Chapter 503 Beijing Camp

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, people are still enjoying the last two days of the Lantern Festival, and all ministries and temples in Nanjing have opened their offices for duty.

Because there has been no inspection in the capital for many years, and after the change of dynasties, there are too many officials in the capital. The pandas of the Ministry of Civil Service Examination Department are continuing to work overtime in the small dark room despite the dark circles under their eyes after half a month.

It is estimated that it will take a few days, and the civil servants' work has not been completed before the Jingchao on the civil service side can continue.

However, the military reforms of the three major battalions carried out by the military ministers are about to be implemented smoothly.

The reason here is very simple. For civilian officials, this round of reforms means demoting or losing their official status, but for military ministers, it means re-dividing the interest pie, so their enthusiasm is naturally different.

And it also involves one thing, which is the so-called "if the name is not correct, the words will not be correct".

After the Battle of Jingnan, the Ming Dynasty's Five Army Governor's Mansion was dominated by the founding nobles of Hongwu, to the Jingnan nobles who suddenly rose to high positions. Jiang Xinghuo proposed the restructuring of the three major battalions of the Beijing Camp. , which is very in line with the interests of Yan Jun and Jingnan Xungui.

Because with such a change, it would be logical to take the core military power of the Ming Dynasty into his own hands.

By the same token, this is also in Zhu Di's interests.

Therefore, on the day when the final round of high-level discussions on the restructuring of the three major camps in the capital began, and the system was about to be formally implemented, Jiang Xinghuo, as one of the few civilian officials, was invited to attend the discussion.

In fact, except for Jiang Xinghuo and the half-warrior Ru Yu (although he is the Minister of the Ministry of War, he has the title of earl), the other civil servants involved, even the two minister-level bosses of the Ministry of War, can only listen. Can't speak.

Today, the conference hall of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion was packed to the brim, and generals wearing helmets and carrying armor lined up all the way outside.

The ranks of these generals are usually major generals, but there are occasionally a few lieutenant generals, who are all in attendance and are not qualified to sit at the table for discussion.

Of course, no one requires them to be neatly dressed, and it is not impossible to wear a big cotton-padded jacket. But for workers, they are afraid of involution, just like no one strictly requires formal attire for formal meetings, but for low-level workers People will definitely be afraid that others are wearing it and they are not wearing it. Isn’t that just a little green among thousands of flowers?

If the emperor saw this and took note of it, all future prospects would be ruined.

And for the fierce generals of the Yan army who often go out to fight in the snow and fight in the snow, what's the big deal about standing in armor for a few hours? You must start the new year by leaving a good impression on your superiors.

Under this kind of involution, even some second- and third-generation nobles who have become embroidered pillows have to endure the cold and heavy burdens and put on heavy armor that often weighs forty pounds.

"Hello, Imperial Master!"

For Jiang Xinghuo, the nobles' welcoming attitude was very positive and warm.

Because the national master not only provides them with benefits, but also gives them real money!

None of the noble military ministers who contributed money to participate in the initial investment in overseas trade said that their families did not have a good year during the New Year this year.

And as news of the Luzon and other battles came back and the rewards continued, more frustrated generals began to consider transforming into the navy or the navy to find a new future.

After all, for cavalry, infantry and other arms that are all macho and extremely capable, it is very necessary to change the iterative play style of the track and consider the new blue ocean industry.

"Hello, colleagues."

Jiang Xinghuo specially wore a unicorn suit to show his respect. His posture was upright and he was walking slowly like a forest. At this time, he was walking with dignity and admiration.

In the conference hall, Ru Rui, who was sitting silently on a chair and staring at the ceiling in a daze, looked at Jiang Xinghuo enviously.

Shi Kui, the right minister of the Ministry of War, is a well-known upright official, but his behavior is relatively rigid. He actually turned around and asked Qiao Wen, the left minister next to him: "Why don't we get this kind of treatment?"

"well"

Qiao Wen sighed and simply said: "I don't want to be seen by others."

Almost everything that should come has come.

On the other side of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, Cao Guogong Li Jinglong is the Supreme Emperor in Annan, and Wei Guogong Xu Huizu is drinking the northwest wind in Beijing. The remaining Dukes, in order of order, are Cheng Guogong Zhu Neng, Qi Guogong Qiu Fu, and Rong Guogong Yao Guangxiao. , Ding Guogong Xu Jingchang. The first two are the de facto deputies of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion. The old monk was previously responsible for military logistics and coordination, and Xu Jingchang is now the god of wealth in the military.

