Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 427 A quick battle in Luoyang City
Chapter [-] Luoyang City Quick Battle
Some people say that Yang Guang built Luoyang, the eastern capital, to satisfy his extravagance and extravagance.He even gave an example. In the first year of Daye, Zhang Qiu Taiyi, an artist from time to time, said: "Your Majesty is a man of wood. Yongzhou is the center of broken wood. It cannot be lived for long. At the beginning of the founding of the emperor, there was a nursery rhyme: "Xiuzhi Luoyang Return to the Jin family.Your Majesty once granted the title of King of Jin, which is a testament to this. ".

Of course, Yang Guang wanted to move the capital to Luoyang, which involved a secret that has not been recorded in history, that is, when Yang Guang took office, he was very dissatisfied with the aristocratic family's control of the court, especially in the Eight Pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty and the Twelve Pillars of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. The Guanlong aristocratic group was dissatisfied. In order to weaken the influence of the Guanlong aristocrats, Yang Guang ordered to move the capital.Yang Su, the Duke of Yue, was the chief supervisor of Tokyo, and Yu Wenkai, the Duke of Ande, was the deputy.

The Eastern Capital planned and designed by Yu Wenkai is in principle consistent with Daxing City, but not completely symmetrical in form.The city is divided into Miyagi, Imperial City and Waiguo City (also called Dacheng or Luocheng).The outer city is 300 meters long from north to south, and 200 meters wide from east to west. It is slightly smaller than Daxing City.There are ten gates in total in the city, three gates each in the east and south, and two gates each in the west and north.There are one hundred and three squares in the city, which are distributed on the east and south sides of the imperial city.

Luoshui runs across the city, dividing the city into north and south.Miyagi and Imperial City are located in the north and are administrative districts.The south is the government and civilian residential area, the streets are very neat, the neighborhood is square, and there are square streets.There are three large-scale international markets in the city, which are located on the east, south and north sides of the outer city.Beishi (also known as Tongyuan City) is adjacent to the Luohe River in the south, and is a place where ship commerce is concentrated.The whole city is magnificent, and the palace is even more magnificent than Daxing City.

Of course, some people in later generations blackmailed Yang Guang, saying that the construction of Luoyang City was Yang Guang, and the canal was also built for the purpose of visiting Jiangdu.Everyone has two sides, not black and white.

As one of the eight ancient capitals in Chinese history, Luoyang is located in the Central Plains, with flat terrain, convenient transportation and relatively developed agricultural production.At that time, Daxing (Chang'an), the capital of the Sui Dynasty, although the land was fertile and rich in products, was located in the west and the transportation was extremely inconvenient.With the political and economic development of the Sui Dynasty, the products in Guanzhong, especially the food, could no longer meet the needs of the capital. If there was a disaster, they had to move east to Luoyang for food.Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty led hundreds of officials to eat in Luoyang twice.Therefore, Luoyang played a pivotal role in the early Sui Dynasty.

Of course, the more important issue is that Luoyang has the advantage of water transportation.But Chang'an does not have this convenience.After the construction of the Eastern Capital, Yang Guang stored a large amount of grain in the Luokou warehouse, which was not eaten up until the Zhenguan period (this record Lao Cheng expressed doubts, the limit of grain storage is five years, vacuum-packed compressed biscuits, 20 No one dared to eat it after the new year, from the year of Daye to the first year of Zhenguan, a full span of 30 to [-] years).

However, Yang Guang spent very little time in Luoyang in his life, so the majestic and huge Luoyang city finally took advantage of Wang Shichong.There are two famous big streets in Luoyang City, one is called Duanmen Street and the other is called Tianjin Street.Duanmen is the main entrance to the south of the palace.This is a place very close to the Imperial Palace Miyagi.

It is a Chinese tradition that the rich live in the city and the poor live outside the city.Naturally, Luoyang City is also not far away. Shan Xiongxin's mansion of the champion general sits on Luoduanmen Street.This courtyard with seven entrances and covering an area of ​​more than [-] mu is actually the residence of Duguji, Duke Teng of the Sui Dynasty.

Duguji is the grandson of the legendary father-in-law Duguxin in Chinese history. He and Wang Shichong assisted Yang Tong to ascend the throne, but Duguji conspired to kill Wang Shichong and surrender to Li Yuan, his uncle.However, after the defeat, he was beheaded by Wang Shichong, his family property was confiscated, and this house was rewarded to Shan Xiongxin.

At this time, a two-wheeled carriage slowly passed by Tianjin Street in front of the champion general's mansion.The curtain of the carriage was lifted, revealing Yu Qing's calm face.

Yu Qing expressionlessly rushed to the peddler carrying the load and winked. The peddler knew how to carry the load and followed the carriage slowly, until the carriage turned the corner of the street and turned into an empty alley. Only then did he quickly catch up with the carriage, and bowed to salute: "I've seen Director Yu!"

As early as before Yu Qing arrived in Luoyang, Yu Qing's order had already been conveyed to Luoyang.Tiger Yicong has already started to conduct a comprehensive investigation on the mansion of the champion general.Yu Qing waved his hand and said, "I remember you, you are Guo Luo, and you were by the Luoshui River when your mother gave birth to you!"

Guo Luo felt warm when he saw Yu Qing spelling out his own name.In fact, Guo Luo had never met Yu Qing. The head of Tiger Yi Cong was not Yu Qing, but Zhou Chengdong, the son of Hou Mo and Chen Rui's confidant Zhou Fengjiu.Youdao is the emperor and the courtiers in one dynasty. The truth is not only applicable to the court, but also to the family.Since Hou Mo Chen Rui was assigned to Lingnan, Hou Mo Chen Rui and his wife also died in Lingnan. Hou Mo Chen Ying took over the position of Hou Mo Chen Ying's patriarch, and later passed it on to his son Hou Mo Chen Qianhui, and the fierce tiger Yi Cong The manager of the company was transferred from Zhou Chengdong to Yu Qing.

