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

The war broke out silently, and Lu Zhao'an's twenty cavalrymen charged towards Wolf Head Fortress like a torrent.

The horseman, skilled in archery, drew his large bow from his back and unleashed a volley of arrows at the earthen wall of Wolf Head Fortress.

Bang bang bang!

Dozens of arrows were immediately planted on the earthen wall.

Following closely behind these twenty cavalrymen was another troop of cavalrymen, all of whom had iron hooks and ropes hanging from their waists, clearly intended for capturing the drawbridge.

Li Tian and the others crouched low behind the earthen wall, while Wu Laoliu cursed under his breath for his bad luck.

Li Tian laughed and said, "Don't rush, let them have some fun first. Our repeating crossbows can only be most effective when their numbers are concentrated."

Wu Laoliu glanced at Li Tian. "What does the sergeant mean?"

Li Tian pointed to the suspension bridge over there, "When they lower the suspension bridge and charge onto it on horseback, we'll use the repeating crossbows to deal with them."

"Ha," Wu Laoliu laughed like a chicken thief, "The squad leader is still the best."

……

Beneath the suspension bridge, arrows flew like locusts, preventing Li Tian's men from even showing their faces.

The climbers behind the cavalry had already thrown iron hooks into the crevices of the rocks around the suspension bridge, and began to try to seize it.

Seeing this overwhelmingly favorable situation, Lu Zhaoan couldn't help but burst into laughter, "What Li Tian? He doesn't understand tactics at all, just a reckless brute."

Whoosh! Whoosh!

About a dozen people had already climbed up the rocks toward the suspension bridge.

Li Tian ordered his men to fire a few arrows haphazardly, killing several soldiers, and then left the situation unattended.

Finally, a soldier climbed onto the rock next to the suspension bridge and turned the winch lever down hard.

With a creaking sound, the suspension bridge was lowered.

Lu Zhaoan immediately became excited and shouted, "Assemble! Assemble! Charge! Once the drawbridge is lowered, Li Tian and his gang will be sitting ducks!"

The force of over a hundred men quickly assembled and then charged directly across the narrow suspension bridge.

Three hundred steps!

Two hundred steps!

One hundred steps!

As Lu Zhaoan's cavalry approached the most advantageous firing range of Lianhuan Nu, Li Tian suddenly stood up from the wall and laughed loudly.

"Lu Zhaoan, I, Li Tian, ​​have prepared a great gift for you today."

"Enjoy yourself."

The voice just fell.

With a whoosh.

It seemed as if a muffled clap of thunder sounded in the sky.

Immediately afterwards, hundreds of arrows flew out from behind the earthen wall.

Although there were only a dozen or so repeating crossbows.

However, the firing speed of the repeating crossbow was simply too astonishing.

As a result, a cloud of arrows appeared in the sky.

"This is..." Lu Zhaoan broke out in a cold sweat. "Judging from the density of these arrows, it doesn't seem like something that seven or eight people could have fired."

"Could it be that Li Tian brought reinforcements from Nankai City?"

He wanted to order his troops to retreat, but they were already within range of arrows, and a sudden retreat would only cause greater casualties.

Lu Zhaoan could only grit his teeth and say, "Send another thirty soldiers up. We must take Wolf Head Fortress for me today, no matter what."

Brush brush!

Arrows rained down.

Lu Zhaoan's cavalry suffered a large-scale massacre.

People and horses were thrown into chaos.

The people and horses on the suspension bridge blocked the way forward, and those behind could not rush up.

Faced with this terrifying rain of arrows, some people began to turn their horses around and sneak back.

But just as Lu Zhaoan predicted, those who ran back died even faster, because within 300 meters was basically the effective killing range of the crossbow bolts.

Only by rushing to the bottom of the suspension bridge, or within a dozen meters of it, can one save their life.

Upon seeing that there were deserters, Lu Zhaoan was enraged. He drew his sword, spurred his horse forward, and shouted, "Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy!"

Rumble!

The remaining twenty or so riders followed closely in Lu Zhao'an's footsteps and spontaneously formed a supervisory team.

Upon seeing someone running back, he rushed forward and stabbed them.

Under such strict supervision, the remaining soldiers had no choice but to grit their teeth and charge forward.

But Li Tian made a thousand arrows last night, so even if they all went together, each of them could get about ten arrows.

Li Tian's battle today can be described as quite successful.

Arrows rained down.

In the past, they might have been able to hold out for a while thanks to their sturdy iron armor.

But faced with Li Tian's spiked arrows,

They were like targets made of paper.

Lu Zhao'an's troops suffered widespread and uncontrollable casualties.

By the time Lu Zhaoan discovered this situation, it was too late.

"Get out of here! Get out of here now!"

Lu Zhaoan immediately gave the order.

Attacking Wolf's Head Fortress is no longer important.

The heavy casualties are too much to worry about.

The only thing to do is avoid total annihilation.

Oh oh oh!

Just then, it seemed as if a black lightning bolt streaked across the sky.

Li Tian finally fired the ballista in his hand.

The effective killing range of a ballista is 500 meters. Often, a single ballista can kill four or five soldiers, and in a way that leaves them in pieces.

When this devastating weapon was unleashed, Lu Zhaoan's vision went black, and he nearly fell off his warhorse.

"I was careless."

"I was too careless."

Lu Zhaoan was filled with remorse.

He then realized that today's events were a trap. Li Tian had already mastered such a powerful weapon, yet he deliberately watched his men lower the drawbridge.

This was all for the sake of this final massacre.

At the same time, Lu Zhaoan also had a doubt in his heart. The weapons and equipment of the rebel army were always inferior to those of the imperial court. How could Li Tian have such a terrible weapon?

Could it be that elite troops of the rebel army are really stationed in Wolf Head Fortress?

In short, all the blame for today's crushing defeat rests solely on Lu Zhaoan.

After Lu Zhaoan's troops regrouped, he took a headcount.

Twenty people.

Of the hundred men I brought today, only twenty survived; the rest perished on the battlefield.

"Let's retreat."

Lu Zhaoan reluctantly issued the order to retreat.

More than twenty people headed dejectedly toward the vanguard battalion's encampment. They had come with great momentum, but left in a sorry state.

......

"We won."

After Lu Zhaoan's men left, a cheer erupted from behind the earthen wall, and Wu Laoliu and the others stood up.

Li Tian looked down at the suspension bridge.

"Wu Laoliu, Zhao Yong, you two go down and collect our weapons, and gather up any unwanted warhorses for us as well."

"Be careful, don't get stabbed in the back."

Wu Laoliu and his men rushed toward the battlefield, tearing off others' leather armor and collecting their weapons pouches as they went.

Zhao Yong was in charge of gathering the warhorses, and to his surprise, he managed to gather more than a dozen intact warhorses.

From now on, the soldiers of Wolf Head Fortress will no longer need to walk on two legs when they travel.

……

After everything was settled, Li Tian celebrated wildly at the camp.

The food wasn't very good either; they killed a warhorse and cooked it in a large pot.

Despite this, the soldiers still ate with gusto.

In the primordial era, several more carriages arrived outside Wolf Head Fortress; they were Lu Zhao'an's men.

Without saying a word, they carried a box over and placed it under the suspension bridge. When the box was opened, it was filled with gleaming silver, about two hundred taels.

Then they began to silently move the body.

Li Tian didn't rush to make a move either.

Of course, that's because of the money.