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

Su Xiong looked up and observed the mountain path on both sides, trying to see if there was any ambush.

With a whoosh.

Suddenly, a sharp arrow flew out from the forest and struck the shoulder of a squad leader next to Su Xiong. The squad leader screamed and immediately fell off his horse.

"Ambush! All troops on alert!" Su Xiong immediately drew his sword and roared.

But it's too late.

From the forests on both sides, a dense rain of arrows fell from the sky. The road was narrow, and the two thousand soldiers were crammed together, with nowhere to hide.

In a short time, the imperial armor suffered severe damage.

Immediately afterwards, the banners of the rebel army were suddenly raised in the mountains and forests, and countless rebels appeared, throwing huge stones and logs down the mountain.

Boom boom boom!

The imperial armored vehicles on the road were smashed to pieces, with men and horses falling and screaming in agony.

"Quickly, get out of this road! There are ambushes everywhere!"

Su Xiong roared and was the first to spur his warhorse forward, followed closely by a group of disorganized imperial soldiers.

Soon, Su Xiong's team arrived at the place where Li Tian's group was lying in ambush.

Su Xiong was in the lead when suddenly a tripwire rose from the ground. With a thud, Su Xiong's horse fell to the ground, and Su Xiong was thrown four or five meters away.

Immediately afterwards, the second tripwire was raised.

With a loud crash, two or three more warhorses fell to the ground.

"put!"

A deep shout came from the woods, and Li Tian and the others pressed the trigger of the repeating crossbow together.

This repeating crossbow was extremely powerful; it could pierce cowhide from three hundred paces away.

The armored soldiers' armor was no match for the power; it was pierced right through them, and they fell from their horses with screams of pain.

The losses were devastating in a short time.

One wave.

Another wave.

People piled on top of people, horses piled on top of horses, and the road was a scene of flying blood and flesh.

A total of seven volleys of arrows were fired, totaling more than three hundred arrows.

Su Xiong's team immediately lost more than half of its members.

Su Xiong scrambled to his feet, glanced back at the distant battlefield, and felt a pang of heartache that brought tears to his eyes.

Those were two thousand elite troops, all drawn from various battalions and squads.

Now, more than half of it has been lost.

How am I going to explain this to General Qin when I get back?

"kill!"

Along the mountain path, countless rebels surged down the hillside like a tide. Although their weapons were rudimentary, their sheer numbers and imposing presence made them formidable.

Upon seeing this, Su Xiong was immediately shocked and furious. He roared, "Quickly, cover my retreat! I'm going first!"

With that, Su Xiong pulled a man in armor off his warhorse, mounted it himself, and fled madly forward, no longer caring about his men.

The hundred men behind him had no choice but to turn their horses around and cover Su Xiong's retreat.

However, facing a rebel army of more than two thousand men, the hundred-odd men seemed too insignificant. Their formation was broken in an instant, and they had no choice but to fight hand-to-hand with the rebels.

However, the rebel army's pursuit did not stop; they continued to relentlessly chase after Su Xiong's troops.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

At this moment, Su Xiong was only concerned with escaping for his life, and had no idea that his mission was to capture Li Tian.

Su Santao led her team in pursuit of Su Xiong, chasing him all the way to Su Yunhe before ordering a halt to the pursuit.

Su Yunhe is more than 50 miles away from the Sanshui Military Prefecture. If he goes any further, he will be surrounded by the people from the Sanshui Military Prefecture.

"withdraw!"

At Su Santao's command, the troops slowly retreated.

By the time Su Santao's troops arrived at Sanlipo, the battle was over, and the bodies of the armored soldiers lay scattered all over the ground.

The soldiers, having finished their battle, were sitting and stripping the armored soldiers of their armor and the silver coins on their bodies.

This is a tradition of the rebel army: they can exchange their armor for silver in the military camp, and all the silver they collect on the battlefield belongs to them.

Su Santao silently surveyed the battlefield without uttering a word. When she looked up, she saw Li Tian and several of his men standing to the side, talking about something.

Su Santao walked over and asked, "Li Tian, ​​what weapon did you use to attack the armor just now? I found that it was extremely powerful."

