Daming Military Empire

Chapter 130 Sun Moon Dragon Banner
Why didn't Huang Taiji come to sneak attack?Just as Shi Kefa guessed, he was a little afraid to come.When he just rushed to the Chahar Department, he heard that the little emperor had mobilized more than 20 troops to garrison Zunhua to the cities on the front line of the capital, especially Zunhua, who sent [-] troops to garrison in one go. coming.

When all his 20 troops were assembled, the spies from Shuntian Mansion found out that Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of the five provinces, was leading an army of 15 to Zunhua, and it was less than two days away from Zunhua.He directly put out the thought of going to sneak attack, what a joke, just Zunhua has assembled 25 Ming troops, he is going to die!
Since you can't sneak attack, you have to consider defense. Judging by the attitude of the little emperor, at the beginning of next spring, at least 50 million troops will be assembled to fight him in Liaodong. He has less than 20 troops in the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty. He will definitely fight There is no chance of winning at all.The only hope now is the various ministries of Mongolia. If they are allowed to gather with all their strength, there will definitely be more than 15, and 25 may be possible. Not dangerous anymore.

Such things as slavery to bully the master are the patents of his Houjin. Naturally, he will not let the Mongolian ministries learn to bully his Houjin. He thought hard and came up with a series of tricks:
First of all, he summoned the leaders of the various Mongolian tribes together, and solemnly promised that in the future, the Manchu and Mongolian tribes will unite and harmonize together. You no longer have to worry about food issues.

Then, he notified the Jurchen ministries to send all the young Belegegs to the Mongolian grasslands to have a big marriage with the various Mongolian ministries to enhance the relationship between the two parties.

In the end, he also wrote a blank check. As long as the main force of the Ming army can be defeated in this battle, he will take advantage of the trend and move south to destroy the Ming Dynasty. At that time, all the northern provinces will be enfeoffed to the Mongolian ministries!

The leaders of the various Mongolian ministries are not fools either. If there is no real benefit, who will mess around with you.

Huang Taiji was already prepared. He immediately took out a map of Liaodong, and marked out the area occupied by the Ming army first, and then divided it directly in the middle. Little half.Now the leaders of the various Mongolian ministries were moved. How did they know that as soon as the war started, the Ming army would first recover the southeastern part of Liaodong.

The following marriage to Huang Taiji was even more bleak. Under his signal, Belegeg, the governor of the Jurchen Eight Banners, divided each part of Mongolia, and the Eight Banners were probably divided into Mongolian tribes that could muster about [-] troops.Then Huang Taiji directly divided their troops into one group, and they all acted together with their own children and relatives. You are not afraid of being tricked, are you?Their sons, daughters and relatives may not cheat them, but Huang Taiji intends to cheat their sons and daughters and relatives too!

In this way, Huang Taiji left Belegeg of all the tribes in Mongolia to slowly marry each other, while he himself returned to Shengjing to prepare to deal with the sharp weapon of the Ming army.

Huang Taiji was busy preparing for the next year's war, and Zhu Cijiong would not be idle. As soon as he heard that all the Mongolian ministries had gone back to hold wedding events, he knew that Huang Taiji had no plans to come for a surprise attack, so he made preparations. The long-term army operation began.

His campaign to reorganize the army is mainly aimed at the various disadvantages of the Ming army at the time of Chongzhen:

For example, the commander-in-chiefs were obsessed with the superintendents or governors appointed by the imperial court at zero time, and they either flinched or led the troops to flee when they fought. Every time they lost in a battle, they were inexplicably and extremely useless;
Another example is that the soldiers of the Ming army were weak-willed and had no aggressiveness. If there was a slight inconvenience in the battle, they would be defeated. There were millions of troops in the sky, but they were chased by more than [-] Qing troops.

Another example is that the command is chaotic, and they like to divide and attack together. Every time they are defeated by the Qing army one by one, there is no joint force at all, and half of the combat effectiveness is not displayed.

