Li Jing looked at everyone and asked, if anyone knows about Jiannu, can you talk about it.

Everyone looked at each other, and finally Ma Zuochen coughed and said: "The people here may have led troops in Liaodong and Jizhen, understand something, let me talk about it."

"At the beginning of Yongle, Emperor Chengzu Jiannuer Gandu Division, the Jurchen people were divided into three parts: Jianzhou Jurchen, Haixi Jurchen and East China Sea Jurchen, Jianzhou Jurchen is distributed in the Changbai Mountain area, Haixi Jurchen is distributed in the Songhua River Basin, and the East China Sea Jurchen is also called Savage Jurchen distributed in Heilongjiang and Sakhalin Island and other places."

By the Jiajing period (1522-1566), they were scattered and concentrated in the northeast of Liaodong: the Jianzhou Jurchens were distributed to the east of Fushun Pass, and the Haixi Jurchens were scattered to the north of Kaiyuan. The Ming Dynasty set up three local military administrations in their new settlements, including Jianzhou Wei (built in the third year of Orthodoxy), Jianzhou Zuowei (built in the fifth year of Orthodoxy), and Jianzhou Youwei (built in the seventh year of Orthodoxy), and appointed the heads of each department, each according to the old custom, to unify its subordinates. Some people say that the Jianzhou Jurchen was also a savage Jurchen before the leader Fancha. ”

"Up to now, the savage Jurchens are too far away to have anything to do with us, and the Haixi Jurchens have formed four major tribes, namely Yehe, Hada, Huifa, and Ula, and the strongest of the four is the Yehe people.

"The Jianzhou Jurchen rebelled during the Chenghua period, and was killed by the British Gong Zhang Fu with 50,000 soldiers, and the Jianzhou Wei and the Jianzhou Right Guard suffered heavy casualties and were basically destroyed. The rest of the people moved inwards and lived with the Han people within the border walls, and many of the major families in Liaoyang City were descendants of the noble chieftains of the Jianzhou Wei of that year. ”

"The border trouble in Liaodong is actually in the eleventh year of Wanli (1583), Aixin Jueluo Nurhachi attacked and was named the commander of the left guard of Jianzhou, he was a member of Li Chengliang's marshal family when he was a child, which everyone knows, he raised troops with the thirteen deputy soldiers of his ancestors and fathers, and successively annexed a part of the Jurchen Department of Haixi and conquered a part of the Jurchen Department of the Savages of the East China Sea. He also built cities, set up ministers, enacted laws, handled lawsuits, and established the Eight Banners system in Hetuara and Foala. ”

"In the forty-fourth year of Wanli (1616), Nurhachi established himself as Khan in Hetuala, with the country name Jin and the Mandate of Heaven of Jianyuan, and openly rebelled. He was 53 years old this year, and he inherited the command of the left guard of Jianzhou and had secretly accumulated strength for 34 years. to dare to openly rebel. This man's patience and disposition are profound.

Two years later, in the forty-sixth year of Wanli (1618), Nurhachi issued a document on the "Seven Great Hatreds" to seek Ming, swearing to defeat Ming, and the whole country was shocked at that time. “

"In the forty-seventh year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1619), the superintendent Yang Haobing was divided into four routes, ploughed the court and swept the holes, and attacked Hetuala. As a result, there was a crushing defeat at Salhu, with more than 20,000 people killed. By this year, more than 70 cities in Liaodong have been lost in just two years. This time, Jiannu's target was Liaoyang and Shenyang, and he was ready to drive my Ming to the west of the Liao River. Completely occupy Liaodong"

Li Jing nodded, and Ma Zuochen explained the origin of Jianzhou very clearly, and asked: "How much do you know about the strength of the Jurchens, what types of troops they have, and what methods of warfare they use." ”

Ma Zuochen said: "I haven't fought with Jiannu, I don't know, but I heard that the Yehe people have more cavalry and are more powerful, and the Jianzhou people have more infantry and are more powerful." ”

