Just when Li Hong ordered his troops to prepare for battle, the rebels in front had already begun to charge, and on their flanks, a large number of rebels also rushed out of the woods, brandishing all kinds of weapons, shouting and rushing over, without any formation at all.

"All the troops are in formation!"

Li Hong held his horizontal knife high and commanded loudly.

Under Li Hong's orders, the soldiers of the two capitals began to line up in an orderly manner according to the previous drill. Shieldmen, pikemen, and crossbowmen stood in order, forming a defensive formation.

Looking at the rebels who were killed, many soldiers were a little nervous, and the palms of the hands holding the weapons began to break out in a cold sweat, after all, this was the first time that most of them went into battle to kill the enemy, and it was inevitable to be nervous, after all, there were so many enemies in front of them.

Seeing the rebels without a formation rushing like this, Li Hong looked disdainful, he really didn't understand how Yang Xingqian was defeated by such a rebel army, although the two were not from the same army, but they also felt ashamed.

"Crossbowmen ready!" Seeing the approaching rebels, Li Hong gave his first order.

Originally, according to Li Ye's idea, all of them should be under their jurisdiction under the following conditions: a special crossbowman battalion (equipped with a range of 300 paces (about 450 meters)), a spear battalion, a sword and shield battalion, a Modao battalion and a cavalry battalion. It's a pity that Li Ye set up a special cavalry capital, so there were not so many horses to form a cavalry battalion for the other four, so there were two sword and shield barracks. Horizontal knives, barrier knives, and infantry bows are standard equipment for every soldier, and even the crossbowman battalion soldiers are equipped with horizontal knives.

After Li Hong's order was issued, in addition to the sword and shield soldiers in the first row and the pikemen in the second row, the soldiers of the other sword and shield battalion and the Modao battalion all untied their bows at their waists. The crossbowmen were divided into four rows, with the Battalion of Crossbows for long-range attacks in the first and second rows, with the first row half-crouching and the other archers standing behind and raising their rifles.

Five hundred crossbows were raised slightly towards the sky, although many soldiers were still a little nervous, but without receiving orders, they kept their eyes on the rushing soldiers.

The rebels are getting closer and closer, and the deafening shouts of killing resounded in the sky, and under a big banner, Luo Fuzi took the weapon in his hand and shouted, "Brothers, kill all these officers and soldiers, capture the prince alive, and then set foot in Chengdu Mansion, and then the wealth and women of Chengdu Mansion will be yours." ”

"Kill!"

Hearing the deafening shouting of killing, Pei Rong, who was watching the battle not far behind Li Hong, said worriedly, "Your Highness, do you want to avoid it?" It would not be good in case the rebels hurt His Highness. ”

"What's the matter, Pei Sima is scared?" Li Ye said lightly, he naturally heard the voice of the rebels trying to capture him alive, but he didn't care too much, there were 300 cavalry by his side, even if he couldn't beat him, couldn't he still run?

Seeing Li Ye's playful smile, Pei Sima couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly said, "The lower official is not afraid, but he is just worried about the safety of His Highness." ”

"Don't worry, the rebels won't be able to hurt this king." Li Ye said lightly.

Of course, his indifferent expression was pretended, he squeezed the reins of the horse, and he was also sweating, but this was the first time the Tiance Army had fought, and he couldn't show cowardice as the commander, otherwise it would be easy to have an accident before the battle.

And on the battlefield ahead, after seeing the rebels enter the range of the crossbow, Li Hong waved his hand coldly, "Release the arrow!" ”

With Li Hong's order, the first round of 250 arrows was suddenly launched, although the scale was not large, but with the whistling sound of 'poo', the first round of arrows roared towards the rebels. In an instant, there was a panic in front of the rebels, and hundreds of people were shot, although the effect was not good, but the second round of two hundred and fifty arrows was shot out, and the rebels continued to fall to the ground.

Soon the third round of arrows arrived, and the rebels with no armor were under this sharp crossbow arrow, and the rebels' bodies were like tofu, and they were easily pierced by the crossbow arrows. Under the attack of the crossbow arrows of the Tiance army, the rebels fell row after row, and the rebels who were closely following behind could not dodge, and even stepped directly on the bodies of the fallen comrades in front of them, and continued to charge forward.

Although at the beginning, the crossbowmen of the Tiance Army were a little scrambling, but after a few rounds, they slowly became proficient, constantly using crossbows and archery, and harvesting the lives of the rebels to their heart's content. After only a few rounds, the rebels lost nearly 1,000 men, and the heavy losses dealt a heavy blow to the rebels' previously high morale, and the formation of the shock was even more chaotic.

