After the demise of the Qing Dynasty, where did the millions of Qing troops go?

The Braid Army was established by Nurhachi, the founding father of the Qing Dynasty, for revenge. It inherited the heroic spirit of the Jurchen nationality and established the Eight Banners system in combination with the advanced management system of the Ming Dynasty at that time, making the Qing army a very powerful army in China in the17th century. The Great Qing Dynasty has always claimed to have a million-strong army to deter all directions. However, it can be seen that in the struggle with western powers in the late Qing Dynasty and the war of recovering the country, the strength of the Qing army has been greatly weakened, and the glory of the Eight Banners has long since disappeared.

In fact, the Manchu army began to corrupt at an extremely fast speed when it entered the customs to pacify the Quartet. Children of the Eight Banners, in particular, are addicted to power after enjoying the hereditary system. Coupled with the peaceful situation at that time, many soldiers gradually forgot their duties and began to enjoy themselves.

Later, when Kangxi recovered Taiwan Province Province and pacified Gerdan, the decline of the fighting capacity of the Qing army was already revealed. But in fact, until the Taiping Rebellion broke out, the Qing army had maintained a relatively large number, and the main force had already changed from the Eight Banners to green camp. However, under the pressure of national defense and low pay, the army is no longer the base camp for men to serve the country, and soldiers have become oppressed slaves. Coupled with the corruption caused by the influx of opium, this army has long been abolished and has been defeated by the Taiping Army many times.

In the Qing Dynasty, Han officials were finally activated, the recruitment system was started, and a new army was formed, gradually quelling the rebellion. At this time, the main force of the Qing army was composed of newly recruited Han troops such as Xiang Army. Although the Qing army has a large number of people, only a small part of them really put into battle. Later, when the Revolution of 1911 broke out, Yuan Shikai finally took over most of the control of the Qing army. Finally, the two sides negotiated the abdication of the Qing emperor, and Yuan Shikai's new army inherited the ghost of the Qing army and dispersed in China. After Yuan Shikai's death, China was divided and occupied by many warlords, and the remnants of the Manchu Dynasty became the right-hand men of these warlords, which was also one of the reasons for the imbalance of strength among warlords. Some Qing troops fled to other places. According to legend, when 1993 Jiulongzhai was demolished, there were the last adherents of the Qing army in the village, who moved here after the demise of the Qing Dynasty and claimed to be Qing immigrants.

A major feature of the country's end is the serious land annexation and class solidification, which will inevitably break the central government's control over the army. Song and Ming dynasties did not attach importance to the army, Yuan and Qing dynasties squeezed the army, and rulers who had been blinded by power for a long time often forgot the fundamental guarantee of power-the army. The so-called "emperor soldiers are strong in Ma Zhuang." The fall of the army is not only a problem in China, but also a worldwide problem. Even the powerful Roman Empire and Sparta experienced the collapse of their armies and the shrinking of their numbers. An ancient Roman military writer once concluded that "punishment in the army is no longer carried out according to regulations, and rewards are no longer rewarded according to merit." From officers to soldiers, the quality has deteriorated seriously. "

The wars after the Qing Dynasty basically relied on the Han people, but the Qing Dynasty always pursued the separation of the Manchu and the Han people, cracking down on the oppression of the Han people by the Han officials, which seriously affected the army building. The oppression of the Han people by the ruling group with Manchu as aristocratic lineage led to the tragic experience of Han soldiers in the army. How can such an army be effective? All these factors created a seemingly prosperous but absurd dynasty. Coupled with the backwardness of weapons technology, the army in the late Qing Dynasty has long been strong in the outside and weak in the inside.