The infantry commander's office is located in Mao'er Hutong, which is also commonly known as the Nine Gates Admiral's Office.
In terms of power, the Nine Admirals commanded the infantry battalions composed of the Eight Banners of the Manchu, Mongolian, and Han armies, as well as the horse infantry of the Green Battalion of the capital.
The Green Camp of the Capital is also commonly known as the Patrol Camp by the people of the Capital.
The Eight Banners infantry under the jurisdiction of the infantry camp usually maintains around 20,000 people. During the Kangxi period, the patrol camp had a maximum of nearly 20,000 people, but now it only has more than 13,000 people.
In the later years of Kangxi, Longkodo was the Admiral of the Nine Gates, directly commanding the Eight Banners infantry and patrol battalions, with more than 40,000 troops. He was the person with the largest number of troops in the capital at that time. From this, it is not difficult to see how Longkodo could influence the ownership of the throne.
If Jia Liu can become the Admiral of the Nine Sects and does things well, he might actually become the "Jia's father" that Aisin Gioro strives to win over.
The problem is that Qianlong's imperial edict to Jia Liu did not allow Jia Liu to command the Eight Banners infantry, as long as he was specifically in charge of patrol battalions.
It seemed that he did not trust Jia Liu enough, but in fact it was because the Eight Banners Infantry Battalion in the capital existed in name only.
On the surface, there are still more than 20,000 Eight Banners soldiers in the infantry camp, but in fact only three to four thousand can go to work normally.
These Eight Banners soldiers who went to work probably received rice and grain, and could help maintain order in the inner city. They would guard the city gates for inspections and conduct patrols at night. When the emperor went out on patrol, he would set off cannons and so on, and ask them to wear armor and go to the battlefield.
That is absolutely impossible. If you ask them to quell the rebellion, they will most likely be chasing the rebels like rabbits.
There are two main reasons why the Eight Banners in Beijing are rotten and unusable. The first reason is definitely decay.
The second reason is that the three dynasties of Kangxi, Yongzong and Qianlong had exhausted the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners.
The battles with the Junggar people and Tongbo broke the backbone of the Eight Banners soldiers. The battles against Jinchuan and Jinchuan, and the battle against Burma, almost exhausted the last capable soldiers.
Therefore, in the past few years, the Eight Banners troops have been transferred to Jinchuan. In addition to the transfer of Solon and the Eight Banners in Beijing, they have been dispatched with thousands of troops each time, instead of the thousands or tens of thousands before.
Wen Fu, A Gui, and Mingliang, the three generals of Dingxi, almost took away the last bit of Eight Banners flesh and blood.
As a result, the Eight Banners in Beijing still have hundreds of thousands of troops, but they just can't draw out usable troops.
No one knows the details of the Eight Banners in Beijing better than Jia Liu. The forward camp is in ruins, the Jianrui camp can be said to have been completely wiped out, the Shanpu camp can probably maintain its airs, and the firearms battalion has the same character as the forward camp and remains in Beijing.
The total of the four battalions of soldiers may only be three to four thousand.
What you can still take a look at is the Hujun camp with the worst combat effectiveness. It sounds like there are more than 10,000 people, but Jia Liu dares to say that his Chang Wei army of 1,000 people can defeat the Hujun camp.
That is to say, Jia Liu is still loyal to the Qing Dynasty for the time being. If he is really a living grand master, the day when Chang Wei's army enters Beijing will be the time when the Eight Banners will be in disaster.
Of course, the main reason is that Chang Wei's army only has a thousand men in total, and having seven or eight thousand can act recklessly just like a joke.
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Jia Liu did not encounter any resistance from the generals when he was in charge of the infantry army. After presenting the imperial edict, he successfully became the admiral of Daijiumen.
Since Chang Wei's army had not yet arrived in Beijing, and without direct military support, Jia Liu did not make any adjustments to the personnel of the infantry commanding yamen.
He just asked people to hang his Sebilong sword in the hall, and then directly asked people to take a mat and spread it in the hall, put a quilt on it, and said to a group of Manchu and Han generals: "From now on, Shikai will sleep here.
If you need anything, just come and repay me directly."
After saying hello, he investigated the strength and garrison situation of the patrol battalion under his direct command.
The patrol battalion is divided into a middle camp, two battalions on the south left, and two battalions on the north right. The roster includes horsemen, combat soldiers, and about 13,000 garrison troops.
However, the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses of the patrol camp were not stationed all over the city, and there was no special camp in the outer city. Instead, they were scattered in the outer city, including Old Summer Palace, Changchun Garden and other places outside the city, with nearly 300 garrisons in various places.
To put it bluntly, more than half of the troops in the patrol camp are actually police officers. The only ones that can be used as troops are the 1,500 cavalrymen under the direct control of the admiral of the Central Battalion. They are stationed in the Old Summer Palace and are under the command of the admiral, Ruilin, who was born in the Eight Banners.
