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

The camp was quiet. Wu Laoliu ran in and walked around for a long time, feeling very happy.

They were gone for four or five hours.

The Wolf Head Fortress was completely unharmed.

It's truly destiny.

Wu Laoliu immediately walked towards the suspension bridge and skillfully lowered it.

Squeak.

As the suspension bridge was lowered, Li Tian and his group in the woods all breathed a long sigh of relief.

Let's go!

Li Tian, ​​carrying a wounded soldier on his back, was the first to emerge from the woods.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Junshan and Sun Sheng, each carrying a wounded soldier on their backs, and Chen Jing and Zhao Erbao, each leading a warhorse, emerged from the woods.

The group quickly entered Wolf Head Fortress.

With a creak, the drawbridge at Wolf Head Fortress was retracted again.

Li Tian ordered his men to help the wounded into the dilapidated temple, and then told Zhao Erbao and Chen Jing to cook in the kitchen. Wu Laoliu and Chen Junshan, dressed in imperial armor, stood guard outside.

Everything was safe and sound, which made everyone breathe a long sigh of relief.

"Old Wu, go to Nankai City now and tell General Chen that our Wolf Head Fortress has been attacked by the imperial army."

"Please send troops, General Chen, to drive the imperial armored forces back to Sanshui Military Prefecture."

After settling everything, Li Tian summoned Wu Laoliu and whispered instructions to him.

Wu Laoliu didn't say anything, just nodded, took some dry rations, put them in his bundle, and led a horse away from Wolf Head Fortress in a hurry.

After giving instructions to Wu Laoliu, Li Tian then summoned Chen Junshan, Zhao Erbao, and Chen Jing.

"Junshan, Erbao, Chen Jing, and Wu Laoliu have gone to Nankai City to fetch reinforcements."

"If things go well, reinforcements will probably arrive tomorrow morning."

"However, I am very worried about those villagers hiding in the mountains."

"Do you two have the guts to come with me into the deep mountains to protect those villagers?"

Chen Junshan grinned. "What's there to be afraid of?"

The three men silently began packing their things: a repeating crossbow, a quiver of arrows, a long sword, and a crossbow arm. Once everything was ready, they quietly walked into the mountains and forests.

The mountains and forests were completely silent; the villagers had all disappeared and were nowhere to be found.

Li Tian looked around and gave the orders: "Chen Jing goes south, Zhao Erbao goes north, Chen Junshan goes west, and I'll guard the east."

"The four of us will each guard one direction."

"We'll attack any armored vehicles the imperial forces we see; we're just harassing them, and then we'll run away."

"The main goal is to prevent these armored vehicles from safely searching for villagers."

"Do you understand everything?"

"clear!"

The four of them went their separate ways, each finding a grove of trees to hide in, thus blending into the entire forest.

......

Half an hour later, a large group of people arrived at Yujia Village, only to find that the blacksmith apprentice who had been arrested and the villagers had all disappeared without a trace.

After searching house to house, they found that all the houses were deserted.

"They've rebelled! They've all rebelled!"

Su Xiong was so angry that he cursed loudly. He couldn't understand how a small Wolf Head Fortress could cause such chaos and cause him to lose forty armored soldiers.

"Master Zhou, where do you think those rebels could be hiding now?"

Left with no other option, Su Xiong had to ask Master Zhou for further questioning.

Now that Master Zhou was determined to follow the imperial army, he frowned and thought for a moment and said, "I know those villagers very well. Whenever there is war, they run into the mountains. The mountains are full of caves and tunnels that they have dug to hide in."

"If Lieutenant Su wants to arrest these villagers, I can bring the servants from Zhou Family Village and lead the way."

Captain Su's face lit up with joy. "Good, thank you for your trouble, Master Zhou. If you can force out Li Tian and his gang of rebels, I will give you a great credit in the Sanshui Military Prefecture."

Not long after.

Master Zhou brought a dozen or so guards to protect the estate. Under their leadership, a large number of armored soldiers entered the mountains and began searching the area.

"Sir, please come with me. There is a cave nearby where those villagers often hide. I will take you there to catch them."

On the east side of the mountain, a farmhand in blue robes bowed and scraped to a corporal in iron armor, followed by a group of about thirteen men.

The armored corporal nodded and followed behind without expression.

Just then.

With a whoosh!

An arrow flew out from the dense forest and struck the village servant squarely in the neck.

Zhuang Ding fell to the ground without uttering a sound.

"Who?"

The leading armored soldier immediately drew his long sword, and a figure emerged from the woods, flashed in front of the armored soldier, and then immediately ran forward.

Li Tian!

Ironclad immediately recognized the man's appearance.

"Chase!"

With a loud shout, Tie Jia led a dozen or so soldiers in pursuit of Li Tian.

Li Tian didn't engage them in a prolonged fight. He ran forward for several dozen meters, then suddenly leaped into a bush where a crossbow had already been set up.

Bang bang bang!

With several muffled thuds, the armored soldier at the forefront was struck in the chest by an arrow and fell to the ground.

Before the armored vehicles behind him could react, Li Tian quickly loaded arrows into his crossbow and pressed the trigger.

Bang bang bang!

Several more people were hit by arrows and fell to the ground.

Upon seeing this, the remaining armored vehicles immediately turned and ran, and Li Tian drew his broadsword from his back and gave chase.

Bang bang bang!

Several loud explosions.

Li Tian possessed immense strength, and these armored soldiers were no match for him. In just a few exchanges, they were all destroyed by Li Tian.

Whoosh!

Just then, the sound of a bowstring suddenly came from the westernmost part of the forest. Li Tian was stunned for a moment, then immediately headed towards the westernmost point.

On the mountain path, Chen Junshan was already fighting with more than a dozen armored soldiers. He was fighting against more than a dozen people by himself, and with his fierce strength, he was not at a disadvantage.

Li Tian hid in the woods and quietly raised his crossbow. Bang bang bang, with several muffled thuds, three more people fell to the ground.

Then, Li Tian leaped out of the woods and, together with Chen Junshan, quickly killed the dozen or so armored soldiers on the ground.

The two exchanged a glance, then quickly looked away.

The mountains and forests became their battlefield.

Four men guarded a mountain from noon until dusk. The armored army was completely bewildered, but they still couldn't catch the four men.

"How dare you!"

When Su Xiong heard about this, he was furious and immediately led a thousand men to search the mountains.

Just then, a scout suddenly reported: "Reporting to the captain, a large number of troops have suddenly been spotted near Sanlipo, and they are probably coming for us."

Su Xiong was taken aback. "How many men are there?"

"Approximately two thousand people."

"What!" Su Xiong's expression instantly turned serious. More than two thousand people—they were clearly coming for him.

However, immediately afterwards...

A surge of greed welled up in my heart.

The rebel army lacked armor and weapons, and was utterly vulnerable in the face of the imperial court's regular iron armor.

In Su Xiong's eyes, these two thousand armored soldiers were clearly a great military achievement.

"Retreat."

Su Xiong immediately gave the order, "Everyone, withdraw from Jufeng Mountain and advance towards Sanlipo."

For Su Xiong, eliminating the more than two thousand imperial armored soldiers was more useful than capturing Li Tian and a few others.