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Volume 188 Treatises 141: Military 2

Chapter 188 of 宋史 · History of Song
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Palace Guard: the lower section.
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Organization after the Xining reforms.
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Two companies of Palace Front Commissioners, left and right.
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Four companies of Inner Hall Direct guards, left and right.
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Four companies of Discharged Personnel, left and right.
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Four companies of Discharged Commanders, left and right.
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Two companies of Discharged Company Chiefs, left and right.
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Two companies of Discharged Gentlemen-Attendant, left and right.
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Gold Spear companies, left and right: two. In the sixth month of Yuanyou 2, the Privy Council stated: "In the seventh year of Yuanfeng the Drafting Office relayed to the Privy Council that in the Palace Front Commissioner left and right companies spearmen should each be capped at half the quota, with all others converted to archers. On closer examination, the capital horse forces had earlier abolished spearmen altogether; when vacancies opened in the various companies' spearman slots, no one was available to fill them—hence that edict. Recently the Palace Front Horse and Foot Army Office reported that capital horse units had again assigned one-tenth of their strength as spearmen and that company spearmen were once more drilled as before." The court ordered: "The seventh year of Yuanfeng edict is revoked and shall not be carried out."
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Eastern and Western companies, crossbowmen, Dragon Banner Direct, and Arrow Summoners: eleven units in total. After the Restoration there were five eastern companies and three western companies in all.
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Four companies of Discharged Direct guards, left and right. In Xining 9 the Southern Discharged Direct were consolidated under the Northern Discharged Direct. After the Restoration they were called the Arrow Summoner companies' Discharged Direct.
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One company of Outer Hall Direct guards. It was abolished in Xining 5.
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Two companies of Silver Spear guards, left and right. They were established after the Restoration.
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The Tea and Wine Old Company was established after the Restoration.
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The Tea and Wine New Company was established after the Restoration.
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Imperial Entertainers Direct: one company when the dynasty was founded. It was kept after the Restoration but later abolished. The foregoing were the various guard companies.
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Sun-Upholding, together with Left Archers, Chui Direct, crossbowmen, and the Left Fifth Army: thirty-five units in all. Thirty-three at the capital, one each at Yongqiu and Zheng. In Xining 5 the thirty-three Sun-Upholding units were merged into twenty-two; crossbowmen were abolished and assigned to Left Archers, leaving twenty-nine units. In the first year of Yuanfeng, tenth month, Left Archers were transferred to Heavenly Martial command. In the second year Left Archers and Chui Direct were abolished. In the eighth month the Fifth Army was abolished; Yongqiu Second and Nanjing First were both redesignated the newly formed Valiant Swift. In the ninth month the court ordered no further changes: vacancies were not to be filled until the units could be gradually abolished and merged.
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Two units of Gui-Ming Bohai troops. Stationed at the capital. In the first year of Yuanfeng one unit was reassigned to fill Gong-Sheng; the rest were transferred to Valiant Cavalry Right Four.
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Gong-Sheng: twenty-one units. Stationed at the capital. In Xining 6 they were merged into sixteen units and Left Archers were abolished. After the Restoration there was one deputy commander.
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Tuhun: five units. During Zhiping they were merged into two units. In Xining 2 they were merged into one unit. They were abolished in the first year of Yuanfeng. After the Restoration they came under the Foot Army.
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Valiant Cavalry: twenty-two units. Stationed at the capital. In Xining 6 they were merged into fourteen units; crossbowmen and Upper Valiant Cavalry were abolished. In the first year of Yuanfeng Valiant Cavalry Left First at the capital was reassigned to Divine Valor.
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Valiant Victor: ten units. They were abolished in Xining 3.
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Pacifying the North: ten units. Three each at the capital and Weishi; one each at Yongqiu, Hua, Heyang, and Heyin. In Xining 2 they were merged into seven units. In the first year of Yuanfeng the capital's Second and Third were both reassigned to the First.
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Dragon Fierce: eight units. In Xining 3 they were merged into six units.
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Flying Fierce: one unit. It was abolished in Xining 2.
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Khitan Direct: three units. Two each at Xianping, Dichang, and Shou. They were abolished in Xining 9.
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Divine Cavalry: eighteen units. Thirteen at Yongqiu, five at Xianping. In Xining 2 they were merged into ten units. After the Restoration there was one deputy commander.
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Tuhun Direct: three units. Two at Taiyuan, one at Lu. In Xining 6 the Luzhou unit was abolished. In the first year both Taiyuan units were abolished. In the second year of Yuanfeng one unit remained each at Taiyuan and Luzhou; vacancies were not to be filled. After the Restoration they came under the Foot Army.
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Anqing Direct: four units. One at Taiyuan, three at Lu. All were abolished in Xining 6.
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Three Tribes: one unit. Stationed at Taiyuan. They were abolished in Xining 3.
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Clearing the North: four units. Two at the Western Capital, one each at Yingchang and Ru.
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Valiant Hero, formerly six units; in Zhiping 4 they were merged into four. Two each at Xianping and Chen. Early in Xining, Valiant Fierce Fourth was redesignated to fill one slot. In the sixth year of Yuanfeng one unit remained each at Xianping and Weishi; vacancies were not to be filled.
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New horse-army units under the Horse Army Directorate:
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Selected Vanguard was established after the Restoration.
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After the Restoration the court established the Divine Strategy Selected Vanguard, Left Wing, Right Wing, Crushing Vanguard, Roaming Patrol, Forward, Right, Center, Left, and Rear armies, and the Guarding the Sage Horse and Foot Army.
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Two companies of Imperial Dragon Direct guards, left and right.
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Two companies of Imperial Dragon Guduzi Direct guards, left and right.
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Imperial Dragon Bow Direct: five companies.
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Imperial Dragon Crossbow Direct: five companies. After the Restoration there were two companies, left and right.
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Divine Valor and Upper Divine Valor: twenty-one units in all. Stationed at the capital. In Xining 6 they were merged into fourteen units and Upper Divine Valor was abolished. Early in Xiaozong's reign they were renamed the Guarding the Sage Army.
