It has been four hundred years since the founding of the Han Dynasty. During these four hundred years, the Han Dynasty has experienced many things, and even the military establishment of the Han Dynasty has been changed again and again.

Of course, it is definitely not a better change, but more and more chaos and complexity!

Not to mention the garrisons on the border, the capital, which is the center of the dynasty, has a chaotic number of troops and horses with their own establishments.

Initially, the capital of the Han Dynasty had two armies, the North and the South. Each of the two armies had their own responsibilities, which were relatively simple and clear. For example, the Southern army was mostly sword guards. Their main duties were to protect the emperor's relatives and conduct inspections. Most of the troops came from regular soldiers serving in various places.

Death.

The Northern Army protects the capital and is considered the real main battle force. At the same time, the surrounding areas of the capital are also protected by this group of soldiers and horses, so both the combat strength and the number of soldiers are relatively large.

At the same time, in order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the Northern Army and prevent it from becoming someone's private soldier, the soldiers came from all over the country and were replaced from time to time. In emergency situations, the emperor had the right to directly send his trusted ministers to control this army.

This can be regarded as the initial prototype of the Central Army of the Han Dynasty. If it were just like this, Liu Xuan would not need to think so much if he wanted to control the troops in the capital, and he would just go to the Northern Army.

But during the reign of Emperor Wu, the Northern Army and the Southern Army each had their own additions and changes.

The Southern Army added three regular armies, namely the Qimen Army—later the Huben Army and the Yulin Army—which were initially called Jianzhang Yingqi and Yulin Orphans, and the status of the three armies was extremely high.

Among them, Qimen and Yulin have the responsibilities of guarding the palace, accompanying the emperor and dispatching troops. Their status is considered to be the highest level among the many soldiers in the capital. They are also quite strict in the selection of soldiers. Most of them are from the many soldiers in the north who are good at fighting.

Those who choose and promote.

The Yulin Orphans are special. This troop is a bit like the later military academy. Most of them are composed of the orphans of meritorious sergeants who died in battle. They are then systematically cultivated and trained, and then sent to other armies when they reach adulthood.

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At the same time, the original establishment of the Confederate Army still existed. The guards still had the responsibilities of guarding the emperor's relatives in the palace and patrolling the imperial city. Soldiers were still drawn and rotated from the generals from various places.

The changes in the Northern Army were even greater. Originally, the Northern Army was disbanded once. Later, during the reign of Emperor Wu, the organization was restored and eight schools of the Northern Army were added, which became the main combat strength of the Central Army of the Han Dynasty.

By this time, the central army of the Han Dynasty was already complicated and chaotic, and some of them even had almost overlapping powers. However, due to the personal interests of those who controlled the military power and the emperor's desire to control the military power, not only did they not disband the central army, but they further moved the central army to

A push in the direction of more confusion.

After the Eighth School of the Northern Army, lieutenants were placed in charge of maintaining law and order in the capital. They also had the responsibility of accompanying the emperor when he went on patrol.

Later, city gates were set up to garrison troops, and the post of city gate captain was added according to the number of city gates, many of which were led by foreign relatives and close ministers.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Eighth School of the Northern Army was changed to the Fifth School of the Northern Army, and the city gate garrison was changed to the city gate guard. However, there was no essential change. There were many soldiers and chaos. When the general He Jin was there, these soldiers and horses

Then it was basically in the hands of He Jin. With the monopoly of power, there was no chaos in the capital.

But now...

He Jin once controlled the five schools of the Northern Army, the city gate guards and Huben, and the most important soldiers and horses in Yulin Road. Although Zhang Rang and others controlled part of the Forbidden Army - in fact, this part of the so-called Forbidden Army was just a part of Huben.

They were just soldiers. They did not really control any of the soldiers. Otherwise, Emperor Ling would not have had no choice but to increase the Xiyuan Army to confront He Jin.

Now that Dong Zhuo led his troops to Beijing, the first thing he did was to take the city gate guards and the five schools of the Northern Army into his own hands. He also used his cronies to win over the lieutenants. Once successful, Luoyang would basically fall under Dong Zhuo's control.

Already.

Although Liu Xuan knew that he should let Dong Zhuo do this before he accomplished his task, he couldn't do anything. Even if Dong Zhuo had complete control of the initiative, he still needed to do something to deal with it.

The most suitable one at the moment is the Tiger Army who are closest to the emperor.

The Huben army was led by General Huben Zhonglang, and now the Huben Zhonglang general was Yuan Shu. Although Yuan Shu did a lot of stupid things later, he was still a very capable young talent at this time.

Liu Xuan wondered, how could he wrest the military power from Yuan Shu?

After thinking about it, this may be too low. Yuan Shu was not confused at this time. Moreover, the Yuan family was also very powerful in the court. If he wanted to be tough, he would offend the Grand Tutor Yuan Wei.

At this time, Liu Xuan and Cao Cao were sitting in a palace, and there were no other people around. Cao Bao personally guarded the door, and if anyone came, he would make some noise in advance to alert the two inside.

"Now that Dong Zhongying has entered Beijing, I think it will not be long before he will control the situation in Beijing. It will be a bit difficult to take any action at that time! While he can't free his hands at this time, he must control an army.

Ma Caike, Meng De, do you have any suggestions?"

