Luoyang Guanlin, located in a piece of pines and cypresses, although its name is "Guanling", but it is called "Guanlin", I am afraid that it is not unrelated to the pines and cypresses of this full tomb. According to legend, this is the place where Cao Cao buried Guan Yu's head. During the Three Kingdoms, Sun Quan attacked Jingzhou, Guan Yu retreated to Maicheng, and returned to heaven with righteousness. Then Sun Quan was afraid that Liu Bei would retaliate, and would pass Guan Yu's head to Cao Cao in Luoyang, but Cao Cao saw through, Cao Cao admired Guan Yu as a person, and posthumously presented Guan Yu as the king of Jing, carved agarwood for the body, buried in the south of Luoyang City fifteen miles with the rites of the prince, and built a temple to worship, although there are thousands, this ancient imperial mausoleum does not know how much into a mound, but this Guan Mausoleum is the incense is flourishing, since the Song Dynasty, the folk worship of Guan Yu is getting worse and more. And the emperors of the previous dynasties also advocated the character of Guan Yu to be loyal to the monarch and the righteousness, to the Ming Dynasty even more, Wanli 20 years in the Han Dynasty Guan Temple on the original site, expand the Guan Lin Temple, expand into an area of more than 200 acres, the courtyard four in, the temple corridor more than 150 rooms, the scale of the worship of Guan Gong holy area. In the thirty-third year of Wanli, Guan Yu was enshrined as "the Great Emperor of the Three Realms of Demon Suppression, Shenwei Yuanzhen Guan Shengdi Jun", and Guan Yu was crowned "saint".

Although the war has ravaged this land in the past few decades, both officials and thieves admire Guan Sheng's loyalty and righteousness, and naturally dare not attack the Guandi Temple, so that this holy area has been looted by the war, so that this place has also been protected from a pure land.

The gate of Guandi Temple is the same as that of Guandi Temple, all of which were repaired in the Wanli period, although there is no stone tablet order, but when the world comes here, they will follow the rules of "civil officials get off the sedan chair here, and military attaches get off the horse here". However, because of the war, the temple of this martial saint seems to be a little deserted, and few people care about it.

This incense is faint, the temple of the temple can not be idle, in the past when the incense is prosperous, you can rely on the pilgrims to give a living, now, this temple can only reclaim some wasteland in front of the forest for a living, just when this temple is about to carry a hoe to the ground, there is a sound of horses' hooves from a distance, and the sound of hooves that is not in a hurry breaks the tranquility on the official road. The horsemen on horseback were all dressed in black uniforms, and some were dressed in black armor, but for Miaozhu, who was accustomed to seeing the world, he could tell at a glance that these horses were not good horses.

But even so, when he saw the dress of these people clearly, the old Miaozhu immediately knelt to the side, and his expression was full of excitement - this is the army of the Ming Dynasty.

"Junmen, this is the Guandi Temple. Master Guan's head is buried here. ”

Nie Fuchen, who pointed at the Guandi Temple with a horsewhip in his hand, is himself from Henan, although he has never been here, it does not prevent him from introducing this place to the military gate.

"This place is a temple of saints. How can we, like ordinary people, make mistakes? ”

The general led by him hurriedly took the lead and turned over and dismounted, his expression looked very respectful, this person was none other than Li Ziyuan, the chief soldier of Huguang. Now when the people of Jiangnan are rejoicing in its Northern Expedition, he has led 200,000 troops to Luoyang City.

Since Li Ziyuan led the Northern Expeditionary Army into Henan, it can be said that he has been marching all the way, and all the Qing court puppet officials along the way have surrendered when they hear the wind, and it is precisely because of this that he will enter Luoyang, one of the most important targets in the Northern Expedition, in such a short period of time.

Although Luoyang had natural hazards, it still blocked the advance of the Northern Expeditionary Army. Half a month ago, the 30,000 forward army, led by local guides, unknowingly crossed the Bears Ears Mountain and Funiu Mountain, thus opening the door to Luoyang. The guides were the rebels hiding in the Bears Ears Mountain and the Funiu Mountains. And Nie Fuchen is the leader of the righteous army in Funiu Mountain, he was the leader of the Chongzhen period, when the thieves invaded the Central Plains, he and the villagers formed a village to protect themselves, after the Qing captives entered the customs, he raised the banner of righteousness, and insisted on resisting the Manchu Qing in the mountains for more than ten years, if it were not for the change of history, that is, in this year, he would be in the governor of Henan, Liu Qingtai, and thousands of righteous troops in the mountains died in the wilderness, all of them.

And now, he has made great contributions to the Northern Expeditionary Army entering Luoyang, thanks to his guidance, the forward army can pass through the Dragon Gate so smoothly. Because of this, after Li Ziyuan arrived with the Chinese army, he immediately invited him to come to the Guandi Temple with him.

Of course, the reason why Li Ziyuan invited him here was naturally for his purpose, and he hugged his fists and invited Nie Fuchen.

"General Nie, you and I will go to worship Master Guan together."

