I, Liu Bian, the hero

Chapter 81
The army that has always defended Luoyang can be roughly divided into two branches: the foreign army and the internal army.

The foreign army is the Henan Army, which is in charge of Henan Yin. It is mainly responsible for the security of the entire Henan Province. It does not participate in the defense of Luoyang City unless there are special circumstances.

The Forbidden Army can be roughly divided into five branches.

The first is the city gate captain, who is responsible for defending the city wall and eleven of the twelve city gates. There are about [-] soldiers under him, and there are eleven city gate lords who manage eleven city gates. There are about a hundred soldiers under Mingchengmenhou.

The current captain of Chengmen is Zhao Zhong's elder brother Zhao Yan, who can be regarded as Liu Bian's man.

The second branch is the five schools of the Northern Army, namely the five battalions of Tunqi, Yueqi, Infantry, Changshui, and Shesheng. These five battalions are under the command of the general.

In order to prevent the generals who were appointed by foreign relatives from doing actions similar to those of Wang Mang, Liang Ji, and Dou Wu, the imperial court set up the Northern Army Zhonghou on top of the five battalion captains. Lieutenant of the Fifth Battalion to suppress the general, but the effect was not satisfactory.

But now the Fifth Battalion of the Northern Army has been transferred to Liangzhou to suppress the rebellion. Among them, Zhu Jun is in charge of Tunqi, Infantry, and Shesheng, Huangfusong is in charge of Yueqi, and Zhang Wen is in charge of Changshui. They are not currently in Luoyang. This line of defense can Said it was empty.

Of course, this is also temporary. When the new army trained by Zhu Jun, Huangfusong, and Zhang Wen can stand alone and resist the Liangzhou rebels, or during this period, the three of Zhu Jun will flatten the Liangzhou rebels. It will still return to Luoyang, and the general will be in charge again.

The third branch is Zhijinwu. Zhijinwu is in charge of the inner city—that is, the area outside the walls of the South Palace and the North Palace. It patrols the two palaces three times a month, and is also responsible for Luoyang's flood control and defense of the arsenal.

And the current executive Jinwu is Yang Xu, who can also be regarded as a courtier of Liu Bianfang.

As for the fourth branch, Wei Wei, it is responsible for the areas of the South Palace and the North Palace except the forbidden provinces - the so-called forbidden provinces, that is, the residence of the emperor, which palace the emperor lives in is the forbidden province.

Under Wei Wei, there are Sima of Gongyemen, Marquis of Left and Right, and Guard Order of South and North Palaces.

Among them, the Nanqiang Pingcheng Gate, which is not under the jurisdiction of the city gate captain, is guarded by Nantun Sima among the Sima of Gongyemen, and the rest are Canglong, Xuanwu, Beitun Sima and so on.

In addition, the left and right princes are responsible for patrolling the palace, while the south and north palace guard orders are responsible for managing the residences of the guards of the two palaces.

For example, Cao Chun, his current residence in the palace is under the jurisdiction of the Nangong Guard Order.

The fifth branch is Guang Luxun, who is responsible for the protection of palaces outside the imperial palace.

There are generals of the five senses, left and right, huben and habayashi under his command. Among them, the generals of the five senses and the left and right are collectively called the three bureaus. In the past, most of them were young scholars. Bu Lang Guan, because of his weak strength, was gradually not trusted by the emperor, so his status went from bad to worse, and gradually became a dispensable role, and even became one of the income-generating when he sold his official position for Emperor Ling.

The ones who were really responsible for guarding the palace had to be General Huben Zhonglang and General Habayashi Zhonglang, who nominally took orders from Guang Luxun, but in fact Guang Luxun could not dispatch them at all.

General Huben Zhonglang has about 800 people under his command, including Pushe and Majesty. Pushe is in charge of training, and Majesty is in charge of guarding.

General Habayashi Zhonglang, his subordinates are more complicated than that of the Huben Army. They can be roughly divided into two parts. One is Habayashi Lang, with a quota of 120 and eight people. There are also Habayashi Zuo and Youjian, who are in charge of Habayashi Zuoqi and Yubayashi Youqi respectively. The number of the two cavalry is also about 800, which is equivalent to the number of the Huben army.

At present, Yulin Zhonglang will be held by Huan Dian. This person is the grandson of the former Taiwei Huan Yan. He was Yuan Kui's mansion during Yuan Wei's tenure as Situ. He also conspired with He Jin to eradicate eunuchs in history. You can know this at a glance. People are also Yuan's "old officials".

