Chapter 1128 - 1071. Wei Generals Recruitment
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"We hear and obey, Your Majesty," the five commanders chorused, nodding their heads in perfect unison. With the absolute elite of the Hengyuan military forming a terrifyingly powerful escort, Lie Fan turned and walked toward the massive iron gates of the prison.
The garrison soldiers guarding the entrance, heavily armed veterans of the Chang’An campaign, immediately snapped to attention, their eyes wide as they recognized the towering figure of their Emperor approaching. They practically threw themselves to the ground in frantic, respectful bows while simultaneously scrambling to unlock the heavy deadbolts.
"Open the gates for His Majesty!" the captain of the guard barked nervously.
As Lie Fan walked past the kneeling soldiers, his keen, modern trained administrative mind automatically engaged. He noted the sheer, chaotic panic in the soldiers’ eyes. It was flattering, but it was also a massive security flaw.
They are reacting purely to my armor and my entourage, Lie Fan thought to himself as he stepped into the dark, torch lit corridor of the prison entrance. In this era, without the internet or instant visual communication, a clever spy in stolen imperial armor could bluff his way past half the checkpoints in the capital. These guards don’t actually know the faces of their highest superiors.
He made a sharp, mental note to discuss a radical security overhaul with Sima Yi and Jia Xu later that week. He needed to introduce a strict, standardized identification system.
Every soldier, from the lowest infantryman to the highest marshal, needed a physical, forge proof token, perhaps a specialized alloy badge stamped with a unique, coded seal and their specific rank and posting.
It would be an administrative nightmare to implement across an army of a million men, but it was the only way to genuinely secure an empire of this unprecedented scale.