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Broad Valor: forty-three units, grouped ten to an army. Five at the capital, twenty-two at Chenliu, two each at Xianping, Dongming, Taikang, Zuo City, and Nanjing, one each at Xiangyi, Yangwu, and Yun, and three at Hua. In Xining 9 one more unit was added at the capital. In the eighth month of Yuanyou 2 the court ordered Left Third Army First and Right Third Army First established at the capital.
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Divine Archer: five units. Three at Chenliu and two at Yongqiu. Abolished in Xining 3.
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Dragon Cavalry: twenty units, organized in three armies. Four at the capital; two each at Weishi, Yongqiu, Xianping, and Zheng; one each at Nanjing, Chen, Cai, Heyang, Di, Shan, Su, and Baibo. In Xining 2 they were merged into thirteen units. In Xining 2 the capital's seventh unit was transferred to the ninth.
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Heroic Valor: eight units. Three at Xianping, two at Yun, and one each at Yingchang, Zheng, and Hua. In the first year of Yuanfeng Xianping Second and Third were transferred to First, Yunzhou Fifth to Fourth, and the unit was renamed Heroic Might; Guancheng Seventh and Baima Eighth were merged; the Yingchang unit's vacancy was not to be filled. In year 2 the Xianping vacancy was not to be filled.
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Proclaimed Might Upper and Lower: two units. One each at Xianping and Xiangyi. In Xining 3 one Xianping unit was transferred to Broad Swift and one Xiangyi unit to Fierce Might; the corps was abolished in year 4.
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Broad Virtue and Selected Broad Virtue: ten units in all. One each at Xianping, Weishi, Yangwu, Heyang, Cang, Gong, and Baibo; three at the Western Capital. In Zhiping 4 fourteen units were merged into eight. In Xining 6 Selected Broad Virtue was abolished; Weishi Selected Broad Virtue First and Yangwu Second became Broad Virtue.
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Victory Swift, Might Victor, and Might Swift were founded early in the Jianyan era and placed under the Palace Front Command.
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Complete Swift and the Vanguard, Right, Center, Left, and Rear Armies—the nine units from Victory Swift on down—were all created after the Restoration.
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Under the Imperial Guard Directorate there was one Personal Guard horse-and-foot commander-in-chief, one deputy, and one chief adjutant. The horse army had one commander-in-chief, one deputy, and one chief adjutant; the foot army likewise. If all posts from the horse-and-foot chief adjutant up were vacant, the horse and foot commanders-in-chief each held those duties in addition. Dragon Guard and Divine Guard each had left- and right-wing four-wing commanders-in-chief; each wing had a commander-in-chief; each army had a commander and chief adjutant; each command had a commander and deputy—the remainder matched Palace Front Command regulations. Their authorized strengths of horse and foot units appear below.
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Staff Attendant Direct, left and right: four units. Two at the capital and one each at En and Ji. In Xining 2 the left direct units were merged into one; short-strength commands were reassigned per the army's reduction. In year 5 the En and Ji left- and right-direct units were abolished without replenishment. In year 6 they were transferred to Dragon Guard. Abolished in the third year of Yuanfeng.
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Loyal Fierce: one unit. Stationed at Ding prefecture. Abolished in Xining 5.
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Dispersed Member: one unit. Stationed at Ding prefecture. Abolished in Xining 5.
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Valiant Swift: twenty-six units. One newly established and one Selected unit at Weishi; fourteen at En and ten at Ji. In Xining 1 the armored surplus slots were abolished. In year 3 the Selected unit was abolished. In year 5 three Yingzhou units were transferred to the local Cloud Wing; Jizhou's ten and Enzhou's fourteen were each merged to five, and Mozhou's two to one. In year 10 Jizhou and En Valiant Swift, five each, were each reduced to four. In the first year of Yuanfeng a new Valiant Swift unit was established at Taikang.
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Cloud Cavalry: fifteen units. Eleven at the capital, one each at Chenliu and Nanjing, and two at Gong County. In Xining 2 fifteen units were merged into ten. In year 3 units one through twelve were merged into seven. In the seventh month the eighth unit was transferred to the first and second. In year 8 one armored surplus slot was added. In the second year of Yuanfeng a vacancy was filled by selecting men from Cloud Swift Second Army. In the tenth month Yongqiu armored surplus First became Cross-Blockade Tenth. After the Restoration there were seven units.
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Valiant Sharp: four units. Three at Mo and one at Ji. In Xining 5 Mozhou's three were merged to two; Jizhou Third kept its vacancy unfilled while survivors filled Valiant Swift. In the seventh month of year 6 Mozhou First and Second and Jizhou Third became Valiant Swift, and that month Valiant Sharp was abolished.
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Surrendered-to-Ming Divine Martial Horse: one unit. Stationed at Weishi. In Xining 6 it became the newly established Valiant Swift and was abolished in the seventh month.
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Flying Swift: four units. Stationed at Yongqiu. In Xining 2 four units were merged into two. Abolished in the first year of Yuanfeng.
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Valiant Martial, left and right: twenty units. Seven at the Northern Capital, three at Zhending, six at Ding, and one each at Xiang, Huai, Luo, and Xing. In Xining 1 armored surplus slots were abolished. In year 2 the Northern Capital's seven were merged to five. In year 5 Zhending's three became two, Ding's six became four, and understrength units at Xing and Cloud Wing were merged into one. In year 10 the Northern Capital's five became four; Ding's four understrength units became three. In the seventh year of Yuanfeng one Loyal Fierce unit was split into Valiant Martial Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth.
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Broad Sharp: forty-four units in all. Three each at Taiyuan, Dai, and Bing; five at Fen; two each at Shi, Lan, and Kelan; one each at Jin, Lu, Ci, Jiang, Ze, Xi, Xian, Ninghua, Weisheng, Pingding, and Huoshan; two each at Jing, Yuan, and Fu; one each at Qin, Wei, Huan, Bin, and Ning. In the second year of Yuanfeng one each at Xin and Lan went unfilled—vacancies not to be filled. In year 3 one Jingzhou unit below the pair filled the vacancy above. In year 5 two units were established at Lanzhou. After the Restoration there were twenty-three units.
