Chapter 281 - The First Battle of the Cossacks (12)
The already nervous cavalry with the blue banner did not bother with the prisoners lying on horseback, but kept an eye on the movements of the Cossack enemy who had formed an encirclement around them, which gave the two Rakshasas an excellent opportunity to communicate.
"Yermak, my friend...... Quickly order your cavalry to wipe out these rebellious Buryats, and go back and I will reward you with all my vodka...... My bowels are about to break...... Ouch...... "Captain Peter, who had probably never suffered such a crime, made a very urgent promise as he threw up at the nearby grass and vomited.
"Don't worry, my captain, they won't be able to escape...... Ouch......" Little Yermak thought about saying a few more words, and his back was also firmly touched, and he hurriedly shut up.
Wu Enqi did not have the time to "take care" of the two captives, who could no longer afford to make any waves, because he had to pay close attention to the movements on the other side. The only thing to be thankful for is that my decision was the right one -
It seems that these two Rakshasa military managers are indeed the leaders of this group of Rakshasa cavalry, otherwise their more than 20 horsemen are really not enough for the surrounding enemies to be swept away. I don't know what happened to the other brothers under Lu Dao. It is obvious that the enemy surrounding them at this moment is not all of them, and it can be judged from this that their main force has also contained the enemy's main force!
The Rakshasa people on the opposite side, after the interpreter's explanation, really showed a lot of restlessness, and even a few cavalrymen were immediately arranged to run in different directions.
"Oh...... Isn't it too late to investigate now? Wu Enqi muttered to himself.
After a long time, the interpreter finally returned to the front again. Plucked up the courage to shout:
"Chinese soldiers, you have crossed the line! This is the territory of Rus', the territory of the Tomsk Governorate. Please lay down your arms and return our officers, or you will be wiped out by us!" ”
"Haha......ha
When Wu Enqi heard this, he suddenly laughed, and the laughter seemed to be lethal, which provoked the Don hippo under the translator's crotch to snort anxiously, and he was a little about to run back. Fortunately, the person who controlled it was still sensible, and he grabbed the reins of his horse with all his might, avoiding a big scandal.
"Joke! Come on. Unfurl the battle flag of our army for me! Unqi suddenly stopped laughing. He shouted without looking back.
"Huh!" Behind him, his own soldiers echoed, followed by the sound of "hulala" flags fluttering in the wind. At this time, Wu Enqi turned his head to look at it complacently.
I saw this big flag waving in the wind, with a blue background and red edges on the flag. Embroidered with golden auspicious clouds. Against the backdrop of Siberia's blue skies and white clouds, lush forests. More majestic! This is a typical battle flag with a blue flag of the moment!
Different from the understanding of most people in later generations, the Manchurian, Mongolian and Han Eight Banners in the Shunzhi period adopted the banners that had been changed during the reign of Huang Taiji. It's not what Eight Flags looks like anymore.
The biggest difference between these flags and the Nu~Erhachi era is that there is no image of a "dragon" in the flag of any flag! This situation began with Huang Taiji, and it was not until the Kangxi period that the golden dragon was painted inside the Eight Banners banner. Even in the Nu~Erhachi period, according to the war reports of the generals of the Ming Dynasty, only the four "Zheng (whole) flags" were painted with dragon patterns, and they were "Yellow Flag Painting Yellow Dragon", "Red Flag (Red Flag) Painting Green Dragon", "Green Flag (Blue Flag) Painting Black Dragon", "White Flag Painting Yellow Dragon", and the four "Inlaid (Compartment) Flags" were also solid color flags without dragon-shaped patterns.
So that we often say that the "Eight Banners" are long and the "Eight Banners" are short, but when did the "Eight Banners" system originate? Many people who seem to have a half-understanding of Qing history will blurt out as a matter of course - Nu ~ Erhachi era! In fact, this really needs to be popularized.
The time and color of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty have always been recorded by Chinese and foreign historians in official documents such as "Qing Taizu Wu Emperor Crossbow Er Haqi Record" and "Eight Banners Tongzhi": It was produced in 1615 (Yimao) in the Nu~Erhachi era of the Jianzhou Khanate. The color is yellow, yellow, red, red, white, inlaid from, blue, inlaid with blue (whole), inlaid (box) eight flags. However, according to some documentary records and analysis, it has been proved that the time and color of the above-mentioned eight flags were produced in the Taiji era of Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty.
