As night fell, the day-long battle came to an end for the time being, and the two armies did not make any more small moves against each other. After a day of fierce fighting, both sides will be in dire need of rest.

In addition to the necessary sentries in the camps, the rest of the warriors fell asleep after a full meal.

In the enemy camp, in the big tent, the lights were bright, and the four commanders were seated separately, and everyone had a gloomy look on their faces.

After this battle, they roughly counted the number of casualties among their men to a staggering 50,000. This has far exceeded their mental estimates!

Forty thousand soldiers were killed in the war, including some who returned to the camp wounded, but died because they could not be treated in time. And there are 10,000 seriously wounded, and these 10,000 people will bring a heavy burden to the army.

They can no longer go to the battlefield, so they can only recuperate in the camp, and in addition to wasting military rations, they also need a lot of manpower to take care of them. In this way, it was a serious delay, and the four marshals wished that these people would simply die on the battlefield and save such trouble.

They all wanted to get rid of these burdens, but they were afraid of the feelings of other officers and soldiers in the army, so they did not dare to make inappropriate arrangements for these wounded soldiers who had become wastes.

After all, they will have to rely on other soldiers to fight in the future, and if they chill their hearts, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the officers and men in the army.

Zhang Zuosheng said in a deep voice: "Everyone, what should we do next, let's talk about it!" The current situation is very unfavorable to us, and if we continue to lose like this, I believe everyone knows what the consequences will be! ”

Zhang Jiachang suddenly stood upright, and said with a painful face: "Big brother, now that we have lost nearly half of our troops, we have no hope of winning if we continue to fight like this." It's better for everyone to disperse and stop there! ”

Yan Xisan immediately snorted coldly: "Dispersed, do you think that now that you want to leave, the Yejiabao Army will let you go easily?" Don't be naïve. ”

Zhang Jiachang didn't give up, and immediately pushed back: "It is precisely because Ye Shaolong will not let us go easily now, so we should withdraw our troops while we still have some ability to protect ourselves." Otherwise, if we don't even have the ability to protect ourselves, we will really be slaughtered by others! ”

Zhang Jiachang had obviously lost confidence in winning, and for several days in a row, since he fought with the Yejiabao army, he had never taken any advantage. Every battle, big or small, ended with the victory of the Yejiabao army.

Now it makes sense that he has such a plan. But the truth is just as Yan Xisan said, Ye Shaolong will definitely not let them retreat easily now.

If you retreat at such a time and mess up your own military morale, the consequences will definitely be worse than the current situation.

Zhang Zuosheng also seemed to understand the reason, this time he did not agree to his brother's proposal, but told him to shut up in person.

"No matter what we do now, in short, we must not back down this time, if anyone dares to retreat at this time, they will be the enemy of me." Zhang Zuo's voice made his younger brother shudder.

Seeing that Zhang Jiachang was shocked and told him to shut up, Zhang Zuosheng continued: "Okay, now you are not allowed to mention anything else, you want to know what to do to defeat the Yejiabao army." If anyone else dares to grow the ambition of others, don't blame me for being ruthless. ”

There was a sudden silence in the big tent, and everyone knew in their hearts at this moment that they had no way out. At this point, either the Yejiabao army died, or all four of them were buried here, and there was no second way to choose.

Feng Guozhang hesitated for a long time, and finally spoke: "In my opinion, we must immediately increase our troops, and we must bring all kinds of firearms, especially artillery. ”

The 200 bronze cannons of the Yejiabao army were the main culprits who caused them serious damage this time. And the best way to deal with the artillery of the Yejiabao army is to use artillery to bombard it with the same artillery!

Yan Xisan and Zhang Zuosheng both felt that it made sense after hearing this, and after a little hesitation for a moment, Zhang Zuosheng said directly: "I can increase the number of troops by another 50,000, 100 artillery pieces and supporting ammunition." ”

Feng Guozhang did not hesitate, and the second said: "I can increase the number of troops by 30,000, artillery pieces by 80, and grain and grass by 8,000 quintals, which is enough for our army for ten days." ”

Yan Xisan laughed: "Feng Dashuai is really heroic, although I, Yan Xisan, am a little poor, I can't lag behind you." I have 100 cannons and 50,000 additional troops, of which 20,000 are heavy armor soldiers, which is enough to confront the heavy armor soldiers of the Yejiabao army. ”

In the end, everyone's eyes fell on Zhang Jiachang's body, this guy showed a painful appearance, but under Zhang Zuosheng's pressure, he finally agreed to send 50,000 troops, 80 cannons, and some grain and grass.

In this way, the number of troops increased by the four families to 180,000, and the number of artillery pieces reached the feared 360. With such strength, if you can't defeat the Yejiabao army, I believe that the four people here will never turn over.

Everyone is desperate, and they have come up with their own old bottoms, and if they don't succeed, they will become benevolent!

After the agreement was made, the four families immediately sent envoys to each family's territory to arrange reinforcements.

In the camp of the Yejiabao army, it was also brightly lit.

In Ye Shaolong's big tent, Su Can, Lin Biao, and the iron tower were all sitting together, and Ye Shaolong was in the first place, frowning and pondering.

After the battle, after counting, although the losses of the Yejiabao army in this battle were small, there were 10,000 people, and there were thousands of wounded, but fortunately, they were not so serious.

However, there are less than 50,000 troops available for battle at present, and the artillery ammunition is almost exhausted, if the enemy continues to attack in large numbers tomorrow. It will inevitably evolve into a real hand-to-hand fight, and then the Yejiabao army will have no advantage at all, and the casualties of the soldiers can also be expected to be very serious.

Ye Shaolong raised his head and glanced at everyone present, and said in a deep voice: "We must send additional reinforcements, and the necessary materials must also be sent." ”

Su Can frowned and said: "If you transfer troops, there is not much left in our rear now, and at most only 10,000 is the limit." However, there are still 50,000 soldiers and horses available in Shanxi, but if they are transferred, Shanxi will fall into emptiness, and I am afraid it will cause chaos. ”

Ye Shaolong shook his head: "I can't take care of so much anymore, I have to transfer them all." Let Li Chengke bring the troops over, and send the troops to Tianjin City tonight, and inform Yejiabao to arrange them as soon as possible. ”

Everyone was very helpless that Ye Shaolong wanted to give up the Shanxi he had just obtained and send troops to support, but no one expressed any objections.

At this moment, there was a small commotion outside the big tent, and a personal soldier rushed in and said: "Commander, the enemy camp has sent spies, with a hundred horses, rushing in the direction of Hebei. ”