Li Tian turned to Wu Laoliu and said, "Go and fetch a repeating crossbow."

Wu Laoliu walked into the woods and soon returned carrying a repeating crossbow.

Li Tian pointed to the repeating crossbow and said, "This is a repeating crossbow. It can fire four arrows at a time and can fire four hundred times continuously without breaking the bowstring."

"It has a range of 300 meters, and can penetrate cowhide beyond 300 meters."

"Take this back and give it to General Chen. Have the skilled craftsmen in the Craftsmen's Battalion imitate it. It will surely be of great use."

Su Santao took the repeating crossbow and examined it for a while before saying calmly, "Alright, I will take this back and give it to General Chen."

After saying that, Su Santao turned around and shouted, "Make up the troops, let's go back to Nankai City."

Li Tiandao said, "Aren't you going to come back to Wolf Head Castle with me for a while?"

Su Santao said, "I came here only to help you out of this predicament. The Loyal Army will be attacking Julu City in a few days, so I need to speed up the preparation of the troops."

Having said that, Su Santao mounted her horse and shouted, "Go!"

The two thousand-strong army marched south again, and in the blink of an eye, only Li Tian and his group remained, along with corpses scattered all over the ground.

"Captain, what do we do?"

Looking at the devastated land after the war, Wu Laoliu couldn't help but sigh. In this chaotic world, human life was truly as worthless as grass.

"Let's go back to Wolf Head Fortress first," Li Tian sighed.

Several men rode warhorses slowly toward Wolf Head Fortress, carrying a basket of weapons.

On Wolf Head Fortress, the one-eyed Sun Sheng stood guard alone.

Upon seeing Li Tian and his group approaching, they voluntarily lowered the suspension bridge.

"Sergeant, how's the battle going?" Sun Sheng asked.

"We won!"

"Su Xiong has withdrawn his troops!"

Li Tian said calmly.

"Good!" Sun Sheng's one eye gleamed with joy. He uttered only one word, "good," and then silently stepped aside.

"Eat first. After you finish eating, Wu Laoliu will go and tell Zhao Erbao that Su Xiong has withdrawn his troops and the villagers can go home now."

Li Tian said calmly.

After a simple meal of dried meat and rice porridge, Wu Laoliu headed straight for Jufeng Mountain.

In the Giant Beacon Mountain, the grass and trees were cool, but a faint smell of blood permeated the air.

Bang!

Wu Laoliu took out a whistling arrow and shot it into the sky, then stood still.

Before long, the woods ahead rustled, and Zhao Erbao emerged from the woods carrying a large bow.

"Does the corporal have any tasks for me?"

"The corporal said that Su Xiong's troops have retreated, and the villagers can go home now."

Wu Laoliu said something casually, and the two of them started shouting all over the mountainside.

"Su Xiong has withdrawn his troops."

"The villagers can go home now."

Before long, villagers from various villages who had been hiding in the woods gradually emerged from the caves and tunnels.

Someone asked in a low voice, "Zhao Junwu, has Su Xiong's army really retreated? Can we really go home?"

Zhao Erbao scratched his head: "It's a message from the squad leader, so it shouldn't be wrong. How about I personally escort you all home?"

Then Zhao Erbao turned to Wu Laoliu and asked, "Wu Laoliu, are you going or not?"

Wu Laoliu chuckled: "Of course I'll go."

Two men escorted more than three hundred villagers down the mountain in a grand procession, leaving behind trails of trampling horses everywhere they went.

This land has been ravaged beyond recognition by war and the iron cavalry.

Soon, the group arrived at the entrance of Yujia Village, which had been reduced to ashes. A strong wind blew, and white ashes flew everywhere.

Wu Laoliu stopped and said to the villagers behind him, "Anyone brave enough to go and scout out the villages ahead and see if the imperial armored vehicles are still wandering around?"

"I'll go."

Immediately, four or five bold young men stepped forward. They cautiously explored four or five miles ahead before turning back.

"I've already checked, there's no one ahead, the armored troops have already retreated," a young man said.

"Okay, we can finally go home."

A cheer erupted from the crowd.