In an instant, the people who were originally doing their respective duties rushed towards Jiang Yimian and her group. The people patrolling other locations outside the cave also rushed into the iron smelting cave upon hearing the horn.
Lu Cijian and Jiang Yimian stopped in their tracks upon seeing the crowd armed with various weapons and charged into the fray to engage them in combat.
Fortunately, although the people in the cave were strong, most of them were blacksmiths who didn't know any martial arts and relied entirely on brute force to fight with their weapons.
Aside from the fact that there were quite a few of them, and they kept rushing up to get in the way, Jiang Yimian and her companion were able to deal with them relatively easily.
Zhao Xiaonian and Wang Jinbao were in trouble. They ran towards the outside, but before they had gone more than a few steps, they were caught up by a man.
The man, wielding a long knife, slashed at Zhao Xiaonian and his companion.
Zhao Xiaonian cried out in fright, barely managing to dodge the long knife that was swung at him. His legs went weak, and the large rock he had been holding for self-defense had long since disappeared. He could only run away with his head in his hands.
Fortunately, he was agile, and his opponent couldn't do anything to him for the time being.
Seeing that he was too agile to hit anyone, the man was so angry that he roared and swung his broadsword at Wang Jinbao.
Wang Jinbao was already carrying someone on his back and was moving slowly. He was even more frightened by the scene in front of him and ran outside in a panic, not noticing the large knife being swung at him from behind.
Just as the broadsword was about to fall, Zhao Xiaonian screamed in fright, rushed over, grabbed the man's waist, and shouted, "Quick, take Uncle Jiang away!"
Wang Jinbao was startled by the scene before him and dared not imagine what would have happened to him and Jiang Dazhuang without Zhao Xiaonian.
Without thinking much, he turned his back and ran quickly toward the light.
Zhao Xiaonian clung tightly to the man's waist, refusing to let go no matter how hard the man pounded on him. However, the waves of pain he felt made him grimace in pain.
It hurts so much, it hurts so much, it hurts even more than being whipped, this person hit me way too hard.
Seeing Wang Jinbao run away, the man's eyes turned red with rage. He suddenly became vicious and cursed, "You little bastard, you ruined my plans! Since you're so eager to die, I'll grant your wish. I'll chop you up first, and then I'll chop up those two too!"
After saying that, he raised his broadsword high and slashed straight at Zhao Xiaonian.
Zhao Xiaonian was so frightened that he closed his eyes, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.
He had been afraid of pain since he was a child, but since coming to the mine, he has been beaten every day and his body is covered with injuries. If it weren't for Uncle Jiang and Uncle Liu, he would probably have suffered even more injuries.
Now that Uncle Liu is gone and Uncle Jiang is also unconscious due to injury, he can't let anything happen to Uncle Jiang.
It hurts, but it should get better after this pain, and it won't hurt again.
However, after waiting for a while, the expected pain did not come. He only felt the person he was holding suddenly lose strength and fall forward.
Startled, he quickly let go. When he opened his eyes, he saw the man lying on the ground with a dagger stuck in his head, staring wide-eyed in death.
Zhao Xiaonian was startled and stared blankly at the two people who were fighting with the crowd.
Seeing him standing there in a daze, Jiang Yimian said impatiently, "Aren't you going to run? Are you going to stay here and wait to die?"
This guy seems pretty smart; he actually dared to lunge at the person with the knife just now. Wasn't that just courting death?
Zhao Xiaonian then came to his senses, quickly responded, and hurriedly chased after Wang Jinbao as they ran outside.
Seeing that the two had left, Jiang Yimian finally breathed a sigh of relief. She frowned as she looked at the people who kept coming in from outside, feeling a bit of a headache.
There are indeed many people on this mountain. If they keep fighting like this, she and Lu Cijian will eventually be exhausted to death here.
Thinking it over, she grabbed Lu Cijian, threw a large bag of white powder into the crowd, kicked over several iron smelting furnaces, and quickly led the people to run outside.
Instantly, white powder filled the cave, blinding everyone and causing them to lose their sense of direction.
Before they could even find their way through the dust-filled cave, the burning charcoal in the iron furnace ignited the dust, causing an explosion that was accompanied by screams of agony from the crowd.
Lu Cijian paused, startled by the loud explosion behind him, and asked curiously, "What kind of powder was that? How could it explode?"
How come he'd never heard of it before?
Jiang Yimian simply said, "It's just flour."
She deliberately scattered that large bag of flour next to the stove, where the dust content in the air was extremely high. If the flames ignited it, it would definitely explode.
Lu Cijian was stunned for a moment, not quite reacting.
It was rare to see him with this expression, so Jiang Yimian smiled and said, "I'll explain to you when we get outside."
However, the smile froze on his face the next second.
A group of people with large knives blocked their way at the corner, as if they had been waiting for them for a long time.
Zhao Xiaonian and Wang Jinbao were also held to the neck with large knives, their faces filled with terror, and they dared not utter a single word.
Zhang, the leader, glared at the two men with a fierce look in his eyes, his tone full of disdain, "I thought some powerful figure had infiltrated, but it turns out to be you two little rats."
You two think you can escape? What do you take this mine for? A brothel?
Come whenever you want, leave whenever you want.
Tell me, who sent you?
These two people must have been planted by some force to be so audacious as to come in and cause trouble, and to enter through the stone gate unnoticed.
Jiang Yimian didn't speak, but looked at the natural light shining in from not far away. It looked much brighter, so the exit should be just ahead.
As long as Zhao Xiaonian runs out and lights the bamboo tube, Song Er and the others will definitely arrive quickly.
Without further ado, she exchanged a glance with Lu Cijian and launched a direct attack on Zhang Lingtou.
Leader Zhang was visibly taken aback, clearly not expecting the two men in front of him to be so bold as to launch an attack. He immediately sneered and shouted, "You're courting death!"
Having said that, he swung the large knife in his hand at Jiang Yimian.
Seeing this, others quickly came to help.
In an instant, everyone's eyes were focused on Jiang Yimian.
Lu Cijian quickly took action, eliminating the people around Zhao Xiaonian and Wang Jinbao, and whispered, "Go out and light some bamboo tubes."
Zhao Xiaonian quickly responded, grabbed the small bamboo tube in his hand, and ran towards the exit.
Wang Jinbao, carrying the person on his back, quickly followed.
By the time the others realized what was happening, the two had already run quite a distance. With Lu Cijian and Jiang Yimian blocking their way, no one was able to chase after them.
Zhang, the leader, was furious. He glared fiercely at the people in front of him and swung his broadsword even faster. "I underestimated you."
He initially thought they were just two insignificant mice, but now it seems they are not to be underestimated; this woman has managed to withstand so many moves from him.
The man single-handedly held off more than a dozen people.
Others may not know, but he does. His subordinates are all experts. Individually, they may not be as good as him, but when they attack together, they are stronger than him. They are not comparable to ordinary people.
But the man stopped them, no matter how hard he tried or what, he managed to stop them.
These two people must be extraordinary to have been able to hold them off.
A sense of crisis suddenly arose in my heart.
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