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In addition, there are 3,000 soldiers stationed in Shucun, commanded by Li Mi, the deputy general of the Central Battalion and the bannerman of the Han army.
Therefore, as long as Ruilin and Li Mi can be shaken so that they dare not act rashly, Jia Liu's mission will be completed.
The other patrols, numbering as many as a hundred people and as few as ten or twenty people, could not be a threat at all, because it was not an easy task to gather them together.
After finding out the details of the patrol camp, it was natural to find out the details of the Imperial Army in the city.
"Now the main security force in the palace is the Guard Division. There are about 600 imperial guards under the Guard Division. Among these people, except for a few members of the clan who have doubtful positions, the others are very loyal and reliable."
Trainee Military Advisor Fan Wei has not been idle recently and has fully performed his duties as a staff officer.
"Can they be unreliable? Most of those people were selected from Shangsanqi. They have high grades, high salaries, and good official careers. All of them are the envy of others."
Jia Liu sniffed and did not tell Fan Wei that there were loyal subordinates of Lord Jia among Fan Wei's imperial guards.
The Guard Department is now controlled by Fulong'an. This man's loyalty to Qianlong is unquestionable, and it is impossible for the clan to drag him over.
Unless Jia Liu takes action himself, awakens the members who are carrying out the latent plan, and digs out the Qianqing door key hidden under the old locust tree at home, the defense line of the Guards Department cannot be broken through.
"The other is the Shangsanqi Guards Camp. This group of people is also composed of guards selected from the Manchu and Mongolian Shangsanqi. Each battalion has about a thousand people, almost 3,000 people, and is under the command of the imperial minister."
Heshen said that Qianlong not only put Fulong'an in charge of the bodyguard department, but also put Santai, the imperial minister, in charge of the Qianqing Gate and the Shangsanqi Guards.
The guards of the Lower Five Banners were nominally commanded by the princes, but were actually responsible for each banner. In the eyes of the emperor, their loyalty was definitely less than that of the guards of the Upper Three Banners. At the same time, they were also the armed forces most likely to be drawn away by the princes.
Calculated in this way, the power that Qianlong's "direct lineage" directly controlled in Mancheng was the Guards Department and the Three Banners Guards, with a total number of about four thousand.
Jia Liuhu said: "I do have an uncle who is the commander of the guard army."
Fan Wei quickly asked who it was.
"Sehentu, commander of the Manchurian Guards with a Yellow Flag, is my aunt's son. He and my father are direct cousins, but this old boy is a bit snobbish."
Jia Liu really didn't have a good impression of the Aixinjueluo uncles.
The commander of the Zhenghuang Banner's protective army was Santai, and the commander of the Zhengbai Banner's protective army was Fulong'an, who was also the Manchurian commander of the Zhengbai Banner.
It should be said that Qianlong was really good at employing people. He had arranged the key positions of the imperial guards early. In addition, he never allowed the clan members to hold court positions. Even if they were held, they were mostly in external or insignificant positions. Therefore, even if the princes and princes joined together, they would not work.
The camp can't gain much advantage over force.
Fan Wei also pointed out that the Ministry of Internal Affairs also has a military force, which is composed of the Three Banners Coats, including the Coating Forward Battalion, the Coating Guard Battalion, and the Coating Qiaoqi Battalion. The total number of soldiers is about 7,000. They are usually not used independently, but as a unit.
The supplementary strength of the guard office and military camp is used.
Security team kind of thing.
"Don't underestimate the power of the coats, and don't underestimate the loyalty of these coats to their master."
Jia Liu stood up and walked to the front of the hall with his hands behind his back. He looked at the bright moon in the sky and said faintly: "I am afraid that the clan does not have the courage to directly lift the table with the fourth devil."
He believed that the debate over whether the emperor was a Manchu or a Han would probably be conducted in the form of a "literary struggle", which was the Qing Dynasty's version of the Great Etiquette Controversy.
Fan Wei thought for a moment and said: "Then the clan must have the courage, or be forced to lift the table."
"What's the meaning?"
Jia Liu was still very optimistic about this military advisor Wang Lun.
"Sir, what I mean is that since some people in the clan believe that Qianlong is not a Manchu, we might as well add more fuel and say that Qianlong is a Han. After murdering the Queen Mother, he planned to restore the Han surname. At this time, he has secretly sent troops to Beijing to prepare for a bloodbath of the clan.
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After listening to Fan Wei's words, Jia Liu couldn't help but laugh: "This rumor is too much. How can there be any troops entering Beijing?"
Speaking of this, suddenly something clicked in my heart, and I looked at Fan Wei blankly: "Are you talking about my Chang Weijun?"