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Cloud Wing, left and right wings: thirty-four on the left, twenty-two on the right—fifty-six in all. Three each at Zhending, Xiong, Ying, Shen, Zhao, and Yongning; six each at Ding and Ji; five at Bao; two each at Cang, Beiping, Yongjing, Shun'an, and Baoding; one each at Mo, Xing, and Ba; four each at Guangxin and Ansu. In Xining 5 Cangzhou's two became one; Jizhou's six became three; Zhending's three one; Zhao's three two; Ding's six four; Shun'an's two one; Yongning's three two; Beiping's two with vacancies one; Ansu First split to Third; Shen's three two; one Baozhou unit transferred elsewhere. In year 10 Mozhou Thirteenth went to Valiant Swift; Zhending Eighth to Valiant Martial; Ding's four with vacancies three; Ansu's three with vacancies two; Guangxin's four three. In Yuanyou 1 two Guizhou units were left standing. After the Restoration there were thirty-three units.
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Mounted Fierce Valor: seven units. Two at Taiyuan, one each at Dai and Lan, and three at Ci. In Xining 5 Ci's three were merged to one. After the Restoration there were five units.
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Cavalry Swift: five units. Three at Ying and two at Mo. Abolished in Xining 6.
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Hall Detachment: seven units. Two at Ding and five at Xiang. In Xining 5 Xiang's five Hall Detachments became three and Ding's two Hall Detachment Horse units one. In year 6 all three Xiangzhou Hall Detachments became Hall Detachment Horse. In year 10 Xiangzhou Hall Detachment Horse Third was transferred to Valiant Martial Hall Detachment Horse. After the Restoration there were four units.
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Valiant Steed: one unit. Stationed at Taiyuan. Abolished in Xining 6.
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Matchless: six units. Two each at Ding and Beiping; one each at Ansu and Guangxin. In Xining 5 Beiping's two understrength units were merged to one and three were transferred to Cloud Wing; One Guangxin Army unit was reassigned to Cloud Wing.
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Loyal Sharp: one unit. Stationed at Guangxin. Abolished in Xining 5.
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Might Border: two units. One each at Ding and Bao. Abolished in Xining 5.
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Conquer Victory: two units. Stationed at Lu.
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Flying Cavalry: two units. Stationed at Lin.
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Might Far: two units. Stationed at Fu.
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Conquer Barbarians: two units. Stationed at Bing.
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Clear Frontier: one unit. Stationed at Yan'an. Abolished in Xining 5.
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Martial Clear: one unit. Stationed at Jin. Abolished in Xining 6.
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Myriad Swift: seven units. Two each at Xiang, Ji, and Zhao; one at Cang. In Xining 5 Ji's two were merged to one and assigned to Cloud Wing; Xiang's two understrength units were merged to one. After the Restoration there were seven units.
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Cloud Swift: twelve units. Two each at Weishi, Xianping, the Western Capital, the Northern Capital, and Chan; one each at Ru and Huai.
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Cross Frontier: seven units. One each at Yongqiu, Xianping, Kaocheng, Xiangyi, and Ningling; two at Wei.
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Mounted Secure Frontier: one unit. Abolished in Xining 5.
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Fan Tribal: eighty-three units. Five at Huan; four each at Yan and Qing; seventeen at Qin with outer stockades; twelve each at Yuan and Wei with outer stockades; seven at Deshun with outer stockades; twelve at Zhenrong with outer stockades; two each at Fengxiang and Jing with outer stockades, Yi, and Bao'an; one at Long. In Xining 3 nine outer stockades were merged into seven. In the eighth month Jingyuan Circuit reassigned Fan Tribal strength cut from new stockades to prefectural Fan Tribal units, with a fixed quota of 32,000 men. In year 5 Longzhou added one Horse-Recruiting Army Fan Tribal unit. In year 9 Shaanxi native Fan Tribal at Weizhou went from eight to six; Yuan and Qin, from five each to four. In the fourth year of Yuanfeng Huanzhou Fan Tribal units not yet organized into commands were all converted to regular troops. In the fifth year, sixth month, the Jialu Stockade commander asked that one unit be established. In Shaosheng 4 an edict ordered ten new horse armies on the Shaanxi route, 500 men each, with two at Yongxing, Hezhong, Fengxiang, Tong, and Hua. In Yuanfu 1 an edict placed one horse army on the new Xi'anzhou on the Jingyuan route and one each at Tiandu and Linqiang stockades. In the sixth month the court ordered ten new commands on the Yongxing Army route and elsewhere. In year 2 Dingbian City gained two horse armies; Wulongchuan and Beiling new stockades one each. In Chongning 5 the new Anbian City received one horse army.
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Bingzhou Mounted Archers: one unit. In Xining 6 Taiyuan Mounted Archers First became Conquer Barbarians. In the seventh year of Yuanfeng Chengdu gained one Mounted Archers horse unit. None remained after the Restoration.
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Mounted Bold Strategy: three units. One each at Guang, Gui, and Yong. In Xining 3 Mounted Bold Strategy at Guang, Gui, and Yong went unfilled; in year 10 two understrength Yongzhou garrison commands were shifted to Guizhou and restored as before. In Shaosheng 1 Yuanzhou added one mounted unit. In the first month of Yuanfu 1 an edict added one mounted unit each on the Jinghu South and Jiangnan East routes. After the Restoration there were two units.
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Chong Swift. In Chongning 3 an edict created 50,000 horse and foot troops across Jingdong, Jingxi, Hebei, Hedong, and the Kaifeng metropolitan zone—107 commands in all. Thirty-five horse commands, seventy-two foot commands—36,000 men in all. Horse units were named Chong Swift and Chong Sharp; foot units Chong Martial and Chong Might.
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Chong Sharp. In Chongning 3, see above. Neither of the two armies above survived after the Restoration.
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Qingjian Mounted Archers: two units.
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Staff surplus and surplus direct personnel demoted for crimes were used to fill them.
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Front, Right, Center, Left, and Rear Armies—the seven units above were all created after the Restoration.