As for the marquises, the founding marquises of Hongwu, with the passing of Changxing Marquis Geng Bingwen and Wuding Marquis Guo Ying, have all withered away. The ones who came are the second and third generation marquises who have stepped aside. They are officially cut off from the power cake today. That group of people have no say. Marquis Anlu, Marquis Fengxiang, Marquis Luancheng, etc. are all sitting in the corner silently. Although they have the right to speak, they must be manipulated by others and dare not speak out.

There was no way, who let the Southern Army lose? If the strength is not worthy of the position, then it is an excellent outcome to keep the glory and wealth. No matter how much you want, there is no need to ask for more. This is why Anlu Hou decisively abandoned his troops to protect his commander in the Lianghuai Salt Tax Case.

And those who can speak a few words, but have little say, are the marquises in Jingnan Honors.

These include Sienhou Fangkuan, who represents the Daning faction, Anpinghou Li Yuan and Jing'an Hou Wang Cong, who represent the Weizhou faction, and Wucheng Hou Wang Cong, who represents the Navy.

In addition, there are the marquises from the direct line of the Yan army and the Hebei line. The two are actually related from the time of Long. In Zhu Di's heart, there must be a distinction between far and near, but from the outside, they are basically one, including Yongkang. Hou Xuzhong, Wu'an Hou Zhengheng, Chengyang Hou Zhangwu, Tong'an Hou Huoli Huozhen, Taining Hou Chen Gui, Cheng'an Hou Guo Liang and several others.

Generally speaking, the Dukes who can make the final decision on the military minister's side will say more, the Marquis Jingnan as representatives will say less, the Marquis Hongwu will shut up, and the other earls will all stand aside to listen.

Not long after, Zhu Di also arrived.

Zhu Di was also dressed in military uniform at this time, with a murderous look on his face, and he walked like a tiger, making people intimidated.

Arriving in front of all the princes, Zhu Di lifted up his skirt and armor and sat upright in the first place. His eyes were like lightning and he was majestic. After scanning the generals in the hall, a cold light flashed in his eyes.

"Dear ladies!"

Zhu Di shouted in a deep voice: "In today's meeting, I intend to reform the system, establish a Beijing camp, and implement a new system! Some of the past systems will be abolished, and new rules will be followed from now on. It is agreed today that if anyone dares to break the rules in the future, then He will be severely punished and will not be tolerated."

All the generals praised: "Your Majesty is wise!"

Under Jiang Xinghuo's intervention, the reform of the Beijing Camp military system was much ahead of the historical line of the previous life. In the previous life, it was established in Yongle, settled in Renxuan, and dispersed in Baozong. But in essence, it is not much different. They are all emerging. The military aristocrats, in order to legitimately get their own benefits from the founding nobles, is the general trend, and it is only a matter of time before they carry out military reform.

And after more than thirty years of evolution, the military system established by Hongwu when he founded the country is indeed no longer suitable for the current situation.

Anyway, now that Zhu Di has made up his mind, he must have seen through some things.

Zhu Di nodded and continued: "Let Duke Cheng Guo speak."

Cheng Guogong Zhu Neng is the mainstay of the Ming Dynasty's military. He is young, experienced and capable. He will be the absolute number one person in the Ming Dynasty's military in the next few decades. It is natural for him to preside over the military reform.

The report in front of Zhu Neng is very long, because this meeting is very important. Although he has basically said hello and passed before, it cannot be regarded as a formality. The content to be prepared is extremely complicated, and it is bound to happen when faced with competition for interests. appeared.

Zhu Neng said slowly: "The role of the three major battalions of the Beijing Camp is similar to that of the Forbidden Army of the Song Dynasty, but it is not exactly the same. It is more used for the garrison center and serves as a reserve for strategic decisive battles. It is also required to take on the role of a field corps. responsibilities.”

"The reason why we plan to establish the Beijing Camp is because there are indeed some shortcomings in the founding system of the Hongwu Dynasty, that is, the Wei system."

