[PS: I read the reminder of "** Little Three" two days ago, and today I finally reacted that there are two two hundred and one chapters, and I corrected it back. Hawkers, although it's a little late, it's better than nothing. 】

"Little Brother Zhang, don't come unharmed."

Looking at Zhang Huang, who was covered in cold sweat and was on the verge of a great enemy, Cao Cao couldn't cry or laugh. Isn't Cao just patted you on the shoulder, is it necessary to stare at me with such murderous eyes?

However, Cao Cao could also see that Zhang Huang's murderous aura was not directed at him, because Zhang Huang's face showed a look of surprise after seeing him, and then the murderous intent in his eyes retreated cleanly, replaced by a relieved look.

"It turned out to be Brother Mengde." Zhang Huang arched his hand happily, he was slapped on the shoulder by Cao Cao just now, he thought it was the fifth palace yuan, and he was taken aback.

Seeing this, Cao Cao said curiously: "Little Brother Zhang, could it be that he is in trouble?" If you don't dislike it, it's better to talk and listen. …… in this Luoyang, you should be able to say a few words. ”

Cao Cao's words seem to be bland, but they are quite imposing. You must know that this is Luoyang, at the feet of the Son of Heaven where dignitaries and nobles gather, but it is undeniable that Cao Cao, who is now one of the eight captains of the West Garden, does have this qualification.

"Thank you, Brother Mengde...... It doesn't matter. ”

Zhang Huang tactfully rejected Cao Cao's kindness. After all, Cao Cao is the overlord of the Central Plains in the future, and his favor is not so easy to owe, in case Cao Cao has the intention of soliciting him in the future, if he still owes him a favor at that time, Zhang Huang really doesn't know how to refuse politely.

Speaking of which. Didn't Brother Meng De serve in Jinan? How did you come to Luoyang? Zhang Huang quietly diverted the topic.

In fact, Zhang Huang also complained a little about Cao Cao, who served as the minister of state in Jinan. After all, Cao Cao of Jinan and Bao Xinna of Jibei were close friends, and the two joined forces to suppress the Qingzhou Yellow Turban. Coupled with the attitude of Taishan Kou, who made Zhang Huang cry and laugh, the main and deputy commander of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, Sima Ju and Bai Rao, their situation was a miserable, and the good Qingzhou Yellow Turban was beaten to the ground and torn apart.

Although Zhang Huang understands the truth that each is his master, he still feels a little uncomfortable when he thinks about it.

However, Cao Cao didn't think about it so much, and saw Zhang Huang ask. explained truthfully: "Your Majesty built the West Garden Guard, and summoned eight people including Cao to return to Beijing to take up their posts. ”

It turned out that Liu Hong, the son of heaven, established the Xiyuan Forbidden Army in order to divide the authority of General He Jin. Selected the best from the children of the scholar clan to hold important positions, so that Cao Cao had to do a good job in Jinan, but because of an edict, he had to rush to Luoyang day and night to take up his post.

"The forbidden army of the West Garden, the captain of the military academy?" Zhang Huang muttered two sentences in a low voice.

Captain of the Han Dynasty. The rank is higher than that of the miscellaneous general.

In the military military ranks. The Great General, the Hussar General, the Che Cavalry General, and the Wei General belong to the first sequence and are the pinnacle of the martial profession.

Among them, the general is currently held by He Jin.

In fact, the functions of the great generals of the Han Dynasty are different from those of the great generals of the Qin Dynasty, and they are generally held by foreign relatives and nobles, and the glory is higher than the real power, and their functions are in conflict and duplication with the military positions of many generals. It purely depends on the power of this great general in the court and his status in the heart of the Son of Heaven.

If the power is great and the status of the Son of Heaven is high, then the military position of the general can meddle in any matter related to the military and military system due to its particularity; Contrarily. That's a smeared noble job at best.

But then again, the great generals in modern times are all served by the relatives of the emperor's favored concubines, so most of the emperor's love house and Wuxia's evaluation of them is also very good, which makes the relatives who worship the rank of general are all powerful and powerful, and few are not worthy of the name.

Under the generals, a little less is the hussar generals.

Because the aura of the former Han hussar general Huo Qubing was too dazzling, the two Han Dynasty tacitly agreed to vacate it as a memorial.

Moreover, because of Huo Quai's relationship, the function of the hussar general was mainly reflected in the Northern Expedition to the grassland, and it was the most "brave" military position in the two Han Dynasty. It is generally not often placed, and it does not have the authority to supervise the troops and horses in peacetime, but if the imperial court decides to go north to the steppe one day, then the hussar general can lead the northern army unconditionally and freely command any army to participate in the northern expedition.

