"Regional Commander, the Jiannu scouts are investigating very carefully and moving quite slowly. Furthermore, their formation has remained orderly, with the distance between them kept just right—not too far, not too close. It will be difficult to take out all eleven of them!" said Huang Degong's personal guard with a frown.
"To hell with taking them out!" Huang Degong spat out the blade of grass he had been chewing and looked at the two men beside him.
Two large men stood at his side. Although one was sturdily built, he carried an air of scholarly refinement about him. This was Weng Zhiqi, a deputy commander under Huang Degong. Weng’s grandfather had served as a provincial administration commissioner (a rank 3a official) in Guangxi, and he came from a family of scholars. After failing the civil service examinations multiple times, he switched to the military examinations and passed the provincial level. In the thirteenth year of Emperor Chongzhen, he achieved the status of top-ranking military graduate, subsequently following Huang Degong to the capital to assist in its defense and rising from a regional vice commander to his current rank.
Chapter 190