At this moment, Li Yuanji believed what his second brother said. I don’t know how the Jianghuai Army’s weapons were made, and they had never seen them before. The crossbow arrows they held could be fired continuously at a very fast speed.

In this era, there are not a crossbow, and the crossbow can only be continuously launched manually. However, Lin Hao's Jianghuai Army's crossbow is obviously not a product of this era. The crossbows in the hands of the Jianghuai Army are the ones who keep launching, and they are just holding the crossbows.

Moreover, the amount of ammunition load is terrible and dense, like rain, and it launches very quickly.

The generals who fought the vanguard thought that everything would be as planned as they were initially deployed. After the horn of the surprise attack was sounded, the large army would attack with thunder and catch the enemy off guard.

At present, not only did the troops not launch a fierce attack as they were planned and deployed first, but the number of people was reduced, the combat effectiveness of the Jianghuai Army was completely beyond their expectations.

Surprise attack? It can't be considered a surprise attack. It's simply a gift. The enemy obviously expected their arrival. The strong bow and crossbow were ready. On the contrary, they were caught off guard by the attackers.

The number of people was not large, and there were less than 100,000 people following Li Yuanji. After this confident charge, the number of people dropped sharply by nearly 10,000 instantly.

People are afraid of death. Li Yuanji, who is not in command, issued an order. After the soldiers of the Li family found that something was wrong, they immediately began to retreat and let them stay for death. They could not do such a thing.

It was not in line with the rules to retreat without authorization, but Li Yuanji was not angry at all at this moment. After only a few breaths, the soldiers of the Li family lost so much force in an instant without even touching the hair of the Jianghuai Army.

If you keep attacking, you will die.

Of course, the Li family's troops were not fools. After the Li family troops in the rear discovered that something was wrong, they immediately used long-range attack weapons such as crossbows and catapults to cover the charge soldiers.

Heavy crossbows and catapults are weapons that should not be underestimated. Even if you practice the dragon and elephant golden body and have only a little success, you will not be able to add the armor provided by Lin Hao to defend the attacks of these things.

Therefore, the Jianghuai Army on the city wall had to temporarily avoid its edge, reducing the killing of soldiers of the fleeing Li family.

Despite this, the situation of the soldiers of the Li family did not improve at all, and their situation was still quite dangerous.

Lin Hao's Jianghuai Army was so outstanding, so smart and keen that he could be selected as a scout. The spies of Jianghuai Army who checked the movements of the Li family army could see at a glance that something was wrong. Although they could not tell what Li Yuanji was trying to do, they also told Li Jing clearly about the situation.

As a master of mercenaries, Li Jing couldn't see that there was a problem inside the Li family, nor could he see that Li Yuanji wanted to launch a surprise attack?

Even if you don’t know Li Yuanji’s plan in advance, you can make the most reasonable response when you find that the enemy is attacking and will not be distracted by the situation.

Since he knew the intention, Li Jing was naturally prepared to deal with it. Although this was not the main force of the Li family army, Li Jing could not let these 100,000 Li family soldiers leave safely.

On the way for the Li family soldiers to retreat, there were already 100,000 Jianghuai Army, which was led by Li Jing himself. After learning about the other party's whereabouts, Li Jing happened to bypass Li Yuanji's 100,000 troops and arrived at the rear to prepare, waiting for Li Yuanji to retreat.

"Boss said, Li Yuanji is of no value, but he can really kill him. He will cause trouble for Li Shimin when he is alive. In this way, the soldiers of the Li family cannot exert their strongest combat power and cannot completely defeat him."

"Anyway, the military pay from our Jianghuai Army has already given enough money. If you want to reward the enemy, do you have the nerve to ask for it?"

Seeing the smoke rising several miles away, it was equivalent to telling Li Jing that the Li family's army would soon escape, so he began to mobilize the Jianghuai army before the war.

"I'm sorry!"

This answer was not enough for Li Jing to be punished. Unexpectedly, the group of people under his command were really shameless and dared to agree.

However, Li Jing knew that they were all joking. The treatment of the Jianghuai Army was so good. Before going to war, they also gave subsidies to each soldier's family. How could such treatment be unsatisfied?

"The reward is calculated by the head. Since you dare to ask for it, I can tell you to the boss for you!"

The Jianghuai army each had a silly smile on their faces. Why do they still have the nerve to ask for it? They have never lived such a life of full food and clothing. How could they express their gratitude to Lin Hao by words? How could they ask for any reward from their superiors? This is just their joke.

They also knew that Li Jing was motivating them now, and they didn’t need this motivation, because they had long wanted to contribute to Jiangnan and Lin Hao.

The camps lined up in a row, forming a huge encirclement, similar to Li Shimin's tactics, but this was just a small-scale encirclement. As for the encirclement in the rear, Li Jing thought of a better way, that is, let the Li family's army encircle and suppress his own army.

If the prisoners who surrendered before were raising them for nothing, they would be wasting food and grass. Moreover, what the Jianghuai Army needed was warriors who were good at fighting, not waste who could only be fence-bearers.

Therefore, the captured soldiers can only prove themselves through a battle. Of course, it is impossible to reverse water. They are very clear about what situation the Li family's army will fall into next, and they have no way to compete. In addition, there are so many strong bows and crossbows behind them, and they want to rebel? It is impossible.

Li Yuanji was originally leading the troops to retreat, but unexpectedly, he received a report from Ergouzi when he retreated.

"Young Master, it's not good, someone is chasing you from behind!"

Li Yuanji was very puzzled. What was the curiosity about someone chasing him? The morale of the Jianghuai army is in full swing. Isn’t it necessary to chase the soldiers of the Li family?

"Nonsense, being chased is not expected? Are you talking nonsense?"

Ergouzi spread his hands: Young Master, the one who chased us was the former subordinate of the Li family, not the Jianghuai Army!

As soon as these words were spoken, Li Yuanji couldn't hold back.
Chapter completed!