Speaking of the Eight Banners military system, it is a complete mess, even if it is Emperor Yongzheng himself, after understanding it clearly, it feels a little too complicated, what Manchuria, Mongolia, and Han armies are mixed together, and they are divided into battalions such as forwards and cavalry, the key is that it is also divided into eight banners, so ordinary people don't understand a set of things here.

If it is placed in the past, everyone will not understand if they don't understand, but the problem is that the combat method of the Eight Banners New Army is modeled on the Fu Han Army, and this group naturally has to rely on the direction of the Fu Han Army, Narsu has experienced the Battle of Anqing, he knows this very well about this, it can be said that this set is okay in peacetime, but in that kind of large-scale battle, the military system of the Eight Banners will be very cumbersome, and it will not be able to adapt to today's combat needs at all.

"Your Majesty, the slave thinks that since my Eight Banners New Army has practiced new tactics, it is natural that it can no longer use the old military system, and the Eight Banners New Army can no longer be divided according to each banner, nor can it be divided according to the original battalions, everyone should be mixed together, and then divided into eight towns, each town has 12,500 people, but it is a division that has just defeated Chu Rebellion."

Nalsu's suggestion was naturally not obtained in vain, which was also the result of his consultation with Dai Jinxian, but now that he had eaten it thoroughly, he felt that this system was wonderful, so he made a suggestion to Yongzheng.

Yongzheng has never lived with an ancestral plaque, so after hearing Narsu's suggestion, he was quite interested, "Go on, be specific." ”

"Emperor Qi, in the planning of the minions, the 100,000 people of the Eight Banners New Army can be divided into eight towns, each town has two infantry associations, two standards per association, three battalions per standard, and four teams per battalion, including one standard for artillery, four battalions per standard, four teams per battalion, two rows per team of baggage soldiers, three sheds per row, a total of 748 officials and secretaries of the town, 10,436 soldiers and 1,328 servants, and a total of 12,503 personnel in the town."

After detailing the structure of the new army, Narsu continued: "Unlike the old system, the new army system has a fixed number of men per battalion, so that it is easier to judge the strength of the army. ”

Speaking of which, this is also a big pit, the traditional Eight Banners and the Green Battalion also have battalion establishments, but this so-called battalion is never fixed, and the specific number of soldiers in each battalion is not customized, less than 200 people, more than nearly 1,000 people, generally speaking, around 500 people, this kind of unfixed way can easily lead to the superior's misjudgment of the battalion's combat strength. Therefore, in the new army system of Narsu, the number of each battalion was directly fixed, and the number of each battalion was 660.

"In this way, it is very good, and the officers and soldiers in each town also have a clear understanding of the combat strength, and they can also have a good idea of logistics and supplies. King Pingjun, I really didn't misunderstand you. ”

In fact, there is another very important factor in the reform of the new military system in Narsu, that is, after the reorganization in this way, the towns of the Eight Banners will no longer interfere in local political affairs, but will become a more professional army, which only needs its own training every day, which is very beneficial to the cultivation of the army's combat effectiveness.

In Narsu's plan, the officers and soldiers of these eight towns would need two years at the earliest to fight, so in these two years, the Qing court could still only rely on the army in the northwest and the eight banners of the Beijing camp, plus the green battalion regimental training in the northern provinces to resist Ning Chu.

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"Boom ........"

With a dull sound of cannons and a violent shaking of the ground, followed by a shout of slaughter, many soldiers with red cloth on their heads brandished their swords and guns, jumped out of the trenches outside the city, holding long contradictory cards in their hands and erecting siege ladders, and began to climb towards the city walls.

Lintong, the east gate of Xi'an, can be said to be the only place to conquer Xi'an, so the Qing army in Shaanxi launched a posture here, although the number is not much, but with the geographical advantage also held on for two days, and in these two days, the endless fighting made the city wall full of corpses.

The Great Righteous Army now really has only one way forward, because the back has been completely blocked by Ning Chu, and once it can't defeat Xi'an, it means that there is no way out. At that time, even if he really took refuge in Ning Chu, it was also a question whether Ning Chu would come to the rescue.

