During the reign of Yongzheng, the "Battle of Tongbo" resulted in the complete loss of the elite Eight Banners. By the late Qianlong period, the Eight Banner troops had basically lost their combat effectiveness, and Qianlong primarily relied on the three Solon tribes for warfare;

Born in adversity, die in comfort, there is no doubt about it. The Eight Banner soldiers, who relied on hard farming, had already devolved into weaklings by the late Qing;

Regent Zaifeng wanted to form a modernized army and invited German instructors. The German instructors required a simple selection of soldiers, with the criteria being 36 push-ups in one breath and 24 pull-ups. As a result, only over 120 out of the tens of thousands of elite Eight Banner soldiers stationed in Beijing qualified, and even when expanded to include the Han and Mongolian Eight Banners, only slightly over 500 could be selected. What kind of army could be formed with this?

Therefore, there was Yuan Shikai's training at the Little Station, mainly composed of sons of farmers.

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