Chapter 839 Heroes (4)
Although it was haunted by war, Luoyang City did not encounter a real invasion, and the buildings in the city were well preserved.
Especially the Ziwei City, which was originally prepared for the Emperor of Daye to move the capital and built with 1.7 million craftsmen, was intact.
Even in the most difficult times, Wang Shichong specially arranged soldiers to guard the city to avoid being damaged by the chaos or the people.
It doesn't matter whether his arrangement is to protect the Emperor Taizhu or to make other plans. From the result, this majestic imperial city can indeed preserve its original appearance.
Even at the moment when the Great Sui Dynasty had fallen apart, it still maintained its old brilliance, as if the Great Sui Dynasty was still shining in the sky.
Since Chang'an's grain supply has always been an undecided problem, Yang Guang had the idea of moving the capital at the beginning of his ascension to the throne. His first choice at that time was Luoyang, where water transportation was developed and convenient for grain supply.
Yuwen Kai, who was responsible for building Ziwei City, specializes in pleasing the king and evil. He spends a lot of money when building palaces, making this imperial city not inferior to the Daxing Palace in Chang'an at all.
Ziwei City itself also carries the glorious past of the Great Sui Dynasty and has an impressive history.
In the second year of Daye, Yang Guang accepted congratulations to all nations in the Qianyang Hall of Ziwei City. This was the first time since the Qin and Han Dynasties that the emperor of the Central Plains was officially accepted by all countries in the world.
Those envoys came from the distant Western Regions or overseas. When they bowed to Yang Guang, the Central Plains Empire, the identity of the "Master of the Four Seas", was completely recognized.
Yang Guang was also excited and wrote a poem "To conquer all countries, to keep the text and follow the hundreds of kings" to commemorate it.
In the sixth year of Daye, Qianyang Palace welcomed congratulatory people again.
But this time it was not the envoys, but the kings of various countries.
Except for the Turkic Khan, the rulers of other countries knelt down to pay homage to the Chinese emperor, and it was confirmed that the rulers and ministers and vassals were no longer easier.
But the wind and rain can never escape, and Ziwei City is no exception.
Although its palace is still grand, it can no longer scare people.
For example, on the roof of Qianyang Hall, a young man and woman walked back and forth without any hesitation, without any fear.
If it were in the era of great cause, just by this matter, I would be afraid that they would have destroyed their clan countless times.
But now in Luoyang, no one has the leisure to care about this nostalgic business. Even if there is, he has to weigh his own weight. Think about whether he can control the general of the No. 1 Iron Cavalry in the city.
On the roof of Qianyang Hall are Xu Le and Buli.
After all, the little wolf girl has lived in the Han area for a while and knows that the weight of this emperor's palace is much more important than the golden tent of the Khan King on the Grassland.
Even though she has always been calm and unwilling to speak, she can't show any excitement at this moment. Her already petite and light figure looks more and more like a bird, jumping back and forth, and she will flap her wings and fly high in the future.
Compared to her, Xu Le seems very casual.
Thanks to Xu Gan's teachings, Xu Le had no good views on these things that showed their elegance, and even felt instinctively disgusted.
Most outsiders see Ziwei City as a grand city, but Xu Le is more thinking about how many people will die to build such a palace.
How many of the people who were recruited can return to their hometowns to enjoy family happiness?
Even when Yang Guang was alive that day, Xu Le dared to question in front of Jiangdu City. Moreover, the Sui Dynasty no longer exists now, so he would not have any awe of a palace.
The reason why Bu Li came here was not for fun, nor to show his force to shock Yang Tong and others.
It is purely because the terrain here is high enough and the palace is particularly high. Standing here and looking around, you can probably grasp the movements of the people in the city.
From this perspective, there is actually not much difference between humans and ants.
Especially with more and more people in sight, they couldn't see clearly at all. They could only see long human-shaped dragons surging in Luoyang City.
Their actions have no rules and lack constraints, so the shapes of these dragons are extremely irregular, twisting and twisting, and going out, looking neither beautiful nor majestic.
But even such a human dragon gave in to Bu Li and Xu Le's faces and smiled.
It turns out that there are so many people in this city. It turns out that most of the people are hidden instead of being eaten up.
That's good. This city is finally saved, and it's not too late for me to come.
Wang Shichong was a well-behaved person, so he naturally didn't dare to give Xu Le human flesh to the beginning.
He even used the last warehouse to supply food to Xuan Jiaqi, which was enough to ensure that Xu Le and his subordinates would not have a shortage of food supply.
As a guest army, the Xuanjia Cavalry has no obligation to the people of this city. In fact, in terms of the current environment, the military and the people are also two completely separated groups.
Even if the soldiers come from the people, they are no longer ordinary people after they are put on the battlefield.
Together with their families, they have already gotten rid of the civil attributes.
This can be traced back to the military life state of the six northern towns in the past. According to Gao Huan's view, the Xianbei people provided military protection for the Han people, and in turn, the Han people had to farm and weave for the Xianbei people.
