Quan đ?i th??ng tr?c ( Standing army ) hay con g?i la l?c l??ng th??ng tr?c c?a quan đ?i th??ng la quan nhan chuyen nghi?p , bao g?m nh?ng ng??i linh lam nhi?m v? toan th?i gian cho vi?c th??ng tr?c, s?n sang chi?n đ?u . Quan đ?i th??ng tr?c co th? la binh linh chuyen nghi?p ho?c linh ngh?a v? (linh quan d?ch). Quan đ?i th??ng tr?c khac v?i l?c l??ng d? b? đ?ng vien c?a quan đ?i, nh?ng ng??i đ??c đ?ng ky dai h?n, nh?ng ch? đ??c đ?ng vien trong cac cu?c chi?n tranh ho?c thien tai, va cac đ?i quan lam th?i, t?i ch? ch? đ??c huy đ?ng t? dan th??ng trong m?t cu?c chi?n tranh ho?c m?i đe d?a chi?n tranh va s? b? gi?i tan sau khi chi?n tranh ho?c m?i đe d?a x?y ra k?t thuc. Cac đ?i quan th??ng tr?c co xu h??ng đ??c trang b? t?t h?n, hu?n luy?n t?t h?n va chu?n b? t?t h?n cho cac tr??ng h?p kh?n c?p, tinh hu?ng r?n đe phong th?, va đ?c bi?t la cac cu?c chi?n tranh.

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