Huang Youcai was originally a Liao citizen in Fushun, his family was poor, and there were only a few barren mountains at home, his father didn't want his son to live a poor life like himself, so he named him Huang Youcai, but taking such a well-intentioned name didn't seem to bring wealth to Huang Youcai, but the days went by and became poorer, plus Huang Youcai grew tall and had a large amount of food, and he couldn't eat enough to rely on the barren mountains at home, let alone make a fortune.

When the Houjin army came, the people in the village fled for their lives, but his father was reluctant to leave the barren mountains at home, saying that where to flee is not to farm and live, the Tartars also have to eat, and they also want people to farm, and staying is not necessarily worse than fleeing to other places as homeless people, as long as the land is still there, not afraid of hardship, there will always be a day of coming out, and he also pointed to relying on the few pieces of land at home to Huang Youcai to marry a daughter-in-law to inherit the lineage.

But then the development of things was completely different from what his father predicted, after the Houjin cavalry came, the old man who had the same idea as his father in the village was merciless, and directly beheaded him, he still remembers the last words that his father shouted at him before being beheaded: "If you have money, don't avenge me, live, live there is hope!" ......", before his father finished speaking, his head was cut off, and his eyes were not closed when he landed.

Huang Youcai also wanted to avenge his father, but in the face of the bright sword of the Houjin cavalry and thinking of his father's words before he died, he coaxed, and the few young people and women left in the village became prisoners of the Houjin.

But Huang Youcai's suffering has just begun, he was assigned to a Eight Banners Banner Ding named Alagu as a Baoyi (Baoyi: the transliteration of the Manchu booi, that is, the slave in the Manchu family), Alagu and the Niu Lu in the banner are really relatives, so they have the right to choose the Baoyi first, Alagu saw that Huang Youcai was tall and strong, so he picked him at a glance, indeed a glance, because Alagu's other eye was blinded by an arrow during the battle.

At the beginning, Huang Youcai was still very uncomfortable with his identity as a coat, because Alagu didn't treat him as a human at all, but completely as an animal, not to mention a day of exhaustion, he was whipped over at every turn, this is not the most unbearable, the most unbearable thing for Huang Youcai is that he has to kneel down when he sees Alagu, and he has to call him the master, although the previous days are bitter, but at least he doesn't have to be trampled like this!

So Huang Youcai also tried to resist, and also had the idea of escaping, but every time he resisted, he would only get a whip and beating, and the idea of escaping was directly beheaded after Huang Youcai saw a Liao Min who was arrested with him escape and was caught. It was put on a stick and stood on the wall of the fort for public display, and then it was completely extinguished.

Now Huang Youcai has learned to accept his fate and behave respectfully in front of Aragu, even if Alagu whips him with a leather whip, he just obeys it, just silently recites in his heart the words that his father shouted to him before he died, "Live, there is hope when you live!" ”

At this time, Alagu was sitting in the courtyard on a Taishi chair basking in the sun, this Taishi chair was his trophy, which he moved back from Fushun's official office in the last time he participated in the battle of Houjin to capture Fushun City, this kind of Taishi chair is said to be only a big official of the Ming Dynasty can sit, but now he is sitting under his buttocks, so Aragu is very proud, squinting at the remaining intact eyes, basking in the sun, and drinking a sip of wine from time to time, such a day is not a fairy day!

This time after Jin and Daming went to war, Nurhachi took away all the banners of the Eight Banners Niu Lu and the young and strong clothes, only Aragu who has a disability or only an adult strong man in the family will be allowed to stay behind, Alagu is actually a little regretful about this, if he can participate in this war with the Ming Dynasty, he will be able to capture more trophies, and be able to distribute more middle-aged prisoners as coats, but it doesn't matter, with his real relationship with Niu Lu, After this post-Jin victory, his share of the distribution of coatings must be indispensable.

Thinking of this, Aragu glanced at Huang Youcai, who was sweating profusely from building a horse pen in the corner of the yard, waved the whip in his hand vigorously, and shouted viciously: "Dog slave, hurry up with your hands and feet, you must build the horse pen today, otherwise there will be no food to eat, and Lao Tzu will reward you with a whip!" ……”

Huang Youcai said with a bitter face: "Master, it's not that the slave doesn't work hard, it's just that such a big horse pen has to be built in a day, and the slave can't do it even if he is tired to death!" ……”

Aragu also knew that he couldn't be blindly strict with the coat, and he would give a carrot if he whipped it, so he was not angry, and said in a slow tone: "As long as you do things for the master, the master will not treat you badly, and when the Great Khan comes back from winning the battle this time, if there is a middle-aged woman captive, the master will find a real favor and promise you to be a daughter-in-law, and then there will be a little coat, and you will have a helper......"

Huang Youcai hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed with a grateful look: "Thank you for the grace of the master, thank you for the grace of the master, the slave must do everything for the master......"

While he was talking, another bannerman in the dungeon hurriedly ran in and said in a panic: "Aragu, something is wrong! Just now, my little rabbit cub went out hunting and found a cavalry under the banner of the Ming army, which was killing our bunker! ……”

Alagu stood up suddenly, Niu Lu really went to the front line, a veteran like Aragu who had been on the battlefield with a little disability was the leader in the bunker, he had also seen the big scenes of the war, so he was not so flustered, a fierce light flashed in his eyes, and he said calmly: "What are you panicking about?" The Ming army confronted the Great Khan's army on the front line, even if it slipped over with a little bit of a long eye, it could not be a large force, but you can see clearly, how many horsemen are there in the Ming army? ……”

The flag man who reported the news also calmed down when he saw that Alagu Town was sure to calm down, and reported: "My little rabbit cub is in a hurry to come back to report the news, and he didn't see it too clearly, about five hundred horses......

Alagu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he participated in the battle of Houjin against the Ming Dynasty, and the combat power of the Ming army is relatively clear, usually after a hundred Jin cavalry is not afraid of more than three times the Ming Dynasty army, Houjin is a soldier of the whole people, even women and children can ride horses and shoot arrows, there are more than 100 bannermen left in the fort, plus Baoyi and women and teenagers who can ride horses and shoot arrows, there are also more than 300 people, and there is still a battle power.

Thinking of this, Agoura viciously ordered: "Immediately gather all the people in the fort who can ride horses and shoot arrows, let's take the initiative to attack, and if you want to sneak attack my Houjin's back road, Lao Tzu will let them have no return!" ......" said and turned his head to point at Huang Youcai, who was stunned, with a horsewhip, and scolded angrily: "Dog minion, don't lead the horse yet, take a bow and arrow and a long knife and follow me!" After a while, when you go to the battlefield, you are only allowed to charge and not retreat, otherwise Lao Tzu will shoot you to death with an arrow first! ……”

(PS: Niu Lu: The earliest grassroots organizational unit of the Manchu Eight Banners Organization that integrated production and military.) Niu Lu Ezhen: The chief of Niu Lu. ）