The specific division and distribution are left to Li Yanxian to decide.
In fact, everyone knows that Li Yanxian's army is divided into three parts. He has 7,000 to 8,000 core troops under the Imperial Camp, stationed on both sides of the Yellow River in Shanzhou, and they are given priority in supply. The remaining money, food and military supplies are divided into two parts, half for the Zhai family from Luoyang, and the other half for the righteous army in Zhongtiao Mountain, Taihang Mountain, or even further north... Li Yanxian himself probably doesn't know the exact number, but it must be much more than 20,000 or 30,000.
Even when Dong Xian, who was in the Zhai system, won the battle, he took advantage of the opportunity of the army fighting on all fronts to demand to be promoted to the commander-in-chief. It was not that simple. It itself meant taking advantage of the situation to break away from the Zhai system and become a regular army.
Only Emperor Zhao and the imperial court were so foolish that they were happy to see it happen and just went with the flow.
Now, speaking of trusted officers, this is naturally an excellent feudal tradition since ancient times. Emperor Zhao had trusted commanding officers before him, and the generals who were full of feudal remnants also had trusted officers before them. Most of these people were the generals' fellow townsmen, their own soldiers, their descendants, or all three.
Han Shizhong had Jie Yuan from the beginning, and after Jie Yuan became Jie Yuan, he had Cheng Min; Yue Fei also had Wang Gui, Tang Huai, and Zhang Xian at the beginning, and after they became powerful, he also had a trusted officer like Bi Jin who was in charge of miscellaneous matters in front of him and led his personal soldiers; even Wang Yan, who was just ridiculed by Qu Duan, whose Eight Character Army started out differently from his own, had a general named Xiao Fan who played a similar role by his side, and now he has also become a commander, but he has become separated from Wang Yan because of this.
As for Qu Duan himself, he was different from the others... He rose to power in the chaos, and within two years of his rise, he was brought back by Hu Yin and Wanqi Xie, sent by Emperor Zhao. He was in a situation where he could be killed or not, but fortunately he was whipped in public in front of the Wende Hall, and then he was idle for another year before he finally led the army again. Then after he re-established the Imperial Camp Cavalry and became the commander-in-chief, he never had enough discipline. It was only after he pacified the Western Xia that he gradually became more confident.
As the saying goes, when one prospers, all prosper; when one suffers, all suffer. Such ups and downs have made his trusted lieutenant Xiahou Yuan still a trusted lieutenant for many years.
Thinking back then, when Wu Jie captured Qu Duan, Xiahou Yuan was the one who followed to the end. Although he has survived now, he still needs a big battle to gain military merit before he can leave Qu Duan and go out to work as an official.
"Why did the Jiedu come back so early?"
Xiahou Yuan had no choice but to turn back after Qu Duan called out his name, but he pretended nothing had happened, got off the mule calmly, stood beside the iron elephant, crossed his hands and asked, looking honest. "Is everything ready at the Imperial College?"
When Qu Duan saw this man's appearance, his original intention to mock him disappeared immediately... It's not that he didn't want to mock him, but he knew that no matter what he said, the other party would play dumb, and no one could do anything to the other. What's more, he was the most trusted person among his friends, and it was not easy to hit or scold him... So he simply frowned at Tie Xiang and said, "It's already been done at the Imperial College. Let me ask you, before I left this morning, I asked you to go to Yuetai to check the duty list, and then privately investigate the annual festival rewards. Did you do it seriously?"
"I tried hard, but I didn't succeed." Xiahou Yuan was serious when he saw his governor asking about serious matters. "People from the Imperial City Department, the Military Control Department, and the Official Affairs Department all went there today... I didn't dare to say anything. I accompanied them for half a day and just came back."
"Oh." Qu Da understood, but continued to face him seriously. "Did you find out anything?"
"There is no trouble with Deputy Commander-in-Chief Li's (Li Shifu) lightly-armed foreign troops. They are just grateful for the emperor's kindness. The situation with Zhang Da and Zhang Er (Zhang Zhongfu and Zhang Zhongyan) has always been looked after by the governor himself, so there is nothing wrong with them. On the contrary, in the two armored cavalry teams led by Deputy Commander-in-Chief Liu (Liu Qi), there seem to be some accounts and personnel discussions, which were found out by the Military Control Commission." Xiahou Yuan said what he meant.
Qu Duan frowned again: "Those newly recruited foreign cavalry are all country bumpkins. It's their first year in Tokyo, so of course they think everything is good. Liu Qi is from a military family, and his subordinates are all such dirty things. He knows it in his heart but has no power to change it. It's like a dog can't change its eating habits... It's all expected."
Xiahou Yuan just lowered his head in front of the mule and pretended not to hear.
"Whatever!"
Qu Duan thought about it again and shook his head. "The government wants to take advantage of the New Year holiday to catch us off guard. It means they don't want us to get involved. We can just pretend we don't know... We will have our say after the New Year."
"The governor is right. I think so too." Xiahou Yuan responded immediately.
Qu Duan nodded immediately, but soon raised his eyebrows again: "So you are going to have fun by yourself? Are you going to Ma Xing Street to have a drink?"
Xiahou Yuan had no choice but to answer honestly: "I have already arranged to meet with a few colleagues in the camp... Besides, it is already evening, and there is no Cuju match in the north of the city. I can only watch the exhibition match tomorrow afternoon."
Qu Duan remained cold and silent throughout.
Xiahou Yuan knew what the other party meant, but he would rather die than mention it... If he really asked for Qu Duan to go, would they, a group of officers, be able to have fun or suffer? Would he, Xiahou Yuan, still be able to stay in the army... So after fooling the other party with a few words, he could only pretend to be stupid and stand there without saying a word.
The two of them were in a stalemate for a while. Qu Duan was rarely so angry with others that his stomach ached, but he was helpless. He could only shake his sleeves, urge the Iron Elephant under his crotch, and go home.
However, just as Xiahou Yuan climbed onto the mule with a sense of relief, he heard someone scolding him from behind: "You can only listen to a song when you call a prostitute! Otherwise, if the emperor finds out from the Imperial City Department, you may never be able to become a commander in your lifetime!"
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