Chapter 12: No More Loneliness
Huang Han strode through a bend and stopped.
Sure enough, after a while, a young man from the Han family with a burden appeared in the field of vision, Huang Han walked alone for a few days without a chance to talk to anyone, he has been talking to himself, and if he continues like this, I am afraid that he will be stunned.
Huang Han decided to take the initiative to call someone to identify himself and express his willingness to go with him.
He said loudly: "Don't hide, little brother in the back, I saw you a long time ago, you should be Han, right?" Come here and don't be afraid! I'm not a bad person, I'm an upright Han Chinese, and my hometown is in Yongping Mansion. ”
The young man who was in a hurry was taken aback, and after hearing Huang Han's words, he didn't hesitate at all, and hurriedly ran over.
He said with a smile: "The little one knows that you are a good man, yesterday you wielded a knife to cut the tartar, and today the little one saw you kill that Jiannu with your own eyes." ”
After listening to the young man's words, Huang Han had a black line in his head, my day! Could it be that this kid has been following him since yesterday? I didn't even notice it.
This is also too creepy, if he is an enemy, and stabs him at night while he is asleep, he will not die in vain.
Huang Hanhu was suspicious: "You have been following me for two days?" How to follow? ”
"No, no, the little one is also hiding in the forest and waiting for those Jiannu to pass, and I didn't notice that you were there at that time, and I was just about to go on the road, and I found that you ran out of the forest and walked on the road, so I followed you."
"That's not right! You only saw me today, why do you know that I cut down two tartars yesterday? ”
A look of grief and indignation appeared on the young man's face, and he forced back the tears that were about to burst out of his eyes and said, "If you hadn't killed two Tartars and caused the other Tartars to chase you, the little one might not have a chance to escape into the forest alive." ”
It turned out to be one of the Han people who managed to escape yesterday by taking advantage of the chaos, and this explanation is acceptable. Look at this young man is about fifteen years old, he looks very strong, he is too lonely, Huang Han moved his mind to accept the younger brother.
Huang Han has already figured it out, since he came to the troubled times at the end of the Ming Dynasty, he always has to make a difference, but it is obvious that relying on himself and a knife is useless.
Huang Han believes that as long as conditions permit, he is willing to take in as many Han people as he wants, and as long as there is an opportunity to twist thousands of Han people into a rope, he will definitely be able to change the history of Han humiliation.
In order to seek development, man is the primary factor of production, and it is absolutely impossible to leave man for farming, fighting, weaving, breeding, opening factories, and so on, and no one can only look up to the sky and sigh.
Huang Han chatted with the young man as he walked, and he asked, "Little brother, where are you going to go, and who else is there at home?" ”
"The little one has no home, the Tartar killed the village, the grandmother was killed, the mother and the two sisters saw that they couldn't run, and rushed into the house that was set on fire, and the father wanted to be desperately caught by the Tartar, and the little one was scared stupid at the time, and his hands were also tied by the Tartar."
Speaking of the sad part, the boy couldn't stop crying, he stopped, and continued:
"Yesterday when he entered the woods, my father secretly broke free from the binding, and quietly untied the rope for the little one, and he told the little one to run into the depths of the forest while he was in chaos to have a chance to live, but he couldn't run himself...... Woowoo woo ......"
The boy couldn't say it anymore and cried heartbreakingly.
Huang Han listened calmly, worried about his family in this life, if the Houjin army entered Wulitai Village in Yongping Mansion, his father would definitely rise up to resist, and the fate of his family was probably no different from this young man's family, and it was very likely that the entire village would be slaughtered.
Without further ado, I have to go home as soon as possible, but along the way, Jiannu and Tartar come and go, and I really can't rush without distractions!
Seeing that the young man stopped his sadness, Huang Han diverted the topic and asked, "Little brother, where are you going now?" ”
"The little one wants to go to Santun Camp to find the officers and soldiers."
"What are you doing with the officers?"
"Join the army and kill the enemy to avenge the family."
"I'm the scattered officers and soldiers! And it was the commander of the army, and there were four soldiers under him who were all heroes, and they were all fighting bravely before they died. ”
"You're an officer? How about you look at the small ones, can they be in the army? ”
"Little brother, the purpose of your military membership is to kill the Tartars and kill the Houjin bandits, right?"
