After the cart crossed a bridge over a small river, they arrived outside the camp in front of Xiliucang.

At first, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen came here with his troops and was stopped by the military captain.

As the saying goes, ‘the army only hears the general’s orders but does not know the emperor’s edicts’.

To this day, there is still the site of "Taizong Fajia's residence" in front of the Xiliu Camp military camp.

This is the military soul of Xiliu Camp and the foundation of its establishment.

But when Liu Che looked at the ruins, he frowned and felt a little unhappy.

"If the People's Liberation Army doesn't follow me, I will go find the Red Army..." What Taizu Taizu once said echoed in Liu Che's heart.

Who is the military following? Such matters are extremely sensitive and cannot be provoked at any time.

However, Liu Che soon showed a smile and slowly stepped out of the car.

It is a chronic disease of the Chinese dynasty to have soldiers as generals.

Even the Qin Empire was unable to eradicate this trouble.

Otherwise, the Han Dynasty has only been sixty years old, and there will not be hundreds of rebellions, big and small, and constant rebellions by princes and kings with different surnames and the same surname.

Does the army obey the party's command and follow the party?

It's a joke here BC!

Relatively speaking, Xiliuying and Zhou Yafu were quite obedient, loyal ministers and loyal soldiers, and were direct descendants of the Han Dynasty.

"This military academy and staff headquarters must be established as soon as possible..." Liu Che thought to himself.

In the past, even if a military academy was established and a staff headquarters was established, it would not be of much use.

An army, in the era of cold weapons, wants to have combat effectiveness.

The first and most important factor is that everyone in the army, both large and small, must be the general's own people.

If you have absolute trust in your confidant, you can trust your opponent's life and death brother in battle.

If the army is filled with three religions and nine factions, the various factions will fight among themselves and become entangled.

Apart from other things, as long as this army goes to the battlefield, it will definitely be defeated by the enemy!

Anyway, looking through the history books, Liu Che has never seen that general who could win while withstanding the enemy's firepower while being held back by his own people.

Even in the 21st century, the whole world is shouting for freedom for the people. But in the military, it is still an absolute dictatorship with an iron fist, and military law is as strong as a mountain, leaving no room for doubt or discussion.

Therefore, even in the past, military academies were established and staff headquarters were organized.

But in the end, it may still be a matter of changing the soup without changing the medicine.

At most, the emperor's control over the army has been slightly strengthened. The officers' sense of loyalty to the emperor has been slightly strengthened.

Other than that, it's nothing.

Each army will still have the strong personal characteristics of its respective generals.

Just like Li Guang's army and Cheng Bushi's army in history, the combat styles and combat tactics of the two different combat units are simply like the armies of two countries.

But that's different now.

Now Liu Che saw that the future Han Dynasty army would complete an important change in Chinese military history.

The Han Dynasty will move towards an era in which cavalry is the main combat force, with infantry and crossbowmen as auxiliary forces.

Under such historical trends, the old military order and the old military mountaintops will be completely overturned.

Those who cannot keep up with the times will be deprived of their ability to make soy sauce.

Just like in the previous life, when Wei Qing and Huo Qubing emerged.

The famous generals and iron armies who were once famous and famous all over the world disappeared one after another.

Just like Li Guang is still a rising star in the new generation, in the era when Wei Huo shines, Li Guang can hardly even be the leader of the reserve team or the baggage team.

This is the inevitable development of the times.

Those who cannot keep up with the development trend of the times will definitely be eliminated.

This gave Liu Che an opportunity to take advantage of.

In compliance with the development trend of the times and the general trend of history, we extensively select and promote a large number of outstanding generals from poor families, and use their strength to consolidate the power of the army into ourselves.

Completely putting aside the constraints of the feudal lords, elders, and ministers who had occupied the political stage of the Han Dynasty for sixty years.

Just like what little pigs did in history.

Even if he is dismissed one hundred and five times, he will be ranked among the nobles.

The princes don’t even dare to fart!

The only problem is that when the old hills fall down, new ones will surely rise.

The only thing Liu Che can do is probably to watch them and supervise them while he is alive.

As for what happens after death?

Who can control it?

The Taizu of the Celestial Dynasty, a great lord who appears only once in five hundred years, has lost his power and his country has changed.

No one in this world can control the future, all they can work hard for is the present.

Thinking of this, Liu Che couldn't help but sigh.

Taking steps, Liu Che looked up at the war flag flying high in Xiliu Camp.

A rolling head with teeth and claws looming on the flag.

Yes, you read that right, it’s Gungun!

In ancient pre-Qin and Han Dynasties, the choice of military flag totems was very limited. Basically, they could not escape the category of tiger, leopard, bear, and dragon.

Liu Che didn't quite understand why Zhou Yafu chose a rolling totem flag as the thin willow camp.

But at this time, Gungun in people's consciousness is not a national treasure that will kill people in future generations.

It has a nickname called Iron-Eating Beast.

In the consciousness of the Han people, this guy eats iron instead of bamboo.

Liu Che didn't understand why the Han people had this understanding?

Is it because of the billowing coat color? Or the cute and naive appearance?

Anyway, in his previous life, Liu Che had heard that the little piggy guy had captured several of them in Shanglin Garden and raised them in captivity, feeding them iron filings every day.

The results speak for themselves...(note).

Well, anyway, in people's minds at this time, distant relatives of bears like Gungun were ferocious beasts, and it was not unreasonable to use them as military flags.

But Liu Che couldn't help but laugh when he thought that Xiliu Camp was charging into the battle with a rolling gun.

"It seems that the ferocious side of our great national treasure is well known to everyone even in this BC!"

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"The last general, Captain Wei Chi of Xiliu Camp, pays homage to our emperor. Long live your majesty!" A captain who looked like an iron tower, wearing a suit of chainmail, led more than a dozen generals out of the camp gate and walked directly in front of Liu Che's carriage.

, hit the chest with the right hand in a military salute.

After being spread by the Huben Guards and the Yulin Guards, this military salute is now very popular among the field armies of the Han army.

The Han people are a very self-respecting and self-respecting nation.

Especially at this time, the humiliating etiquette of "kneeling down" is usually only used when the status gap is very large.

Most of the time, the Han people only kneel to the Lord of Heaven and Earth.

Others, even the Prime Minister, will not kneel.

As for the courtiers?

When they met Liu Che, they used salutes!

What is salutation?

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, ministers worshiped the emperor, and the emperor worshiped the ministers.

Although most cases nowadays involve ministers bowing to their kings, it is not unheard of for a king to bow to his ministers.

Especially when the emperor wants to appoint nine ministers, generals, and county governors, he must do it solemnly and carefully, choose an auspicious day, bathe and fast, and then entrust the matter to his ministers.

As for kneeling?

Very few Han people will kneel down to others.

Even if you are a county magistrate, a governor, or even a prime minister.

If you bow your head deeply or bow in obeisance, you already have great respect for you.

Of course, it was different when facing the emperor.

The Lord of Heaven and Earth is my master. There is no harm in kneeling down.
To be continued...