Guiziliu's roots are in the Eight Banners of the Han Army, and 50% of his leading generals are descendants of the Eight Banners of the Han Army.
For example, among the admiral Wang Fu of Zhili recommended by Guizi Liu to the court in the previous period, the admiral Zu Yingyuan of Huguang, the deputy general Chang Bingzhong of Sichuan, and Liu Heyi, the commander-in-chief of Baoding, who were not the Han soldiers who went to Jinchuan with Gui Ziliu to pay homage to Tang A?
According to Queenie in prison, the main members of the association at the beginning were the Eight Banners of the Han Army who followed Guiziliu, Su La, and some Green Camp soldiers who belonged to the arrest team.
Later, this organization continued to grow. In addition to the Han army, it also absorbed a large number of Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners disciples, and corrupted a large number of important court officials. Eventually, it gradually grew into the largest anti-government gang in the Qing Dynasty.
But no matter how strong this organization becomes, its backbone is still dominated by the Eight Banners of the Han Army!
This cannot be changed.
Therefore, the old man believed that as long as he controlled the Eight Banners of the Han Army in the city, even if he could not force the children of the Eight Banners of the Han Army who followed the Japanese to rebel against the imperial court, he would still make those Han Army children surrender to the enemy because they were afraid of the safety of their families. When it got dark, Guiziliu was unable to concentrate his forces to attack the capital, and even internal chaos broke out, which gave the court a great chance to breathe.
The analysis is basically reliable.
Mr. Se and his son basically agreed with Fu Zhongtang's plan.
But the three of them didn't know that Guiziliu could become powerful. In addition to his own hard work, Fu Zhongtang, who was dedicated to serving the country, was also involved.
Before the Sixth Japanese, the biggest collaborator and scum in Jinchuan was Fulehun, the governor of Sichuan at the time!
After receiving the report about Guizi Liu's collaboration with the enemy, the governor of Sichuan not only failed to solve the problem, but instead punished the whistleblower who raised the issue. He blindly protected Guizi Liu and ultimately shot himself in the foot.
Of course, Lord Zhongtang is now clean.
There is no need to bring up the bad things in the past and talk about them again. We still need to be united within the team.
Who is an official without a stain on his history?
The meeting process naturally progresses to specific actions.
The number of the Eight Banners of the Han Army living in the city reached more than 400,000 at its peak. After Qianlong eliminated the banners several times, there are still about 180,000 left today.
After the palace rebellion, the Eight Banners of the Han Army also spontaneously organized armed forces for self-protection, and united for the first time to form the Han Army Faction in the court, cheering for the Japanese Six Flags, who were then the admirals of the Nine Gates, to build momentum.
Later, when Fulehun presided over the reconstruction of the Eight Banners of the Forbidden Army, he exchanged the establishment of the Forward Battalion to the Eight Banners of the Han Army in exchange for the complete withdrawal of Guiziliu's forces from the capital, thus making the Forward Battalion the armed force of the Eight Banners of the Han Army.
The forward battalion currently has more than 8,000 people and is equipped with more than 2,000 firearms. The overall equipment level is not as good as that of the Central Army, and its combat effectiveness is also very poor. The purpose of its establishment is purely to allow the Eight Banners of the Han Army to place the wasteful children in the banner.
The official statement is to provide formal work arrangements so that the children of the Han army can have a way out and receive a decent salary at the same time, so that they will not be idle.
If the forward battalion really had elite troops, it would be impossible for Guiziliu Liu to just leave it in the capital without asking.
To deal with the vanguard camp simply by using force, the two yellow flag guards that Uncle Se originally left in the capital could do it, not to mention that his second son also brought back more than 30,000 people from Hubei.
With Uncle Se's current strength, not to mention taking down the vanguard battalion, it would not be a big problem to kill all the hundreds of thousands of Han army family members.
However, the situation in Beijing is more complicated.
After the ominous events in the city, four factions were formed.
Prince An's faction, Yuan Laofu's faction, Manchu princes' faction, and the Han army here are also considered a faction.
Among the four factions, Prince An's faction is the most elite because it controls more than a dozen regiments of the Central Army, with about 40,000 armed elements.
The number of soldiers and horses of the original Lao Fu clan was not as large as that of Prince An. The coating battalion of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Yuanmingyuan guard camp that were sent south were completely annihilated by the Sixth Army of the Japanese Army. The firearms battalion adapted from the Eight Banners garrison in Suiyuan also surrendered to the Sixth Army of the Japanese Army, so now Beijing There are less than 20,000 soldiers and horses of the rich clan in Liyuan.
