The rebel army's foremost master craftsman forged a million iron pylons!

"Oh no?"

Su Xiong suddenly thought of a possibility.

Li Tian and his men stripped the soldiers of their armor, probably intending to infiltrate their ranks and take the opportunity to descend the mountain.

But by now it was already late, and if the soldiers were summoned to search one by one, these thieves might take the opportunity to go down the mountain.

However, if left unchecked, they could easily descend the mountain if scouts on the road mistook them for their own people.

This makes the matter even more difficult.

Just then.

But then, flames shot into the sky again from the southwest, blazing and illuminating half the sky.

"What happened?" Su Xiong suddenly turned his head to look southwest.

His soldiers looked at each other in bewilderment. Two large fires had been set off tonight, and this whole thing seemed very strange.

"Su Yuan, what's the situation tonight?" Su Xiong turned around and asked one of his personal guards.

"This..." Su Yuan also looked troubled. After thinking for a moment, he replied, "In my opinion, the two fires tonight and the killing of the scout are probably related to that scoundrel Li Tian."

"So, in your opinion, which direction are these thieves in now?" Su Xiong continued to ask.

"this……"

Su Yuan was stumped. This gang of thieves was sometimes in the east, sometimes in the north, and sometimes in the southwest. Their movements were so erratic that it was impossible to tell them where they were.

After a moment of contemplation, Su Yuan replied, "In my humble opinion, it would be better if the captain ordered the troops to split into three groups and investigate each place."

"But they're wearing imperial armor. What if they take this opportunity to go down the mountain? What should we do then?" Su Xiong asked again.

"this……"

Su Yuan was sweating profusely. After thinking for a while, he stammered, "How about we split into four groups and send three groups to investigate?"

"The remaining troops will seal off the area, seal off the area..."

Su Yuan stopped there, because the mountain range was simply too vast, and their two thousand men were simply not enough to block it off.

"Blocking the mountains within a ten-mile radius will suffice," Su Xiong provided the answer for him.

After saying that, Su Xiong turned his head and said, "Pass down my order: divide the troops into four groups. Three groups will scout in three directions up the mountain, and the rest will all go down the mountain and seal off all the mountain paths within this ten-mile stretch."

"yes!"

The order was quickly relayed, and the scouts scattered in various locations were promptly recalled. They were then divided into four groups and slowly made their way toward their designated targets.

.......

"Sergeant, what should we do next?"

In a mountain range in the southwest, Li Tian and the others threw away their torches and gathered in a grove of trees.

Chen Jing looked at the raging fires in both directions and asked with some excitement.

Li Tian looked back at the direction and said calmly, "Let's head west and go back to the road where we captured the armored car. According to the crater theory, the probability of two shells falling into the same crater at the same time is extremely small."

"What's a shell crater? And what's a shell?" Chen Jing asked, looking on in surprise.

"Ahem," Li Tian realized he had let something slip and immediately said, "What I mean is, judging by the time, the corpses on that road should have already been discovered by the imperial army."

"Once they've checked it, they won't go back to check it a second time."

"Therefore, this road is relatively safe for us."

Chen Jing and the others' eyes lit up immediately. "Sergeant, that's a great idea!"

The group immediately got up and headed toward the path where they had previously fought for the imperial armor.

Just as Li Tian had predicted.

The journey was very peaceful; they didn't even encounter a single scout from the imperial court.

Before long, the group returned to the path. The corpses on the road had disappeared. Li Tian smiled slightly, "It seems this road is safe now."

"Then how do we get down the mountain?" Chen Jing asked again.

Li Tian checked the direction again and said calmly, "This mountain is north of Crow Mountain. If you follow this mountain road down, the straight-line distance to Wolf Head Fortress should be fifteen miles."

"Let's follow this mountain path down to avoid revealing Wu Laoliu and his men's whereabouts."

Chen Jing and the others nodded and followed Li Tian down the mountain path to the foot of the mountain.

They did not encounter any imperial armored vehicles along the way and arrived at the foot of the mountain safely.

Upon reaching the foot of the mountain, they did not dare to proceed rashly, but instead hid in a forest to observe the situation outside.

However, the foot of the mountain was surrounded by imperial armored troops, and every ten or so steps there was a patrol of a dozen or so soldiers. At a glance, there were as many as eight hundred soldiers at the foot of the mountain.

"What should we do? We're surrounded. Can we even get out?" Chen Jing suddenly became anxious.

Li Tian observed the situation for a moment and said calmly, "Don't be afraid. We're wearing the same armor as them, and it's dark. If we just walk out like this, they might not be able to spot us."

"Will this work?" Chen Jing was still somewhat worried.

"Let's go. How will we know if it will work if we don't take the risk and try?" Li Tian was the first to walk out of the woods.

Chen Jing and the others exchanged glances and then emerged from the woods.

The group of people had their heads down, trying their best to look tired.

Soon, the group arrived at the camp of the imperial army, where a dozen soldiers stood. The rest of the soldiers glanced at Li Tian and his group before turning their attention elsewhere.

Only the sergeant shouted, "Which battalion and which squad are you from?"

"Scout Battalion, Third Squad, Li Feiying."

"I have been ordered by Commandant Su to go to the southwest to participate in the defense."

Li Tian lowered his head and tried to keep his voice low as he spoke, handing over a wooden token.

The token was none other than the one Li Tian had taken from the group of armored soldiers.

The soldiers, numbering over two thousand, were drawn from different camps, so it was perfectly normal for them not to know each other.

The sergeant merely glanced at Li Tian and the others' tokens before letting them pass.

"Walk!"

As soon as they left the area guarded by the group, Li Tian and his group quickly headed southwest. Along the way, they encountered several more checks, but Li Tian cleverly dealt with them all.

Soon the group broke through the impenetrable defense of the eight hundred men.

As soon as they stepped out of the defensive perimeter, Li Tian and his men suddenly sped up, covering more than two miles and leaving Su Xiong's large force far behind.

Li Tian and the others then stopped in their tracks.

Everyone breathed a long sigh of relief.

"We're still alive?"

Chen Jing said with a look of surprise, "We can hardly believe that we were able to escape from a group of more than two thousand people."

"Rest here for ten minutes, then come back to Wolf Head Castle with me," Li Tian said calmly.

"What are you going back to Wolf Head Fortress for?" Chen Jing asked.

Li Tian smiled slightly, "Judging from the current situation, the imperial army is arresting us everywhere, so Wolf Head Fortress must be poorly defended."

"Wolf Head Castle is our stronghold, why don't we take this opportunity to retake it?"

"What if the imperial army returns to inspect us?" Chen Jing asked.

Li Tian pointed to his armor, "We also have armor. If we stand on the wall, they might not be able to spot us."