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

"Lu Zhaoan, one move doesn't seem enough."

Li Tian laughed loudly and swung his broadsword at Lu Zhao'an's head again. Lu Zhao'an quickly raised his gun to block.

Unexpectedly, Li Tian used a trick.

The blade cleaved halfway, then suddenly slashed at Lu Zhao'an's warhorse.

Lu Zhaoan's warhorse was beheaded.

thump!

The warhorse collapsed to the ground.

Caught off guard, Lu Zhaoan fell directly from his warhorse.

Li Tian raised his broadsword as if to strike, and Lu Zhaoan instinctively covered his face with his hand.

Unexpectedly, Li Tian's sword did not strike down; it simply stopped in mid-air.

"Hahaha!" Li Tian laughed heartily as he rode his tall horse.

"Brother Zhao'an, now that three moves have passed, I think there's no need to continue. You should go back and prepare your money."

After saying that, Li Tian turned his horse around and slowly walked into the Wolf Head Fortress.

"you!!!"

Lu Zhaoan was so angry he almost vomited blood. He picked up a spear from the ground, intending to launch a sneak attack, but how could he do such a thing in front of everyone?

After thinking about it, he still forcefully lowered his arm.

A gentle breeze blew by, and the air was filled with the word "awkward."

A guard brought him a new warhorse and whispered, "Captain."

"Get out of here."

Lu Zhaoan pushed the soldier aside, mounted his horse, and rode it around the suspension bridge twice before gradually calming down.

He turned his horse back to his own camp and whispered to his deputy, Tuan.

"Tell the brothers to get ready to make their move."

"We must raze this Wolf Head Fortress to the ground today."

"First, have the brothers prepare two rounds of surprise attacks, then send men to seize the drawbridge."

"Within an hour, we will raze Wolf Head Fortress to the ground."

As soon as he finished speaking, three figures suddenly appeared on the earthen wall behind the suspension bridge. One of them was Li Tian, ​​who had just returned to Wolf Head Fortress.

The other was a man with a long face, Wu Laoliu, one of Li Tian's men.

Li Tian and the horse-faced man stood on either side, with a woman in armor, stunningly beautiful, flanking them in the middle.

It was Qin Shuang, Lu Zhaoan's fiancée.

"stop!"

Lu Zhaoan quickly raised his hand to signal the archers beside him to lower their bows.

Qin Shuang is General Qin's daughter.

I suffered some minor cuts and bruises here.

Even Lu Zhaoan couldn't afford to offend him.

"Brother Zhao'an, what do you mean by this?"

Behind the earthen wall, Li Tian laughed heartily.

"Are you perhaps planning to go back on your word?"

"You clearly lost the duel just now, so why are you ordering your soldiers to hold bows and arrows?"

"Do you think you can take over my Wolf Head Castle?"

With Qin Shuang in someone else's hands, Lu Zhaoan naturally wouldn't attempt to seize the fortress again.

To hesitate to act for fear of breaking the law.

Lu Zhaoan also burst into laughter.

"Brother Li Tian, ​​you misunderstand. I, Lu Zhaoan, always keep my word. I was just trying to train the troops."

"Now that I see Miss Qin is alright, I'm relieved. I'll go back to the barracks to get you the money."

"I will definitely deliver it to you before dark."

After saying that, Lu Zhaoan glanced longingly at Qin Shuang on the wall one last time, then shouted, "Retreat!"

Splash!

The forty iron cavalrymen kicked up dust and retreated towards the vanguard camp.

"Alright, it's all over now. Everyone, eat and drink as usual."

With Lu Zhaoan gone, the entire Wolf Head Fortress relaxed again.

Li Tian was holding a rope, with Qin Shuang's hands tied to the other end of the rope.

Qin Shuang was locked in the dilapidated temple again.

Wu Laoliu and Zhao Yong continued to keep watch behind the suspension bridge.

Li Tian, ​​Sun Sheng, and Chen Junshan continued eating breakfast.

