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| | Later Han Military Organisation, Rafe de Crespigny Publications, Faculty of Asian Studies, ANU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | The General-in-Chief, however, was not a professional soldier: during Later Han the position was given to the senior male of the imperial relatives by marriage, father or brother of the Empress. |
 | | As in the Northern Army at the capital, an army in the field was organised into regiments (ying) commanded by colonels (xiaowei), with battalions (bu) under majors (sima), while there was provision for appointment of senior Majors with a Separate Command (biebu sima). |
 | | Furthermore, the soldiers and citizens of the northern frontier did have experience, and the men of Liang province in particular, tempered by combat against the non-Chinese and fiercely loyal to their leaders, soon became a threat to the government. |
| www.anu.edu.au /asianstudies/decrespigny/mil_org.html (3606 words) |
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