After drinking for three rounds, Geng Zhangguang asked Huang Yi: "You rushed back after receiving the news of our arrival, so you are not worried about the war?"
"With Zhi, Yong, Shuang, Quan, Peng, etc., there is nothing to worry about. Besides, when I received the letter, the troops had already begun to retreat. The Haraqin tribes were stunned and could not react in a short time. Wait for them to gather Thousands of troops have been raised, and my troops have gone home long ago.”
Geng Zhanghua nodded and said: "Huang Dazhi, Huang Dayong and others are indeed good men with both wisdom and courage. It should be no problem for them to lead the troops to retreat!"
Geng Zhangguang was still worried and asked: "The Karaqin Tatars have suffered a big loss, won't they come after them?"
Huang Yi said confidently: "If they come after me, they will definitely give away their lives in vain. I dare not measure them."
Geng Zhanghua pressed his knuckles loudly and said with a murderous look on his face: "I really hope they come after me."
My aunt was afraid of the Tatars and war, so she panicked and said, "The Tatars are coming. What should we do if we can't go back?"
Geng Zhanghua laughed loudly and said: "You can watch Huang Yi and I take the lead on the city gate tower, killing the Tatars with heads rolling, and tell everyone our personal experiences when we return home."
The aunt said: "This city has not been built yet, how can it be defended?"
Geng Zhangguang consoled him: "With the city in this state, the Tatars can't defeat it even if they come with 30,000 troops. You don't have to worry."
"What if it comes to fifty thousand?"
Seeing that her mother seemed to be arguing, Geng Yueling quickly pulled her sleeves and whispered:
"The eldest brother and the third brother said a few days ago that the Karaqin Tartars don't even have 20,000 soldiers and horses. How can they get 50,000?"
"Aren't there Jianzhou Jurchens? They can attack the capital city. Don't think I don't know that the Karaqin Tatars have defected to Jiannu."
Seeing that his aunt's face turned pale with fright, Geng Zhanghua found it funny and said: "Don't worry so much, drink a glass of wine to strengthen your courage, I will ask Geng Qi to take you back tomorrow!"
Geng Yueru didn't say anything, and kept stealing glances at Huang Yi, who was talking eloquently. His face was red, his ears were red, and his heart was beating wildly.
Suddenly hearing that the third brother said that he would send them back tomorrow was like a bucket of cold water poured on his heart.
We have just met once when we first arrived. There is going to be a war here, and it is even more impossible for Huang Yi to enter the customs and go to the Xuan Mansion to attend the wedding banquet to celebrate his eldest brother's election. When can we see each other again after this separation?
She objected: "I won't go back. If this place is attacked by Tatars and Jiannu, I will go to the tower to beat drums and cheer for the soldiers!"
Geng Yueru's voice was not loud, but everyone heard it, and everyone looked at her with surprise on their faces.
A voice like a silver bell sounded, still childish, "I won't go back either, I want to stay with Sister Yueru, and I will also help beat the drums and cheer, just like Liang Hongyu!"
Huang Yi had just come back and held a banquet and drank wine at the Nanchengmen Building. The dishes were simple, roasted whole lamb, haggis, stewed beef, braised chicken, scrambled eggs...
In the Ming Dynasty, cattle were not allowed to be slaughtered at will. Beef was a scarce resource. It didn't matter on the prairie. As long as the cattle were difficult to domesticate, they could be killed and eaten.
Wang Baishan wanted to tell Huang Yi the news he heard on the road, but he had no chance because Huang Yi had been discussing the results of the war with Geng Zhanghua and Geng Zhangguang.
The two brothers came to the base area for an on-the-spot investigation, but they did not expect that they would take the heads of more than 1,100 Karaqin Tatars back to the Xuan Mansion to report their merits.
At this time, the two brothers were very happy. They drank one glass with Huang Yi and the other drank happily. They also lamented that the achievements came one after another, too fast and too fierce, and it was not worthwhile.
It is impossible for the imperial court to continuously promote us within one year.
Wang Baishan couldn't get in the conversation, so he had to chat with Li Weida, who was familiar with him, and asked if the Geng family really intended to marry their legitimate daughter to Huang Yi.
Only then did Li Weida realize that Huang Yi had no idea about this huge good thing, so he told Wang Baishan, Zhang, Zuo Fanglian, Ye Huiling, and Xiaojiu all the ins and outs of what he knew.
These people all grew up and lived in official families. They were all honored when they learned that Governor Xuanda was willing to marry his legitimate daughter.
They sincerely hope that the head of the family will marry, take concubines, and give birth to a young master as soon as possible.
Although Huang Yi has traveled to the Ming Dynasty for more than a year, he is still not accustomed to feudal ethics because he has never attended a banquet of aristocratic families.
So I didn't think it was unusual to have so many female members of the Geng family at today's banquet.
He thought it was because Geng Zhanghua didn't care about red tape, and Geng Zhangguang, a figure who became a god in history, didn't care about etiquette.
In the minds of Geng Zhangguang and Geng Zhanghua, Huang Yi would be their brother-in-law sooner or later, whether they married Yueru, Yueling, or both.
Even so, when they heard that the two younger sisters had announced that they would not go back and wanted to stay and beat the drums to cheer, they both blushed and lamented that girls are extroverted.
Only then did Huang Yi notice the two little girls sitting quietly on the side of his aunt. One was at most a freshman in high school, and the other was probably just a junior high school student.
He smiled and said: "You two should be little sisters! I heard your third brother talk about it.
Did you know that if you want to beat the big drum in the army, you need to have a lot of strength? With your small body, I'm afraid it won't be enough! "
This was Huang Yi's first conversation with sisters Geng Yueru and Geng Yueling. The two little girls, who had been relatively brave just now, suddenly lowered their heads and were too shy to look directly at Huang Yi.
Huang Yi didn't know there was a story here, so he said carelessly: "Geng..., Sir Geng, General Geng, I'm puzzled. The soldiers outside the Great Wall are in danger. Why did you bring your family and your sister and aunt here?"
This, this is really hard to explain!
Geng Zhanghua simply didn't explain and asked: "What's the matter? You don't welcome me?"
"Welcome, of course you are welcome, I just think it's too strange."
"I wonder how big you are! Stop talking nonsense, come and have a drink. By the way, why are you so polite today and calling me Sir or General?"
"Why don't we call each other by our first names? If you call me Mr. Huang, it will sound very uncomfortable to my ears. It's better to call me by name."
"Pfft!" My aunt, who had drank two glasses of wine, couldn't hold back and laughed.
Geng Zhangguang smiled and said: "Okay! From now on, we brothers will call each other by our names."
Then he pointed at the two sisters and introduced them one by one: "Huang Yi, this is the sixth sister Yueru, and this is the seventh sister Yueling, how about it!"
Huang Yi said politely: "I'm so envious of you for having such a beautiful little sister!"
Geng Zhanghua saw that Huang Yi couldn't convey his meaning and said angrily: "What do you envy? I envy you!"
"Uh! What do you mean? Why am I getting more and more confused the more I listen to it."
Seeing Huang Yi's confused look, Li Weida quickly came to toast and pulled Huang Yi to whisper.
"Ah? Two little sisters are so young? Are you kidding?" Huang Yi was surprised.
Li Weida was equally surprised. He thought Huang Yi's reaction was too strange and asked, "Why are you so young? Is this the age when you can talk about marriage?"
Huang Yi suddenly realized that this was not the future, but a feudal society. The age of junior high school students was indeed the age for marriage.