Below the hussar general is the chariot general, which is mainly responsible for conquest and betrayal, and as the name suggests, is the supreme commander of the actual operation of the battle on the battlefield. The eunuch Zhao Zhong once held this military position, but the most recent one was Huangfu Song.

The generals, hussar generals, and chariot generals are all military commanders who are not responsible for supervising troops and horses on weekdays, but can wield tens of thousands of troops once a war breaks out.

The Che Cavalry General was followed by the Wei General, or Wei Wei, which was in a different position from the first three generals and was responsible for supervising the army in peacetime. In non-war situations, he was the supreme commander of the northern and southern armies, and had many functions such as recruitment, training, guarding, and law and order.

However, it is limited to the range of the sun, and only during non-war periods, and once war breaks out, it will be taken over by one of the three generals in front of him.

Of course, the army that was taken over did not include the Southern Army, after all, the Southern Army was in charge of the last line of defense of the Luoyang Palace, and it was impossible to transfer it easily.

These four generals with different functions constitute the first sequence of military positions in the Han military, and they are the four most noble and noble positions in the entire military.

After that, there are the four generals, front, rear, left, and right, who do not have the right to directly mobilize troops in peacetime, but when war breaks out, they will participate in the war as a general, or a hussar general, or a chariot general.

There is real power, but the degree of freedom of real power is not high.

And with the front, rear, left, and right four generals belong to the second sequence, including Siping, Sizheng, and Sizhen, a total of twelve generals, and the power is almost the same, but the latter is more reflected in the honors of outstanding military achievements, most of which are rewarded after the war, and the requirements are higher than the front, rear, left, and right four generals, and there is also a greater chance to become a general and governor of one side. Unlike the former, who can only nest in the Beijing Division, if there is no war, it will be an idle job at best.

In addition, there are all kinds of Zhonglang generals, and this kind of martial arts is more special. The honorable generals are comparable to the first sequence, such as Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, and Zhu Jun during the "Yellow Peril", and on the contrary, they are worse than the captains and even the captains, so I won't go into too much detail here.

As for the third sequence of the military, the types are even more complicated, such as the captain of the fifth battalion of the Northern Army, the captain of the city gate who is responsible for guarding the city gate of the Beijing Division, the left and right servants of Hu Benlang, the cavalry captain, and so on.

And now the new Eighth Captain of the West Garden. Also at this level.

This is a military general who wields real power in both peacetime and wartime. In peacetime, they are responsible for the recruitment and training of non-commissioned officers in their respective military camps, and when war breaks out, they directly serve as subordinates and subordinates of the second and even first series generals. It is the most backbone of the military.

By the way, the third sequence was also a watershed in the military system of the Han Dynasty.

Those who can survive to this level can almost get the opportunity to be promoted, but if they can't survive this level. Then you will have no chance with high-level generals for the rest of your life. can only stay honestly in the fourth sequence such as the captain.

The root cause is nothing more than that the third sequence of martial arts has been stuffed with too many children of the major wealthy families, such as Cao Cao's former position as a cavalry captain, which was bought by his son Cao Song through the relationship with the wealth, this kind of behavior of selling officials and lords has become a common practice in the court due to the relationship between the son of heaven Liu Hong, so that the wealthy families are vying to buy positions for the children of the family, and at the same time, it is difficult for the children of the poor family to have no chance of getting ahead.

In this kind of worldly and powerful era where most of the resources are in control, the children of the poor family have no qualifications or opportunities to become the masters of one party. Known as the "lord", at best, he can only choose the allegiance of the children of a certain wealthy family.

At present, the only two exceptions in the world are Zhang Huang and Han Sui. Unfortunately, they relied on non-secular dominant forces, that is, rebel forces that were not recognized by the imperial court.

In addition, there are Taishan Kou, Yan Baihu in Jiangdong in the future, etc., to put it bluntly, there is not enough prestige and social status, there is no huge network of relationships and no wealth, even if the people in the poor family establish a force, it is only a grass coward, it is difficult to be recognized.

Let's go back and mention Cao Cao and others "Eight Captains of the West Garden", which is a relatively special existence in the third sequence of military positions, after all, they were appointed by Liu Hong, the Son of Heaven, in order to share the rights of General He Jin, and the location of the garrison is in the inner courtyard of the palace where the Son of Heaven lives, which makes the status of the Eighth Captain of the West Garden more special than the real power in their hands.

The Son of Heaven drove close to the captain of the Praetorian Guard, what a bluffing and noble military position!

Thinking of this, Zhang Huang couldn't help but envy Cao Cao a little, remembering that the purpose of their brothers to create black feather crows was not to make a name for themselves and be recognized by the imperial court and become an army in the system?

