"Cold iron ore, we don't have it in Qingbing Country, but it is very clear on the spirit ore collection that this kind of ore is available in the Gobi Desert of the Empire, which is also the reason why the general is invited." Quartz smiled bitterly and continued: "Speaking of which, I am no stranger to cold iron ore, and I am very familiar with it, because the cavalry in the imperial army is equipped with ice blades, which are made of cold iron. ”

Seeing that I was frowning, Quartz continued.

"The hell location of the empire is relatively special, a small half of the land is a desert, so the empire is eager to expand, and has been trying to occupy the territory of our Qingbing country, and although the land resources of the empire are not as rich as our Qingbing country, there are also some things that our Qingbing country does not have, this cold iron ore is one of them, this cold iron ore only appears in the desert Gobi with a harsh environment."

"And the empire also knows the importance of cold iron ore, so every cold iron mine has sent elite soldiers, and their cavalry, because of the use of ice blades forged by cold iron ore, has always given our Zhenxi army a headache, speaking of which, their empire's defense assembly is not as sophisticated as our Qingbing country, but just a long knife made of cold iron can easily split the armor of our soldiers, and General Bai Chao's cavalry regiment, although powerful, but when encountering the elite team of the imperial cavalry regiment, they dare not resist head-on."

Speaking of this, Quartz sighed: "Now the Great General, in the secret order given to me, let me forge a batch of battle-level weapons, I was originally full of confidence, but I just lacked cold iron, alas! ”

After hearing this, I frowned tightly and asked: "If there is a cold iron ore, how much more powerful is the battle weapon we built at the level of a warrior than the empire's long sword?" ”

"If there is a cold iron, I quartz guarantee that if our weapons this time are equipped with soldiers, the power can be more than doubled than before, for example, General Bai's cavalry regiment, with this batch of weapons, will no longer be afraid of the empire's cavalry elite regiment." Quartz patted his chest and said confidently.

"Okay." I nodded, took a deep breath and said, "With your words, I understand, don't worry, I'll do this thing, don't worry about it first, go to other links first." ”

"Then the general, the last general is here, please!" Quartz said gratefully.

Without waiting for him to salute, I waved my hand and walked out of the workshop quickly, and after I went out, I also wiped the sweat from my head.

But after I walked out of the military camp and calmed down, I was worried, Nima's, cold iron ore is only available in the empire, what should I do?

Thinking about it, I went to the Zhongjun tent, and after seeing Lu Xichuan and I told the situation, Lu Xichuan smiled slightly, looked at me and said: "This matter, I have completely handed over to you and Quartz, what to do, you just decide for yourself, you remember, you only have one month, after a month, the military battalion can't get three thousand warrior-level weapons, you and Quartz, you and Quartz, all have to be disposed of, this is a military order." ”

In the end, Lu Xichuan waved his hand: "Okay, you guys go and figure it out, I have to deal with other things!" ”

it?

I was stunned for a moment, and I couldn't say how angry I was, Nima, this old guy, is deliberately giving me a problem. At this moment, I thought indignantly, gritted my teeth one last time, saluted, and walked out quickly.

Nima, if you think of a way, you can figure it out by yourself, I still don't believe it, I'm a lieutenant general, and I can't get cold iron ore.

Thinking so in my heart, I went directly to Xu Lichuan's forward battalion, and after arriving, I saw Xu Lichuan supervising the training of the soldiers in the forward battalion, and I didn't talk nonsense, and directly pulled him into the camp.

"Why are you in such a hurry, brother?" Xu Lichuan couldn't cry or laugh a little, and asked when he entered the camp.

I took a deep breath and told me about the cold iron mine, but I only talked about the cold iron ore and the quartz military battalion forging the battle division-level weapon, and I didn't say a word.

"What are you looking for cold iron ore?" Xu Lichuan was stunned for a moment, frowned and looked at me to ask.