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Divine Guard, including naval units: thirty-one in all. Stationed at the capital. In Xining 2 thirty-one were merged into thirty. In year 3 the naval unit was abolished. In the second year of Yuanfeng the ninth and tenth were abolished; Nanjing First became Valiant Martial crossbowmen. After the Restoration there were forty-six units.
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Tiger Wing: ninety-six units. Ninety at the capital plus one naval unit; one each at Xiangyi, Dongming, and Shan; two at Changge. In Xining 2, aside from one naval unit, ninety-five were merged into sixty. In year 6 Upper Tiger Wing was abolished. In the fourth year of Yuanfeng an edict reassigned four Palace Front Tiger Wing Right One commands as Li Xian's personal guard.
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Festival Observance, including Upper Festival Observance: five units. Stationed at the capital. In Xining 2 Upper Festival Observance at the Palace was abolished. In the ninth month two Upper Festival Observance commands were transferred to Tiger Wing. In the sixth year, tenth month, Festival Observance was abolished.
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Foot Martial: six units. Stationed at Chen.
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Martial Guard: seventy-one units. Four each at Nanjing, Zhending, Ding, and Zi; one each at the Northern Capital, Chan, Xiang, Xing, Huai, Zhao, Di, Luozhou, De, Qi, Tongli, Qian, and Guangji; five at Qing; two each at Yun, Xu, Yan, Cao, Pu, Yi, Ji, Shan, Lai, Wei, Deng, Ying, and Bo; three each at Qi, Mi, and Cang. In Xining 4 the Emperor told Wen Yanbo and others: "Jingdong Martial Guard troops have long been famed as elite and effective—no less than Shaanxi forces." Yanbo replied: "Jingdong men are reserved, fierce, and sharp—that is their character too." In year 5 Cang's three became two; Zhending's and Fu's fours each became threes; Zhao's and Zhenwu's one each were merged into one. In year 6 an edict ordered one unit established at Minzhou. In the third year of Yuanfeng Hezhou's two Martial Guard units were merged to one.
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Valiant Martial—including Valiant Martial crossbowmen, bed-frame crossbow Valiant Martial, Selected Valiant Martial, Flying Mountain Valiant Martial, and Selected Surrendered Ming Valiant Martial: thirty-four units in all. Thirteen at the capital; two each at Taiyuan, Weishi, Nanjing, and Zheng; one each at Xianping, Dongming, Yongqiu, Xiangyi, Yingchang, Cao, Guangji, Gushu, and Changge. In Xining 5 Selected Valiant Martial was abolished. In the intercalary seventh month bed-frame crossbow and Flying Mountain Valiant Martial, five each, were merged to two. In year 6 Valiant Martial was abolished. After the Restoration the designation gained the prefix "Pinghai."
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Flying Tiger: three units. Two at Chenliu; one at Xianping. Abolished in Xining 3.
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Divine Sharp: twenty-six units. Six at Taiyuan; three each at Lu and Jin; two each at Ze, Fen, Xi, and Pingding; one each at Dai, Jiang, Yi, Liao, Xing, and Weisheng. In the second year of Yuanfeng Luzhou had three; vacancies were not filled.
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Quelling Martial: eighty-one units. One each at the Northern Capital, Chan, Xiang, Wei, Ba, Mo, Qi, Di, Zhao, Bin, Mingzhou, Baoan, Yongning, Tongli, Ansu, and Yi. Two each at Zhending, Ying, Bao, En, Xing, Shen, Bo, Yongning, Qianning, Qing, and Jing; six at Yan; seven each at Bin and Long; five each at Fu and Ning; four at Ci; three each at Cang and Yuan. In Xining 5 Ying's two became one; Cang's three became two; Zhending's two became one; one of Xing's two was split among Martial Guard, Divine Sharp, and Garrison Martial; Ci's four became three. In the third year of Yuanfeng Fu's four became three; one of Bin's five filled vacancies in the upper four commands; Long's four became three. In Yuanyou 7 an edict restored Cangzhou commands sixty-seven and sixty-eight.
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Come Submit: one unit. Stationed at Ningling. Abolished in Xining 7.
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Newly Established Crossbowmen: two units. At Guangji. In Xining 6 Dingtao County's Second Army became Valiant Martial crossbowmen.
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Cherish Courage: three units. Two at Yongqiu; one at Chen. Abolished in Xining 3.
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Awe Pacify: one unit. Stationed at Yingchang. Abolished in Xining 2.
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Fierce Martial Upper and Lower: ten units. Four at Xiangyi; two each at Xianping, Yingchang, and Changge. In Xining 3 Proclaimed Might was absorbed.
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Heroic Victory: three units. One each at Shanfu, Ji, and Ji. In Xining 4 Shanfu Heroic Victory was transferred to other armies. After the Restoration, four units.
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Return Grace left and right: two units. Stationed at Bo. In Xining 3 Left First was merged with Right First. In year 6 First became Heroic Victory.
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Clear Sea crossbowmen: two units. Stationed at Deng. In Xining 8 the Guangxi Pacification Commission sent Clear Sea troops to Guizhou under the name New Clear Sea. After the Restoration the designation gained the prefix "naval force."
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Divine Tiger: twenty-six units; six at Yongxing; two each at Fengxiang, Hezhong, Xin, Xi, Jin, and Weisheng; one each at Taiyuan, Qin, Yan, Fu, and Hua; three at Lu. In Xining 9 Qinzhou had one; vacancies were not filled.
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Capture Alive: two units. Stationed at Yan. In Shaosheng 3 one unit each was established at Huan and Qingzhou.
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Clear-Border crossbowmen: forty-three units. Nine at Taiyuan; five at Qin; four at Jing; three each at Hezhong and Long; two each at Yongxing, Dai, Lu, and Jin; one each at Qing, Wei, Huan, Tong, Fang, Zhenrong, Ci, Dan, Xi, Fen, and Xian. In Xining 6 Fengxiang's four became three. In year 8 one from Jiyang merged with Manifest Resolve was placed under it. In year 9 Qinzhou's four became three. In the third year of Yuanfeng one Hezhong Clear-Border crossbowmen general was assigned to the prefecture's Secure Swift and Clear-Border crossbowmen.
