In fact, when Cao Shuang's military order was received, the captains of the four battalions were already collectively laid off, and Cao Shuang was directly dismissed from the post of the fourth captain.

Of course, this is only temporary, and when Cao Shuang returns to Beijing, he will rearrange the fourth lieutenant to a suitable position.

In fact, it doesn't matter whether the fourth battalion of the Northern Army has a captain or not, under normal circumstances, it is rare for the fourth lieutenant of the Northern Army to come to the barracks several times a year, let alone participate in the management and training of the army.

For so many years, the four battalions of the Northern Army have not participated in any war at all, have not fought a battle, even the most basic and ordinary drills in the army have been abandoned for a long time, when the order to go out was issued, many officers and soldiers were confused, they have always been waiting for death with dry salaries, I didn't expect that this time the imperial court would send them to the battlefield.

The entire Fourth Battalion of the Northern Army was gloomy and bleak, and everyone was in danger. It must be an extremely dangerous thing to go into battle, not to mention fighting with the extremely ferocious Huns, no one is sure whether it will be life or death.

But the order of the imperial court was dead, and no one dared to disobey it, so the soldiers of each battalion had to pack up and say goodbye to their families.

These family members are naturally crying and sorrowful, maybe this parting will be an eternal farewell, the women pull the man's clothes, crying and refusing to let go.

Despite the repeated urging of the military department, the fourth battalion of the Northern Army still dragged on, delaying for several days than the original time, and then left Luoyang City and headed for Hedong County.

After settling into the barracks outside the city, Cao Liang ordered each battalion to submit the roster.

After checking the roster, Cao Liang found that the situation of the fourth battalion of the Northern Army was very similar to that of the original Yue cavalry battalion, with a lot of shortages, the tun cavalry battalion should have 700 people, but the actual number was 523, the infantry battalion should have 1,500 people, the actual number should be 1,064, the shooting battalion should have 1,300 people, the actual number should be 908 people, and the Changshui battalion should have 1,300 people, but the actual number should be 8045 people.

In this way, the fourth battalion of the Northern Army is about one-third shortage, but this situation is completely expected by Cao Liang, Cao Liang didn't expect the fourth battalion of the Northern Army to arrive at all, and now there are more than 3,000 people coming, Cao Liang is basically satisfied.

However, how many of the 3,000 people can stay in the army in the end is still an unknown number, if according to Cao Liang's previous recruitment standards, Cao Liang feels that two or three percent of them will stay, which is already very good.

Therefore, Cao Liang's standards must be appropriately lowered, if too many people are sent home, the face of the court may not look good, and it will make people feel that Cao Liang is not a person as long as he is compiled.

Of course, Cao Liang, who should be eliminated, will not be soft, after all, he went to Bingzhou to fight, not to travel, and the elimination of unqualified soldiers is not only responsible for himself, but also responsible for his comrades-in-arms, after all, the battlefield is full of risks, not afraid of god-like opponents, afraid of pig-like teammates, low-quality soldiers are not only weak in combat effectiveness, but also easy to drag down other comrades-in-arms.

However, before the army was reorganized, one of the most important things Cao Liang needed to do was to appoint the captain of the fifth battalion.

After Cao Liang was promoted to the general of Pingbei, the position he originally held as the captain of the Yue cavalry was also vacant, and Cao Liang asked Cao Shuang for the appointment and dismissal of the five schools of the Northern Army, and these five captains would be appointed by Cao Liang.

If nothing else, Deng Ai and Shi Bao, who originally served as the Sima of the left and right armies of the Yue Cavalry Battalion, as well as Yanghu and Du Pre, who served as the soldiers who joined the army in the west, will become strong candidates for the fifth lieutenant of the Northern Army.

Deng Ai and Shi Bao were originally Cao Liang's right-hand men, in the battle of Hanzhong, they commanded the Yue cavalry battalion to fight, and also achieved good results.

And Yanghu and Du Pre are the two people that Cao Liang asked Xiahou Xuan for his name, regardless of personal relationships, Yanghu and Du Pre performed in the position of joining the army in the west is also decent, remarkable, Cao Liang brought them from Chang'an to Hedong, and has not appointed a new position until now, it is obvious that they must occupy two seats among the five captains.

As for the remaining lieutenant position, it is a little difficult for everyone to guess, although Cao Liang still has a large group of military attachés under him, but in terms of ability and seniority, it seems that they cannot be compared with the previous four.

Therefore, before Cao Liang officially announced the list of appointments and dismissals of the fifth lieutenant, everyone was speculating again and again, and they were never able to determine the candidate for the fifth lieutenant.

However, this answer will be revealed soon, because at the end of the day, Cao Liang had already summoned the generals to the military camp outside the city to discuss the matter, because it involved some matters related to the recruitment of soldiers, Ding Juncheng and most of the county officials were present at the meeting.

It is believed that the five lieutenants of the Northern Army will be appointed today to manage the battalions, and the five colonels of the Northern Army will also enter the regular form.

After the meeting began, Cao Liang sat on the main seat of the Chinese military tent, and on his right, sitting side by side with him was the military advisor sacrificial wine and the central supervisor Jun Huanfan.

No one questioned whether Huan Fan should sit there, although Cao Liang was the number one person in the Pingbei Army, and concurrently held the position of General Pingbei, the Lieutenant of the Northern Army, and the General of the Huns, but in the final analysis, Cao Liang was only a general of the fourth grade, and Huan Fan's Central Supervision Army was the same as the leader of the army and the middle guard, and it was the official position of the third rank, so in terms of rank, Huan Fan pressed Cao Liang.

However, the level of rank does not mean the level of command authority, after all, Cao Liang is undoubtedly the leader of the Pingbei Army, and his job as a military advisor is Cao Liang's chief strategist, even if his rank is higher than Cao Liang's, but it does not hinder Cao Liang's command power in the army at all.

After all, such a configuration is not without precedent, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the state thorn history was only 600 stones, but it was the top boss of the 2,000 stone Taishou Prime Minister, and the lowly had great power, which was a means for the Son of Heaven to control his courtiers.

In the era of the Three Kingdoms, wars were frequent, and the power of the state thorn history became bigger and bigger, divided into a bicycle thorn history and a knotted thorn history, and a separate car should be prepared when the knotted thorn history traveled, specifically to pull the bamboo knot given by the emperor, and the thorn history that did not hold the knot only had one car, so it was called the bicycle thorn history.

The history of the thorn is generally given the title of general, which is the fourth grade, which is one grade higher than the history of the bicycle thorn.

Below Cao Lianghuan, the generals in the army stood on the left, while the officials of Hedong County stood on the right, and the positions were arranged in order of rank.