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

With two successful experiences, Li Tian's confidence in his newly developed crossbow greatly increased.

He thought about the differences between the two more carefully.

The biggest difference between a bow and a crossbow is that...

Besides rate of fire and range, there's also lethality.

The crossbow is so fast that the damage is concentrated and its penetrating power is stronger.

Simply put, it has immense destructive power.

Besides.

Because of its spring mechanism, the crossbow is easier to use.

The ability to fire continuously made the crossbow's area-of-effect damage even more terrifying.

Li Tian was already having some wild thoughts at this moment.

"If I could join the rebels' forging camp."

"I will definitely promote this crossbow extensively."

"The reward then..."

The reward was, needless to say, enormous.

But for now, let's fill our stomachs first.

Li Tian, ​​holding a crossbow, continued to explore forward.

He became increasingly adept at hunting.

Once the prey is spotted.

Nock the arrow, release it, aim, fire—all in one smooth motion!

Before long, his pockets were filled with more and more prey.

Wild rabbits, pheasants, roe deer, and all sorts of prey are available.

One, two, three...

Li Tian's hunting bag gradually became fuller.

Li Tian made an estimate.

The game I hunted myself would last me a month.

If it were converted into silver, it would be at least a dozen taels of silver.

"Indeed, technology is the primary productive force."

Li Tian grinned, holding a crossbow, and walked forward with a confident expression.

They walked several dozen more steps forward.

Li Tian suddenly noticed a deer standing by a mountain stream drinking water.

Li Tian's eyes lit up instantly.

Deer hide, deer blood, and deer antlers—these items would be quite valuable in a county town.

It's worth at least several tens of taels of silver.

With this money, not to mention buying furniture for the house, we could even buy some cosmetics for Chen Yushu, Shen Yurong, and the other women.

I imagine I'll be enjoying endless romantic encounters tonight.

Just thinking about Shen Yurong's unparalleled beauty...

Li Tian felt a surge of excitement.

Why not take Shen Yurong down tonight?

......

Shen Tian held his breath and began to tiptoe closer to the deer.

One hundred steps, ninety-six steps, eighty steps...

The distance is enough!

Shen Tian raised the crossbow in his hand, drew the bowstring taut, and loaded a short black arrow.

With a gentle pull of the trigger.

With a whoosh, the arrow streaked across the sky and pierced the right hind leg of the stag, tearing open the flesh.

The stag let out a painful howl and began to charge forward madly.

Li Tian sighed softly, "My aim is just not good enough." He had aimed for the head, so he immediately grabbed his crossbow and chased after the enemy.

A man and a deer began a frantic chase through the mountains and forests.

Before long, the two chased each other to a stream.

The deer was clearly too tired to run anymore, so it lay down by the stream and kept licking the water.

at this time,

With a whoosh!

An arrow suddenly flew from somewhere and pierced the deer's neck.

The deer let out a whimper and then lay down on the ground, motionless.

"Someone stole my prey!"

This was Li Tian's first reaction.

But then he realized something was wrong.

The earth trembled, the sound of horses' hooves rang out, and a clear bell tinkled in the wind.

Bells could be hung on warhorses.

Only the corrupt military officers of the imperial court could do that.

At the same time, another arrow flew in.

It landed precisely at Li Tian's feet.

Great Wei Western Protectorate!

Li Tian glanced at the small characters engraved on the arrow shaft and instantly broke out in a cold sweat.

"The imperial army has arrived."

"The Western Protectorate of the Great Wei is more than 300 li away from Nankai City, and it governs the three prefectures of Jizhou, Taizhou, and Cangzhou."

Li Tian never expected that the rebel army had only occupied Nankai City for less than ten days.

"The imperial army caught up with us."

"These are regular troops, not local militia recruited by the imperial court."

"They're really hot on their heels!"

Li Tian ducked down and immediately hid in the bushes nearby.

The imperial court was brutal, killing anyone they saw.

Moreover, the rebel army was recruiting soldiers in several villages near Nankai City.

According to the imperial court's custom, any village that joined the rebel army would be massacred.

Before long, the sound of hooves grew closer, and three fine horses charged up the hillside from different angles.

The knight on horseback was wearing black iron armor, with a large bow on his back, a spear in one hand, a broadsword in the other, and a chain hammer in the third. He was shouting and chasing after a black figure that was running hard ahead of him.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

The imperial soldiers chased after the figure while firing arrows. The figure ran left and right, and rolled on the ground, looking very disheveled.

They were actually armored warriors from the imperial court!

Upon seeing this, Li Tian was instantly shocked.

He had some knowledge of the imperial cavalry, which were divided into several types according to their combat strength: cloth armor, iron armor, silver armor, and gold armor.

Bu Yi was just an ordinary soldier.

To be eligible for the Ironclad rank, one must have killed at least one hundred people; such a person is considered an elite soldier.

Silver armor, it is said, requires the killing of a thousand people to be considered the mark of a true general.

As for the golden armor, that cannot be measured by force alone.

That requires bloodline and connections.

"Unexpectedly, I've encountered three armored warriors here today."

At this moment, Li Tian was no longer thinking about how to retrieve his prey, but how to escape.

Li Tian crouched low and retreated step by step towards the back of the bushes.

"Su Santao, let's see where you can run to this time."

Just as Li Tian was about to flee for his life.

The three armored warriors had cornered the pursuers in a small open area in front of Li Tian.

The three people formed an arrow shape, trapping the pursuer in the middle.

One of the samurai, wielding a long spear, grinned maliciously.

"Pooh!"

The person being chased spat on the ground and rebuked him.

"If I hadn't been shot by the arrow beforehand..."

"You've poisoned the arrows again."

"You bunch of useless armored junk, how dare you take me down!"

Li Tian, ​​who was hiding in the bushes, was taken aback. It was actually a woman!

"Hahaha!" The armored warriors burst into laughter. One of them, who was carrying a large sword, jumped off his warhorse and chuckled.

"I've long heard that you, Su Santao, are a subordinate of the Loyal Prince, and also the most beautiful woman under his command."

"If we are defeated today, we might as well have some fun with our brothers."

"I heard you are still a virgin."

"If we can defeat you, Su Santao, we three brothers will surely become famous."

As he spoke, the man swung his broadsword at Su Santao.

Like a fierce tiger!

Lightning fast!

Although Su Santao was given to a woman, the weapon she used was a pair of maces.

Su Santao raised her mace to meet him.

With a bang.

Su Santao and the black-armored warrior each took a half step back.

"Brother Wu, did you not eat enough today, or are you just too shy to lay a hand on this young lady?"

"If it doesn't work, I'll do it."

The burly man wielding the chain hammer burst into laughter, while the man beside him, holding a long spear, also taunted him.

"Yes, Third Brother, this young lady was chased by our warhorses for more than ten miles, and she is already exhausted."

"What, you're still no match for her?"

The man with the big knife also spat.

"This little vixen is really hard to deal with."

"However, she has been poisoned. I wonder how long she can hold on."

After saying that, the man raised his broadsword and slashed at Su Santao's head again.

Su Santao still raised her mace to meet the attack.

Just as the swords and maces were about to clash.

Su Santao suddenly ducked and dodged under the broadsword.

With a bang.

Su Santao slammed the copper mace in her hand hard onto the man's forehead.

The man's brains were immediately splattered, and he slowly collapsed to the ground.