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

"Let's go."

Led by Li Tian, ​​the group hurried towards Wolf Head Fortress under the moonlight.

Before long, the group arrived near Wolf Head Fortress.

Behind the earthen wall of the suspension bridge, a campfire was burning, and two armored soldiers were sitting cross-legged around it, chatting and keeping warm.

"Let's make a quick decision and take Wolf's Head Fortress first, then we'll make further plans."

Li Tian gave a hand signal to his men, and the group crouched down and stealthily moved to surround Wolf Head Fortress from all sides.

Brush brush!

Several iron hooks were silently attached to the rocky cliffs surrounding Wolf Head Fortress.

Li Tian and his companions climbed up as quickly as geckos.

Before long, the group arrived at the ground of the suspension bridge and lay down quietly.

The two soldiers guarding the fort remained completely unaware of this.

Li Tian quietly took out a crossbow and nocked an arrow, while Chen Jing beside him also took out a crossbow and nocked an arrow.

Whoosh!

An arrow silently pierced the darkness and embedded itself in the back of a soldier's neck, causing him to fall to the ground without a sound.

"who!"

Another soldier immediately became alert. He had just stood up and shouted something when, with a whoosh, another arrow flew by and struck the man in the neck.

This person also fell to the ground silently.

Several figures emerged from the darkness; it was Li Tian, ​​Chen Jing, Sun Sheng, and their group.

They were already very familiar with Wolf Head Fortress. Li Tian gave a light gesture, and the group quietly headed towards the small courtyard where they used to live.

The courtyard was pitch black, with only the occasional faint breathing sound.

With a creak, the gate was pushed open a crack, and Li Tian and his men appeared in the courtyard, weapons in hand.

Li Tian's sharp gaze swept around the courtyard, and he said in a low voice, "Each person is responsible for one room. Sun Sheng, you and Chen Junshan are responsible for the dilapidated temple."

With that, Li Tian lifted his leg and walked towards the first room.

Li Tian gently used his knife to pry open the door latch and silently walked in. Inside, three burly men were fast asleep, their armor lying to the side, completely unaware that the god of death had descended upon them.

Li Tian took out his crossbow, aimed it at a man's chest, and gently pulled the trigger. With a whoosh, an arrow pierced the man's chest.

The man let out a scream in his sleep, suddenly sat up on the earthen bed, and then fell to the ground with a thud.

Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!

Li Tian then fired two more arrows at the other two.

The two men died silently in their sleep. Afterwards, Li Tian stabbed each of the three men in the neck to confirm their deaths before returning to the courtyard.

"Ah, ah!" Two screams came from the two houses next door, presumably Chen Jing and the others had already made their move.

Li Tian ignored them and walked directly towards the dilapidated temple. He knew Chen Jing and the others' skills, and they had repeating crossbows on them, so dealing with one or two people would be no problem for them.

With a creak, the door of the dilapidated temple was pushed open, and Li Tian walked straight in. He saw three armored soldiers lying on the ground, and Sun Sheng and Chen Junshan were wiping the blood off their long swords with their sleeves.

The three of them glanced at each other, said nothing, and walked out of the dilapidated temple together.

Before long, Chen Jing, Zhao Erbao, and Sun Sanqian also emerged from the dilapidated temple.

"I have three here," Chen Jing said.

"Two," Zhao Erbao said calmly.

The group checked their accounts and found that the thirteen armored soldiers of Wolf Head Fortress had been wiped out.

Li Tian glanced around and said calmly, "Chen Jing, Chen Junshan, you two are responsible for disposing of the bodies. Leave the armor behind, and throw the bodies off the cliff."

"Zhao Erbao, Sun Sanqian, cook for me."

The group split up and went to the kitchen. There was still some rice in the rice bin and a few pieces of cured meat on the cutting board. It seemed that the imperial army and the rebel army were similar in that they both had the habit of carrying dry rations with them.

As a soldier, not knowing how to cook means you'll starve to death.

Li Tian and the others immediately rolled up their sleeves and started cooking. Before long, a bucket of rice and a pot of boiled cured meat were ready.

The group sat down at a table again.

Returning to Wolfhead Fortress, the group was filled with mixed emotions.

Wolf Head Fortress is finally back!

It feels just like coming home.

"eat!"

At Li Tian's command, the group immediately began to eat heartily. After a day of marching and traversing mountains and valleys, they were all exhausted.

After dinner, looking at the familiar campsite, Li Tian lazily said, "Everyone get some sleep tonight, I'll keep watch."

Chen Jing asked, "What about Wu Laoliu?"

Li Tian glanced at the dark sky outside and sighed softly, "Let's talk about it tomorrow. I'll go find Wu Laoliu myself tomorrow."

.........

In the mountains, Su Xiong was furious. His men had blocked all the mountain roads around them, and they had also sent people to check the place where the fire had started. It was indeed caused by someone, but they couldn't find a single person.

"Where are all these people? Are they flying away with wings?!" Su Xiong roared angrily.

The soldiers under his command looked at each other in bewilderment. They had been following Su Xiong's orders to seal off the entire area, but they had not seen any suspicious people leave.

"Captain, we've searched all the surrounding mountains and forests, and there's definitely no one there. This group should have already escaped from our encirclement," the guard said to Su Xiong with a hint of helplessness.

Su Xiong didn't speak, but looked up at the dark sky and sighed: "Send people to continue sealing off this area, and the rest of you continue searching forward. No matter what, we must find this group of people."

The guard hesitated and said, "Captain, could they have escaped to the plains?"

Su Xiong was taken aback. "Then what do you mean by that?"

The guard suggested, "Why don't we withdraw our forces to the plains and search more thoroughly? The plains are full of villages; if they're hiding in one, we should be able to find them."

Su Xiong didn't speak, but looked up at the vast mountains.

Behind them stretched a mountain range of no less than a hundred miles; this number of troops was simply not enough to search each location individually.

If Li Tian and his gang of thieves were to disappear into those mountains, they would be impossible to find.

But if we don't look for it...

Su Xiong was unwilling to accept this.

After a moment of silence, Su Xiong said, "Pass down my order: leave one thousand men to continue searching the mountains, and send the remaining one thousand men back to the ground to search each village again."

Su Xiong's troops slowly withdrew from the mountainous area, and more than a dozen key transportation routes near Wolf Head Fort were once again tightly blocked.

The armored army, as fierce as wolves and tigers, began searching village by village for Li Tian and his companions.

Chaos broke out everywhere, with chickens flying and dogs barking, and cries of pain filling the air.

.........

"What's going on? How did this gang of thieves and convicts get back to the surface? I wonder how Corporal Li and the others are doing."

In a field, Wu Laoliu lay prone in a wheat field, quietly watching a line of armored soldiers with open arms walk past him, pondering where to go next.

Suddenly a loud shout came from behind, "Who's lying there? Get out here!"

Wu Laoliu looked back and saw two armored cavalrymen speeding towards him on the official road behind him. One of them was carrying a torch, while the other had already drawn his bow and arrow.

With a whoosh, Wu Laoliu dashed forward like a startled rabbit, cursing inwardly, "Heavens above, how did I get caught by the armored soldiers here? How can my two legs outrun a four-legged warhorse?"