In the artillery battle the day before, Yang Yufan only had twenty artillery pieces, but today, nearly seventy artillery pieces needed to deal with. In yesterday's battle, two of the Flang machines had already exploded, and the pressure doubled.

After the artillery battle, the rebels launched a fierce attack. Yang Yufan's Tongzhou soldiers relied on the strong camp to resist the rebels' attack. Although the rebels were numerous and the offensive was fierce, the soldiers did not retreat at all. They all knew that once the rebels broke through the camp, they would die without a burial place.

In the past few days, they have caused a large number of casualties to the rebels. Even if the rebel leaders want to surrender them, the soldiers below will tear them apart. The anger accumulated by both sides over the past few days is simply impossible to resolve.

In this way, under Yang Yufan's shrewd command and the soldiers' desperate resistance, the rebels' attack was repelled, but this was not the end. The rebels seemed to be endless. They had just repelled one wave, but before they could recover, they had another wave, endless.

It would be great if it were other Ming troops, such as the Tianjin soldiers under Wang Hong, who deliberately could withstand two attacks, but they were Tongzhou soldiers, not those who were just scattered.

Although the rebels had the advantage of the number of artillery and the huge advantage in number of people, after a whole day of attack, they still failed to break through Yang Yufan's camp, leaving behind corpses and wreckage on the ground.

The day's battle was over, and Yang Yufan was exhausted. At this day, there were no less than fifty rebels who had killed with his own hands. Now he was consuming a bowl of rice, and his hands were shaking. After a bowl of rice, at least half a bowl of sprinkled on the ground.

Although the rebels failed to break through the camp, Yang Yufan took a breath after counting the losses after the war. Although it was expected that the casualties would be heavy, they were still far beyond his expectations.

The previous three days of battles combined, and there were no more than 600 casualties. Today, the battle was fought in just one day, and the casualties were almost close to a thousand. The high morale accumulated in the first three days was consumed in one day.

This is not the most important thing. The rebels have more than 60 guns, but only eight guns on their own. Even if the level of the rebel gunners is poor, such a large number gap can be made up.

This led to the loss of some of the gunners, which had already lost some of the gunners in this battle, and two more guns exploded. After so many bombardments, the remaining six guns were on the verge of the blower, and the gunners were seriously insufficient.

The entire camp was filled with a sense of despair. The soldiers were yelling to withdraw to Laizhou. If they continued to defend, they had to wait for death. If reinforcements could not wait, Wang Hong's more than 2,000 Tianjin soldiers also ran away, and they were all exhausted if they did not retreat.

Even if they have strong combat power, are brave and fearless, it does not mean that they are willing to fall into such a mortal ending. From the battle with the rebels to the present, there have been a total of four days. After four major battles, they have killed at least 5,000 rebels, which is enough to prove their bravery.

However, if they continue to defend themselves, no matter how many enemies they kill, they will be futile. They are indeed fearless, but they use their lives as bets to fight for a bright future and continue to defend themselves. They are the source of energy to continuously obtain military achievements. However, these military achievements will never be realized, so there is no need for them to persevere.

Not only the soldiers below, but even Yang Yufan's most proud subordinate, the guerrilla general He Yongning, suggested retreating. He was also pessimistic about continuing to defend, believing that they had killed enough enemies, and even retreating was not a defeat.

This is a cruel person who likes to rush ahead every time he fights. He is definitely not a coward. Even he is considering retreating. It is enough to show how the situation has reached. Yang Yufan also began to think about whether it is time to retreat at this time.

So, Yang Yufan weighed the pros and conscientiously made a decision - retreat, break through the night, and then retreat to Laizhou City. If he did not retreat, after dawn, the rebels would be bombarded for such a while and then the entire army would be suppressed, and then the entire army would be wiped out.

So, the remaining more than 1,300 people in the camp quickly packed up and prepared to break through the rebels' siege by dawn and withdraw back to Laizhou City in one fell swoop.

In order for the retreat operation to proceed smoothly, Yang Yufan sent some soldiers to harass the camp, prepare for the breakout operation and increase the success rate of the breakout.

Due to malnutrition and vitamin A deficiency these days, most soldiers have night blindness. Yang Yufan selected this part to be soldiers who can see clearly at night.

Their purpose is very simple. They pretend to break through and constantly harass the rebels in the south and west, making them exhausted. Anyway, they can use torches to operate at night. Even if the rebels have goods, they can't see clearly, and there is basically no danger.

Some of the soldiers who were responsible for keeping the watch went out, while the rest of the soldiers were full and had enough to sleep. They had to maintain their strength. After all, there were eighty miles from Laizhou City here. Once the breakthrough was successful, the rebels would pursue them relentlessly. If they had not had a good rest, they would definitely not be able to escape.

After almost the hour of Yin, that is, after five in the morning of the later generations, the group of soldiers responsible for harassment also stopped acting because the next step was to prepare to break through.

People who have experienced playing games all night may know that the first time they can hold on to five o'clock and don't sleep, there is no one who can hold on to five o'clock and not sleep. The situation these rebel soldiers face is even worse because they are in danger of life at any time and must remain in a highly nervous state, which is much more tiring than playing games.

So, after the rebels who had been harassed for a night, they basically fell asleep after quieting down, and they didn't know that the Ming army surrounded by them was about to break through.

With Yang Yufan's order, less than half of the Ming army came out from the south gate and rushed to the rebel camp where simple camps were established. Most of the rebels had not fallen asleep for a long time and were sleeping sweetly, so they were not prepared for such an attack.

Under the leadership of Yang Yufan, the 1,300 Ming troops broke out of the camp in an instant and destroyed the two rebel camps in the south. Then the cavalry was responsible for driving away the rebels who fled in all directions, allowing them to attack other rebel camps, cover the retreat of the infantry, and chopped up a few more heads to vent their anger.
Chapter completed!