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The Shence Army was the main component of the Bei Ya Forbidden Army in the middle and late Tang Dynasty and a major armed force directly controlled by the Tang court. It was also an important political force in the political arena in the late Tang Dynasty and had a huge influence on the political situation and historical development of the late Tang Dynasty. This book comprehensively and meticulously examines the origin and evolution of the Shence Army, its sources of troops and organizational system, the nature of the Shence Lieutenants, Shence Town issues, the income of the Shence Army, the functions and tasks of the Shence Army, etc. It then uses the succession of emperors in the middle and late Tang Dynasty as a clue, and takes the Five Dynasties of Wen, Wu, Xuan, Yi, and Zhao as cases to analyze the game between imperial power and eunuch power, aiming to reveal the role of the Shence Lieutenant's command of the Shence Army in the evolution of the political situation in the middle and late Tang Dynasty.