Geng Zhangguang is a real person.
When I first negotiated the terms, I just wanted to get ten real slave heads.
If they only follow the conditions negotiated by the tenth-level true slave, the Geng family should settle the accounts with the first-level true slave in exchange for two pairs of iron armor, two Lumi guns, and two hundred kilograms of gunpowder.
However, the results were beyond expectations. The actual number of heads obtained increased more than ten times.
At this time, the battle to recapture the four cities has not yet begun, so it will have to wait until summer. During this period, the Ming army has been suffering heavy defeats and has no ability to win a victory.
The significance of these gains is of no small importance, and the court must attach great importance to them.
Huang Yi has been able to confirm that Geng Ruchi will definitely turn around. He will be blessed if he survives the disaster. Whether Geng Ruchi can join the cabinet in the future is uncertain.
So he never mentioned the terms of exchange that were negotiated in the first place.
Of course, he clearly realized that it was useless to mention it. There were so many iron armors, Rumi guns, and gunpowder that a ranger camp in Guan Guan might not have so many.
No one can give it readily and readily.
Geng Ruqi was promoted to Governor-General. After taking office, Huang Yi was always taken care of. Wouldn't it be nice to spend several months or even a year to obtain these military supplies?
Unexpectedly, Geng Zhangguang was a thoughtful man. Huang Yi didn't speak, but he still tried his best to give him the iron armor and matchlock gun.
Huang Yi was very happy. He paid most attention to training the people in the base area to use matchlock guns.
He also often talked about the benefits of using firearms, and once vowed to tell everyone, even weak women such as Zuo Fanglian, Zhang, Sun Suzhu, Du Cuilan, etc.
As long as they practice loading and shooting carefully, Jiannu's vests, infantry and even bagalas may be killed by them.
Therefore, women in the base area and men with insufficient strength wanted to practice shooting matchlocks.
It's a pity that there are only 60 muskets. Four or five people take turns to practice loading and aiming each gun. Of course, the step of firing is omitted. They are only allowed to fire live ammunition three times every ten years.
Those who practice the hardest and most actively are Wang Baishan, Zhang and Du Cuilan.
It was also because the guns and gunpowder were under their control and they had more time to practice, so the shooting results of the three of them were among the best.
Today, Wang Baishan is more confident. He runs every day and his physical strength is much better. However, he is not naturally strong enough to shoot arrows or thrust with a spear.
Since he got the Rumi Gun, he has been practicing hard every day, and he has been able to shoot without missing a shot within fifty steps.
He had reason to believe that if he really went to the battlefield, he would definitely be able to use the Rumi gun to kill the white-armored soldiers of the Hou Jin Army.
Zuo Fanglian was a thin Yangzhou horse trained by the Madam since she was a child. She didn't like to dance with guns or sticks, and basically didn't participate in training. Therefore, she only knew how to use Lumi gun. The reloading speed was slow and she couldn't be said to be accurate.
Everyone has their own strengths. Huang Yi did not ask Zuo Fanglian, who was proficient in music and good at playing the piano, singing and dancing, to practice hard on combat skills. He thought that she would form a propaganda team and art troupe in the future.
Historical experience tells Huang Yi that if he wants to develop better, all the people must be soldiers and a large number of muskets must be used.
Of course, this historical experience does not come from Chinese history, but from the United States.
When the Europeans came to the North American colonies, they were filled with Indians who were skilled in bows and horses.
When Europeans were working and cultivating, they had to be ready with their matchlock guns to shoot the Indians roaring towards them on horseback.
There were probably tens of millions of Indians in North America at that time. How could European colonists gain a foothold and develop?
They don't have the protection of the Great Wall, nor do they have a huge city!
The bottom line is that they have muskets, and everyone can use them skillfully.
There is a vast land outside the mouth, and there are nomadic tribes whose fighting power and equipment are almost the same as those of the Indians.
How to gain a foothold? Of course, all the people are soldiers.
Therefore, Huang Yi's base area also uses a large number of muskets, and then they will make bird blunderbuss and Lumi blunderbuss. The more the better.
It is required that all men and women over the age of ten must practice shooting, and will be evaluated later. Those who are skilled in shooting movements and have the best shooting results will be promoted, given honors, and given physical rewards.
The Geng family has been busy these two days, and Huang Yi has become a hot topic.
Of course, this was my aunt's talk about how the handsome and versatile Huang Yi was a hero and how he had lofty aspirations.
She already regarded Huang Yi as her son-in-law, but she didn't know that Geng Zhangguang only mentioned it and Huang Yi didn't reply at all.
But the clear answer is that it is impossible to enter the customs and become a military attaché!
This is actually Huang Yi's bottom line!
Don't be afraid of opponents who are like gods, but be afraid of teammates who are like pigs.
The Ming Dynasty used culture to control military force. It is the civilian officials who manage, dispatch military officers, and allocate food and salaries.
Therefore, Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Jiliao who only knew how to brag but had no ability to kill a general of the Jin Army, had the ability to kill Mao Wenlong, the chief military officer of a town in the Ming Dynasty.
Yuan Chonghuan was able to kill Mao Wenlong on Mao Wenlong's territory, not because Yuan Chonghuan had the ability and courage.
Rather, it fully shows that Mao Wenlong was loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and he was not prepared for the imperial court. He never expected that Yuan Chonghuan would fake the edict and fabricate the Twelve Deadly Beheadings to murder the commander-in-chief who had been persisting in fighting behind enemy lines.
In order to gain the support of the Ming Dynasty and to be able to recruit a large number of people from Shanshan in the future, Huang Yi must serve as the military attaché of the Ming Dynasty.
But you have to remain independent and basically disobey orders, so try not to enter the customs until your wings are hardened.
There is another big advantage here, no need to kneel down.
Huang Yi is a modern man, how could he be used to kneeling down to see his superior?
After entering the customs, with Huang Yi's official position, there were countless officials who had to kneel before him. Wouldn't he become a kowtow bug? How could Huang Yi endure this?
Another main reason is that Huang Yi knows the trajectory of historical development. The Ming Dynasty will go from bad to worse, and Shanxi and Shaanxi will become a mess.
After entering the customs as a military attache, he was ordered to go to Shaanxi to suppress the bandits. Should he go or not?
If you go there, you have to massacre the hungry people to steal food, otherwise your army will starve.
In just one or two years, this team will become worse than the bandits and be despised by everyone.
This is based on lessons learned from the past. Zuo Liangyu, who was ridiculed as a "thief general" in history, was like this. Liu Zeqing, He Renlong, Huang Degong and other Ming army generals, who did not have their hands stained with the blood of innocent people?
Are they born killers?
no! Most of them are forced by the situation. If they have good intentions, they will die first.
Therefore, Huang Yi did not want to enter the border, at least not until he was not strong enough to influence the situation.
So the poor Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region can become a base area. The mineral resources outside Zhangjiakou are rich and the natural conditions are much better. Why not?
This area was originally the territory of Bu Shitu, the last cowardly "King of Shunyi", but now it is the sphere of influence of Lin Dan Khan, the so-called last great Khan of Mongolia, the "Wife-Giving King" with great ambition and talent.
Both of these two are nothing special, and their biggest enemy is still Huang Taiji, who is entrenched in Liaodong.
