Li Yan returned to Qilizhai with a bag of grain. These days, he uses this way of ants to move to deliver grain to Qilizhai little by little. Who knows if that 'Ittoga' will come? If he comes, it will be possible for his stockade to last two more days.

Of course, the arrows are also being transported secretly. There is a bow and arrow shop in Qi County, and Li Yan let this bow and arrow shop make arrows and crossbows. Of course, crossbows are controlled varieties and cannot be made privately, but Li Yan gives a lot of money and also provides a receiver, they just make bows and bow arms, so why not?

Now four crossbows have been taken out, and the receivers of these crossbows are all made by Blacksmith Zhou according to Li Yan's requirements. Its hook is double-toothed, and the distance in the middle is just a little narrower than the shaft of the crossbow arrow, which can be used to fix the shaft of the arrow, so that the bolt can be shot downward, which is conducive to the defense of the city or high places.

These crossbows also have a small grip so that they can be used directly with the shaft as a baseline for aiming, which is conducive to accurate shooting and is more convenient when shooting.

Li Yan has already tried firing in the bow and arrow shop, and the effect is very good, and the bow arm is strong and powerful. The front is equipped with an iron ring with a foot pedal, pull the crossbow string to the string hook with both hands, then put the arrow in the arrow slot, aim at the target, pull the suspension knife and fire. The direct shooting distance reached more than fifty steps, if you want to break the heavy armor, twenty steps should be the best distance, if you break the light armor, forty steps can also be done.

Li Yan also equipped the crossbowmen with gloves, which allowed the crossbowmen to wind quickly many times. Originally, there was a wide belt with a hook to help the waist stretch, but Li Yan felt that this thing might cause inconvenience in action, so he switched to gloves and used both hands to pull the string directly, so that the winding speed seemed to be faster.

"Oops, oops," Li Mu kept admiring with a crossbow: "Good things, good things!" ”

They came to the target, a two-inch-thick plank on which four crossbow arrows pierced fist-sized hearts, and the arrows peeked out behind the board.

"Thirty steps to break through heavy armor, there should be no problem." Li Zhong also nodded while watching, and said, "The head is very good, and you can go into battle after practicing a few arrows." If you use stacked shots, you guess you can block the impact of heavy riding, right? ”

Li Yan didn't know if he could withstand the impact of the heavy cavalry, but the continuous and accurate shooting at a distance of thirty paces was a slaughter for the infantry without the protection of a big shield.

"Good thing, I'll shoot two more arrows." Li Mu took the crossbow and began to walk back, intending to have a good time.

Li Yan stopped: "Okay, let the soldiers get acquainted with it." Replace it with a grass mound, this arrow is made of stainless steel, you see, it's all paused! ”

Li Mu stopped, so he had to give the crossbow to the other soldiers and let Zhao Datong take them to practice using it.

"Fourth brother, isn't it the proof that the bird county order does not give our township soldiers?" Li Mu came back and said lightly: "If he doesn't give it, he won't give it, let's get it ourselves, isn't it good now?" ”

"We're called bandits!" Li Yan replied angrily.

Li Zhong frowned and asked, "Second brother, are you worried about anything?" ”

"I'm a little worried," Li Yan thought for a moment and said in a low voice: "I don't know how large this locust plague can be, and whether the drought will be better this year." Now that there are bandits attacking the county, there will definitely be a large number of bandits and thieves at this time when there is no success. You all know what's going to happen next, right? ”

Li Mu thought for a moment and said, "Isn't there still a Dongyu?" The main forces of the officers and soldiers are still in Zhili and Shandong, so they won't come to suppress the bandits so soon, right? ”

Li Yan shook his head and explained: "I just read the Di newspaper, Dongyu has already turned around and gone north, and he is about to get out of the customs. Moreover, Yang Sichang advocated suppressing the thieves first and then exterminating the prisoners, so the officials and soldiers would soon turn around and suppress the bandits. If we don't have the name of the official army, we won't be able to survive. ”

"Follow the thief." Li Mu said lightly: "With our brother's ability, wherever he goes, he will be given the chair to sit on." And we are all familiar, the name is loud, report a number~"

Li Yan interrupted Li Mou's words and said, "There is no hope for the thieves, how long will it take to resume production?" How long will it take to restore order? The other thieves in the middle came to attack and loot, and the officials and soldiers attacked in a big way, so didn't they give up their efforts again? How long will this last? Is it really necessary to reproduce the tragedy of Huangchao using people for food? ”

"What then? Give Su County a little bribe? Li Zhong asked.

Li Yan shook his head and said, "No, that guy, it is estimated that three melons and two dates will not be worth it." There are too many, and we can't take them out. I left him a name, and see, Qixian County will not be peaceful forever, he will use ours. ”

"What a bird officer, there is no such thing as a good thing!" Li Mu scolded hatefully, and then went to supervise the soldiers to train.

There are only Li Yan and Li Zhong left here, Li Yan asked: "Second brother, have you thought of the name, if you get the name of the township soldier, I will also report you to an official position." ”

Li Zhong hesitated for a moment and said, "Forget it, let's call Li Daliang, it's simple, and it's easy to remember." ”

"This is good, at first glance, the second brother is a farmer, and he has never been to school." Li Yan said with a grin.

Li Zhong said helplessly: "In order not to harm the family, even if I am a vulgar farmer, I will admit it." ”

County office, two halls.

"The county honor, the Guide Mansion came to Tang to report, saying that the 'Yidou Valley' that attacked Tuocheng County has retreated." The county Cheng reported.

Su Jing nodded, stroked his beard, and said, "Well, the jumping clown, dare to besiege the county seat, it's not a pity to die!" ”

"So, shouldn't our martial law be lifted as well? The garrison generals can't stay up. The county begged.

Su Jing thought for a moment and asked, "That thief 'Yidougu' was captured?" ”

"No, I just retreated, I don't know where I went."

Su Jing was stunned for a moment, and scolded sharply: "The thieves don't know where to go, and they dare to cancel martial law?!" The fathers and elders of Hecheng are waiting for their protection! Keep them on guard! If you dare to make noise, you will not be spared! ”

The county man was embarrassed and said: "County Zun, they are making trouble." It's been four months of arrears, and they say, if they don't pay it again, they, they~"

"How are they?!" Su Xian Ling slapped the table and scolded: "Do they dare to rebel?!" ”

"They're going to rebel!" The county immediately said with a sad face.

Su Jing was stunned there, and then he rubbed his beard tremblingly and asked, "How is this good?" How is it good? ”

"Let's let them withdraw their defenses," the county Cheng suggested, "Give them two months' salary, and they will be able to deal with it." ”

"Disarm, disarm. Pay, pay. Su Xian Ling said incoherently.

After a while, the county magistrate came out with a smile in his hand with the warrant of the county order. This time it's a good thing, he can get a one-percent thank you gift from Yang Shoubei, and take advantage of this famine to buy some good land in the future.