What kind of military system existed in the Han Dynasty?

In order to consolidate and strengthen centralization, Han Jian established a unified national army and put it under the strict control of the emperor. The official in charge of the national military and political affairs is Qiu, who was renamed Fu when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. General appointed temporarily in wartime, the highest rank is general, followed by general in title of generals in ancient times, general in chariots, general Wei, and general around. When generals go out to war, they often set up shogunate as a staff body. In the county, county commandant, county commandant, assistant county magistrate and county magistrate are in charge of military affairs. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhou Mu was appointed as the chief executive and military officer of the county.

The army can be divided into three parts: capital soldiers, local soldiers and border guards.

Soldiers in the capital are mainly composed of Langguan, Guards and Station Troops guarding the capital. Lang Guan is under the command of Lang Zhong Ling, and the Guards are under the command of Wei Wei, who are respectively responsible for the guards inside and outside the palace. The garrison responsible for guarding the capital is led by a lieutenant. The soldiers in the capital of Han Dynasty mainly included the Southern Army and the Northern Army. The station troops led by the lieutenant are stationed in the north of Weiyang Palace, which is called the Northern Army. Wei Wei, by contrast, commanded the Confederate army. Most of the Confederate soldiers were transferred from Neixian, while the Union soldiers were mainly transferred from Jingfu, and they all rotated once a year. During Liang Wudi's reign, great reforms were carried out to the soldiers in the capital, mainly to streamline the South Army and strengthen the North Army. There are 20,000 confederate troops, half of which are missing. In addition to Zhongji, the northern army stationed troops and added chariots, infantry, Yue, Chang Shui, Hu, She Yin and Samurai, which were divided into eight factions and stationed in Chang 'an and its vicinity. They usually guard the capital, and the emperor sends personnel to supervise it. One or all of them went out with the general in wartime. At the same time, the lieutenant was renamed as Zhi Jinwu, who was not in charge of the northern army, but was only responsible for commanding the leader and patrolling the capital. In addition, the corps commander was changed to Guang Luxun, the number of corps officers was expanded, and the troops of Qimen and Yulin were increased. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the officers and men of the capital followed the Western Han Dynasty, slightly merged and merged the eight schools of the Northern Army into five battalions, and finally placed the Northern Army under the supervision and leadership of eunuchs.

Local soldiers are placed in counties, usually assisted by county chiefs (also known as a captain), who maintain local public order at ordinary times and listen to the central command in wartime. The recruitment of local soldiers should be based on the emperor's "tiger symbol". The Western Han Dynasty once implemented the enfeoffment system, and the enfeoffment country and the Marquis country each had their own army. Soldiers in the kingdom are led by lieutenants, and soldiers in Marquis countries are subordinate to counties. During the reign of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, in order to strengthen centralization, the county magistrate was revoked, and then the local soldiers were ordered to be withdrawn. From then on, in case of war, soldiers in the capital are often sent to the battlefield, or recruited temporarily, or recruited from counties as needed.

Border soldiers are mainly responsible for the garrison in border counties, under the command of the county chief and under the jurisdiction of a surname. In order to enrich the frontier defense, the Han dynasty once immigrated to the real frontier and settled fields in parallel. When Liang Wudi began to open up wasteland, the number of soldiers who opened up wasteland reached hundreds of thousands at most, which was an important part of frontier troops. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the border army system was destroyed, and troops were stationed for defense by setting up camps and docks.