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

Wu Laoliu and his men rushed off the suspension bridge and began stabbing wildly at the three armored vehicles on the ground.

In an instant,

Blood and flesh flew everywhere.

No matter how powerful the armored army is, they are still just mortals.

He was surrounded by five people and lost his life in no time.

What excited Wu Laoliu and his men even more was that they had finally overcome their fear of the imperial armored cavalry.

Even armored vehicles are human.

He will die too.

At the scene, only three warhorses stood there all alone.

All six armored soldiers who arrived have perished.

Li Tian flicked the blood off his broadsword and walked over.

"Are all the brothers alright?" Li Tian asked with a smile.

"It's alright, it's alright, tonight's killing spree was really exhilarating."

Wu Laoliu and the others said excitedly.

After all, this was the first time they had killed members of the imperial armored forces.

Especially Zhao Yong.

Back when he was working with the former squad leader, he had to pay silver to the imperial army's armored soldiers every month.

It would be a lie to say I wasn't frustrated.

Fortunately, following Li Tian, ​​I finally got to hold my head high for once.

"If there's nothing else, strip these people of their armor and take them back to the camp."

"Collect any loose silver coins you have and give them to Wu Laoliu for safekeeping."

"Cut off their heads and bury their bodies on the spot."

"We also have three warhorses, which we'll take back to our camp to keep."

Li Tian issued orders methodically.

"Good, good, good! We have iron armor in Wolf Head Fortress now. I've heard that the imperial armor is made from the finest iron and crafted by highly skilled artisans."

"With this armor, we'll have more lives when we go into battle."

Wu Laoliu and the others dispersed in a noisy commotion.

The diggers dug holes.

They stripped off the armor.

The scene was cleaned up in no time.

Zhao Yong led the warhorse back to the stable, and six suits of armor were neatly arranged in front of Li Tian. Although some were damaged, it was better than nothing.

"Squad leader, you're in luck. You got a total of twenty taels of silver." Wu Laoliu smiled and came to Li Tian with a handful of silver.

Li Tian smiled slightly, "Lock it in your box. When we return to camp, we can all divide it up together."

"As for these six heads, I'll trouble Chen Jing to make a trip to headquarters and tell them that the six armored men were killed by us brothers."

"One military merit for each person, one for each person."

This statement greatly excited his soldiers.

Strictly speaking, tonight's battle was fought by Li Tian alone.

If it weren't for him, these guys wouldn't even have had the courage to face the armored vehicle.

Not only did they not receive protection money, they were also forced to pay it in a humiliating manner.

Now Li Tian is actually willing to share his military merits equally with everyone.

Such a good corporal is hard to find even with a lantern.

At this moment, all the soldiers finally turned their hearts to Li Tian.

"Alright, Corporal, I'll make a trip to Nankai City right away. If General Chen has any rewards, I'll bring them back to the brothers as well."

Chen Jing said excitedly.

The matter was decided so easily.

Brothers, return to camp.

Chen Jing led six heads to Nankai City to report his military achievements.

The night in Wolf's Head Castle returned to calm.

After Li Tian and the others returned to the camp,

They found Qiao San Niang hiding behind a haystack, her face smeared with black ash, but Chun Can Niang was nowhere to be found.

"Where is Chuncan Niang?" Li Tian asked.

"She was scared and ran away to hide in the mountains," Qiao San Niang replied.

"Don't worry, we've taken care of all the imperial armored forces. There shouldn't be any trouble for the next few days," Li Tian said with a smile.

After a battle, the brothers couldn't sleep and kept clamoring to help Li Tian forge iron.

Li Tian's heart stirred. If they were to defend Wolf Head Fortress, it wouldn't be right if they didn't even have a single piece of defensive equipment.

Fortunately, we harvested quite a bit of ironware today; we even seized over a hundred arrows from this group of cavalrymen.

In ancient times, the best weapon for defending a city was the repeating crossbow.

This thing is small and convenient, similar to the crossbow in Li Tian's hand. Both are driven by mechanisms, but the structure is more complex.

It has strong explosive power but insufficient penetrating power, and it can automatically cock itself, making it about six times faster than a regular bow and arrow.

