Although Xiang You's vexatious troubles affected Xiang Kang's mood, it did not affect Xiang Kang's plan to build a descendant army, and after sleeping in the dilapidated courtyard for a morning, Xiang Kang put Xiang You's affairs aside for the time being, and hurriedly ran to the pavilion to find Feng Zhong, who had been officially appointed as a Dongxiang tourist, and borrowed an old Qin crossbow from him, and brought it back to his own dilapidated courtyard to disassemble and study, wanting to try to see if he could imitate the military Qin crossbow.

The famous Great Qin Army crossbow really deserves its reputation, even if the Qin crossbow lent to Xiang Kang by Feng Zhong has a history of at least fifteen or sixteen years, Xiang Kang, who is injured in the left shoulder, still has to use the strength of milk to pull it apart, and it can easily penetrate the three-inch thick wooden board ten steps away during the test firing, and after disassembling the crossbow, the precision parts and solid structure in the crossbow body make Xiang Kang full of praise, and he can't believe that there can be such a superb casting process and such advanced mechanical technology at the end of the Bronze Age.

The result of the research is that imitation is not impossible, if you don't consider what time and cost, Xiang Kang believes that he should be sure to use steel to cast the bronze parts of the Qin crossbow, and imitate the iron Qin crossbow, but the time spent during the period must be very long, and at the same time, it will definitely take a lot of time and energy to study the wooden arms and tendon strings of the Qin crossbow, so Xiang Kang only thought about it a little, and decisively gave up the effort to imitate the Qin crossbow, and decided to use the civilian crossbow as a firepower supplement for his army. When there is an opportunity and time in the future, we will imitate and equip military crossbows.

Of course, civilian crossbows are easier to get than military crossbows, but when Xiang Kang asked Feng Zhong to ask him to help purchase the best crossbows that the people could buy, Feng Zhong said with a somewhat embarrassed expression: "Brother, it's not that the eldest brother doesn't help you, it's that I'm too busy these days, there was a murder case in Xinzhuang Pavilion, and the county is urging me tightly, I'm busy handling that case, and I don't have time to help you choose carefully, you see if it's ......." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, my brother, just explain it." Xiang Kang quickly interrupted and said, "It's okay, eldest brother, you are busy with you, those brothers in my family are idle every day and have nothing to do, I will give them money and ask them to go to the market to help me choose." ”

Feng Zhong nodded, and apologized to Xiang Kang, Xiang Kang smiled and waved his hand not to care, and immediately took the money back to the second uncle's house, and asked the second uncle to explain to the children of the Xiang family who traveled all day long, and asked them to help them go to the market to select and purchase strong crossbows, and the second uncle and mother agreed, and also entrusted Xiang Kang's task to the children of the Xiang family who came home for dinner that night, and asked them to help Xiang Kang buy it as soon as possible.

Only two days later, Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Guan and others came to Xiang Kang with fifteen civil hard crossbows of different lengths and matching arrows, and shouted as soon as they met: "Brother, treat you to drink, these two days for your fifteen crossbows, we have run all over the surrounding markets, and tried dozens of crossbows to pick out the best fifteen for you." ”

Xiang Kang, who had not gotten together with his brothers for a while to drink and eat meat, responded to the call of his brothers, took out the money to ask someone to go to Aunt Chen's wine shop to buy wine and meat, and entertained the children of the Xiang family in his own dilapidated courtyard.

When it was time to buy wine and meat, Xiang Kang found that Xiang You, who had been completely separated from him, was not in the crowd of the Xiang family's children, worried that this kid really ran to Xiapi to find Han Li to inquire about the news, Xiang Kang hurriedly asked Xiang You's younger brother Xiang Sui: "Brother, what about Brother Xiang You, why didn't he come?" ”

"Went out." Xiang Sui replied: "Today he said that he had something to do, and he went out with some dry food, and he didn't know where he went." ”

"He didn't say he was going there?" Xiang Kang hurriedly asked.

"When I asked, he didn't say, he just said that he had something to do." Xiang Sui replied truthfully: "I asked him if he wanted me to go with me, and he said no, so I didn't bother to care about him." ”

"This kid, shouldn't he really go to Xiapi to find Han Li?" Xiang Kang's heart was a little drumming, but he didn't dare to say his worries, so he could only hide this matter in his heart for the time being, and continued to accompany the children of the Xiang family to talk and laugh, drink wine and eat meat, and talk and sing.

