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The Xiaoheishan Garrison

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The Xiaoheishan Garrison was a Qing military post in the Guangning region of Fengtian, associated with the four-route garrison arrangement that also included Juliuhe, Baiqibao, and Luyangyi. The construction section of the Initial Collection of the Eight Banners Gazetteer describ…

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Overview

The Xiaoheishan Garrison was a Qing military post in the Guangning region of Fengtian, associated with the four-route garrison arrangement that also included Juliuhe, Baiqibao, and Luyangyi. The construction section of the Initial Collection of the Eight Banners Gazetteer describes military offices at Guangning and records the establishment of these four outlying posts in Kangxi year twenty-nine (1690).

Historical Background

The military section of the same compilation gives a more specific account of the initial distribution of soldiers. In 1690, four hundred Han Military banner soldiers were transferred from Shanhaiguan and stationed in the four routes, one hundred per route. In Kangxi year thirty-three (1694), twenty men from that category were removed at each location, while twenty other soldiers were added, maintaining the nominal overall complement across the four posts. The figures document particular stages of reorganization, not fixed staffing for the whole Qing period.

Sources and Interpretation

Xiaoheishan was therefore part of a regional system of military deployment protecting settlements and communication routes in western Liaoning. The term “route” in these records identifies a garrison arrangement, not necessarily a modern roadway or a township-level civil jurisdiction. The currently cited material does not establish the exact location of the barracks, the individual banner assignments in every period, or the names of all serving officers. It would also be misleading to transfer the staffing of the entire four-route system to Xiaoheishan as though it described that one post exclusively.

Sources and Bibliography

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