subvert the late Tang Dynasty

When everyone was wondering who this young man was, and why he blocked the way of his group for no reason, Zhu Wen shouted: "Yinger, why is it you!"

Only then did everyone realize that the boy in uniform was none other than Huang Ying who was disguised as a man.

Huang Ying smiled and said, "I said before, you must take me with you when you go to Luoyang. It's not that easy to leave me alone!"

As soon as Zhu Wen reined in the horse, the horse under his crotch neighed long and stopped in front of Huang Ying, Zhu Wen shook his head helplessly, and said: "This trip is unpredictable, you should go back! "

Huang Ying smiled and said, "You are not afraid of danger, what am I afraid of?"

After all, he clamped his horse's belly and went first, Zhu Wen had nothing to do with her, so he had to follow her on his horse, and the group galloped towards Luoyang City.

At this moment, Lin Yan, the commander of Huang Chao's Crane Control Army, was giving orders to a middle-aged man with a gloomy face. He said in a deep voice, "This time you go to Luoyang, you must attack and kill Dongdu in one fell swoop. Liu Yunzhang, General Zhu Wenzhu from the Vanguard Battalion will also be present at that time, and he will find a way to meet you. You'd better do it while Zhu Wen is present, and then you join forces to fight outside the city, and Huang Wang's brigade will meet you I will meet you at the edge of the city. As long as Liu Yunzhang dies, the dragons in Luoyang will be leaderless, and the city will surely be defeated. But this assassination operation is extremely dangerous, are you afraid!"

The middle-aged man said: "Even General Zhu, the head coach of the Vanguard Battalion, is not afraid of danger to participate in this operation, and I have nothing to be afraid of. If I can exchange my humble life for the entire Luoyang City, I will die as a humble man." No complaints."

Lin Yan nodded and said, "Okay, then you should leave now and try to enter the city when General Zhu and Liu Yunzhang are negotiating, so that you can have a support."

The man agreed and bowed out.

Lin Yan's eyes were full of pride, and he murmured: "Zhu Wen, this trip to Luoyang is where you will be buried. As long as Liu Yunzhang dies, you will definitely be buried with him! At that time, Isn't there no one who can snatch my cousin from me? Haha... Ying Er, by then, you will definitely come back to my side, won't you..."

When it came to the end, the smug look in Lin Yan's eyes was replaced by an indelible tenderness...

At noon, Zhu Wen and his party arrived at the foot of the city of Luoyang. The Tang army defending the city seemed to be facing a formidable enemy.The guard at the gate of the city shouted to the people below: "Who are you? Don't come within fifty steps of the gate, or we will shoot arrows."

Zhu Wen and others reined in their horses fifty steps away from the Luoyang city gate, Xu Huaiyu said loudly: "I am the envoy of King Huang, I beg you to stay behind in Dongdu, Lord Liu."

The guard heard that he was Huang Chao's emissary, so he didn't dare to be careless. He knew that Huang Chao's men had already captured Ruzhou, and now it was only tens of miles away from Luoyang, so he looked like an enemy.He hurriedly sent someone to report to Liu Yunzhang, and asked Zhu Wen and others to wait outside the city.

Huang Ying frowned, and said: "This Liu Yunzhang is so arrogant that he asked us to wait here. I think it's better to just send troops to attack Luoyang City, and see if he, an old fellow, can still put on airs." !"

Zhu Wen said seriously: "You don't need to provoke me with words, I will give it a try no matter what, I don't want to see the most prosperous city in the world turn into a scorched earth, and I am even more afraid that millions of people in the city will be transferred to death. Violent dead on the street."

Huang Ying took a deep look at Zhu Wen, sighed and said, "Although you care about the world, people in the world may not be grateful to you."

Zhu Wen's heart was shocked, thinking of the evaluation of Zhu Wen by later generations, irritable, cruel and murderous, shameless, shameless, rascal... Even Ouyang Xiu sighed in "New History of the Five Dynasties": "The world has been evil for a long time!" Thinking of this, Zhu Wen couldn't help shaking his head with a wry smile and said, "I just want peace of mind, I don't care what other people say."

Huang Ying stared at Zhu Wen steadily, her eyes were a little blurred. To be honest, when she fell in love with Zhu Wen for the first time, she didn't know Zhu Wen. The analysis of the general trend of the world is so thorough.But slowly, she learned that he has a naive childlike heart and a selfless love. He can fulfill an unattainable dream regardless of his own gain or loss, just for some people he doesn't know at all.

Huang Ying was really shocked, just like when she heard that Zhu Wen ordered the massacre of Guangzhou City.She realized that she really didn't understand this Zhu Wen. Sometimes he was as gentle as water, but sometimes as violent as fire. Once someone accidentally touched his sore spot, he would erupt like a volcano, enough to destroy everything.

Looking at Zhu Wen's confident eyes, Huang Ying seemed to have an intuition in her heart that this trip would surely convince Liu Yunzhang to take Luoyang City without a single soldier.

While Huang Ying was thinking wildly, the gate of Luoyang City slowly opened, and the long suspension bridge slowly descended.A cavalry team of about 500 people galloped out of the city, stopped in front of Zhu Wen and others, and suddenly separated to the two sides. A young general about 26 and seven years old appeared in Zhu Wen under heavy guards. in sight.

The man clasped his fists at Zhu Wen and the others, and said: "Ding Hui, the captain of the South Gate of the Eastern Capital, was ordered by Master Liu to welcome the envoy of General Huang, the military governor of the Tianping Army!"

