Another day, when He Bai and He Jin and Yuan Shao talked about Cai Wenji's wish to serve a severely ill husband, and when they temporarily suspended their marriage, they praised Cai Wenji's filial piety. Especially Yuan Shao, he had been filial to his father and mother for six years to make the world hear his reputation, so how could he not pay attention to filial piety? So soon, He Bai got the two of them to persuade him to write a letter and ordered people to go along the way to Hedong to see if they could hit the Wei family. If they could not, they would go directly to Hedong to find the Wei family.

Cai Wenji's affairs have been completed, and He Bai thought that he had been serving as the post of Military Academy for several days, and had not yet gone to Xiyuan to see his subordinates. Xiyuan is a large garden built by Emperor Ling of Han on the bank of Mangshan, which is twenty miles northwest of Luoyang City. Xiyuan is twenty miles long from east to west, ten miles wide from north to south, and more than two hundred miles in radius, including many areas of Yinpingyin and Gucheng in Henan.

Before this year, Emperor Ling of Han mostly had fun in the West Garden. Until last year, seeing the continuous rebellion across the country, Emperor Ling of Han returned to Luoyang City at the beginning of this year. The newly-organized Xiyuan Army, the former army of Emperor Ling of Han, was still in the West Garden except for the thousands of soldiers led by Jian Shuo, who were guarding Emperor Ling of Han in the palace of the capital.

He Bai put on the captain's armor and led twenty entourages to Xiyuan. The officials left behind in Xiyuan were surprised by He Bai's arrival. Because the eight captains in Xiyuan were mostly in Luoyang City, and because they were too far from Xiyuan, they were also the chief officers who were on duty without asking about practical matters. The big and small things in the camp were mostly handled by the deputy army Sima. Because Xiyuan is no longer the political center, it is too far from Luoyang City, especially after this year, the eight captains have almost never reached Xiyuan.

He Bai felt a little surprised after hearing this. No wonder Yuan Shao and Cao Cao had soldiers in Xiyuan. However, with their abilities, they did not follow their loyal soldiers. It turned out that they did not pay attention to military power at this time. Bao Hong, the captain of the lower army, was beheaded for corruption a few days ago, and the Xiyuan army had no movement. It is conceivable that it was impossible.

After checking He Bai's seal of the army captain, the left-behind officials put He Bai in the garden. The eight schools in the West Garden were stationed in the direction, and if the army was lower, they were the imperial guards stationed in the west. He Bai had to go to the army camp, and had to cross the west Garden and walk twenty miles more.

Fortunately, Emperor Ling of Han was not in the West Garden, so he was not very particular about running horses in the garden, otherwise He Bai had to walk over. He rode his horse and trotted all the way, and saw an artificial lake with a depth of several meters and a radius of more than ten miles in the south of the West Garden. There are three fairy mountains, Fang Abbot, Penglai and Yingzhou, built on the lake. The fairy mountains are thirty meters above the water surface, and there are about four hundred meters apart. There are pavilions and moons on the mountain, with built-in mechanisms, either rising or falling, appearing and disappearing from time to time.

As stated in the fu, there is a magical change. The beauty of its quietness and its strange movements make people fall in love and forget it.

To the north of the West Garden is a winding water dragon called Longlin Canal. It is winding and turbulent according to the height of the terrain and flows into the lake, and is connected to the south. It has its own characteristics and is built from the canal of the Sixteen Palaces. The inner halls and pavilions are exquisitely constructed and spectacular. The water flows outside, and the flying bridge lies quietly above it. A hundred steps across the bridge is a lush forest.

The breeze blows, the willows rise lightly, the bamboos sway, the winding paths, the strange flowers and stones, pavilions and towers, hidden in it. Among them are eight sides, the structure is beautiful, the Xiaoyao Pavilion, which is the best in ancient and modern times, and there are also peonies that symbolize glory and wealth, with more than twenty kinds of names.

In the West Garden, the strange mountains and clear waters complement each other; pavilions and towers are cleverly placed among them; flowing water lingers, green forests are lush. The hall is built in front of the canal, like the scales of a dragon, as if it is the sky.

After the completion of the West Garden, Emperor Ling of Han was very satisfied and immediately abandoned Luoyang to stay in the West Garden. He especially liked to lead more than a thousand eunuchs and palace maids on a night of bright moonlight and starry sky, riding horses on the moon to play. The West Garden under the moonlight was even more beautiful and handsome. In the late night, Emperor Ling of Han drove a sheep cart around to hunt for beauty, which made him even more interesting.

He Bai nodded repeatedly when he saw this. The beauty of the West Garden was really the most outstanding work of the ancients. It is many times more beautiful than the scenic spots made of reinforced concrete later. The legendary Summer Palace of the Ten Thousand Gardens in later generations is probably even more beautiful and majestic. Unfortunately, it was destroyed by the British and French thieves, and only some broken walls and pillars were left, which was a hatred for the people of the country. Being able to see the panoramic view of the West Garden in this life also fulfilled the great regret that he could not see the Summer Palace in his own life.

Before coming to the westernmost military camp, there was no one guarding the camp. He Bai rode his horse in and walked in for a long time. Although someone saw He Bai and his party, no one paid attention. He walked straight to the ground and then someone came out in front of the central army tent with clothes in disheveled clothes and asked, "Who dares to run into the camp? But are people from the capital?"

He Bai untied his cloak, exposed the lieutenant's armor, and then threw the tiger talisman seal from the lower army to the man. When the man took it, he felt so shocked that his whole body softened. He half-kneeled and bowed, held the tiger talisman seal with respect and returned it to He Bai. Then he bowed and said, "Sima Zhao Zhi, the Central Army, pays homage to the lieutenant."

