In fact, what Damu said is not bad at all: the main force of the more than 30,000 soldiers and horses accompanying the expedition this time is precisely the blue flag of the "Eight Banners of the Forbidden Brigade" in Manchuria, where Jidu is located.

According to the strategy given by the Ministry of War, the five Jiala Zhangjing under the Manchurian Blue Banner [the Han name "Shen Ling" in later generations] let Jidu bring four, a total of 5,000 inlaid blue flags with 4,000! Blue Flag Gushan Ezhen [Later Han Name "Dutong"] Lan Bai happened to return to Beijing from Hubei a few days ago to rest, and transferred the task of defending Sun Kewang to Chen Tai [1]. This is just right, as the owner of the blue flag, he has been edicted by the emperor as the "deputy commander", and cooperated with the young Jidu to the shore of the "North Sea".

As for the other troops, the military department distributed them as follows: the four men of Manchuria, the Zhengbai Banner Gushan Ezhenjue Luo Bahana, the Zhenghong Banner Gushan Ezhen Gadahun, the Zhenglan Banner Gushan Ezhenjue Luo Langqiu, and the Red Flag Gushan Ezhen Basihan each drew a soldier and horse of Jialazhangjing under their own banners, totaling 4,000 people, and handed them over to the commander of Jidu. In other words, the Eight Banners of the Forbidden Brigade, as the absolute main force of this northward journey, have a total of 8,000 people. The remaining 20,000 people were drawn from the eight banners of the Mongolian and Han armies, according to the same banners as Manchuria, but the number of Han troops has always been slightly higher, which is a total of 30,000 horses.

That is to say, under the general Jidu of Dingyuan, there are three main "deputies", who are respectively in charge of the banner soldiers of the "Manchu, Mongolian and Han" triways - 8,000 Manchurian flag soldiers are actually the first to recommend Lanbai; Eight thousand Mongolian banner soldiers raised the Mongolian red flag for the first time, Gushan Ezhenji Xiha[2]; The more than 14,000 Han army and eight banners were led by the Han army's red flag Gushan Ezhen, second-class uncle, and Zhenhai general Shi Tingzhu. But what everyone knows is that this "one positive and three deputies" team is equipped. In fact, it is the four "full people" of the "Eight Classics" who are singing on stage!

Jidu and Lanbai are both subordinate to the Manchurian Blue Banner people, and Jixiha is also a Manchurian Yellow Banner person. Even Shi Tingzhu, who gave a Han name, although he was a native of Liaodong, was actually a descendant of the Jurchens of Jianzhou, and his surname was Guerjia, but his ancestors moved to Liaodong after the Jiajing Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, mixed with the Han people, and took Shi as the Han surname. Shi Tingzhu garrisoned Guangning in the last years of Wanli, and after surrendering Nurhachi, he was subordinate to the white flag of the Han army.

The brilliant Damu doesn't need to be said by others. It can be seen that the imperial court's intention of arranging personnel in this way: it seems to be "used without doubt" for Jidu. But let the three veterans serve as the deputy of the young commander in the future, in case of emergency. But for this method of actually "using and doubting", Damu has always been secretly unhappy for his master......

"Master, although the three solid mountains are really full of people. But we still don't know who Lan Bai is? He Tong Jiashi put it bluntly. It's still very close to the Han people! Fucha. Ji Xiha's family is just Emperor Taizu's coat. In that year, the Ming army invaded the blue flag camp. This old boy crossed the blue flag camp to help in the battle, wasn't he also robbed of his official position by Emperor Taizong on the charge of leaving the flood land without permission [leaving the garrison without permission]? I'm afraid he can't change his disobedience to Shangguan's nature. Although Shi Tingzhu is Guerjia, it has long been sinicized! Alas. Master, the slave really doesn't know what the emperor thinks, I have to appoint you with such helpers, the old man, the Han of the Han, the bear of the bear, ......" Damu was unobtrusive, and he was upside down like a jumping bean for his master, but Ji Du's face had already changed.

"Stop!" Finally, General Dingyuan had to exert his might:

"Damu, you are so bold...... These things are also what you can say, and the emperor can only be blamed by you as a slave! Look for death! ”

Ji Du shouted to stop his own personal entourage, but the tone was extremely low, for fear that the tone would go out of this big tent.

"Huh! The minions are wrong! Damu quickly knelt down and confessed his mistake.

"Get up!" Jidu naturally won't embarrass him, just go through the motions. But after a little thought, he still commanded in a low voice:

"Damu, you choose one or two clever ones from the family that came with us, and when the next court report arrives, you will say that the Rakshasas have been making trouble recently, and let them escort the messengers south to return to Beijing, and then quietly go home to see what is going on in the house. I'm still at ease...... King Amma. Jidu confessed, but in the end he landed on his old father, so as not to fall into the truth.

"Huh!"

"Remember, when they return to the house, no matter what they see or hear, they must not do anything, just return as soon as possible to report to the general."

"The minion made a note of it."

"Let's go and arrange it first!" Ji Du breathed a long sigh of relief, ignored the "hair small" minion who turned away, and continued to think about the extremely tricky emperor's edict.

Half-ringing, Jidu finally made a decision - since it is tricky, it is better to "get it all together". So he called again:

"Someone!"

"General!" Coming in at the door was another herald, who was also one of Jidu's henchmen.