At this time, the imperial relatives and ministers of civil and military affairs in Chang'an City were shocked by Huang Chao's military strength, and they had issued an imperial edict to designate Huang Chao as the military governor of Tianping Army, so the captain of the city gate would say so.

Hearing the sharp words of this little city gate captain, Zhu Wen also smiled and clasped his fists and said, "I'm Zhu Wen, now serving under King Huang's command. I'm going to Luoyang on the order of King Huang to meet Liu Yunzhang, Mr. Liu."

Ding Huidao: "Lord Liu has an order that only two people can enter the city, and the rest will wait outside the city temporarily."

Huang Ying frowned and was about to explode, but Zhu Wen pulled her back, winked at Huang Ying, and shook her head slowly.Turning to Ding Hui, he said, "We are hostile, as it should be. How about I enter the city with Brother Xu?"

Ding Hui said: "Please."

Huang Ying pulled Rajuwin and said, "I want to go too!"

Zhu Wen turned around and smiled for Huang Ying: "Don't worry, I will go here without any danger. You wait here for now. If I don't leave the city after dark, you can take them back to the camp and report to King Huang before doing it." decide."

Zhu Wen said this to Ding Hui, and there was a hint of threat in the words, but Ding Hui was expressionless after listening, and I don't know if he understood the meaning of the words.

Huang Ying knew that what she said was useless, so she let go of Zhu Wen's hand and said loudly: "Okay, third brother, be careful. If they dare to show any disrespect to you, we will flatten Luoyang City!" The threat became stronger, and Ding Hui snorted coldly, with a look of disdain on his face.

Zhu Wen was afraid that something unexpected would happen, so he hurriedly said: "Lieutenant Ding, let's enter the city now."

Ding Hui turned around and said, "Please, General Zhu."

Huang Ying watched Zhu Wenwen and Xu Huaiyu enter Luoyang City surrounded by hundreds of people, and felt inexplicably worried. There were 2 people in Luoyang City, so Zhu Wenwen and Xu Huaiyu entered the city alone. There is no hope at all, can you stop her from worrying?

Zhu Wen and others entered the city through Dingdingmen. Once they entered the city, Zhu Wen was shocked by the scene in front of him. After passing through the long corridor of the city gate, Dingdingmen Street, also known as Tianjie.The street is more than 120 meters wide, and the ground is paved with bluestone, which is as flat as a mirror.Even people like Zhu Wen, who are used to seeing the wide roads in the 21st century, feel extremely shocked, let alone Xu Huaiyu, a country boy who has never seen much in the world.

Zhu Wen said with a smile: "Brother Huaiyu, look at this Dingdingmen Street is so wide, how many carriages can be paralleled?"

Xu Huaiyu said: "It should be possible to parallel dozens of vehicles! Hehe, I haven't counted them, so I don't know how many there are."

Zhu Wen was in the enemy camp, surrounded by densely packed enemy troops, and the swords, guns, swords and halberds were extremely dazzling in the winter sun.However, Zhu Wen chatted happily with Xu Huaiyu who was beside him, admiring the bustling scene of the largest city in the world at that time while walking.

There are many shops on both sides of the wide Dingdingmen Street, restaurants, brothels, pawnshops, medicine shops, cloth shops... There are all kinds of shops. From time to time, there is a strong smell of wine coming from the restaurants on both sides, which makes people feel fascinated.

Ding Hui led the way on his horse, and the group traveled northward along Dingdingmen Street. After walking about seven or eight miles, they arrived at Tianjin Bridge.

Zhu Wen saw that the Tianjin Bridge was about 20 meters wide and more than 300 meters long. It straddled the Luoshui River and connected to Dingdingmen Street in the south, which is Tianjie Street. The widest street in Luoyang City at that time should also be the widest street in the world. .Duanmen, the south gate of the imperial city to the north, was one of the main bridges connecting the two banks of the Luoshui River at that time.

"Tianjin Xiaoyue", one of the eight wonders of Luoyang in the Tang Dynasty, is here. I don't know how many literati hang around here and write countless gorgeous poems.Li Bai, Bai Juyi and others all have excellent works about Tianjin Bridge handed down from generation to generation, adding a lot of charming colors to this Tianjin Bridge.

Zhu Wen thought to himself, after crossing the Tianjin Bridge, it is the imperial city. Could it be that Liu Yunzhang dares to live in the palace in the Eastern Capital?

Zhu Wen shook his head, and said to himself, "Even if Liu Yunzhang borrowed some courage from him, he might not dare to live in the emperor's palace. After crossing the Tianjin Bridge, he would definitely not go directly to the Duanmen to enter the palace, and would definitely turn to other directions."

When walking to the four-cornered pavilion in the middle of the bridge, Zhu Wen saw an old man in clear clothes standing in the pavilion, leaning on the railing and looking at the Luoshui that had been covered with a thin layer of ice. His lonely back looked a little lonely and desolate.

Hearing the sound of horseshoes on the bridge, the old man turned around slowly, walked out of the gazebo, greeted the crowd, and said: "The honored guest is coming from afar, the old man Liu Yunzhang is far away to welcome you, I hope the honored guest will be welcome!"

Seeing that this unremarkable old man was Liu Yunzhang staying behind in Dongdu, Zhu Wen couldn't help being secretly amazed. He hurried up two steps to meet him, bowed and said, "I've heard for a long time that Mr. Liu is diligent in government, loves the people, and is an upright official. When I saw him today, he really has no one under his name." Xu, the younger generation, Zhu Wen under King Huang, has met Master Liu."

Liu Yunzhang smiled sadly and said: "General Zhu, why be polite, please take a seat in the pavilion." After speaking, he made a gesture of invitation.