Chapter 14: Forging the Mountain Ax
The time to learn martial arts always passes quickly, and before you know it, you have to return to the military camp.
“Huh!”
Li Qing, whose physique has become much stronger, now travels between the two worlds, which no longer causes too much burden. He is just sweating slightly. Take a few breaths.
The sky had not yet brightened outside, and Li Qing turned up the fire in the forge, and his face was extremely red from the reflection.
"A mountain-breaking ax of more than two hundred kilograms is really a big project!"
Speaking of which, the heaviest weapon Li Qing has ever forged is only a hundred kilograms. It was refined for Centurion Chen Meng some time ago. Fine iron and long sword.
The heavier the weapon, the more difficult it is to forge, and the workload increases exponentially.
The two-hundred-pound mountain-opening ax is destined to be impossible to complete in a day or two. Just smelting the iron ingots and hammering them will take a long time.
Li Qing placed the iron ingots piled up in the tent on the red-hot forge and started smelting.
As he struck with hammer after hammer, the iron ingot began to deform and melt faster.
His eyes were very focused and he hardly blinked.
Although it is not his own weapon, he still forges it very seriously, as if he is treating a work of art.
Earlier, he learned to forge iron out of necessity after entering the military camp. Later, he discovered that forging weapons could increase his longevity, so he took up this craft with great care.
Later, Li Qing unknowingly fell in love with forging weapons.
Even the scorching summer heat and the boiling temperature of the forge could not stop his enthusiasm.
Bang!
With Li Qing's powerful hammer blow, the handle of the mountain ax has begun to take shape.
The long stick-shaped ax handle is still red in color, and there are mysterious patterns imprinted on it. This was carefully carved by Li Qing for the sake of looking good, and it can also increase the comfort when holding the axe. Friction.
A good blacksmith, when forging weapons for others, must put himself in the shoes of the weapon user.
The ax grip has been forged, and the next part is the ax body.
This is the most difficult part, and it takes a long time. It can be said that most of the weight of the more than two hundred kilograms of mountain ax is on this part.
The mountain ax is a single-sided ax, and its ax surface must be large to ensure the maximum killing area.
The ratio between the sharp edge and the back of the ax must also be well controlled, otherwise it will easily become difficult to chop.
Although warriors are all incredibly powerful, it is naturally best to save some energy when fighting.
Li Qing, who had experience in forging axes, was very familiar with it. He determined the size and proportion of the ax in his mind, and then pondered.
"The most difficult thing is this piece of ink gold. Can this piece really be smelted?" Li Qing frowned and said.
From the beginning, he took out this fist-sized piece of black gold and placed it next to the forge.
But to his surprise, the temperature of this piece of ink gold did not change much. It just became slightly warmer and did not conduct heat at all!
If it were ordinary metal, it would have become extremely hot long ago. How could you hold it in your hands and rub it like this!
Li Qing sighed slightly and could only bite the bullet and put the piece of ink gold into the hottest area of the forge.
GuluGulu~!
Completely immersed in the forging, Li Qing completely forgot about time. When his stomach growled, he suddenly came back to his senses. "Damn, I forgot to eat!"
Li Qing wiped the sweat from his forehead and quickly opened the tent, only to find that it was already approaching dusk.
Seeing the bloody setting sun rising from the horizon, Li Qing hurried to the stove hall with his rice bowl, praying in his heart that Fatty Wu would be on duty today.
Li Qing, who was so hungry and dizzy when he walked into the kitchen hall, was deeply moved when he saw the fat figure cooking.
"Quick, Fatty Wu, get me two steamed buns to cushion my stomach. I haven't eaten for a day!" Li Qing shouted quickly like a starving ghost.
Wu Chong, who was busy, immediately turned around. Seeing Li Qing's state of affairs, he couldn't help but ridiculed: "You are so arrogant when you come to beg for food, please change your name!"
Li Qing quickly said with a smile: "Brother Wu, I was the one who was rude. Bring me two steamed buns quickly. I haven't eaten anything for a day."
Wu Chong, who was round-headed and round-brained, immediately started to smile. He chuckled, and then took out all the big white steamed buns in the steamer on the top floor.
"Hey, come on, eat quickly. I'm still wondering why you haven't come here today. You usually come earlier than anyone else for dinner!"
As he said that, Wu Chong took it himself. I gnawed on a steamed bun, not to mention how sweet it was.
"Stop talking, I've been busy forging iron recently, and I almost exhausted myself to death!" Li Qing waved his hand, and then asked: "By the way, I recently heard that other battalions of the Wuli Army are also coming to the border fortress. Is there any news on when exactly we will arrive here?”
Pangzi Wu shook his head and said, “I don’t know the exact time, but it should be soon. It will take a lot of time to organize the army.”
Li Qing ate the steamed bun silently and said nothing more.
At the same time, the strong wind that swept the yellow sand in the sky gradually subsided, and the sky began to gradually become dim.
A goshawk flew across the sky very fast, leaving a shadow in mid-air.
On the distant Gobi Desert, under the cover of sand and dust, a cavalry force of more than 5,000 people appeared at the end of the northeastern skyline.
The goshawk with full wings landed directly on the arm of a leader at the front of the cavalry team. His arm did not move at all, as if the weight of the goshawk did not exist.
This is a man with a sinister face and a ferocious look. There is also a ferocious scar at the corner of his eye.
The man wearing an animal skin vest pulled out a piece of cloth wrapped around the goshawk's talons, and then read some of the information on it.
"Chief Tuvahar, has there been any change in the defense of Wangyuan City Fortress?" Another man who looked quite wise stepped forward and asked softly.
The corners of Tuvahar's mouth burst into laughter, and he said excitedly: "Well, nearly half of the defenders are missing, and the reinforcements have not yet arrived!"
"That's really it. God-given opportunity, maybe we can capture Wangyuan City directly!”
However, this man with a wise face shook his head and vetoed: "It is absolutely undesirable to seize the city. This will lead to the most violent counterattack from the Feng Kingdom. The tribe cannot withstand this kind of blow, so it is better to let Liang Guoding is at the front."
Tuwahar then tied the cloth to the goshawk's feet and let it fly again.
“Well, although the Maple Kingdom’s army is vulnerable, those martial artists are indeed a trouble.”
“Let’s act according to the original plan, grab food, cloth, and iron. It’s also best to grab the black gold that the immortals in the tribe mentioned!”
After saying this, the burly and barbaric Tuvahar suddenly clamped down on the horse’s belly, squeezing his crotch! The horses' speed suddenly exploded.
Then, the more than 5,000 cavalrymen behind him also began to speed up.
(End of this chapter)