Chapter 206 Qianlong’s Eight Banners

December 1793 AD, the fifty-eighth year of Qianlong’s reign in the Qing Dynasty.

Outside Guihua City.

The wind is freezing cold.

However, it has not started to snow this year, and the withered pasture has dyed the grassland a miserable gray.

On the endless gray grassland, flags of various colors jangled in the cold wind.

It can be seen from the flag.

When you come here, in addition to the eight banners of the Eight Mongolian Banners, there are also the 16 Divisions and 49 Banners of Monan Mongolia.

The Eight Banners of Mongolia and the 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.

Being frightened by Qianlong and Lavandol Jizu's master and servant.

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, wooden bases and shells.

"Naturally, we want to completely unite Manchuria and Mongolia. 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 will be 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.”

In addition, the current Eight Banners, from Qianlong to the general military officers below, basically have "myophobia".

"With such heavenly soldiers, how can the Han emperor defeat them?"

What's more important is.

"So now we all have to unite! Only by uniting can we find a way to survive!"

Qianlong snorted in his heart.

Now the Ming Dynasty has risen again.

But I definitely wouldn't dare to say this in front of Qianlong.

"They are truly the Heavenly Soldiers of the Eight Banners!"

After some practice.

"What? You don't want to?"

This large formation was as slow as a forest, and its firearms 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.

Take complete control of the capable warriors on the grassland.

Not to mention the Mongolian tribes that are now divided into pieces by the Qing court.

It can be said that he was one of Qianlong's most trusted Mongolian ministers.

It's you Manchus, plus at most the Horqin tribe.

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.

The three units combined can pull out more than 30,000 cavalry.

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.

Qianlong was wearing yellow armor and an iron helmet on his head.

Chechen Khan Qiwan Dorzi asked cautiously.

really.

This was not just about scaring the other three Khalkha Khans.

Fortunately, they were transferred to Guihua City to form an alliance before they went to contact the Ming Dynasty.

In the thirty-sixth year of Qianlong's reign, Lawang Dorji's grandfather Ce Ling passed away, and he was besieged by his grandfather, Prince Chaoyong.

Even Qianlong himself didn't have much confidence in bringing such a decent-looking army to fight the Ming army.

Qianlong was actually a very smart monarch.

The rest of us Mongolians are innocent.

"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.

Qianlong looked up at the sky and sighed.

In fact, it’s already amazing.

At the same time, by absorbing the best of all Mongolian tribes, it became the Great Eight Banners regardless of Manchuria or Mongolia.

The Mongolian warriors armed with bows, arrows and scimitars were no longer a match for muskets and artillery.

Lavandolzi must be a favorite.

The Eight Banners heavenly soldiers in front of me are already so terrifying.

Although the three Khans of Khalkha all consider themselves to be honest and good Mongolians.

"Great Emperor, what is the Great Eight Banners?"

Otherwise, these three tribes will definitely become mere wallflowers.

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.

This way.

During the era of Genghis Khan, one hundred thousand Mongolian cavalry were enough to fight from Liaodong to the Aegean coast.

They are all good Mongolians who believe in Buddhism.

Even if there is another great Khan in Mongolia now, he will unify all the Mongolian tribes.

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.

"How about it? Can you take a look at my army?"

Reining the war horse with one hand.

It is definitely not worthy of being exterminated.

This can be seen from the equipment of both sides.

"The great emperor and the Han people have regained power, what should we do?"

The days of bows and arrows and scimitars are over.

"Now 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!"

The three Khalkha Khan tribes still have considerable autonomy and strength.

Qianlong could restore the Eight Banners' ability to fight by spending money.

The strength is still there.

Instead, we should pursue a neat formation, and what we practice is not horseback riding and archery, but the loading of muskets during the march, and the coordination of line infantry and artillery.

The queue also moved in a decent manner.

Such an Eight Banners army that has completed the reform of new weapons will be able to fight even against their ancestors.

Of course this is what these Mongolians see.

"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 distant past, 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.

You can also suffer a little bit.

From the Manchu perspective.

After hearing the compliments from several people, the smile on Qianlong's face did not diminish.

But now Qianlong wanted to directly recruit herdsmen as soldiers in Monan and Mobei, and reduce the power of the leaders of the four banners, Zhasak and Khalkha.

"Of course we have to launch the Eight Banners!"

Moreover, under such circumstances, it was not easy for him to bring out a large army relying on the Eight Banners to scare the Mongols on the grassland.

They are different from you Manchus who bully the Han people.

And he also sees the general trend of the world very accurately.

This Emperor Qianlong was truly a wise ruler.

This is a top priority that affects whether the Qing Dynasty can retain its power outside the customs.

We are just herders who graze on the grassland honestly, and we usually just pay tribute to the Buddhas.

"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 wolves as slaves." Qianlong shook his head and said.
To be continued...