Seeing that Han Xiaoyue had taken care of the city defense of Tanzhou very well, the Li brothers and sisters left with confidence and went to other counties to continue recruiting soldiers. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Han Xiaoyue ordered Li Jingxian to dig a ditch three zhang deep and ten zhang wide at the south gate of the city. After finishing and coming back to his life, Han Xiaoyue had already prepared a big gift for him. Han Xiaoyue smiled mysteriously and said, "Jingxian, I'll give you something." As he spoke, he took out a longbow from under his desk.

This longbow is made of northern iron birch, and the whole body is golden yellow, and the bow body is carved with two fierce tigers, the tiger's mouth facing forward. It is hard and heavy, and cannot be used unless it is a person with excellent arm strength. Li Jingxian looked at the golden longbow, his eyes suddenly lit up, and the corner of his mouth smiled: "Second brother, this is ...... Is this what you made for me?" Han Xiaoyue nodded, "Of course. You told me that your old bow fell on Yakushizhuang, and I'm afraid you won't come back. I don't think you have much kung fu, and the only way to defend yourself is a bow and arrow, so I asked someone to make one out of good iron birch for you. As he spoke, he pulled out an arrow basket from under the case and continued, "What do you think this is?"

Li Jingxian looked at it and saw that it was an arrow basket made of iron birch. Iron birch is not easy to come by, especially in the Jiangnan region, and it will cost a lot of money to pull the finished iron birch from the extremely cold places in the north. Being able to find iron birch wood from Tanzhou to make longbows and arrow baskets, Han Xiaoyue must have put a lot of thought into it. Li Jingxian liked it very much in his heart, and hurriedly took it over and played with it repeatedly, and said: "Even the arrow basket is made of iron birch? Brother Han, you have invested in this!"

Han Xiaoyue laughed and said: "How can a general not have a weapon in his hand? I just heard that there is a merchant in Tanzhou who has this wood, so I asked someone to buy it and make this weapon for you, do you like it?" As he spoke, Li Jingxian drew his bow and let it go for a while, and a loud bang pierced through the sky. "What a bow!" Li Jingxian said happily, "With this bow, I can be regarded as a tiger with wings!" Han Xiaoyue nodded and said, "In this way, you and your eldest brother have weapons at hand, and you will be more handy in battle!"

As Han Xiaoyue was talking, the quartermaster ran back in a panic with a sweaty face, and said: "Lord Taishou, Lord Taishou......" Han Xiaoyue put away his smile and said: "Don't panic, just talk about something!" The quartermaster wiped his sweat and said: "Report to Lord Taishou, I have recruited troops in the city in the past few days, and only about 300 people have been recruited...... Han Xiaoyue nodded and said, "So this is the case? If these 300 people can be trained well in the future, they can also withstand the more than 1,000 people on the battlefield. ”

The quartermaster shook his head and said, "That's not the case." My lord, after recruiting these 300 people, five people suddenly came, claiming to be hunters from nearby villages, and they heard that Tanzhou had paid heavily to recruit soldiers, so they came to apply. However, they don't want to pay money, as long as Lord Taishou agrees to them a condition......" Han Xiaoyue listened to it and said curiously: "Oh? interesting, what are the conditions?"

The quartermaster lowered his voice and said, "These people are pretending to be mysterious, and they have to go to the West Gate in person!" Li Jingxian said angrily after listening to the audit: "How can this be true! Where did the idlers come from to make jokes about Lord Taishou? There are only five people, and you still want the adults to go in person? Tell them, love is not coming!" The quartermaster looked dazed when he heard this, Han Xiaoyue smiled and waved his hand: "Hey, don't do this. These five people have the heart to go into battle to kill the enemy, and their courage is commendable. However, it's just the five of them, so they don't need to go there in person, right?"

The quartermaster shook his head and said, "The five of them are just representatives, if they can agree to their conditions, they can bring in a team of nine hundred people!" Han Xiaoyue was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then asked rhetorically: "What, nine hundred?" You mean, these nine hundred people don't need to be paid, just need me to agree to their conditions?" The quartermaster nodded and said, "My lord, I feel that the matter is very important, so I came back to report it." But I feel that this matter is not reliable, and my lord beware of deception!"

Han Xiaoyue secretly said in her heart: "If these nine hundred people join in and don't need to pay money, they will indeed be able to leave a large amount of silver to build equipment." It's just that what is the origin of these five people, and what requirements do they have to meet?" Thinking of this, Han Xiaoyue cleared her throat and said, "Okay, then Benguan will go on a walk and see what they want." Li Jingxian lifted the longbow in his hand and said, "Second brother, I'll go with you." If they want to do something wrong, then give this longbow a try!"

The three rode to the west gate, where many people had gathered together. Several officers and soldiers are maintaining order, and new recruits are registering on the other side. Han Xiaoyue saw at a glance the five people standing in front of the list at a glance, they were indeed dressed as hunters, which was very similar to Li Jingxian's dress back then.

