At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the atmosphere was not good. Men regarded being weak as beautiful, and men even wore makeup and clothes that were more colorful than prostitutes.
Civil servants looked down upon generals and kept saying "vulgar warriors".
There is a proverb among the people: "A good man should not be a soldier, and a good man should not hammer nails!"
Geng Zhanghua liked to dance with guns and sticks since he was a child, and he has been practicing riding and shooting hard, but his mother always accused him of not having great ambitions.
The eldest brother Geng Zhangguang, who excels in reading, is regarded as a unicorn by the Geng family and is a role model for the Geng family's children.
Geng Zhanghua doesn't like to read the Four Books and Five Classics. He likes to read storybooks, and his ability in writing eight-part essays is not very good.
His reputation as a scholar was entirely due to the fact that the Geng family was powerful and was deliberately let down by the county magistrate, government officials, and academic officials.
This is the reality of the Ming Dynasty. Scholars, that is, scholars, can basically obtain fame based on their family background.
But scholars are only members of the scholar class, and those who have won the imperial examination or Jinshi are scholar-bureaucrats.
Geng Zhanghua was self-aware and knew that he would never be able to become an official by virtue of the eight-part essay in this life.
Because the examination is no small matter and is even more stringent than the Jinshi examination, relying on hard work is basically ineffective.
That's because the imperial examination system was the cornerstone of feudal society, the spiritual sustenance of scholars, and the ladder to achieve class transformation.
In the late Ming and Qing dynasties, corruption was rampant and the entire country was in ruins. Only the imperial examination fraud was managed the most strictly.
Even if Geng Zhanghua had an old man who served as a feudal official, it would be impossible for him to achieve a class leap by winning the imperial examination.
After following Huang Yi on the battlefield, he was no longer confused and determined to become a military general by taking the martial arts examination.
He believed that if something happened to his family, his mother would definitely change her mind and she should no longer firmly oppose him abandoning literature and joining the martial arts.
His father had been in prison for several months, so he should have realized the importance of having a strong army under his command and a few generals who were good at recruiting and fighting.
I believe that he will be supported to become the commander-in-chief.
Geng Daodao: "The young master will be a general, and I want to be the commander of the young master's personal soldiers!"
"Of course! We must train our soldiers to be like Lord Huang's soldiers!"
"The young master is right. All of Master Huang's soldiers are good. If he is willing to give the order, those pursuing soldiers will definitely not be able to go back."
"It is precisely because Mr. Huang cherishes his soldiers and always envisions victory with minimal casualties that his soldiers are willing to die. It seems that you only saw the appearance and did not understand the true meaning."
"It doesn't matter if I don't understand it, as long as the young master understands it! Anyway, I will listen to the young master."
Liu Chuanzong and Yang Shihu were also muttering on the other side.
Liu Chuanzong said with emotion: "I have been a soldier for so many years, and I have never been so happy one day."
"What are you doing for fun? Haven't you always wanted to get promoted and make a fortune?
Today you should have two levels of beheading skills. If you get the head level, you will be rewarded with one hundred people and a chief flag officer, and you will almost get it! "
"Yes! Why didn't I think about getting off the horse and cutting off two heads? I should have enough time!"
"You are afraid of Mr. Huang and don't dare to disobey his orders!"
"Why are you afraid? It's a bit harsh for you to say this! Soldiers should enforce orders and prohibitions!"
"hehe!"
"What are you saying? Am I right?"
"Why didn't you follow orders and prohibitions when you were in the army?"
"Is Li Si'en issuing orders like that? Is he worthy?"
"It's because you're afraid of Mr. Huang!"
"Can you speak properly? I am convinced by Mr. Huang!"
Seeing that Liu Chuanzong was a little anxious, Yang Shihu deliberately raised the bar and said with a smile: "Hahaha, it's the same thing!"
"It's not the same thing!"
"That's right! Haha..."
"It's not..." Suddenly Liu Chuanzong realized that Yang Shihu did it on purpose and smiled.
Huang Yi and his group of forty-one people set out on the road leisurely, chatting and laughing along the way.
Coincidentally, Kamuge's pursuers also had forty-one horses. When they gave up the pursuit and turned back, they began to search for the fleeing Han people.
Many unlucky Han people fled in this direction, leaving footprints in the snow.
They were tracked by the slaves, a dozen of them were killed, and more than fifty were captured.
Of course Huang Yi saw these with his telescope on the hillside.
The straight-line distance was four to five miles, and the actual distance was probably more than ten miles. Huang Yi could not stop Jiannu from massacring the Han people, he could only watch helplessly.
At this time, he had made up his mind that he could not let these executioners escape unscathed, but wanted to kill as many of them as possible.
When Huang Yi picked up the telescope and searched again, he found a Han man crawling out of a small forest, and then ran towards the Han man more than ten meters away from him.
The Han man must have died. The Han man who was lucky enough to survive hugged the body and cried loudly.
Of course, it was obvious that Huang Yi couldn't hear the crying because he was too far away.
He was sure that there were still many escaped Han people hiding in the mountains and forests. It was not easy to survive in the cold weather and lack of food and clothing.
Huang Yi had thought about it. After defeating the Jin army, he had to gather as many fleeing Han people as possible to prevent them from starving to death or freezing to death.
Jiannu stopped pursuing, so Huang Yi had no choice but to lead his men and horses to continue close observation, waiting for a fighting opportunity.
Huang Yi is actually very curious.
That team was huge, and there was a serious shortage of men to build slaves. How should they prepare themselves to deal with their own attacks when they hit the road again?
If the offensive and defensive teams are swapped, Huang Yi will lead that team.
Huang Yi must set up camp immediately, and he will cut down a lot of trees and adopt the method of "building a strong camp and fighting a dull battle".
Then concentrate half of the elite troops to track down, bite the enemy who launches the surprise attack, and encircle and annihilate them with an absolutely superior force. If you cannot encircle and annihilate, you must also defeat and kill a large number of people.
This is the skill of sharpening your sword and chopping firewood!
If you continue on the road knowing that you are being watched by the enemy, you will still be unable to defend yourself.
There are still many long and narrow areas ahead. Huang Yi's men cut down trees and made dozens of rolling logs to hide on a certain mountain with an ideal slope.
When the men and horses of the Hou Jin Army who opened the road came to the foot of the mountain and threw the rolling logs down, they would not only cause casualties to the Hou Jin Army, but also block the road and consume at least half an hour.
Originally, the troops of the Hou Jin Army were thankful that they could travel thirty or forty miles a day. However, they were constantly harassed, and there was a question mark as to whether they could travel twenty miles a day.
Huang Yi was thinking, carefully observing the terrain, and mentally refining his next plan.
After walking a few miles, I saw a Han coming towards me.
That person was exactly what Huang Yi had seen in the telescope.
Of course, Huang Yi's men and horses had been seen by the Han man.
I saw that the Han man did not dodge, he knelt down and shouted: "I beg Master Guan Ningjun to take you in, I want to join the army to kill the Donglu!"
Huang Yi needs manpower. The more the better. It would be great if someone comes to join him.
He drove his horse forward and asked, "Can you shoot an arrow?"
"No, young ones can learn!"
"Can you fight on horseback?"
"No! Young people can learn it too."
It seems that this person has no fighting skills, Huang Yi said deliberately:
"Then what do you know? If you don't have any special skills, we can't take you in!"
