Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 64 White Armored Soldiers

At this time in Beijing, a new military operation was brewing.

Early in the morning, Hong Chengchou, Ning Wan, I, and Fan Wencheng came to Prince Rui's Mansion in Dorgon.

Dorgon's Prince Rui's Mansion is the Nangong of Ming Dynasty, Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji lived here for a long time, Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen and Ming Dynasty Zong Zhu Qiyu were both under house arrest here.

But now, this place has become Dorgon's Prince Rui's residence.

Because the Forbidden City had been burned down by Li Zicheng, only the houses near the Jianji Hall remained unaffected, so Prince Rui's Mansion had become a temporary imperial palace.

Many major policies of establishing slavery were discussed in Prince Rui's residence.

"The time is ripe." Facing the three of Hong Chengchou, Dorgon said, "After the previous demonstrations, the Han officials and gentry in the pass must have a clear understanding of the military might of the Qing Dynasty. The kindness will definitely make other generations feel grateful to the Qing Dynasty, and it depends on the number of provinces north of the Yellow River."

Hong Chengchou breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and finally stopped killing.

After Ning Wan, Fan Wencheng and I said in unison: "The regent is wise."

Dorgon smiled and said, "Then suspend the implementation of the hair shaving order."

"Next, it's time to appease the place." Hong Chengchou said with a refreshed spirit, "I recommend the former Mingyuan Tongzhou governor Wang Aoyong as the right servant of the household department to appease Shandong and Henan."

"Sure." Dorgon nodded happily, "Let Wang Aoyong appease Shandong."

Ning Wan said to me: "Prince Regent, the villain is afraid of prestige but not virtue, so he only sends civil servants to appease the former Ming officials and gentry, so they must be supplemented by Eight Banners soldiers."

"It's natural." Dorgon said.

While he was talking, a coat came inside and reported: "Master, Jue Luo Bahana and Shi Tingzhu have arrived."

"Say Cao Cao, and Cao Cao will be there." Dorgon smiled slightly, and said, "Let them in quickly."

After a while, two tall generals came in, both of them were wearing white padded armor with copper nails, but the padded armor of the general on the left had a red border, while the general on the right did not.

As soon as they entered the door, the two generals immediately knelt down on one knee.

"The slave inlaid with a white flag and Gushan's forehead Zhenjue Luo Bahana greets the master."

"The servant is paying his respects to the master at the front of the real stone pillar on the front of the Gushan Mountain in the Han Army of the White Banner."

"Get up." Dorgon said solemnly, "You two are ready to go..."

Before the words were finished, another servant who was dressed in clothes hurried in.

Dorgon frowned and said, "Cao Eryu, what are you doing?"

"Master." Cao Eryu was so frightened that he quickly fell to his knees.

"The Weihui Mansion in Henan has an urgent delivery."

"Henan?" Dorgon said, "Bring it."

Cao Er is about to hand over the letter to Duo ErGun.

After Dorgon read the letter, his brows relaxed immediately.

Then he said to Jueluo Bahana and Shi Tingzhu: "You two go back and prepare. First, go to Weihui Mansion in Henan with Wu Weihua, and then enter Shanxi from Taihangxing or Baixing. Don't kill people, if you meet someone who refuses to surrender, then don't be soft, just kill them all!"

"Hey!" Jueluo Bahana and Shi Tingzhu agreed.

Because of this letter from the Weihui Mansion, there has been some deviation in history.

Originally, Jueluo Bahana and Shi Tingzhu were supposed to go to Shandong.

But now, the two were sent to Shanxi by Dorgon.

The two left, and Dorgon ordered Cao Eryu again: "You go and invite Zhen Yechen from Mount Gushan with the red flag."

When Cao Eryu snorted and was about to leave, Ning Wan and I reminded Dorgon in a low voice: "Prince Regent, it is best to let Xianghuang Banner or Zhenghuang Banner go to Shandong."

This is to remind Dorgon not to eat alone.

Dorgon changed his mind and said to Cao Eryu: "Let Bai Yintu come."

"Hey." Cao Eryu slapped a thousand times, got up and ran away.

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Of the Eight Banners Manchuria, the most honorable one is not the Zhenghuang Banner, but the Bordered Yellow Banner.

As the head of the Eight Banners Manchuria, the Xianghuang Banner is responsible for the emperor's guard, so even though Shunzhi has not yet entered the customs, the Eight Banners soldiers of the Xianghuang Banner have already entered the Forbidden City.

At this moment, a Jiala with a yellow flag is training on the grass fence of the Imperial Horse Supervisor in the Forbidden City.

In the Eight Banners military system, in theory, [-] people are compiled into a Niulu, five Niulu are compiled into a Jiala, and five Jiala are compiled into a Gushan, which is a banner.

Therefore, in theory, the number of soldiers in one banner is fixed at 7500, and the total number of eight banners is 60000.

But in fact this is not the case, because the nobles of the Eight Banners also have a tendency to fight for power and profit. After half a century of development and competition for power and profit, the number of troops among the banners is not balanced.

Moreover, the total number of Niu Lu has reached 311, with a total of more than [-] Eight Banners soldiers.

Among them, Xianghuang Banner has nearly 50 Niulu and nearly 15000 people.

At this time, one of Niulu was galloping on the fence, with more than 300 Eight Banners soldiers.