It saves a lot of manpower; one soldier wielding a repeating crossbow is definitely equivalent to six archers.

"Old Wu, aren't you a carpenter by trade? I'll draw you a blueprint, and you can make it according to it, how about that?"

Li Tian smiled and said to Wu Laoliu, who was standing next to him.

Wu Laoliu raised his chin and said, "No problem, just draw it. I'm a well-known master craftsman in the surrounding area."

Li Tian didn't say anything, but took out a tree branch and drew a detailed structural diagram of each part of the repeating crossbow on the ground. Then he asked Wu Laoliu.

"Old Wu, can you understand this picture?"

Wu Laoliu tilted his head and looked at it for a while, then said, "I understand the carpenter's drawings, but I don't understand the blacksmith's drawings at all."

Li Tian laughed heartily, "It's alright, you just need to finish the carpentry work according to the drawings. I'll give you the detailed dimensions, so make sure the measurements are accurate!"

"I'll finish the rest of the work with Sun Sanqiang and the others."

Bang bang bang!

under the moonlight,

The earthen stove was once again ablaze with fire.

Li Tian wielded an iron hammer and began forging the key parts of the repeating crossbow.

In his previous life, he was a mechanical engineer, so building these things was a piece of cake for him.

On the other side, Wu Laoliu lit four torches, illuminating his patch of land as bright as day.

There were four or five round logs on the ground.

Wu Laoliu used an axe, saw, ink line, and plane together, and in no time he had created the mechanism slot for a repeating crossbow.

A moment later, all the parts were ready.

Li Tian personally assembled a repeating crossbow.

It is about three feet tall and five inches wide. It can fire five arrows at a time, with a range of about one hundred meters. It is comparable to the three-stone bow used by the imperial army.

The most advanced feature is that it can automatically cock the bowstring, loading five arrows at once.

Such an ingenious design would definitely be considered a groundbreaking invention in this era.

Wu Laoliu and the others had never seen such a novel thing before, and they marveled at the repeating crossbow.

"Sergeant, what is this thing? It looks like a bow and arrow, but it's not a bow and arrow at all. And it's so exquisite, like a fine work of art!" Wu Laoliu asked curiously.

"Repeating crossbow!"

"Specifically designed for city defense."

"If the imperial armored forces come again, we'll use this thing to deal with them!"

Li Tian didn't hide anything and gave Wu Laoliu a general explanation of the working principle and power of the repeating crossbow.

The soldiers were all dumbfounded.

There's something like this in the world.

If that's the case, even if twenty or thirty imperial cavalrymen came, they wouldn't be as effective as these four or five repeating crossbows.

"Sergeant, is this for real? Why don't we find a place to test its power?"

Li Tian would certainly not refuse Wu Laoliu's request.

He also wanted to see just how powerful his invention, the repeating crossbow, really was.

This is based on his hand crossbow design, with the addition of an automatic cocking mechanism and a proportional enlargement, so the power should logically be amplified as well.

It would be extremely difficult to create under normal circumstances, but thanks to the material advantages of extraterrestrial meteorite iron, all of this has become a reality.

Behind them was a large mountain range, and Li Tian and the others moved the repeating crossbow to a hillside.

Then, a suit of imperial armor was placed on a tree over two hundred meters tall.

"put!"

At Li Tian's command, Wu Laoliu pressed the trigger of the repeating crossbow.

With a bang.

With a muffled thud.

The six arrows shot forward like a black rain.

Chi Chi Chi!

Legend has it that five arrows appeared on the seemingly impenetrable armor of the imperial court, one of which went astray.

"Hit! It pierced through the imperial armor!"

Li Tian's soldiers immediately cheered.

Li Tian nodded in satisfaction.

very good.

With this multi-barreled crossbow, we finally have a better chance of securing Wolf Head Fortress.

"Sun Sanqiang, go and check on the power of our crossbows."

At Li Tian's command, Sun Sanqiang ran over to inspect it, then immediately held up the armor and shouted excitedly.

"The arrowhead pierced armor by more than three inches!"

"Enough to kill!"

"More than enough to defend the city."

"good!"

Li Tian's side immediately erupted in cheers. With this powerful defensive weapon, the imperial armor didn't seem so terrifying anymore.