It's September.

In autumn, the trees outside the pass are already yellow, mixed with some red leaves, and the withered yellow grass everywhere reflects each other, giving people a sense of grandeur and sadness, which is very different from the scenery in the pass.

At this time, in a meadow near the Daling River in the north of Quang Ninh City, several men in leather robes were riding by.

At this time, the wind was already gusting outside the pass, and the autumn wind blowing on the face already made people feel a tingling pain, and they couldn't help but wrap the clothes on their bodies tighter.

The men, all in their thirties and forties, rode their horses on the south bank of the Daling River, and soon rode into a wooded area by the river, where they began to rest.

"Captain, we've been out for more than a month, and it's time to go south."

A man in his early thirties whispered as he dug a pit on the spot with a small shovel, apparently preparing to dig a stove to make a fire.

Another man stopped him and said, "It's too close to Quang Ninh, the Tartars may come out at any time, don't make a fire, eat some dry food and leave." ”

The rest of them all nodded.

At this time, the man who was called the captain said: "We have also collected a lot of information along the way, and we should indeed go back and send the information to the customs as soon as possible." ”

This team of five people, all of whom were elite sentries under the Ministry of Military Intelligence, collected all kinds of information about the Manchu Qing Dynasty in various parts of Liaodong.

Along the way, several people went north from Dushikou, and then took a detour to the area of Quang Ninh and collected a lot of important news.

At this time, several people took out dry food one after another, devoured it, and took out the water bladder from time to time to take a sip.

At the same time as a few people were eating and drinking, they were also looking around very tacitly, vigilantly looking at the movements around them, and if something was wrong, a few people would get on their horses and rush out.

After all, Liaodong at this time is enemy territory, and no one dares to take it lightly.

Suddenly, the captain stopped chewing, and a pair of eyes like eagle eyes looked towards a dirt bag to the south, and the other four also stopped what they were doing, and quickly returned to their respective horses.

"Withdraw!"

The captain shouted violently, and several people quickly mounted their horses, and at the same time held their weapons in their hands.

"Rush north!"

As soon as the words fell, more than a dozen Qing soldiers wearing heavy armor rushed out behind the dirt bag in the south, the sentry captain looked back, and immediately scolded, those dozen people are the elite of the Bayala battalion with yellow flags in Manzhou, along the way, they continue to encounter the elite of the Qing army, and the eight brothers they brought out of the customs have killed three people, all of whom were killed by the elite of the Bayala battalion of various banners in the Qing army!

"They also have firearms, be careful!"

Five people rushed out of the woods on horseback, and then, more than a dozen Qing army Baya soldiers also rushed out, these elite Qing soldiers even everyone has a bird gun, although it is still an arquebus, and it is not as well-equipped as the Ming National Defense Army, but now the Qing army's firearms and equipment are so popular, but also these Ming army sentry shocked.

Immediately the Qing soldiers and horses opened fire, and one of the five sentry was shot and fell off his horse, and the captain directly handed a leather bag on his body to a sentry riding a horse beside him, and then shouted: "Li Deyou!" You rush back immediately and send the information to Shanhaiguan! ”

Without waiting for Li Deyou to answer, the captain beckoned the remaining two, turned around together, and rushed forward against more than a dozen Qing soldiers.

Li Deyou was clutching the leather bag containing the information tightly at this time, crying bitterly, and only cared about riding his horse and galloping away.

"Haha!"

At the same time, the sentry captain and his two companions did not return fire with bird guns, but each took out a sky-shattering thunder, ignited it, and rode directly into the Qing soldiers.

Those Qing soldiers opened fire one after another, even if they hit the three sentry captains, the three soldiers were like statues, tightly holding the reins, just not falling off the horse, and then in the exclamation of those Qing soldiers, in the shouts of more than a dozen Qing soldiers wanting to ride their horses to escape, three earth-shattering thunderbolts exploded one after another, and suddenly three fireballs tore more than a dozen Qing soldiers into pieces, and the three sentry were also boneless!

