The Ming army won the battle, and naturally rejoiced, but the current army is a different miserable scene.

The fall of Baofeng, the defeat of Phoenix Ridge, the fall of Xiangcheng, three major battles, successive defeats, Li Zicheng's army suffered a blow to the head, this time it was much more miserable than Liu Zongmin's last failure!

In the first battle of Phoenix Ridge, the 20,000 cavalry led by Liu Zongmin ran out alive, but there were only 10,000 people, more than half of the casualties, Li Guo's 60,000 infantry, the casualties directly exceeded 20,000, and the army of Baofeng Prefecture and Xiangcheng casualties, the casualties of the army exceeded 50,000, of which the elite force alone was annihilated by the opponent in the first battle!

Ordinary troops are easy to obtain, but this elite force is not so easy, there is no two or three years of battlefield fighting, and it is difficult to cultivate such an elite! The most tragic thing is that almost all the food of the invading army was taken away by the Ming army, and how can you live without food? There is no surplus food left in this vicinity!

"Liu Zongmin, you bastard! Before leaving, didn't I specifically instruct you that the distance between your cavalry and infantry should not exceed thirty miles, thirty miles, and if you do what I say, how can there be this great defeat? I'll kill you! ”

Li Zicheng was so angry that he couldn't stop scolding.

Liu Zongmin and Li Guo drooped their heads and didn't dare to say half a word, especially Liu Zongmin, who was even more depressed to the extreme, admitting that he was unlucky and stuffed his teeth with cold water, the last time he was shot with a black gun, he almost even took his life in, and the army was defeated in Ruzhou, this time he suffered a cold arrow, and now he can't say that he is too embarrassed to speak, and he is too aggrieved to lose!

"King Chuang, we can't be blamed for this, who knows how the Ming army suddenly became so cunning? I just want to march with all my strength, and then gallop to the aid of Baofengzhou, and just when we were about to return to Shixiangcheng, we were stabbed in the back by the Ming cavalry, and we were flanked back and forth, and we had no chance to reverse the situation on the battlefield at all......"

Liu Zongmin argued with self-reliance.

"You still don't plead guilty?"

Li Zicheng was really angry, if it weren't for Liu Zongmin being his first confidant, if he was replaced by someone else, he would have moved his head a long time ago!

Li Zicheng shouted, "This time our cavalry suffered such heavy casualties, and in the end, we even lost Xiangcheng!" If it weren't for being pinned down in Phoenix Ridge for so long, how could we be so passive? Xiangcheng, that's our base! ”

Liu Zongmin's face was gloomy, and he was unconvinced: "King Chuang, I heard that the army has only dispatched thousands of troops, and you are tens of thousands of people guarding Xiangcheng, and you let Xiangcheng change hands overnight, when did we break into the army so vulnerable?" ”

Liu Zongmin's meaning is very clear, that is, I, Liu Zongmin, am stupid, yes, these two battles are indeed a bit of a nest, but you didn't fight very well in King Chuang, tens of thousands of troops defended Xiangcheng, and they lost Xiangcheng overnight, and they still have the face to say me?

Li Zicheng's face darkened, and he roared angrily: "If it weren't for the sudden collapse of the Xiangcheng wall, would I be able to let that group of Ming troops break into the city?" Dream! Damn, I really don't know how the Ming army blew up our city wall this time, the city wall was so badly damaged, without two hundred catties of gunpowder, it is impossible to destroy the city wall! How did they unknowingly bury so much gunpowder under our walls? ”

"King Chuang, there is only one possibility, that is, there is really a Neiying to enter Xiangcheng, and mixed into our army, otherwise, it is absolutely impossible for the Ming army to bury hundreds of catties of gunpowder under the city wall so easily, this is simply impossible, and our brothers are not blind......"

Li Yan said in a deep voice.

"Brother Li Yan, you say, what are we going to do next?"

Li Zicheng said hatefully.

Li Yan said in a deep voice: "King Chuang, it is obvious that now Sun Chuanting has fallen for our plan, and the battle line is getting longer and longer, even if he gets our grain storage in Xiangcheng, it can only ensure their stability for a period of time, once this grain and grass are used up?" Behind us is Hubei, where there is grain, and we can buy it, but Sun Chuanting's army can't, there is no grain in the whole of Henan, and there is no place to buy it if you want to! We have only one way, and that is to drag Sun Chuanting's army alive! ”

Do you want to continue?

Li Zicheng's face darkened, this time he obeyed Li Yan's strategy, the strong wall cleared the field, but Sun Chuanting was lured up, and the excessively long battle line dragged Sun Chuanting was also exhausted, but it was because of the appearance of a strange person that this situation was completely broken, and he still had to continue to clear the wilderness? How much food can he afford to rob Sun Chuanting like this?

"Brother Li Yan, are you talking in your dreams, continue to avoid the war, and still have to clear the wilderness? Interesting? This is especially good at this time next year, I'm afraid we won't be able to take Sun Chuanting! ”

Liu Zongmin said dissatisfied.

Li Yan said in a deep voice: "General Quan, you want to fight?" How to fight? Now that our army has suffered heavy losses and its morale is low, just rush up to fight Sun Chuanting in a decisive battle, what are your chances of winning? The Ming army has won consecutive battles, it is the time when the momentum is like a rainbow, and at this time the decisive battle, we are seeking our own death! King Chuang, I suggest that the grain and grass should be mobilized from the Xiangyang area immediately, and the main force of the righteous army should retreat in the direction of Tang County, preparing to join the upcoming General Luo Rucai's headquarters, and at that time, with the addition of General Luo's new force, maybe we will have some chance of victory! ”

"Luo Rucai?"

When Li Zicheng heard Li Yan's words, his face showed a strange look, this Luo Rucai is not an ordinary character, cunning and cunning, but unfortunately, even if this guy broke up with Zhang Xianzhong, he was not willing to surrender under his command, and was only willing to unite with himself, if he could really use it for himself, how good would it be......

"Yes, King Chuang, anyway, we have lost Xiangcheng, then it is better to retreat again, retreat to Tang County, relative to the territory, how to completely defeat Sun Chuanting is the most important, we retreat back, Sun Chuanting will definitely take advantage of the victory to pursue again, to Tang County, then they are more than a thousand miles away from the direction of Tongguan, as long as we cut off their way back, Sun Chuanting will be defeated!"

Song Xiance on the side echoed: "King Chuang, I also think what General Li Yan said is reasonable, we must retreat and concentrate our forces for rectification, the current righteous army is sluggish, even if we want to fight, we can't beat the Ming army, and I immediately sent a letter to General Luo Rucai, asking him to mobilize cavalry and rush towards Ruzhou, completely cut off Sun Chuanting's connection with Henan, northwest Henan and Shaanxi, and make them rootless!" ”