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Secure Victory: nine units. Two each at Yongxing and Hua; one each at Fengxiang, Yao, Tong, Qian, and Jie. One from Hua was shifted to the prefecture's Secure Swift and Secure Victory; Fengtian filled one county Secure Swift vacancy. After the Restoration one unit was added.
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Establish Merit: ten units. One each at Yongxing, Qin, Qing, Yuan, Wei, Jing, Yi, Fu, Yan, and Zhenrong.
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Qingjian: two units. After the Restoration they were assigned to the horse army.
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Pacify Sea: two units. Stationed at Deng.
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Establish Prestige: one unit. Stationed at Qin. Abolished in Xining 3.
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Loyal Service: twenty-seven units. Three at Chenliu; two each at Taikang, Weishi, Xiangyi, Heyang, Cao, and Heliu; one each at Xianping, Zheng, Bo, Wei, Yingchang, Shan, Chan, Ci, Guangji, Heyin, Ningling, and Baibo. In Xining 9 Ci and Wei each had one; short of men, each was merged with Martial Guard into one.
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Sichuan Loyal Service: seven units. Six at Nanjing; one at Ningling. In Xining 2 all six Nanjing units were placed under the upper three. In the twelfth month of year 3 Nanjing's three became two.
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Manifest Resolve: one hundred seventy-four units. Distributed across the nine circuits of Jingdong East and West, Hebei, Hedong, Huainan, Jiangnan, Two Zhe, Jinghu, and Fujian. Jingdong: two each at Nanjing, Yun, Xu, Cao, and Qi; one each at Qing, Yan, Mi, Pu, Yi, Shan, Ji, Zi, Lai, Wei, Deng, Yingyang, and Guangji. Jingxi: one each at Western Capital, Hua, Yingchang, Heyang, Chen, Xiang, Zheng, Ying, Cai, Ru, Sui, and Xinyang; two at Deng. Hebei: one each at Zhending, De, Di, Bo, Xing, Qi, En, Ci, Shen, Ding, Mingzhou, Bin, Tongli, Yongjing, Qianning, and Yongning. Hedong: six each at Taiyuan and Fen; four at Jin; three each at Ze, Jiang, Shi, and Dai; two each at Lu, Lan, Xin, Liao, Weisheng, and Pingding; one each at Ci, Xi, Xian, and Ninghua. Huainan: two each at Yang and Bo; one each at Lu, Su, Shou, Chu, Zhen, Si, Qi, Hai, Shu, Tai, Hao, He, Guang, Huang, Tong, Wuwei, Gaoyou, and Lianshui. Jiangnan: one each at Jiangning, Jiang, Hong, Qian, Ji, Fu, Yuan, Yun, Jianchang, and Nan'an. Two Zhe: two at Hang; one each at Yue, Su, Ming, Hu, Wu, Run, Wen, Qu, Chang, Chu, and Xiu. Jinghu: two each at Tan, Quan, and Ding; one each at Jingnan, Shao, Heng, Yong, Chen, Dao, An, E, Yue, Li, Fu, Xia, Gui, Shen, Jingmen, Hanyang, and Guiyang. Fujian: two units; one each at Fu, Quan, Nanjian, Zhang, Ting, Shaowu, and Xinghua. In Xining 3 one each at Su, Yang, Lu, Shou, Chu, Zhen, Si, and Tai was merged into Drill-Review Loyal Fidelity, one per prefecture. One vacancy each at Qi, Hai, Shu, Hao, He, Guang, Huang, Tong, Wuwei, Gaoyou, and Lianshui went unfilled. In the twelfth month Jingdong's thirty-three became thirteen; on southern Jinghu one each at Dao, Yong, and Heng, Tan's two to Valiant Fruit, Quan's two and Shao's one to Bold Strategy, Chen and Guiyang unfilled, Jingnan to Valiant Fruit, Ding's two and Li, Yue, An, Fu, and E's one each to Drill-Review Loyal Fidelity, Jingmen, Hanyang, Gui, and Xia unfilled; Jiangnan East's Jiangning and West's Qian to Valiant Fruit and Bold Strategy, Hong, Ji, Fu, and Jianchang to Drill-Review Loyal Fidelity, Yun, Yuan, and Nan'an unfilled; Fujian's Fu to Valiant Fruit, Jian's two merged to Valiant Fruit; Two Zhe's Hang two and Yue, Su, Run one each to Valiant Fruit, Hu, Wu, Wen, Qu, Chang, Chu, and Xiu unfilled. In Xining 5 En had one and Qianning, Yongjing, Zhending, Xing, Mingzhou, Ci, Ding, Qi, Shen, and Yongning one each went unfilled. In year 8 one Jixiang Army Manifest Resolve unit joined Clear-Border crossbowmen; Lu restored one. In year 9 one each at Ding, Xing, Shen, Qi, Ci, Yongning, Yongjing, and Qianning became Loyal Service. In the first year of Yuanfeng Bo's two were reassigned to other prefectures and armies.
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Manifest Resolve bed-frame crossbow artillerymen: one unit. Stationed at Kelan. Abolished in Xining 3.
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Establish Peace: two units. One each at Fu and Lan.
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Valiant Fruit: twenty-five units. Three each at Jingnan, Jiangning, Hang, Yang, and Lu; two each at Hong, Yue, and Fu; one at Qian. In Xuanhe 3 one unit was added at Yanzhou.
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Loyal Submission: one unit. Stationed at Xiangyi. In Xining 6 it became Valiant Martial.
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Selected Heroic Courage: one unit. Stationed at Xiangyi.
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Cherish Submission: one unit. Stationed at Ba.
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Return to Sagacity: one unit. Stationed at Yongqiu. In Xining 6 it became Valiant Martial.
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Submit to Sagacity: one unit. Stationed at Gong. None remained after the Restoration.
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Cherish Grace: three units. Two at Jingnan and one at E.
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Selected Cherish Love: one unit. Stationed at Ningling. Abolished in Xining 6.
