Guo Ning drew his sword and made two false strikes in the air, and asked: "Ni Yi, what do you think of my martial arts?"
"Excellent courage." Ni Yi said from the bottom of his heart.
"So, how are the martial arts of the generals I appointed, such as Master Huifeng, Li Erlang, Wang Shixian, Han Xuan, Qiu Huiluo and others?"
"Kudu is brave and admirable."
"These few people are all from the defeated soldiers who were scattered to the various states of Hebei. We have now gathered 2,500 people from the defeated soldiers of Hebei. Most of them have seen mountains of corpses and seas of blood and dare to fight for their lives. So.
, what was the situation like when these people fled from behind Monan Mountain and all the way from Xijing Road to Hebei?"
Guo Ning leaned down and stared at Ni Yi: "Do you still remember what happened at that time? How did we come to Hebei? Did we defeat the Mongols along the way?"
The tragic scene at that time still often lingers in Ni Yi's nightmares, waking him up again and again, making him covered in cold sweat! Ni Yi had too many words, but he didn't know how to answer, so he just raised his head and looked.
Guo Ning showed a smile that was uglier than crying.
And Guo Ning continued: "The defeated troops who were able to flee to the Hebei states were only a few tenths of the troops stationed on the trench defense line in the northern border. In the third year of Da'an, from Chang, Huan, and Fuzhou to Xuandezhou later
, Dexing Prefecture, a land of five states, the elites of the three military divisions gathered together, numbering hundreds of thousands. In the first year of Chongqing, the troops who rescued Datong Prefecture in Xijing were even said to have gathered millions of heroes from all over the world."
Guo Ning squatted next to Ni Yi and sighed: "There will only be more brave men among the hundreds of thousands of people like me, Master Huifeng, Li Erlang and others! That day, the army was so grand that the banners covered the sun.
I believe you have seen the situation! So, did we defeat the Mongols? Did we win at Wushabao? Or did we win at Wuyue Camp? Or, did we win at Yehuling or Migukou?
"
Ni Yi fell to the ground, almost trembling with fear.
"We didn't win, we lost the battle..." He lowered his head and muttered slowly: "Everyone was running away, and then they all died."
Guo Ning grabbed his collar and asked him to raise his head. Then he saw his bloodshot eyes, as well as the grief and hatred in his eyes that had nowhere to vent.
"Why did we lose?" Guo Ning asked in a low voice: "Is it because we don't have swords and guns in our hands? Is it you, or are we, the fighting men, not trying our best? Is it because we saw the Mongolian army and were afraid that our legs would weaken?"
"Of course not!" Ni Yi argued with tears all over his face: "I also killed the Black Tatars! I have killed them before! By the way, it was because of Hu Shahu! It was because he ran away from the battle and harmed everyone!"
"What if Hu Shahu doesn't run away? We people will just fight the Mongolian army on the boundary trench year after year, and keep fighting? Can we win in this way?" Guo Ning continued to ask.
Ni Yi wanted to say he could win, but he couldn't say such ridiculous words. He thought of the food and salary that his father and brother would never receive when they were guarding the boundary trench, and the harsh exploitation that was getting worse day by day.
Broken armor, fewer and thinner horses, and even lower and lower morale.
It is impossible to win, not to mention the ferocity of the Mongolian army. Such an army cannot win the war in the first place.
Ni Yiyi felt cold all over, but there was a poisonous fire burning in his heart.
The fire grew stronger and stronger, almost bursting his chest, and finally he broke out: "We can't win! No one can win! Because the Dajin court is rotten, the Dajin country is rotten! Those Jurchens
The high-ranking officials and nobles are all rotten! They never take our lives seriously, they are the ones who harmed all of us!"
After shouting a few words, Ni Yi suddenly felt happy. He thought about it angrily, and then said: "That Hu Shahu is really not a good thing. It would be great if we could kill him under Fan Yang City!"
"Don't you understand now?" Guo Ning smiled and patted Ni Yi's head.
"You see, if we gather together and hold the swords and guns in our hands, no one can bully us. But this is not enough, things are not that simple. On the battlefield, we must fight smarter and command more accurately; and
Outside the battlefield, we need food, supplies, better weapons, more horses, more companions and even the support of the people. But these cannot come from swords, but from books."
"What you said, Liulang..." Ni Yi raised his face and blew his nose: "If we can recognize the words, can we have it?"
"Of course!" Guo Ning said resolutely: "After a person can read and write, he will have insight and the ability to do many things. This will allow us to have more companions and more sophisticated weapons."
"Can we then defeat the Mongolian army?" Ni Yi asked again.
Guo Ning knows better than anyone how unstoppable the rise of Mongolia is. Therefore, this issue is actually a bit complicated. Guo Ning thought about it.
While he was thinking about what to say, the noise of many teenagers came from the direction of the backyard. Several people shouted happily: "It's flying! It's really flying!"
Those who were shouting were the young followers who were with Ni.
In the past few days, they have been using their free time to tinker with some new things. But Ni Yi, the leader, was so dizzy that he was not distracted by the new words that he needed to recite.
Go ask.
"Flying?" he asked in astonishment: "What is flying?"
Guo Ning grabbed his arm and asked him to stand up. He laughed and said, "Of course it's a new thing!"
Before he finished speaking, a dark, round, strange thing, as big as two people hugging each other, suddenly jumped out from the courtyard wall.
There seemed to be a stove for lighting the fire hanging under the strange thing, and stones fell from the bottom of the stove. The stones were tied with thick ropes and swayed on the wood at the top of the meeting hall. There was a muffled "thunk" sound, and the stone fell.
Several pieces of tree bark and sawdust fell cracklingly in the backyard.
Ni suddenly shrank his head. The strange thing flew higher and higher with the stove and stones, turned with the wind, and kept rising towards the setting sun.
"Catch up! Catch up!" Another boy shouted: "The fire won't last long, it will fall down soon!"
Ni Yi stared at the strange thing blankly and asked: "Is this a Kongming lantern? Can a Kongming lantern be so big?"
"This thing is called a hot air balloon." Guo Ning said with a smile: "Remember what I said half a month ago, when Pangu opened the sky, the clear air rose and the turbid air fell. But what we usually see is that the hot air rises and the cold air falls.
The power of steam transpiration is enough to push heavy objects. So, everyone took the time to make this hot air balloon to test it."
“What fun!”
The hot air balloon flew farther and farther, and its black outline gradually merged with the dusk. Ni Yi's eyes were almost attracted by the hot air balloon. He subconsciously took two steps outside the side hall, trying to catch up to see one.
Carefully, he immediately thought that he must not be rude in front of Guo Ning.
He quickly turned back, but Guo Ning passed by him and stood in the hall with great interest, staring at the hot air balloon as it disappeared. Several reckless teenagers ran straight from the backyard and wanted to pass directly through the meeting room.
They went to chase the hot air balloon. Suddenly they saw Guo Ning standing in the courtyard. They quickly saluted and then moved forward close to the edge of the courtyard.
"Once people study and understand, and have knowledge and insight, they can create. Ni Yi, this is the result of creation." Guo Ning looked back at Ni Yi and said with a smile.
"Can this thing be beneficial to fighting?" Ni Yi's temperament was a bit stubborn.
"It's not possible now, but it will be soon." Guo Ning is confident.