December 1793 AD, the fifty-eighth year of Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty.
Outside Guihua City.
The wind is freezing.
However, it hasn't started snowing yet this year, and the withered grass has turned the grassland into a miserable gray.
On the endless gray grassland, flags of various colors rumbled in the cold wind.
It can be seen from the flag.
In addition to the eight banners of Mongolia, there are also the 49 banners of the 16 tribes and 49 banners of Monan Mongolia.
The Eight Banners of Mongolia and Monan Mongolia were the inner vassal barriers that the Qing court relied heavily on.
The Eight Banners of Mongolia are basically not much different from the Eight Banners of Manchuria. Bannermen from the Eight Banners of Mongolia can also occupy high positions and get more opportunities than the Han people.
Except for the sixteen tribes and forty-nine banners of Monan Mongolia.
The flags of the four Mongolian tribes of Mobei Khalkha, the Chechen Khan, the Tuxietu Khan, the Zhasak Tuhan, and the Saiyinnoyan tribe are also among them.
Among them, the Eight Banners Mongolia has 20,000 cavalry, the Monan Mongolia has 50,000 cavalry, and the Mobei Mongolia has 30,000 cavalry!
This is one hundred thousand Mongolian soldiers.
In the era of Genghis Khan, one hundred thousand Mongolian cavalry were enough to fight from Liaodong to the Aegean coast.
But at this time.
Chechen Khan Qiwang Dorzi, Tushetu Khan Minzhur Dorzi, Zasak Tuhan Bunilatna.
As well as the four Mobei Khalkha Mongolian chiefs, Lawang Dorji, Zasak (Flag Chief) of the Sayinnoyan Tribe, who was conferred as Prince Chaoyong by the Qing court, and the Forty-nine Banners of Monan The Zasaks all followed Emperor Qianlong on horseback and were reviewing the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers that had been pulled out from Beijing not long ago.
With the roar of muskets and artillery, the Mongolian Eight Banners imitated the Ming army's dragoons and organized rangers equipped with a large number of muskets, as well as the Manchurian Eight Banners' heavily armored cavalry, especially the Manchurian Eight Banners' infantry formations equipped with a large number of mortars and field artillery.
After some practice.
The formation was as slow as a forest, and the weapons were as aggressive as fire. These Mongolians, who had never seen the world and were taught by the Yellow Sect to be less ferocious than the Genghis Khan era, saw it in their eyes and were afraid in their hearts.
"How about it? Can you take a look at my army?"
Qianlong turned his head and looked at the four Khalkha Mongolian leaders with great satisfaction.
Several people smiled and complimented.
"The Great Emperor is invincible!"
"With such heavenly soldiers, how can the Han emperor defeat them?"
"He is truly a heavenly soldier of the Eight Banners!"
After hearing the compliments from several people, the smile on Qianlong's face did not diminish.
But there was a sigh in my heart.
Compared with before.
The current Eight Banners soldiers are indeed very good.
Under the threat of national subjugation and genocide, these Eight Banners disciples in Beijing no longer dare to give up their picks casually during training.
You can also suffer a little bit.
The queue also moved in style.
More importantly.
Under the guidance of craftsmen sent by Britain, Asbania and other countries, the Qing Dynasty was also able to produce advanced weapons and equipment such as flintlock muskets, field cannons, granular black powder, and wooden base shells.
With a large number of small-aperture mortars and field guns equipped.
Today's Eight Banners no longer pursues proficiency in hand-to-hand combat with bows and horses.
Instead, the pursuit is to move in a neat formation. What is practiced is not horseback archery, but the loading of muskets during the march, and the coordination of line infantry and artillery.
Such an Eight Banners army that has completed the reform of new weapons will be able to fight even against their ancestors.
But now the opponent they need to face is the Ming army whose muskets and artillery are far sharper than them.
In addition, the current Eight Banners, from Qianlong to the general military officers below, basically have "myophobia".
Even Qianlong himself didn't have much confidence in bringing such a decent-looking army to fight the Ming army.
But it is still very useful to take them out to the grassland to scare Mongolian bumpkins who have never seen much of the world.
