Why didn't Huang Taiji come to attack? As Shi Kefa guessed, he was a little afraid to come. When he just arrived at the Chahar tribe, he heard that the little emperor had mobilized more than 200,000 troops to station the large and small cities on the front line of Zunhua to the capital, especially Zunhua, who actually sent 100,000 troops to garrison in one go. He didn't want to come at that time.

After all his 200,000 troops were assembled, the spies from Shuntian Prefecture actually discovered that the governor of the five provinces Lu Xiangsheng was leading an army of 150,000 to Zunhua, and it was less than two days away from Zunhua. He directly extinguished his thoughts of going to sneak attack. What a joke, Zunhua alone gathered 250,000 Ming troops, and he went to seek death!

Since you can't attack sneak attacks, you have to consider defense. Judging from the little emperor's posture, at least 400,000 troops will be assembled at the beginning of next spring to launch a great battle with him in Liaodong. His Manchu and Han Eight Banners only has less than 200,000 troops, and he will definitely have no chance of winning. The only hope now is the Mongolian troops. If they are allowed to gather with all their strength, it will definitely be more than 150,000, and 250,000 are possible. But by then, the Mongolian army will be more than his Manchu and Han Eight Banners army. If they have bad intentions, it would be dangerous.

The thing of using slaves to bully the master was his patent of the Later Jin Dynasty. Naturally, he would not let the Mongolian tribes learn to bully him. He thought hard and came up with a series of tricks:

First, he summoned the leaders of various Mongolian tribes together and solemnly promised that Manchu and Mongolia would be integrated and inclusive. He would set a large area of ​​land in Liaodong, enfeoffed them to Mongolian tribes, and donated them to farm for them. In the future, the Mongolian tribes would no longer have to worry about food issues.

Then, he notified the Jurchen tribes to send all the young Belorgs to the Mongolian grasslands, and to marry the Mongolian tribes to enhance the relationship between the two sides.

Finally, he also wrote a blank check. As long as this battle can defeat the main force of the Ming army, he will follow the trend and lead the army south to destroy the Ming Dynasty. By then, all northern provinces will be granted to Mongolian troops!

The leaders of Mongolian tribes are not fools, and there is no practical benefit, who will work hard with you?

Huang Taiji was prepared for a long time. He immediately took out the Liaodong map and marked the area occupied by the Ming army first, and then divided it directly into the middle, and the most half in the south to the Mongolian tribes, while the Jurchen tribes only had the small half close to Jianzhou. Now the leaders of the Mongolian tribes were all moved. How could they know that as soon as the war started, the Ming army would first recover the southeastern part of Liao. If they could not defeat the Ming army, they would not be able to make a fortune!

The next marriage between Huang Taiji was even more sinister. At his instructions, the commander of the Eight Banners of the Jurchens, Bellege, divided the Mongolian tribes into Mongolian tribes that could gather about 30,000 people. Then Huang Taiji directly divided their troops together, all of which were all with his own children and in-laws. You are not afraid of being cheated, right? Their children and in-laws may not cheat them, but Huang Taiji intends to cheat them together with their children and in-laws!

In this way, Huang Taiji kept all the tribes of Belege in Mongolia and slowly married, while he himself returned to Shengjing to prepare for the weapon to deal with the Ming army.

Huang Taiji was nervously preparing for the war after the New Year, so Zhu Ciji naturally would not be idle. When he heard that all Mongolian troops had gone back to do weddings, he knew that Huang Taiji had no intention of coming to attack, so the long-prepared military reorganization operation began.

His military reorganization operation was mainly aimed at the various disadvantages of the Ming army at Chongzhen:

For example, the generals disobeyed the supervisor or governor appointed by the court at zero time. When they fought, they either shrank or led the army to flee. They lost inexplicably in every battle and were extremely cowardly;

For example, the Ming army soldiers were weak in will and had no ambition. If there were any bad things in the war, they would be defeated. There were only one million troops but were chased by more than one hundred thousand Qing troops and ran around;

For example, the command was chaotic and he liked to attack in groups. He was defeated by the Qing army every time, and he did not form a joint force at all and did not exert half of his combat power.

