On the military composition of the Manchu Eight Banners

The main body of the Eight Banners of Mongolia was cavalry, and their ordinary soldiers were divided into three ranks, horsemen, warriors and guards, and their salaries were reduced in turn. Men of the ordinary Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolian Eight Banners can take the examination every three years from the age of 10, and they can take the examination every three years after reaching the standard, and they can enjoy military salaries. Horsemen, Warriors and Guards are ranks, regardless of whether you ride a horse or not. The Eight Banners Han Army, also known as Wuzhen Chaoha (Heavy Troops), was mainly artillery.

Dutong: The highest commander of the Manchurian, Mongol, and Han armies of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty. Before entering the customs, the Manchu language called Gushan Ezhen, set up 1 person; Set up 1 person on the left and right Melle Ezhen (later changed to Meler Zhangjing). In the seventeenth year of Shunzhi (1660), from the Chinese, Gushan Ezhen was changed to the capital, and Melerzhangjing was the deputy capital. In charge of the household registration, upbringing, official inheritance, military training, etc. The eight banners of the Beijing Division, the Manchurian and the Han Dynasty each have 1 person, from a product, a total of 24 Yamen of the capital. Those who garrison eight banners in each province and have more than 2,000 soldiers under their jurisdiction are led by generals. There are 13 general yamen in the country, all of which are from the same product, and the Manchurian princes or close ministers are concurrently servant. Each defense is headed by a general or a commander. Generally, generals and metropolitan commanders are not set up together, and where there is a general office, the deputy metropolitan is placed below. In some areas, the deputy commander is the commander of the flag stationed in a place.

Co-leader: The positions set up by the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty garrison, are three products. It is under the deputy capital and above the leader. Responsible for the military and political affairs of one of the garrison flags. In the northeast region, there are people who are stationed in a city alone, such as Jilin Hunchun, Sanxing, Lalin and other places.

Participant: The Chinese translation of the official name of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty Jia La Ezhen (Jia La Zhangjing). Positive three products. The deputy staff is the fourth product. It is also the name of the organization. Each flag of the capital is divided into 5 participants. Each of the leaders has a number of subordinate leaders.

City Guard: The name of the commander of the Eight Banners garrison in the Qing Dynasty, Zheng Sanpin, responsible for the defense of important prefectures, and his deputy capital. There are a total of 16 city guards and yamen in the country. The number of soldiers led by the city guard is generally in the hundreds, the few are more than 100, and in some places there are more than 1,000 people.

Zuo Ling: In the early banner society, when sending troops or hunting mistakes, according to the family village action, 1 person for every 10 people was selected as the leader, called Niu Yi Ezhen (the meaning of the arrow master). In the twenty-ninth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1601), ** Hachiding 300 people were 1 Niu Lu Zhen, as the basic household registration military establishment unit, Niu Yan Zhen 1 person management, and officially became an official name. In the eighth year of Tiancong (1634), it was renamed Niu Lu Zhangjing, and after entering the customs, it was changed to Han called Zuo Ling, and it was four products. Those who are stationed in Beijing are placed under the leadership of the staff; garrison, then placed under the co-ordination. In wartime, he is a military officer, and in peacetime he is an administrative officer, in charge of his household registration, farm house, military registration, and litigation. His position is mostly hereditary. It is also the title of the social and military group. The cow is the basic unit of the Eight Banners. In the early Manchu society, it had three functions: administrative, production, and military. After entering the customs, the military function was strengthened, and the production function gradually disappeared. The number of strong men under the jurisdiction of each Qing Dynasty was different in different periods. During the Huang Taiji, there were about 200 strong men per leader; One hundred and thirty or forty people in Kangxi; In Jiaqing, it is 150 people.

Lingqiu: The Chinese translation name of the Manchu word Pashku (meaning "urging people") in the Qing Dynasty. Low general military position. The Eight Banners of Manchuria, Mongolia, and Han armies are all set up under the leadership of the Eight Banners, and the outstanding ones in the vest and leisure are courteous, and each leader is 5 people, who are responsible for registering files and supporting salaries. The leader of Manchuria urged and raised gifts in the literacy and expansion of the army under the leadership of Benzuo.

Xiao Cavalry School: The name of a low-level officer of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty. In the early days of Manchu society, it was called Daizi, and in Manchu language, it was called "Divide and Divide Shiku", which means the substitute. The Xiao Riding School is located under the Zuo Ling, and it is six products.

Vest: i.e., horsemen, cavalry. Also known as Xiao Qi. After the Manchuria and other bannermen became Ding, their way out was mainly the Taoli vest, which was led by Benzuo to raise soldiers, craftsmen and idle Yu Dingzhong Taoli, and then selected as the forward by the horse, expanding the army, etc. The Beijing Banner vest is subordinate to the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, and each Manchurian leader is 20 people, and it is under the jurisdiction of the Eight Banners.