After the emperor returned to the palace, all the officials finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although there were still many problems to be solved, it was not the time to discuss matters now, so they dispersed and went home to rest, waiting to discuss matters in the upper court tomorrow.

Of course, no one will really go back to rest today. He Jin died suddenly. This matter is too important. Officials in Beijing, big and small, are busy during this day, especially several senior officials in the DPRK.

You guys, you need to speculate on the changes in the situation between North Korea and China, and at the same time strive for your own interests as much as possible.

So although everyone said they would go home and rest, once they were far away, some close people would quietly gather together and find a hidden place to discuss important matters.

At this time, the capital suddenly fell into a strange calm. Only Dong Zhuo, who had just arrived in the capital, was running back and forth. However, he had a army of soldiers and horses that he could command at will. Even if these officials didn't like it, there was nothing they could do.

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The only ones who can fight against them are Yuan Shao who controls the Xiyuan Army and Yuan Shu who controls the Huben Army.

However, these two people were involved in leading troops to attack the palace. It is not appropriate to jump out and cause trouble now. As the elder of the two, Grand Tutor Yuan Wei will not let the two of them cause trouble again to avoid causing great trouble to the Yuan family.

, so when the officials dispersed, they immediately took the two of them back to their mansion for discussion.

He Jin and He Miao both died, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu hid and did nothing, and Dong Zhuo became more and more unscrupulous. In just over half a day, he had already controlled most of the five schools of the Northern Army. Although he could not give orders at will, at least there was no one

Being able to use this army to cause trouble for himself gave Dong Zhuo great confidence.

"The five schools of the Northern Army have the most troops. As long as no one can touch these troops, no one in Beijing can resist me!"

The city gate guards were easy to control, and the lieutenant soldiers were not considered to be soldiers, and their treatment was not very good on weekdays. Dong Zhuo used both soft and hard tactics to quickly control them - and more importantly, these soldiers and horses

He suddenly lost his biggest supporter and was eager to find a new person to join him in order to stabilize his and others' position in the capital.

Although no one reported these things, with Cao Cao's intelligence, he could guess pretty much based on speculation. When Liu Xuan asked, he thought about it for a moment and said: "The Tiger Army cannot move, and the Tiger Army is in the hands of the road."

, At present, the Yuan family is not the enemy of His Highness, there is no need to make enemies for nothing, on the contrary, proper traction can be a help!"

Liu Xuan understood as soon as he heard it. After all, the Yuan family did not have much conflict with him. Moreover, when Yuan Shao was obviously unreasonable before, Liu Xuan did not grasp the problem and just gave him a step after scolding him a few words.

After he stepped down, the Yuan family did not have much hostility towards Liu Xuan.

In addition, Dong Zhuo will soon gain power in the capital. Although the Yuan family has a high prestige, they will feel uncomfortable under Dong Zhuo's suppression. At that time, it will force the Yuan family to turn to them to a certain extent.

"Indeed, this tiger army cannot be moved, and there is no need to touch it!"

You can't touch Huben, and there are few soldiers who can intervene. The most reliable ones are the Yulin Army.

"Habayashi?"

Cao Cao thought for a while, and finally his eyes flashed: "Not only Yulin, but also the orphans of Yulin that have been abandoned for a long time can be in your hands!"

Yulin Orphans was established during the reign of Emperor Wu, and it has been a training base for middle and low-level officers since then. It was an important source of troops for the Central Army of the Han Dynasty.

However, although wars have been frequent in the past ten years, the imperial government's decrees have been chaotic, and this army has long been thrown aside and no one cares about it. Now, as long as a few tricks are used, this army can be captured. Although at the moment

There is no benefit, but it is always better to take a longer view.

"Meng De's plan is very good. Besides, the position of Lieutenant General Habayashi is not in the hands of anyone important. At this time, we can help Meng De win for it!" After thinking about it, I really can't remember what Lieutenant General Habayashi is doing now.

Whoever takes the job will probably be vacant or someone with little influence.

No matter what the situation is, in these days of continuous chaos, it is inevitable to lose one's official position - the more important point is that the Yulin Army also participated in this chaos in the imperial city, so the Yuan family can't move, who knows where?

The guy can't move? Even if he really has a backing, he is nothing compared to the Yuan family.

The royal family needs to regain some face, and it must sacrifice some unlucky guy. After careful consideration, it is definitely better to deal with an unknown person than to deal with Yuan Shu. And as long as this position is vacant, he will have the words to send Cao Cao to this position.

In this case, the position is easy to get, but the Yulin Army is not as good as the Yulin Orphans. Even if Cao Cao gets this position, he may not be able to control the Yulin Army.

After all, such an army cannot be controlled by one person, but Liu Xuan was not worried about this at all. He said directly: "Does Meng De know of any talented people who are good at fighting? If he knows, he can be recruited from the capital to help Meng De."

Take control of the Habayashi Army!"

When Cao Cao heard this, he knew that Liu Xuan had assigned this position to him, and these words clearly approved of him cultivating his own power. As long as things were done, even if Liu Xuan's plan failed, Cao Cao would

He won't fall from that position.

"There are several brothers of the same generation in the Cao clan who are quite talented. I can call them here to help His Highness accomplish his mission!"

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p.s: I have had a cold and fever these past few days, and I have been feeling groggy, which has delayed the update... but 2 will not be less.

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Chapter completed!