Li Yan returned to Qilizhai with a bag of grain. These days, he used this way of moving an ant to transport grain to Qilizhai little by little. Who knows if the "Yitou Valley" will come? If it comes, it will make his village last two more days.

Of course, the arrows were also being transported secretly. There is a bow and arrow train in Qi County, and Li Yan asked this bow and arrow train to make arrows and crossbows. Of course, crossbows are controlled varieties and cannot be made privately, but Li Yan gave a lot of money and also provided a receiver. They just made bow bodies and bow arms, so why not do it?

Now four crossbows have been taken out. The receivers of these crossbows were made by Zhou Blacksmith according to Li Yan's requirements. The hooks of its hang are double-toothed, and the distance between them is just a little narrower than the shaft of the crossbow arrow. It can be used to fix the shaft according to the situation, so that the crossbow arrow can be shot downward, which is beneficial to defense at the top of the city or at high places.

These crossbows also have small grips, so that the arrow shaft can be used as the aiming baseline directly, which is conducive to precise shooting and is more convenient when shooting.

Li Yan had already tried the shooting in the bow and arrow line, and the effect was very good. The bow arm was strong and powerful. There was an iron ring with foot pedals in front. Use both hands to pull the crossbow string to the string hook, then put the arrow into the arrow groove, aim at the target, and pull the hanging knife to fire. The direct shooting distance reached more than fifty steps. If you break the heavy armor, twenty steps should be the best distance. If you break the light armor, forty steps can be done.

Li Yan also equipped the crossbowmen with gloves, which can make the crossbowmen wind the strings quickly many times. Originally, there were wide belts and hooks to assist with waist stretching, but Li Yan felt that this thing might cause inconvenience during movement, so he switched to gloves and used both hands to pull the strings directly, so that the winding speed seemed to be faster.

"Oh, oh," Li Mou kept exclaiming with the crossbow: "Good thing, good thing!"

They came to the target, which was a two-inch thick wooden board. The four crossbow arrows on it penetrated the red hearts the size of fists on the wooden board, and the arrows were exposed behind the board.

"It should be no problem to break the heavy armor at thirty steps." Li Zhong also nodded while looking, saying, "It's very good to have a good head. You can get on the battle formation by practicing a few arrows. If you use overlapping, you probably can block the impact of the heavy rider, right?"

Li Yan didn't know if he could block the impact of the heavy cavalry, but the continuous and precise shooting at a distance of thirty steps was a massacre for infantry without the protection of a large shield.

"Good thing, I'll shoot two more arrows." Li Mou started walking back excitedly with the crossbow, intending to have a good time.

Li Yan stopped him and said, "Okay, let the soldiers be familiar with it. Change to the grass mound target. This arrow is made of stainless steel. Look, you can't stop!"

Li Mou stopped and had to give the crossbow to the other soldiers and asked Zhao Datong to take them to practice using it.

"Fourth brother, isn't it just that magistrate of the Niao County will not give our village soldiers a certificate?" Li Mou came back and said relaxedly: "If he doesn't give it, he won't give it. Let's do it ourselves. Isn't it good now?"

"We are called bandits!" Li Yan replied angrily.

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

"I'm a little worried," Li Yan thought for a while and said in a low voice: "I don't know how wide the locust plague can be, and whether the drought will be better this year. Now bandits are attacking the county town. When the green and yellow are not in the process, bandits and bandits will definitely appear in large numbers. You should all know what will happen next?"

Li Mou thought for a while and said, "Isn't there still Donglu? The main forces of the officers and soldiers are still in Zhili and Shandong. They won't come to suppress the bandits so soon, right?"

Li Yan shook his head and explained: "I just read the news that the Donglu has turned around and headed north and is about to go out of seclusion. Moreover, Yang Sichang strongly advocated suppressing the bandits first and then destroying the bandits, so the official army will soon turn around and suppress the bandits. If we don't have the name of the official army, we can't stand it."

"Follow the thief." Li Mou said relaxedly: "By the abilities of our brothers, we will be seated wherever we go. And we are familiar with each other and have a good reputation, so we can report a number."

Li Yan interrupted Li Mou and said, "There is no hope for the thief. How long does it take to resume production? How long does it take to restore order? In the meantime, other thiefs attacked and looted, and the government troops attacked in large numbers. Isn't all their efforts was wasted? When will this fight be done? Is it really necessary to reappear the tragedy of Huang Chao using people as food?"

"What should I do? Give some bribes to the magistrate of Su County?" Li Zhong asked.

Li Yan shook his head and said, "No, that guy, I guess he doesn't look down on those who have three melons and two dates. We can't take it out even if there are too many. I left him a name, let's see, Qi County will not be peaceful all the time, he will use ours."

"What bird officer, there is no good thing!" Li Mou cursed hatefully, and then went to supervise the soldiers to train again.

Only Li Yan and Li Zhong were left here. Li Yan asked, "Second brother, have you figured out your name? If you get the title of a village soldier, I will also report you an official position."

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

"This is great. I see that my second brother is a farmer and has never been to school." Li Yan said with a smile.

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

County government office, second hall.

"The county master, Guide Prefecture, reported that the 'Yitou Valley' that attacked Tuocheng County had retreated." The county magistrate reported.

Su Jing nodded, stroked his beard gently, and said, "Well, the clown jumping, you dare to besiege the county town, you should not beg for death!"

"Then, should our martial law be cancelled? The guards are all unable to stand it." The county magistrate asked.

Su Jing thought for a while and asked, "Is that local thief captured 'Yitou Valley'?"

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

Su Jing was stunned and shouted loudly: "The bandits are not sure where they are going, and they dare to lift the martial law?! The elders of Hecheng are waiting for their protection! Let them continue to be on guard! I dare to speak loudly, so I will definitely forgive you!"

The county magistrate said in embarrassment: "County Master, they are making money. They have been owing money for four months. They said that if they don't pay the money, they will be them."

"How are they?" County Magistrate Su slapped the table and scolded: "How dare they rebel?!"

"They just want to rebel!" The county magistrate immediately said with a sad face.

Su Jing was stunned, then shivered and stroked his beard, asking, "What should I do? What should I do?"

"Let them get rid of their defense," the county magistrate suggested: "If you pay them two months of salary, you can deal with it."

"Remove defenses, withdraw defenses, pay wages, pay wages." County Magistrate Su said incoherently.
Chapter completed!