In order not to waste time, Huang Yi sent Huang Dazhi and Huang Dayong to the market outside Zhangjiakou to contact Manager Li.
The straight-line distance between Huang Yi's base and Zhangjiakou City is no more than 150 miles, but the distance is more than 300 miles.
Wangshan is a dead horse. Although the mountain here is not high, the road has to go around the foot of the mountain, so the mileage is a bit long.
In order to reserve more food, Huang Yi brought 120 carriages to transport food. The speed was not fast. Even if he got up early and took the food late, he could only cover 50 or 60 miles a day.
This is also because they are all empty.
When we return, all the carriages must be loaded with food, Su steel, spirits and other supplies.
Maybe the war horses they ride on also have to be used to carry food.
There are mountains and ridges along the way, and thirty miles in one day is pretty good.
Huang Dazhi and Huang Dayong had been to Zhangjiakou last time and knew the way, so they immediately galloped away with their spare horses.
That night, I met the clerk arranged by Manager Li at the Li Family Store in the market outside Zhangjiakou.
The guy must have received special attention. He was very pleasantly surprised when he saw Huang Dazhi and Huang Dayong. He knew them last time he saw them.
The first sentence is: "You are finally here. Have you made another gain? Are there any heads of slaves?"
Huang Dayong said: "Jiannu is far away in Liaodong, so it is not easy to encounter them. This time we chopped off ninety-seven young Tatar heads."
"So many? You are really awesome. Have you brought the head?"
"We have more than a hundred trucks here to transport grain and iron materials. My master saw the code words on the roadside and knew that your boss was eager to find him, so he sent us here at high speed!"
"Our boss is really anxious to find your master, just to get more heads! I led people to write a lot of contact codes in the twelfth month of last year, why did you come here?"
"As soon as we saw the code word, we came here as fast as we could. We couldn't have gone any faster!"
"Oh! That's it! Thank you for your hard work. I'll arrange food and drinks to keep you both warm."
"Good work!"
"You're welcome. By the way, can you two be sure that those heads are real Tatars?"
"My master will arrive tomorrow afternoon at the latest, and then you can see it with your own eyes!"
"Great, I'll go back to Zhangjiakou City to report the good news to the shopkeeper."
After the clerk arranged food and accommodation for Huang Dazhi and Huang Dayong, he rushed to Zhangjiakou overnight to report the news.
After dark, all cities in the Ming Dynasty closed their gates, and border towns like Zhangjiakou were of course even more strict.
Instead of entering through the city gate, the man called General Li's men and used a hanging basket to pull him up the city wall.
By the way, President Li Si'en has been promoted due to the operation of the last beheading skill, and is now President Qian.
Getting a few people into town at night is a trivial matter.
It was cold and freezing, and every household went to bed early. Although it was only around seven or eight o'clock, the entire Zhangjiakou city was basically dark.
The waiter slapped the door knocker of Guanshi Li's courtyard and made a "dang-dang" sound, which caused the dogs to bark. One dog opened its mouth, and then it became very lively. All the dogs in the city started barking.
Manager Li had just washed his feet and was getting ready to go to bed. When he saw the messenger and learned that Huang Yi would be coming to Zhangjiakou in a day or two, he already had ninety-seven Tatar heads in his hand. He was overjoyed and immediately went to the backyard to report the good news.
During this time, Dong Li’s family was a little annoyed.
Why?
Of course, the two gentlemen of the Geng family came to him almost every other day to ask how their contact was going.
However, he had no idea and could not give an accurate answer.
Seeing the Geng brothers becoming more and more irritable, Li Weida was helpless.
After hearing the good news, he didn't care about the curfew and immediately took Manager Li and several servants to the compound where the Geng family lived.
Therefore, at noon the next day, Huang Dazhi and Huang Dayong saw shopkeeper Li, Li Weida, Li Si'en and two young men dressed as officials, a dozen Ming army cavalry, and a dozen fully armed armored servants.
Geng Zhangguang and Geng Zhanghua waited for more than a month and almost gave up.
Last night, good news suddenly came. The strong man had indeed obtained a lot of heads. The only drawback was that there were no heads of slaves.
The two brothers were secretly glad that they hadn't given up. They couldn't wait to see the strong man with their own eyes. They wanted to discuss the conditions in person and ask the strong man to find ways to get a real slave with a few levels of money and rat tail.
After not seeing each other for a few months, Huang Dazhi and Huang Dayong have grown stronger and look majestic now wearing helmets and armor.
They explained their purpose to Li Dongjia and confirmed that they now had the heads of ninety-seven young and middle-aged Tatars in their hands.
Li Dongjia immediately laughed and asked Huang Dazhi and Huang Dayong to lead the way. They were going to welcome Mr. Huang who returned in triumph.
Then he stopped hiding and tucking.
He explained clearly to Geng Zhangguang and Geng Zhanghua how he first dealt with Huang Yi.
He also suggested that after Lord Geng was reinstated, the Geng brothers recommended Huang Yi to be the military commander of Fubiao Camp.
The two brothers of the Geng family have realized the importance of brave generals and believe that if their father had had brave generals who were accustomed to fighting, he would never have caused this catastrophic disaster.
They both agreed that if their father could be reinstated, they would visit the thatched cottage to invite him.
Huang Yi was still cautious, still exploring the road and conducting reconnaissance in person. Whenever he reached high ground or mountainous areas, he would climb up high and look around with binoculars.
Suddenly, I found dozens of cavalry coming from the direction of Zhangjiakou, which felt very strange.
After observing for a while, I could tell that the leaders were actually Huang Dazhi and Huang Dayong.
He immediately understood that the people following him should be the servants of the Li family.
I just can’t figure out why those people came to greet me?
Could it be that he is following the example of the ancients in treating virtuous officials?
Huang Yi is a realist and doesn't accept this trick at all.
But he took a fancy to the armor equipped by those servants.
I cursed in my heart, last time I was even refused to give three pairs of armor, but this time I saw so many?
What's the meaning? Deliberately showing off?
How can you think of a way to take off the armor worn by the servants?
As long as he can fight, Huang Yi has three or four times the number of men and horses in his hands, and it will probably take less than five minutes to annihilate all the majestic-looking servants.
well! It's a pity that this cannot be done. Make enemies everywhere and the road will become narrower and narrower.
It took a lot of effort to get to know the Li family. In the future, we have to rely on his business to sell and buy supplies. How can we kill the goose and get the eggs?
A moment later, Huang Yi, who was wandering in his thoughts, saw Li Weida and Manager Li with smiles on their faces.
Li Weida introduced the Geng brothers, but did not explain that their father was the former governor of Shanxi.
At this time, Huang Yi's men were also fully armed and looked murderous and powerful.
The Geng brothers also wanted to ask for help, so of course they were polite and considerate.
Huang Yi knew why so many people came in a hurry.
He immediately asked Hu Xiaochuan and Zhang Dong to carry the sacks containing the heads from the carriage and open them one by one for everyone to identify.
The job of identifying the heads was still done by Yang Shihu. This time it was not just him, there were also two experts among the Geng family's servants.
