February 1, 1678.
The first month of the eighteenth year of Kangxi.
In the city of Tashkent, outside the palace where the Mongolian Khan Aisin Gioro Wu Xuanye was stationed, there were many tall white-armored men wearing various kinds of cotton armor.
Today's white-armored soldiers are no longer the guards and soldiers who had little martial arts and only knew how to mess around. Instead, Kangxi referred to the old rules before the Qing Dynasty entered the customs and selected them from the eight banners of the "United Qing Dynasty". The most capable vest warrior ever produced! Although the total number is only a thousand, all of them are strong men with superb martial arts skills. Once they stand here, they show an amazing momentum.
In this "Four Kingdoms United Western Expedition", Kang Mazi's thousand white armored soldiers formed a cavalry battalion and were incorporated into the Western Expedition of the Qing Dynasty. During the Western Expedition, they and Galdan's command Together with the musketeers led by Anukodon himself, they serve as the vanguard of the entire army!
In addition to these thousand Bajala white-armored soldiers, there are also a full 50,000 "Mongolian cavalry" that Kangxi, Galdan and Sima Yi "exposed" today! Among them, those belonging to Kangxi Khan were the ten field brigades belonging to the Western Expedition Army of the Qing Dynasty. Although these ten brigades do not sound like elites in name, they are actually solid elite soldiers, all of whom were recruited from the "Hezhonghua" Elites selected from the Eight Banners Army and Green Camp soldiers.
The so-called "United States", in layman's terms, means that the soldiers are the generals, the land is the generals, and then everyone comes together to form a country, which is called the United States.
After Kangxi barely defeated Fuquan and returned to Beijing, which was loyal to him, he did not seek to restore centralization of power - if he really wanted to seek centralization of power, the Qing Dynasty would have fallen apart at that time. Fortunately, Kangxi recognized the reality in time and chose to return to the "United System" similar to the early Qing Dynasty.
Of course, the current situation is no longer the same as it was in the early Qing Dynasty, so the legality of this "United States" is also different.
The "Zhong" of "He Zhong" in the early Qing Dynasty were mainly members of the Aixinjueluo family. The masters of each Niulu in the Eight Banners at that time were all Nurhachi's nephews, so "He Zhong Qing" at that time was basically a family business. Even later, many Eight Banners Han troops, Eight Banners Mongolia and Green Camp were added. But those who are really in power are a group of major shareholders named Aixinjueluo.
But in the Kangxi Dynasty, most of the Aisin Gioro Eight Banners were suppressed by Doama and Shunzhi and could not get up. Although they became more frightened later, their power was no longer what it used to be. Therefore, after Kangxi defeated Fuquan, he carried out an "asset reorganization", not only reorganizing the Eight Banners, but also reorganizing the Green Camp and Tuanlian. After sorting out the flag armies, green battalions, and regiments under the Qing Dynasty, they were all assigned to military leaders of all sizes.
Among them, Zuoling is the smallest general unit of the Eight Banners, while the smallest general unit of Green Camp and Tuanlian is the battalion.
After reorganization, the total number of subordinates of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, Mongolia, and Han Army reached 1,200, and the number of subordinate leaders of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, Mongolia, and Han Army reached as many as 400! Although the number of subordinates increased greatly, the number of people under each subordinate dropped from the 200 prescribed in the Huang Taiji period to 150. In addition, the wrappers and collars no longer exist, and the original wrappers of each flag have been carried into the eight banners. The person who opened the account and the other person also became a regular member.
Under this "slave door wide open" operation, the total amount of the Eight Banners reached an unprecedented 180,000!
Of course, the full content of these 180,000 Qiding can no longer be compared with the full content of Qiding in the early years of Kangxi.
Of the 180,000 full-capacity Eight Banners, which was no longer very high, only three-eighths, that is, the 67,500 belonging to the Two Yellow Banners and the Zhengbai Banner, needed Kangxi to solve the problem of food and salary livelihood. These more than 58,000 people are the direct descendants of Kangxi Khan.
As for the other 112,500 Eight Banners, their respective banner owners will find ways to do so within their territories.
After the reorganization, the Green Battalion and the regiment training camp have a total of 400 battalion heads. Each battalion head has a troop strength of 500, and the total troop strength is 200,000!