"Exactly, the little one has nothing to think about, and now he just thinks about the opportunity to avenge the tragic death of the family."
"My name is Huang Han, what's your name, what did you do at home?"
The young man hugged his fists and said: "I've seen Brother Huang Han, the younger one is called Song Pengfei, the Zunhua Shilipu family, and the family is a hereditary horse household,"
Daming attaches great importance to horse breeding, establishes a number of horse management institutions, and pioneers the implementation of the stallion and war ready horse system, which has been fruitful in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and has become a heavy burden for professional horse breeders in the later period.
Not only did the horse owners have to get up early and wait for the horses, but they also had to deal with a variety of deductions and extortion, and they also had to bear the difficulties of the inspection officials.
However, in the Ming Dynasty, the common people were not allowed to choose their jobs freely, and the horse households were hereditary like the artisan households and the military households, and they could not do it, and in addition to the imperial examination, they could change the court, otherwise the children and grandchildren would have to raise horses for the imperial court.
The hereditary horse households, which have been hereditary for several generations, are not yet a dish, which shows that the Song family has not been dragged down to the point of starvation.
Huang Han said suspiciously: "I heard that Ma Hu is having a hard time, too many people have no money to compensate for raising the horses of the imperial court to death, and they have fled into the mountains, look at your appearance, the family doesn't look too bad!" ”
"Alas! Ma Hu is indeed precarious, and the small ancestors have always been Ma Tou's family background is rare.
Because my father knows how to treat horses and animals, and is willing to serve horses with his heart, my family has a small reputation for raising horses.
The households are willing to pay for food to let my family concentrate on raising horses, and the horses sent by my family are fat and strong to pass the test at one time, so they can be fed and clothed. ”
"Then you must have a set of war horses?"
"The youngest is the only son in the family, and since he was a child, he has followed his father to serve the horses and is familiar with the temperament of horses."
Cavalry loves war horses, and Huang Han is of course no exception, and the two of them chatted about horses while walking.
Huang Han thinks that he has picked up a treasure, professional horse breeders need to slip horses, everyone has superb riding skills, Song Pengfei has also lived on horseback since he was a child, and his riding skills are comparable to those of Mongolians.
As he walked, Song Pengfei seemed to have thought of something, and sighed: "Alas! It's a pity that Jiannu's war horse, the little one was also lying in the ditch at the time, and when he found that the horse was startled, it was too late to catch up and stop it, and he watched it run away in a smoke. ”
"It's okay, there are so many Jiannu and Tartars coming and going on the road, can't we kill people and take horses?" Huang Han said, looking at Song Pengfei with blazing eyes.
The young man did not show a look of fear, but was inexplicably excited, he said: "The small one has some brute strength, and he is not afraid of death, can you bring the small one when you kill the tartar?" ”
"Why don't you just follow me in the future, rest assured, my goal in life in the next life is to fight with the Houjin Army without stopping, and the purpose of joining the army is the same."
In a blink of an eye, he became a homeless orphan, Song Pengfei was confused about where to go in the future, and heard Huang Han say that he was willing to take him in.
He said: "The little one has already seen the eldest brother kill the three Houjin Army, how can he not worry?" The eldest brother is willing to take it in, but the younger one can't ask for it. ”
"Happy, let's find an opportunity to kill the enemy and grab the horse tomorrow, and it's annoying to walk every day. By the way, what weapons do you use, and do you know how to shoot arrows? ”
Song Pengfei blushed and said, "The little one has never learned a gun and stick, and he can't shoot arrows." But the small ones have great strength, the small ones are not afraid of death, and the small ones have good riding skills. ”
"It's nothing, no one is born to know it, just practice hard with logistics, but with your current situation, it's best not to fight with the Houjin army, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, and after practicing the skills of killing the enemy, he won't die in vain."
"Hey, the little one understands. Big brother, the little one learned the skill of killing Tartars from you, is the big brother willing to teach it? ”
"Yes! As long as you are willing to learn, I can not only teach you combat skills, but also teach you to read and write. ”