The news of Li Jing's arrival also reached Du Qi's ears. Du Qi was not at the entrance of Mulberry Hill, but in the middle and back half of Mulberry Hill. He was blocking Li Jing in this area.
Du Qi waited quietly. After half an hour, Li Jing's fifty thousand troops arrived.
They had already entered the foot of the hill.
From the top of the hill to the bottom, the distance was less than two hundred steps. The slope of the hill was about thirty degrees. As Li Jing had sent scouts to scout, there were no landmines at the foot of the hill.
Du Qi saw that Li Jing had entered the ambush area and ordered the cannons to fire.
The positions of the mortars were still at the back of the hill. All the mortars were aimed at that position. Along with Du Qi's order, the cannonballs were loaded into the barrels of the cannons. Rumbling sounds could be heard.
Cannonballs flew out of the hill and towards the Tang army at the foot of the hill.
Li Jing was leading the army to rush.
He was in the middle of the army.
He was not at the front anymore.
When Li Jing heard the sound of the cannonballs, he looked up and shouted, "There is an ambush on the hill. Charge, let's charge over. Full speed ahead and charge out of Mulberry Hill. "
In the current situation, they had to charge to the back of Rouyuan County and charge to Yiwu County. As such, they had to charge to the back.
He could not retreat.
The moment he retreated, the plan would fail.
Along with Li Jing's order, the army quickly advanced. However, as the army advanced, the cannonballs had already landed. They landed in the crowd of Tang soldiers and exploded.
In an instant, people were thrown off their horses and corpses flew everywhere.
There were countless casualties.
The entire formation was in chaos.
When Li Jing saw this, he ordered the soldiers to charge forward at full speed. Seeing that they were being bombarded, it was obvious that there was an ambush on the hill. As such, the only way was to charge forward.
The army braved the cannon fire and continued to advance.
Du Qi looked at this scene from the top of the hill and shook his head. In the current situation, even if Li Jing was an experienced general, he could not turn the situation around. The reason was very simple. At this moment, Li Jing was being pushed forward, and it was impossible for him to have any chance to change. Especially when Li Jing entered the ambush of Sang Qiu Mountain, he had already been schemed against.
Du Qi looked through the binoculars and could see the scene in the distance. Therefore, when the soldiers under Li Jing's command braved the cannon fire and rushed out about 300 steps, an army had already appeared on the wide road in front of them.
This army stood on the ground.
One by one, the soldiers set up defensive fortifications. Sacks were piled up to form defensive fortifications.
The reason why the fortifications were built was to stop the Tang Army's attack, not to throw the grenades. When the soldiers led by Li Jing charged forward, they had already clashed with these people.
Grenades were thrown out one after another.
In the blink of an eye, he landed in the crowd.
Explosions rang out one after another.
One by one, the soldiers were killed by the explosions. There were countless casualties.
However, because Mulberry Hill was not a narrow road, and the road was at the foot of Mulberry Hill, the north side of the road was a wide area of sand and stone, so it was still passable. Therefore, when many soldiers were bombarded by grenades, they had already taken a detour to the north, no longer advancing from their original position.
Just as the soldiers under Li Jing started to break out from the side, another army appeared on the official road ahead.
This army was made up of 30 thousand elites.
The one leading was Mordor.
Xue Rengui led the cavalry to the north to ambush them. Now that the army lacked a general to lead the charge, Du Qi let Mordor fight on the battlefield. At this moment, Mordor led 30 thousand infantry to charge out. Mordor rode on his horse, the two hammers in his hands turned into a black lightning bolt. In the blink of an eye, he welcomed the army under Li Jing.
Both sides fought in the open area.
Moledo raised his hand and smashed down. In an instant, he killed the charging Tang soldiers one by one.
In the open area, Mordor was like a killing god.
No one could beat him.
Under the leadership of Mordor, the 30 thousand elites under him were filled with fighting spirit as they charged forward. Until now, Li Tang still had not cracked Xia's smelting technique and could not forge sharper weapons. Hence, when the soldiers of both sides clashed on the battlefield, even though both sides were elites, Li Jing's troops were still not a match.
Slowly, they started to crumble.
They were showing signs of not being able to win.
Li Jing ordered the soldiers to break out of the encirclement, but as they continued to break out, the soldiers who charged forward were blocked. They were unable to break through and win. At this moment, Li Jing's expression was helpless. They wanted to scheme against Xia Xia's troops, but they did not expect to be schemed against.
When Li Jing sent out his troops, he had a premonition that the battle at Mulberry Hill would not go smoothly and would definitely be ambushed. He did not expect it to really happen.
Under such a battle, Li Jing felt a little powerless.
Because he could not win.
Especially since Xia Xia's troops were too strong. Most importantly, the enemy's artillery was still bombarding. Earlier, all of the cannons had been fired at the foot of Mulberry Hill. But now, all of the cannons had been adjusted. The range had increased by several hundred paces. As a result, Li Jing's soldiers were still bombarded. The morale of the army was greatly affected.
If the 50,000 elites under Li Jing were to face off against the troops of the Xia Kingdom, they would not be able to do anything. Even if Li Jing's soldiers' weapons were slightly weaker, Li Jing did not think that they would lose. After all, his soldiers were also brave and good at fighting.
But now, they were bombarded first.
It was equivalent to being hit head-on.
Soon after, they were stopped again. The fighting spirit of his soldiers was destroyed by the continuous attacks.
"Manager, our troops charging forward are constantly being destroyed. At this moment, we can't hold on anymore. Manager, what should we do now? "
A general beside Li Jing asked.
The reason for that was because everyone was able to tell that something was amiss.
It was not easy to break through.
"Manager, let's retreat. Retreat from Mulberry Hill immediately."
Another general suggested.
As this suggestion was made, the other generals all spoke up to persuade him. Because at this moment, they all felt that it was impossible to break through. After all, Xia Xia's army was too fierce.
They were completely no match for him.
Li Jing looked around and looked at the generals gathered around him. He said, "We can't retreat. At this point, we will definitely be ambushed. Since Xia Xia's men have set up an ambush, they will definitely block our retreat. "
A young general said with a solemn expression, "Manager, the artillery here is too strong. Could it be that the troops in Rouyuan County have already been set up here? "
Li Jing's eyes were sharp. "It's not the troops of Rouyuan County. This must be Du Qi's doing. Du Qi had long predicted that we would be defeated in Rouyuan County. In order to break the stalemate, we would break through Mulberry Hill. Therefore, Du Qi is here. Obviously, Du Qi did not care about the situation in southern Tianzhu. Instead, he wanted to deal with the Tang dynasty first. "
The surrounding people all had solemn expressions when they heard this.
Du Qi's methods were not simple!
At the thought of Du Qi's presence, these generals became nervous again. Because Du Qi was not an ordinary person. He was a truly scheming person. Even His Majesty the Emperor had been defeated by Du Qi several times, let alone them.
"Manager, where are we going to break through now?"
The generals asked one after another.
All of them were even more nervous.
"Li Jing, immediately put down your weapons and surrender. I will spare your life. You have already been ambushed and can't escape. "
At this moment, a chorus of shouts rang out.
This was the shout from the hillside where Du Qi was.
The shouts of more than a thousand people and the shouts of more than a thousand people soared into the sky. It even suppressed the sounds of fighting at the foot of the mountain and the sound of artillery fire.
This was done on purpose by Du Qi.
It was to weaken the combat strength of the soldiers under Li Jing.
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