Among them, 50 battalions with a total of 25,000 troops were under the direct control of Kangxi.
Adding the Eight Banners, Green Camp, and Tuan Lian together, the total number of troops is 380,000. However, these 380,000 Eight Banners, Green Camp, and Tuan Lian are the number of soldiers in the military rolls, not the number incorporated into the field troops.
As for the establishment of field troops in the Qing Dynasty, it is now similar to that of the Zhou Dynasty and Ming Dynasty - they are all copying each other's homework! However, because there are more military leaders in the Qing Dynasty, the flag army rarely becomes a two-level organization of "army" and "town". Instead, it prefers to be organized into a double-camp system of "standard" and a four-camp system. "Brigade".
The "Western Expedition Army" that Kangxi led on the Western Expedition was actually a "town"-level unit, and the Tuntian Brigade was composed of ten banner army commanders plus three green battalions and regimental training battalions. force. However, those who were selected by Kangxi to come to the "open base" in the Mughal area were the commanders or battalions who were more able to endure hardships and had relatively strong combat effectiveness. The flag troops among them all originally belonged to the Eight Banners of Chahar and were later organized into The Mongolian banner army that entered the Eight Banners of Mongolia. The three green battalions selected from the 50 green battalions directly under Kangxi were also recruited from northern Zhili and Datong Prefecture. Everyone can ride a horse and wear Mongolian leather robes. Armed with scimitars, bows and arrows, and matchlocks, they are exactly the same as other Mongolian musketeers.
At least Yazikov, the envoy of the Rakshasa Kingdom, and Ibrahim Pasha, the envoy of the Ottoman Empire, met them and could not tell who was the real Mongolia and who was the pseudo-Mongolia.
When they followed Nan Huairen and Portuguese bannerman Rodoni, who were sent by Kangxi to entertain them, and entered the overwhelming Tashkent camp, they looked at the Mongolian cavalry lined up on both sides of an open straight road for cavalry to enter and exit the camp. All have produced the views of "quite powerful" and "outdated".
Of course the tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry here are powerful! Not only do they look strong, but they are also musketeers!
This would have happened decades earlier. When the Rurik dynasty was extinct and the Poles took advantage of the opportunity to ravage the land of Rakshasa, these tens of thousands of Mongolian musketeers were going to rush in, and they might even compete with Poland. The Rakshasa Kingdom was divided among them.
But now, the Rakshasa Kingdom is not afraid of these long-outdated musketeers - these musketeers are also equipped with flintlocks, which are somewhat useful, but they all carry matchlocks on their backs. How can they be used on horseback? If you really want to shoot, you have to dismount and become an infantryman. This kind of gameplay has long been outdated in Europe, that is, there are still people playing this way in the backward East.
In addition, Yazikov and Ibrahim Pasha saw more than a dozen small-caliber sub-cannons carried by camels outside Kangxi's palace.
This kind of artillery has a very short range because the gun leaks easily. Moreover, the caliber of the camel-carrying cannon is very small, and it usually can't hold much shotgun shells, so its firepower is very weak. The only advantage is probably that the subgun can be replaced, and the rate of fire is slightly higher than that of the front-loading gun.
These more than a dozen sub-cannons were moved to fire the salute. When Yazikov and Ibrahim Pasha arrived at the entrance of Kangxi's palace, more than a dozen sub-cannons began to fire. The sound of the cannon rumbled, and black smoke spewed out from the muzzle - it was obvious that the quality of the gunpowder was not high and there were many impurities, which would further reduce the already limited range of the combined cannon.
It seems that the artillery of this Mongolian Western Expedition Army is just a decoration. If it encounters the artillery of the Rakshasa Kingdom's shooting army, it will be for nothing.
After the cannon salute was fired, the Great Khan of the Great Mongol Kingdom did not appear immediately. Instead, a group of Mongolian officials and a dignified deputy khan came. I don't know if these people are afraid of fighting the powerful Rakshasa Kingdom, because they all have sad faces and seem to be worried.
Spafali Milescu, the deputy envoy of the Rakshasa Kingdom who accompanied Yazikov, knew the Khan, so he quietly told Yazikov in Russian: "Mr. Ambassador, that handsome Mongolian is Junggar The leader, because he took refuge with Kangxi Khan in time, was named the Golden Horde Khan!"
