On a summer night, the frogs chirp and the cicadas chirp, the moon and stars are scarce, and the sound of footsteps breaking the silence of the late night.

"Knock knock knock......" A soft knock knocked on the door of the East Garden of the post house.

"Come in!" There was a rather majestic response from the room.

The door creaked and was opened from the outside, and I saw a captain wearing the uniform of the Yulin Army who was not in a hurry to enter the door, but bent down to the door and said, "Return to the angel, Liu joined the army and brought it!" ”

"Okay, let him in!"

"Whoa!" The junior colonel promised, turned around and made a gesture to Liu Chang, who was wearing a scribe's uniform behind him, and said, "Liu joins the army, please!" ”

Liu Chang returned the salute and strode into the room. Suddenly stunned for a moment, it turned out that there was another person in the room besides the angel, riding the captain Cao Cao. Immediately Shi Li said: "Humble Liu Chang to meet the angel!" I've seen Cao Duwei. ”

Jian Shuo, who was on the main seat, waved his hand and said: "There are only three of us in the room, so don't be polite when Liu joins the army!" ”

"Whoa!" Liu Chang stood up.

"Lord Angel, I don't know what the matter is to find us in the middle of the night?" When Cao Cao saw Liu Chang coming, he asked in a low voice.

Jian Shuo looked at Cao Cao, then at Liu Chang, and immediately took out a roll of bright yellow silk cloth from his sleeve pocket, got up and walked in front of the two, and said in a slightly loud voice: "Two, take the holy decree!" ”

Boom~, Liu Chang's head roared, and he was secretly surprised, this Shenma situation, there is actually a holy decree, and looking at this situation, most of it is a secret decree, could it be that he has entered some conspiracy?

Although there were a lot of questions in his heart, he was still calm on the surface, and knelt down with Cao Cao, ready to listen to the holy will.

Jian Shuo watched Liu Chang and Cao Cao kneel, unfolded the silk cloth, and read aloud: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: I saw and heard that the Yellow Turban thieves were ravaging China, and I was worried about military affairs. Although the Yulin Weicheng army has been brave and unstoppable for a long time, it has to protect the palace and divide the troops to rebel, but it is actually overstretched. For this reason, I decided to set up the West Garden Guard, and gathered the brave men of the world as soldiers to guard the palace. Today, there are eight captains in the West Garden, Jian Shuo, captain of the upper military academy, Yuan Shao, captain of the middle army, Liu Chang, captain of the lower military academy, Cao Cao, captain of the military academy, Bao Hong, captain of the left army, Xia Mou, captain of the right school, Zhao Rong, and Feng Fang, the captain of the right army. There are 10,000 people in each school, not only to protect the palace, but also to supervise hundreds of officials. Chin this! ”

When Liu Chang heard that this was the case, although he had heard Cheng Yanjin talk about it before, he always felt that this was a later matter, and it was still early. According to the historical trajectory, Xiyuanwei will appear in four years, that is, in the fifth year of Zhongping, but I didn't expect that now it is actually advanced to the seventh year of Guanghe and the first year of Zhongping, I can't help but be a little shocked, and what is even more surprising is that I was actually named a military captain, this status is really not low, you must know that the military captain can command the general's cunzài, and so on the military captain can command the three major generals, and his own military captain can command everyone under the four generals, If authorized by the emperor, he can command almost all the generals below the general. It can be said that every captain of the Eighth School of the West Park is of transcendent status, and its functions are similar to those of the Jinyi Guards of the Ming Dynasty in later generations, but they are more powerful.

Thinking of this, Liu Chang followed Cao Cao and bowed his head and said, "Minister Liu Chang (Cao Cao), take the order." Long live my emperor, long live, long live! ”

"The two lieutenants, please hurry up," Jian Shuo helped Liu Chang and Cao Cao up, and then took out two booklets from his sleeve pockets, and gave them to the two of them, "This is a recruitment disc." The two lieutenants can use this disc to recruit soldiers in the states within the territory of our Han Dynasty. Majesty xià holy metaphor, each school in the West Park is 10,000 people, the two can understand? ”

"Humble duty understands!" Cao Cao and Liu Chang responded separately.

Jian Shuo continued: "Cao Duwei, Your Majesty has a will, you don't have to return the five thousand Yulin under your command after the battle, these five thousand cavalry will be the West Garden Guard from now on." In addition, the military horses of Captain Liu's headquarters were also directly incorporated into the West Garden, but he asked Captain Liu to make a roster for the record. In addition, the two lieutenants need to pacify the Yellow Turban thieves before entering Beijing to report on their work. ”

"Obey the order!" Cao Liu bowed out again.

