From The Guards Of The Guard City To The Provincial And Town Battalions

The System of guarding post and Provincial town Camp Military System were two important military systems of the Ming Dynasty.In the middle and late Ming Dynasty,the Provincial town Camp Military System prevailed in the northern border area and the southeast coastal area.And the status and influence of Provincial town Camp Military System in combat defense gradually surpassed that of the system of guarding post.However,The System of guarding post didn't die out,but played a role together with the main and auxiliary of Provincial town Camp Military System.The military functions of the guard station generally include guarding the city and farming.Guarding the city is also called city training,that is,training in the city,and it is also divided into categories such as guarding the city,patrolling,border training,capital training,and going to sea.Because of regional differences,the functions of the army guards in different regions are also different,and the specific implementation of the proportion of guarding the city and the field in each region is also different.Provincial town Camp Military System of the Ming Dynasty refers to the military system in the provinces and towns of the Ming Dynasty with the township as the main task and the battalion as the core,the premise of the formation of Provincial town Camp Military System is to set up a general army and other town generals,and then draw troops from the guards,from camps,and organize them according to the headquarters division.Under the system of guarding post,the army is divided into two types of army: guarding the city,cultivating the fields.With the military officers defending somewhere,these military officers gradually have their own defense areas,some become chiefs,deputy generals,generals,guerrillas,or garrisons.The generals and other town generals draw the army of the guards or recruit some troops under their command,the emergence of an army different from the one compiled by the guarding post,that is,pacesetters,barracks.The siege soldiers under the Provincial town Camp Military System appeared earlier and were formed by the guards who were dispatched at the early period to guard the bastions of the camps.The evolutionfrom military of the System of guarding post to the camps of Provincial town Camp Military System did not happen overnight.