Before Yu Qing came to carry out this task, he had actually made preparations to return the Tiger Yicong to Chen Ying.Tiger Yicong is the personal guard of Hou Mo and Chen Chong. They are compiled into three Yitongs. Yitong means that the guard of honor can be the same as that of Kaifu. Each Zhuguo general commands a total of 48 people.These seemingly high-ranking officers actually commanded not many soldiers. Each Kaifu commanded an "army" (also called a "regiment"), but in fact there were only about 2000 soldiers; About 1000 people.

Now Zhou Chengdong is just one of the three Yitongs of Tiger Yi Cong.As the place where Zhou Chengdong lived all the year round, when Yu Qing came to Luoyang, he naturally learned about Zhou Chengdong's details in detail. This Guo Luo served as the captain of Zhou Chengdong's Zuotuan. Of course, this captain was not recognized by Wang Shichong. The salary received is paid by Hou Mochen.

Yu Qing nodded: "Have you figured out the guard situation of the champion general's mansion?"

Guo Luodao: "In Shan Xiongxin's residence, there is a 100-person personal guard brigade stationed all year round. Now the commander of the brigade is Qiu Fu, Shan Xiongxin's old department."

Yu Qing was very serious and asked carefully: "How is the equipment and combat effectiveness of 100 people?"

Guo Luo thought for a while and said: "The equipment is very ordinary. Only about twenty people have iron armor, and most of them are leather armor. The main equipment is horizontal knives, the second is guns, and there are less than ten bows and crossbows."

"Go back first!" Yu Qing nodded and said: "Shan Xiongxin's wife is about to give birth now, and she must not be able to bear the pain of long-distance bumps, so we will take a golden cicada to get out of her shell this time. In this way, it will take four to six months for you to find one." The corpse of a pregnant woman should preferably be between 20 and 30 years old, die within one to two months, and be six feet two inches tall!"

Guo Luo didn't ask Yu Qing what he wanted a woman's body for, but he decided to do it. Luoyang City has a population of more than [-] people, and many people died of cold, disease or freezing.As long as you have money, it shouldn't be difficult to buy a corpse.

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Three days later, in the backyard wing of the champion general's mansion, a woman with a pot belly and wearing coarse cloth was shaking the spinning wheel. If there were not a few maidservants helping to serve, I'm afraid no one would have thought that this woman was spinning The rough woman is the princess of the Zheng Dynasty and Wang Lanzhu of the champion general Shan Xiongxin.

"Princess, you are heavy, leave these rough jobs to the servants."

Wang Lanzhu shook her head and said: "No one is more noble than anyone else. In our house, if you don't work, you will have nothing to eat."

The little servant asked: "The son-in-law hasn't come back for a few days, what is he going to do?"

Wang Lanzhu belongs to the kind of traditional woman who manages the house well. She is inconvenient, so she sends a few good-looking girls around her to Shan Xiongxin as concubines.This maid named Shiyin is Wang Lanzhu and Shan Xiongxin's concubine, but even though the little maid wants to take this opportunity, she is pregnant with a son and a half daughter and flies to Gaozhi.It's just a pity that falling flowers have feelings, but flowing water has no intentions.

The more magnanimous Wang Lanzhu was, the more embarrassed Shan Xiongxin was.After more than half a year, Shan Xiongxin gritted his teeth and persisted, setting an example of a good man.

"The son-in-law is a man's husband. They are busy with important affairs all day long. Let's spin more yarn at home, sell the money, and set up more family business, which is the real business!"

At this moment, there was a sound of anxious running footsteps in the front yard.A school lieutenant in armor, with tears on his face, stopped in his tracks when he ran to the backyard. This person was none other than Shan Xiongxin's personal follower, Qiu Fu.Now he just got the news that Shan Xiongxin fought against the Tang army outside Hangu Pass, unfortunately he was defeated and captured, and because he refused to surrender, he committed suicide and died.

Now that Wang Lanzhu's body is like this, how could it be possible to withstand such a huge blow?
"It's Qiu Fu, come in. Is there a letter from the son-in-law? When will he be back?" Wang Lanzhu asked through the door.

Qiu Fu had no choice but to bow in. He was not a person who was good at lying, and he murmured: "No... General... No letter back!"

After just saying a few words, Qiu Fu's face turned into a red cloth.

Wang Lanzhu was not stupid, she immediately realized something was wrong, her voice was distorted: "What happened to the general?"

"No!"

"No? You can't fool me!!" Wang Lanzhu said, "Tell me, is it hurt somewhere?"

"No"

Wang Lanzhu's heart sank: "Is the injury serious? It's okay, we have a big business now, even if we lose our arms, hands and feet, we don't have to worry about food and clothing!"

"No... gone!" Qiu Fu covered his face and cried loudly, "The great general... is gone!"

Wang Lanzhu's eyes went dark, and he felt dizzy.If Shiyin hadn't supported her in time, there might have been an accident at that time.

The champion general's mansion was in chaos, some people ran to pinch people, some ran to the imperial doctor, but Qiu Fu was at a loss.

At this time, dozens of very unfamiliar men entered the mansion of the champion general unknowingly. This man didn't even greet the people in the mansion of the general champion.

It wasn't until dozens of men in black rushed into the backyard that Qiu Fu realized something was wrong. In front of the door where Wang Lanzhu was staying, Qiu Fu pulled out a horizontal knife and pointed it at the men in black, and shouted coldly, "Who are you?"

"Quick battle, don't waste time!" An old voice came.

(End of this chapter)