It is worth mentioning that, in addition to the above five, the Luoyang Han Palace actually had a sixth secret forbidden army, namely the armed eunuchs in charge of Zhang Rang.

In history, Zhang Rang relied on these people to kill He Jin, and Jian Shuo, who was loved by Emperor Ling, belonged to them.

And as Zhang Rang took refuge in Liu Bian, most of these armed eunuchs can also be regarded as Liu Bian's men.

With Cui Lie's son Cui Jun replacing Yuan Shu as Huben Zhonglang General, Luo Yang's current officials in charge of various armed forces, only Wei Wei and Habayashi Zhonglang General Liu Bian are temporarily unable to intervene.

In other words, it's not easy to intervene.

The reason is very simple, because He Jin and Dong Zhong have already launched a series of open and secret struggles around the two positions of Weiwei and Habayashi Zhonglang.

The position of Weiwei was originally held by Zhang Wen. After Zhang Wenqian was transferred to Jing Zhaoyin, Dong Zhong wanted to serve as Weiwei concurrently. How could He Jin allow He Jin to fulfill his wish if he cut He Jin's power?
After a struggle between the two sides, Emperor Ling finally appointed Yang Biao, who was relatively neutral, as the guard. Although Yang Biao married the daughter of the Yuan family, he was relatively knowledgeable about current affairs among the court officials, and he did not overly threaten the imperial power and was also loyal to the Han Dynasty. Geng Geng's courtiers will not be disgusting to Emperor Ling, not to mention that after Yang Biao realized the intelligence and strong character of a certain Shihou, he tried his best not to participate in the plan of He Jin, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others to eradicate officials. Remaining neutral in the court, Emperor Ling agreed to He Jin's recommendation.

After Dong Zhong failed to seek the post of Wei Wei, he also set his sights on Habayashi Zhonglang for a while, because the status of the Habayashi Army is slightly higher than that of the Huben Army, and its combat effectiveness is also slightly stronger than that of the Huben Army. After recruiting the younger brother Dong Cheng, he eagerly recommended Dong Cheng as the general of Yulin Zhonglang, and even asked the Queen Mother Dong to speak out for this, but this was strongly opposed by He Jin, and He Jin also persuaded his younger sister He Jin. The queen came out, so that the dilemma Lingdi finally came up with an adjustment-Huan Dian continued to be the general of Habayashi, but Dong assumed the post of Habayashi left supervisor.

At first glance, both sides took a step back, but in fact, Emperor Ling secretly helped Dong Zhong and weakened He Jin.

Like Dong Zhong, Liu Bian also had his eye on the Habayashi Army before, so he recommended Cao Chun as Habayashi Lang, intending to ask Cao Chun to replace Huan Dian in the future. After all, although Huan Dian is the confidant of General He Jin, he is also He is also an old official of the Yuan family, so Liu Bian can't rest assured that this person will always be in charge of the Yulin Army, even if Huan Dian's reputation in history is not bad.

However, he really didn't have many people under him, and Cao Chun, who had high hopes, was too young at present, so Liu Bian just kept a low profile for the time being, watching Huan Dian and Dong Cheng fighting in the Yulin Army.

But to be honest, considering the ability of 'Uncle Dong Guo', Liu Bian felt that there was a high probability that Dong Cheng would not be able to defeat Huan Dian, but this did not prevent him from asking Cao Chun to contend against Dong Cheng in the name of helping Huan Dian. , taking the opportunity of Cao Chun's promotion—in order not to arouse the suspicion of He Jin and Yuan Shao, Liu Bian couldn't promote Cao Chun's official position too quickly, but what if He Jin and Yuan Shao instructed Huan Dian to promote Cao Chun on his own initiative?
Thinking of this, Liu Bian couldn't help laughing.

However, before laughing twice, Cai Yan's voice came from his ear: "What are you doing? His face was gloomy at the first moment, and then he laughed inexplicably at the next moment."

Liu Bian looked up, only to see that Cai Yan came to the hall at some time.

"It's nothing." Liu Bian smiled, and then glanced at Zhao Chun who was beside him. The latter showed an innocent look, and explained in a low voice: "Your Highness, it was you who told me not to speak out when you were thinking, and Cai Ji also..."

"All right, all right." Liu Bian waved his hand impatiently, and then beckoned to Cai Yan.