There is no advance or retreat, and it is left to die and then reborn. This sentence is now used to describe the White Lotus Sect is really suitable, but for the Qing army above Lintong, they have no way to retreat, who doesn't know that the White Lotus Sect is a rogue, if Xi'an is lost, it means that the people of the whole city are in danger.

When everyone has no reason to retreat, fighting becomes the only option.

The righteous soldiers who were shouting to attack the city were pushed down from the city wall one after another, and fell into pulp, when this scene fell in the eyes of Liu Ruhan, the king of Han, he did not have the slightest emotional fluctuations, in fact, he knew better than anyone that anyone could have mercy at the moment, but he Liu Ruhan could not have it, otherwise he would die next to himself.

The relationship between the White Lotus Sect and Ning Chu today is essentially broken, which is inevitable. Because since he Liu Ruhan decided to march into Guanzhong, his ambition was exposed, he wanted to get rid of the control of the Fu Han army, and even did not hesitate to use Henan to make a deal with Ning Chu in exchange for the opportunity to support the attack on Guanzhong, of course, he also got a large number of bird guns and sub-mother cannons for this.

Time passed slowly, and the Qing army on Lintong was also defeated many times, but each time it was defeated, someone always filled and rushed up, so that the precarious city defense could be preserved, which is also the reason why the Qing army was able to hold out for two days.

But today, Liu Ruhan gritted his teeth and wanted to fight, although more and more righteous soldiers fell, but more people have climbed the city wall, they wielded long knives and fought all the way, but the Qing army could no longer hold on, they began to retreat into the city, and this means that the fall of Lintong is a foregone conclusion.

After capturing Lintong, Liu Ruhan did not indulge the soldiers in looting as usual, but gathered all the soldiers who could still move, he looked at these murderous soldiers, and understood that his order had more or less affected the soldiers' fighting spirit, but there were still important things to do at the moment.

"There is only one reason why you are not allowed to indulge, and that is to go sixty miles to the west, which is Xi'an City! What the hell is this Lintong, Xi'an City is the real flower! ”

Liu Ruhan said loudly in a demagogic tone, he could feel the violent spirit in the hearts of the soldiers below, if they were allowed to vent it in Lintong, I was afraid that they would have no strength and fighting spirit to fight Xi'an.

"As long as you take Xi'an, you will be allowed to plunder for three days without sealing the knife!"

A bloody order was given, followed by the cheers of the soldiers, who raised their long knives in their hands and roared loudly, their faces flushed even more.

"The big plunder will not be sealed for three days!"

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Sixty miles is not far away, at least during the battle of Lintong, many nearby villagers fled into Xi'an City to escape the war, so that the people of the entire Xi'an City knew the bad news, and the White Lotus Sect broke Lintong!

Xi'an General Yamen, at this time is also a killing atmosphere, Xi'an General Zong Zabu and Shaanxi Governor Fan Shijie's face is as heavy as water, they are already full of letters from Lintong asking for help, and they are even stained with blood, the content inside is even more miserable, almost every word is crying blood, begging Xi'an General Zong Zabu and Fan Governor to send troops to rescue, the problem is that the current Xi'an City, where are there soldiers to save Lintong?

Although Zong Zabu is a general of Xi'an, he has 3,500 people in the Eight Banners, more than 2,000 people in the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, and nearly 1,000 people in the Eight Banners of Mongolia, which adds up to more than 6,000 people, but there are tens of thousands of family members and slaves of these people, all of whom are in Xi'an City, so it is impossible to go out of the city to rescue Lintong.

The original tens of thousands of green battalions in Shaanxi were still quite combative, so when they were plotting against Alabutan before, these tens of thousands of people had suffered heavy losses and were assigned to the Northwest Army.

In this way, Shaanxi's green battalion is actually only Fan Shijie's 3,000 Fubiao battalion, and 2,000 Xi'an's city defense battalion, adding up to less than 5,000, and the combat effectiveness is even more indescribable.

There were only eight words in the letter, 'Hold on and wait for the right time.' ’

These eight words are not as good as wiping their butts for the guards of Lintong, and now everyone knows that in addition to the soldiers in Xi'an City, how can there be reinforcements in other places?

"Knock Knock Knock ......."

