The West State Iron Mine rebellion erupted, with Zhu Shengkai leading twenty thousand soldiers from the Salt and Iron Department to resist Fengyu's five thousand Iron Cavalry, attempting to slaughter Fengyu and her troops atop the mine.
Shouts of killing roared into the heavens.
Lightning flashed within thick clouds, thunder rumbled across the skies.
The Iron Cavalry clashed head-on with the fierce bandits, blades rose and fell, blood spilled as the edge of the blades glimmered. The tiger banner of the Ningzhou Iron Cavalry was planted along the mine tunnels, fluttering in the wind. Despite Xie Xun only leaving Fengyu with five thousand selected Iron Cavalry soldiers, every one of them was a carefully handpicked elite, serving as both the backbone and the vanguard on the battlefield. Two thousand of them were sufficient to protect Fengyu for an hour on the mountain, waiting for Chen Jiangdong's reinforcements.