There are mainly three forces.
One is the more than 3,000 Guizhou soldiers brought by Wang Jintai, the former governor of Guizhou and now the right minister of the Ministry of War, and the commander of the Zhenghong Banner of the Han Army;
The second is the more than 4,000 former Sichuan Governor-General's pacesetters brought by Martai, the former Commander-in-Chief of Sichuan and now the Admiral of the Nine Gates.
The third is the more than 4,000 Eight Banners soldiers who successively changed defenses from Xiaojiu in Zhili and withdrew to the capital.
In addition, there are thousands of people from the original Green Camp horse infantry of the capital who did not go with the Japanese Liu, and there are also the remnants of the Jianrui Battalion and some of the guards.
After the coup of the three big brothers in the cabinet, the first thing the three big brothers looked for was Martai, the nine-door admiral.
As the most loyal general of Lao Fu, Martai should lead his troops to kill the three bosses and rescue Fu Zhongtang.
But Martai finally accepted the conditions offered by the three big men - the Governor of Manchuria under the Zhenghuang Banner, the additional title of Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister of the Military Academy, and the third-level Wu Yibo still served as the Admiral of the Nine Gates.
Martai's betrayal forced Wang Jintai, another general under the old rich man, to accept the reality and recognized the emperor's comeback, and was soon promoted to the unified position of the Red Flag Capital of Manchuria.
The attitudes of the two generals directly determined that the coup ended peacefully and did not trigger a civil war in the capital.
On the side of the Prince of Manchuria, the Manchu Eight Banners and the Meng Eight Banners had almost 10,000 armed elements. The smallest number of Han troops was the Qianfeng Battalion, which had 7,000 to 8,000 people.
The total armed force of the entire capital is about 80,000 people, which is about the same number as the four main armies organized by Guizi Liu in Xiangyang.
However, Guizi Liu still has more than 20,000 new troops in Zhili. In addition, Shandong and Henan each sent several thousand people to join the rebel army. Therefore, Guizi Liu currently has more than 30,000 troops outside the capital.
If it weren't for the tall city walls of the capital and the restraint of Pan Zhishan, the admiral of Gubeikou, the Zhilu-Henan coalition forces commanded by Wang Fu would have launched an attack on the capital.
It is true that the Eight Banners of the Han Army are the weakest, but if Prince An, the most powerful, suddenly attacks the Han Army, the other two factions will definitely be surprised. If they fail to deal with the Han Army, it will turn into a chaos among all parties.
Therefore, before taking action, the old man must obtain the support of the Manchu princes, that is, greet them and inform them of the formation of the royal cabinet, in exchange for the princes' full support for the regent Prince An to complete complete control of the capital, and everyone can unite as one to deal with the real Qing Dynasty. Enemy - John of Provence.
In addition, and more importantly, the old rich man has to mobilize his power again.
Especially how to make Martai and Wang Jintai put down their guard and obey the military orders of him, a reformed Zhongtang military officer.
With several military aircraft ministers in the Military Aircraft Department, especially the three big guys who joined forces to bring him down, Lao Fu still has a lot of work to do.
The entire capital was like a mess, waiting for the only savior of the Qing Dynasty, Lao Fu, to sort it out one by one.
I really just hate that my body is so weak.
But in his spare time while dealing with these matters, the old man found another person, hoping that this person could go to Xiangyang to talk to Guiziliu on his behalf.
This person is Guiziliu's brother-in-law, Wang Zhian, a doctor in the Ministry of Rites.
Give two conditions.
The first is to inform Qianlong that he will abdicate immediately, so as long as the six sons give up proclaiming themselves emperor, they can still serve as regents of the Qing Dynasty. If they do not want to come to Beijing to serve, they can choose one place in Hubei and Sichuan provinces, where Prince Rui will stay forever.
It didn't matter if the six sons did not agree to this condition. The old rich man clearly told Wang Zhian that as long as his brother-in-law gave up attacking the capital, the Qing Dynasty could rule across the river with him and release the imprisoned Jia Daquan and his son, including all his relatives in the capital.
There was another person who went to Xiangyang with Wang Zhi'an. This person was a nobleman in the official career of the Sixth Army of the Japanese Army. He was the leader of the Han army who worshiped Tang A Lanbao.
It seems that the old rich man is planning to play the emotional card and the acquaintance card.