Han Xiaoyue turned over and dismounted, and some officers and soldiers shouted: "Let the people give way, Han Taishou is coming!" The crowd immediately flashed out of a way, and Han Xiaoyue took a few steps forward to the five hunters. The five Orions gave a deep salute, and the leader said, "The grass people meet Lord Taishou!" Han Xiaoyue waved his hand and said, "Okay, hurry up and excuse me." Is it that you want to be conscripted into the army, and you have given the officer a condition?" The leader of the Orion nodded yes, and Han Xiaoyue said: "What are the conditions, but it doesn't hurt to say it, whatever the official can meet, it must be satisfied!"

The leader of the Orion gave another salute and said: "Lord Taishou, the five of us are the hunters of the five nearby villages, and we have made an appointment to hunt together. We were originally six people, and a year ago, one of our companions was attacked by a monster in Yeguiling, and his life and death are still unknown. After the incident, our five villages gathered more than 20 brave people to go deep into the Yegui Ridge. Unexpectedly, only ten of these twenty people came back, and nine of them became insane, chanting 'monsters' and 'big insect monsters'...... The other man died violently after only ten days. ”

Han Xiaoyue was shocked when she heard this: "You mean, there are monsters in the Night Return Ridge?" and the leader of the Orion nodded and said, "Not bad." That night back to the ridge was originally a wilderness, and few of the people of Tanzhou City passed by there. But for the villagers of our five villages, that night return to the mountain was a big treasure house! Sixty-seven out of ten of all our prey was brought from that night return to the mountain. But this year, we've been hungry almost every 10 days or so......"

Li Jingxian didn't believe it in his heart, and stepped forward and said, "Hey, if you dare to make fun of adults, can you afford it?" The leader Orion gave a deep salute and said: "General, my lord, the grass people don't dare!" Han Xiaoyue nodded and said: "So, do you want this official to send troops into the Night Return Ridge to kill the monsters inside and avenge your brothers?" Adult Mingjian. There are more than 3,000 villagers in our five villages, and there are 900 people of our age. We don't seek fame and fortune, we only ask the adults to personally send troops to kill the monsters that return to the mountain at night, and give our 3,000 villagers a way to live. As long as there are no monsters left in Yegui Ridge, the grass people are willing to guarantee their lives and lead nine hundred young warriors from five villages to join the adult!"

Han Xiaoyue hurriedly helped him up and said: "You guys get up first, the official will consider it and then make a decision...... "The leader of the Orion wanted to kneel again, and said in his mouth: "My lord, you can't wait any longer! The previous Lord Yan doesn't care about this matter, can you ignore it!" Li Jingxian nodded and said: "Our Lord Han is definitely different from Lord Yan, our Lord Han is the best at solving the suffering of the people......" The leader of the Orion nodded vigorously: "So, Lord Han must not refuse, you must agree to the trust of the grass people!"

Han Xiaoyue is difficult to ride a tiger at the moment. If they refuse, they will be criticized by the people, making them think that they are the same as the previous Lord Yan, and they do not care about the people. But if you agree to come down at this moment, I am afraid that the defenders of Tanzhou will not die in the hands of the Song people, but in the hands of the so-called 'monsters'. "Although it is cruel, if it takes me 800 soldiers to kill the monster, I can recruit 900 people after this battle, but it is only 800 lives that I have to pay for the submission of these 900 people. Cruelty is cruelty, but it is very appropriate. Han Xiaoyue thought.

Seeing that Han Xiaoyue was still hesitating, the leader Orion hurriedly knelt down again. Seeing this, Han Xiaoyue hugged her and said, "Okay, you guys get up quickly, the official agreed!" With that, the five Orions hurriedly gave a deep salute, and the mountain shouted: "Lord Han is really a good person! Thank you, Lord Han!" Thank you, Lord Han!" As these five Orions shouted, the other people couldn't help but shout, "Thank you, Lord Han." Han Xiaoyue thanked them one by one, rode on the horse and said, "You guys go back to the village, meet here early tomorrow morning, lead the official and the others to kill the night return to the mountain, and eradicate the harmful monsters!"

Han Xiaoyue and the others returned to the Taishou Mansion, Han Xiaoyue walked a few steps to the front of the case and looked at the map on the case, and said: "This night return to the mountain is really weird, there are actually monsters?" The quartermaster stepped forward and said: "My lord, I have never heard of any monsters before, and there is no record of people being attacked by monsters in Tanzhou." Li Jingxian sighed and said: "That means that the people of Tanzhou don't take a detour from that side! Since it's called Night Return, then we have to go during the day." ”

Han Xiaoyue chuckled and said, "Quartermaster, you go down and check with this official to see if there are any of these five villages near Tanzhou, and if there are any of these hunters in these five villages." Investigate the family situation of these hunters, and report back quickly before tomorrow!" The quartermaster nodded and said, "My lord, are you suspicious of them?" Han Xiaoyue nodded and said: "It doesn't hurt to keep some eyes on it, this officer should at least know if they are nearby villagers!" The quartermaster nodded and said, "My lord is wise, I will do it!" As he spoke, he trotted away and left.