As a result, even without the appearance of the Fifth Gong Yuan, Zhang Huang was still stuck on the fourth sequence of local generals, and if there was no one to recommend him, it would be almost difficult to enter the Jingshi.

And what about Cao Cao? As soon as this guy debuted, he was the northern lieutenant of Luoyang, even if he lost his official position because he offended many dignitaries and nobles because of his public law enforcement, his old man Cao Song immediately bought him the position of a lieutenant and showed his prominence in the Yellow Peril.

Now it is even more amazing, and he has become one of the most well-known eight captains in the West Garden, which can't help but make people sigh: heroes don't ask about their origins, but their origins determine the starting point.

In this era, there is a world of difference between a person doing it alone and having the support of a big family behind him.

Seeing Zhang Huang congratulating himself with ridicule and a slight envy, Cao Cao couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

He knew that many people who didn't know the truth, including Zhang Huang, would think that the Eighth Lieutenant of the West Park was an excellent opportunity for them to soar, but in fact it was not the case.

Although the Xiyuan Forbidden Army has set up eight captains, there are only five armies in total, namely the upper, middle, lower, dian, and assistant battalions, of which the upper army is the main army, and the rest are subordinate troops.

Therefore, in addition to the marshal and the captain of the upper army, there are also the left captain, the counselor Xia Mou, the right captain, and Chun Yuqiong as auxiliary generals to coordinate and restrain the remaining four armies.

The strength of the army was about two songs, that is, 1,000 soldiers.

The Chinese army and the lower army were captained by Yuan Shao and Bao Xin respectively, and the strength of the army was also two songs.

Cao Cao's army has only one song, that is, 500 soldiers, who are mainly responsible for wartime music such as gold ringing, gongs and drums, and some functions to restrict the military discipline of the five armies.

As for the army. It was the largest of the five armies, with three or fifteen hundred soldiers, but not all of them were combatants. They are mainly responsible for logistics and assistance to the remaining four friendly forces.

In other words, don't look at the Xiyuan Forbidden Army and the Eighth Captain of the West Garden, but in fact they only have 5,000 people, which is just a "ministry" level army, equivalent to one of the five battalions of the Northern Army at the beginning.

"There are only five hundred soldiers?"

In the private room of a restaurant, Zhang Huang couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard that Cao Cao's pawn army was only one of the troops.

You must know that when he was a general in Guangling. The army led by the governor is more than 500 people, and the brothers of the black crow are all uncles and uncles, not to mention the Jizhou battlefield. Zhang Huang ordered tens of thousands of Jizhou Yellow Turbans to fight with the Northern Army one after another.

Therefore, when he heard that the Dian Military Captain, one of the eight captains of the noble West Garden, only had five hundred soldiers in his hands, he couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded.

Zhang Huang's stunned expression did not make Cao Cao feel better, on the contrary, the more he spoke, the more depressed he felt in his heart.

"Five hundred people will do it. The problem is the weapons, drills, food, and so on of these 500 men. All of them are the responsibility of my eight lieutenants. ”

Yes, what made Cao Cao feel very sad was that Liu Hong, the Son of Heaven, asked them to create a new army, but first, they did not allocate funds from the national treasury, and second, they did not give subsidies from the inner treasury of the Son of Heaven, and all the expenses had to be paid by their eight captains themselves.

Of course, money is not a problem for these wealthy elites.

For example, Cao Cao. Although he can't afford this money, don't forget that he has his son Cao Song behind him. The rich and invincible Cao Taiwei, as well as the huge Cao family and the Xiahou family, not to mention raising an army of 500 people, even if it is 5,000 people, it is not a problem.

The same is true for Yuan Shao, can't the Yuan family with four doors and three dukes afford to support a thousand soldiers?

Money is not the problem, it's the mystery herein.

Cao Cao admired the white wolf of the empty gloves of Liu Hong, the son of heaven, and knew that the major families in Beijing wanted to have military power, improve their status and expand their power, so they took advantage of the situation and let these wealthy families in the civil official circle build a new army to fight against the general He Jin.

From beginning to end, Liu Hong only needed to issue an edict, and then those wealthy families would contribute money and efforts, and even more ingeniously, the newly created Xiyuan Forbidden Army could also be firmly pinched in his hands by Jian Shuo, and he could get an army for nothing while suppressing General He Jin.

If it goes well, maybe He Jin will hate these scholars because of this, and make trouble with them, and it is best to fall out with the entire civil official circle, so that Liu Hong, the son of heaven, can reap the benefits of the fisherman.