"Khan of the Golden Horde?" Yazikov snorted, "What a huge ambition!"
Milescu, who once served as an envoy to the Junggar tribe, laughed and said: "This is not Galdan's ambition, but that Kangxi Khan did not overestimate his capabilities. He is an outdated figure."
Yazikov turned his head and asked Nan Huairen in Latin: "Father, have you been following the Mongolian Khan?"
"Yes," Nan Huairen smiled. "When he was a child, I was assigned as his teacher, responsible for teaching him Latin and mathematics."
"He still understands Latin?" Yazikov asked, "Then he should know about things in the world. He should know the power of Rakshasa!"
"Uh" Nan Huairen smiled awkwardly, "Mr. Ambassador, with all due respect, the information about Rakshasa that the Great Khan can obtain through Latin shows that Rakshasa is a backward country."
"This" Yazhikov was speechless by these words.
But what they said is correct. Among foreigners who can reach China and speak Latin, who would think that Rakshasa is a powerful country?
At this time Milescu reminded: "Ambassador, this shows that the Mongolian Khan does not understand our Rakshasa, and he underestimates the enemy!"
Yazikov nodded.
Rakshasa does feel a bit backward to Westerners. But this is very beneficial to the Rakshasa army in defeating the Mongols!
These Mongols probably thought they were fighting the internally divided Kievan Rus, right?
Yazikov and Ibrahim Pasha waited outside Kangxi Khan's palace for a long time, but still did not wait for Kangxi Khan.
Both of them were getting a little anxious while waiting. Ibrahim Pasha was less patient. He turned around and asked Nan Huairen and Luo Dongni in Latin: "Father, Deputy Minister (Minister of the Lifanyuan), where is the Khan? Why?" Haven’t shown up yet?”
Portuguese-born Rodoni said: "The Great Khan and his brothers"
"Cough! Cough!" Nan Huairen coughed twice, interrupting Luo Dongni who almost told the "truth".
At this moment, a man with a drake voice suddenly shouted in Latin: "Please come to us, Ambassador Yazikov of the Rakshasa Kingdom, and Ibrahim, Ambassador of the Ottoman Kingdom!"
Nan Huairen and Luo Dongni made a sign of respecting guests together, and then led the way, inviting Yazikov, Ibrahim Pasha, and their deputy envoys into Kangxi's palace.
The atmosphere in the palace was very depressing. The courtyard was filled with guards wearing yellow mantles and swords. Kangxi was sitting on a chair covered with tiger skin outside the door of a large house. Mayan looked furious, and he didn't know who had offended him?
Yazikov and Ibrahim both heard Rodoni mention "the brother of the Great Khan" just now, so they both guessed that there must be a conflict between the Great Khan of Mongolia and his brother.
When the two of them were wondering whether there would be a civil strife in Mongolia, the angry Kangxi had already spoken, but also in Latin: "Which of you is the messenger of the Rakshasa people?"
"Your Majesty the Great Khan, I am Yazikov, the envoy of the Rakshasa Tsar."
Kangxi nodded and interrupted rudely without letting Yazhikov finish his words: "Go back and tell your tsar to have his people withdraw from the Siberian Khanate and the Kipchak grassland immediately! Otherwise, his country will be destroyed." Like Kievan Rus, we will be completely destroyed by Mongolia!"
"Your Majesty, you are so unreasonable. This is no longer the 13th century! Our Rakshasa Empire is not the fragile Kiev Rakshasa Principality. We have already destroyed your Mongolian Golden Horde!"
"Bold!" Kangxi roared angrily, "If you Rakshasa people want to fight, then come and fight! Today's Great Mongolia is not afraid of any enemy, especially the Rakshasa people!"
As he spoke, Kangxi pointed at Yazhikov again and roared: "Go out and take my letter of challenge to your tsar. Tell him that I am waiting for him on the Qinchak grassland. If he dares not come before the end of summer, If we fight, then I’m going to capture Chengji Tula!”
Chengghi-Tula was the former capital of the Siberian Khanate. It was located in the Tyumen Prefecture of the later Rakshasa Kingdom, three to four thousand miles away from Tashkent. Even if Kangxi Khan wanted to send troops to fight, he would have to walk for several months. Taking into account the climate in Siberia, he had only a few years to develop northward steadily and mastered all the Kipchak grasslands. It was impossible for him to get involved in Chengji-Tula.
