Li Nan didn't ask for the remaining dozens of taels of silver, and his generous behavior made Xu Guan very satisfied, so on the way back, in the hands of the one hundred and fifty-seven ragged van soldiers, in addition to the well-preserved sword, shield, and spear, there were ten more divine arm bows.

The Divine Arm Bow is actually a kind of crossbow, equipped with a mechanism, but it can be fired by one person, and the range can reach more than 370 meters, and it can penetrate heavy armor, which is the most fierce long-range weapon in the Song army except for the bed crossbow.

Li Nan, who was riding on a horse, secretly shook his head in his heart, the generals of the army sold people and weapons privately, the ministers of the court openly sold officials, several countries watched outside, bandits were rampant inside, and the people were miserable, if the Great Song Dynasty did not perish, it would be a strange thing.

Although Li Nan wanted to exterminate the two gangs of thieves who occupied the temple as soon as possible, but seeing the team behind him walking crookedly, he was afraid that his body was already extremely weak, so he still postponed his action and prepared to let them eat and drink enough to rest for two days.

There was no place in the city to accommodate this more than 100 years, so Li Nan directly took them to a small village not far from the city, and took out a few taels of silver and gave it to the village chief, asking him to buy some rice and noodle dishes for these soldiers to eat.

The villagers brought up the steamed corn rice one by one, and before it was served, the soldiers were not afraid of the heat, and grabbed a large handful of them with each hand and ate them violently.

Seeing this tragic situation, Li Nan sighed and said, "Don't rob it, the food is enough, and it's not too late to eat when the food comes up." ”

None of the more than a hundred sergeants paid attention to Li Nan's words, only the two bearded men rolled their eyes, stopped competing with others for corn, and came to Li Nan's side to stand respectfully.

Li Nan looked at the two of them with satisfaction and asked, "What are your names?" What is the origin? ”

The man with the Chinese character face on the left arched his hand at Li Nan, and said with sadness and indignation: "Yudutou, the villain's name is Zhang Hao, a native of Linpu, Jingdong, and he was originally a lieutenant of Jinyi in the forbidden army. Because of the insult to my family, I beat the thief violently, but such a trivial matter was sent to the Jinling Mountain to die. ”

I didn't expect this Zhang Hao to be a military attache with official rank before, but he was almost sent to the mining area to fight a person, and it is estimated that he offended the children of powerful officials in Beijing.

The bearded man on the right is called Meng Li, who was originally a petty officer of the Northwest Frontier Army, because he saw his colleagues killing good and leading merits, he went to Shangguan to report, and as a result, he was also sent to Jinling Mountain.

These two people have not done anything evil, they can only be said to be more unlucky, and they can be regarded as usable people in Li Nan's eyes.

Li Nan nodded, pointed at those sergeants and said, "Okay, I am short of manpower to use now, so the two of you will serve as the team leader, each of you will lead half of the manpower, and train their military discipline well, if there are stubborn people, then send them back to Jinling Mountain." ”

Zhang Hao and Meng Li listened to Li Nan's words, and immediately looked happy, and immediately picked up a thick stick and stepped forward to beat those soldiers who were still grabbing food like vicious dogs.

According to the rules of the imperial court, the soldiers of the Xiang Army originally had more than a dozen yuan per person for food, but the commanders and commanders at all levels of the Xiang Army in Jinling Mountain had already stripped these silver coins layer by layer and fell into the hands of the people who bought them below, so there was not much money.

Moreover, the army bought and then deducted, bought some moldy old grain, rotten vegetables for them to eat, and this kind of food was not full, so when they first came, they were tall and strong, and the army became what it is today.

Being beaten was just a common occurrence for these soldiers, but after hearing that Zhang Hao and Meng Li said that disobedient people would be sent back, they became afraid, after all, no one wanted to return to the hell on earth in Jinling Mountain.