If he could succeed the former lieutenant Bao Hong as the lieutenant of the army, he would have to be a noble family. Such people have always been arrogant and arrogant. Zhao Zhi was knowledgeable in Luoyang, but he did not dare to provoke him easily and rudely.

As expected, he saw He Bai sitting arrogantly on the horse, pointed at Zhao Zhi with a horse whip and shouted: "I am a Taizhong Doctor, and he is also a military lieutenant. He Bai and He Tianming are the important areas of the military camp. There is no one standing guard and no one patrols and guards. It is noon at this time, but the entire battalion's officers and soldiers did not hear the voices and did not see the training. Before the Central Army, you were not dressed in a hangover, as if you had just started to get up. Let me ask you, what should you be a Sima of the Central Army?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a smirking woman ran out of the military tent next to him. Seeing a strange general angry, Zhao Zhi knelt on the ground and immediately retreated back to the military tent with a warning. However, this scene had long been seen by He Bai, and Zhao Zhi was sweating profusely, turning half-kneeling into full kneeling, and he lay on the ground and couldn't speak.

It took a long time to collapse, "Report to the lieutenant, the entire Xiyuan army has been like this since its completion. His Majesty the Emperor cherishes our bravery and gives us wine and meat every day. Any three hundred stones of military marquises and more than three hundred stones will be used by the palace servants. This is not a humble position in private."

He Bai couldn't help but stroke his forehead with his hands and was speechless. Unexpectedly, Emperor Ling of Han was so kind to support his soldiers. From August last year to the past half of March this year, it was like this for seven and a half months. So how many of the legendary unparalleled soldiers can still have the combat power?

Last year, I heard that Emperor Ling of Han summoned elite troops from all over the world to gather in Luoyang, and all armor and equipment were available. He was led by the eight lieutenants and claimed to be the "supreme general" and held a large military exercise in the west of the city. For a moment, the four directions were shocked, and all were shocked by the Han army's great martial arts. Many people who wanted to rebel and separatist could not help but restrain themselves to observe the direction of the wind. Compared to how Bai could successfully defeat the Black Mountain bandits last year without being retaliated, it was because he was shocked by the martial arts exercises of the Xiyuan Army.

He Bai waved his whip and thrust hard on Zhao Zhi's back, and said angrily: "What is the purpose of the emperor giving you to wait for the wine and meat women? Is it that you are so unrestrained and acted reckless? As a military Sima, your knowledge is so inferior. Don't you know that wine and women are the tombs of heroes? After enjoying wine and sex for so long, how much martial arts do you have? How much combat power does the whole camp still have?"

Zhao Zhi was left alone and did not dare to speak. At this time, all other soldiers, Sima and Marquis of the Army who came heard the news came. Seeing the Sima of the Central Army, Zhao Zhi knelt in front of He Bai, and seeing He Bai wearing the standard armor of the lieutenant, he knew who He Bai was. So he knelt down and said, "Sima Chen Kui, Sima Xu Fen of the lieutenant, Sima Changgui of the lieutenant, and Sima Kong Li of the lieutenant... to pay homage to the lieutenant."

He Bai shouted: "Send the order, ring the gathering drum, the whole army is armed with helmets and armor, and trains in the martial arts training ground in the concentration camp. I want to see how much combat power you still have? If it cannot satisfy me, I will wait and see."

After obeying the orders, the Sima and the Marquis of the Army immediately ran away with wolf and pigs. Soon the gathering of soldiers and drums sounded, and the sound was loud and the camp was shaking. Then He Bai rode his horse towards the military yard's pointing platform.

However, just as I stood on the military training platform, I heard that the gathering drum was a little weak. The gathering drum of the army was extremely large, with a diameter of two meters, and it required people with strong and endurance to beat it. The drum time was half an hour, and it took half an hour to change people. But only ten minutes later, the drum sounded weak.

If the soldiers fighting fiercely heard the drums of their formation so powerlessly, they would immediately think that the central army was attacked by the enemy. The morale of the warriors would be greatly relieved, and they would be afraid that the formation would be broken and they would not be able to advance bravely, and they would be worried about collapse at any time.

I didn't expect that the drummer was so useless in the place where the warriors of the West Garden Army gathered. It seemed that Emperor Ling of Han was not raising warriors, but raising pigs. After seven and a half months of raising, the whole army became pigs.

How can the army be so kind? As the saying goes, leading troops requires both kindness and power, and combining kindness with kindness, so that the soldiers can die for it; govern the army with prestige, so that the army can be as directed as the arm. Although Emperor Ling of Han raised the Xiyuan Army with big fish, meat and beautiful grace, he forgot to strictly control them.

It should be noted that people in the world have a depravity and if they are not strictly controlled, who will work hard to practice without any trouble. Isn’t the initial struggle just for a better life in the future? Since you have a good life, why should you endure hardship again? This is how the Xiyuan Army was like this at this time.

I think that the Xiyuan army in Luoyang, which was in chaos a few months later, although it was convenient to occupy the geographical advantage and had excellent equipment, was intimidated by the tigers and wolves from Xiliang because of its depravity and surrendered one after another, so that Dong Zhuo could not help but fight for power in the court in vain.

However, Xiao He was successful and defeated Xiao He, and Dong Zhuo controlled the court because he subdued the Luoyang army. When the elite Western Liang army was sent to the east, they let Sun Jian's troops coming from the south fight all the way to Luoyang City. Then, the Luoyang army, which had long fallen, was defeated in one battle, completely abandoned Luoyang City, and fled westward to Chang'an City.

It seems that if one has a new dynasty in the future, the central imperial guards must be replaced every two years. Otherwise, even if it is like the imperial guards in the Song and Ming dynasties, although they have a huge number, they will be vulnerable.
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