Iron Age

Liu Ziguang dexterously dodged the incoming arrows, and was the first to hit the front row of the phalanx. A row of long spears pierced him. Liu Ziguang took the opportunity to sweep the knife, and the chain mail of several guards in front of him were chopped off, and the guts were broken.The long knife was pinned to the last person's breastplate. Liu Ziguang stepped on the dead man's body and pulled it hard. The notched long knife was pulled out, and blood dripped down the blade. The surrounding guards were terrified and rushed Stepping back, a gap appeared in the involuntary phalanx.

Zhamuhe and the other three brothers also arrived, and the four swung their weapons like an autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves across the phalanx. Wherever they went, there was a rain of blood.The guards retracted their wings and put the four brothers under the muzzle of the crossbow. There was a sound of mechanical transmission, and thick arrows shot over, but Liu Ziguang cut them all down in midair.The guard next to the crossbow was stunned.

The four of them temporarily attracted the firepower of the crossbow, and the slave army behind took the opportunity to rush up. After all, there were so many people, and the guards were rushed to pieces in an instant. The guards who bullied the slaves in the past were now three by the slaves. A group of five, pressed to the ground, punched and kicked, stabbed with knives and spears, after a while, the establishment of the Liguo Iron Factory slave camp guard team ceased to exist.

The revenged slaves howled like wolves, and the long-lost combat atmosphere permeated the ranks, and the slaves equipped with captured weapons rushed out of the camp gate.

Zhamuhe snatched a horse from nowhere, and using his skillful riding skills, he stood on the saddle and ran at the front of the team, shouting at everyone: "Brothers, rush to the north gate together, and you will be free if you rush out!" Liu Ziguang had already told him that there were official cavalry outside the south gate, so they could not go there to seek death.Only by rushing out of the north gate and fleeing north can one escape from the sphere of influence of the iron factory and the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

There were already two forces fighting in the city, but now a large number of fresh troops joined in, and the situation became even more chaotic. Many fighting troops were dispersed, and the slave army snatched a lot of weapons. The fierce general Liu Ziguang went straight to the north gate behind him.

Liu Ziguang hacked and killed all the way, his body was already covered in blood, when he passed through the city, he saw the council building, the majestic council building was also full of killing sounds, full of swords and swords.He couldn't help but glanced around, then turned his head resolutely, and led the large group of slaves towards the north gate.

The north gate is the most important defense of the iron factory, because the north is the front line, and less than a hundred miles ahead is the border of the Qing Dynasty. piece of pig iron.Fat meat, which produces a huge amount of weapons, has long had plans.Therefore, there must be a lot of defensive troops at the north gate, and there must be a lot of powerful tactical weapons like cart crossbows.

The distance to the north gate was getting closer and closer, and a strong smell of blood filled the air, making the silent tower even more eerie.

The north gate was close at hand, but no one appeared. Liu Ziguang, who was running at the front, raised his right hand to signal the people behind to stop. Although there were thousands of prisoners of war, there were no mid-level or high-level officers, like Zha Muhe. Liu Ziguang, who is extremely brave in combat, took the initiative to assume the command responsibility, and no one raised any objections.

The chaotic team stopped under the order of the slaves of each team, and everyone raised their eyes to look at the tower of the north gate, "Look, there is blood on the horse path." A sharp-eyed slave shouted, and sure enough, the horse on the left side of the city wall There were marks left by blood on the road.

"Let's defend with the whole team. Come and follow me to the city tower to set up the drawbridge. Brother, you take someone to open the city gate, and kill them when the drawbridge is lowered." This juncture can't be dealt with so much, let's go out of the city first.Liu Ziguang led Anthony and a few others along the bridleway up the city wall to set up the suspension bridge.