It can be seen from the equipment of both sides.
Today's Mongols still hold bows and arrows from hundreds of years ago, and their current archery skills are not as good as those of the Mongolian soldiers in Genghis Khan's era.
The days of bows and arrows and machetes are over.
Not to mention the Mongolian tribes that are now divided into pieces by the Qing court.
Even if there is another great Khan in Mongolia now, he will unify all the Mongolian tribes.
The Mongolian warriors armed with bows, arrows and scimitars were no longer a match for muskets and artillery.
not to mention.
Just look at the appearance of the three Khans and the Zasak in Nakalkha.
Today's Mongolians no longer have the bravery of their ancestors - have you ever seen Genghis Khan's sons and grandsons as cowardly as these little boys?
"What a pity. Now is not the era when prairie men can dominate the world with bows, arrows and scimitars. Now is the era of muskets and artillery."
Qianlong was wearing yellow armor and an iron helmet on his head.
Holding the horse with one hand.
The waist is very straight.
Looks quite energetic.
Of course this is what these Mongolians see.
"If we compare muskets and artillery, how can the grassland compare to the Central Plains?" Qianlong turned to look at the leaders of the four Khalkha tribes and said.
"The great emperor and the Han people have regained power, what should we do?"
The person who spoke was Prince Chaoyong, Zhahakrawangdorzi of Saiyinnoyan tribe.
Although it is said that there is no king of Khan in Saiyinnuoyan tribe, Zhasak has a close relationship with the Qing court, which can be regarded as the sand mixed by the Qing court in Khalkha Mongolia.
Lawang Dorji himself was the consort of Qianlong's daughter Gu Lun and Princess Jing.
In the thirty-sixth year of Qianlong's reign, Lawang Dorji's grandfather Ce Ling passed away, and he was favored by his grandfather, Prince Chaoyong.
In the 40th year of Qianlong's reign, he was awarded the title of Minister of Internal Security and served as Qianlong's security guard in the Forbidden City for more than ten years.
It can be said that he was one of Qianlong's most trusted Mongolian ministers.
However, although Lawang Dorji was a super brave prince, he was actually very timid. He did not dare to offend Qianlong at all, and he carried out Qianlong's orders without compromise.
Now the two masters and servants are singing together, obviously they have rehearsed for a long time.
"Manchuria and Mongolia are one body. There are hundreds of millions of Han people in the world. How many of our Manchurian and Mongolian tribes are there? If we do not unite sincerely, I am afraid that the Han people will come to sweep the grasslands again in the future and seal the wolf as a slave." Qianlong shook his head and said.
"The Han people have heroes born every few hundred years. However, the heroes of the Han people are a huge disaster to us grassland tribes. Not to mention the distance, the battle of Lanyuyuerhai in the former Ming Dynasty severely damaged Emperor Yuan. Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, also raided the north several times, only to the point where the Mongolian tribes had to flee far away for refuge." Lawang Dorji said with a sigh.
"Now that the Ming Dynasty has been restored, this time the Han people, who have the most powerful muskets and artillery in the world, may really be able to wipe out the Manchu and Mongolian people!"
Qianlong looked up at the sky and sighed.
This was not just about scaring the other three Khalkha Khans.
But he really has such worries.
Qianlong was actually a very smart monarch.
Under his rule, the Eight Banners, which had been in ruins, recovered a lot. At least the Qianlong Dynasty could still dispatch the Eight Banners to fight - but in fact in the middle and late Kangxi period, the Eight Banners could hardly be fought.
Qianlong was able to restore the Eight Banners' ability to fight by spending money.
In fact, it’s already amazing.
And he also sees the general trend of the world very accurately.
After pen pal Louis was publicly performed the art of separation of body and head.
He immediately realized the harm that various ideas floating in Europe had to the rule of the Qing Dynasty, and immediately strengthened border control and literary prisons unprecedentedly, and even more severely suppressed the thoughts of the Han people.
From the perspective of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.
This Emperor Qianlong is really a wise master.
