Then one will die and one will surrender.

The Battle of Mangdang Mountain ended in a very short time, leaving only devastation.

The soldiers of the Tiangang Army began to clean the battlefield everywhere, gathering the wounded and the soldiers who were killed.

Although the firepower of the Yuan army in front of this battle was fierce, the losses of the soldiers of the Tiangang Army should not be too great.

Wen Qi was sitting several miles away at the foot of Mangdang Mountain, on the stone beside the official road, with a look of relief on his face.

Although this battle was a victory, he still felt a sense of anxiety that had not completely disappeared.

If it weren't for the personal soldiers' reminder, this battle would never have been so easy. Even the Tiangang Army might have suffered a first defeat.

Thinking of this, Wen Qi, who was sitting on the stone, looked around.

During the chaotic battles before, his personal soldiers were still guarding him. Now that the battlefield has been cleaned, many of them have run away.

"you!"

The young guard didn't get much far.

Wenqi saw him soon.

He picked up the Shenlong gun on the ground about twenty meters away from Wenqi. At this moment, he was carrying several Shenlong guns on his shoulders.

Listening to Wen Qi's shouting, many soldiers looked at him.

Wen Qi pointed at the young soldier and smiled and said, "Come here!"

The other personal soldiers couldn't help but smile, and a deep envy appeared in their eyes.

They saw the young soldier suggesting it to Wen Qi before, and now they knew that this guy must have been attracted by the president. He did not know what kind of reward he would have for making such a great contribution.

The young soldier ran to Wenqi happily, "President!"

In fact, the two are not very different in age, and Wen Qi is only two years older.

Wen nodded and asked with a smile: "What's your name?"

The young soldier said, "The president of the General Secretary, the young man's surname is Huang, and his name is Cao."

"Yellow grass?"

Wen Qi couldn't help but frown slightly, then laughed and said, "Why did your parents give you such a name?"

Huang Cao scratched his head awkwardly and said, "My parents are both farmers and have never been to school. When I was born, it was the time when the dogtail grass grew all over the village. So Daming gave me Huang Cao, and there was also a nickname called Dogtail."

"Ha ha!"

Wen Qi couldn't hold back at all and burst into laughter.

He grew up with Wen Tianxiang. Although he had suffered a lot, he had never encountered such a thing.

For him, in the past, it was still a bit unimaginable that ordinary people would have named their names casually.

Huang Cao didn't think anything was wrong. Wen laughed, so he laughed too.

After laughing, Wen Qi stood up and patted Huangcao on the shoulder twice, and said, "If it weren't for you, the outcome of this battle between our Tiangang Army would be unpredictable! Say, what kind of reward do you want! I'll reward you now!"

Huang Cao was also excited when he heard this, but scratched his head for a long time, but he didn't know what to say, so he just said, "I can give you a reward from the president."

Wenqi smiled again.

He could see that Huang Cao was a very honest person.

After continuing to look at Huang Cao for a few times, he asked, "Have you attended school before joining the army?"

Huang Cao replied: "I've been to beginners."

"Um."

Wen Qi nodded slightly and began to think.

Beginners are equivalent to primary school, but even so, there are actually not many people in the Song Dynasty who have finished their studies. After all, Zhao Dongting has opened a beginner nationwide, and it has only been so long since he entered the school.

Especially in those remote places, some have not even established beginners until now. Children do not even have a place to go to school.

There are many generals in the army who have never attended school.

After pondering for a while, Wen Qi said again: "I must have read when I was in the beginners. I ask you, do you have the idea of ​​staying in the army for the rest of your life?"

Now the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty implemented the conscript system.

The minimum limit is five years of service, and the maximum is thirty years. After the arrival of the year, you must be discharged from the army. Only generals in the army can stay in the army forever until retirement.

Wen Qi asked this question obviously because he wanted to promote yellow grass.

Huang Cao also realized this, and another look of excitement flashed in his eyes, saying, "I am willing to stay in the army for the rest of my life."

He is the sixth in the family.

The three sisters above him, two brothers. The oldest sister is ten years older than him.

It was not easy for the family to support them.

