CHAPTER XXVIII
The military system of the Southern Song Dynasty is different from that of the Northern Song Dynasty, although the foundation is still based on the military system of the Northern Song Dynasty, but due to the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, the forbidden army system has collapsed, and the original forbidden army has basically ceased to exist, and the main combat force of the Southern Song Dynasty has been the garrison army in various places.
The Northern Song Dynasty's Sanya system was basically lost, although the soldiers and horses nominally stationed in Lin'an were still called the three divisions, but at this time the three divisions were no longer in charge of the whole team, but became an institution parallel to other garrisons.
Originally, as the Lin'an of the capital, it should be three divisions side by side, that is to say, there should be a palace division, a guard horse military division, and a guard infantry division stationed in Lin'an at the same time, but a few years ago, when Han Yanxuan launched the Kaixi Northern Expedition, the guard Ma Junsi was transferred to Jiankang, preparing to send troops north to attack the Jin State, and later after the failure of the Kaixi Northern Expedition, the guard Ma Junsi stayed in Jiankang and became a garrison stationed in Jiankang, and Lin'an City only left the palace front division and the guard infantry division.
And Gao Huaiyuan belongs to the front of the palace division, mainly responsible for the inner city and the guard of important officials, but also stationed in some state cities near Lin'an, the system is relatively large, the number of soldiers and horses is also relatively large, the number of soldiers and horses belonging to the front of the palace is about 70,000 people, is an important force to guard the capital.
Compared with the front division of the palace, the specifications and scale of the guard infantry division are one level lower than that of the front of the palace, and the commander of the infantry division is more than one level lower than that of the commander of the front of the palace, so under normal circumstances, the people in the front of the palace have to press the first level of the infantry division, and their status is much higher than that of the infantry division.
But there are also a lot of troops on the side of the guard infantry division, they have a total of about 20,000 soldiers and horses, all of whom are stationed in Lin'an City, but they are mainly responsible for the defense of the outer city, and also assist Lin'an Mansion to do some work to maintain local security, so the responsibilities of the two divisions are now relatively clear, the front of the palace is in charge of the inner city, and the infantry division is in charge of the outer city, and the two sides usually do not deal much with each other.
Like today, the situation of people from the two systems sitting together and drinking is not common among low-level officers, and Gao Huaiyuan had no time or opportunity to deal with the people of the Infantry Division of the Guards before, and today he encountered this opportunity, so he wanted to make friends with them, and he had the opportunity to get acquainted with the officials on the side of the Infantry Division, I don't know if he will have the opportunity to use them in the future!
In the conversation with the leader of the Ma Dutou, Gao Huaiyuan also had a general understanding of the composition of the Guards Infantry Division, he didn't know much about this matter before, and after asking, he learned that the soldiers and horses of the Guards Infantry Division, a total of five armies, were organized into five armies, and they were stationed on various city walls.
After figuring out these things, Gao Huaiyuan also figured out all the military composition of Lin'an Mansion, the front division of the palace and the guard infantry division together constitute the defense force of the Gyeonggi region, and it is also the pro-soldier system to protect the imperial family, which can be regarded as the emperor's guard.
And the main reason why Shi Miyuan is so powerful and dares to do anything is that he controls the military force of the palace front division, and Xia Zhen is Shi Miyuan's cronies, otherwise, the imperial power will not fall into the hands of Shi Miyuan, this guy is really fearless!
Gao Huaiyuan was drinking and laughing with these people, and at the same time, he was secretly conspiring in his heart, if Guicheng was put on the throne by Shi Miyuan one day, with Shi Miyuan's style, he would firmly control the power of the court, put Guicheng in the air, and continue his career of calling for wind and rain.
If Guicheng wants to recover the right from Shi Miyuan, in addition to the political struggle, the most important problem is still in the military, Guicheng must first obtain the allegiance of the front division of the inner hall and the guard infantry division in Lin'an City, otherwise, even if he wants to move Shi Miyuan, he will only cast a mouse taboo, and there is no way to stare at Shi Miyuan.
Thinking of this, Gao Huaiyuan's heart moved, if things develop according to history, Shi Miyuan put Guicheng on the throne, then there will be a dark era when Shi Miyuan completely controls the government, before he dies, Guicheng will become a puppet emperor who is played by him, and at present, history has not deviated from the original trend because of his appearance, everything is still developing normally according to Shi Miyuan's design, the only thing that has changed is that he has more helpers!
And now Gao Huaiyuan has an advantage that Shi Miyuan can't imagine, that is, he Gao Huaiyuan knows the direction of history very well, but Shi Miyuan is not clear, and Shi Miyuan can't imagine that although Gao Huaiyuan is now tied to his chariot, but from the beginning, Gao Huaiyuan regarded Shi Miyuan as an enemy, as long as Guicheng took the throne, it was the time for them to break up!
And at that time, if Gao Huaiyuan wants to help Guicheng regain the imperial power, it is obviously too late to make preparations, and the military and political power in Lin'an is in the hands of Shi Miyuan, and he and Guicheng want to go in and seize the military power at that time, basically speaking, there is no possibility! When the time comes, it means that they will have to fight for power with Shi Miyuan with their bare hands, and it can basically be said that there is no chance of winning.
So Gao Huaiyuan secretly pondered to himself, if he wanted to help Guicheng and assist Guicheng to revive the Han and Tang dynasties, then I am afraid it was time to prepare.
While everyone was eating and drinking, the gods of the south and the north of the world were making a fuss until the end of the day, Gao Huaiyuan stood up and prepared to end the banquet, but before he could speak, a person rushed in, Gao Huaiyuan looked up and was taken aback.
It turned out that it was Li Ruohu who rushed into their room, and seeing that he looked very nervous, he hurriedly asked, "Ruohu, how did you find here?" But what happened? ”
Li Ruohu glanced at the people in the room, and immediately nodded: "Young master!" Sister Liu'er hasn't come home until now, I'm worried that something will happen to her, I've searched many times on the street where she might go, but I haven't been able to find Sister Liu'er, so I came to you! ”
Gao Huaiyuan stood up as soon as he heard this, and said hurriedly: "When did Liu Er leave home?" What's going on? ”
Li Ruohu bowed his head with a guilty face and replied: "Sister Liu'er came out after noon, when she left home, she said that she wanted to take a look on the street, and Erhu was going to accompany her, but she said that she would come back soon, but the little one waited until it was dark, and Sister Liu'er didn't come back, so she came out to look everywhere, but she didn't find Sister Liu'er!" ”
Gao Huaiyuan's nerves tensed up when he heard this, he didn't expect this kind of thing, so he got up and confessed to the people in the house, and hurriedly asked after taking Li Ruohu out of the house: "Where is the Drunken Immortal Building?" Did Mr. Ji find it anywhere? ”