The iron mine near Xuanlong Pass, called Donglin Iron Mine, is located on the side of a huge forest, covering a vast area, and it is rich in a kind of fine iron stone called raw iron.

It is said that no matter what kind of weapon, if it is mixed with a piece of raw iron, it can greatly improve the quality of the weapon, making the weapon sharper and tougher.

Therefore, the importance of this iron mine is self-evident.

When Jiang Shi and the others rushed over, there were already dozens of people guarding the entire iron mine, without exception, all of them were wearing crimson armor, with tall bodies and majestic postures.

The leader was a big man with a thin body, with a pair of mouse beards, and when he saw the Red Fire Dao people leading a group of disciples of the True Martial Arts Temple to arrive, his face was immediately overjoyed, and he hurriedly rushed over.

"You guys are finally here, these days, the general is really worried, always worried that he will be suddenly attacked by the enemy, my manpower, if once you encounter the enemy, I am afraid that it will be completely wiped out in an instant."

The Red Fire Dao man suddenly showed a suspicious look and said, "The land of iron ore is so important, why don't the general soldiers send some people over?" ”

"Don't you know, now there is chaos in various places, the Red Turban Army is like ants, pervasive, greatly dispersing our troops, in addition, there are bandits from all over the country, our manpower is far from enough, otherwise we would not have recruited your sects."

The thin man opened his mouth and said, "By the way, in Xiaxiong Mountain, I don't know what this Taoist chief is called?" ”

Xiong Kaishan?

Many disciples of the True Martial Arts Temple behind him showed a look of surprise.

This guy is skinny and has a shriveled torso, so he has such a domineering name?

"Poor Red Fire!"

The people of the Red Fire Road saluted.

"Are you a Red Fire Daoist of the True Martial Arts?"

Xiong Kaishan's eyes flashed, showing joy, and said, "Okay, good, with you here, Ben will be more relieved." ”

He turned around, made a big move, and shouted: "Little ones, prepare a banquet, and entertain all the masters of the True Martial Arts Temple today!" ”

"General Xiong, the matter of the iron mine is very important, don't drink alcohol..."

The Red Fire Dao man's face changed slightly.

"Don't worry, we're just replacing wine with water."

Xiong Kaishan said with a smile.

"That's good, that's good."

The expression of the Red Fire Daoist eased slightly.

Next, Xiong Kaishan directly and warmly entertained a group of True Martial Arts disciples, including Jiang Shi.

Liu Si, Li San and others around him also suddenly relaxed.

"Boss, it seems that their Red Flame Army is still quite easy to get along with."

Liu Si said with a smile.

Jiang Shi nodded lightly and said, "It's not bad." ”

It can't be said that it is easy to get along, it can only be said that everyone has their own needs.

Xiong Kaishan wants to rely on their strength to fight against the enemy army that will kill them at any time, so he is so polite to them.

If you know that most of their people are outer disciples who have not practiced strength, I don't know what kind of expression they should have?

Night falls.

The reception is over.

Inside a hut made entirely of wood.

Xiong Kaishan's face changed, and he listened carefully to the news that his henchmen had just heard.

"So, most of the True Martial Arts disciples who rushed over are people who haven't practiced their strength?"

Xiong Kaishan asked.

"Yes, general, there are less than twenty people who have trained their strength."

A young general gritted his teeth.

The others also had gloomy faces, their fists clenched.

Xiong Kaishan sighed and said, "It seems that Zhenwuguan is not a fool. ”

"What to do? Do you want to report to the general army? ”

The young general gritted his teeth.

"Debriefing? How to report? Let's just say that the real martial arts view they deal with it negatively? But what about the evidence? Zhenwuguan insisted that this was their inner disciple, what can we do? ”

Xiong Kaishan said: "That's it, even if you don't practice your strength, there are hundreds of people anyway, if something really happens, you can stop it, at least the strength of the old way of the red fire is not weak, and it has already entered the tenth level." ”

He groaned slightly and said, "Don't show dissatisfaction with them these days, how to entertain them, and be more enthusiastic." ”

Several young generals around him suddenly had to nod helplessly.