"Sergeant, who exactly is that woman in the temple?" Although Li Tian resolved the matter this morning, it was still quite a big deal.

Chen Junshan asked while wolfing down the wild vegetables.

"I heard she's Lu Zhaoan's fiancée. I don't know how she ended up in the scout team, so I just grabbed her on a whim."

Li Tian ate two jin of dry food today and felt a little choked up, so he picked up the bowl of noodle soup in front of him and slurped it up.

"What? She's Lu Zhaoan's fiancée? Will Lu Zhaoan let this go?"

Chen Junshan was startled. He never expected that his sergeant would grab the fiancée of the vanguard battalion captain with a casual grab.

"What else can he do if he doesn't give up?" Li Tian said calmly, taking another sip of the noodle soup, putting down the bowl, pondering for a while, and then speaking.

"Later, you and Wu Laoliu go check the tunnels under our bunker to see if they're still clear. Make sure no one blocks the outside."

Chen Junshan nodded without speaking. He knew that Li Tian appeared calm on the surface, but was actually quite worried inside.

after all.

The vanguard battalion was known as the 500-strong cavalry, and its equipment was among the best in the entire "Qingshui Military Prefecture".

The six or seven men at Wolf Head Fortress aren't even enough to fill a gap in someone else's teeth.

"Alright, I'll go check on that woman. She hasn't had a drop of water since last night."

Li Tian was quite carefree. After giving the instructions, he carried a bowl of millet porridge and headed towards the dilapidated temple.

Qin Shuang was still sulking, and started yelling at Li Tian as soon as she saw him.

"Release me immediately! I'm only worth five hundred taels of silver! Write a letter to the General's Mansion..."

"What happened to the General's Mansion?"

Li Tian had just placed the millet porridge on the table and bent down to untie the rope on Qin Shuang's wrists when he heard this, and suddenly looked up again.

"It's nothing. The General's Mansion has nothing to do with me. I just think that asking Lu Zhaoan for five hundred taels of silver is a bit too little."

"Your fiancé," Li Tian laughed, "if it weren't for you on the wall, he would have blown my Wolf Head Castle to smithereens today."

As he spoke, Li Tian pulled out a dagger and swiftly sliced ​​off the rope binding Qin Shuang's hands.

"Have some," Li Tian said, pointing to the millet porridge on the table. "You haven't eaten all night, you must be starving."

"I won't eat your rebel army's food." Although Qin Shuang said this, she still picked up the millet porridge and slurped it up.

Li Tian stood to the side, watching with a grin.

Qin Shuang blushed under his gaze, looked up, and asked, "What are you looking at?"

"It's nothing." Li Tian turned his back on her and walked straight out of the dilapidated temple.

……

In the courtyard, everything remained the same.

His own large iron furnace was placed to one side.

Chen Junshan and his companion have taken Wu Laoliu's place and are doing carpentry work.

"Wow, you two can even do carpentry!" Li Tian said casually with a smile.

Chen Junshan gave a simple and honest smile, "I just learned it from Wu Laoliu, so we're just practicing together."

Just then, Wu Laoliu hurried in. "Squad leader, that Lai Sheng is here again, followed by three big oxcarts."

Lai Sheng!

Li Tian finally remembered his promise to the Zhou family patriarch.

According to the schedule, Master Zhou was supposed to send me one hundred taels of silver and three large cartloads of iron ore today.

"Bring Lai Sheng in," Li Tian instructed.

As the suspension bridge slowly lowered, Lai Sheng, accompanied by several attendants, drove three large oxcarts slowly toward the barracks courtyard.

Lai Sheng paid his respects to Li Wuzhang.

This time, Lai Sheng treated Li Tian with utmost respect, bowing to him upon meeting him.

"Did you bring the silver?" Li Tian asked.

Lai Sheng waved his hand, and a servant placed a box on the table in front of Li Tian.

Upon opening it, inside were exactly one hundred taels of pure silver.

"In addition, my master also sent Li Wuzhang 600 catties of iron ore."

Lai Sheng then pointed to the several oxcarts behind him.