Regardless of whether his view is correct or not, this kind of military-civilian relationship has been recognized by the Western Wei and the Great Sui Dynasty. Even Li Yuan, who claimed to be kind, or Li Shimin, who loved the people, had this idea.
The food and food of military officials is only asked for by the people. As for whether the people can eat enough, it is something that civil servants should think of and have nothing to do with military officials.
Xu Le did not think that this idea was natural. He was born in Xu Jialu and had witnessed the difficulties of people's livelihood with his own eyes. He also saw the grandfather and his fellow villagers working together to perform martial arts together.
In addition to practicing martial arts, we also have to farm and thresh with our fellow villagers instead of being a hand-off manager.
How can soldiers gain the support of the people regardless of their lives?
If this continues, sooner or later, it will become unfaithful and hostile to each other.
Although he is not a bad person, he will not take the current situation in Luoyang City for granted. If he can do anything, he will naturally have to help.
The biggest supporter of Xu Le's idea is Xiaolang Nubuli.
This wolf woman who grew up on the grassland did not lose her kindness and forgiveness.
As long as she is not on the battlefield, she is still willing to help the people.
Therefore, when Xu Leyi put forward her own proposal, she was the first to stand up to support her.
Not only that, she also wanted to accompany Xu Le to see the results of the porridge donation, and also wanted to see with her own eyes how many ordinary people are left in Luoyang City.
Of course, no matter how compassionate Xu Le is, he will never let his soldiers starve and supply food to the people.
The fact that the alms and rice can be carried out is that in addition to the strong style of Xuanjiaqi, the most important reason is that Luoyang City always has some food.
Otherwise, even if Xu Le and his subordinates were willing, Wang Shichong would have no place to find food for them to distribute.
The victory of the Battle of Mangshan not only strategically slammed Wagang's spirit and forced it to take the initiative to retreat.
In terms of actual returns, the gains were also quite substantial.
Since the Wagang Army did not prepare for retreat, Li Mi's order was too urgent, so a large number of supplies had to be discarded on the battlefield.
In addition to tents, weapons, food, carriages and livestock, there are also extremely considerable numbers.
After all, it is a huge army of more than 100,000 yuan. Anything that can be lost is enough to move Wang Shichong.
The team transporting the trophy has not stopped since last night, until the time of giving up the porridge, and there are still many supplies waiting to be transported.
The food, grass and cattle and sheep seized from Wagang were enough to supply the defenders' expenses for more than ten days.
And these materials were shot back by Xuanjia and real swords and guns, so they naturally had the power to control them.
Therefore, when Xu Le's golden mouth opened, Wang Shichong did not dare to refuse. Not only did he agree that Xuan Jiaqi was responsible for distributing the food, but he also agreed to Xu Le's request that was almost offensive.
In fact, it was not only Xu Le and Bu Li who entered Ziwei City, but also Han Yue brothers and other Xuanjia Generals.
Although Bu Li didn't know much strategy, he also knew that Xu Le's move was not only to make himself happy or to supervise the release of relief, but naturally had profound meanings.
Xu Le did not rush to answer her questions, but lay down, rested her back on the roof and looked at the sky.
At this time, he didn't look like the leader of Xuanjia, the Li family's war god, but he was no different from the carefree country boy in the Xujialu era.
Bu Li squatted beside Xu Le and looked at him. After a while, he asked, "Langjun Le, what are you thinking?"
"I'm thinking of Erlang."
Xu Le let out a long sigh, "If it were Li Erlang today, it would not be like this.
He will try every means to find food for everyone, rather than thinking about how to eat people.
The world cannot be so chaotic, otherwise more people will be eaten and more Xu Jialu will become scorched earth.
I walked out of Xu Jialu to find a way out for my family, and now I have to find a way out for the people of the world!”
"We killed Wang Shichong and seize Luoyang."
Bu Li's voice was not high, and his tone was extremely calm, as if he was talking about something irrelevant.
Xu Le smiled slightly and couldn't help but rub Buli's hair with his hands: "This can't be done at least now.
Now that I kill Wang Xingman, isn’t it a good person in Tongguan?
We can't make it hard for him to work hard.
Besides, our lord won the world with his benevolence and righteousness, so we cannot ruin his reputation.
Now I have to accumulate some people's expectations for Erlang and prepare for the future.
As long as these porridge-eating people are not killed, there will always be people who will remember us and Erlang’s kindness in the future. This is the first gift I have prepared for Erlang.”
Bu Li looked at Xu Le without saying anything, but the meaning in his eyes was already very obvious. Since it was said to be the first, then there was naturally a second. What is the second?
Xu Le exerted force with both feet, a fish jumped up, and his body jumped back and forth in the hall like a spirit ape, jumped from one end of Zhaoyang Hall to the other end, and his feet stepped over the head of the beast on the ridge of the palace.
Bu Li also followed suit and jumped and trampled behind him.
After stepping all the kissing beasts, Xu Le turned around and smiled at Bu Li: "Let's go and see you the second gift!"
Chapter completed!