The city wall was in a mess, with corpses lying all over the place. There were iron guards and strong men in civilian uniforms. Checking those strong men showed calluses on their mouths and sunken temples. They were obviously used to handling weapons. Characters with high martial arts skills, the number of strong men is only a dozen, but there are hundreds of iron guards lying around them. I don't care to take a closer look. When passing by the enemy building, Liu Ziguang looked sideways, and there are a large number of lying down in the enemy building. , the iron guard bleeding from the corner of his mouth, apparently died of poisoning.

Although Liu Ziguang was puzzled in his heart, he still didn't think about it, and rushed to the winch of the suspension bridge. There were more corpses around the winch, and they were piled up layer by layer. One can imagine the fierce battle to snatch the winch. When he came close, he saw the winch There was a bloody man lying on the lower half. His helmet had fallen off, and his armor was in tatters. There were countless wounds on his body. There were only a dozen crossbow arrows stuck in him. Liu Ziguang knew this man, he was the guard of the north gate. General, I met this man when I was inspecting the north gate city defense with the eldest lady. He is a loyal, kind man with high martial arts skills, and he is also very polite to Liu Ziguang who was born as a slave.

The guard saw that the person who came was Liu Ziguang and a few people dressed as slaves, he moved his hand holding the knife, but he let go weakly. "Manager Liu, hurry up and rescue the eldest lady. There are spies from the Qing Dynasty in the inner house. They poisoned the brothers to death, and they want to seize the pass and sacrifice the city." Every time the guard said a word, black blood dripped from his mouth, looking extremely difficult. "The spy is..." Before finishing speaking, he tilted his head and stopped moving.

Anthony stepped forward and touched the guard's neck, and said to Liu Ziguang, "He's dead."

"Leave half of the talk, do you think it's a movie?" Liu Ziguang shook his hands in anger, there was a good show to watch, the officers and soldiers of Xuzhou Mansion, the iron factory rebels, the slave rebels, and now a group of people from the Qing Dynasty , and people who are loyal to the eldest lady, there are five kinds in total, and the forces of the four directions gather at the Liguo Iron Works.

This muddy water can’t be waded, the slave army is the weakest, so let’s run quickly, they moved the winch in a hurry, lowered the drawbridge, and there was also the rumbling sound of the gate opening from below the city, the drawbridge had just landed on the bank of the moat, The slaves shouted and rushed out, and Zamuhe rushed out first, turned his horse and looked back at the city, "Second brother, fourth brother, the eagle can soar in the blue sky again, let's go."

Liu Ziguang shouted to the city: "You go first, I will catch up later, I still owe a favor in the city and have to pay it back!" Zamuhe laughed loudly: "I owe the love to the girl, okay! Pay attention to love and righteousness! We're heading north, follow the trail." After speaking, he rode his horse to chase the brigade.

Anthony also patted Liu Ziguang's shoulder ambiguously and said, "Snatch the woman you like and take them with you. We will wait for you." After speaking, he took her to the city.

Liu Ziguang stood on the city wall and looked back into the city of the iron factory. Black smoke was everywhere, and the sound of killing was loud. It seemed that the south gate had begun to attack the city. Sporadic fighting, the most intense place is the council building in the city.

"Miss, I'm here." Liu Ziguang took a deep breath and went straight to the meeting building.

In the meeting building, the two sides are confronting each other. Both Yu Hualong and the eldest lady know the principle of capturing the thief first, so the forces of the two parties are entangled and constantly fighting. The inner house guards brought by the second lady only have a small half of them, because Some were taken away by Hu Xianjue to search for Liu Ziguang, and some were left to guard the inner house.Under the leadership of Song Qingfeng, these guards had a fierce battle with Yu Hualong's elite dental guards.

Yu Hualong was sitting in the porter room under the meeting building, and the messengers and flag officers were running around like lanterns, constantly reporting various military information.

"Report...the inner house was captured."

"Report... to capture the steelworks area."

"The arsenal of Lianfeng could not be attacked for a long time, and our army suffered heavy casualties."

"Report...the battle at the South Gate continues."

"Report to... the slave camp, all the guards were killed in battle."

