I am one year older than Chongzhen

Chapter 219 Killing So Many
Geng Zhanghua didn't notice that there were two beautiful girls, Aqi Dolan and Baoleer, beside Huang Yi.

Because there are dozens of women in Huang Yi's team.

That was when the thirty-odd young and middle-aged herdsmen who had newly taken refuge brought their families with them when they came back.

Scattered living is more dangerous, especially in winter. Generally, nomads spend the winter together.

Originally, those young and middle-aged herdsmen had no choice but to take all the horses in the family and follow Huang Yi's team.

When attacking the more than one hundred Eight Banners cavalry in Jaisalmu, Huang Yi took the lead, and did not threaten the herdsmen who were already equipped with armor to take the lead.

These herdsmen immediately felt that they were not being bullied, and their hearts warmed up. They were impressed by Huang Yi's bravery, and they all actively followed and participated in the cover-up.

The grassland nation does not distinguish between soldiers and civilians. Young and middle-aged men ride horses and pick up swords, guns, bows and arrows are light cavalry.

If you can equip iron armor and put Ma Kai on your horse, you will immediately become a heavy cavalry.

The 36 young and middle-aged herdsmen who were all wearing armor were lucky, only seven or eight were slightly injured, and there were no injuries.

They saw the Hedan Bateer tribe with a population of over [-], and saw the combat effectiveness of Huang Yi's command. They all made the decision to take their family, belongings, cattle and sheep, 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.

Bao Leer and Archie Dolan are very interested in forming the women's cavalry team, and have already spotted seven young women.

These seven people are all very good at riding, and their archery level even exceeds that of Aqi Dolan and Bao Leer. They are all relatively strong, not to mention beautiful, and they are all very rough.

They were very happy when they learned that being a regular soldier would give them food and money every month.

On the day after joining forces with Huang Yi, Geng Zhanghua returned with 410 Qiqi including more than 70 lightly wounded.

Fifty-six of his armored servants were buried in other places, and more than two dozen 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 demise of the dynasty was due to the weather in the Little Ice River, because of the flames of war, and because of the intensified party struggle...

However, Huang Yi believes that soldiers being despised and lacking a sense of honor is also an important reason for the demise of 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 to just make soldiers and their families feel honorable, but also to give them preferential treatment, benefits, and more room for advancement...

Huang Yi issued an order, whether it was Geng Zhanghua's soldiers or the soldiers in the base area, all the dead in the war would be given 50 taels of compensation silver, and promised to support the orphans of the martyrs when they were 15 years old.

If the martyr's old parents are over 60 years old and have no one to take care of them, the local government will be responsible for providing for the elderly!

Of course, this kind of situation is relatively rare, after all, it is not common for families with only one son to be a soldier.

In ancient times, the average life expectancy was very low. In the late Ming Dynasty, it was as low as 40 to [-] years old. People who lived more than [-] years old were considered long-lived.

Not one-third of the emperors in the Ming Dynasty lived more than 50 years old.

In addition to distributing a disability subsidy of 30 taels of silver to disabled soldiers, they also promised to provide disabled soldiers with jobs within their ability to ensure that the remuneration of this job can support their families.

Knowing that Geng Zhanghua's subordinates would definitely get a head reward from the court, Huang Yi still gave each of them ten taels of silver.

The ten taels of snowflake silver is a general reward, and all combatants, whether alive or dead, have it. This means that the families of the war dead can get 60 taels of silver.

Huang Yi not only respected all fighters, but also treated the martyrs so kindly, of course he gained more supporters.

At the time of parting, Geng Zhanghua's soldiers were a little reluctant to leave.

The reason why Geng Zhanghua was in a hurry to go back was because he saw the 170 eight melon heads with money rat tails displayed by Huang Yi.

It's the end of the year, and the new year is coming soon. The heads of more than 700 young and middle-aged Tartars, plus 170 eighth-level real slaves, this credit is too great.

Geng Zhanghua felt that he didn't need to report such a big credit, and he began to plan to ask Li Weida to help him make a bridge, hoping to sell more than half of it for a good price.

Is it sold to the civilian and military generals under the jurisdiction of Governor Xuanda, or to the bureaucrats on the side of Governor Ji Liao or Governor Denglai?

He can't make up his own mind about this kind of matter, he needs to negotiate with his father.

Anyway, Geng Zhanghua was determined to select the elite cavalry of the Xuanda Frontier Army, and equip at least [-] armored soldiers.

Just raising these armored family members may not make them loyal and brave to fight, but they must be kind to their family members.

To put it bluntly, it is to control the family members of the armored family, so that they dare not have second thoughts.

This requires a lot of money and food.

How can it be possible to get enough money and food if you follow the steps and don't move your mind?
Geng Zhanghua could feel that his father, who had experienced ups and downs, looked away from the turmoil in the court and looked down on the honor and disgrace of the future.

Realizing that the Ming Dynasty is facing internal and external troubles, if you want to be a good official in the frontier, you must have a strong army in your hands!

It can be seen from the fact that his father doesn't mind Huang Yi's rebelliousness at all, and still gives people, money, food, and territory as much as possible.

Now that Huang Yi has added so many people, the demand for food is too great, and he will be hungry if he abides by the law.

He had something on his mind, so of course he ran fast, but it was a pity that he brought dozens of tightly wrapped carriages, which affected his speed.

On the evening of the third day, when Geng Zhanghua's men were less than five miles away from Zhangjiakou City, they saw Li Weida who came to greet him.

If he had known in advance that Geng Zhanghua was coming, all the civil servants and military generals in Zhangjiakou would come out to welcome him.

But Geng Zhanghua didn't want to make it known to everyone, so he told Geng Qi who was standing in front of him to contact Li Weida quietly, not to disturb other people.

Li Weida was able to get the news in advance, and of course he had made sufficient preparations. After entering Zhangjiakou City, the more than 400 soldiers under Geng Zhanghua's command were finally able to sleep peacefully after eating and drinking.

Geng Qi, Liu Chuanzong and several major generals were invited to Li Weida's house for a banquet together with Geng Zhanghua.

After drinking for three rounds, Geng Zhanghua showed Li Weida a dozen of the waist tags of Jiannu Baijia soldiers.

Immediately let Li Weida's eyes shine.

Next, Geng Zhanghua explained his intention of exchanging his head for money and food.

Even though Li Weida was used to Huang Yi being able to bring surprises, he was shocked when he heard that he was about to sell a harvest that was close to level [-]!
He felt his hair stand on end, and he was actually sweating.

"You have killed so many? How can Jiannu and the Karaqin Tartars give up? What if tens of thousands of soldiers attack the base?"

No wonder Li Weida felt terrified!

Daming has long since lost the angrily swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger when Ming Chengzu Zhu Di swept the north!

Now, they are being blackmailed by the Mongols, who give rewards to the city every year, and even the Jianzhou Jurchen, who was so weak that they could ignore them, entered the customs and caused tens of millions of taels of silver in property and millions of people lost...

(End of this chapter)