I'm a useless prince, so what if I know a little bit of chemistry?

The trees on this mountain were still burning, but no one cared much.

For them, the life and death of the plants and animals on the mountain had nothing to do with them. In comparison, they were more worried about whether the enemies on the mountain would be burned to death.

After all, the people on the mountain came to ambush them. If those people were not dead, they might continue to attack, and then they would be the ones in trouble.

As the fire gradually grew, the entire mountain was ablaze. However, there were no continuous peaks around this mountain, so at most the mountain would be burned out and would not involve other places.

This is why the Iron Hat King dared to set fire. If there were continuous mountains all around, he would definitely not set fire to the mountains. If he insisted on setting fire to the mountains, he might trap himself in the mountains, and it would be difficult to retreat at that time.

In the mountains, all the people sent by Zhong Zhentian to ambush were in extreme despair at this moment.

"How could they find us? We were hiding very well, why did they suddenly find us?"

"They are devils, evil spirits that crawled out of hell!"

"I don't want to die yet, I don't want to die yet!"

"..."

Everyone was shouting, but the brothers were also confused.

I hid myself so well, how did they find me? Is there a mole among us?

There must be a traitor. If there wasn't one, how could they have noticed that we were ambushing in the mountains? They don't know what the situation is in the mountains!

This was the thought of all of them, but no matter how many thoughts they had at this moment, it was of no use, because the fire was gradually spreading, and they no longer had much time to think. If they wanted to survive, they had to rush down in the flames.

But their location was a bit high, and it was obviously impossible for them to pass through the layers of flames, so their only ending was death. Even if they didn't accept it, they had only one way out, which was death.

The Iron Hat King gradually heard the wailing sounds from the mountain. Only when he heard the wailing sounds did he smile with satisfaction. This was what he wanted.

For the Iron Hat King, war is a life-and-death struggle. As long as I can't die, I will do everything I can to make you die.

The fire continued to burn for a day and a night. Eventually, all the trees on the mountain were burned to charcoal. Because there was nothing to burn, the fire gradually stopped.

The Iron Hat King sent people to check, and found a total of more than 20,000 corpses. All of these corpses were very strange. They were constantly twisted in extreme pain. Even when they died, they maintained the appearance before death.

It can be seen that these charred corpses all have expressions of despair.

Lin Rui had never seen such a scene before, even though he had seen countless dead bodies on the battlefield, but after seeing this scene, Lin Rui only felt a chill on the back of his neck.

It was the first time he discovered that the Iron Hat King was so cruel. It seemed that compared with the Iron Hat King, his own actions were just minor ones.

The rest of the people did not feel any discomfort. After all, they had been on the battlefield for many years and had seen all kinds of corpses.

Afterwards, the Iron Hat King sent people to carefully check the surrounding areas where ambushes could be set up. After confirming that there were no ambushes, they continued to march towards Yangcheng.

When the Iron Hat King and his men set up camp near Yangcheng, Zhong Zhentian was completely stunned.

"What's going on? Shouldn't they be driven to the lake by the people in the mountains? Why are they here?" Zhong Zhentian looked at the people who were setting up camp, his face full of confusion. At the same time, a bad premonition surged in his heart.

Could it be that all the people he sent out were killed in the battle? This shouldn't be the case. Even if they were discovered, they still had the geographical advantage. How could they be defeated so quickly?

But even if Zhong Zhentian didn't understand, the facts were before him.

This group of people seemed to have no casualties, and looking at their appearance, they did not look like they had experienced a war. Instead, they seemed to be eager to fight.

Even if Zhong Zhentian didn't believe it, he had to accept the fact and accept that the people he sent to ambush on the mountain were defeated.

At this time, someone came up and whispered in Zhong Zhentian's ear: "General, Xiao Liuzi is back."

Xiao Liuzi was a scout in the army that Zhong Zhentian sent to ambush on the mountain. Zhong Zhentian was very optimistic about him because he was smart.

Hearing that Xiao Liuzi had returned, Zhong Zhentian hurriedly said, "Bring him up quickly!"

"Yes."

Xiao Liuzi was brought up quickly, but his face was full of tears and his expression was very desperate, as if he had experienced a major blow.

"Xiao Liuzi, did you lose the battle? Where are the others?" Zhong Zhentian asked hurriedly.

Zhong Zhentian really wanted to know what happened. If he didn't know anything, it would be difficult for him to do anything. The next deployment could only be made when he knew everything.

Xiao Liuzi's eyes were a little empty. Zhong Zhentian called him several times before he reacted.

"General, they are all dead." Xiao Liuzi said crying.

Thinking of the way his brothers looked before they died, Xiao Liuzi will never forget that scene in his life. It was such a desperate and tragic scene.

He was able to survive only because he was playful. Then, he left the mountain on the pretext of scouting for the enemy. When he came back, the mountain was on fire. He thus saved his life.

He saw countless people screaming on the mountain, and countless people rolling on the ground, trying to put out the fire on themselves.

But the fire on the mountain was too big, and even after it was put out, it would burn again immediately.

Xiao Liuzi told everything he saw without hiding anything, even the things he did to play around.

Zhong Zhentian did not blame Xiao Liuzi, but looked at the military camp opposite with resentment.

What kind of heart can do such a cruel and inhumane thing?

Zhong Zhentian couldn't figure it out, but at this moment, his hatred for Lin Fan had reached its peak. If the strength of both sides wasn't quite different, making it difficult for him to lead troops directly, Zhong Zhentian would probably have already planned to lead his men to fight.

"Lin Fan! Lin Fan! I, Zhong Zhentian, will never coexist with you. As long as I, Zhong Zhentian, am alive, I will do everything I can to kill you. Just wait, sooner or later I will avenge my dead brother!"

Zhong Zhentian shouted at the Liang army that was setting up camp, seemingly venting his anger and expressing his unwillingness.

But no matter what the situation was, they had already lost the first confrontation.