Chapter 123: Desperate Breakout
Li Che had never looked forward to getting dark as much as he did today.
On this day, he already had an unknown count of how many enemy attacks he had repulsed, the fences had been torn down, the trenches had been filled in, and the entire defensive circle had been compressed inward in half. The soldiers on the front line suffered heavy losses, and the soldiers suffered more casualties.
In an attack just now, a group of Khitan cavalry entered the camp and burned down the small grain reserves of the Cheng German army, although none of the Khitan cavalry could escape, all of them were annihilated in the camp, but the losses caused were extremely huge.
The army is surrounded, and now there is no food, and by this time, even the most optimistic people are desperate.
Shi Yi didn't care about the deaths and injuries of the Khitan cavalry at all, and forced them to launch attack after attack, and after the captured soldiers were exhausted, the Khitan cavalry became the vanguard. Sacrificing his life and death, he launched a charge, while Shi Yi led Lu Long's soldiers and horses to follow the road opened by the Khitan cavalry and rushed inward to kill, again and again, constantly inflicting huge damage on the Cheng German army.
The sun set on the horizon, the sky slowly darkened, and the attacking enemy finally sounded the sound of the golden gong to collect the troops, and in the large camp, the Cheng German army was relieved and collapsed to the ground one after another.
At this time, no one thought about surrendering.
The fate of those Chengde soldiers who surrendered yesterday is in front of everyone! Most of them, in today's attack, have been turned into dead bodies between the two armies, some of them were killed by their former comrades, and some of them died under the butcher's knives of the Khitan cavalry or the Lu Long army.
At this time, the Lu Long Army and the Khitan cavalry had retreated, and they took away their comrades, wounded or turned into dead bodies, but they did not care about these prisoners of the Cheng German army.
Naturally, the dead don't care about this treatment, but there are still many injured and not dead, but they still lie down on the battlefield and scream and wail.
Lu Longjun ignored them, and the Cheng German army in the camp also hated them at this time, and they didn't pay attention to it at all.
It's finally getting dark, and it's going to get dark. But instead of being relieved by this, the Cheng German army became even more desperate, because reality had dealt them another blow.
In the distance, another troop of soldiers and horses appeared.
But that's not to support them. That's another talisman.
Because the soldiers and horses who came, carrying the banner of the Zhenwu Army, the number was about 5,000 people.
It's getting dark, and today they won't attack, but tomorrow?
Tomorrow, I'm afraid it will be everyone's end of life.
Li Che sat cross-legged on the ground, his body was covered with blood, in today's battle, even he was injured a lot, the armor on his body was damaged in many places, and the last hundred or so elite horsemen who followed him were now less than fifty people who were still alive and staying by his side.
Wang Mingren walked over with a clay pot and handed the jar to Li Che, "Eat some, it's just mushy, and it doesn't smell good."
He took the jar, reached out and scooped up a handful of black things from the inside, stuffed them into his mouth, chewed them heavily, and his lips turned black in the blink of an eye.
Li Che devoured a few bites, but the whole person froze somewhere, and he actually shed tears. Whimpered and looked at Wang Mingren and said, "I didn't expect that I, Li Che, would die here."
Wang Mingren took two steps forward, blocking the sight of the others, preventing others from seeing Li Che's appearance at this time. It will be the courage of the army, at this time, Chengde's morale has reached the bottom, and there is no complete collapse, but because the tragic situation of those prisoners yesterday stimulated them, knowing that even if they surrender, they are afraid that there will be no good end, so they still reluctantly gather together.
But if Li Che himself collapses, then there is really no chance at all.
"Major General, calm down." Wang Mingren half-knelt in front of Li Che, grabbed Li Che's hand tightly, and said in a low voice.
"Akihito, we're going to die here. How could I die like this? I haven't made a big deal yet!" Li Che whimpered.
"Major General, there is still a chance, and it is not yet the time to despair at the end." Wang Mingren said in a low voice, "The young general must be calm, don't panic, if you panic and mess up, then it will really be over."
"Where do we still have a chance?" Li Che barely held back his crying.
"Chance is tonight." Wang Mingren said: "The enemy has also fought hard for a day today, and reinforcements have arrived, so tonight must be the most relaxed time for them, and we will break through today."
"Breakout? Shi Yi is a veteran, I'm afraid he won't give us such an opportunity."
"Chances are spelled out." Wang Mingren said resolutely: "Major General, we still have hundreds of armor soldiers and nearly 5,000 soldiers, not without the strength of a battle. When the time comes, you find a loyal subordinate, change into your armor, ride your war horse, and Li Bo and I will lead everyone to break through in the direction of Chengde."
