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

Tie Niu casually took the knife, walked to a tree as thick as a large bowl, raised the ring-pommel sword in his hand, and swung it sharply.

With a crack, a tree more than ten meters tall fell down.

"Ah, what a sharp knife! No wonder it was forged by Commander Li."

The soldiers from the local militia nearby immediately let out a gasp of surprise.

"I'll try out my knife too!"

A young man, seemingly unconcerned, followed Tie Niu's example and walked up to a large tree, raising his knife and hacking at it fiercely.

*Click*, the blade was embedded in the tree trunk, and it couldn't be pulled out.

The young man was immediately embarrassed. He pulled hard and the knife snapped in two with a crack.

It's clearly due to insufficient hammering, resulting in carbon buildup inside.

"what!"

The young man stared at the broken blade in his hand, his face turning bright red as he stood frozen in place.

"Hahaha!"

A mocking voice immediately came from the side, "Su Santong, how exactly do you forge weapons? The weapons you make are just for show."

The soldier named Su Santong, his face flushed from the laughter, looked up and said defiantly, "Li Shitou, don't just laugh at me, try making your own weapon too."

The soldier named Li Shitou, who was forging a long spear, sneered upon hearing this, "Let's try it!"

As he spoke, Li Shitou shouldered his spear and walked to a large tree. He raised the spear shaft and thrust it fiercely at the tree.

laugh!

The spearhead did pierce the tree, and then, with a snap, the spearhead and the shaft separated. The spearhead remained embedded in the tree trunk, leaving Li Shitou with only a bare section of the shaft.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter. "Li Shitou, you're laughing at Su Santong? Turns out the weapon you forged is the same as his."

Su Santong shook his head helplessly, "Li Shitou, the weapons you forged are just for show!"

Despite saying that, Su Santong was also very upset.

After all, this was the first weapon he had ever made himself.

"Alright, that's enough."

At this moment, Li Tian walked up, took the weapons from Li Shitou and Su Santong, looked at them for a moment, and said.

"Your weapons are damaged due to uneven forging and insufficient hammering. There is too much carbon buildup inside. They will be fine after being reforged tomorrow."

Li Shitou and Su Santong immediately stood aside with expressions of enlightenment, thinking to themselves, "Blacksmithing is indeed a skill."

Li Tian then collected and inspected the weapons forged by the others, and found that only twenty of them were up to standard.

The soldiers were greatly disappointed.

Li Tian said excitedly, "It's okay. It's already very good for the first time. We still have time today, so we'll go through it again later. I'll demonstrate it for everyone myself."

"Commander Li, not now?"

"Why don't we build weapons now?"

Someone asked.

"No rush. I'll demonstrate the second lesson for everyone, and you can take this opportunity to rest. We can continue forging after the second lesson."

Li Tian said calmly.

"What? There's a second lesson? Commander Li, what's that?" someone asked.

Li Tian didn't say anything. He ordered someone to plant a cross-shaped stake in the ground, wrapped it with thick straw rope, and then put a tattered suit of armor on the stake.

Then he said, "Our second lesson will be about armor penetration!"

What!

Armor penetration?

It is said that the imperial army's weapons are sharp and their armor is thick.

Could it be that Commander Li is going to teach this skill today?

Someone shouted, "Commander Li, there's no need to say more, just quickly teach us!"

Li Tian didn't say anything, but picked up a long sword from the ground and pointed it at the breastplate of the armor.

"You can't use a knife here; it will chip and break. You need to use heavy weapons like hammers!"

He then pointed with his knife to the area under the wooden stake's ribs, "This spot is unarmored, so you can attack, but not by slashing, you have to stab!"

He then pointed to the abdomen of the armor, "This area has the fewest iron plates; you can chop it with a knife. Two or three chops and it will definitely break."

"And here, here..."

Li Tian then pointed out more than a dozen weak points in the enemy's armor.

Everyone listened with rapt attention.

It turns out that there are so many intricacies involved in fighting and armor breaking.

After explaining, Li Tian ordered twelve more wooden stakes to be planted in the ground, and then used chalk to draw the shape of armor on straw before speaking to his soldiers.

"Brothers, our conditions are poor, and we don't have any extra armor for you to practice with, so we'll use stone chalk for now."

"Now, ten people will form a group, and each person will take turns chopping at the wooden stakes for one hour."

"An hour later, everyone returned to their own forges and reforged their weapons."

"yes!"

The soldiers were greatly excited and spontaneously formed ranks, keeping in mind the key points of assassination that Li Tian had just mentioned, and began to meticulously hone their combat skills on the battlefield.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" Soon, shouts of killing echoed across the training ground.

Seeing the bustling scene, Li Tian finally breathed a long sigh of relief. "This army is finally starting to look like something."

"Brother Tie, have some tea!"

At this moment, Li Tian and Tie Niu had arrived at the pavilion. Li Tian poured Tie Niu a cup of cold tea and said with a smile.

Tie Niu picked up the herbal tea and drank it all in one gulp, then wiped his lips and smiled.

"Brother Li's method of training troops is truly unheard of; it has broadened my horizons today."

Li Tian smiled slightly and asked, "In Brother Tie's opinion, is my method of training soldiers acceptable?"

Tie Niu laughed heartily, "That's perfect! Battles only involve a few moves, and Brother Li has explained them all to me today."

Just then, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly rang out in the distance.

A woman rode a warhorse from afar.

Li Tian and Tie Niu looked up at the same time and saw a female general on horseback wearing leaf armor and a pair of bronze maces hanging from her horse hook.

It turned out to be Su Santao, a military captain who had met Li Tian once before!

Li Tian's first impression of her was that the mountain was very big.

Looking at it from afar today, it is indeed very large.

"Captain Su, you've arrived!" When Su Santao stopped his horse by the pavilion, Tie Niu immediately stood up and saluted.

Li Tian slowly stood up from his chair and cupped his hands in a respectful gesture towards Su San Tao.

"Captain Su, what brings you to our Stone Village today? What brings you here?"

Su Santao was a quick and efficient person. After dismounting from her warhorse, she spoke frankly.

"I have something I'd like to ask Brother Li Tian for help with today."

"My weapon is old, and I've heard that Brother Li is a master craftsman. I'd like to ask Brother Li to help me repair it."

As she spoke, Su Santao handed her double maces to Li Tian.

Li Tian took the bronze mace, glanced at it, and said calmly, "No problem, just reforge it."

Su Santao then noticed the bustling scene in the training ground and the eighty-odd large earthen furnaces standing there, and showed a surprised expression.

"Brother Li Tian, ​​what are you doing?"