A few days later, Shenyang.

Today's Shenyang City has been renamed Shengjing City by the Manchu Dynasty, in the Chongzheng Hall in the city, the Qing Emperor Dolgon wears a dragon robe and sits on the dragon chair, and the generals of the Manchu and Han Eight Banners stand respectfully on the main hall.

At this time, the two white flags of Manzhou, Prince Yu Duoduo, the officiating prince of the Manchurian Red Flag Banner Dai Shan, the Manchurian Red Flag Banner Lord Yi Prince Babutai, the Manchurian Blue Flag Banner Lord Su Prince Lai Mubu, and the Manchurian Blue Flag Banner Lord Zheng Prince Fei Yangguo were all standing in the forefront, and behind the few people, it was the Manchurian Yellow Flag Gushan Ezhen Niekesai, and the Manchurian Yellow Flag Gushan Ezhen Murcha.

The Mongolian Zhenghuang Banner Gushan Ezhen Gabula, the Yellow Flag Gushan Ezhen Azibai, the Zhenghong Flag Gushan Ezhen Engtu, the Red Flag Gushan Ezhen Buyandai, the White Flag Gushan Ezhen Yibai, the White Flag Gushan Ezhen Suna, the Blue Flag Gushan Ezhen Omotuk, and the Blue Flag Gushan Ezhen Ayu stood behind the people of the Eight Banners of Manchuria.

As for the people of the Eight Banners of the Han Army, the Yellow Flag Gushan Zhenjin Li, the Yellow Flag Gushan Zhentong Tulai, the Zhenghong Flag Gushan Ezhen Bayan, the Blue Flag Gushan Zhenye Keshu, the Red Flag Gushan Zhenzu Kefa, the Blue Flag Gushan Zhenzu Dashou, and the White Flag Gushan Zhenzu Dale stood at the entrance of the main hall.

At this time, the door of the main hall was not closed, and the autumn wind outside continued to pour in, blowing the faces of the Han army banner red, and they still didn't dare to move more, all of them bowed their heads respectfully, waiting for Dolgon to give orders.

Along with the others in the main hall was Ingordai, who had been appointed Minister of the Interior by Dolgon, and was reporting to Dolgon on of his recent affairs.

"Your Majesty, now the soldiers of the Manchurian, Mongolian and Han Eight Banners have been fully loaded, and the strength of the warriors of the various banners in Manchukuo has reached more than 190,000 people, including more than 27,000 people in the yellow flag, more than 24,000 people in the yellow flag, more than 21,000 people in the red flag, more than 20,000 people in the red flag, more than 24,000 people in the white flag, more than 25,000 people in the white flag, more than 18,000 people in the blue flag, and more than 21,000 people in the blue flag."

"The total strength of the Mongolian flags is more than 170,000 people, including more than 23,000 people under the yellow flag, more than 21,000 people with the yellow flag, more than 19,000 people with the red flag, more than 22,000 people with the red flag, more than 23,000 people with the white flag, more than 23,000 people with the white flag, more than 17,000 people with the blue flag, and more than 18,000 people with the blue flag."

"The Han army has the largest number of troops under each banner, with a total strength of more than 220,000 people, including more than 28,000 people under the yellow flag, more than 24,000 people with the yellow flag, more than 23,000 people with the red flag, more than 28,000 people with the red flag, more than 27,000 people under the white flag, more than 22,000 people with the white flag, more than 26,000 people under the blue flag, and more than 28,000 people with the blue flag."

At this time, a smile appeared on the faces of the banner owners, and now the strength of the banners can be quickly recovered, thanks to the will issued by Dolgon to capture the wild Jurchens in all parts of Liaodong, this will almost wiped out the wild Jurchens in all parts of Liaodong, and almost most of the wild Jurchen tribes were swept away by the Manchus, whether they were forty or fifty years old, or eleven or twelve-year-old and half-old children, they were all captured by the Manchus.

