As Annan's general Chen Yue's secret order spread to the southern states, the state capitals that received the military order immediately started functioning.

Under the escort of teams of elite cavalry, carts of fine iron were disguised as grain trucks and transported to Lingzhou day and night.

Chu Yucheng rushed around for many days and rushed to Qingzhou to meet Xue Leihan. Then he rushed to the counties non-stop. After hearing the news, Mr. Xue came forward in person, and Qingyang and Yang quickly began to collect iron ore.

Of course, all this is done under high confidentiality, Chenyue Military Order:

Anyone who leaks the information will be executed immediately!

The news received by the state capitals was that a large number of siege equipment needed to be built on the front line, and no one knew the specific use of the iron ore.

As soon as the fine iron arrived in Lingzhou, everyone in the Mohist family began to take action. One thousand selected Shanziying soldiers served as blacksmiths. Everyone was full of muscles. Under the guidance of several apprentices of the Mohist family, they worked day and night to build weapons, mainly cavalry.

The swords and spears used in combat are mainly used.

The rest of the soldiers from the Shanziying patrolled the official roads from various states to Lingzhou to prevent Fuzhou's sentry cavalry from reaching the depths of Lingzhou.

The two siege armies, led by Zhu Tianhe and Ye Xiaoxiao, began to sweep away the Fuzhou soldiers in Lingzhou.

Under King Fu's strict order, although there were not many defenders in each city, they still resisted desperately.

Although this move brought some resistance to the Liangzhou soldiers' siege, the Liangzhou army, which lacked experience in siege operations, greatly improved its siege capabilities as they recovered one city after another.

The five thousand soldiers who were replenished to advance to the camp were even more brave and fearless of death. They would ascend first in every battle and win consecutive battles.

The soldiers who entered the camp first wearing only a single coat in the cold winter became a nightmare for the Fuzhou army defending the city. They watched the strong figures climbing up the city wall, but they were unable to resist.

Chenyue's massive attack indeed attracted King Fu's attention, but the scouts sent by King Fu were already wandering around Lingzhou.

The two armies were progressing smoothly and did not encounter reinforcements from Fuzhou. The battle to regain the lost territory was proceeding in an orderly manner according to the previous plan.

On the official road near Lingzhou, there was an endless stream of horse-drawn carriages covered by gray tarpaulins, escorted by groups of left cavalry sergeants, heading straight towards Lingzhou City.

The heavy wheels of the carriage pressed against the gravel road, and the mules and horses under the reins hissed, leaving ruts.

On the hillside beside the road, two figures suddenly appeared, looking coldly at the carriages coming and going down the slope. Behind them, there were nearly a hundred Fuzhou scouts stationed on the hillside.

This Fuzhou scout of more than a hundred people accidentally avoided the patrol soldiers of Shanzi Camp, went deep into this place, and discovered the convoy on the official road.

"Centurion!" A square-faced soldier lying on the ground observed for a while, then turned to look at the person next to him and said, "It looks like it should be a grain truck."

The centurion was a slightly burly middle-aged man. He frowned and said, "It looks like a grain cart, but I feel something is wrong. It feels like the things on the cart are very heavy and the body of the cart is pressed very low."

The square-faced military man said with a hint of worry in his eyes: "Boss, what's wrong? This place is too close to Lingzhou, and there are Liangzhou cavalry everywhere. Let's leave quickly."

After saying this, the square-faced soldier raised his head and looked around, for fear of encountering the Liangzhou cavalry. The Liangzhou cavalry had a very good reputation after the war had started for several months.

"What are you afraid of!" The centurion glared at him: "Wait and see! If you can find anything, it will be a great achievement to go back! You are so timid and still want to be promoted? Go home and farm as soon as possible!"

The centurion's reprimand made the soldier shrink his head. When he heard the word promotion, his eyes suddenly shone. He gritted his teeth and continued to lie down with the centurion, monitoring the passing Liangzhou convoy below.

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The biting cold wind blew on their faces, causing the skin on their cheeks to become dry, cracked and rough.

Although they were shivering from the cold from time to time and could only rub their faces to keep warm, the two of them still waited patiently.

Time passed slowly, and the two of them watched the convoy down the hillside gradually disappearing under the escort of the cavalry. After lying down for a while, the centurion suddenly stood up, waved his hand, and rushed down with more than a hundred cavalry.

hillside.

"Look around to see if there is anything strange, move quickly!" the centurion shouted angrily, and more than a hundred riders began to explore along the official road.

The centurion knelt down, touched the car mark left on the ground, frowned, and said to himself: "Strange, why is the car mark so deep, and it doesn't look like someone transporting grain and grass?"

"Head! Come and take a look!" The square-faced soldier's cry rang not far away, and the centurion hurriedly ran over.

"Look!" The square-faced military man pointed at a black thing on the ground and said slightly excitedly.

The centurion bent down and picked up the black lumps scattered on the ground. They were quite heavy in his hands.

"Iron ore!" The centurion, who recognized the object at a glance, widened his eyes and said in surprise.

The centurion thought rapidly in his mind, could it be that the grain trucks that came and went were actually transporting iron ore? No wonder the ruts left on the ground were so deep.

But why does the Liangzhou army want so much iron ore? The centurion thought about it but couldn't figure it out.

"Hey, sir, does this count as a meritorious service?" The square-faced man rubbed his hands excitedly. After waiting for so long, it was finally in vain.

The centurion glanced at him helplessly and said in a deep voice: "There is something fishy. Let's go back and report it to the prince immediately! The credit must be yours!"

"Haha, that's right!" The square-faced soldier's face was filled with a smile, and he was very happy.

"Whoosh!"

A burst of wind sounded, and the hair on the centurion's body instantly stood up.

Before the square-faced military man's smile could fall, a feather arrow hit his back, and the fine iron arrowhead sank deeply into his body.

I saw a mouthful of blood spurting out and splashing on the centurion's face. The centurion stared blankly at the square-faced soldier who was smiling just a second ago, but now he has slowly fallen backwards, his eyes filled with tears.

It's despair and unwillingness.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Before the centurion could recover, arrows were fired again. The cavalry scattered on the official road fell to the ground one after another, and screams were heard. One-third of the Fuzhou scouts who had more than a hundred riders were lost in one fell swoop.

The centurion looked in the direction of the arrow in a panic, and found hundreds of black-armored cavalry watching them on the hillside where he and others had been.

One of the leading cavalrymen was surprisingly the young man from Shanziying who killed Deng Jianan - Qian Zimo. After his meritorious service, he was promoted to the rank of captain of Shanziying and became Xue Meng's right-hand man.

Go-getter.

Qian Zimo was slowly putting down the bow and arrow in his hand, and cursed with annoyance on his face: "What a ghost, a cavalry actually touched this place, and I almost betrayed the trust that General Chen and General Xue had in me!
Chapter completed!