Empty gloves white wolf, hugging grass and beating rabbits, I have to say that this trick is simply amazing, it can be called a model in the yang scheme, so that several wealthy families know that there is fraud in this, and they can't withstand the name of the Xiyuan Forbidden Army, and obediently sacrifice their financial resources and family leaders.

No, Cao Cao, as the most worthy of cultivation of the Cao family and the Xiahou family, was promoted to the throne by the family because of this, although he was reluctant in his heart.

Why reluctantly? There are four reasons for this.

First of all, the eighth lieutenant of Xiyuan was a bait thrown by Liu Hong, the son of heaven, to lure the civilian clique to disagree with General He Jin, and to use the power of those big families in the DPRK and China to put pressure on General He Jin and suppress the latter.

Secondly, the last seven of the eight captains in the West Garden were under the control of the captain of the military academy, although these seven people held the power of the army, but in fact the degree of freedom was not high, and they could not let the soldiers be dispatched.

Third, the marshal of the Xiyuan Forbidden Army and the captain of the military academy, Jian Shuo, he is a eunuch. Although he is a relatively clean eunuch, he is still a eunuch.

An official eunuch with a low status in the Han Dynasty was actually above the leaders of wealthy families like Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, how could this make Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and others happy?

Fourth, that is, the fourth point, this is a personal grudge between Cao Cao and Jian Shuo.

I remember that in the early years, when Cao Cao was serving as the northern lieutenant in the north of Luoyang, he killed Jian Shuo's uncle Jian Tu, who was walking at night after curfew, according to the law. Regardless of whether Cao Cao was severely punished according to the law at that time, or was purely hostile to the eunuch forces, or killed chickens and monkeys, and singled out a well-known guy to promote his law enforcement skills as a lieutenant in the northern part of Luoyang, one thing is certain, that is, there is a grudge between him and Jian Shuo.

Unless Jian Shuo is a saint who doesn't care about his past suspicions, Cao Cao will not have a good life when he serves under him in the future.

And this matter, Zhang Huang also remembered.

"Jian Shuo...... You won't fake public and personal vendetta against Brother Meng De, right? ”

Cao Cao laughed lightly when he heard this.

In fact, the Cao family, where Cao Cao belongs, is not simply criticized for being associated with the eunuch party. But it does have a certain amount of power in the eunuch party.

Decades ago, when Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others were not successful, Cao Cao's grandfather Cao Teng had become a powerful man. I have to say that Cao Teng is a wise man who enjoys the reputation of "good progress and ability, and nothing is ruined".

Although it is a bit awkward for eunuchs to enjoy this reputation, it is a fact. At that time, although Cao Teng was powerful, he never bullied others, but was keen to make friends with capable people, and he had a deep relationship with the civil official group.

So much so that later, like Lu Qiang and other people who were physically disabled but always had the intention of serving the society, all of them regarded Cao Teng as a role model, which made Cao Cao more supported by Lu Qiang and other eunuchs.

At the beginning, Cao Cao killed Jian Shuo's uncle Jian Tu, why didn't Jian Shuo dare to trouble Cao Cao? Among them, in addition to Cao Cao's son Cao Song, there are actually Lu Qiang and others who are secretly contributing.

At that time, it was a big deal. In terms of status, he was inferior to Lu Qiang, so Cao Cao didn't do anything in the end, but was demoted. Under the operation of Daddy Cao Song, he patted his ass and went to Dunqiu to serve as the commander of Dunqiu.

But it's hard to say now, last year, Lu Qiang took advantage of the "Yellow Peril" to eradicate the poisoning tumor in Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and other palaces, and united several scholars and doctors to make a statement to Liu Hong, the son of heaven. As a result, Zhang Rang bit back. Filled with indignation, he was thrown on death row.

That's not all, Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others were afraid that Lu Qiang, who was not dealing with him, would be remembered by Liu Hong, the son of heaven, so they simply didn't do anything, and sent someone to poison Lu Qiang to death in prison, accusing him of committing suicide for fear of crime.

As soon as Lü Qiang died, the more virtuous people among the eunuchs suddenly lost their backbone, and Cao Cao also lost this powerful court helper.

And even more unfortunately, Lu Qiang died. Jian Shuo gained power, replacing the former and becoming one of the henchmen and eunuchs of Liu Hong, the son of heaven.

Although Jian Shuo is a eunuch who is loyal to Liu Hong, the son of heaven. It can be regarded as a clean body, and he doesn't deal with Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others, but no matter what, his attitude towards Cao Cao is diametrically opposed to Lu Qiang.

In the case that Cao Cao lost Lu Qiang as a court assistant, it was relatively easy for Jian Shuo to want to rectify Cao Cao.

