The original version of the napalm mixed with white phosphorus burned and the black smoke and strong stench that filled the battlefield, and in less than ten rounds of bombing, the men and horses led by Li Laiheng had completely collapsed.

Before the attack, there were less than half of the original 10,000-person phalanx left, and these remaining people also fell into a state of collapse, not only those hungry soldiers, but even Li Laiheng was coerced by the hungry soldiers who had lost their minds and fled back.

This chaos lasted for half an hour, and after Li Laiheng reorganized his men, he was desperate to find that he only had more than 3,000 people left out of his 10,000 people, which means that in the siege battle just now, he lost nearly seventy percent of his men and horses.

Li Zicheng rode on the horse with a blue face, and a red flag with the word "Chuang" written on his back was blown by the wind, but it may be due to the thick smoke on the opposite side, the original bright red color became much blacker, and Li Zicheng's complexion became darker.

"Smack!"

The armor was crooked, and Li Laiheng, who looked embarrassed, knelt in front of Li Zicheng, and his head hung down as if his cervical vertebrae had been removed.

"King Chuang, I lost, you deal with me, I have nothing to say."

"Dispose of you?"

Li Zicheng's lips trembled slightly, the horsewhip in his left hand was slowly raised, and his right hand was also pressed on the handle of the long knife at his waist, looking at this general who was usually very trusted by him, but at this moment he just wanted to pull out the long knife and cut off his head.

Although Li Zicheng and his leaders always say that people have people, as long as they have money and food, they can recruit people who are willing to eat this bowl of rice, but in fact, they also know that cannon fodder is easy to recruit, but those experienced old battalion soldiers are not so easy to find.

In this battle, Li Laiheng lost not only six or seven thousand cannon fodder, but also thousands of veterans who had been trained with great difficulty, which was the biggest support for Li Zicheng to be defeated and defeated again and again.

Thinking that in the first battle of Mengjindu, Gao Yingxiang's army of more than 200,000 was defeated by Yang Feng in the first battle, Li Zicheng and his nephew Li Guo saw that the situation was not good, got on the boat and fled, and finally came to Henan.

Why were they able to rise again in less than half a year, wasn't it because they had hundreds of backbones of the old battalion under their hands, with these backbones in just a few months, he not only made a comeback, but also took over Gao Yingxiang's class and became a new generation of kings.

In this battle just now, those hungry soldiers died and died, Li Zicheng didn't care much at all, but the loss of the elite of the old battalion made Li Zicheng feel a pain in his liver, and under the anger, he just wanted to pick up a knife and cut people.

However, reason also told him that if he really hacked Li Laiheng to death here, he might not be able to be the king for long.

Don't look at the majesty of his dismissal in the army now, everyone respectfully calls him King Chuang, as if he can cover the sky with one hand in the army, but all this is just an illusion.

If nothing else, let's just say that Liu Zongmin, Hao Shaoqi, and Yuan Zongdi have no selfish intentions, and which one of them does not regard the soldiers and horses under his command as their own lifeblood.

Li Zicheng was sure that as long as he cut Li Laiheng here, at least half of his team would disperse the next day.

Li Zicheng, who has been on the road for so many years, really understands too well that the reason why Liu Zongmin and these people are willing to follow him is nothing more than to fight for a good future in glory and wealth, if he is beheaded because he loses a battle, the fool will continue to follow him.

Thinking of this, no matter how much hatred he felt in his heart, his face gradually softened.

Slowly let go of the right hand holding the knife, his left hand immediately waved over, only to hear a snap, Li Laiheng's face immediately had a bright red whip mark.

This kind of horsewhip mixed with human hair, ponytail and tinsel is the most vicious, and soon, the whip marks on Li Laiheng's face quickly swelled, making everyone who saw it want to laugh.

After pumping the whip, the depression in Li Zicheng's heart seemed to dissipate, and he said in a deep voice: "Do you have anything to tell me?" ”

"There's not much to say." After being whipped by Li Zicheng, Li Laiheng's originally hanging heart was put down, and he laughed miserably: "King Chuang, I don't want to make any excuses for myself, in short, I just have one word." The Jiangning army on the city wall is too strong, if you really want to attack it, I'm afraid that you won't be able to take it without killing fifty or sixty thousand people, so you might as well make a decision as soon as possible. ”

"Fifty or sixty thousand?"

Li Zicheng was amused by Li Laiheng's words, "Don't you know how many people there are in our rebel army, and if you still die fifty or sixty thousand, if you really want to die fifty or sixty thousand, don't rebel, just surrender all, you won't be stupid because you lost the battle, right?" ”

"This ......"

Li Laiheng lowered his head and stopped talking.

As he spoke, Li Laiheng had already knelt down, looked at the soldiers who were closely protecting Li Zicheng, and said: "King Chuang, you also saw the fires that Jiang Ningjun put just now, these fires are extremely vicious, once people are stained, they will stick to people's bodies like the marrow of bones, and many people are burned alive.

My men were afraid that they would be frightened by those terrible flames, so they collapsed. ”

Li Zicheng gritted his teeth, he saw the process of the battle just now, he was already frightened enough when he saw it, and now he has to listen to the person who just came down from the front to repeat it again, this day is really a little crying.

He continued: "Can your people still fight?" ”

Li Laiheng laughed miserably: "King Chuang, without a month or two of rest, I'm afraid I won't be able to go to the battlefield." ”

"Hmph, what a crap!"

Li Zicheng waved his hand impatiently, "Okay, hurry down, and I'll settle accounts with you later." ”

Li Laiheng hurriedly slipped away like an amnesty, and after thinking for a while, Li Zicheng sent someone to recruit Liu Zongmin, Yuan Zongdi and Hao Yongzhong, and said bluntly: "Who of you wants to attack you in the next wave?" ”

Three of you, you look at me, I look at you, and no one is silent.

The battle just now was not only seen by Li Zicheng, but also by the three of them.

At this moment, they are extremely glad that the wave of attacks just now was not launched by themselves, otherwise they would be unlucky now, who didn't pull such a team with great difficulty, and how could they be willing to consume them under the cold city wall.

Seeing that the three of them were silent, Li Zicheng couldn't help but become angry in his heart, and said: "Since you are all silent, then I will directly name the names, and the next battle will ......."

"King Chuang!"

Before Li Zicheng could finish speaking, Liu Zongmin suddenly interrupted him.

"Those Jiangning troops are really too evil, let's collect the troops today, right? Wait until we have come up with countermeasures before attacking the city, otherwise if we continue to fight like this, we will only exhaust all the money we have saved up here. ”