With this pimple in his heart, Xiang Kang certainly had to quietly pay attention to Xiang You's movements. But fortunately, although Xiang You didn't go home that night, but in the afternoon of the next day, Xiang You reappeared in the Shiling Pavilion, and when Xiang Kang deliberately ran to find the children of the Xiang family to eat with him at night, Xiang You also talked and laughed normally, and there was no smug and arrogant look to get Xiang Kang's handle, nor did he deliberately leave everyone to threaten Xiang Kang, and never said a word to Xiang Kang alone, Xiang Kang was also a little relieved, knowing that Xiang You should not have quietly gone to Xiapi yesterday - otherwise, with this kid's temper, Nine out of nine will immediately take out Han Li's confession as a threat, forcing himself to help him marry Yu Jiao's little girl.

The next few days were quiet, Xiang You never came to Xiang Kang, and Xiang Kang was busy training the militia all day long, but he was busy taking care of the blacksmith shop, and gradually forgot about it. However, at this time, Feng Zhong, who was also so busy that he didn't see anyone all day, suddenly sent a message to Xiang Kang, saying that it was a message from Daxingting in Dongxiang, and a group of bandits with an unknown number of bandits had recently emerged in the Mengwan area at the junction of Ling County and Daxingting, and there was a possibility of entering Daxingting at any time to commit crimes, so that Xiang Kang could be prepared so that he could take the Dongxiang militia to Daxingting for reinforcements at any time and arrest the bandits.

"Daxing Pavilion?" Xiang Kang tried his best to recall the situation over there, and asked Wei Shan, who had always brought a letter, a little strangely: "If I'm not mistaken, the area between Daxingting and Lingxian doesn't seem to have any decent mountains and forests?" Even if there are not many woods, how can there be bandits entrenched there? ”

"Hui Xiang Gongzi, this little one doesn't know." Wei Shan replied truthfully, and said: "But the small ones in Daxing Pavilion have also been there, and I remember that there are no decent mountains, forests and lakes over there, and they don't seem to be suitable places for bandits to entrench." ”

I felt strange in my heart, but I didn't know the specific situation when I wasn't at the scene, Xiang Kang could only instruct Wei Shan: "Go back and tell Brother Feng, just say I know, tell him to rest assured, as long as there is a need on the side of Daxing Pavilion, I will take the militia over immediately." ”

The matter was not over, and it was only the morning of the next day, Feng Zhong personally ran in front of Xiang Kang and said: "Brother, I'm afraid I have to trouble you and me to go to Daxingting, Daxingting just brought me a letter, saying that last night there were several bandits from Ling County who crossed the border to commit a crime, killed a Daxingting man who was cultivating the land, and stole a cow, I have to investigate the case, and I have to go to see what the situation is over there." If it's convenient for you, bring your militia with you and come with me to see if you can get rid of the bandits." ”

The rich family of Daxingting also gave money and food to help Xiang Kang form a militia, and he was short of manpower, of course Xiang Kang could not refuse such a request, so Xiang Kang immediately agreed, and asked Feng Zhong to go to Daxingting to investigate the situation first, and he immediately took the militia to Daxingting to help. Feng Zhong agreed, and then ordered: "Remember to call all your brothers, they are good and can help us a lot when it is critical." ”

Xiang Kang agreed, and when Xiang Kang gathered the militia to distribute the weapons he had previously equipped, he couldn't use a horse chopping knife and a hook to fight a group of small thieves, and he couldn't expose his secrets, so he sent someone to contact the children of the Xiang family and asked the children of the Xiang family to go to Daxing Pavilion with him. However, it was very unfortunate that the blacksmith apprentice sent to contact the children of the Xiang family returned to Xiang Kang empty-handed, reporting that the children of the Xiang family had gone out to play early this morning, and they didn't know where they had gone, so they couldn't bring the letter. Xiang Kang had no choice but to ask this apprentice to wait for the children of the Xiang family to come back and then inform the news, and he led fifty militiamen to the south and hurried to Daxingting.