So when he heard Kangxi threatening Chenggi-Tula, Yazikov didn't panic at all. It seemed that the Mongolian Khan didn't quite know how terrible the terrain and climate of Siberia were!
At this time, Rodoni interrupted his thoughts and whispered: "Go quickly, go quickly and don't make the Khan angry! The Khan is in a bad mood today."
Yazhikov raised his head and looked at Kangxi Khan again. He was a somewhat ugly man with pits on his face, which was a bit scary. It was better not to mess with him. So he bowed to Kangxi as usual, then turned around and left with his deputy and followed Luo Dongni.
"Your name is Ibrahim?" Kangxi glared at Ibrahim Pasha, who had said little just now, and asked, "Aren't you Ottoman Turks at war with the Rakshasa Kingdom? Why do you come to me together now? Don't you? beated?"
"Your Majesty the Great Khan," Ibrahim Pasha said, "we, the Ottoman Empire, have signed a peace agreement with the Rakshasa Empire and will no longer fight."
"Oh." Kangxi nodded, "Then I don't want to fight with you Ottomans. In addition to regaining the Kipchak grassland and the Siberian Khanate, I also want to open up the land trade route to your Ottoman Empire. In the future, we will produce Silk, tea, porcelain and spices from the East can be transported directly to the West via stable and safe land instead of by sea. I wonder what the Ottoman Sultan wants?"
Ibrahim Pasha replied: "Of course His Majesty the Sultan will not refuse trade, but he is the suzerain of the three Central Asian Khanates of Kazakhstan, Bukhara, and Khiva. Your war against these three countries is a war against the Ottoman Empire." Offended!"
"What?" Kangxi was angry again, "The three khanates of Kazakhstan, Bukhara, and Khiva all came from Uzbek Uluth, and Uzbek Uluth came from the Golden Horde. He was the younger brother of Batu Khan, Yue Jibie. When did Uluse develop into a vassal of the Ottoman Empire?"
"His Majesty the Great Khan does not know that His Majesty the Sultan is also the Caliph of the Tianfang Sect. He is the leader of the Muslim people and the shadow of Allah cast on the world. So."
"Shut up!" Kangxi continued to be furious, "What shadow of Allah? I am still the son of Changshengtian! You go back and tell your Sultan that if he is willing to do business, then we will make a fortune together. If he wants to go to war, we Mongolians Stay with me until the end!"
As he spoke, Kangxi waved his hand again and sent the Turks away, while he stood up and left in a swaggering manner under the protection of a group of guards.
And Ibrahim looked at his back and said to himself: What a violent monarch. His brothers must be living in fear and will be killed at any time, right? He doesn’t know what will happen to the brother who offended him?
Fu Quanku was sitting in the lamasery, waiting for the eminent monk Galdan brought with him to shave him. After the tonsure, he would be a monk who could see through the world of mortals! And I will go to the West soon.
Kangxi must have wanted to kill him for a long time, but in order to avoid the panic of the "number of ministers" who surrendered and surrendered, he only kept him until now.
Now that Kangxi's power should be stable, it's time to get rid of him and Fuquan!
"Creak" a light sound.
The door of the Zen room where Fuquan was located was pushed open. It was time for the tonsure!
Fuquan sighed, stood up and clasped his hands, wanting to pray to the eminent monk, but he saw two priests coming in from the door. One of them was Nan Huairen, and the other was a Portuguese priest who was originally under Rodoni. , is now Nan Huairen’s assistant.
"Master Nan, aren't you a monk? Why are you? Does the Emperor want me to be a priest?"
"Fuquan." Nan Huairen spoke and asked his assistant to close the door, "The emperor wants your life. Do you think you can really die in a temple in the snow?"
"I, I" Fuquan burst into tears, "What should I do? What can I do?"
"You can escape!" Nan Huairen lowered his voice, "Now is an opportunity. The Rakshasa people's envoy has been driven away by the emperor. It's a great opportunity for you to sneak in, leave with them, and flee to the Rakshasa Kingdom for refuge! "
"Me, am I going to be a Rakshasa?" Fuquan was stunned, "Then I won't become a traitor to the Qing Dynasty?"
(End of chapter)