Even now, there is no glamorous person in this family. My eldest sister got married and the family is still in a tight position.

Huang Cao came to join the army just to find a way out.

Among the various army of the Song Dynasty, there were many soldiers like him.

After all, the prosperity of the Song Dynasty was determined by those years before. In fact, many families were not as wealthy as possible. More children and more children made them even more difficult.

Zhao Dongting knew this, but there was nothing he could do.

He only knew that if the Song Dynasty wanted to prosper at an extremely fast speed, the first thing he had to do was to raise the population. Just like those people in the past, they could not do anything they wanted.

And now, he has begun to adjust his policies and no longer encourages more children and children.

Wen Qi heard Huang Cao's answer and nodded softly, saying, "Then you stay by my side in the future and I'll do an errand for you."

Huang Cao knelt heavily on the ground, "Thank you, young, thank you President!"

Wen Qi waved his hand, "Go and do it!"

Huang Cao ran away with a grin.

This mouth is so happy that it can't close.

Wen Qi said in person that he would have an errand, and that would be a sure thing, unless he died in the battlefield.

If you can become a general in the army, it will definitely be a matter of glorifying your ancestors. Now, there are so many talents selected every year in the imperial examination, and it is not easy for ordinary soldiers to become generals. Although you can be promoted with military merits, it is still limited. Huangcao has really hit the fortune this time.

But this is what he deserves.

He has eyesight and courage.

In that situation at that time, some people might have thought that the Yuan army would ambush under the ground, but not everyone would dare to raise it to Wenqi.

He ran away and started picking up the dragon gun again, grinning and laughing without stopping.

A friend with a good relationship ran to him and asked in a low voice, then his face was filled with envy.

Huangcao is going to be a general.

The news gradually spread like this.

After this place was almost cleaned up, Huangcao stopped, looked up at the blue sky, and muttered, "Dad, mother, I won't let you down..."

He still clearly remembers the deep reluctance and expectation in his eyes when his parents sent him out of the village to join the army.

The yellow grass at that time was not strong, but instead had a pale face and a thin skin.

It was his parents' eyes that supported him to carry out the hard training of the garrison army, and then he was selected into the Tiangang army and became Wen Qi's personal soldier.

After calculating the time, Huang Cao has been in the army for more than four years.

When he just arrived in the Tiangang Army, even Wen Qi had not yet served as the chief commander of the Tiangang Army!

Looking at the yellow grass in the sky, a smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He hasn't returned home for more than four years, but he just thought that he could return home in glory and make his parents happy.

And as long as the battle is over, he will probably be able to go home.

On Jiangnan West Road, a remote village in Ganzhou.

There are only more than twenty families in this village.

The sky is blue and white clouds are floating.

A stream flows slowly by the entrance of the village, and the stream water is clear and clear. It can be seen that there are a few very small fish wandering inside.

At this time, a few wisps of smoke were floating in the village.

Working from the sunrise and resting from the sunset, this is the routine of people in this era. Most of the time they are in their own land, and they go home for lunch.

Unless you are a craftsman, a businessman, or a scholar, etc., most of your life will inevitably be dealing with Hotan.

Huangcao came out of this village.

There were also seven or eight young people who joined the army like him in the village, and they were not only born in the family.

Huang Cao's mother, every time at noon, she would sit quietly on the threshold with her rice bowl and look outside.

Her fingernails are a little yellow inside, which is similar to the color of her face.

Women who have been dealing with Loess all their lives will not be able to see anything even if they are born with a natural beauty in the past few years.

In the room, Huang Cao's father and brothers and sisters were eating around the big table.

In the past, women could not go to the table, but the emperor issued an imperial edict that changed this situation.

Huang Cao's father looked at his wife several times and sighed, "Don't look at it. I heard that Cao'er's Tiangang army has been brought to the Yuan Dynasty to fight. I'm afraid that this war will not be returned."

"I know……"

Huang Cao's mother turned around and said, "But I still want him to come back soon... Oh, my poor Cao'er! If I had known it, I wouldn't have promised him to choose any imperial guards."
Chapter completed!