However, despite the heavy casualties, the rebels' vanguard still rushed to a distance of less than 50 paces from the Tiance army. And at this time, the crossbowmen retreated like a tide, then put away the crossbow, picked up the horizontal knife drawn from their waists, and prepared for melee combat, although they were crossbowmen, it did not mean that they were afraid of close combat. The horizontal knives in their hands are not ornaments, but are used to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions.

After the crossbowmen retreated, the long-awaited archers began to exert their might, and soon took over as the protagonists of the battlefield. Five hundred arrows were raised high and thrown out at a large elevation angle, and the rebels, who had just finished the crossbow attack, soon ushered in a rain of arrows.

Although the penetrating power of the infantry bow is not as good as that of the crossbow, except for a very few people who have armor, most of the rebels are just wearing ordinary clothes, and even the clothing is not uniform, so even the arrows shot by the infantry bow can easily penetrate the rebels' bodies.

Because the number of infantry bows was twice that of the crossbows, the lethal effect was greater, and the large number of casualties prevented the rebels from attacking within thirty paces, but because of the huge casualties, the army was greatly disorganized.

Seeing that the enemy army had suffered heavy casualties and that the ranks were in disarray, Li Hong realized that this was an excellent opportunity, so he immediately ordered, "Soldiers of the Tiance Army, kill me!" ”

Suddenly the drums beat loudly, the flags fluttered, and the pikemen and sword and shield men, who had been waiting for a long time, began to attack. The pikemen were in front, the sword and shield soldiers were behind, and then the crossbowmen with horizontal swords in the back quickly followed, and the foot archers, after firing the last round of arrows, also lowered their rifles, picked up their melee weapons, and rushed out under the leadership of Li Hong.

Although Li Hong had only 2,000 people in his hands, he was beaten out of a formation of tens of thousands of people. In the face of the closely coordinated and tightly formed Tiance army, the rebels in front of them were crushed at the first touch, and they immediately scattered like birds and beasts, turned around and ran. This made the rebels who followed behind not know what was going on, thinking that they had been defeated, and the rebels who were already chaotic were even more unbearable, and the 2,500-man Tiance army led by Li Hong was like entering a no-man's land, killing all sides in the rebel camp, so it was not majestic.

Just as Li Hong had just slashed a rebel to death with one sword, he saw dozens of paces away, a group of dozens of Tiance troops, led by the leader, rushed quickly. The surrounding rebels were not unblocked, but they were not the opponents of the young general, and they basically didn't take a single move, and they were beheaded by them.

The sergeant behind him, in fact, is not strong in martial arts, but the cooperation is very good, under the leadership of the young general, five levels and six generals, which is particularly attention-grabbing. And looking at the direction in which the soldiers were rushing, it was the banner of the rebels, and it was not surprising that they wanted to go to the rebels' heads.

"Ouyang Dutou, that young general is your general?" Li Hong pointed to the young general in the distance and asked Ouyang Jing, he knew all the people under Peng He, and he only knew the officers at the rank of captain under Ouyang Jing, and he was not familiar with them any further.

Ouyang Jing pulled his knife out of a rebel, his arm had just been scratched by a rebel, although it was bleeding, it was a skin wound. Hearing Li Hong's question, Ouyang Jing couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the young general in the distance who was as easy as chopping melons and vegetables, "The general is right, it was a team leader under the humble position, I didn't expect the martial arts to be so good." ”

"This guy is good, I like it!" Seeing a rebel coming from the side, Li Hong waved his horizontal knife and looked sideways, and with a 'zheng' sound, he directly cut off the weapon in the opponent's hand, and the blade fell into the opponent's body.

Ouyang Jing was a little surprised, but he could understand that he was not obvious in ordinary times, which did not mean that he was mediocre, and his real ability was shown on the battlefield. To be appreciated by Li Hong is also an honor for his subordinates.

Although the morale of the rebels was low, there were quite a few of them, and seeing the direction in which the young general was rushing, Li Hong had the idea that if the thief captured the king first and killed the leader of the rebel army, the rebel army's momentum would inevitably collapse.

"Soldiers, follow me to kill the rebel leader!"

As he spoke, Li Hong brandished his horizontal knife and led his men to rush towards the location of the rebel banner. A horizontal knife was wielded vividly in Li Hong's hand, slashing left and right, and soon killed a bloody path, while behind him was a pile of horizontal corpses, blood all over the ground, under the sun's rays, extremely bright red and dazzling.