"I'm useful, don't ask so much, big brother, you often fight with the empire, and you know more about the situation of the empire, tell me, how can I get cold iron ore?" I said in an anxious tone.

"Brother, it's impossible." Xu Wangchuan smiled bitterly and said slowly: "I know that there is a cold iron mine at the back of the imperial military camp, but there is an imperial heavy army handle there, which is a place dedicated to transporting weapons and materials for the imperial army, not to mention you and me, even if we lead the troops to attack, we may not necessarily go to the front of that mine." ”

Nima, heavy handle? Wouldn't I have no hope?

But the next moment, I thought about it carefully and said, "Big brother, do you know the specific location of the iron mine?" ”

Xu Lichuan nodded, and then looked at me: "You don't plan to go alone, brother, don't be impulsive." ”

I shook my head: "I'm not impulsive, so you follow me out quietly, take me to see the mine, I want to check the surroundings." That's all right, don't worry, I won't be stupid enough to rush in and grab it alone. ”

Seeing that my tone was firm, Xu Lichuan was also a little speechless, and seemed to have no way to do anything about me, a sworn brother, so he smiled bitterly: "Okay, I'll go crazy with you tonight!" ”

"Great! I'm going to prepare! I immediately burst out laughing, had a bear hug with Xu Lichuan, and hurried back to my barracks.

In the evening, Xu Lichuan and I left the promise, and when we went out of Ningzhou City, we found a remote place and changed into night clothes. Next, we felt in the direction of the Imperial barracks.

Seriously, at this moment I can't express the excitement in my heart, I think there is still something interesting to do, if I stay in the barracks and train soldiers, I am afraid that I will be stuffy and moldy.

Half an hour later, Xu Lichuan and I lay on a dirt slope overgrown with wild grass, looking towards the flat area ahead, at this moment under the night, the moon in the sky is bright and the stars are sparse, I can clearly see that the imperial military camp, showing a zigzag, is located in a place thousands of meters ahead, at this moment in the imperial military camp, it is also brightly lit, in this military camp, there are 50,000 elite soldiers.

"Do you see the mountain behind the barracks, that mine cave is at the foot of the mountain." At this moment, Xu Lichuan pointed to the back of the barracks and said to me in a low voice.

I nodded, and saw that behind the barracks, there was a rolling mountain range, the mountain was steep, the best peak, more than a thousand meters high.

"In front of the mine, there is a special military camp guard, so if you want to get the ore, there is almost no chance." Xu Lichuan said slowly, trying to distract me.

I pondered for a moment and said, "Let's go to the mine." With that, I took the lead in getting up and rushing towards the mountain range, seeing that I insisted on going, Xu Lichuan wanted to stop me, but he still held back, sighed, and followed closely.

In order to avoid being discovered by the Imperial troops, we made a large circle, avoiding the Imperial military camp, and finally climbed two peaks in a row before we reached the mountain behind the mine.

This mountain peak is the highest peak in this mountain range, because the terrain is steep, so there is no sentry checkpoint on the peak, at this moment, Xu Lichuan and I stood under the peak, looking down, and saw that at the foot of the mountain, there is a mining field, at this moment in the mine, there seem to be many miners digging ore day and night.

A few hundred meters in front of the mine, there was a barracks, and the tents of the barracks, like fan-shaped, surrounded the three directions of the mine, and there were hundreds of soldiers guarding here.

Nima, it's really well guarded. It's also a little too tight.

Seeing this, I immediately cursed in my heart. But the next moment, I focused my attention on this high mountain, and at this moment I thought to myself: If I fly down from here, I can enter the mine without knowing it, but I can't get much ore by myself, and besides, how can I go down?

"Brother, let's die now, if you want to build a weapon, I can help you buy some cold iron at our auction house in Kyoto, but the empire is very strict about this thing, and whether the auction house has it or not depends on our luck." Just as I was thinking, Xu Lichuan couldn't help but speak in a low voice.