When he arrived at Daxing Pavilion, it was already close to Shen Shi in the afternoon, and Feng Zhong, who arrived first, had also basically investigated the case, confirming that the people who were killed were indeed killed at the hands of the bandits in Ling County, and also found out the news that the bandits were currently active in the mountaineering area in Ling County, which was not far from here. Xiang Kang listened and hurriedly asked, "Big brother, have you contacted the pavilion in Ling County?" What do they say? ”

"Contacted." Feng Zhong replied: "They said that they had already reported the situation to Ling County, and they were waiting for the county to come up with an idea, and they also said that if we were willing to cross the border to suppress bandits, they could help us." ”

After that, Feng Zhong, who had just become an official tourist, was about to pull Xiang Kang over to catch the thief in order to make a meritorious service, but he suddenly noticed another thing and hurriedly asked, "Brother, what about your cousins?" Why didn't any of them come? ”

"I don't know where to play." Xiang Kang replied: "I asked the apprentice of the blacksmith shop to bring them a message, telling them to come here to find me as soon as they come back, but I don't know when they will return to Shiling Pavilion today, and if they can come today." ”

"Forget it." Feng Zhong, who knew how many martial arts Xiang Kang had, immediately dispelled the idea of immediately crossing the border to suppress the bandits, and changed his words and said: "Brother, so let's do it, let's stay in Daxing Pavilion for one night today, and then decide whether we should cross the border to suppress bandits after finding out the situation of the bandits." ”

Guessing that Feng Zhong couldn't believe in his fighting skills, Xiang Kang, who was really not very good in this regard, didn't break it, just nodded and agreed, and at that moment Feng Zhong asked the pavilion chief of Daxing Pavilion to arrange a place for himself and Xiang Kang and his party, and at the same time sent local pavilion guards to cross the border to find out the news, learn more about the bandits in Ling County, and prepare to wait for the children of the Xiang family who are good at fighting and dare to fight hard, and then cross the border with Xiang Kang to eliminate the little thieves who dare to come and commit crimes.

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On the side of Shiling Pavilion, in fact, it was not more than half of the afternoon Shenshi, and the children of the Xiang family, who were dragged by Xiang You to go to the Saohe Pavilion in the northwest of the lower prime minister, had already returned to the Shiling Pavilion with a smile, and the apprentices of the blacksmith shop also told them about Xiang Kang's situation at the first time, and then Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Guan and other Xiang family masters did not hesitate, and were about to lead the children of the Xiang family south to Daxing Pavilion to meet Xiang Kang, but Xiang You stopped them......

"Brother, it's not too early, let's go again tomorrow." Xiang You Zhenzhen said eloquently: "You see that we are hungry and tired after a day of playing, even if we go to Daxing Pavilion, we can't help much, it is better to go home to eat first, so that we can rest for a night, and it is not too late to go to Daxing Pavilion tomorrow morning to help Xiang Kang and Brother Feng." ”

Although Xiang You's words were quite reasonable, Xiang Zhuang was still a little worried and said, "What if something suddenly happens over there?" Xiang Kang's injuries are not healed, and his martial arts are so poor, what should he do if something happens? ”

"It's okay, with Brother Feng here, nothing will happen." Xiang You comforted and said, "Besides, Xiang Kang also brought all his militia team over, and those people will protect Xiang Kang." Let's go back to eat first, I'm almost hungry. ”

Xiang You, who was also his brother, was unable to do so, Xiang Zhuang had no choice but to be dragged home by Xiang You for dinner, but what Xiang Zhuang and the children of the Xiang family did not notice was that Xiang You's eyes were flashing with a smug and vicious light at the moment......

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On the side of Daxing Pavilion, because Cui Pai, the pavilion chief of Daxing Pavilion, is not only Feng Zhong's subordinate, but also Feng Zhong's old friend, that night, Xiang Kang and Feng Zhong of course received a very warm reception in Daxing Pavilion, even if Xiang Kang repeatedly shirked, but was still pulled by Cui Pai and Feng Zhong to the banquet to accompany them to drink, knowing that Feng Zhong Gaosheng and Xiang Kang were related to Cui Pai also deliberately accompanied, and kept pestering Xiang Kang to toast constantly, Xiang Kang had no choice but to accompany them to drink, and soon drank seventy-seven eighty-eight, blushing and thick-necked.