"According to the principle of separation of soldiers and generals sent out by the garrison system, military households are responsible for farming and training in their respective garrison during normal times when there is no war. When war comes, they are recruited to the designated assembly point and handed over to the generals dispatched by the Fifth Army Governor's Office. command."

Well, to put it bluntly, it is still the Song Dynasty's "soldiers don't know the generals who don't know the soldiers", but it's not that outrageous. Anyway, under the control of the guards, middle-level and grassroots officers still lead the troops, but the high-level generals usually don't have contact with them. The advantage of such a system design is that, let alone the number of people in one station, one guard can only have 5,000 people at most. Even if they are really familiar with each other, how can 5,000 people rebel? impossible.

In an area, there is basically only one garrison station, and there is no contact with other brother garrison stations on weekdays. These military households are essentially no different from farmers. Information and communication are very blocked. If there is no joint combat mission, for more than ten years, It is even normal for him to never see other soldiers of the Guard for the rest of his life.

"But the disadvantage of the guard recruitment system is that tasks involving tens of thousands of people, such as military formations and coordinated operations, cannot be accomplished by a single hundred or thousand households, or even a full complement of guards. Once they are rushed into battle, A large corps of hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands fighting in the field will cause extremely serious command dissonance and disjointed coordination."

Upon hearing Zhu Neng's words, not a single general present showed disapproval.

Because although Zhu Neng said a lot, every sentence made sense and almost no word could be deleted.

——These are the lessons learned and the shortcomings of the system drawn from blood.

The simplest question is, why in the early and middle stages of the Jingnan Campaign, the Southern Army's large armies often numbered four to five hundred thousand people, but they couldn't defeat the Yan Army's hundreds of thousands of people?

The reason lies in what Zhu Neng said.

A command problem that neither Geng Bingwen, Li Jinglong, or He Fu could overcome in the large corps of the Southern Army was that the quality of the armies was seriously uneven and they extremely lacked the ability and awareness to conduct joint operations.

There are more than 5,000 guards in one guard, and if there are more than 500,000 people, that's one hundred guards!

Think about it, there are a hundred guards transferred from all over the world, who have never met each other. They speak with different accents and are used to different tactics. You are the commander-in-chief, how do you coordinate? Just thinking about it makes my head explode.

In fact, the simplest example is that for ordinary modern people, when playing a 5v5 game, they don’t understand how to cooperate with the command. On a battlefield dozens of miles wide, under the accumulation of massive information, you have to rely on war intuition and distance control. With extreme communication conditions, how difficult do you think it is to command 100 atomized military units in a timely and accurate manner for combat?

And what about the Yan army on the opposite side?

The main forces of the Yan army on the opposite side are the Yanshan and Daning factions. The surrendered Hebei and Yuzhou factions are responsible for filling in the lines and attacking. The troops of the Yanshan and Daning factions are not only second to none in terms of combat quality, but also have tacit cooperation and extremely strong maneuverability.

This resulted in every strategic decisive battle. The Yan army's tactics were actually the same - letting the infantry of the Hebei and Yuzhou factions and the infantry and cavalry of the Daning faction be responsible for frontal defense. These troops were led by Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng, and Qiu Fu. They commanded separately, and then when the battlefield was fully unfolded, Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu led the Yanshan Department's direct line of elite cavalry and the Mongolian Tartar officers to launch a breakthrough and roundabout from the flanks.

The routine is very simple, but there are so many famous generals in the Southern Army who can't break the trick from the beginning.

The reason is that it's not that the coach can't see through it, but that the tactics are set and the players can't execute them.

Because if they want to capture the highly maneuverable Yan Army, the Southern Army, which is dominated by infantry, must engage in an imminent decisive battle in the wilderness. It must maintain a certain frontal width, otherwise there will be too many people to spread out, and hundreds of thousands of people will not be able to spread out. At least a dozen miles of front are needed.

Spreading the width of the battlefield means that one of the left and right wings will be broken through by the Yan army's elite cavalry, and then threaten the Chinese army from behind.

In such a wide battlefield, hundreds of thousands of people are crowded together, all of whom have been called together temporarily. They have never cooperated before, and even most of the guards who have extremely little war experience will be defeated by the Yan army under extremely stretched communication conditions. The elite troops surround the back, and the main force of the Yan army cannot be attacked in front, so collapse will inevitably occur.

