Geng Zhanghua didn't notice that there were two beautiful girls, Aqi Duolan and Bao Leer, around Huang Yi.
Because there are dozens of women in Huang Yi's team.
When they came back, the thirty or so young and middle-aged herdsmen who had newly taken refuge brought their families and children with them.
Scattered living is even more dangerous, especially in winter. Generally, nomadic people gather together for the winter.
Originally, the young and middle-aged herdsmen had no choice but to take all the horses at home and follow Huang Yi's team.
When attacking the more than one hundred Eight Banners cavalry in Zhaisalmu, Huang Yi took the lead and did not intimidate the herders who were already equipped with armor to take the lead.
These herdsmen suddenly felt that they were not bullied, and felt warm in their hearts. They were impressed by Huang Yi's bravery, and they all actively followed and participated in the cover-up.
Grassland peoples do not distinguish between soldiers and civilians. Young and middle-aged men who mount horses and pick up swords, guns, bows and arrows are light cavalry.
If you can equip iron armor and put Ma Kai on your war horse, it will instantly become a heavy cavalry.
The thirty-six young and middle-aged herdsmen who were all wearing armor were lucky. Only seven or eight were slightly injured, and no muscles or bones were broken.
They saw the Hedanbaat'er tribe with a population of over 10,000 and saw the combat effectiveness of Huang Yi's men. They all made the decision to take their families, belongings, cattle and sheep with them and follow Huang Yi from now on.
They are the poorest herdsmen, and women have to participate in herding, so many women can not only ride horses but also shoot arrows.
Borrell and Archie Dolan are very interested in forming a women's cavalry team and have already attracted seven young women.
These seven people are all very good at riding, and their level of archery is even better than that of Aqi Duolan and Bao Leer. They are all relatively strong, not beautiful to say the least, and all of them are very rough.
They were very happy to learn that as regular soldiers they would receive food and money every month.
On the day after joining forces with Huang Yi, Geng Zhanghua went back with 417 cavalry, including more than 70 lightly wounded.
Fifty-six of his armored servants were buried abroad, and more than twenty others were seriously injured and had to stay for treatment.
Huang Yi could not and would not treat soldiers badly, regardless of life or death.
It is said that the fall of the dynasty was due to the Little Glacier weather, the raging wars, and the intensifying party strife...
However, Huang Yi believed that soldiers being despised and losing their sense of honor was also an important reason for the demise of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, Huang Yi must improve the treatment of soldiers so that ordinary people can truly appreciate the glory of one person joining the army and the whole family.
It is not enough just to make soldiers and military families feel glorious, but also to allow them to receive preferential treatment, benefits, and more room for advancement...
Huang Yi issued an order that all war dead, whether Geng Zhanghua's soldiers or soldiers in the base area, should be given fifty taels of pension silver, and promised to support the orphans of the martyrs until they were eighteen years old.
If a martyr’s elderly parents are over sixty years old and have no one to care for them, the base government will be responsible for providing them with care until they die!
Of course, this situation is relatively rare. After all, it is not common for families with only one son to be a soldier.
Ancient times were no better than modern times, and the average life span was very low. In the late Ming Dynasty, it was as low as thirty or forty years old. Those who lived longer than fifty were considered long-lived.
This can be seen from the fact that less than one-third of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty lived more than fifty years.
In addition to distributing 30 taels of silver disability allowance to disabled soldiers, they also promised to provide disabled soldiers with jobs within their capabilities to ensure that the pay of this job can support their families in Hukou.
Knowing that Geng Zhanghua's men would definitely receive a head reward from the imperial court, Huang Yi still paid each of them twelve taels of silver.
These ten taels of snowflake silver are a general reward, and all participants in the war, whether alive or dead, will receive them. This means that the families of those who died in the war can get sixty taels of silver.
Huang Yi not only respected all soldiers, but also treated the martyrs so favorably, which of course gained more supporters.
When they parted, Geng Zhanghua's soldiers were reluctant to leave.
The reason why Geng Zhanghua was in a hurry to go back was because he saw the one hundred and seventy-eight melons with money rat tails displayed by Huang Yi.
It's the end of the year, and the Chinese New Year is coming soon. The heads of more than 3,700 young and middle-aged Tatars, plus 178 real slaves, are really great contributions.
Geng Zhanghua felt that he did not need to report such a big credit, so he began to think about asking Li Weida to help with the matchmaking, hoping to sell more than half of it at a good price.
Should it be sold to the civilian and military generals under Governor Xuanda, or to the governor Jiliao or the bureaucrats on the governor's side?
He cannot make his own decisions for this kind of matter, he must negotiate with his father carefully.
Anyway, Geng Zhanghua was determined to select elite cavalry from the Xuanda frontier army and equip at least 1,500 armored servants.
Simply raising these armored servants may not make them loyal and brave enough to fight, their children must be nurtured.
To put it harshly, it means controlling the family records of the armored servants so that they dare not have second thoughts.
This requires a lot of money and food.
How is it possible to get enough money and food if you just follow the steps and don't use some crooked ideas?
Geng Zhanghua could sense that his father, who had experienced ups and downs, looked away from the turmoil in the court and lost sight of the future honor and disgrace.
Realizing that the country of the Ming Dynasty is facing internal and external troubles, if you want to be a good frontier official, you must have a strong army!
It can be seen from the fact that his father doesn't mind Huang Yi's rebelliousness at all, and still gives people as much money, food, and territory as possible.
Now that Huang Yi's population has increased so much, the demand for food is too great. If he abides by the law, he will go hungry.
I had something on my mind, so of course I rode faster, but it was a pity that I was carrying dozens of tightly wrapped carriages, which affected my speed.
On the evening of the third day, when Geng Zhanghua's troops were less than five miles away from Zhangjiakou City, they saw Li Weida who came to greet them.
If it had been known in advance that Geng Zhanghua was coming, a large number of Zhangjiakou's civil servants and military generals would have come out to greet him.
But Geng Zhanghua didn't want everyone to know, so he asked Geng Qi, who was at the front station, to contact Li Weida quietly and not to alert others.
Li Weida was able to get the news in advance, and of course he was fully prepared. After entering Zhangjiakou City, more than 400 soldiers under Geng Zhanghua were finally able to sleep peacefully after eating and drinking.
Geng Qi, Liu Chuanzong, several major generals, and Geng Zhanghua were invited to Li Weida's house for a banquet.
After three rounds of drinking, Geng Zhanghua showed Li Weida a dozen of white-armored slave-building badges.
Li Weida's eyes suddenly shone.
Next, Geng Zhanghua explained his intention to exchange his head for money and food.
Even though Li Weida was used to Huang Yi's ability to bring surprises, he was shocked when he suddenly heard that he was planning to sell nearly 4,000-level gains!
He felt that his hairs were standing on end and he was actually sweating.
"You have killed so many people? How can the Jiannu and the Karaqin Tatars just give up? What if tens of thousands of soldiers attack the base area?"
No wonder Li Weida felt terrified!
The Ming Dynasty has long lost the anger of Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu Di when he swept north!
Now they are blackmailed by the Mongols, who give them rewards every year. They are also killed by the Jianzhou Jurchens, who were originally too weak to ignore, and enter the customs, resulting in tens of millions of taels of property and millions of people lost...
