Chapter 63: The White Armor Soldier
At this time, a new military operation was brewing in the city of Beijing.
Early in the morning, Hong Chengchou, Ning Wan, and Fan Wencheng came to Prince Rui's Mansion in Dolgon.
Dolgon's Rui Prince's Mansion is the South Palace of the Ming Dynasty, where Zhu Zhanji of Ming Xuanzong lived for a long time, and Zhu Qizhen of Ming Yingzong and Zhu Qiyu of Ming Dynasty were both under house arrest.
But now, it has become the palace of Prince Rui of Dolgon.
Because the Forbidden City has been burned down by Li Zicheng, only the houses near the Jianji Hall have not been affected, so Prince Rui's Mansion has become a temporary palace.
Many of Jiannu's major policies were agreed upon in Prince Rui's palace.
"The time is ripe." Facing Hong Chengchou and the three of them, Dolgon said, "After the previous demonstration, the Han gentry in the Guannei must have a clear understanding of the military might of our Qing Dynasty. ”
Hong Chengchou breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and finally stopped killing.
Ning Wan and Fan Wencheng said in unison: "The regent is wise. ”
Dorgon smiled and said, "Then suspend the shaving order." ”
"Now it's time to appease the place." Hong Chengchou perked up and said, "Chen Bao raised Wang Aoyong, the former governor of Tongzhou in the Ming Dynasty, as the right servant of the household department, and appeased Shandong and Henan. ”
"Exactly." Dolgon nodded happily and said, "Let Wang Aoyong appease Shandong." ”
Ning Wan said: "Regent, the villain is afraid of power and not morality, and only sends Wenchen to appease the fear that there is still a stubborn resistance from the former Ming officials and gentry, so it must be supplemented by the Eight Banners." ”
"It's nature." Dorgon said.
While he was talking, a wrapper entered the interior and reported: "Master, Jueluo Bahana and Shi Tingzhu have arrived. ”
"Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive." Dorgon smiled and said, "Let them in." ”
In a few moments, two tall generals walked in, both wearing white cotton armor with copper nails, but the one on the left had a red trim on the cotton armor, and the one on the right did not.
As soon as they entered the door, the two generals immediately fell to one knee on the ground.
"The slave inlays the white flag and solidifies the mountain, and the true Jue Luo Bahana asks the master for peace."
"The slave is the white flag, the Han army is solidifying the mountain, and the real stone Tingzhu is asking the master for peace."
"Get up." Dolgon shook his hand and said, "You two are ready to ......."
Before the words fell, another coated servant hurriedly walked in.
Dolgon frowned and said, "Cao Eryu, what are you doing?" ”
"Master." Cao Eryu was so frightened that he quickly fell to his knees.
"There is an urgent delivery from Weihui Mansion in Henan."
"Henan?" Dorgon said, "Bring it." ”
Cao Eryu kneeled and handed the letter to Dolgon.
Dolgon's brow furrowed as he read the letter.
Then he said to Jueluo Bahana and Shi Tingzhu: "You two go back and prepare, first go to Henan Weihui Mansion with Wu Weihua, and then enter Shanxi from Taihang or Baicheng, if the prefectures and counties along the way take the initiative to surrender, try not to kill, if you encounter someone who refuses to surrender, then you don't have to be soft, just kill everything!" ”
"Huh!" Kyaw Lo Bahana and Shi Tingzhu promised.
Because of this letter from Wei Hui Mansion, there are some deviations in history.
Originally, Jueluo Bahana and Shi Tingzhu were supposed to go to Shandong.
But now, the two were sent to Shanxi by Dolgon.
The two left, and Dolgon instructed Cao Eryu again: "You go and invite the Red Flag Gushan Ezhen Yechen again." ”
Cao Eryu snorted and was about to leave, but Ning Wan reminded Dolgon in a low voice: "Regent, it is best to let the Yellow Flag or the Yellow Flag go to Shandong." ”
This was a reminder to Dolgon not to eat alone.
Dolgon thought for a moment and said to Cao Eryu, "Let Baiyintu come." ”
"Huh." Cao Eryu hit a thousand, got up and trotted away.
……
Eight Banners Manchuria, the most noble status is not the yellow flag, but the yellow flag.
As the head of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the Yellow Banner is responsible for the emperor's guards, so although Shunzhi has not yet entered the customs, the Eight Banners with the Yellow Banner have already settled in the Forbidden City.
At this moment, a Jiala with a yellow flag is training on the grass fence in the Imperial Horse Prison of the Forbidden City.
The Eight Banners military system, theoretically, is based on 300 people as a Niu Lu, five Niu Lu as a Jia La, and five Jia La as a solid mountain, that is, a flag.
So theoretically, the number of soldiers for one flag is fixed at 7,500 people, and the total number of eight flags is 60,000 people.
But in fact, this is not the case, because the Eight Banners nobles also have internal treachery, but also compete for power, after half a century of development and power struggle, the number of troops between the banners is uneven.
Moreover, the total number of Niulu has reached 311, with a total of more than 90,000 Eight Banner soldiers.
Among them, there are nearly 50 cattle records and nearly 15,000 people in one flag.
At this time, one of the Niu Lu was galloping on the fence, with more than 300 Eight Banner soldiers.
The military system of Jiannu is divided into three classes, such as Niulu, Jiala, and Gushan, and the military system is divided into banners, infantry armor, vests, red tooth and Bayala five, among which Bayala is the protector, that is, the white armor soldiers in the mouth of the Ming army.
