Faced with the overwhelming tide of rebel soldiers, the Youzhou army, from Lu Zhi down to the ordinary soldiers, showed no fear whatsoever.

"Release the arrows!!"

Seeing that the rebels charging ahead had reached the range of the crossbows, the commanding officer of the Youzhou army's front rank immediately shouted and waved the command flag in his hand.

"Buzz!"

Upon receiving the order, the first rank of crossbowmen immediately pulled the triggers of their powerful crossbows, and tens of thousands of bolts whistled out.

Thousands of rebel soldiers who charged ahead were immediately shot down, and some of the rebel soldiers who charged ahead were mostly pierced by more than a dozen arrows from different angles.

Before the rebels in the rear could react, a second, dense volley of arrows swept in, followed by a third...

At the same time, the archers in the first row had already loaded their arrows and were pulling the triggers without stopping.

Before the two rebel armies at the front had even reached within a hundred meters, more than five thousand of them were shot dead, while the arrows from the Youzhou army continued unabated.

This continuous barrage of arrows completely shocked the rebels, and the entire front line of the rebel army was thrown into chaos.

The sight of tens of thousands of corpses riddled with bullets in front of the rebels, along with the pervasive stench of blood in the air, constantly assaulted the fragile nerves of the rebel soldiers.

In an instant, the rebel soldiers at the front cried out in terror and turned to flee in panic.

"No retreat!! Supervisory team, charge!!"

Seeing the vanguard suddenly turn around, Liu Kui immediately drew his long sword from his waist and directed the supervising team to block the soldiers who were turning around.

After a fierce attack by the supervising team, the retreat of the rebel soldiers at the front slowed down.

Meanwhile, the cries of battle from the south were growing ever closer, and the banner bearing the character "Zheng" was also drawing ever closer.

Liu Kui's face lit up with joy, and he immediately shouted, "Reinforcements have arrived! The enemy doesn't have many arrows left. Keep charging! Those who advance live, those who retreat die!"

Seeing this, the rebel soldiers regained some morale and turned around to continue charging towards Lu Zhi's army.

Seeing the rebels charging again, the commanding officer of the Youzhou army at the front rank couldn't help but sneer, and then waved the command flag in his hand.

"Release the arrows!!"

A deluge of arrows once again swept towards the rebels, reaping their lives wave after wave.

"What exactly is this thing??"

One of the surviving rebel soldiers shouted in terror.

Although he had experienced a hail of arrows in previous battles against the Youzhou army, this was vastly different from the previous one. In his entire life, he had never seen such a terrifying offensive.

No one answered his question.

The Youzhou army's terrifying crossbow attack continued, with arrows raining down like a death net, enveloping the rebels.

The specially made crossbows used by the Youzhou army were extremely powerful. Not to mention these rebels, even regular troops in armor would find it difficult to withstand them.

As the final volley of arrows fell, leaving behind thousands more corpses, the vanguard of the rebel army completely collapsed and turned back to charge towards Liu Kui's central army.

"Stop them!!"

Seeing the soldiers turn around again, Liu Kui ordered the supervisory team to intercept them.

Faced with the executioner's blades, the rebel soldiers at the front, their eyes red with fury, began to fight back fiercely. They would rather be hacked to death than be riddled with arrows.

In an instant, the central army where Liu Kui was stationed was thrown into chaos.

On the other side, seeing that Liu Kui's central army was in chaos, Lu Zhi immediately waved the command flag in his hand.

"Cavalry charge the enemy's right flank, the rest of the soldiers charge into the enemy's center!!"

"kill!!"

At Lu Zhi's command, the five thousand Youzhou cavalrymen in the rear immediately spurred their horses out and charged toward the north of Liu Kui's army, while the remaining infantrymen excitedly rushed toward Liu Kui's central army.

When Liu Kui, commander of the central army, saw the Youzhou army suddenly attacking him, he was momentarily flustered, but as the "Zheng" banner drew closer, he calmed down a bit.

Immediately, Liu Kui ordered the entire central army to advance, attempting to preemptively scatter the vanguard soldiers charging towards the main formation, and then join forces with Zheng Hun's army to fight Lu Zhi to the death.

On the other side, five thousand Youzhou cavalrymen charged into the right flank of the rebel army in no time.

Although Liu Kui deployed 20,000 troops on the right flank, they were all dressed in plain clothes and had no large shields. Facing the well-equipped Youzhou cavalry, they were like a flock of lambs and were easily defeated.

Just then, Liu Kui, who had placed all his hopes on the reinforcements, suddenly knocked down the "Zheng" banner and raised a new "Han" banner. The soldiers of the Hejian army also tore off their cloth clothes and charged towards the left flank of the rebel army.

"Your Majesty, it's terrible! It's the Han army!!"

Seeing that the reinforcements had suddenly turned into enemy troops, the rebels' left flank panicked.

"How could this happen...? What on earth happened?"

Liu Kui, who was directing his troops in battle, saw chaos all around him and his long sword slipped from his hand and fell to the ground. He looked around blankly.

At the same time, the infantry of the Youzhou army had already rushed forward and launched a fierce attack on Liu Kui's central army.

As they fought, some officers of the Youzhou army shouted, "We are willing to help the royal army to wipe out the rebels. We will spread our arms and follow you to kill the enemy. Those who make meritorious contributions will be forgiven for their past mistakes."

Those who remain obstinate will have their entire family punished!

"We are willing to atone for our sins through meritorious service!"

Upon hearing this, many of the vanguard rebel soldiers were instantly filled with an unparalleled will to survive. They immediately tore off the cloth strips from their heads and charged towards Liu Kui's army with disheveled hair. Their ferocity and fighting spirit even surpassed that of the soldiers of Youzhou Army.

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