On the way back, Liu Chang kept thinking about it, and he didn't expect that Xiyuanwei actually appeared in advance, and it was much stronger than the original in terms of configuration. If there are 10,000 people in each school, then these eight schools are 80,000 people, and if you add auxiliary soldiers, there are 100,000 people. Obediently, this Yulin army was only 100,000 in its heyday. And what made him puzzled was that the soldiers of each school were recruited by the captains of each school on their own, which was equivalent to private soldiers for public use. If this is the case, if the Spirit Emperor is unhappy one day and removes me from my place, it will not be equivalent to giving my family wealth to someone else.

"No, it looks like we have to find a way, that is, to hide our strength, but also to be able to make a difference." Liu Chang thought as he walked, and unconsciously returned to his barracks. I suddenly felt a headache, so I fell asleep on the bed.

The next day, Liu Chang got up early and came to his station. After more than half a year of development, the number of people under his command has increased from just four or five hundred to more than 8,000 today. And they are all soldiers who have experienced the battle array, and in this Han world, it can be regarded as a strong team.

"Oh, it's big brother! How did you get to camp this morning? Just as Liu Chang was patrolling the camp, Qin Qiong came over.

"Second brother, it's early. I just feel that I have been visiting my brothers for a long time in the future, and I am quite concerned about it, so I came to see it today. Liu Chang prevaricated, suddenly remembered something, and continued, "Second brother, is my military degree okay?" ”

"Big brother, rest assured, we have everything we need, and all the combat equipment has been replaced by the regular army, if you want to talk about combat strength, haha, don't hide it from my eldest brother, although our army is only 8,000, it can be defeated by 100,000." Qin Qiong said a little heroically.

When Liu Chang heard this, he knew that although this was an exaggeration, it was not all a lie, and from seeing the spirit of the soldiers all the way just now, Liu Chang knew that under the training of Qin Qiong, Li Siye, and Li Siyuan, it was still possible to take one as a hundred, but it was still possible to drop one as ten.

Finally, I looked at the distribution records, and now there are eight hundred cavalry, commanded by Li Siyuan; There are 800 Modao big stick soldiers, led by Li Siye, and the whole training is led; 500 guards, led by Dian Wei and Qin Hao; 3,000 foot soldiers, 2,000 crossbowmen and 500 auxiliaries were all commanded by Qin Qiong; There are also four hundred scouts returning to bite the gold commander.

Looking at this military allocation, I couldn't help but be happy in my heart, it can be said that I am a strong soldier. It's hard to find such a powerful configuration today. No, I suddenly remembered that I had ignored someone, that was Cao Cao, and now Cao Cao is the general who commands five thousand forest knights, and that Cao Cao is the person with the highest command value that Liu Chang has seen so far. On the battlefield, personal martial arts can only be maintained for a while, and what is really needed is a handsome person who can command the whole army, who is good at arranging formations, and strategists. And now, what he lacks is these two talents.

Out of the gate, looking up at the sky, today's sky is a little gray, as if heavy rain is coming, but there is also a shadow in his heart. Emperor Ling opened the West Garden Guard in advance, and secretly ordered him to be the captain of the West Garden, although it looks very attractive, but the water in it is very deep. Judging from the roster of the eighth lieutenant of the West Garden, in addition to himself, the other seven belong to different interest groups. Jian Shuo, the captain of the military colonel, is a representative of the eunuch group and a close confidant of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, he represents the eunuchs and Emperor Ling; Yuan Shao, a lieutenant of the Chinese Military Academy, a representative of the family; Cao Cao, the captain of the military academy, seems to have nothing to do with it, but in fact he also belongs to the eunuch group, after all, there is such a thing as Cao Jie, but it is obvious that Cao Cao is a subordinate of the general; Bao Xin, the captain of the Left Auxiliary Military Academy, is really under the command of the great general He Jin; Xia Mu, the right assistant military academy captain, is regarded as the representative of the scholars, and Feng Fang and Zhao Rong are probably not as simple as making up the numbers.

Liu Chang walked forward while thinking, and suddenly a figure rushed to him, collided with him, stumbled, and almost fell. When he was about to scold angrily, he saw that the messenger who came was Huangfu Song's herald, and he saw that the herald had bumped into Liu Chang and hurriedly apologized. Under the sincerity of the other party, the rising fork has already been thrown into the sky.

When the herald saw that Liu Chang was fine, he gave up his hand and said, "Liu joins the army, and the general is looking for you everywhere to discuss matters!" ”

Hearing this, I sighed in my heart: What, look around, is there something wrong! Immediately said anxiously: "Okay, I'll go!" I don't know brother, what happened? ”

"This ......," the herald scratched his ears and cheeks, and couldn't tell why. Immediately, Liu Chang trotted to the Chinese army.