Xie Ming

Chapter 201: Establishing the Slave Army System
When Changting asked about the Eight Banners issue, Sun Peizhong, who led the troops, also asked about Ajige's specific command ability and habits!

Xiao Lang smiled knowingly, knowing that Pei Zhong was trying to find out the other party's intelligence, so he didn't say anything else and told him the truth.

"Haha, speaking of Ajige!"

"He is the founder of the Qing Dynasty, the twelfth son of Nurhaci!"

"One of the four young princes in the Jiannu royal family."

"He is also the brother of Dorgon, the Jiannu commander who led more than 100,000 troops into the pass this time!"

"This man will be accompanying the army into the pass this time, serving as a vanguard general!"

"Ajige, he has a violent character, lacks strategy and is indecisive!"

"But he is extremely brave and skilled in fierce attacks!"

"Pei Zhong!"

"When we really start fighting, you better be mentally prepared!"

"With this person in charge, if we attack, the force will surely not be too weak!"

"You better be careful and stay focused later, lest you get emotionally overwhelmed by the fierce fighting among the soldiers and cause the entire line to collapse!" Xiao Lang warned sternly.

Hearing this, Peizhong frowned, gritted his teeth and nodded!
While they were talking, the 5,000 Jiannu soldiers seemed to be getting closer!
He kept staring carefully through the telescope in the long courtyard.

Now, we can see white-armored soldiers guarding the center of the army.

Seeing this, Changting sucked his teeth and interrupted again.

"Eh?!"

"General!"

"Then, are those people in the Jiannu army wearing white armor the Jiannu white-armored soldiers who are like evil spirits in the rumors?"

As he had never seen it before, he did not dare to confirm it and asked again.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Lang stood up, took the telescope from Peizhong's hand, and also looked over there.

After a long time, he sighed and returned.

"Yes!"

"The so-called white-armored soldiers are the Bayala soldiers who wear three layers of armor during war!"

"Because the outermost layer of armor is often painted white, it got this name!"

"The Jiannu Eight Banners military system, in theory, consists of 300 men in a Niulu, similar to our three-division soldiers, and the leader is comparable to the rank of a general!"

"The Five Niulu were reorganized into one Jiala, with a total of more than 1,500 people. The leader is called Jiala Ezhen. In terms of military rank, it is like a lieutenant general or guerrilla general like me!"

"Five Jiala can be organized into a Gushan, which is a flag!"

"According to common sense, the number of soldiers in one flag is fixed at 7,500. With eight flags, the total number is 60,000!"

"But the actual situation is that the number of troops in each flag is not balanced!"

"Some are overstaffed, and some are understaffed. This is no different from what we have here!"

"From this we can see that the Jiannu military system is divided into three levels: Niulu, Jiala, and Gushan!"

"The military system is divided into five categories: Bannermen, Infantry, Horsemen, Red Yala, and Bayala!"

"Among them, the highest-ranking Bayala is the Guard, and they are also the white-armored soldiers that you and I, the Ming army, often mention!"

"In the Jiannu system!"

"Any male with banner status will automatically become a bannerman once he reaches adulthood, which is equivalent to the reserve force of the Eight Banners!"

"Each Niulu will conduct selections from time to time. As long as the flagmen can reach a qualified level in horseback archery, they can become infantry soldiers."

"Of course, this Bujia does not refer specifically to infantry, but is just a name, because the Jiannu did not actually have a clear distinction between infantry and cavalry."

"Whether it was the cavalry, infantry, or bannermen, anyone who had a warhorse would bring his own warhorse with him when he went to war. Some wealthy bannermen would even bring their own baoyi, and would also give them horses."

"These Jiannu soldiers! When they are on horseback, they are cavalry, and when they are off horseback, they are infantry."

"After becoming a foot armor, you need to accumulate military merits to be promoted to horse armor and red tooth sergeant. Horse armor can get more spoils than foot armor, and red tooth sergeant even more!"

"Barbarians from outside the country, the Jiannu people are originally from the Jurchens outside the Great Wall, a fishing and hunting tribe!"

"So fighting is just like hunting for them!"

"The division of spoils also retains the original hunting distribution system!"

"Hunters who kill prey directly can get an extra piece of meat. The remaining meat will be distributed in order according to the status of the hunters! This is the so-called tradition for them! A barbaric tradition!"

"Once a soldier's rank reaches Majia or Hongya La, there will be no need for assessment or competition!"

"From now on, as long as you have enough merit, you can automatically advance to the next level!"

"But, if you move on to the higher-ranking Bayala, you will need to be assessed again!" "After all, Bayala is an honor! The number of Bayala soldiers in each Niulu is fixed, only ten! A few Niulu may have more, but not too many!"

"Sui, the white-armored soldier, the standard itself is to rather have nothing than to have something less than perfect!"

"It is said that the old Jiannu declared to start an uprising with thirteen sets of relic armor. It has been more than fifty years since then!"

"Very few white-armored soldiers actually died on the battlefield!"

"From this, we can see how powerful this White-Armored Bayala is!!"

"Just talking about the three layers of armor on his body, the innermost layer is chain mail, the middle is cotton armor, and the outer layer is iron armor!"

"With this kind of protection, we don't care about ordinary swords, guns, and arrows!"

"Even if we use a close range firearm, it may be difficult to cause fatal damage to him!"

In front of Changting and Peizhong, Xiao Lang told them everything he knew and explained his thoughts with all his heart.

Upon hearing this, the two generals were both as if they had suddenly realized something.

He just stood there for a long time, and looked as if he was still dissatisfied.

"White armored soldiers!"

"It's so wonderful!"

"Later, if I can really meet him, I will definitely go for a while!"

"He talks so nonsense that I just don't believe it. How can he be without any flaws?!" Chang Ting put in more effort.

Peizhong, who was standing next to him, was also somewhat surprised at this moment, so he quickly interrupted.

"My darling!"

"Hey General!"

"How did you know about the slave army system? I never encountered it when I was in Beijing!"

"Could this also be calculated by divination?!" Pei Zhong said rashly.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Jingchuan was speechless!
"Ah! Yes!"

"I figured it out!"

"Ask the sky for divination, and count with your fingers!"

"When I lead the troops, I have to rely on drawing lots for divination. These soldiers are actually easier to lead!"

"It's still fortune telling!"

"I actually got a divination now, and it says you're going to get beaten! Do you believe it or not?!"

Xiao Lang teased and slapped Peizhong in the face!

Hearing this, Peizhong scratched his head, looking quite embarrassed.

Seeing the situation, Xiao Jingchuan kicked Peizhong, who just smiled and dared not say anything.

"Okay!"

"The Jiannu soldiers are coming soon!"

"What are you all still doing here?!"

"Watching the fun?"

"Go inspect the city defenses and wake up anyone who is taking a nap!"

"Do you think I'm joking with you?!"

"Move!"

"Wait for me to tell you your marriage destiny, right?"

"what?!"

"Go!"

While talking, Xiao Lang started punching and kicking again.

Peizhong recovered from his shock, but could no longer resist and hurried off to do his errand.

Chang Ting in front of him was about to slip away, but before he could take a step, Xiao Lang spoke again and ordered him to come.

"Changting, where is Feiyu?!"

"Find Feiyu and take him down to the city first!"

"The real siege is about to begin. It's too dangerous here. We can't both stay on the city wall!"

(End of this chapter)