These disadvantages are all related to the military system of the Ming Dynasty. Since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang has implemented military settlements, temporary formations during wars, disarmed and returned to the fields after wars, and generals are also temporarily appointed by the court. Leading the team, there are even cases of eunuchs leading the army!
This kind of military system can save a lot of military expenses, but it has lowered the combat effectiveness of the Ming army by several levels. How can such a semi-professional army realize Zhu Cijiong's dream of dominating the world, so he decided to reorganize the army and change the military system.

Now the entire Ming Dynasty is in a frenzied atmosphere, and the whole country is shouting and beating. If anyone dares to come out at this time to prevent the emperor from cleaning up the slaves and restoring Liaodong, he will definitely be drowned by the spittle of the people all over the country, so , Zhu Cijiong boldly began to reform the military system under the pretext of marching into Liaodong.

His first decree was to announce the establishment of regular legions, each with 10 troops, with one general, two generals, two lieutenants, four participating generals, eight guerrilla generals, and the rest Baizong still uses the old system.

In the past, in any battles, the commanders and envoys from all over the country temporarily summoned soldiers and horses, and then the Ministry of War temporarily appointed the chief general, chief soldier, deputy general, etc. to command the army, piece together everything, and return to their original positions after the battle. What experience can you have? Accumulation, what fighting power can there be.

Zhu Cijiong simply turned all the generals into fixed positions. After the army is established, unless it is wiped out by the enemy, this system will always exist. Usually, it will be practiced in the designated place. Once there is a war, it can be transferred to the front line immediately.

The second decree is to divide the army into three classes. The head of the first-class army will be the admiral, who is a general of the first rank. The monthly salary of the soldiers of the army is three taels, which is three times that of the original army; From the first-rank military generals, the monthly salary of the legionnaires is two taels, which is twice that of the original army; the third-class army commander will be the admiral, and the second-rank generals, the monthly salary of the legionnaires is one tael, which is the same as the original army salary.

The level of the legion is divided according to the record. If you win a battle, you will be promoted, and if you lose a battle, you will be downgraded.

This is mainly to motivate all the troops to fight for victory bravely. The more victories are fought, the higher the salaries of the soldiers, and the higher the rank of the general. In this way, from top to bottom, they will try their best to win, and they will not be lazy and have no fighting spirit.

The third decree is to use the Sun and Moon Dragon Banner as the commander-in-chief flag of all legions. The Sun and Moon Dragon Banner, with a pure black background, is solemn and solemn. In the middle is a golden five-clawed golden dragon, which is exactly the same as the one on his dragon robe. The corners are the sun and moon patterns, and the different legion levels have different sun and moon patterns.

The sun and the moon of the first-class legion shine together, the sun is fiery red, and the moon is silvery white;
The sun is full and the moon is short, the sun is a fiery red sun, and the moon is only a silver edge and the middle is empty;
The moon is full and the sun is short, the sun is a fiery red circle with an empty space in the middle, and the moon is silvery white.

The sun, moon and dragon flag, the totem of the Ming army, is a topic that historians of later generations have been studying. They don't understand why a flag can make the Ming army so fanatical.Wherever the dragon flag went, the Ming army was as brave and fearless as if they had taken a maddening potion. Even later, when Ming's enemies saw the dragon flag, they would howl in misery:

"My God, the Sun Moon Dragon Banner is a regular legion of the Ming Empire, run quickly."

"Red Kidney, Sun Moon Dragon Banner is the main force of Ming Dynasty, don't shoot, don't shoot, we surrender."

"Oh, those who bought cakes, the Sun Moon Dragon Banner, the Sun Moon Tonghui, is the first-class army of the Ming Empire, we are finished!"

These are all things for later, so I won’t show them for the time being.