···

Time to pass.

The days that followed.

In the blink of an eye, a full ten days have passed.

In ten days, Jiang Shi's strength increased by 1,000 catties again, reaching 5,100 catties.

Now even he doesn't know that he is equivalent to the first level of strength.

The only thing that frustrated him was that his size remained the same.

is still skinny and thin.

"Damn, could it be that I'm going to do this for the rest of my life?"

Jiang Shi frowned and looked at his fist.

This dry look is really ugly!

Bang!

He smashed his fist on a big tree, and the whole tree shook violently and almost broke.

"Brother Jiang, have you eaten? I'm coming to you for a drink again! ”

Suddenly, a hearty laugh rang out from not far away.

Jiang Shi turned around and walked outside.

I saw a tall man with a bearded face and a tall body, holding a large jar of wine, walking towards Jiang Shi.

Beside him, he also followed Liu Si, Li San and others.

"Boss, General Pan is here again!"

Liu Si shouted.

"General Pan is so polite."

Jiang Shi walked out of the courtyard gate and said with a smile.

"Hey, how many times have you said it, what the hell is a general or not, I'm just an inconspicuous big-headed soldier like you, everyone has wine today and drunk today, what does he care about."

The bearded man spoke boldly.

In addition to holding a large jar of wine, he also hung a few pheasants and a roast fish around his waist.

Liu Si, Li San and others also carried the hare they had just brought in their hands, with a rich smile on their faces.

As the saying goes, rats have rat paths, and snakes have snake paths.

Liu Si, Li San and others deserved to be born in a bad way, and when they first arrived, they relied on a single means to befriend a Red Flame Army sergeant, and quickly got together with this sergeant.

The two sides went back and forth and became more and more familiar.

Seven or eight of the ten days were spent drinking together, and they became good friends who talked about everything.

And Jiang Shi, as the boss of Liu Si, Li San and others, naturally he is indispensable every time he drinks.

As for this sergeant of the Red Flame Army, he also has a well-known name.

His name is Pan Feng!

"Brother Jiang, drink!"

Pan Feng personally poured Jiang Shi full of wine, and then filled it for the others, and opened his mouth to drink.

"Let's have a drink together!"

Jiang Shi raised the wine bowl.

A group of people directly took a bite, and then immediately tore off the chicken legs and rabbit legs and began to gnaw wildly.

"By the way, General Pan, how is the front-line battle now? It is said that the casualties are very serious, right? ”

Liu Si asked while gnawing on the rabbit legs.

"Hey."

Pan Feng sighed, put down the chicken legs, and said, "Who said it wasn't?" His mother's Red Turban Army is getting stronger and stronger now, not counting their own elite, the refugees alone have collected 600,000, it's like a torrent, how many people are there in our Red Flame Army? It's only 100,000 fucking people, and that's not counting the people who died in battle during this time, it is said that in ten days, we have fought with the Red Turban Army four times, and at least more than 20,000 brothers have been killed and wounded! ”

"More than 20,000 people?"

Liu Si and the others were taken aback.

"Yes, but there must have been quite a few deaths on the side of the Red Turbans."

Pan Feng said, "But the biggest problem now is the logistics, the wasteland has rotted to the bones, we are fighting desperately with the thief army on the front line, and the bandits and bandits in the back are raging wildly, and they have slaughtered four towns and two cities in a row, and countless people have died." ”

"Damn, it's so serious?"

Jiang Shi frowned.

"Isn't it? Damn, maybe one day the thief army will suddenly kill our iron mine, so let's take advantage of the fact that we are not dead now, hurry up and be happy, and we can live a day by day. ”

Pan Feng said.

"Didn't the imperial court send other reinforcements?"

Liu Si was surprised.

"The Imperial Court? The court is even worse fucking, which of the princes and nobles is not desperately making money? Besides, now that there are rebels all over Daxuan, the imperial court can't cope with it at all, even if there are more elites in the imperial court, how many can be sent to various places, forget it, don't talk about it, everyone will continue to drink. ”

Pan Feng said.