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Chapter 599 Eight Flags 2
The system designed by Nurhaci was an obvious wartime system. Everyone under the rule of the Jin Kingdom was militarized and managed. They were neither civilians nor military, or both civilians and military.

This system is a bit like the production and construction corps of later generations. It adopts militarized management. On weekdays, it combines production and military training. When you put down the gun, you are workers and farmers, and when you pick up the gun, you are well-trained soldiers.

Its benefits are obvious. Almost all the people are soldiers. It maintains combat effectiveness while also taking into account production. At the same time, the weaknesses are also obvious. Since it is a combination, it is definitely not as strong as professional capabilities. It is insufficient in logistics and production capabilities, let alone developing culture and economy. It is only suitable for short-term emergencies and cannot achieve long-term stability.

The eight banners of Daijin are all in the hands of Nurhachi and his descendants. A total of 65 Niulus in Zhenghuang and Xianghuang are led by Nurhaci personally; there are 25 Niulus in Zhengbai Banner, and the flag owner is Huang Taiji;

镶白旗15个牛录交给了褚英之子杜度；正红旗25个牛录旗主是代善；镶红旗26个牛录旗主是代善的儿子岳托；正蓝旗21个牛录旗主为莽古尔泰；镶蓝旗33个牛录旗主是侄子阿敏。

In addition, four Baylors have been designated to take turns on duty on a monthly basis to jointly manage all aircraft maintenance in the country. They are the eldest Beile Daishan, the second Beile Amin, the third Beile Manggurtai, and the fourth Beile Huang Taiji. At the same time, they are all banner masters, so they are called banner master Baylor, and they are very powerful.

But relying solely on the banner masters and beile was not enough. After all, now that the country had been established, there were many more affairs that needed someone's assistance, so four regents were appointed.

This position is similar to the prime minister of the Han people or the six ministers of the Ming Dynasty. Each person is responsible for a certain amount of affairs, but he does not have complete arbitrary power. When encountering major problems, he can only provide advice.

They are Guarjia, Fei Yingdong, Niu Colu, E Yidu, Dong E, He Heli, Tong Jia and Hu Erhan. These four were all old friends who initially followed Nurhachi in the army. They represented four large ethnic groups behind them. Although they could not be given the power of the banner leader, being an auxiliary minister could be regarded as a kind of compensation and win-win.

In fact, there should have been five auxiliary ministers, but it was a pity that Juercha Anfeiyanggu was not lucky and died in the battle outside the capital of the Ming Dynasty together with Chu Ying. No matter how Nurhachi cried bitterly and beat his chest at the funeral, after all, the dead cannot be allowed to be ministers.

This time, Nurhaci spent a lot of money to march westward to attack the Ming Dynasty. Except for Fei Yingdong, who was in poor health, and Beile Yuetuo, the leader of the red flag, the remaining flag leaders Beile and Gushan Ezhen were left behind. , the auxiliary ministers mobilized in full force, vowing to fight to determine the outcome.

According to Nurhachi's plan, the main attack point of the Dajin army was Shanhaiguan. It sounds like this plan is a bit stubborn and prefers to go to the tiger mountain knowing that there is a tiger in the mountain, but in fact it is quite consistent with the operational intention.

This time the army was sent out not for plunder and harassment, but to open up a path to the west and expand the development space of the ethnic group. The three existing roads, Xifengkou and Gubeikou, are all surrounded by mountains. Although they can barely pass the army, they have to take a long detour and cannot carry too much luggage.

If you choose to attack from these two passes, even if you break through, you won't have much stamina. You can only grab a circle and return the same way. The longer you stay, the greater the danger. The most important thing is that it cannot create favorable conditions for entering the customs next time. Instead, it reminds the Ming court that it will be more difficult to conquer in the future.

If you want to march westward to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the only and necessary condition is to capture Shanhaiguan and take advantage of the flat terrain of Banghai Road to continuously transport the army's baggage up.

To put it ten thousand steps back, even if the attack on the capital does not go smoothly, the Ming navy will return to support in time, and the Dajin army will be able to retreat calmly. As long as Shanhaiguan is in hand, it is equivalent to holding Ming's throat. Dajin can advance, attack, retreat or defend, and has absolute initiative. But if you want to capture Shanhaiguan, dozens of artillery are still not enough. The Ming army stationed in Shanhaiguan must be divided as much as possible, and then find a way to lure the defenders out of the city to fight in the field.

Therefore, Nurhaci sent Huang Taiji and Eryi both to lead the Zhengbai Banner to feint to attack Gubeikou, and Amin and He Heli to lead the Xianglan Banner to feint to attack Xifengkou. The remaining main forces of each banner were ambushed in the area from Ning Yuanwei to Guangning Zhonghou, a hundred miles away from Shanhaiguan.

As long as the Shanhaiguan garrison dared to divide its troops at Gubeikou and Xifengkou, these troops could arrive at the city within a day and use their superior strength to open a breakthrough.

Of course, plans can never keep up with changes, and this folk proverb also applies to Jurchens. Just a few days after the Dajin army launched a tentative attack on several important passes, another news came from the five Khalkha tribes. Emperor Jingyang of the Ming Dynasty issued an edict to lead the army in person for the expedition!

At first Nurhachi didn't believe it, but within two days the same news came from North Korea. After the two facts were confirmed, he believed it even if he didn't want to believe it. So Dabeile Daishan was sent to Shanhaiguan, not to attack the city, but to pay close attention to the changes in Guancheng. If the Ming Emperor really visited the front line in person, there would be no movement.

If this news is true, then the previous storm plan may need to be changed, and the target of the battle will be changed from Shanhaiguan to Emperor Jingyang! As long as the emperor can be trapped, even if Shanhaiguan is not captured, it will still be a great victory.

"Ama, I came to report yesterday afternoon that there was movement on the city wall and that there were some more flags. My son heard about it and went to check it out two miles outside the city. He found that the dragon flag of the Han Emperor was indeed raised on the city towers and on the top of the city. I think it was that The Hunjun has entered the city."

Since his eldest brother Chu Ying died in battle outside the capital, Daishan took his place. Although there are four flag owners, Baylor, he is called Big Baylor, which makes him a little different. Regardless of whether others recognize him or not, I think he is the quasi-prince.

He was very high-spirited during this expedition with the Great Khan. He always looked for opportunities to perform meritoriously and acted extremely seriously and responsibly. After checking the truth at Shanhaiguan, he ran more than 300 miles overnight with his bodyguard Bagala back to Jinzhou, just to tell his father the news of the Ming Emperor's arrival as soon as possible.

"Thank you for your hard work, Big Belle. I've already asked people to prepare hot water. Let's go take a bath to relieve our fatigue. We'll go back as soon as possible. I want to hear your details." Nurhaci saw his second son's positive performance, but couldn't help it. Joy in my heart.

Trying to perform is good, but going too far is never enough. There were five sons in total accompanying the army on this trip: the second-old Daishan, the third-old Abai, the fifth-old Mang Gurtai, the sixth-old Tabai and the eighth-old Huang Taiji. The seventh child, Abatai, took the tenth child, Degelei, and the eleventh child, Babuhai, to stare at North Korea in the south.

Laositang Gugu and Laojiu Babutai were far away in Haixi negotiating with the Horqin tribe about forming an alliance, and they couldn't leave. Basically all the remaining sons who were adults and had combat experience were brought out.

(End of this chapter)