Li Che's eyes flashed.
"You take the last fifty cavalry to lie dormant in the camp first, and wait until the battle on our side enters the white-hot stage, and immediately break through in the direction of Zhangwu, thinking that at that time, the enemy's main force has been all attracted by us, in the direction of Zhangwu, it must be empty, even if there are people on guard, it is just some scouts, at most there are a small number of enemies, there is still a chance to break out. This place to Zhangwu, but a hundred and ten miles, the enemy does not dare to chase too deep. Because Liu Chenglin must have gotten the news at this moment, maybe he is on the road to rescue us at this moment. When you get to Zhangwu, you'll be safe." Wang Mingren Dao.
"So, what about you?" Li Che was a little nervous.
Wang Mingren smiled: "Don't forget, Li Bo and I still have nearly a thousand armor soldiers and 5,000 soldiers, maybe we can return to Shenzhou earlier than you. Even if there is anything, as long as you get out, it's worth it."
Li Che shed tears again and held Wang Mingren's hand tightly: "Mingren, you must go back alive."
Wang Mingren smiled slightly: "Even if you can't go back, it's nothing, as long as the young general is safe. Major General, my father doesn't let me worry, it's my younger brother, although he has a hand in business, but he only knows a little about politics, and after the Major General goes back, please take care of him."
"Don't worry, you will definitely be able to go back, even if you really can't go back, what you should get, I will definitely put it all on Mingyi in the future."
"Thank you, Major General. Major General, convene all the generals to discuss the matter, what I just told you, except for the fifty cavalry you are close to, don't say anything else, just say that we will break through at midnight, I will be the first to assault, Li Bo is the second, you are the third, so they will not be suspicious. As long as there is a war, nothing can be changed."
"Didn't Li Bo tell me either?"
Wang Mingren shook his head.
Li Che's eyes flashed, and he also understood what Wang Mingren meant.
There were only a few blazing fires in the entire camp, and the shadows reflected the tattered and tattered of the camp, and the whole camp seemed silent. But where the fire doesn't shine, countless people are quietly preparing.
No matter what it is, anything that can be stuffed into the mouth to eat, whether it is raw or burnt at this time, it is all stuffed into the mouth and chewed. They're about to break through, and next, not only do they need physical strength, but they don't know where their next meal will be. Even if you break out and escape all the way back to the Deep State from the river, this journey will not be easy. At this time, if you can have a little more physical strength, maybe you will have more hope of escaping.
Running away may only require you to run faster than your companions.
After midnight, the Cheng German army in the camp had been assembled.
Wang Mingren led 600 armor soldiers, 2,000 soldiers as the pioneer, Li Bo led 300 armor soldiers, 2,000 soldiers as the second wave of attack, and Li Che as the third wave of subsequent killing.
As for all the wounded, this time they have to give up.
Under the cover of night, Wang Mingren led his army to quietly touch the direction where the Khitan cavalry was stationed.
Such a choice is naturally exquisite. It seems that the Khitan cavalry has horses, and it is not easy to break through from them, but in fact, the military discipline of the Khitan soldiers is the most loose. When camping, there will not be many precautions like other Tang troops, as long as they can surprise their ranks, then with the combat ability of the armor soldiers, there is still a great possibility of success.
What's more, once successful, they can grab quite a few war horses.
Li Che stood in the camp and watched Wang Mingren be the first to step out of the camp without hesitation. As a general who was also trained in the Tang Dynasty army system, he knew that no matter which general was on the other side, he would not be able to give the enemy such a chance. What's more, Shi Yi is even more famous for his steadiness in Lu Longjun.
Wang Mingren did have a chance to successfully defeat the Khitans, but it would only attract the onslaught of Tang generals such as Lu Long and even Zhenwu, that is, Wang Mingren was actually risking his life to open the way for Li Che.
His eye sockets were sour.
And at the same time that Li Che was fighting the trapped beast, Liu Chenglin was angrily looking at an official who had caught up from behind. Zhangwu is only more than 100 miles away from Hejian, Liu Chenglin after occupying Zhangwu, he sent scouts to Hejian, Hejian changes, he got the news at the first time, he did not hesitate, when even if he reorganized the soldiers and horses, went to the Hejian rescue.
But when he was only halfway away, an official from the Yokokai Jiedu Embassy quickly caught up with him.
At this time, Liu Chenglin was still fifty miles away from Hejian, and he estimated that he would rush to Hejian when it was dark, and Chengde's army should still be able to hold out until he came to help.
"Why do you want to withdraw?" He roared angrily: "The Chengde army is our ally, retreat at this time, they will have no way to live, if Chengde is defeated, we will have a good life in the future?"