"Please come to my tent, General Ben has something to ask them for." Jidu carefully grasped the words. Instead of official positions, they use flag positions, firstly, to remove the constraints of official titles, and secondly, to highlight their high status. In this way, the prince and the general Jidu can advance and retreat with evidence.

"Huh!" The herald was given the order to go.

After a while, the three Gushan Ezhen who were wearing the second rank rushed to Jidu's big tent with their front and back feet. The first to come was naturally Lan Bai, who was the de facto master of the Manchurian blue flag, commanding the flag soldiers to defend the Chinese army, which was the closest. Then there was Shi Tingzhu, and finally it was Ji Xiha.

"Three generals, you are busy with military affairs, and Jidu is really embarrassed to work with you and gather from time to time. However, the Rakshasa people need to listen to your opinions on the return of the Rakshasa to their country by holy decree, after all, I am still young! Hehe......"

Jidu had already greeted each other one by one, and waited until everyone was together, and then he started to make it clear, but he put his position very low, and he didn't sit in the middle of the tent, just stood and talked.

"Why should the general be so humble? The subordinates respect the holy order and are led by the general, so they naturally come as soon as they are called, so how can there be such a thing as labor? Lan Bai was the first to speak.

If you talk about the status in the flag, although he is Gushan Ezhen, there is also a nominal "flag master" on it, which is the third brother of Renjia Jidu. But then again, during the Chongde period, Huang Taiji had successively given the solid mountains and Ezhen of each banner to the generals in charge of specific affairs, and only left the vacant position of the banner owner to the clan relatives. But the more this happens, the more delicate the relationship between the various flag Gushan Ezhen and the flag owner becomes, and it needs to be dealt with carefully.

"General Lan is right! The general is the commander-in-chief, so we will naturally obey your orders, and we must not be polite. "What followed up was the Han army's Gushan Ezhen Shi Tingzhu. However, compared to the free and easy management of flag affairs, this General Shi is much easier than the few Manchurian Gushan Ezhen who are seated, because there is no flag owner for each flag of the Han Army, and Gushan Ezhen is the "boss" of each banner.

"Hmmm! Please, the son of the world! It was Jishiha who spoke last, and it is clear that instead of addressing the "great general", he used the word "son". The prince is good, but to put it bluntly, he is just the son of the old prince, and the "old man" Ji Xiha of the two dynasties obviously despises this general in his early twenties in terms of qualifications.

(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 tears of joy

[1] Chen Tai (?) -1655), Niu Hulu, Manchuria with yellow flag, Qing Dynasty political figure, Qing Dynasty Criminal Department Shangshu. The grandson of Eyidu and the son of Cherge. He used to be the right attendant of the former Ministry of Rites. In December of the seventh year of Shunzhi, he succeeded Ji Xiha and served as the secretary of the criminal department of the Qing Dynasty, and later changed to the secretary of the ministry. He was succeeded by Han Dai of the clan. Shunzhi died in the army in the twelfth year, and in the first month of the thirteenth year, he was given a sacrifice and burial, and he was loyal to Xiang. At the beginning of Qianlong, he was awarded the first class. [Hongyi took advantage of the fact that this person still had a few months to live, and hurriedly asked him to come out and do something. Hey. 】

[2] Jishiha (?) —1662) Fucha clan, a native of the Yellow Banner of Manchuria, a general in the early Qing Dynasty. In his father's department, the official cow is true. Ji Xi Ha Chu also awarded the cattle record Zhen. From entering the customs, hit Li Zicheng, and chased him to Qingdu. Su Gong, conferred the title of worship he Rabul Hafan. In the second year, from the Duanzhong Prince Boluo to Zhejiang, both to Hangzhou, to Meler Ezhen garrisoned. Ming University scholar Ma Shiying, the general soldier Fang Guoan according to Yanzhou, repeatedly attacked, Ji Xiha supervised the army, and won five battles. Returned to Beijing, gave the Ministry of Labor, and added the post of Tuosha Lahafan. For five years, he was ordered to lead troops to Dongchang. Looking for Zheng Caikou Fujian, he ordered the general Chen Tai to march south, Ke Changle, Lianjiang, Tong'an, Pinghe counties, and entered the second-class Ada Hahafan. Seven years, the Ministry of Correction, the promotion of Shangshu, into the third class of the world Asihani Hafan. In nine years, he was awarded the Red Flag Mongolia Gushan Ezhen. Ten years, Xie Shangshu. The general army of Jiaozhou rebelled when the sea was in trouble, and ordered to negotiate with Meler Ezhenhusha, but before he arrived, he walked to Suzhou and surrendered. The edict moved to Hunan. Eleven years, recalled. In the fourteenth year, he ordered to lead the fourth of Melle Ezhen and the eighth of Baya Lajia Lazhang Jingba, and conquered Yunnan from the general Bei Ziluo. In the fifteenth year, he ordered the general Zhuo Butai to advance to Duyun and defeat the Ming general Li Dingguo. Huishi, Keyunnan. In the seventeenth year, he was untruthful in his conquest and was demoted to a first-class Asihani Hafan. In the eighteenth year, he awarded General Jingdong to fight for Qixia Tukou in seven, broke through the fortress and entered the sea. Soldier. Sixty years, with his son Xi'an deputy capital Alu sparsely invited, chased brave. (To be continued......)