The war drums of the Great Righteous Army sounded, the flag had been fluttering high in the army, tens of thousands of soldiers in the cannon and drums, set up a ladder and began to attack the city wall, this scene for the people of Xi'an, but it was a long-lost picture, they listened to the roar outside the city, there was a little unreal feeling.

It's been so comfortable for so long that too many people are in a trance when facing the war, and they don't even know that they are already under the butcher's knife.

Fortunately, the city wall of Xi'an is strong, and there are many cannons, so Liu Ruhan really couldn't capture Xi'an City in a short period of time, except for losing a large number of corpses, he did not achieve any results.

Liu Ruhan had to besiege the city while thinking about the method of breaking the city, and he was still very good at learning Ning Chu in this regard, that is, he no longer used this dignified way to attack the city, but imitated Ning Chu's previous tactics, and then buried a large amount of gunpowder at night, just waiting for the earth-shattering roar.

But at this time, neither Zong Zabu nor Fan Shijie in the city found out Liu Ruhan's intentions, they only knew that they were going to the Nian Qianyao army in the direction of Gansu to send a letter for help, and they did not have a comprehensive understanding of everything such as city defense, and they only knew that they were defending the fortified city every day.

Liu Ruhan, as the leader of the cult, in addition to being extremely good at demagoguery, also has the quality of perseverance, it seems that like all the rebel predecessors, he is not indulged in pleasure, and can share weal and woe with the soldiers, in order to achieve the final victory, and even for this moment, he put all the gunpowder he got from Ning Chu in a coffin and put it under the city wall.

When the fuse was lit, Liu Ruhan looked at the tall and solid Xi'an City in front of him, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Boom—"

In the middle of the night, with a loud bang that shook the earth, the proud city wall of Xi'an City was blown open a huge opening, and the Qing troops on duty on the city wall were blown away before they even figured out what was happening.

"Kill!"

Thousands of righteous soldiers poured into the city along this opening, and they looked at the opened city of Xi'an with ecstatic eyes.

The money and the woman are already in sight, just waiting for them to use them.

The soldiers wrapped in red cloth used spears and knives to drive away the defeated Qing army, covering all the way, leaving only one corpse, and more people chose to surrender, they knelt on the ground, looking at the red-eyed righteous soldiers in front of them, hoping that the other party could spare their lives.

But this gang of righteous soldiers who can't stop killing intent, where can they manage a lot, many soldiers even rushed directly into the mansion of the gentry, wantonly looted, and killed the sea of blood, if it weren't for Liu Ruhan's previous order to prohibit arson, I'm afraid that the entire Xi'an City has become a sea of fire.

Fan Shijie sat in his own mansion, in front of his family was trembling, everyone's face was like earth, but Fan Shijie himself seemed to have accepted such a fate, since his brother Fan Shiyi died in Jiangnan, he thought in his heart Today, maybe this is the inherent fate of being a traitor.

Because of this, Fan Shijie prepared the blade and poison early, and he knew in his heart that once Xi'an fell, anyone in the city would have a reason to live, but he Fan Shijie was afraid that it would be difficult to die after breaking the city. For Fan Shijie, even if he died, he had to die with dignity, so he piled up firewood and grass in his house, and after the righteous army entered the city, he had already thought about committing suicide by taking poison with his family and setting himself on fire.

When the outer city of Xi'an was breached, the Zong Zhabu who was staying in the city was also desperate, although there was also a city wall in the city, but the city wall and the outer city must be really not worth mentioning, and the vanguard of the Great Righteous Army had arrived in the outer city, and launched a siege, countless righteous soldiers climbed the city with a cloud ladder, and then there was a bloody fight.

With the battle-hardened righteous soldiers, the combat power of the Eight Banners Army at this time was really not worth mentioning, and they were soon killed in the center of the inner city, and everything these ** did in the inner city was ten times worse than that in the outer city, so most of the people in the inner city at this time were the families of the Eight Banners.

When the Xi'an General Yamen was completely occupied by the Great Righteous Army, Liu Ruhan took a step, stepped through the corpse mountain and the sea of blood into Xi'an City, stood on the city wall, looked at the direction of Guandong, although there was no expression on his face, he had only one thought in his heart at this time, that is, he finally won, and all the efforts in front were already worth it......