This time, Cao Shuang still hesitated slightly, but soon he was relieved, even if he sent other generals to Bingzhou to quell the rebellion, then at least he would have to bring 10,000 soldiers and horses, and it would not be helpful at all.

Now Cao Liang proposed to take the five schools of the Northern Army away, which does not have any burden on Cao Shuang, the five schools of the Northern Army are an army that has long been abandoned, and the reason why it has been retained is because of the historical evolution, and the second is because the imperial court also needs the idle positions of the five captains to place officials.

Cao Liang's proposal to increase the number of the five schools seems to be reasonable, and with the current sum of the soldiers and horses of the five schools, regardless of the combat effectiveness, the number of people alone cannot meet the needs of counterinsurgency.

And the most important thing is that Cao Liang proposed an increase in the establishment, which does not require the imperial court to send another soldier, and all vacancies are recruited by him.

This undoubtedly solved a big problem for Cao Shuang, what Cao Shuang is most worried about now is the soldiers, he has almost reached the point where there are no soldiers to adjust, Cao Liang's move is simply empathetic.

Of course he doesn't know Cao Liang's thoughts, Cao Liang doesn't want to give it for nothing, and transferring a ready-made army to Cao Liang reduces the trouble of recruiting people and horses to train the army, but in terms of loyalty, it is greatly discounted, after all, these original troops are loyal to the imperial court, Cao Liang can dispatch and command, but he can't do whatever he wants, which undoubtedly casts a shadow on Cao Liang's future.

Therefore, Cao Liang did not think about receiving a ready-made army at all, what he wanted to form would be an army that was completely loyal to himself, completely obeyed his command, and could carry out any of his orders to the letter.

Even if it takes a lot of effort to cultivate such an army, it is worth it for Cao Liang.

Since Cao Liang and Cao Shuang can reach a high degree of agreement on this issue, then other things are not a matter at all.

The expenditure of 10,000 people on weapons and equipment and food was not a matter at all for the Cao Wei Dynasty, which had a big family, so Cao Shuang readily agreed.

Since Cao Liang commanded the five schools of the Northern Army, Cao Shuang added the post of lieutenant of the Northern Army to him on the basis of Cao Liang's existing official position, and Cao Liang's position became the general of Pingbei and the lieutenant of the Northern Army.

The lieutenant of the Northern Army was an official position in the Eastern Han Dynasty, in charge of the five battalions of the Northern Army, with a rank ratio of 600 stones.

Some people may be confused, aren't the five captains of the Northern Army all officers who are more than 2,000 stones, but the boss who commands them is a 600 stone officer who is several levels lower.

This is related to the official system of the Eastern Han Dynasty, because the Northern Army is the same as the state thorn history, is the supervision officer, and it is the inherent practice of the Eastern Han Dynasty to supervise the heavy with the lightest position, and the state thorn history is also 600 stones, but it also supervises the county guard of 2,000 stones, which is humble and powerful.

The power of the lieutenant in the Northern Army is actually quite large, equivalent to the current leader of the Central Army, commanding the five schools of the Northern Army, and being in charge of the Beijing Division's Janissake, with great responsibilities.

However, by the time of Cao Wei, due to the new establishment of the five battalions of the Central Army and the leadership of the Central Army, the five schools of the Northern Army were abandoned, so the post of lieutenant in the Northern Army was no longer set up.

This time, Cao Liang led the five schools of the Northern Army to go out to merge with the state, and Cao Shuang simply and generously added the candidate of the Northern Army to Cao Liang, and added an official position of 600 stones at will, which was not a big deal for Cao Shuang.

Of course, for Cao Liang, it does not affect the existing rank, General Pingbei is the fourth rank of the official position, the rank is two thousand stones, the Hun Zhonglang will be the fifth grade, the rank is two thousand stones, the Northern Army is six hundred stones, according to the principle of high not low, Cao Liang, who has three positions, is the fourth rank, and the rank is two thousand stones.

Sima Zhao and Guo Huai were originally very jealous of Cao Liang's addition to the rank of knight, but in the end they heard that Cao Liang was going to lead the fifth school of the Northern Army to Bingzhou, they all secretly sneered, what kind of army is the fifth school of the Northern Army, it is completely garbage in the garbage, just this kind of army, pulled to the front line of Bingzhou, can make the Huns destroy in a blink of an eye, Cao Liang is so happy, it seems that he has to plant it this time.

So Sima Zhao and Guo Huai, who originally wanted to stop Cao Liang from leading troops to the state and annexing the state, quickly changed their minds, Cao Liang wanted to send him to death, so why stop him.

After deciding on Cao Liang's expedition, Cao Shuang waved everyone back, leaving only Xiahou Xuan and Cao Liang, and began to discuss the specific details of the expedition.

Since Cao Liang took the initiative to invite Ying to go on the expedition, he naturally already had a mature plan in his mind, in his plan, first led the Yue cavalry battalion to cross the Yellow River from Pubanjin, went to Hedong County, where it joined the four battalions of the Northern Army from Luoyang, and then recruited troops locally in Hedong, and after a short run-in and training, he then sent troops north to Bingzhou.

As for how long this short period is, Cao Liang tentatively set it for a month, but it also depends on the arrival time and run-in time of the other four battalions, if the other four battalions cannot arrive on time, Cao Liang's departure schedule will inevitably be postponed.

This Cao Shuang swore that he didn't need to return to the Beijing Division, and now he could issue military orders to the four battalions of infantry, tuncai, Changshui, and shooting, and asked them to set off after receiving the order, and they were about to set off to Hedong County, join the Yuecai battalion, and accept Cao Liang's reorganization and reorganization.

As for the armor, ordnance, grain, and grass that Cao Liang needed, Cao Shuang asked Shang Shutai to prepare immediately, and it would arrive in Hedong within half a month at the latest, which would definitely not delay Cao Liang's expedition.

Cao Liang's tentative expedition time was one month, which was already determined by the normal speed of the expedition, and under normal circumstances, it basically took a month to prepare for an expedition, raising grain and grass, preparing ordnance and equipment, and then ordering troops, these matters were also indispensable.

But Cao Liang's expedition this time is obviously much more cumbersome than the general army, after he arrived in Hedong, the first thing to do is to recruit troops, and the gap in the establishment of the five battalions must be solved in Hedong County.

For this reason, Cao Liang specially asked Cao Shuang for a document stamped with the general's seal, and ordered the officials of Hedong County to work together to assist Cao Liang in completing the recruitment affairs, and at the same time, Cao Liang had the power to act cheaply in Hedong County, and the Hedong Taishou had to fully cooperate with him.

The reason why Cao Liang asked Cao Shuang for such a document is to borrow Cao Shuang's name to facilitate his actions, after all, Hedong County does not belong to the jurisdiction of the state, but is under the jurisdiction of the commander of the division, after Cao Liang arrived in Hedong, there are many affairs, and Hedong Taishou is an official at the same level as him, all of them are rank 2,000 stones, if Hedong Taishou does not cooperate or even secretly resists, Cao Liang's recruitment and all the next affairs will be greatly affected.

But now that Cao Liang got the document stamped with the general's seal, he had the right to command the Hedong Taishou, and under pressure, the Hedong Taishou did not dare to disobey the yang.