And in this case, it was not easy for him to pull out a large army relying on the Eight Banners to scare the Mongols on the grassland.
really.
Being frightened by Qianlong and Lavandol Jizu's master and servant.
Cold sweat began to flow out from the foreheads of the three Khalkha Khan kings.
Genocide.
How terrible.
The Eight Banners heavenly soldiers in front of him were already so terrifying.
How terrifying must the Ming army be, which cannot even defeat the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers?
It seems that the thighs of the Qing Dynasty are no longer thick enough.
Is it too late to hug Daming’s thigh now?
Unlike Monan Mongolia, which was almost completely controlled.
The three Khalkha Khan tribes still have considerable autonomy and strength.
The three units combined can pull out more than 30,000 cavalry.
The strength is still there.
and
It was not the Khalkha Mongols who offended the Han people too harshly.
It’s you Manchus, plus at most the Horqin tribe.
The rest of us Mongolians are innocent.
We are just herdsmen grazing on the grasslands, and we usually just pay tribute to the Buddhas.
They are all good Mongolians who believe in Buddhism.
They are different from you Manchus who bully the Han people.
The Emperor of Ming Dynasty was so wise, he must have known about it.
Moreover, it was hundreds of years ago when the Mongols were very ferocious, not to mention that the Han people also took revenge back then - Zhu Di was so ferocious back then. He basically emptied Monan, and all the Mongolian tribes were killed but not many People.
The deep hatred and hatred of that year were finally cleared up.
Now the Ming Dynasty has risen again.
Except for Horqin, the other Mongols did not benefit much this time.
It's definitely not worthy of being exterminated.
But I definitely wouldn't dare to say this in front of Qianlong.
Although the three Khans of Khalkha all consider themselves to be honest and good Mongolians.
But they are also thoughtful, and they will definitely not be so stupid.
Seeing the three thoughtful and honest King Khan, he didn't say a word.
Qianlong snorted in his heart.
Fortunately, they were transferred to Guihua City to form an alliance before they went to contact the Ming Dynasty.
Otherwise, these three Khan tribes will definitely become mere wallflowers.
Now that the three Khans are here, they must not be released back to Mobei casually.
This is a top priority related to whether the Qing Dynasty can retain its power outside the customs.
"So now we all have to unite! Only by uniting can we find a way to survive!"
"Great Emperor, how can we unite?"
Lavandolzi is definitely a fan.
"Of course we have to launch the Eight Banners!"
"The Eight Banners?"
The three Khan kings looked at each other.
"Great Emperor, what are the Great Eight Banners?"
Chechen Khan Tsivandorzi asked cautiously.
"Naturally, we want to completely integrate Manchuria and Mongolia into one. I want to merge the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of Manchuria to form the Great Eight Banners that is not divided into Manchuria and Mongolia. At the same time, I want to recruit warriors in Monan and Mobei to enrich the Great Eight Banners. In the future, the Mongolian banners of Zasak I and the Khans don’t need to worry about the war, just concentrate on herding, and let the Eight Banners take full responsibility for the war.”
Qianlong said.
This is actually a replica of the "banner generals and Han soldiers" in Han Dynasty.
It's just a matter of replacing Han soldiers with Mongolian soldiers.
Originally, the banners of Monan and the four Mongolian tribes of Khalkha all had the right to lead troops.
But now Qianlong wants to directly recruit herdsmen as soldiers in Monan and Mobei, and reduce the power of the leaders of the four banners, Zhasak and Khalkha.
At the same time, by absorbing the best of the Mongolian tribes, it became the Great Eight Banners without distinction between Manchu and Mongolia.
Take complete control of the capable warriors on the grassland.
This way.
When Qianlong arrived on the grassland, he could make decisions with a single word, and he had almost the same power as when he was emperor in Han Dynasty.
"What? You don't want to?"
Qianlong saw the three Khan kings stunned on the spot.
With a cold snort, Lawang Dorji and several Manchu Batulu beside him had already put their hands on the handle of the knife.
See this scene.
How dare the three Khalkha Khans say no?
He immediately shouted that the emperor was wise.
(End of chapter)