These disadvantages are related to the military system of the Ming Dynasty. Since the founding of Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Dynasty has promoted military camps and temporary combinations during the war. After the war, the generals were also temporarily appointed by the court. Sometimes they were orthodox military generals, sometimes civil officials led the team, and even eunuchs led the troops!

Such a military system can save a lot of military expenditure, but it has reduced the combat effectiveness of the Ming army by several levels. How can such a semi-professional army fulfill Zhu Cijiu's dream of dominating the world? Therefore, he decided to rectify the army and change the military system.

Now the entire Ming Dynasty is in a fanatical atmosphere, and there are shouts and shouts throughout the country. If anyone dares to jump out at this time to prevent the emperor from dealing with the Jiannu and restoring Liaodong, he will definitely be drowned by the spits of the people across the country. Therefore, Zhu Cijiuang boldly began to reform the military system using the excuse of entering Liaodong.

His first intention was to announce the establishment of a conventional army, each army had 100,000 troops, one chief general, two generals, two deputy generals, four generals, eight guerrilla generals, and the rest of the general, thousand generals, and hundreds of generals continued to use the old system.

In the past, when there were any wars, the commander commanders from all over the country temporarily summoned troops, and then the Ministry of War temporarily appointed the chief general, general, deputy general, etc. to command the troops, and after the battle, they all returned to their original position. What experience can they accumulate and what combat effectiveness can they have?

Zhu Cijing simply turned all the generals into fixed positions. After the army was built, unless it was eliminated by the enemy, the system would always be there. It would be practiced in designated places. Once there was a war, it could be transferred to the front line immediately.

The second order is to divide the army into third-class. The head general of the first-class army is the admiral. The monthly salary of the army soldiers is three taels, three times that of the original army; the head general of the second-class army is the admiral and the monthly salary of the army soldiers is two taels, two times that of the original army; the head general of the third-class army is the assistant general. The monthly salary of the army soldiers is one tael, the same as the original army.

The level of the legion is divided according to the record. You can upgrade if you win a battle, and you will be demoted if you lose a battle.

This is mainly to inspire all troops to strive for victory. If the more they win, the more soldiers will be paid, and the quality of the main general will be higher. In this way, they will strive for victory from top to bottom, and will not be lazy and have no fighting spirit.

The third intention is to use the Sun and Moon Dragon Banner as the commanding banner of all legions. The Sun and Moon Dragon Banner is pure black and solemn. In the middle is a golden five-clawed golden dragon, exactly the same as the one on his dragon robe. The left and right corners are sun and moon patterns. Different legions are of different sun and moon patterns.

The first-class legion shines with the sun and the moon, the sun is fiery red, and the moon is silver-white;

The second-class legion is full of the sun and the moon is vanishing. The sun is a fiery red sun, and the moon is a silver edge and the middle is empty;

The second-class legion is full of moons and the sun is short, the sun is a fiery red circle with empty in the middle, and the moon is silver-white.

The Sun and Moon Dragon Flag, the totem of the Ming army, is a topic that later historians have been studying. They do not understand why a flag can make the Ming army so crazy. Wherever the dragon flag goes, the Ming army immediately became as brave and fearless as if it had taken crazy potion. Even later, the Ming enemies would scream when they saw the dragon flag:

"Oh my God, the Sun and Moon Dragon Flag is a regular legion of the Ming Empire, run quickly."

"Russian kidney, the Sun and Moon Dragon Flag is the main force of the Ming Dynasty. Don't shoot, don't shoot, let's surrender."

"Oh, I bought the cake, the sun and moon dragon flag, the sun and moon shine together, it is the first-class legion of the Ming Empire, we are finished!"

......These are all later stories, so I won't mention it for now.

Zhu Cijing's fourth decree was to divide the legion. In terms of legion classification, he did not favoritism, but divided it fairly based on the achievements of previous wars:

The Tianxiong Army was not afraid of the main force of the bandits and moved forward bravely. In the first battle, it defeated Wang Jiayin's army, the largest bandits, and annihilated more than 30,000 enemies and captured more than 40,000 prisoners. In the second battle, it defeated the main force of the bandits, and wiped out more than 50,000 enemies and captured more than 100,000 prisoners. It is a well-deserved elite army. It is designated as the first-class legion of the Ming Dynasty. It was awarded the Sun and Moon Dragon Flag, and the Sun and Moon Light. The main general Lu Xiangsheng was promoted to the admiral and the first-rank military general.