Zhending and Zhengcunba were all beaten in this way.

Later, during the Battle of Baigou River, Li Jinglong thought hard and came up with a countermeasure, which was to let a few elite cavalry such as Songpan Jingqi also attack the Yan army. This directly led to the most difficult battle in the Battle of Baigou River. At that moment, the Daning Department in charge of the rear was seriously injured, and many middle and high-level generals were seriously injured or killed. It was precisely because the Daning Department gritted its teeth and held on that Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu stabbed Li Jinglong's Chinese army and then won. The battle was won.

All tactics changers seem simple, don’t they? But in the era of cold weapons, being able to organize and coordinate a force of tens of thousands of people to break away from the rear and conduct tactical detours on the battlefield is something that only top generals can do, and there are only a few troops who can execute it. It takes many years of cooperation and practical training to achieve this effect.

As for the later period of the Jingnan period, Yan Jun's routine was indeed basically ineffective.

These are two reasons. The first reason is that as the war progressed, a large number of Southern Army troops completed the process of rushing through the sand, and their cooperation with each other improved. In other words, those who could not cooperate with friendly forces were basically eliminated naturally. ; the second reason is that the Yan Army shifted from strategic defense to strategic offense. In the later period, the Yan Army took the initiative to attack, and the Southern Army was in a defensive state, so it did not need a large front to surround the Yan Army (and did not have that many troops) Carrying out two-wing encirclement operations), while the front was shortened, vehicle formations and firearms units were also used to deal with the cavalry's detours, and the defensive effect was very good.

Whether it was Dezhou, Gaocheng, or Jiahe, the Yan army's cavalry did not gain any advantage by taking detours. They even suffered head injuries and bloody injuries several times, and injured many generals.

During the Battle of Feihe in the fourth year of Jianwen, the Yan army's fierce generals Wang Zhen, Bai Yi, and Liu Jiang each led their elite cavalry to conduct long-distance maneuvers. As a result, they fell into Ping An's trap and the reinforcements were blocked by the Southern army. Wang Zhen The others were heavily besieged, and they committed suicide shouting, "I will never die against my enemy."

Wang Zhen's death means that the Yan Army's tactics are basically ineffective against the Southern Army who are determined to hide in their shells and act like bastards. Instead, they have given away as much as they go in, directly destroying the confidence of all the Yan Army generals, including Zhu Di. It’s gone.

At that time, all the generals advised Zhu Di to retreat, because the logistics supply line behind enemy lines could be cut off at any time, and the army would soon run out of food and fodder. Moreover, the Confederate army could no longer be attacked in the field. If they did not retreat, the entire army might collapse. It was Zhu Neng who stood up with his sword. , who was forcefully persuaded to come back by saying, "The emperor of the Han Dynasty was defeated nine times out of ten battles, but he was able to conquer the world in the end. Now we are winning consecutively, how can we retreat after a slight setback and then surrender to others?"

Zhu Neng assured Zhu Di that he would be able to iterate tactics and come up with a solution. Only then did Zhu Di scold him harshly, and the generals did not dare to say anything more.

Later, Zhu Neng really changed his tactics and relied on "firearms + heavy infantry" to defeat the Silver Medal Army of the Ping'an Department head-on. He also defeated the governor Chen Hui who came to the rescue. This was the reason for the decisive battle of Lingbi. This is why the Yan Army Cavalry The generals obviously looked down upon firearms, but there were really not many who opposed their use.

Two words, so delicious!

Five words, who knows who uses them!

Looking back at history and looking at the present, everyone knows that if you want to win the war, the Wei system will definitely not work.

What to do if the guard system is gone?

"Therefore, the Fifth Army Governor's Office has tentatively decided to change part of the military system of the country and the dynasty. It will establish the three-camp system of Beijing Camp in the center and the system of general officers with seals in the border areas. The guard system will remain unchanged in the interior."

The general military officer system is not unexpected, because it is already the default current system.