A man with a flag sign automatically becomes a flag man when he reaches adulthood, which is equivalent to the reserve of the Eight Banners.
Each Niu Lu will be selected from time to time, and as long as the flag man reaches the qualified level of riding and archery, he will become a foot armor.
The infantry armor here does not specifically refer to the infantry, but only a title, because Jiannu actually does not have a clear division between infantry and cavalry, whether it is a horse armor, infantry armor or a bannerman, those who have war horses will carry their own war horses when they go out to fight, and some solid bannermen will even bring their own coats, and will match the coats with horses.
Therefore, Jiannu is cavalry when he gets on his horse, and he is infantry when he dismounts.
However, Jiannu is better at foot combat, and cavalry combat is actually not as powerful as the Eight Banners Mongolia.
After becoming a step armor, you need to accumulate combat merits to be promoted to the vest and the red tooth la, and the vest can divide more trophies than the infantry, and the red tooth is more.
The Jurchens are a fishing and hunting people.
Fighting a war was also a kind of hunting for the Jurchens.
Therefore, the division of the spoils of war also retains the distribution method of hunting.
The hunter who kills the prey directly can get an extra share of the meat, and the rest of the meat is distributed in an orderly manner according to the status of the hunter, and everyone has a share as long as they participate.
If the vest and the red tooth horn are not subject to assessment or competition.
As long as the credit is enough, you can automatically move up one level.
But the higher-status Bayala needs to be assessed, and there is also competition, because the Bayala soldiers in each Niu Lu are fixed, and there are only ten! A few cattle will have a few more.
Sometimes it's less than ten.
The standard of the white-armored soldiers is to rather lack than abuse.
In order to become a Bajara, most of the time you have to squeeze out one of the original ones.
Of course, if you are lucky and there is a vacancy in the Bayala quota, then there is no competition, only assessment.
However, since the old slave started his army with thirteen sets of armor, there are very few white-armored soldiers who have actually died on the battlefield in the past fifty years, and these war machines are really strong.
These white-armored soldiers are humanoid tanks.
Because every white-armored soldier is dressed in triple armor, with a layer of chain mail in the innermost layer, cotton armor in the middle, and a layer of iron armor on the outside, it is difficult for swords, guns, arrows, and even firearms to pose a threat.
Coincidentally, what is going on on in the grass fence is the competition of Bayala.
One of the young and strong vests inlaid with the yellow flag is about to challenge the Bayala of Ben Niu Lu.
This challenge even alarmed the Gushan Ezhen Baiyin Tu inlaid with yellow flags, and ran over with more than a dozen Jiala Ezhen, Melle Zhangjing and Niu Lu Ezhen to watch the excitement.
There are not many young people who dare to challenge the white armor soldiers.
Bai Yintu also wants to see who is so bold?
"Boy, what's your name?" Bai Yintu looked at the young man in front of him.
He looks like he is in his early twenties, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and his height is almost six feet (1.92 meters), so it is no wonder that this head is the material of the fierce general.
[Most of the ancient fierce generals are tall and strong, because tall generals naturally have an advantage on the battlefield, just like the lightweight champion in the fighting arena against the heavyweight champion, basically only the part of being killed in seconds]
The young man said proudly, "Back to the truth, the boy's name is Jabran. ”
"Jablan, yes." Bai Yintu nodded and said, "Who do you want to challenge?" ”
Speaking of this, Bai Yintu subconsciously glanced at the strong man standing next to him like an iron tower.
Yabulan's gaze also fell on the strong man, and his eyes instantly showed a fanatical color: "I want to challenge the first warrior of Manchuria, Baturu of Taizong's Qinfeng, Lord Aobai!" ”
The Eight Banners in line, as well as Bai Yintu and others, were in an uproar.
Do you want to challenge Aobai? Ao Bai is the first warrior in Manchuria!
Ao Bai's eyes also showed a fierce light, and he stepped forward and asked, "Yabulan, are you sure?" ”
There was an instant sound of inhalation on the railing, because Aobai's stature was also very high, and there were almost six feet, two six-foot-long people stood face to face, their eyes were docked, and the murderous aura like a substance continued to overflow from the two of them, and others could feel a strong sense of oppression just by looking at them from a distance.
"I'm sure." Jablan's gaze became more and more keen.
"Good, courage!" Bai Yintu exclaimed.
"You'll regret it." After Ao Bai finished speaking, he turned around and went to prepare.
"If I can't compare with the first warrior of Manchuria, I will regret it for the rest of my life!" Far from being intimidated by the momentum of the worship, Yabran became more excited.
When he came down, he asked Bao Yi to put on his armor.
The first of the jousting is a fixed program, mounted archery!
And it must be triple armor according to the standard of white armor soldiers.
"Hurry up, give me armor." Yabran turned over and dismounted, and called out to his clothed servant Cha Liangnian.
Cha Liangnian hurriedly trotted forward and helped Yabran put on his armor, but because his movements were a little slower, he attracted Yabulan's scolding with his head and face.
In the end, he kicked Cha Liangnian to the ground.
After a long time, he finally put on the chain mail, the cotton armor inlaid with yellow flags, and the outermost straight iron armor, got back on the horse, and took a pair of longbows.
It is a large bow unique to the Jurchens.