Sometimes love is not believed because it is seen, but it is seen because it is believed.

– Rabindranath Tagore (Indian poet, philosopher, and Indian nationalist)

"Generals, you are all doing your best and taking the lead, aren't you embarrassing me?" Bai Feng, who looked relaxed, joked with a smile: "If you all go to be pioneers, then who will be the main army?"

"Haha......" The generals who laughed loudly left all the worries in their hearts behind in the laughter.

"Strategically, we have already despised our enemies, and now it is time to value them tactically. After talking and laughing, Bai Feng, whose smile gradually faded, returned to the truth: "After all, the 160,000 troops of the Jurchen tribe are all extremely mobile cavalry. ”

"Compared with our infantry-based army, the Jurchen tribe's 160,000 cavalry army has the greatest advantage in our unattainable mobility; if they choose to avoid the battle, even if we have a million troops, I am afraid that we will not be able to annihilate the enemy army that comes and goes like the wind. ”

"General Louis and General Di Maria, your two generals have led their troops to engage the Eight Banners cavalry of the Jurchen tribe more than once in a head-on battle;

"General, with what I know about the cavalry of the Jurchen tribes, it is almost impossible for them to choose to avoid a fight. Facing Bai Feng's gaze, Louis replied, "Because the Jurchen tribe is a newly rising tribe, they attach great importance to the glory of warriors. ”

It can even be said that the Jianzhou Jurchens, as one of the three most powerful and representative tribal groups of the Jurchen tribe, their rapid rise and apparent unity are based on the warrior glory system created by Nurhachi himself. ”

"Once the warrior glory system of the Jianzhou Jurchens collapses, the Jianzhou Jurchen and Eight Banners system established on the basis of this system will all collapse, and in that case, the unified Jianzhou Jurchens will revert to the loose period when the tribes are in charge of their own affairs. ”

"Warrior Glory System?" Bai Feng, who heard this new term for the first time, asked Louis with curiosity: "General Louis, what is this warrior glory system that can become the foundation for the rise of the Jurchens in Jianzhou and the establishment of the Eight Banners?"

The so-called warrior glory system refers to a meritorious reward system founded by the Jurchen Khan Nurhachi of Jianzhou himself; according to this system, Jurchen soldiers who have made military exploits on the battlefield can receive rich financial rewards and official rewards after the war. ”

"Even the most ordinary Jurchen civilian warriors can rely on their military exploits on the battlefield to obtain the wealth and official titles that originally belonged to the Jurchen nobles;

"Doesn't Nurhachi's Aixin Jueluo family have very strict family regulations, how can outsiders be allowed to enter their family?" Bai Feng, who had carefully understood the Jianzhou Jurchen, asked with a little doubt: "Isn't he afraid of luring wolves into the house?"

"Even if there is a fierce wolf, it will be used by Nurhachi!" Di Maria explained to Bai Feng: "Actually, there is still a very big difference between the true members of the Aixin Jueluo family and the members of the included and collateral members. ”

"Before, we didn't know about the division between the descendants and the side of the Aixin Jueluo family, but as we fought them more often on the battlefield, we gradually discovered that not all members of the Aixin Jueluo family were Nurhachi's henchmen and descendants. ”

"In the Jianzhou Jurchen tribe, where Huang is honored, the only people who can use the yellow belt are the descendants of the Aixin Jueluo family, and the other included members and side members are not allowed to use the yellow belt, but can only use the red belt to symbolize status. ”

"On the battlefield, there will always be the most elite cavalry in the Jianzhou Jurchens under the members of the Aixin Jueluo family members of the yellow belt, and the members of the Aixin Jueluo family under the red belt are all relatively ordinary cavalry, and their combat effectiveness is not as good as the cavalry under the command of some big tribal leaders. ”

"I see!" Bai Feng, who suddenly realized, immediately remembered another thing, and his eyes lit up, and he asked Di Maria: "What about Shulhaqi with a yellow flag and Murhaqi with a red flag? Are they yellow belts or red belts?"

"This ......" Di Maria, who was stunned when she heard this, said uncertainly: "It should be a yellow belt, right? Shulhaqi and Murhaqi are Nurhachi's younger brothers, it can't be a red belt, right?"

"No, Shulhaqi with a yellow flag and Murhaqi with a red flag are not yellow belts, they are red belts!" Louis, who said in a positive tone, said categorically: "I have seen them from afar on the battlefield, and their belts that symbolize their status are red!"

"How can their belts be red belts?" Rodriguez questioned: "General Di Maria just said that Shulhaqi and Murhaqi are Nurhachi's own brothers, how can they not be members of the Aisin Jueluo family?"

"Yes!" Tevez also opened his mouth and echoed: "In the Jianzhou Jurchen tribe where Huang is respected, Shuerhaqi and Murhaqi can command the Yellow Banner and the Zhenghong Banner second only to the Yellow Banner, which is enough to show that their identity is a descendant of the Aixin Jueluo family!"

"This ......" Rodriguez and Tevez sang and harmonized, leaving Luis, who didn't know the reason, speechless, but he still insisted on his opinion: "I don't know if they are descendants of the Aixin Jueluo family, but I'm sure they use red belts!"

"Big brother, could it be that you are mistaken?" Not only did the other generals not believe Louis's words, but even Di Maria, who was close to Louis, felt unreasonable: "There is chaos on the battlefield, maybe you are wrong?"

"I ......" Louis, who was extremely depressed, just wanted to open his mouth to refute, but found that he couldn't find a reason to refute; speechless, he had to bow his head helplessly, which was considered to be a tacit acquiescence to Di Maria's statement.

At this moment, Bai Feng, who had recovered from his contemplation, spoke out in support of Luis in time: "No, I believe that General Louis is not mistaken;

Unexpectedly, Bai Feng spoke in support of his Luis, and asked in confusion after gratitude: "General, you have never seen Shulhazy and Murhaqi, how do you know that they use red belts instead of yellow belts?"

"Because on the way to Besançon Province with my army, I learned some things that the Jianzhou Jurchen did not know to outsiders through some special channels, for example, Nurhachi's two younger brothers did not have a close relationship with him, and they could even be described as being the same as fire and water!"

"So, I think it should be true that you saw Shulhazy and Murhaqi using yellow belts, and as for why they were able to command the Yellow Banner and the Zhenghong Banner, which were second only to the Zhenghuang Banner, it was the result of the factional struggle within the Jianzhou Jurchens. ”