The military system of Jiannu is divided into three classes: Niulu, Jiala, and Gushan. The white-armored soldiers in the mouth of the Ming army.

A man with banner status automatically becomes a banner man when he reaches adulthood, which is equivalent to a reserve member of the Eight Banners.

Every Niu Lu will be selected from time to time, and the bannermen will become infantry as long as they reach the qualified level of riding and shooting.

The infantry here does not specifically refer to infantry, but is just a title, because Jiannu actually does not have a clear division of infantry and cavalry. Regardless of vest, infantry or banners, those who have horses will bring their own horses when they go out. Some well-to-do bannermen even bring their own coats and match them with horses.

Therefore, when Jiannu mounted his horse, he became a cavalry soldier, and when he dismounted, he became an infantry soldier.

However, Jiannu is better at infantry combat, and cavalry combat is actually not as good as the Eight Banners Mongolia.

After becoming a step armor, you need to accumulate military exploits to be promoted to a vest and a red tooth. The vest can share more spoils than the step armor and the red tooth.

The Jurchens are a fishing and hunting people.

For the Jurchens, fighting is also a kind of hunting.

So the division of the spoils also preserves the division of hunting.

The hunter who directly kills the prey can get an extra share of the meat, and the remaining meat is distributed in an orderly manner according to the status of the hunter. As long as everyone participates, everyone has a share.

There is no need for assessment or competition for vests and red teeth.

As long as the credit is enough, you can automatically be promoted to a higher level.

But Ba Yala with a higher status needs to be assessed and compete, because each Niulu has a fixed number of Ba Yala soldiers, only ten!A few Niu Lu will have a few more.

Sometimes even less than ten.

The standard of white armor soldiers is to rather lack than abuse.

If you want to become Ba Yala, 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 for Bayala, then there is no competition, only the assessment.

However, since the old slave started his army with thirteen armors, very few white armor soldiers have actually died on the battlefield in the past fifty years. These war machines are really powerful.

These white armored soldiers are humanoid tanks one by one.

Because every white-armored soldier wears three layers of armor, the innermost layer is chain mail, the middle is cotton armor, and the outside is covered with a layer of iron armor. It is difficult for knives, guns, arrows and even firecrackers to pose a threat.

Coincidentally, what is going on in the grass field at this moment is the competition of Ba Yala.

One of the young and strong waistcoats with the yellow flag wants to challenge Bayala of Ben Niulu.

This challenge even alarmed Gushan Ezhen Baiyin Tu of the Xianghuang Banner, who brought a dozen Jiala Ezhen, Meile Zhangjing, and Niu Lu Ezhen to watch the fun.

Young people who dare to challenge the white armor soldiers are rare.

Bai Yintu also wanted to see who was so bold?
"Boy, what's your name?" Bai Yintu looked at the young man in front of him.

He looks to be in his early twenties, with a thick back and a hulking waist, and he is almost six feet (1.92 meters) tall. No wonder, as the saying goes, the body does not lose strength, and this size is the material for a fierce general.

[Most of the ancient warriors were tall and strong, because the tall generals naturally had an advantage on the battlefield, just like the lightweight champions on the fighting field against the heavyweight champions, they basically only got instant kills]

The young man proudly said: "Return to the truth, the boy's name is Yabran."

"Yablan, right?" Bai Yintu nodded and said, "Who do you want to challenge?"

Speaking of this, Bai Yintu subconsciously glanced at the strong man standing beside him like an iron tower.

Yabran's eyes also fell on the strong man, and his eyes instantly revealed the color of enthusiasm: "I want to challenge the number one warrior in Manchuria, Batulu, who was appointed by Emperor Taizong, Lord Oboi!"

The Eight Banners soldiers who lined up, Bai Yintu and others were in an uproar.

Want to challenge Obai?Obai is the number one warrior in Manchuria!

There was also a fierce light in Aobai's eyes, he stepped forward and asked, "Yablan, are you sure?"

There was a sound of breathing in the paddock instantly, because Oboi's stature was also very tall, almost six feet tall, the two six-foot-long men stood face to face, their eyes met, as if a real murderous aura was constantly flowing from the two of them. The body is overflowing, and others can feel a strong sense of oppression just by looking at it from a distance.

"I'm sure." Yabran's eyes became more and more eager.

"Okay, courage is commendable!" Bai Yintu praised loudly.

"You will regret it." After finishing speaking, Aobai turned around to prepare.

"If I can't compare myself with the number one warrior in Manchuria, I will regret it for the rest of my life!" Instead of being intimidated by Oboi's aura, Yabulan became even more excited.

After he got down, he asked Bao Yi to put armor on him.

The first competition is a regular program, riding and shooting!
And must wear triple armor according to the standard of white armor soldiers.

"Quick, quick, put on my armor." Yabran got off his horse and called out to his coat servant, Zha Liangnian.

Zha Liangnian hurried forward at a trot and helped Yabran put on his armor, but because he was a little slow in his movements, he got scolded by Yabran.

In the end, he kicked Cha Liangnian to the ground.

After working for a long time, I finally put on the chain mail, the cotton armor inlaid with yellow flags, and the outermost straight iron armor, remounted the horse, and took out a pair of longbows.

It is a large bow unique to the Jurchens.

(End of this chapter)