Ningxia Chief Military Officer Ningyuan Hou He Fu, Gansu Chief Military Officer Xining Hou Song Sheng, Liaodong Chief Military Officer Baoding Hou Mengshan

During the Hongwu Dynasty, in addition to the Sai kings who were responsible for guarding the border, Lao Zhu often sent noble military officials to sit in areas where the Sai king was not stationed. In the current Yongle Dynasty, in order to replace the Sai king's border guarding system, a system was also formed. In each key area, the garrison general officer is responsible for coordinating military equipment. The chief military officer is nominally a temporary dispatch, but in fact it is a long-term position, commanding all the garrison soldiers in the entire area. On paper, it is stipulated that "in peacetime, soldiers will be separated, "Dispersed to the Guards after the War" has been broken in execution.

Therefore, the issue that the distinguished military ministers are actually most concerned about is the three major camps of the Beijing Camp.

Once the Beijing camp is formed, it must be the so-called forbidden army, which is the core component of the entire Ming army.

It is not that there was no such proposal in the past, but Lao Zhu was afraid that something like the story of the Five Dynasties would happen, and he would not allow the establishment of a Beijing camp similar to the Five Dynasties Palace Chief.

But the dozens of guards around the capital do have one thing that is different from other guards, and that is that they share a training ground.

"Da Ming Huidian" records that "the imperial camp system of the state mainly trains the officers and soldiers in Beijing... In the early days of the state, large and small training grounds were established to train officers and soldiers of the Fifth Army (not the Fifth Army Camp, which refers to the subordinates of the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army)."

But that's about it.

Until the fourth year of Jianwen, when the Yan army moved south, Emperor Jianwen only asked Wei Guogong Xu Huizu to lead the guards of the capital to assist Shandong. There was a huge difference from the same command, training, staff, and logistics units like the Beijing camp.

After the Battle of Jingnan, Zhu Di left the main force of his most trusted Yan army in Nanjing, while some troops from Peiping and Daning returned to garrison, but there was still no unified Beijing camp.

In fact, in Jiang Xinghuo's previous life, 80,000 internal and external horse infantry troops were mobilized to patrol Beijing in the sixth year of Yongle. The entire army was divided into the front army and the fifth army. In the seventh year of Yongle, the entire army was wiped out in Mobei because of Qiu Fu, and Zhu Di had no commander. However, we had to go to the north in person, so a total of 85,000 soldiers and horses from various capitals were sent to Beijing to join the expedition. A total of 160,000 to 170,000 people formed the Northern Expedition Army, also known as the Beijing Camp. The lieutenant commander of the expedition army led the left and right sentries. The general military officers of , Ye are the general military officers who lead the field troops to Beijing to guard various places.

For example, Chen Mao, the commander-in-chief of Ningxia who succeeded He Fu, is recorded in the history books: "In the winter of the eleventh year, he returned to the town. In the spring of the twelfth year, he resumed his own expedition. The Duke still general left the army and returned to the town next year. In the spring of the twentieth year, he returned to the north. After the expedition, the Duke led his troops to follow and return to the capital."

After the end of the Second Northern Expedition, the foreign troops were also disbanded and returned to their hometowns. Therefore, the third Northern Expedition required the deployment of troops to the capital again. Then the three Northern Expeditions were launched in consecutive years. Most of the foreign troops were not repatriated and remained in the capital when they went out for the expedition. The five military battalions were organized, and then the three major battalions of the Beijing camp were formed.

The reason why it is said that the three major battalions of the Beijing Camp were "formed in Yongle and established in Renxuan" is because after the first two Northern Expeditions, the troops were disbanded and returned to the defense, and even the elite troops before the expedition were not retained. However, in the last three Northern Expeditions, It was launched continuously for three years, and the army was permanently stationed in Beijing. It was too late to disband and return to the defense. With Zhu Di's death in Yumuchuan, Renxuan ascended the throne one after another within a year, and there were both internal and external troubles. In order to seize this main field force that is capable of conquering and fighting, With his military power, it became a matter of course to establish the three major camps in Beijing.

The most obvious example is that in "Records of Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty", if it were not a battle, the names of the three major battalions would definitely not appear. However, later records will appear frequently, which means that the three major battalions of the Beijing Camp began to become permanent institutions, and from then on In the first year of Xuande, a total of 80,000 soldiers from Henan, Shandong, Daning Dusi, Zhongdu Left-behind Division, Zhili Huaiyang and other guards and Xuanfu sergeants were transferred to Beijing for exercises. These elite soldiers from other places stayed in Beijing. In fact, they left the original The troops drawn from other places to join the Northern Expedition were institutionalized.