The "Eight Banners System" was established during the Nu~Erhachi period of the Jianzhou Khanate, which is not wrong. But the colors of the eight flags at the time of Nu~Erhachi are yellow, red, white, and blue (blue) "Four Flags of Painted Dragons" and yellow, red, white, and blue (blue) "Four Flags without Painted Dragons". The change from such "Eight Banners" to "Eight Flags" during the Huang Taiji period is not only a simple and formal change of flag color, but also contains the profound meaning of the mutation of the nature of Manchu society. That is to say, in the process of the "Houjin", which was underdeveloped in the Nurhachi era, and rapidly evolved into the "Qing" of the feudal system in the Huang Taiji era, it reflects a major change in the consciousness of the supreme ruler of the Manchu nationality from the "primitive military democracy" to the "feudal centralization", and it is also reflected in the Nu~Erhachi era, such as the "Eight Banners and the Rulers", "the Eight Kings Manage the Country" and "the Four Great Belles Sit in the South and Receive the Audience of the People", which were finally replaced by the Huang Taiji with the "Council of Ministers of the Parliamentary King" and his own "sitting alone in the south".
This change in the socio-economic and political situation was reflected in the Eight Banners system established by Nu~Erhachi, and a qualitative change took place along with it. Originally, due to the peculiarities of Manchurian social development, the "Eight Banners Co-Leader" and the "Four Great Baylors" reflected in the residual idea of military democracy took turns in power, and the resulting Eight Banners with four dragons and four banners without dragons had to be replaced. Just as the "Eight Kings" could not manage the affairs of the country, and the "Four Great Baylors" could not manage the political power "separately by month", the four dragons were abolished, the color of the flags remained unchanged, and only the four flags were inlaid with the edges. Because of the "Great Qing Dynasty" of the feudal country, there can only be one true dragon son - Huang Taiji.
But at the moment, all the Qing soldiers will not be in the mood and have no time to pay attention to the deep meaning behind the change of flag, they are more concerned about the fact that they can continue to live, and they will continue to live with dignity and strength!
"The Great Qing Dynasty is mighty!" The small army of twenty people shouted in an instant, and the shock of the anger soaring into the sky was staggering.
Originally, the smaller blue-inlaid battle flag was only allowed to be used in military operations at the staff level. But because there was a Rakshasa envoy Ablin in Wuenqi's camp, in order to show his military might, the general Jidu made an exception and gave him a side. Just now, the horse was in pursuit, and the speed was extremely high, and the pro-soldiers naturally could not unfurl the banner. Now that the "two armies are facing each other", it is time for "fanfare"! Wu Enqi was very satisfied with the atmosphere of the battlefield at this time, turned back with great momentum, and shouted at the translator opposite:
"Go back and tell your leader that this is our Chinese land for a long time, and the Buryats who have been here for generations will always be the people of the Qing Dynasty. As for what you said, I've never heard of it, so I think it must be a small country. There is a rakshasa, but isn't it in the far west? How dare you name an unknown state and claim that this is your land? Ridiculous! ”
In fact, his pitiful geopolitical concept still relied on Jidu's inadvertent mention of Uenqi. Fortunately, Wu Enqi is a person with a heart, and after hearing it, he remembered it in his heart, and he didn't think that he would finally use it today.
"And you're that 'undead' Overseer, I've never heard of it! Don't say anything about 'dragging him to death', he provokes our Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, so let him die without a place to be buried! However, your overseer, if he respects my Great Qing Dynasty as the Heavenly Empire, the Great Qing Dynasty will naturally treat him well. If you owe allegiance to the wrong person, it won't take a few days for Lao Tzu to clean the portal for him! Unqi replied loudly, mocking loudly......
"Forget it, I don't want you to surrender either. After a while, your heads will be submerged in this tall grass, your black blood will water the black soil under our feet, and your white bones will become the tombstones that will always belong to the Qing Dynasty and China! Haha......"
"Ha Lu Ha ......" Behind him, more than two dozen soldiers with blue flags also laughed wildly, and they really took the translator's words as a joke.
Wu Enqi did not know that his words would leave a deep mark on the history of China, and would become the first declaration of China's jurisdiction over this territory for a long period of time, as well as a sample of the many oaths taken thereafter!
(Chapter to be continued)
"A limerick poem. Hidden Head
Reading literature and reading history is only a long breath
I was saying that there was an opportunity back then
The layout is a long-cherished wish
It's hard to come and go
Get up and spend a hundred years
Point out the suffering and diseases of the world
The edge of the town was razed to the sea
Wen'an Wuding happy teardrops (to be continued......)