Before Li Zicheng entered the big tent, he saw the small tent next to him, where Zhang Nai's body was placed.

He instructed his soldiers: "Find a place to bury the body, mark it, remember the place, and preferably draw a map." ”

"Yes." The soldiers understood what Li Zicheng meant, this was to prepare for withdrawal, and at the same time, it was also to give Luo Rucai a step down.

Liu Zongmin and others also went to their own pacifying teams, and the failure of the bombing of the city this time had a great impact on the morale and confidence of the troops, especially the shouting in Kaifeng City, "God bless Kaifeng, God bless Daming", which was a heavy blow to them.

Originally, the siege of the city in these days had caused them a lot of casualties, especially those who had been attached to them. As soon as the night came, many people began to flee by the darkness of the night, and they could not stop killing hundreds of people. Now coupled with the fact that the city wall has not been blown down, their soldiers, even the elite, have lost the confidence to capture Kaifeng.

After waiting for nearly half an hour, the generals finally came to Li Zicheng's big tent again, but Luo Ru only came after another quarter of an hour, and he also brought 5,000 cavalry.

Before Luo Rucai came, Li Zicheng had already persuaded his generals not to embarrass Luo Rucai.

As for Liu Zongmin, he doesn't care now. Anyway, Zhang Nai was brought out by Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng didn't feel distressed, and he naturally didn't have to care too much.

Waiting for Luo Rucai to come in and sit down, Li Zicheng stood up first, hugged his fists and said: "My brothers have been disrespectful to you these days, and I have made amends to Cao **** on their behalf." ”

Luo Rucai was startled at first, so he hurriedly grabbed Li Zicheng's wrist, helped Li Zicheng up, and said, "Where to speak, where to speak." Everyone's own brothers, why bother to be so foreign. Even if they are brothers, there are times when they are not in harmony, but they are still good brothers in the past. ”

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "It's good to pass." After all, it's watching the child who grew up gone, and there will be some emotions, so it's good that you can understand it. ”

Luo Rucai and Li Zicheng sat down and said regretfully: "Zhang Nai, this kid is good everywhere, but his heart is a little higher." I said it when I reported to you, it's not that I, Cao Cao, are unwilling to block Li Yan from going north, it's that I can't stop it. He didn't listen, but tried it himself. You see, alas, it's a pity! ”

"Humph!" Liu Zongmin let out a cold snort. And the rest of the people, they don't say anything.

Li Zicheng nodded and said, "Forget it, how can there be no casualties when you go into battle, don't talk about this." Now the important thing is that Zuo Liangyu has arrived in Xuzhou, we should retreat, where do you say we should retreat. ”

Luo Rucai didn't think about it, and said, "Naturally, it's to the west." ”

Liu Zongmin said dissatisfiedly: "There are not so many food, equipment and ammunition in the west!" Why not head east?! ”

"To the east is Li Yan," Luo Rucai said lightly: "Instead of fighting him, I would rather fight Zuo Liangyu." Besides, now that you don't even have a few catties of gunpowder, how can you fight Li Yan? I came with fifty cannons, but I didn't bring any of them. You borrowed gunpowder from me, not because I was stingy, but because I really didn't have it. Although there is not much food in the west, the city walls have been torn down, and the defenders are all frightened birds, so it is easy to fight. ”

"There are so many of us, and we can't beat Li Yan?!" Liu Zongmin continued to choke on white words.

Luo Rucai glanced at Liu Zongmin and said, "Whoever wants to go will go, anyway, I, Cao Cao, will not go." ”

Before Liu Zongmin could start scolding, a personal soldier ran in and reported loudly: "General, General Tian has returned from defeat and sent someone to ask the general for help." ”

"It's good to come!" Liu Zongmin immediately became angry when he heard this, stood up and shouted, "I'll go meet that Li Yan!" ”

Luo Rucai persuaded: "Don't go, you are not his opponent." ”

Liu Zongmin didn't seem to hear it, and he didn't say hello to Li Zicheng, and went out of the big tent directly.

"Zicheng, why don't you stop it." Luo Rucai said to Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng did not speak with a black face. Liu Zongmin has never listened to him much, and even if he opens his mouth to stop it, it will be a waste of words. Moreover, he also wanted to see how powerful Li Yan was.

Gao Yigong said: "Do you want to help?" ”

Li Zicheng ordered: "All departments strictly guard their own positions to prevent the officers and soldiers in the city from coming out to respond." ”

Everyone agreed, and they all went back to arrange. Luo Rucai also greeted Li Zicheng and went back to his camp. Don't look at the worried look on his face, in fact, he has already begun to steal joy in his heart. He could feel the hostility of Li Zicheng's system towards him, and now he was squeezing Liu Zongmin, the most arrogant among them, to fight Li Yan. His current strength has weakened, so Li Zicheng must also lose blood here, so that he can maintain the balance of power and continue to cooperate.

Tian Jianxiu was frightened here.

Early this morning, he suddenly received a report that Li Yan's troops were coming this way. When he got the report, Li Yan's military formation had already appeared within two miles. Thanks to the fact that the distance between him and Li Mu is not far, only five miles, his sentinels can escape back a few to report information, otherwise he may be attacked by Li Mou.

He couldn't care about anything at this time, and immediately retreated with his troops. This time the evacuation was in such a hurry that even the food and artillery were not taken away, and they were all thrown in the camp.

He was still like yesterday, retreating all the way to a place only five or six miles away from the base camp, thinking that Li Mu didn't dare to come over. But today, Li Mu didn't stop, and followed him all the way.

Tian Jianxiu knew that a battle had to be fought today, and he had to stop Li Yan's troops on the periphery, and not let them interfere with today's general attack. He immediately lined up his troops and prepared them for battle.

At this time, he heard a loud noise, and he knew that this was an explosion, and the city wall of Kaifeng should have been blown down. So he loudly agitated: "Kaifeng City is broken!" Brothers, work hard! Kill this group of officers and soldiers, and I'll take you into the city!" ”

The soldiers immediately passed on his word to the battalions. The soldiers knew the benefits of going into the city, so they all held their weapons tightly and shouted excitedly: "Kill!" Kill! Kill! ”

Li Mu was not affected in any way, and still led his troops to advance slowly. He knew that Li Yan's 10,000 troops would follow him in the next two miles, and the ammunition he brought was enough, even if there was a 180,000 enemy, he didn't have to worry a little.

He discharged a decent hollow phalanx, after all, there were many more enemies than them. He kept approaching until he was two hundred paces away from Tami, and he knew that Tami's army had no artillery, and if there were, it should have been arranged a long time ago, rather than not being seen at all. This distance is just right, just within the killing distance of their shotguns, and the enemy's bows and arrows are basically unable to shoot.

"God bless Kaifeng!"

"God bless the Ming!"

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From the direction of Kaifeng City, there were countless cheers, and even if they were ten miles away, they could be heard clearly.

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