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Valiant Swift left and right: twenty-six units. Two each at Xiangyi, the Northern Capital, Chan, Chen, Shou, Ru, Cao, and Su; one each at Xianping, the Western Capital, Nanjing, Bo, Ningling, Hong, Heyin, Gong, Changge, and Weicheng. In Xining 3 ten units were merged into nine, and right twelve into right two. In the second year of Yuanfeng Tang and Ru each gained one local militia unit.
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Upper and lower Martial Prestige: thirteen units in all. One each at the Western Capital, Heyang, Zheng, Yun, Chan, Hua, Pu, Tongli, Gong, Heyin, and Yongcheng; two at Cao. In Xining 3 lower Martial Prestige was abolished. In year 9 one Chan unit was reassigned to Loyal Service and Valiant Swift.
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Quell Barbarians crossbowmen: four units. One each at Heyang, Chan, Wei, and Tongli. Abolished in Xining 7.
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Pacify Frontier crossbowmen, Selected Pacify Frontier, and Newly Established Pacify Frontier: four units in all. One each at Xianping, Bo, Heyin, and Baibo. In Xining 6 the crossbowmen and Newly Established and Selected Pacify Frontier units were abolished; Bo's Pacify Frontier crossbowmen, Baibo's Newly Established Pacify Frontier, and Xianping's Selected Pacify Frontier all became lower Martial Prestige.
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Loyal Courage: three units. Stationed at Chengdu.
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Pacify the Distance: eight units. Three at Rong; one each at Suí, Zi, Jia, Ya, and Jiang'an. In Xining 6 one unit was added at Luzhou.
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Loyal Fidelity, Sichuan Loyal Fidelity, and Drill-Review Loyal Fidelity: sixty units in all. Three each at Yongqiu, Xiangyi, and Ningling; two each at Chenliu, Xianping, Dongming, Bo, Heyin, and Yongcheng; five at Nanjing; one each at Taikang, Yangwu, Yingchang, Jiangning, Yang, Lu, Su, Shou, Chu, Zhen, Si, Tai, Chuzhou, Yue, Li, Chi, She, Xin, Taiping, Rao, Xuan, Hong, Qian, Ji, Linjiang, Xingguo, Guangji, Nankang, Guangde, and Changge; four at Heliu. In Xining 3 Bozhou Fourteenth joined Valiant Swift and one Sichuan Loyal Fidelity unit joined Loyal Fidelity. In the twelfth month eight units were added. In year 5 one unit was established at Caizhou.
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Upper and lower Divine Might: thirteen units. Three at Chenliu; two each at Yingchang and Gong; one each at Yongqiu, Kaocheng, Xianping, Heyang, Guangji, and Baibo.
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Return to the Distance: sixteen units. One each at Chen, Yingchang, Bo, Shou, Su, Deng, Xiang, and Ding; two each at Jingnan, Li, Tan, and Hong. In the fifth year of Yuanfeng one unit was established at Chengzhou.
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Bold Strategy: twenty-five units. Five at Jingnan; four at Tan; three each at Ding and Li; two each at Guang, Chen, and Gui; one each at Xu, Quan, and Shao. In Xining 3 Heng gained one unit; Ji gained three hundred men and one Route Army Bold Strategy command. In Chongning 3 four units were established on southern Jinghu.
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Recruitment: seventeen units. Four at Bao; three each at Ba and Xin'an; two each at Ding and Juncheng Stockade; one each at Guangxin, Ansu, and Shun'an. In Xining 5 Ba's and Xin'an's two each became one; Ding's two one; Ansu's one and Bao's two went to Quelling Martial and Recruitment. In year 8 Xin replaced selection with Community Defense and ended lower Palace Guard fill-ins.
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Robust Courage: seven units. Two each at Yao, Jie, and Hua; one at Yingchang.
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Bridge Road and Sichuan Bridge Road: eighteen units in all. Two each at Xiangyi, Xianping, and Yangwu; one each at Chenliu, Dongming, Weishi, Taikang, the Western Capital, Heyang, Pu, Yun, Gong, Heyin, Baibo, and Ningling. In Xining 3 Yun's Sichuan Bridge Road became Bridge Road under Submit to Change.
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Clear Frontier: twelve units. Two at Cao; one each at Zheng, Yun, Hua, Tongli, Gong, Heyin, Baibo, and Sishui; two at Changge.
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Chong Martial. In Chongning 3 foot units were created in Jingdong, Jingxi, Hedong, and Hebei.
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Chong Might. In Chongning 3 foot units were created in Jingdong, Jingxi, Hedong, and Hebei.
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Daring Courage. In Yuanyou 7 an edict had Hedong and Shaanxi command headquarters recruit Daring Courage, quota one hundred men. In Xuanhe 4 three hundred Daring Courage recruits at Yuezhou were assigned to the Two Zhe judicial commissioner for pursuit-and-slaughter duty.
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Broad Security. In Chongning 3 an edict added four Broad Security commands for capital labor. In Zhenghe 5 five hundred men were added to each of the four commands' quotas; guest troops were no longer detailed.
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Through Aid. In Zhenghe 6 an edict added two thousand Through Aid troops to tow imperial convoys. From Chong Martial onward these six armies ceased after the Restoration.
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Clear Guard. In Xuanhe 7 Clear Guard and related armies were cut, and the Foot Army Directorate filled quotas from equivalent categories.
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Saber-and-shield men. Established in Chongning. Guangxi, Guizhou commandery.
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Stalwart Courage, Robust Martial, and Pacify the River, the three armies from Stalwart Courage down, formerly belonged to the Garrison Army. After the Restoration they came under the Imperial Attendant Foot Army.
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Revive Splendor: five hundred men per army.
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Pacify the Distance and Serve-the-Ancestor Garden: four units.
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Martial Tranquility, Martial Courage, Loyal Fruit, Bold Integrity, and Sure Victory: six units.
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Forward, Right, Center, Left, and Rear armies—the thirteen armies from Revive Splendor down were all founded after the Restoration.
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Imperial-favored Loyal Assistants officers and generals followed the Jianlong-era system.
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Discharged Personnel company: one unit.
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Horse Direct command: one unit.