And although Cao Cao didn't say it, he wasn't sure about it in his heart.

The two chatted for a few words, and Cao Cao asked why Zhang Huang was in Luoyang, and his tone was full of ridicule.

"At the beginning, Little Brother Zhang was mistaken for a Yellow Turban and fled from Henan in a hurry, why did he appear in Luoyang again today?"

Zhang Huang's face changed slightly when he heard this. You must know that Zhang Huang is in Henan Yin, which can definitely be called a well-known figure, whether it is the "Zhang Huo" who was wanted in Henan before, or the "Zhang Baiqi" who is currently wanted in various countries, there are many people who are keen to take his head to the Sili School Governor's Mansion in exchange for attractive gold and silver.

Speaking of which, I have to mention Cai Yan's original advice, it is precisely because of her persuasion that Zhang Huang finally led the Jizhou Yellow Turban under the name of "Zhang Sheng" and became the "Zhang Baiqi" who enjoyed a bad reputation in the north and south.

Moreover, even when Jizhou was fighting with the Northern Army, Zhang Huang also paid great attention to it, in addition to covering it with a helmet, he also blurred his face with a blindfold, which made people unreal.

Otherwise, if Cao Cao knew that Zhang Huang in front of him was the "double evil" who was currently standing side by side with Han Sui, the rebel party in Liangzhou, I am afraid that even Cao Cao would not be so calm. After all, Zhang Huo was only a small person at best, and Cao Cao thought that Zhang Huang would be implicated because of a misunderstanding, but Zhang Baiqi was different, it was a veritable "evil party", and he was the murderer who single-handedly wiped out the entire Northern Army.

"What happened last year...... Alas, I finally came to Beijing for a trip, but I was so embarrassed when I left, don't mention it! With a roll of his eyes, Zhang Huang said half-truthfully.

Cao Cao laughed when he heard this, and became more and more sure that Zhang Huang was implicated at that time, after all, there were many people who were implicated in the Luoyang Rebellion, and many innocent people were killed by mistakenly believing that they were the Yellow Turbans.

"Didn't Little Brother Zhang come to Luoyang this time to make up for the regret of the last time?" Cao Cao squeezed Zhang Huang with malicious ridicule.

Zhang Huang paused, he wanted to hide it, but then he thought about it again, the Cao family is also a well-informed wealthy family in Luoyang, rather than hiding something from Cao Cao today, it is better to simply tell the truth, anyway, Cao Cao will find out in the future.

"I, I'm currently serving under Dong Poyu. …… Dong Poyu is very knowledgeable about me, and when he saw that I was not well-known in Yin, Henan, he asked me to pretend to be 'Zhang Xiu' and wait until the limelight passed. Zhang Huang explained with mixed truths.

Hearing this, Cao Cao couldn't help but be stunned, you must know that his evaluation of the Black Feather Crow is quite high, among which Li Tong, Chen Zhi, Zang Ba, and Tai Shici are all rare talents in the world, not to mention the leader of the Black Feather Crow in front of him, Zhang Huang, although he seems to be unblinking, it is a warrior who the rest of the Black Feather Crow thinks is not an opponent alone.

"It's a pity!" Next to him, Xiahoudun said in a tone full of regret and regret. Although Cao Cao's "master" position was highlighted, how he spoke from beginning to end, but the first sentence he said now made Cao Cao smile bitterly.

He knew very well the meaning of Xiahoudun's words, it was nothing more than that Xiahoudun felt that Zhang Huang's investment under Dong Zhuo was a pearl's secret investment, but the question was how could this kind of thing be said directly in front of others?

Cao Cao hurriedly remedied, pretending not to hear Xiahoudun's words, and asked, "Could it be Dong Zhuo and Dong Zhongying, the captains of the school?" ”

"Uh, exactly." Zhang Huang glanced at Xiahoudun with some strange eyes.

"It's a pity, I knew this was the case, and I should have recruited Little Brother Zhang a long time ago. …… What a pity! Cao Cao quietly changed Xiahoudun's pity to another meaning.

But in fact, in fact, as early as Yingchuan, Cao Cao recruited Zhang Huang more than once, but Zhang Huang politely refused.

"It's a pity, it's a ...... Wait, Dong Zhongying? After saying a few words of pity, Cao Cao suddenly reacted.

Dong Zhuo and Dong Zhongying, aren't they the people who have now become the confidants of General He Jin? That's the people of the General's power!

I don't know what he thought, Cao Cao's eyes rolled slightly, and his eyes looking at Zhang Huang became subtle, and his expression was full of playfulness. (To be continued......)