Zhu Cijiong's fourth will is to divide the legions. He did not favoritism in the grading of the legions, but divided them fairly based on the record of previous wars:
The Tianxiong Army, facing the main force of bandits without fear, marched forward bravely, defeated Wang Jiayin's army, which was the most powerful bandit bandit, in World War I, wiped out more than [-] enemies and captured more than [-] prisoners; defeated the main force of the bandit coalition forces in World War II, wiped out more than [-] enemies and captured [-] prisoners Yu is a well-deserved elite division, designated as the first-class regiment of the Ming Dynasty, awarded the Sun and Moon Dragon Banner, the sun and the moon shine together, the main general Lu Xiangsheng was promoted to the rank of admiral, and the title of first-rank general.

The First Corps of the Imperial Guard Army defeated the Jiannu siege army and protected the safety of the capital during the first Jiannu attack on the capital; repelled the Jiannu main force in the Liaodong Great Victory, and participated in the Gaizhou siege battle, with outstanding military exploits , designated as the first-class army of the Ming Dynasty, awarded the sun and moon dragon flag, the sun and the moon shine together, and the leader Qin Liangyu continued to serve as the admiral, with the title of first-rank general.

The Qin army performed well in the battle against thieves in Shaanxi, and performed equally well in the great victory in Liaodong. .

The Guan Ning Army performed equally well in the Liaodong Great Victory. It was designated as the second-class army of the Ming Dynasty, awarded the Sun and Moon Dragon Banner, and the sun was full and the moon was short.

The Liaodong Army performed equally well in the Liaodong Great Victory. It was designated as the second-class army of the Ming Dynasty.

The Second Legion of the Imperial Guard has no record of participating in the war. It is designated as the third-class regiment of the Ming Dynasty. It is awarded the Sun and Moon Dragon Banner.

The Dongjiang Army lacked the record of participating in the war, so it was designated as the third-class army of the Ming Dynasty. It was awarded the Sun-Moon-Dragon Banner.

The other armies have not been rated for the time being, and the army will be formed after the Liaodong War.

These legions, except the Second Army of the Imperial Guard, will participate in the Liaodong recovery battle next year, so they will become the first batch of legions to be rectified. The Qin Army, Guanning Army, Liaodong Army, and Dongjiang Army are all far away in Liaodong. Zhu Cijiong is still unable to For a thorough rectification, we can only pass on the will to Sun Chengzong first, and let him do the preliminary preparations, so that he can quickly rectify and go into battle in the spring of the next year.

Now, the main rectification is the Tianxiong Army, the First Army of the Imperial Guard, and the Second Army of the Imperial Guard. First of all, the appointment of the generals of each army is the first and second regiment of the Imperial Guard. The original team didn't move, just line up according to position and military merit.

The Tianxiong Army changed a lot. Cao Wenzhao, the commander-in-chief, has been promoted to the chief general of the Guanning Army. Zhu Cijiong finally selected Xu Hongye and Zhang Liwei as the new commander-in-chief. The other generals will be promoted in turn according to their military merits. He will not say that once the battle is over, he will go his separate ways, like a passer-by with no sense of belonging to the army he leads.Of course, this is only the first step. Later, we will slowly establish and improve military regulations and disciplines, strengthen drills, test in actual combat, and so on.

After all the generals of the legions have been confirmed, it will be a grand flag-giving ceremony. Zhu Cijiong chose an auspicious day, and recruited Lu Xiangsheng, Shi Kefa, and the generals who defended the cities along the line from Zunhua to the capital, and then arranged the Victory Square After a while, they gathered [-] elites from the First Corps of the Imperial Guard, and handed over the Sun Moon Dragon Banner to Qin Liangyu, Lu Xiangsheng, and Shi Kefa under the witness of hundreds of thousands of people in the capital.

This is a historic moment. From then on, the Sun Moon Dragon Banner was born out of nowhere, accompanying the great Ming army to sweep across the world.

The sun, moon and dragon flags strengthen my morale, and the great Ming army is invincible in the world!
(End of this chapter)