Zhang Qi did not live up to Lin Feng's expectations, and in the entire Meridian Army, Zhang Qi's prestige was indeed extraordinary, but Zhang Qi did not immediately make the whole matter public under Lin Feng's instructions, and Lin Feng and others continued to enter the Meridian Pass that night as the personal soldiers under General Zhaowu, while Pan Zhigang's Thunder Pioneer Regiment and many craftsmen continued to stay in the valley for temporary stationing, while waiting for reinforcements to arrive in the rear one after another.

Four or five days later, under the persuasion of Zhang Qi and the deputy general Liu An, the generals of the Meridian Army accepted the fact of surrendering to the Fengjia Army, and at the same time, the Meridian Army was officially established, and even the banners of the Fengjia Army and the Tang Dynasty were replaced on the upper floor of the Meridian Pass. At the same time, the Benlei Pioneer Regiment, which was temporarily blocked outside the Meridian Pass, finally entered and exited the valley, and not only the more than 2,000 people of the Benlei Pioneer Regiment, but also nearly 1,000 reinforcements who arrived in the rear one after another.

At this point, the number of troops stationed at the Meridian Pass has approached 10,000 people, Lin Feng has brought more than 3,000 people, and Zhang Qi's Meridian Army has as many as 5,000 or 6,000 people. With these people, after two days of continuous discussion, Lin Feng decided to temporarily change his original plan, not only to attack Tongguan with elite horses, but also to pick out a part of the elite to infiltrate Chang'an City, so as to make sufficient preparations for the capture of Chang'an in the future.

After the plan was renegotiated and finalized, that night, Lin Feng left the Meridian Pass with Feng Kill and fifty elite soldiers, taking advantage of the fact that the news of the Meridian Pass changing hands and the Feng family's army out of the valley had not yet been completely spread, he sneaked into Chang'an City as soon as possible, accompanied by Zhang Qi himself.

And Pan Zhigang led the Benlei Pioneer Regiment and Liu An, the current deputy general of the Meridian Army, and a thousand light cavalry selected by his command, and rushed to the direction of Tongguan overnight, and took it down in one go before Tongguan did not learn the warning news. At the same time, Lin Feng also sent a number of scouts to investigate the movements of the puppet Qi rebels in the Chang'an area and various parts of Gyeonggi Province, and also sent messengers to converge the two Feng family armies in Fu Luo Dao and Bao Xiegu Valley, and told the two groups to try their best to block the puppet Qi reinforcements in Wuzhangyuan no matter what, and suppress the current situation as much as possible.

Early the next morning, the city gate of Chang'an City was opened as usual, although Huang Kui, who stayed in Chang'an, had learned that there had been a Feng family army in Fu Luo Road and Bao Xiegu and even a large-scale war, but after all, there was no news in Chang'an, and Huang Kuo, who only knew that he was drinking and having fun all day, only tightened the defense of the city gate and the city wall, and he was still immersed in the palace of the wine pond and meat forest.

Lin Feng and the others were divided into two teams, and then divided into several people and a small team again, accompanied by the Jinguang Gate of the West Gate and the Chunming Gate of the East Gate of Chang'an City. For the strict interrogation of the guards on duty at the city gate, the most vulgar but effective trick was still used, and a few pieces of broken silver of full color could easily pass the examination.

This is the first time in several years that Lin Feng has entered the administrative center of the entire Tang Dynasty, and Lin Feng has seen a lot of city walls more than ten meters high before, after all, there are still state capitals such as Hanzhong Mansion or Chengdu Mansion, but the moat on the outside of the city wall shocked Lin Feng, the width reached several zhang, and even according to Zhang Qi beside him, the widest part should be ten zhang wide, and the depth is immeasurable.

When he really entered the city, the scene made Lin Feng a little disappointed, the Chang'an City in front of him was not at all like the literati praised, there was no so-called 'Soaring incense array penetrates Chang'an, and the city is full of golden armor', nor is there the so-called 'March 3rd air is new, Chang'an waterside Dolly people', and there is no 'Nine Heavens Open the Palace, and all countries will worship the crown' staged in the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty.

The eyes are only full of messes, although the streets are as flat and wide as ever, but they are as dead and silent as an empty city, except for the pseudo-Qi defenders on the city wall and the city gate, it is the people who enter and exit the city gate intermittently, and even Lin Feng has been in the city for a quarter of an hour, and he has not seen a decent business brigade, even when he passed by the West Market, he looked up, it was still a scattered, disorderly garbage pile, only a few well-behaved ordinary people were stacked there with bundles of dry firewood, Or some charcoal and other things are looking around, it seems that there has been no large-scale decent market for a long time.

'Hundreds of thousands of homes are like a game of Go, and the 12th street is like a vegetable garden. This kind of picture Lin Feng is indeed imprinted in his mind, but on this 'chessboard', there are no 'chess pieces', empty and dead. Even the mood of Lin Feng and his party seemed to be affected by the surrounding atmosphere, and their faces were gloomy and expressionless.

Zhang Qi, who led the way, also noticed this, and after being silent for a long time, Zhang Qi urged the horse to sigh in a low voice beside Lin Feng: "Feng Shuai, Chang'an has been like this for more than a year. ”

"The family is ruined, and the wife is separated." Lin Feng nodded lightly to show his understanding, but although he had made sufficient psychological preparations before, when he really witnessed everything with his own eyes, he still couldn't suppress the sadness in his heart, and couldn't help but sigh and sighed in a low voice: "Even my own home has become like this. Ay! ”

"Feng Shuai! In front is the Hanguang Gate of the Imperial Palace, and further on, there is the Suzaku Gate, and to the south is Suzaku Street! Zhang Qi on the side could naturally understand the sigh in Lin Feng's mouth, shook his head with a wry smile, raised his eyes, stretched out his hand and smiled to move the topic away: "In front of the Vermilion Bird Gate!" That's the widest Vermilion Bird Street in the entire Chang'an City and even in the world! And even the length is ten miles long! We are now on the west side of Zhuque Street, which is the jurisdiction of Chang'an County, and to the east of Zhuque Street, it is the jurisdiction of Wannian County! ”

"Well, I know a little bit about that!" Lin Feng also understood that the other party was changing the topic, nodded with a smile, and Lin Feng was indeed very interested in this city, which was still the largest city in the world in economic exchanges in the past hundred years, twisted his body on horseback and looked around, stretched out his hand and pointed to the front and asked with a smile: "The location of the north due east should be where Xingqing Palace is located, right?" ”

"That's right! It is the 'Nannei' Xingqing Palace! Zhang Qi smiled and nodded, seeing that Lin Feng seemed to be very interested, he then stretched out his hand and pointed and introduced: "The last general was fortunate to enter, Emperor Xuanzong often ruled in Xingqing Palace, and for convenience, he also built a sandwich wall, which can lead to Furong Garden and Daming Palace respectively!" But.. ”

As he spoke, Zhang Qi's face suddenly turned gloomy, and he even sighed lightly with deep regret before continuing to add: "The Xingqing Palace was originally used as a royal garden, but in the past two years, it has been almost destroyed by the Qi army left in Chang'an, the grass is all over the ground, and the prosperity of the past no longer exists!" Moreover, even the palace in it has been more or less destroyed, and now the Xingqing Palace is not in the eyes of the Qi army at all! After all, this is no longer an important palace in the Tang Dynasty! ”

"Hey!" Lin Feng also sighed lightly after hearing this, shook his head, and finally said: "These precious palaces, left to the pseudo-Qi and that smuggling salt dealer, are really tyrannical!" ”