In terms of military affairs, the biggest feature of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties and Fusang was that they formed countless puppet armies to help them fight. Of course, during the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, these "puppet armies" were called Green Camps.
Every time the Manchus and Qing dynasties visited a place, they formed green camps there, mostly composed of former Ming troops who had surrendered. At the same time, they left thousands of bannermen in big cities for surveillance. As for fighting, starting from the second year of Yongli reign, the Manchus and Qing dynasties began to campaign in the Central Plains.
The main force is mainly composed of the Han Eight Banners, who are strictly speaking puppet troops, assisted by the Green Battalion. Not to mention the real Manchu Eight Banners, the Mongolian Eight Banners mostly serve as supervising troops and rarely go into battle.
After Fuso occupied the Northeast in 1932, it also began to form puppet armies. Various 'Manchurian revolution', 'Mongolian security revolution', and 'peace-building revolution' emerged in endlessly. Although the rise of nationalism made most of these puppet armies appear in the face of
When fighting against the Japanese armed forces, they were weak in fighting will and could not be compared with the Manchu Eight Banners and the Green Camp, but they also played a certain role in the Japanese campaign.
After Annan is pacified, Zhu Chanyi's situation will be very similar to that of the Manchu Qing Dynasty who just entered the customs. The more than 500,000 Annan expedition troops dispatched by the Ming Dynasty cannot stay in Annan forever. According to Yunxi's plan, after Zhu Chanyi officially sealed the vassal in Annan
If there is no uprising against him within three months, the conquest army will gradually evacuate from Annan. In the end, there will only be about 20,000 Han troops staying with him there, and including family members, there will be about 100,000 people.
Although there were Han people in Annan who migrated there in the late Song Dynasty or even earlier, most of these people intermarried with the locals, and Zhu Zenyi needed to slowly organize them.
One hundred thousand people are completely incomparable to the six million Annan people. Like the rulers of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Chanyi cannot rely solely on his own people. He must imitate the Manchu Qing Dynasty and form an army composed mainly of local people as the main force in the war.
The Yue and Han armies will serve as supervising troops and guards at important cities and passes.
But Yunxi would not suggest that Zhu Zanyi follow the Manchus and absorb some local people to form an organization similar to the Eight Banners. The Manchus had no choice at the time. They only had a few hundred thousand people in total. This still included countless people in the Northeast. In fact, they had nothing to do with Jianzhou Jurchens.
As a result of the ethnic groups being classified as Manchus, if they cannot use a system like the Eight Banners to closely unite their own people, they may be like other foreign races that entered the Central Plains in history and split up before they conquered the Central Plains.
Zhu Zanyi does not need to worry about such things. There are now more than 60 million Han people in the Ming Dynasty, which is ten times the number of Annan people. In the next few years, Yunxi will move some Han people to Annan and disperse some Annan people to the southern provinces and Nanyang.
There will be Han people who voluntarily migrate to each vassal state in the future. As long as the Ming Dynasty does not suddenly end and Zhu Zanyi ends suddenly, the number of Han people will inevitably continue to increase.
What's more, Han culture is inherently a very inclusive culture, and Annan advocates Confucianism as much as the Han people. In a few decades, the Annan people and the Han people will be almost integrated into one, eliminating ethnic differences and becoming the same as people in Guangdong and Guangxi.
Han people with obvious local characteristics. The best way to integrate a nation is not to differentiate between people by ethnicity. You can use class, identity, support or opposition, and even money as the criteria for distinction, but you cannot distinguish by ethnicity.
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Therefore, whether from the perspective of ethnic integration or stable rule of Annan, Zhu Zanyi must form an army composed mainly of local people.
The generals who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty were allowed to recruit their own troops. Firstly, it was to further demonstrate their trust in them. Secondly, the Ming Dynasty now had no other locals that could be trusted in Annan and needed to form many local armies.
No matter what kind of scum they recruit into the army and ruin the reputation of the Ming Dynasty's army, it's better to let them recruit themselves. In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of their troops, they will at least recruit reliable people.
Yunxi talked about the above content with Zhu Su and others. This process was extremely painful, because the Manchu and Fusang invasions happened later, and the Meng Yuan rule was not considered successful. The previous
Various ethnic groups failed to completely conquer the Central Plains, so Yunxi slowly selected some things from the experience of the Five Hus in China, the Liao Kingdom's rule of Yanyun and Sixteen Prefectures, and the Jin Kingdom's rule of the Central Plains as examples to convince Zhu Su and others.
However, although the facial expressions of Zhu Su and others did not reveal anything, Yunxi could still see that they were not convinced by him. It was just because he could see that Yunxi was very firm in his ideas and they could not find a big boss.
loopholes, so I didn’t argue in words.
Yunxi sighed and said: "In the future you will know that my method is correct. Hu Yan, have you drafted the decree? Show it to me."
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"According to the emperor's edict, Mo family Mo Yuan..., for his outstanding achievements, was given the title of third-grade commander, a reward of one hundred taels of gold, ten pieces of jade, and ten pieces of silk; he was also allowed to recruit soldiers of his own for five thousand sixty-six
Hundreds of people, each with a thousand or a hundred households, will be appointed as left guards of many states, appointed as commanders, and put under the control of the right army. I admire this."
"According to the imperial edict of the Emperor, Mo Shi Mo Mo, Mo Tun,..., for their outstanding achievements, were given the rank of commander of the third rank with the rank of magistrate. They were each rewarded with a hundred taels of gold, ten pieces of jade, and ten pieces of silk and satin. Each of them was allowed to recruit on their own.
When the number of soldiers reaches 5,600, they will appoint thousands and hundreds of households respectively as the Central Guards and Right Guards of the Multi-States. Modi will temporarily act as the Commander of the Central Guards of the Multi-States, and Mo Tun will temporarily act as the Commander of the Right Guards of the Multi-States.
Military control belt, please accept this."
"According to the imperial edict of the Emperor, Zhen Weitong... is designated as the Shenglong Left Guard. Zhen Weitong is temporarily acting as the commander, and is under the control of the Chinese military. I admire this."
"According to the imperial edict of Emperor Tianyun, Ruan Xun... was given the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Third Grade,... and was designated as the Shenglong Right Guard. He was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief and entered the front military control zone. I admire this."
"According to the imperial edict of Emperor Chengyun, Zhang Wen is ordered to select those captured Annan soldiers who are willing to serve the Ming Dynasty and form them into the Shenglong Central Guard. There is no limit on the number of personnel... I admire this."
"Following the imperial edict of Emperor Tianyun, Jinwu's vanguard general Lin Yurong was the first to enter the city during the battle to capture Duobang City. He used a strategy to attack the city. He also led his soldiers to join Mo Yuan and Mo Tun's troops and set fire to the city to make Annan
The defenders thought that the city had been breached and the whole army retreated. They made great contributions and awarded Jin Wu the rank of staff officer of the vanguard. I admire this."
"According to the imperial edict of Emperor Tianyun, Zhu Daizhen, a soldier of the Yulin Left Guards,... is given the title of Hundred Households of the Yulin Left Guards. I admire this."
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"..., I hope that all Ming soldiers will continue to work hard to fight for the Ming Dynasty, and I will not begrudge rewards. After the army pacifies Annan, I will go to Annan to personally reward the meritorious soldiers in person, and drink a celebratory wine together!"