Seeing that the more than 100 people finally quieted down, squatting in place and holding their heads in silence, Li Nan came to everyone and said: "I don't care what you did before, but when you get your hands on it, you must obey my orders, and if there are those who do not obey, then send them back." ”

After the threatening words were finished, Li Nan paused and said: "You don't need to worry about eating and drinking here, you can behave well, and you can also distribute silver money according to merit, have you heard clearly?" ”

Everyone hurriedly responded: "I heard you, thank you, sir!" ”

"Do you have any other questions?"

One of the soldiers asked weakly, "Excuse me, what are you going to do when you summon us?" ”

"Now that bandits are rampant in various places, as the head of the county to maintain the safety of the people, I naturally want to take you around to hunt for thieves, is there any problem?"

"No more!"

Hearing that it was to deal with some bandits and thieves, many soldiers were relieved, most of them were originally soldiers in various armies, and there was naturally no pressure to deal with a few thieves.

In the Song Dynasty, there were inspections in all parts of the country, and the villages had security chiefs, Li Nan was not worried about them escaping, so he left Zhang Hao and Meng Li to take care of them.

Peng Bantou made a lot of efforts this time, so Li Nan gave him five taels of silver and sent him away.

I spent two gold bars today, and the silver I saved before was also spent more than ten taels, and these more than 100 soldiers are all big-bellied men, so it is not good to sit and eat empty, Li Nan regretted a little, he should have brought back some of the eight tons of gold at the beginning.

Two days later, Li Nan came to the village with Pang Qiuxia, who had to follow him alive or dead.

After two days of cultivation, this group of soldiers finally recovered a little bit of the demeanor of the people in the army, and at this time, under the supervision of Zhang Hao and Meng Li, they practiced swordsmanship and bow skills against the straw man made of straw.

The Song Dynasty measured a person's martial arts, all of which were based on arm strength as the first standard, that is, to see how many buckets of the bow could be opened, and it is said that the highest record of the soldier holding the bow was more than 270 catties.

After all, they are all veterans, and their foundations are not bad, Li Nan saw that although his body has not fully recovered, there are more than 20 people who can hold a 100-pound bow, and the most eye-catching is Zhang Hao, who is actually holding a 200-pound bow in his hand.

Seeing Li Nan and a little lady coming over, Zhang Hao hurriedly stepped forward.

Li Nan knew that these soldiers were just afraid that he would send them back, and he actually looked down on himself in his heart, so he planned to show his hand today.

Reaching out to take the bow in Zhang Hao's hand, Li Nan tried it and felt that it was no problem, so he smiled and said: "This bow is a little soft!" ”

Zhang Hao is now mixing rice under Li Nan, although he didn't dare to say that Li Nan was nonsense, but his upright personality has already been revealed on his face, and the rest of the soldiers standing nearby are even more secretly scolded in their hearts.

Since Li Nan got the "Weide Sutra" of the Spotted Tiger, he has been sitting and cultivating whenever he has time, although the threshold of the first double cultivation has not been passed, but the strength on his body has increased a lot, and the speed of the cat that has been strengthened by the system has also brought some strength bonuses, so he dares to say such a big thing.

Firmly grasping the ground with both feet, Li Nan's left and right hands simultaneously made a bow into a full moon, and then only heard a 'collapse', and the two hundred catties of hard bow was broken by him, and the sergeants who watched Li Nan's actions were suddenly dumbfounded.

"As I said, this bow is a little soft." Li Nan casually put the broken bow on the side and said lightly.

Zhang Hao said with a look of guilt because he slandered Li Nan just now: "The divine power of the adult, the villain admires!" ”

The sergeant who saw the scene just now also changed his attitude of contempt just now, and said in unison from the bottom of his heart: "My lord's divine power! ”

"Hahaha......"

Li Nan smiled proudly, but he wouldn't say anything about the sore arms.

Looking at Pang Qiuxia with a hint of admiration beside her, Li Nan began to think about marrying her back as soon as possible, and after having a virgin double cultivation, he must have increased his strength a lot.