"Report... the north gate has changed, and the slaves broke through the north gate and left."

Listening to all kinds of news that came one after another, Yu Hualong's calm face did not change at all. The situation in the city was already clear to him. The gang of wastes in Xuzhou Mansion did not bring siege equipment, and they were purely here to pick up cheap ones. Thanks for the credit, after taking down the iron factory, my own strength will be almost exhausted. If the Huang Zhifu suddenly makes trouble, it will be a bit troublesome, and those slaves will take advantage of the fire to escape from the city. What does the army do for food, but it's good, so I don't have to send people to deal with them.

"Come on, tell me to tell the people upstairs to surrender, otherwise I will attack you with fire." Yu Hualong ordered.A soldier with a loud voice came to the front of the building and yelled loudly: "The people upstairs are listening! Surrender quickly. When the Fire Ballista arrives and the meeting building catches fire, everything will be destroyed."

The soldiers did not tell lies. The ten crossbows were already in place, and boxes of arrows with ignited pine oil on the front were also brought over. The rebels lit a long-burning lamp at the launch port of the crossbow, so that every time they fired The arrows fired will automatically ignite the pine oil in the head, becoming a veritable rocket.

There are also many wooden furniture, various flammable fabric decorations, curtains, and carpets in the brick-and-wood structure building. Once a fire breaks out, it will definitely be difficult to put out the fire.The secret passage back to the inner house has also been blocked, and now I can only resist desperately, relying on the reinforcements from outside to rescue me, "I don't know what's going on, Dad, the sound of fighting outside seems to be much quieter, it seems that the rebels have already controlled The situation, I am still too young to fight these old foxes." The eldest lady was very anxious.

At this moment, the heating supply was also stopped, and the cold wind poured into the room through the broken windows. People in silk and satin suits were shivering from the cold. A few people who were not determined heard the shouting from below, and their faces were pale with fright, and their eyes stared blankly. Looking at the young lady, I hope that the young lady can quickly come up with a clever plan.

Song Qingfeng put the blood-stained sword back into his waist, took off his white fox fur collar cloak very gentlemanly, and wanted to put it on for the eldest lady, but was politely refused, "Open all the gas pipes, seal the windows, Call Yu Hualong to negotiate!" the eldest lady said firmly.

There are lighting everywhere in the iron factory, and gas pipes for heating. This by-product of steelmaking and coking has been fully utilized. If it accumulates in a small space, it can form an explosive gas with air. The young lady knows this very well.She was ready to burn the boat.

"When Yu Hualong comes up, the space in the meeting building is limited. He will definitely not bring too many people. At that time, he will threaten him by exploding the meeting building and destroying him, and then call on the deceived iron guards to rise up to suppress the rebellion. There may be a chance of winning. Song Shaoxia, you have really been troubled this time, and you need to use your martial arts to hold Yu Hualong hostage, thank you in advance, little girl." The eldest lady said flatly.

Hearing such a decisive strategy, everyone looked at each other, Yang Meng, Lu Gaozhi and other guards turned their attention to Song Qingfeng, Song Qingfeng gave them a calm look, and replied with a smile: "Ms.

This chick has finally realized the importance of me, Song Qingfeng thought proudly, he is not afraid of the heavy encirclement outside at all, firstly, he has the strength to fight out, secondly, just wait a little longer, the owner of the iron factory I'm afraid it's about to change again.

When Yu Hualong heard the reply upstairs, he smiled slightly. The little girl was thinking of some tricks again, but all the tricks were just jokes in front of strength. Just now I got the battle report, the south gate has been captured, and the garrison cavalry of Xuzhou Mansion are about to enter. The city is over, and half of the iron factory is already in my hands. There are three or four floors of elite soldiers surrounded by the downstairs just for the meeting. Why am I afraid of you?Just go, the old man can't lose his prestige in front of the little girl.

Yu Hualong ordered thirty masters to follow and entered the meeting building.