Brief introduction of local troops in Zheng De period of Ming Dynasty

Beijing Army and local army Ming Army are divided into Beijing Army (also known as Beijing Battalion) and local army. The Beijing Army is the elite of garde nationale and the main force in the war. In the early years of Hongwu, the Beijing Army had 48 guards. Chengzu moved the capital to Beijing, and the capital is close to the front line. There are as many as 72 people in Jingwei, with five armies, three battalions and three thousand troops. Ji Shen was formally established. At ordinary times, the fifth military camp learns the battle formation, and the 3,000 battalion mainly patrols the sentry post. Ji Shenying is in charge of firearms and drives with the sign in wartime. In the future, the Beijing military system will be more easily tired. In addition, there are the guards and pro-armies of Emperor Gong Wei, such as the Royal Guards, the 12 guards of Jinwu, Yulin, Hu Ben and Fujun, and the four guard barracks of Wuxiang, Tengxiang, Zuo Wei and Youwei, which belong to the Royal Horse Warden. Local troops, including guards, border guards and militia guards, are deployed in military towns in the mainland and key defense areas along the southeast coast. The border guards are the garrison troops to defend the Mongolian cavalry in the north. It is deployed in nine military towns from Yalu River in the east to Jiayuguan in the west, which is called "Nine Borders" in history. Militia is an armed force outside the army, appointed by the government to maintain local social order. On the mainland, it is called the people's strong, brave or Gong Bing, and the robot soldier and Aote are faster. In the northwest, it is called the local soldier. There are Miao soldiers, Wolf soldiers and other Tusi soldiers in southwest minority areas. In addition, there are mine soldiers, salt soldiers and monk soldiers (Shaolin soldiers and Wutai soldiers) formed by different industries and classes. In the case of war, they are often summoned and return to their original places after the war. The guards are mainly infantry and cavalry, and there are also navy divisions along the southeast coast. Officials have ordered coastal defense vessels in Fujian, Jiangsu and Zhejiang to fight against Japan, which has greatly developed the navy. The weapons and equipment of the Guards are not only well-made cold weapons such as knives, bows and arrows, guns and crossbows, but also firearms. Bronze spears, iron spears, mines and various types of artillery have begun to equip the troops. The central government has also set up two bureaus, namely, the War Bureau and the Military Equipment Bureau, which are responsible for casting firearms. Various provincial offices and health clinics have also set up miscellaneous manufacturing bureaus, which are responsible for the repair and repair of weapons in their health clinics. The guards in the early Ming Dynasty mainly came from the "volunteer army" after Zhu Yuanzhang's uprising, the "obedient army" surrendered by the Yuan Dynasty and separatist forces, the "benefactor army" dismissed for crimes, and the "overlapping army" that suppressed the people's enlistment. "Stacking" was originally a way to suppress the distribution of civilian households to supplement the army when there was a vacancy in the army. After the imperial court issued the "overlapping order", it became the main collection method of the guards. According to the regulations on the assembly order, there are 3 households 1 household, of which 1 household is called the main household, leaving the army, and the rest are attached households. If the frontal army dies, it will be supplemented by households. After Yongle, the strong men who recruited tigers and iron tigers took turns to replace the army. Military and civilian are strictly divided. When all the family members of the army are enlisted in the army, they are called military households, which belong to the governor's office, are not controlled by local administrative officials, and are superiors to each other, and their status and economic status are different from those of civilian households. Military households undertake military service regularly, and their fathers die and their sons succeed, serving as soldiers for generations, being stationed with the army and living in designated hospitals. If the whole family of military households dies or escapes, the government sends personnel to their original residence to call relatives or paste households instead, which is called "calling the army" or "Qing army".