"What about the three major camps in Beijing?"

At this time, before Zhu Neng could answer, Zhu Di said calmly: "According to the old system of Jingnan."

Just five words set the tone for the meeting, and also shattered the remaining hope of the Hongwu nobles.

What is the Jingnan old system? To put it bluntly, it is the old military system of the Yan Army.

And this so-called "old", if you look back carefully, it actually happened four or five years ago. At the beginning, Peiping was besieged. Zhu Di rushed to Daning thousands of miles, collected the Daning troops, and then reorganized them. At that time, he ordered Zhang Yu In command of the Central Army, Zheng Heng and He Shouchong were the left and right deputy generals of the Central Army, Zhu Neng was in charge of the Left Army, and Zhu Rong and Li Rui were the left and right deputy generals of the Left Army. set.

Later, as the war progressed, soldiers began to undergo large-scale replacements, and the system also began to adjust.

As mentioned before, the Yan army's victory in the early and middle stages of the Jingnan period relied on the detours of the elite cavalry. This elite cavalry commanded by Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu also had a name. The whole process was called "Three Thousand Little Tatar Camps under the Great Emperor". This It was the original name, well, it was later called the Three Thousand Battalion. In fact, in the middle of the Jingnan Campaign, the establishment expanded greatly, and it was already far more than 3,000 people. Some of them became the current Loyalty Guards. .

Although it doesn’t sound nice to say it, in fact, due to the severe barbarism in the north, those who really did the long-distance roundabout work of the Yan army were basically Tatar officials who had attached themselves to the Han Dynasty and were Sinicized. Of course, there were also some Han people from the Yan area. Yes, but objectively speaking, Mongolian Tatar officials accounted for the majority. This is the fundamental reason why the civil servants of the Jianwen Dynasty always promoted the argument of "another Mongol invasion to the south" during the war.

However, the elite cavalry does have a high proportion of Mongolians, but apart from that, 70 to 80% of the Yan army is still Han, which is not the same as the Yan army in the Anshi Rebellion.

In addition to the three thousand battalions, there are the main fifth army battalion and the sentry horse battalion responsible for scouts.

In the fourth year of Jianwen, the Yan army entered Nanjing. When discussing Jingnan's military exploits, the Yan army was divided into five military camps, three thousand camps, sentry horse camps, city defenders and other miscellaneous categories. The three major camps were beginning to take shape.

As for the changes in the three major battalions, in Jiang Xinghuo's previous life, Zhu Di used the three thousand battalion, sentry horse battalion and fifth army sentry camps during his first northern expedition. This system is basically consistent with the Jingnan system and can be regarded as a complete inheritance. It was just that the five military camps were changed to the central army, sentry, and tuck, which were more conducive to command; during the second northern expedition, it became more complicated. The entire army was divided into three thousand battalions with accompanying troops, divine machine gunslingers, and large-scale troops. The flag camp cavalry includes sentry horse officers and soldiers, fencers, young officers and flag drummers, the fifth army horse infantry officers and soldiers, messenger battalions, house soldiers and other logistics and supporting officers and soldiers. The organization is very complex, and the magic gun led by Liu Sheng It was during the Second Northern Expedition that the Shenji Battalion was established independently. It was during the Battle of Hulanhu Hypothermia that he shone brightly. It was clearly recorded in the third Northern Expedition that "Shiying Camp" In the formation, the main camp is in the center, and five armies are stationed outside the camp, including the left sentry, the right sentry, the left tuck, and the right tuck. The infantry is inside, the cavalry is outside, and the Shenji camp is outside the cavalry. There is a long siege outside, two or ten miles in each direction." There were officially three major camps: the Shenji Camp, the Fifth Army Camp, and the Three Thousand Camp.

Sure enough, since there is Jiang Xinghuo as a time traveler, there is no need to fumble so slowly. This time it is one step at a time.

"The Beijing camp has three major camps: the Three Thousand Battalion, the Fifth Military Battalion, and the Shenji Battalion."

"In the first version of the system, the Three Thousand Battalion has an establishment of four guards, the Shenji Battalion has an establishment of two guards, and the Fifth Military Battalion has an establishment of thirty guards, for a total of thirty-six guards, a total of 21,600 people."