And the women of the wild Jurchen tribe were also captured and distributed to the soldiers of the Manchu and Mongolian banners, in order to "encourage childbirth", although the results were not seen in a short time, but it also showed Dorgon's long-term vision.

In addition, Dolgon also ordered to increase the number of troops from the Manchurian and Mongolian banners, and pulled out all the remnants of each banner, as well as the old people and children, as long as they could ride horses and wield swords, they were all incorporated into the army.

Relying on this method of almost exhausting the fish, Dolgon was able to restore the Manchu Qing's military strength to more than 500,000, nearly 600,000 during the period when Liu Yan was concentrating on internal affairs!

Of course, Dolgon can actually expand the strength of the Han army's various banners, but with the current military production capacity of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it is difficult to arm it if it expands its troops. In addition, Dolgon's distrust of the Han people did not dare to expand the strength of the various departments of the Han Army Banner on a large scale, so the scale of the Han Army Banner was about the same as that of the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners.

Dolgon said to the British Ordai with a compassionate expression: "During this period of time, the Minister of the Interior has worked hard to deploy troops and collect money and food, and I have seen it all. ”

Ying Erdai was modest, and then said: "In addition, there is one more thing to be reported. ”

"Aiqing said."

"His Majesty had previously sent a letter to the King of Korea, asking the State of Korea to provide troops to reorganize the Eight Banners of Korea."

"Hmm."

Dolgon nodded and said, "In the past few months, several groups of people from the Korean State have entered Liaodong. ”

"What the minister wants to report is this matter, the reorganization of the eight banners of North Korea is currently underway, but the candidates for each flag are really good, and the conclusion has not yet been determined, please Your Majesty."

The reorganization of the Eight Banners of Korea, Dolgon is completely to expand the military strength of the Qing Dynasty, anyway, the Eight Banners of Korea, like the Eight Banners of the Han Army, are the cannon fodder of the warriors of the Qing Dynasty, and they can be used to consume the power of the Ming army.

Therefore, at the beginning, the ministers of the DPRK and the central government and the owners of the banners and banners expressed their opposition, believing that the Koreans were different from the Han people, after all, they were a foreign country, and the Qing Dynasty did not have this precedent for using Koreans to organize the Eight Banners and horses.

In the end, it was Dolgon who asked, "If the Qing Dynasty is gone, where is there any precedent to talk about!" ”

With a single question, the opposition voices of the government and the opposition completely disappeared. Under the oppression of the Manchus, the Korean king Yi Liang continued to transfer the domestic elite into the territory of Liaodong, and "dedicated" it to Dolgon together with the domestic money and grain.

King Yi Liang of Joseon was the sixteenth monarch of the Joseon Dynasty, and during his reign, there were the Dingmao Rebellion and the Bingzi Rebellion, and Korea became a vassal state of the Manchu Dynasty.

In the eleventh year of Chongzhen in history, Li Liang led his ministers out of the mountain city of Nanhan and walked to the Sandian Duqing camp on the east bank of the Han River to meet the slave chief Taiji. Huang Taiji issued a decree to pardon him, and the two sides built an altar and swore an oath, and North Korea went to the next year, paid the edict seal given by the Ming Dynasty, and served the Manchu Qing Dynasty as Zhengshuo, contributed regularly, and sent two protons. Since then, Korea has been reduced from a vassal of the Ming Dynasty to a dog leg of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

At this time, Dolgon was asked about the Gushan Ezhen candidate of the Eight Banners of Korea, and after pondering for a long time, he said: "The Gushan Ejin of the Eight Banners of Korea really cannot use Koreans, and the available talents should be selected from the DPRK to fill the position." ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, but there was no unanimous opinion on the specific candidate.

Dolgon thought for a long time, and then said: "Spread the decree to promote the generals with outstanding achievements in the Eight Banners of Manchuria, to serve as the Eight Banners of North Korea, and order the bannermen to nominate suitable candidates, and report to me for selection within three days." ”

The crowd took the order.