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Foot Direct command: one unit. In Xining 4 the horse and foot Direct commands were abolished and sent to Palace Front and Foot Army Tiger Wing; men with horses joined Cloud Cavalry.
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Reserve troops: 1,960 men. In Xining 2 nine hundred sixty were dismissed.
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Personal Attendant official commands: four. In Zhenghe 5 a fifth command was created, quota seven hundred men.
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Personal Affairs official commands: three. In the fifth year of Yuanfeng one unit was added to guard the Jingling Palace. In Zhenghe 5 one Western Capital Inner Palace office, quota five hundred fifty men. Also one Inner Garden Office was added, quota five hundred ten men.
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Inner Court courtyard personnel: five hundred. After the Restoration, two hundred.
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Fast Runner and Long Runner, founded after the Restoration: one hundred.
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Stable Office: three men.
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Clerk Office, founded after the Restoration: thirty men.
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Commandant troops were a Xining reform. Earlier Taizu, wary of frontier governors' abuses, sent Palace Guard detachments to garrison border cities under a rotational garrison law so troops traveled the roads, sharing hardship and easing fatigue. So generals could not keep private armies and troops did not grow arrogant or slack. From Chunhua and Zhidao the practice grew stricter; though hard-to-control armies did not return, rotational garrisons crisscrossed and crowded the roads. Critics said troops no longer knew their generals nor generals their troops, so in crisis they might prove unreliable. When Shenzong acceded he reorganized route commandant troops under the Palace Guard so troops knew their generals and generals trained their men; in peace they drilled without rotational garrison toil and were sent only when needed—so they would not be idle.
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In Xining 7 an edict first grouped metropolitan Kaifeng, Jingdong, Jingxi, and Hebei troops under generals and deputies. Starting in Hebei, from the First General down there were seventeen generals in the four Hebei circuits; from the Eighteenth General down seven generals in the metropolitan prefecture; from the Twenty-fifth General down nine generals in Jingdong; from the Thirty-fourth General down four in Jingxi, thirty-seven in all. Fuyan, Huanqing, Jingyuan, Qinfeng, and Xihe also had their own separate generals. Nine at Fuyan, eleven at Jingyuan, eight at Huanqing, five at Qinfeng, nine at Xihe—forty-two in all. In year 8 an edict added thirteen mounted corps units split between Jingdong and Jingxi. Ten Drill-Review Loyal Fruit units were also raised in Jingxi, five hundred men each—six at Tang and Deng, four at Cai and Ru.
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In the second year of Yuanfeng two local Valiant Swift units were added in Jingxi, four hundred men each—Right Eleventh at Tangzhou Fangcheng, Left Twelfth at Ruzhou Xiangcheng. Thirteen mounted corps units in all, plus twelve Loyal Fruit and local units. In year 4 an edict organized southeastern route troops like the metropolitan districts—thirteen generals: from Huainan, east route First, west Second, Two Zhe West Third, East Fourth, Jiangnan East Fifth, West Sixth, Jinghu North Seventh, south route Tanzhou Eighth, Quan-Shao-Yong supporting Guangxi Ninth, Fujian Tenth, Guangnan East Eleventh, West Guizhou Twelfth, Yongzhou Thirteenth.
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Ninety-two generals empire-wide; the five Fuyan circuits also had Han and fan archers attached to generals and subordinated accordingly. Each route general had one deputy; in the southeast, under three thousand men, only a single general was appointed. Generals and deputies were chosen from Inner Hall Honored Guards and above with battle experience who knew the people; supervisory officials were also ordered to recommend candidates. By troop strength each commanded, section generals, company generals, and escort-detachment commissioners were appointed in graded numbers. Training officers were also placed below the various general assistants. At spring and autumn musters they picked the strongest; one in ten per thousand was named to the court and awaited imperial release; those who wished to stay home were not forced away. Such was the commandant-troop system.
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In year 6 Xihe pacification commissioner Li Xian said: "This route has nine generals in name, but most slots are empty and in crisis they cannot be mobilized. Fan and Han are mixed in one army with different tastes and languages; quarters and assignments are all awkward—before battle the harm is already great, unlike Li Jing's principle that fan and Han should each follow its own method. Merge this route's nine generals into five armies, each with five-army generals and deputies and chief and associate fan commanders, regular troops with Han archers in one army and fan troops each in their own army. In battle use fan troops first and Han next—surely effective—and cut generals, deputies, and section and company officers; this is convenient. The court approved.
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In Yuanyou 1 Sima Guang said: "Recent disasters have left bandits numerous and prefectures wholly without arms. Magistrates' guards are thin; Palace Guard troops all belong to corps commanders who often overpower prefectures, and magistrates rank far below them. If rebels like Li Shun, Wang Lun, Wang Jun, or Wang Ze seized a chance to raid and seize counties, would that not alarm the court! Since the founding, few troops stayed in camp; they rotated out on garrison duty. The aim was to toughen them, teach hardship, loosen home ties, and learn terrain and passes. Since corps generals were set up, only when an entire corps mobilized did commanders march with them; the rest stayed in camp feasting and playing, growing arrogant and slack until they were useless. Each general also had a dozen section generals and training officers, while every prefecture still had pacification commissioners, superintendents, chief controllers, and garrison controllers—duplicate posts draining pay. Everyone who knew warfare saw the error. I beg to abolish route corps commanders and return Palace Guard troops to prefectural magistrates with pacification commissioners, superintendents, chief controllers, and garrison controllers, as before the corps system, so districts would be armed in peace and could be ordered to die defending in crisis."
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Remonstrance adviser Sun Jue agreed; an edict then kept Shaanxi, Hedong, and Guangnan commandant troops from garrisoning other routes, sent one Hebei inland general to Hedong in rotation, and rotated all route generals and non-corps troops on garrison duty, trimming some superintendents and chief controllers while corps commanders doubled as prefectural chief controllers—but generals and deputies were not abolished as Guang urged. That eighth month the Bureau of Military Affairs said reducing local officers on border prefectures and envoy routes was wrong. Border prefectures and envoy routes therefore kept corps commanders from doubling as chief controllers.
