They even went to the Korean Peninsula to trade with Samhan, and also with Japan, which was called the Wakoku at the time.

Lü Bu did not prohibit this kind of private trade, but on the contrary encouraged it, allowing shipyards to build these small unarmed sailing ships for these caravans to trade and trade.

He felt that through this kind of commodity trade, other regions and other countries could more intuitively feel the strength and prosperity of the central government, so as to reduce the resistance to recovering and conquering them in the future.

It is precisely with the continuous expansion of trade routes by these maritime caravans that they also provide charts, hydrological conditions, and customs for the future navy to conquer the sea and conquer the world.

There will never be a shortage of elites of the Intelligence Department in these caravans!

In September, Lü Bu convened all the division commanders and chiefs of staff of the Central Army who were not on the front line for an important plenary meeting at the General Staff of the Central Army in Chang'an.

Lü Bu announced a long-thinking plan for army reform, which was to subdivide the existing Central Army into two parts.

One component is devoted to dealing with hostile forces in the country and for securing the borders.

The other part was independent and dedicated to expanding the territory of the Han Empire and exploring the unknown, that is, it specialized in attacking and overseas colonies, such as the present-day Central Asia and the regions north and east of the steppe.

Lu Bu still insisted that when the Han Dynasty's scientific, technological, economic, and military strength was ahead of others, it must not stop expanding its external expansion, expanding its living space and plundering more important resources, including population, land, and various materials.

In the future, more and more overseas territories will be occupied and ruled, perhaps directly controlled, or puppet regimes will be propped up.

This central army in China can also be called the Central Army, and if the whole world is unified in the future, it can be changed to the national defense force.

And this army, which is specifically responsible for fighting overseas and expanding the territory for the Han Dynasty, must come up with a nice and bold name.

Because this army will be the most elite, strongest, and most advanced legion of the Han Empire.

Everyone had no opinion on the establishment of a legion dedicated to foreign warfare, and when they heard Lu Bu ask them to come up with a name, they all used their brains.

One name after another was proposed, and one by one it was denied, and finally Jia Xu proposed a name, Haotianjun.

Haotian, not only has the meaning of the world's greatness, but also takes the meaning of commanding the world, Lu Bu is more satisfied with this name.

The Haotian Army will be directly under the jurisdiction of the Central Army Headquarters, and it will be specially approved to conscript ethnic minorities and foreigners into the army, and those who have served for five years will be granted Han nationality and Han status.

Haotian Army's military uniform is black to show the difference.

After the establishment of the Haotian Army, it generally no longer participated in domestic wars, and was specifically responsible for overseas wars and explored the unknown world for the Han Empire.

The first commander of the Haotian Legion, Lu Bu chose Ma Chao, which shows Lu Bu's preference for Ma Chao.

The chief of staff is Sima Yi, who has three divisions under his command.

Lu Bu decided that the Western Regions Protectorate and the Beiting Protectorate would be the source and base camp of the Haotian Army.

The first batch of troops to join the Haotian Army came from the four units of the 11th Cavalry Division, the Special Operations Division, the 1st Rong Division, and the 1st Garrison Division.

Ma Chao and Sima Yi selected outstanding officers and soldiers from these four main forces as the backbone core of the Haotian Army, and then recruited soldiers from the Western Regions Metropolitan Protectorate and the Northern Courtyard Metropolitan Protectorate to volunteer.

Of course, volunteers from all over the army and even other units and regions across the country can also sign up for the selection.

The treatment of the Haotian Army is good, of course, the corresponding training will be extremely hard, and the future war will continue, there is a great danger to life, and there is also a point that it will be stationed overseas for a long time without rotation.

Once enlisted, there is also a minimum of five years of service.

Of course, there are many aspiring young people with an adventurous spirit, and Hu people who want to join the Western Regions or even the grasslands of Han nationality, and they are still very enthusiastic about signing up for the Haotian Army.

The high military salary and the generous pension system are also important factors in attracting everyone.

This is a bit like the Foreign Legion of the later generations, and the Haotian Army is still an outlaw place, and those who commit capital crimes can even get a chance to be reborn here.

Of course, the prerequisite for enjoying any of these benefits is that you can survive for five years.

The first batch of the Haotian Army was to form three divisions, one infantry division and two cavalry divisions.

All of them are a regiment of 2,000 men and a brigade of 6,000 people.

One-third of them were veterans from the four ace units, one-third were local soldiers recruited from the two major metropolitan protectorates, and one-third were elites from all ethnic groups and countries from all over the world.

Ma Chao made a request to Lu Bu, that is, he would choose the three division commanders by himself, Lu Bu was very interested in hearing it, and wanted to see who he would choose?

The first division commander is his good brother Zhang Xiu, the second is Chen Dao, and the third is Wenpin.

This can be regarded as rescuing Wen Ping from the broken place of the 17th Division, and Wen Ping was so moved that he was about to cry.

Lu Bu didn't mean anything to these three candidates, they were all excellent commanders who had been tested in actual combat, and they were all good students who graduated from the Central Military Academy.

These three were assembled in two places for training, one was Liangcheng, where the Third Division of the Haotian Army under the command of Wen Ping began training for recruits.

It turned out that the Liangcheng Guard Regiment stationed here and was responsible for guarding the martyrs' cemetery, and the entire regiment was incorporated into the Third Division of Wenpin, which was also fought by Ma Chao and Lu Bu on the basis of reason.

After all, the Liangcheng area is now a safe hinterland, and there is no longer a need for such a large-scale army to guard the martyrs' cemetery, and one company is enough.

The second training base of the Haotian Army was selected in Yuli City in the Western Regions, which is located at the intersection of several Silk Roads, and there are abundant water and grass nearby.

Ma Chao used his relationship and identity to get a large number of good horses from Wusun and used them to form the cavalry division of the Haotian Army.

You can also recruit the children of the Western Regions who want to join the Han nationality nearby, and the Han at that time was a representative of wealth and civilization, and a symbol of a better life.

Many foreigners know each other and want to become Han Chinese, and Haotianjun provides them with a ladder to advancement.

After serving for five years, he can successfully become a naturalized citizen, or he can bravely kill the enemy and make military achievements, so that even if he dies, his children and grandchildren can be naturalized with the help of their military merits.

Therefore, when the Haotian Army was fighting, it was the most fearless of death, especially the foreigners in the Central Army, who never relented or flinched when they fought.

The Haotian Army became the second platoon of troops equipped with new rifles after the First Garrison Division and the Special Operations Division, and the new artillery also arrived at the Haotian Army's garrison one after another.

The improvement of the quality of the steel used to make the artillery makes the barrel of the gun much thinner than that of the navy's artillery, and the weight is naturally greatly reduced.

Yulicheng

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