The scale of more than 10,000 people is already a large army in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and you must know that the general army system is only two or three thousand people.

In the former Han Dynasty, it was a conscription system, and the army was built without moving to 10,000 or 20,000, which was a turbulent era, and the Han Dynasty achieved the name of the empire in the fierce collision with the Huns.

But in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was basically changed to a conscription system, and there were few regular troops, and soldiers were urgently recruited in the event of a major war, and then disbanded and returned home after the war.

In times of peace and prosperity, this system has its own advantages, not to mention that the country can save a lot of military spending, and it can also avoid some generals from supporting their own troops.

However, when the world is chaotic, the shortcomings will also appear: First, the soldiers lack training, the degree of run-in with each other is insufficient, and the overall combat capability has declined.

Second, the able-bodied people are counting on being soldiers everywhere to make money, and they don't feel at ease at all about farming, so that only the old, the weak, the sick, the disabled, women and children are left to support agriculture.

In Liu Zhi's view, there is also a fatal flaw, because the recruitment system requires soldiers to bring their own weapons, resulting in the inability of the people to ban the blade.

Once someone with ill intentions ascends to the heights, they can directly form a team and lack nothing.

Moreover, incidents of armed brawls among the people are also emerging one after another, which is not unrelated to this system.

That's why he thought about trying out the world military system to see if he could solve these imminent problems.

Liu Zhi chose to let Dong Ban and others march secretly, mainly because he planned to hide from the inner ghosts in the court, so as not to startle the snakes and let Gongsun Ju flee south along Yuzhou or Xuzhou.

That would really be a mess in the world, and it would be out of control.

But how could such a large army suddenly lose news?

Even the secret agents of Long Linwei sent by Yang Jian's subordinates in the past have no news.

This incredible situation made Liu Zhisheng have a very bad premonition, and he originally planned to let Shan Chao send additional people to investigate the news.

But Shan Chao has now arrived in Taishan County, and his manpower is mainly deployed in Jingshi, so he can't be easily withdrawn.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but be worried, he couldn't sit still anymore, Dong Ban was his cronies, and it was not easy to cultivate such an army, and something could not happen without explanation.

"Come here, summon Xu Changshi, Nandun Houhe, Situ Yinxun and Shangshu to meet Yuan Xu."

Because Deng Yan's wedding date is at the end of this month, Liu Zhi didn't bother him much during this time, thinking about letting him prepare for marriage with peace of mind.

But now that the situation is critical, most of the trusted people around him have been dispatched, and there are really not many people who can discuss this secret mission.

The first to arrive was Xu Huang, who was in the palace, and in the past two months, he has been in charge of selling the position of Yulin Army.

The results are quite impressive, not only filling in the original vacancies, but also developing dozens more.

And the price was speculated by him again and again, from the first 200,000 people, to the later soaring, it actually more than doubled, and ordinary Yulin knights also cost 500,000 yuan each.

Yu Lin Lang needed at least 800,000 to 1 million yuan, and he gave full play to the principle of the highest price, and sold a total of about 1,000 Yu Lin Rides.

Coupled with more than 80 Yu Linlang, in the end, excluding expenses, a total profit of more than 100 million yuan was really beyond Liu Zhi's expectations.

Good guy, the speed of money is too fast, and there is no cost at all.

It is no wonder that starting from Emperor Wenjing, the emperors of the Han Dynasty have been keen to sell their official beards, and there is nothing easier in this world than selling officials to make money.

Liu Zhidu is very excited, do you want to think of some more ways to sell more positions?

However, after all, he is not the mediocre Emperor Huan of Han in history, and he still adheres to a cautious attitude towards selling officials, and he can't do it easily, otherwise what is the point of the imperial examination system that he painstakingly reformed?

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, Xu Huang briefly reported to him the latest situation of the Yulin Army.

After those children of the family were dragged to Shanglin Yuan, under Xu Huang's special "care", they were loosely disciplined, unrestrained, drinking and gambling every day, and they were so happy that they flew up.

He also deliberately provoked the contradiction between the old and new groups of Yulin cavalry, so that there was constant infighting, and it can be said that the current Yulin Army is a plate of scattered sand.

Even if someone wants to use them to make trouble, they are vulnerable and can't make it happen.

"You did a good job, just keep it up like this, and always keep an eye on the situation of the Yulin Army."

Liu Zhi nodded, Xu Huang was thoughtful, very steady and reliable, and he was still very relieved.

Not long after, Situ Yinxun also arrived, followed by several other people who arrived at about the same time.

Among these people, only Zhongshu Ling Yuan Xuan knew about Dong Ban leading his troops north, and the rest of them heard about it for the first time.

"Your Majesty means that the 20,000 army led by Dong Ban has been cut off?"

Everyone looked at each other, and they all felt a little incredible, this is not an army of one or two thousand people, the situation of Duan Xi was different last time, he deliberately concealed the route of the march.

"Could it be that we have already encountered bandits and started fighting?"

This idea proposed by Yin Xun is not impossible, after all, Gongsun Ju is known as an army of 50,000, although there are actually not so many, but there are still about 30,000.

Moreover, Gongsun raised his hand to contact many bandits in various places, and some of these people only supported or raised things at the same time, and did not follow him to fight in the east and west.

There are also one or two stocks in Yuzhou, and they are all close to Yanzhou.

But the scale of these rebels is not large, and it should not be enough to pose a threat to Dong Ban, not to mention that even if there is a real fight, there will not be no news coming back.

"Or, it's not Dong Taishou who has an accident, but Yang Jian's subordinate Long Linwei, who is in charge of the interrogation, was killed?"

Deng Yan, who had been listening attentively, said another possibility, and everyone only felt like an empowering, and their thinking suddenly became clear.

"Yes, yes, why didn't you think of this layer, it should be very possible."

After all, it is difficult to deal with 20,000 heavily armed officers and soldiers. And just dealing with a few Long Linwei secret agents, it's much simpler.

Together, several people felt that they should look for clues in this direction.

Xu Huang frowned and made a suggestion, "Since they have already arrived in the north of Yuzhou, there is nothing to keep secret."

It's better to simply make the news public, firstly, it can deter the bandits, and secondly, it will also expose the flaws of the person who is doing ghosts behind his back. ”

Liu Zhi nodded, thinking that this plan was very good, and everyone else unanimously agreed.

"Why don't I take someone on a trip in person, I always feel that there must be something strange about this matter, and it is likely to be the key clue to solve the ghosts in the DPRK and China."

It was Deng Yan who took the initiative to invite Ying, and the others performed their own duties, and they couldn't leave at all, not to mention that their identities were all in the clear, and they would be targeted as soon as they left the capital.

Speaking of which, Deng Yan is very suitable in terms of both his ability to do things and his identity.

"How can this work, you will marry in a few days, how can you go to Yuzhou at this time."

Liu Zhi immediately shook his head and vetoed.