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By Shaosheng the Bureau of Military Affairs said: "Formerly when soldiers broke the law corps commanders could judge and punish on their own; precedent allowed no delay. Since prefectural and county officials joined military affairs, they were often checked and could not act alone. We ask to restore the old rule: transfers, promotions, and replacements in all armies belong to the corps command, and prefectures and counties may not interfere. Outside their stations, generals and deputies on inspection tours should decide; the rest may be left to training officers. The court approved. Prefectures and counties then had no role at all; the troops grew more arrogant and useless.
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In Yuanfu 1 Zhang Zhuo again asked to add Jingyuan's Twelfth General.
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In Xuanhe 1 an edict punished anyone who dispatched commandant troops except to fight fire and flood or arrest spies and sorcerers. Three years later Wuzhou prefect Yang Yingcheng said: "Route garrisons should answer to defending officials so civil and military authority are one and orders are not divided. Otherwise arrogant generals and unruly soldiers prey on the people and overwhelm prefectures—some magistrates cannot bear the strain." An edict then subordinated them to defending officials. Soon another edict said commandant troops follow corps commanders' regulations except where already under defending officials. Later bandits rose in Jiang and Zhe, seized cities, and southeast commandant troops fled at first sight and could not fight. After order returned Tong Guan reported: "The southeast's three generals are mostly weak and know no warfare, wasting grain stores, arrogant, lazy, and self-indulgent. In peace their leaders won posts by favor and pursued private profit; more than half practiced crafts and trades. Bandits therefore ranged freely, ravaging the region at great state expense. Now that peace is restored, more generals and troops should be added to suppress and control the region. Yet southerners are timid and untrained and cannot fight. We propose three new generals in inner circuits rotated with metropolitan generals and Shaanxi troops sent to garrison in rotation. The southeast might then get real fighters—for policy this is best." The court approved. After the southward shift the stationed great armies were the same kind as old commandant troops, but their stations differed.
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Commandant troops after Jianyan are listed here after stationed great armies, with Jianyan naval forces appended.
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Post-Jianyan stationed great armies included Martial Vanguard, Elite Sharp, Daring Courage, Secure Huai, Strong Courage, Heroic Victory, Martial Secure, Jiangdu and Taixi Quelling Martial, Loyal Courage, Roaming Patrol, Huaiyin Forward Army, Deputy Office left and right armies, and Shifted Garrison Left Army.
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Huainan East, Chuzhou: Heroic Victory, Secure Huai, and Green Level Small Bold Border.
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Huainan East, Taizhou: Secure the Yangtze Left Army.
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Huainan West, Luzhou: Strong Courage Forward Army, Strong Courage Right Army, Martial Secure, Roaming Patrol, Loyal Righteousness, Bold Border, and All Year.
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Huainan West, Haozhou: Martial Secure Selected Vanguard, Martial Secure Rear, Service Effect, Martial Victory, Mobile Strike, Righteous Warriors units, and Dingyuan Martial Secure.
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Huainan West, Anfeng: Martial Secure Forward, Martial Secure Right, City-Defense Garrison, and Four-Color armies.
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Huainan West, Wuwei Army at Chaoxian: Pool Office Right Army.
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Huainan West, Huangzhou: Bold Pass Flying Tiger Army.
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Lin'an garrison: Bold Integrity, Valiant Fruit, Complete Swift, Dragon Cavalry, and Return to the Distance.
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Jinzhou: troops of the Pacification Headquarters.
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Chengdu Circuit: pacification deputy headquarters garrison troops.
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Sichuan Grand Commission headquarters: Flying Swift Army.
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Lizhou Control Headquarters: various armies.
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Jinzhou: Loyal Righteousness Army.
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Langzhou Control Headquarters: various armies.
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Tongchuan commission headquarters: Tread-White Army.
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Longqing: stationed Roaming Patrol Army.
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Tongchuan pacification headquarters: Loyal Settled Army.
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Kuizhou Control Headquarters troops.
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Xingyuan Control Headquarters troops and Lizhou Metropolitan Headquarters forces.
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Sichuan Commission headquarters: Faith and Righteousness armies.
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Xingyuan Metropolitan Headquarters: Hezhou Army and Qinzhou troops—Qiandao 3, three hundred men.
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Yangtze naval forces: established in Jianyan.
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Mingzhou naval forces: established in Shaoxing. Qiandao 1: two thousand men in left and right generals.
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Fuzhou Dicu and Yanxiang forts: Shaoxing establishment, 150 men. Qiandao 7: additional recruitment. Five thousand men in all.
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Zhenjiang Palace Front navy: Qiandao 3 recruited 300; Chunxi 5 added 1,500.
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Coastal navy: Qiandao 6, 1,000 men.
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Chaozhou navy: Qiandao 4, 200 men.
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Jiangyin navy: Qiandao 4, 300 men.
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Guangdong navy: Qiandao 5, raised to 2,000 men.
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Pingjiang Xupu navy: Qiandao 7, 7,000 men; Chunxi 5 added 500.
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Jiangzhou navy: Chunxi 3 recruited 1,000.
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Chizhou Metropolitan Headquarters navy: Chunxi 1, 1,000 men; Jiading raised to 3,000.
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Zhangzhou navy: Shaoxi 1, Zhang and Quan 600 men together.
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Quanzhou navy: see above.
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Palace Front Ganpu navy: Kaixi 1, 1,500 men.
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Ezhou Metropolitan Headquarters navy: Kaixi 15.
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Taiping Caishi Palace Front navy: Jiading 14, 5,000 men.
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Jiankang Metropolitan Headquarters Ji'an navy: formerly under the Metropolitan Headquarters; Jiading transferred to Palace Front.
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Mounted Corps Executive Tangwan navy: formerly under the Mounted Corps Executive; Jiading transferred to Palace Front.
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Tongzhou navy: established Qiandao 5.
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Chizhou Qingxi Yancha coastal-control navy: Jianyan 4, 150 men.
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Two Huai navy: Shaoxing 1, 2,000 men. Longxing 1: an edict had sea-pirate convicts on each circuit tattooed and assigned to the naval forces.
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