Li Jing said: "I have more detailed information here, let me briefly introduce the situation of Jiannu." In the twenty-ninth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1601), Nurhachi reorganized the organization, with Niulu Ezhen, Jiala Ezhen, and Gushan Ezhen as the leaders. At the beginning, the yellow, white, red, and blue four color flags were placed and organized into four flags. In the forty-third year of Wanli (1615), four flags were added with yellow, white, red and blue, a total of eight flags. When it comes to the battlefield, how to distinguish the Eight Banners. First of all, look at the shape of the flag, the square is the full flag, and the pentagonal is the inlaid flag. In addition, the yellow, white and blue flags are inlaid with red edges. The red flag is inlaid with white edges, which is easy to distinguish. Their armor is the same cloth armor as my Ming officers and soldiers, two layers of cotton cloth, and the middle is made of iron armor wrapped with cotton sheets that have been repeatedly squeezed and hammered and nailed with iron nails. The armor is the same color as the flag of the flag, with the same trim. Glance. ”

Qin Liangyu asked: "Zhengyi, what is the specific strength of the Eight Banners, can there be intelligence?"

Li Jing said: "I have general information here, and there may be differences in the specifics, which can only be used for your reference." ”

Everyone said, "It's good, it's better than our eyes being black."

Li Jing introduced: "At present, I have learned that this flag is based on Niu Lu, Niu Lu I guess it may be the earliest Jurchen organization to Mouke, each Niu Lu 300 households, each household has a strong man. In the compilation of Niu Lu, five Niu Lu formed a team called Jiala, and five Jiala formed a solid mountain, which means a banner. Gushan is the meaning of the flag, and the forehead is really the meaning of the master, so the solid mountain is really the meaning of the flag owner. ”

The banner owner is similar to the "kings" who are divided into feudal feuds, and has absolute power over their own banners, and all matters within the banner, including the appointment and dismissal of troops and officials, are decided by the banner owner. There is a strict hierarchy within the Eight Banners, no matter who you are, what position you hold, what kind of official residence you have, as long as you are still in the flag, you have to be one level lower than the flag owner, and the flag owner is second only to Nurhachi. ”

"Let me talk about the specific troop intelligence in the early days of Nurhachi's founding of the country, which may have changed a little at present, but it will not be too big:

"There are forty-five ox records in the Zhenghuang Banner, and there are twenty Niu Lu in the inlaid yellow flag, and the Jurchens are still yellow, so the two yellow flags are led by Nurhachi himself;"

"There are twenty-five oxen in the Zhenghong Banner and twenty-six Oxen in the Red Flag, which are led by Nurhachi's son Daishan and Daishan's eldest son Yuetuo;"

"There are thirty-three Niu Lu in the blue flag, which was originally the subordinate of his brother Shulhaqi, because Shulhaqi and Nurhachi fought for power and wanted to be independent, and were executed by Nurhachi, so the blue flag was in charge of Shulhaqi's second son Amin;"

"Twenty-one Niu Lu of the Zhenglan Banner, led by Nurhachi's son Mang Gurtai, and twenty-five Niu Lu of the Zhengbai Banner, led by Nurhachi's son Huang Taiji;"

"A total of fifteen cattle with white flags, led by Nurhachi's eldest grandson Du Du, Du Du is the son of Nurhachi's eldest son, Yu Ying, who was also executed by Nurhachi five years ago because of the struggle for power."

"These eight banners, Nurhachi personally unified the two banners, the two grandsons Dudu and Yue Tuo each unified the banner, and the remaining four banner owners are often referred to as the "four major beylers", that is, the big beyler daishan, the second beyler amin, the third beyler mang gurtai, and the fourth beyler huang taiji. ”

Qin Liangyu said excitedly: "Zhengyi, this information is too important, how to distinguish each flag, who the main general is, and how many troops there are, it is clear at a glance, it really helps Aunt Qin a lot." ”