The First Corps of the Imperial Guards defeated the Jiannu's siege army and protected the safety of the capital in the first sneak attack on the capital. In the Liaodong victory, the main force of Jiannu was repelled and participated in the Gaizhou siege. He made outstanding achievements and was designated as the first-class legion of the Ming Dynasty. He was awarded the Sun and Moon Dragon Flag, and the Sun and Moon Lightning. The Chief General Qin Liangyu continued to serve as the admiral and the first-rank military general.

The Qin army performed well in the battle to suppress the bandits in Shaanxi and also in the victory in Liaodong. They were designated as the second-class legion of the Ming Dynasty. They were awarded the Sun and Moon Dragon Flag, and the Sun and Moon Far, and the main general Sun Chuanting was promoted to the admiral Tongzhi, and they were given the title of first-class military general.

The Guanning Army performed well in the Liaodong victory and was designated as the second-class legion of the Ming Dynasty. It was awarded the Sun and Moon Dragon Flag, and the Sun is full and the Moon is waxing. The chief general Cao Wenzhao was promoted to the admiral and Tongzhi, and he was given the title of first-rank military general.

The Liaodong Army also performed well in the Liaodong victory and was designated as the second-class legion of the Ming Dynasty. It was awarded the Sun and Moon Dragon Flag, and the Sun is full and the Moon is waxing. The main general is Man Gui, and was promoted to the Admiral Tongzhi, and was given the title of first-class military general.

The Second Corps of the Imperial Guards has no record of participating in the war. It is designated as the Third Class Legion of the Ming Dynasty. It is awarded the Sun and Moon Dragon Flag. The moon is full and the sun is short. The chief general Shi Kefa was promoted to the position of assistant general and the second-rank military general.

The Dongjiang Army lacked records of participating in the war and was designated as the third-class legion of the Ming Dynasty. It was awarded the Sun and Moon Dragon Flag. The moon was full and the sun was short. The chief general Mao Wenlong was promoted to the position of assistant general and the second-rank military general.

Other armies are not classified for the time being, and a legion will be formed after the Liaodong War.

These corpses, except for the Second Corps of the Imperial Guards, will participate in the Liaodong regaining war next year, so they become the first batch of ruling corpses. The Qin army, Guanning army, Liaodong army, and Dongjiang army are all far away in Liaodong. Zhu Cijing cannot completely rectify it now, so he can only pass the order to Sun Chengzong first, so that he can make preparations for the early stage, and quickly rectify and start fighting in the spring of the next year.

Now, the main rectifications are the Tianxiong Army, the First Imperial Guard Army and the Second Imperial Guard Army. First, the appointment of generals from each army. It is easy to deal with the First Imperial Guard Army and the Second Imperial Guard Army. The original team did not move, just arrange according to position and military merits.

The changes in the Tianxiong Army were relatively large. General Cao Wenzhao had been promoted to the commander of Guanning Army by him. Zhu Cijiu finally selected Xu Hongye and Zhang Li as the new generals. Other generals were promoted in sequence according to their military merits. They would be professional generals in the future. They would not say that they would go their separate ways after the battle, and they would not have any sense of belonging to the army they led like passers-by. Of course, this is just the first step. Later, they should slowly establish and improve military rules and regulations, strengthen training, and test them in actual combat.

After all the generals of the legions were confirmed, it was a grand flag-raising ceremony. Zhu Cijiu chose a zodiac auspicious day to recruit Lu Xiangsheng, Shi Kefa and Zunhua all the defenders of various cities along the capital to the capital. Then he arranged Victory Square and assembled 50,000 elite troops from the First Corps of the Imperial Guards. Under the witness of hundreds of thousands of people in the capital, he personally handed over the Sun and Moon Dragon Flag to Qin Liangyu, Lu Xiangsheng and Shi Kefa.

This was a historic moment, from then on, the Sun, Moon and Dragon Flag emerged and swept the world with the Ming Dynasty.

The Sun, Moon and Dragon Flag strengthens our morale, the great army of the Ming Dynasty is invincible in the world!
Chapter completed!