city wall each time.

But despite this, the casualties were high. Because the tactics adopted by the Liao army are the same as those of Ren Changqing. And each time the soldiers sent were three times as large as Daye's side.

Although the casualties of the Liao army were much greater than those of the imperial court soldiers, they could not stand the Liao army's many generals, and in the long run, they would not be able to hold it at all.

Ren Changqing asked as he walked: "How much damage is this time?" ”

"More than 300 were dead, more than 500 were wounded, and more than 300 were seriously injured." Wu Dingyuan replied gloomily.

Serious injuries mean that there is no combat power left, and even life is not guaranteed.

Now the military doctors in the barracks are almost busy. The major pharmacies and medical centers in the city have sent doctors and apprentices to help in the barracks, and medicinal materials are also being sent in a steady stream. This enabled the wounded soldiers to receive timely medical treatment.

After thirty battles, nearly half of the troops have been consumed. According to the fastest time estimate, it will have to last for nearly two days and two nights.

Thanks to many young and middle-aged people in the city, they volunteered to join in, transporting the wounded, cleaning the battlefield, and boiling water and rice.

Going from house to house in the city to search for all kinds of oil that were not taken with them. Burn to a boiling hot. When the Liao army was attacking the city, the cold poured down, and the hot Liao army cried wolf, which damaged a lot of combat effectiveness.

However, the weapons were consumed too much, and the bows and arrows, long and short knives, and halberds were the most depleted, and some of them had already been curled, and they had no lethality at all.

Several catapults are housed on the city walls. There was a pile of rocks piled up next to it. It's just that in the battle before that, neither side used catapults.

"Adjutant General Wu. You send someone to carry all the nearby stones to the city wall, as fast as possible. Ren Changqing looked at the stones on the city wall and commanded.

"Yes! This will be arranged. After speaking, he waved his hand to the soldiers who followed behind him, and immediately a soldier ran to deliver the order.

The three of them walked down the city wall and entered the marching tent on the edge of the wall. The soldiers behind him immediately scattered around and stood on guard, and did not follow up into the house.

This big tent was built at the request of Ren Changqing after repelling the sneak attack of the Liao army last night, and the official residence in the city has not been back since it came out.

Ren Changqing had already destroyed all the confidential letters, including the border city defense map, before the Liao army sneaked into the attack. He couldn't let the Liao army use the city defense map to make a big fuss when he broke through the city, he didn't want to make the mistake that Ouyang Jingde had made.

"General Ren, you can squint first, I'll call you if there is a situation." Wu Dingyuan said softly, a trace of distress flashed in his eyes.

Since the sneak attack of the Liao army last night, Ren Changqing has not closed his eyes. Everyone else secretly squinted between rotations, even Wu Dingyuan and Meng Qingwei also took the time to squint.

Ren Changqing was indeed a little tired, so he agreed to rest for a while.

Wu Dingyuan and Meng Qingwei saw that Ren Changqing was going to rest, so they both withdrew from the big tent and returned to their military tent.

Wu Dingyuan came out after going around his military tent, and he wanted to see if every link in the military camp was foolproof. At this critical moment, he couldn't afford to be careless anywhere, and he wanted to double-check it again.

So, I went to the barracks first. The house is the most important thing in the army, and it is directly related to the combat effectiveness of soldiers.

At this time, the fireheads of the barracks in the room were busy in an orderly manner, and the steamed buns and rice were steaming out and placed aside.

A large pot of pork is stewed in the pot, mixed with Chinese cabbage, and the red and white look is mouth-watering.

The squad leader looked up and said hello to him, and continued to be busy.

Coming out of the room, Wu Dingyuan just wanted to go to the military doctor to have a look, but found that Meng Qingwei had climbed the city wall.

He had some doubts in his heart, obviously he had just come down from the city, what was Meng Qingwei doing in the city? Are you as worried about the defense of the city as yourself?

Meng Qingwei smoked a cigarette and stepped onto the city wall, and had a brief conversation with the soldiers who were sticking to their posts. The soldiers are still wondering why Vice General Meng is still smoking today, who doesn't like to smoke? Could it be that you are tired of killing the enemy today?

None of them paid attention to Vice General Meng, who casually drew a circle in the air with the cigarette butt and threw the cigarette butt down.

In the marching tent at this time, Ren Changqing did not sleep, but sat at the desk and wrote a few letters to his family.

He sealed a few letters with fire paint, and called low to the roof: "Step seven! Send these letters to the capital, don't delay! ”

"Yes!" As he spoke, a man fell silently from the roof.

This person was slender and cold-faced, with an aura that no one should enter. He is the secret guard Buqi sent by Ren Xiaohang to Ren Changqing's side.

Bu Qi still has four people around him, and their task is to protect the safety of the general Ren Changqing.

Bu Qi arranged for one of his subordinates to go to the capital to deliver the letter as instructed, and he still returned to the top of the tent.

At this time, the food in the room was cooked, and everyone took turns to eat together quickly. Because I don't know when the Liao army will attack, everyone eats at the same speed as robbing.

Before the soldiers could put down the dishes and chopsticks, they heard a tidal roar in the distance, and then heard a sound coming from far and near.

"Report! The Liao army is attacking again! ”

As the voice approached, a soldier who was not tall staggered over and went straight to Ren Changqing.

"Slowly, what's the situation." Ren Changqing stood steadily in front of the dining table and asked calmly.

The soldier stabilized his mood, took a breath and said, "General Yu, this time the Liao army has a large number of people, and it seems that all the troops have been used. Also, the Liao army used catapults and siege vehicles this time. (To be continued......)