Fortunately, Xiang Kang is a person who knows how to exercise restraint, and when he is almost drunk, he insists on refusing to drink again, and in turn persuades Feng Zhong and Cui Pai not to drink anymore so as not to make a mistake, but Feng Zhong, who was drinking happily, said with a smile: "What can you do wrong?" So many of us are in Daxingting, and the bandits in Ling County have eaten the gall of the leopard, and they dare to come to Daxingting to make trouble? It's okay, keep drinking, it's rare to eat Lao Cui, we have to drink him to the pain tonight, and next time he won't dare to shout at us in the wine field. ”

may have deliberately slapped Feng Zhong in the face, but at this moment, a pavilion guard from Daxing Pavilion outside the door suddenly came to report and said: "Yu Feng You, Yu Cui Pavilion Chief, there is a peasant in this pavilion outside the pavilion who first reported (called the police), saying that the bandits in Ling County have entered our pavilion again, and they may be planning to continue to rob things." ”

"Do you see clearly? Is it the bandits in Ling County? Cui Pai hurriedly asked.

"See, the farmer said that the bandits were carrying torches and weapons." The pavilion soldier replied truthfully.

"it!" Feng Zhong, who was already a little hot-headed, scolded and said: "It's not a small amount of courage, Ben You is in Daxing Pavilion, and they actually dare to use torches to grab things!" Lao Cui, Brother Xiang, call your people up immediately, let's go to them to settle accounts together! ”

"Carrying a torch to commit a crime?" Xiang Kang vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't think of anything wrong for a while, and the situation was urgent, so Xiang Kang had no choice but to put this question behind him for the time being, quickly got up and went out, rushed to the residence of the Dongxiang militia, and ordered the militia that he had personally formed and practiced to assemble immediately, and hurriedly returned to the pavilion in Daxing Pavilion to wait for his life.

When he returned to the gate of the pavilion of Daxing Pavilion with the militia, several pavilion guards brought by Feng Zhong and the pavilion guards under Cui Pai had already gathered in front of the door, Feng Zhong ordered the people who came to call the police to lead the way, and led Xiang Kang and Cui Pai and others to immediately dispatch, carrying a few torches all the way to the southeast, and soon saw the gang of Lingxian bandits who were flowing into the lower prime minister with torches.

The number of the bandits was only a dozen people, and in addition to the fifty militiamen on Xiang Kang's side, there were also more than a dozen pavilion guards and armed doormen from Feng Zhong and Cui Pai, so they had just seen Feng Zhong and Xiang Kang and others appear from a distance, and the gang of bandits immediately shouted in unison, and ran in the direction of Ling County.

After chasing all the way to the relatively complex terrain of the mountaineering area, the gang of bandits remembered to throw down the eye-catching torches and rush into the woods, Feng Zhong bullied them into the small number of people, and immediately ordered to chase them with all their might, Xiang Kang, who was notoriously under the jurisdiction of Feng Zhong, followed the order and led the militia team to rush directly into the woods. However, at this time, Xiang Kang suddenly remembered an important question and said secretly: "Isn't it right? Today, so many of us came to Daxingting to investigate the case, the mountaineering side is only a few miles away from Daxingting, Lingxian this group of bandits, even if they are all blind, they can hear this situation, how dare they wander into Daxingting to do crimes? ”

"Also, the torches aren't right!" Xiang Kang suddenly thought of another key question, and said in his heart: "This gang of bandits is only a dozen people, even if they are all armed with weapons, and even if Feng Zhong and I don't bring anyone to Daxing Pavilion, as long as they can be discovered in advance by Daxing Pavilion, just by gathering the people with hoes and forks can deal with them, how dare they still rush into Daxing Pavilion with a torch and fanfare?" Are they dizzy? Or did you do it on purpose? ”

Thinking of this, Xiang Kang hurriedly observed the surrounding environment, and then he didn't know it, and he was shocked when he saw it - the terrain in this area is relatively flat, but the woods are relatively the most dense, the woods are full of weeds, trees and rocks, and there are also places where ambushes can be hidden.

"Brother Xiang, what are you doing? Chase it! Feng Zhong next to him pulled Xiang Kang and urged: "More than a dozen bandits, according to our Great Qin Law, they are already considered a group of thieves, and if they catch a live mouth, they will have fourteen gold, and if they get a head, they will have seven gold!" ”

Being pulled forward by Feng Zhong for two steps, Xiang Kang suddenly thought of a question again, and said in his heart: "But it's not right?" If so, to whom? If you want to eat so many of us in one bite, can the bandits have so many people? If there were really so many bandits who had the strength to eat more than 60 of us in one bite, Ling County should have already used the army to hunt down this group of bandits, how could they watch them get away with it here? This is not Maling Mountain, and it is not as difficult to suppress bandits as it is in Maling Mountain. ”