They have been together for more than a year. Although there is no real relationship between husband and wife, Cai Yan has already adapted to the skin-to-skin relationship, and he also accepts this husband who is five years younger than her. He obediently walked to Liu Bian Beside him, while letting him hold her, he looked at the words on the paper.

When he saw the words Chengmen Xiaowei, Weiwei, Zhijinwu, Habayashiro, etc., the clever Cai Yan also keenly guessed what it was, and complained to Liu Bian: "You can't be like an 11-year-old Kid, are you concentrating on your studies?"

"That can't be done." Liu Bian put the hand on Cai Yan's waist and slowly lowered it. The sensitive Cai Yan rolled his eyes and grabbed Liu Bian's restless hand, but Liu Bian hugged him in his arms and kissed him a mouthful.

Seeing this, Zhao Chun withdrew tactfully.

A moment later, after Cai Yan fled shyly, Liu Bian called Cao Chun in and asked, "I asked you to win over Habayashirou these few days, how are you doing?"

Cao Chun respectfully said: "I dare not be negligent. . . . Relying on Marquis Shi, I have already made friends with a group of people. Although we can't expect them to share troubles, they are enough to pass on news as an eyeliner on weekdays."

"Well."

Liu Bian nodded, and instructed: "Now that Dong Zhongmou is unsuccessful as General Huben Zhonglang, he will definitely focus on seeking for General Yubayashi Zhonglang again. His brother Dong Cheng and General Yubayashi Zhonglang Huan Dian must There is a dispute, and you should pay close attention to this matter. If the two really fight, you can find a way to ask those cronies and dog friends you made in Habayashi Langzhong to recommend you in front of Huan Dian. Supervisor."

What a clever person Cao Chun was, he understood as soon as he heard it, and he took orders to go.

The fact is just as Liu Bian expected, when Cui Lie was ordered by him to secretly show favor to Dong Zhong, Dong Zhong couldn't hold on to the matter of "his son Cui Jun seizing the tiger and Ben Zhonglang". At the same time, he ordered his younger brother Dong Cheng to try to capture Habayashi Zhonglang.

For this reason, Dong Zhong also conspired with Sun Zhang and Qu Mu to try to collect Huan Dian's criminal evidence and frame the latter in front of Emperor Ling.

Qu Mu is a member of Liu Bian, so he naturally agrees. After all, if Huan Dian and Dong Cheng don't fight, how can Cao Chun become the Right Supervisor of Yubayashi at his current age?
Under the persecution of Dong Zhong's party, Huan Dian's pressure doubled, so he had to ask He Jin for help.

He Jin immediately sent someone to summon Cui Jun, the new Huben Zhonglang general.

Cui Jun felt very embarrassed, after all, how could General Huben Zhonglang get a hand in the matter of the Yulin Army?

After returning, he told his father Cui Lie about it, and Cui Lie said with a smile: "My son is right, you, the general of the tiger, should really not interfere with the matter of the Yulin army, just reply to the general like this."

Cui Jun knew that his father had been in private contact with the hussar general Dong Zhong these days, but he didn't know the truth. Hearing this, he worried, "If the general gets angry, what should we do?"

Cui Lie smiled very calmly and said: "You were recommended by Shi Hou, no matter how angry the general is, he will not dismiss you from office, let alone the matter of the Yulin Army, you, the general of the tiger, can't intervene in the first place."

Although Cui Jun felt that his father's words made sense, but in order not to annoy General He Jin, he still wanted to help Huan Dian.

It's a pity that under Liu Bian's instruction, Zhang Rang dismissed Cui Jun with a few words, and he didn't even see Lingdi's face.

At the same time, the group of Habayashiro that Cao Chun made friends with really recommended Cao Chun in front of Huan Dian after receiving benefits: "...Cao Chun, the crown prince, is also Habayashiro at present, and this person is Shihou. My confidant, why doesn't General Zhonglang promote Cao Chun to fight against Dong Cheng? With Shi Hou's character of protecting his subordinates, if Dong Cheng and Cao Chun have a grudge, they will definitely not be able to get cheap!"

Huan Dian was overjoyed at first when he heard the words, but then hesitated: "Cao Zi is reconciled, but he was promoted to the right supervisor of Yulin, is it..."

Undecided, he told He Jin about it.

Sure enough, He Jin and Yuan Shao thought it was not a bad idea, and immediately instructed Huan Dian to recommend Cao Chun as the Right Supervisor of Yulin.

So far, half of the Yulin Army has been controlled by Dong Cheng and half by Cao Chun.

(End of this chapter)