"Good! Master Guan is our Demon Emperor, so please ask his old man to bless us to drive the Tartars out of the customs as soon as possible! ”

Although Emperor Guan was already crowned as a "Martial Saint" in the fifth year of Shunzhi, for Nie Fuchen, who did not recognize the Manchurian Emperor, he naturally would not say anything about the "Martial Saint" of the Manchurian Emperor, but only used the title given to Emperor Guan by Emperor Wanli. What's more, the "Three Realms Demon Emperor Shenwei Yuan Zhenguan Saint Emperor" is already more revered than the "Martial Saint".

After saying that, he arched his hand, and Nie Fuchen, as a native of Henan, did his best to lead Li Ziyuan and his party into Guanling. Although Guan Lin was not looted by the soldiers, it was also desolate and a little dilapidated because it had not been maintained and repaired for many years.

The group came to the main hall through the stele forest, and under the leadership of Li Ziyuan, everyone saluted the statue of Emperor Guan in turn. In my heart, I sincerely prayed for the day when the Northern Expedition would be successful. After that, Nie Fuchen and others began to introduce the origin of this tomb to Li Ziyuan.

Li Ziyuan, who is a scholar himself, said that he had learned about this time through the gazetteer before he sent troops to Henan, but he still pretended to listen carefully, and he listened with relish.

"General Nie, Li Zicheng captured Luoyang from Longmen back then, right?"

The sudden words made Nie Fuchen stunned, and he hurriedly replied.

"Yes, Junmen, although I formed a village with the villagers that year, but I only wanted to protect myself, but I never entered the city to help the war, it was really confused and tight, under this nest, there were no eggs, if we were not only trying to protect ourselves at that time, and fully help the court, how could the emperor martyr, and how could the Manchu Qing Dynasty enter the customs and kill my Li people."

"Hey, the situation is like this, it is not humanly possible, the emperor is noble, but most of the people who can use it are idle people, if the court uses people to obtain the law, how can it be so?"

Li Ziyuan sighed with emotion, and everyone nodded in agreement. In the echo of the crowd, he continued.

"Back then, the thieves first took Luoyang, then besieged Kaifeng, besieged the city and sent reinforcements, from a military point of view alone, although Li Chuang was a thief, this battle was really good."

Li Ziyuan's words made Nie Fuchen can't help but look up at him, as we all know, the Ming Dynasty can tolerate the western thieves, such as Li Dingguo, who can be the king of Jin, but the old thieves will never be used, after all, even if the thieves are put aside to enter Beijing, the great rebellion of forcing the emperor to death is that after entering Beijing, he will be extremely roasted and plundered, thus inducing the Qing prisoners to enter the customs, causing hundreds of millions of people to kill for the Qing prisoners, making it impossible for the people of the world to forgive the thieves.

It is precisely because of this that although Nie Fuchen rebelled against the Qing Dynasty in the mountains, he clashed with the old thieves many times. Now Li Ziyuan's affirmation naturally made him feel a little surprised.

Seeing that Li Ziyuan's expression did not have the slightest sense of contrivedness, and even his tone was full of admiration, he said.

"What the thieves used to capture Luoyang back then was just a small skill of carving insects, and there was nothing worth emulating."

"General Nie was surprised!"

Shaking his head, Li Ziyuan remembered what Zhu Mingzhong had said to him.

"Back then, when Li was under the account of King Huai, he and King Huai commented on the gains and losses of our dynasty since the Wanli Dynasty, the gains and losses of the internal and external use of troops, although the thief was a thief, but looking at the tactics he performed after entering the Central Plains, there are all commendable points, King Huai once said, this is the general, the biggest taboo is to underestimate the enemy. Even if it is an enemy, if it has some strengths, it can be absorbed from it, and think that it has been used, rather than because of its origin, and have a contempt for it......"

Many times, Li Ziyuan always remembers the scene of the debate between Zhu Mingzhong and Zhu Mingzhong, compared to other generals, whether it is Zhu Mingzhongzi or Li Ziyuan, they have neither long-term experience in leading troops to fight, nor family education, nor have they read a few military books. However, unlike the people of this era, Zhu Mingzhong from later generations paid more attention to the analysis of war examples, although most of the war examples in the history books were exaggerated by the literati, so most of them had no reference significance, but since the Chongzhen Dynasty, there were many wars, and the imperial court, the Liukou and the Manchu Qing Dynasty had a large number of war examples close at hand, and through the analysis of these war examples, the loyal and righteous army could learn from the successes and failures of all parties.

Although he was under Zhu Mingzhong's account for a short time, as his deputy, until he betrayed Zhu Mingzhong, he referred to the habit of learning from the experience of the war, which has also been used by Li Ziyuan until now, so he naturally knows the advantages of the thieves and soldiers in the Battle of Luoyang.

"What the general said is very true, the thief does have his own merits."

Although he agreed, Nie Fuchen's tone was still a little reluctant, after all, he had been fighting with the old thief for many years, and many grievances could not be resolved in a while.

"Of course, this is just a matter of facts, the wars of the past and the present, as a general, we can naturally benefit a lot, no matter whether we win or lose, their military strategies are worthy of our good reference."

Li Ziyuan said meaningfully. He has never been a famous general, and it is precisely because of this that he will not have any burden when learning from others, although in many cases, he is unwilling to admit it, but he knows very well that whether it is in the use of soldiers or the military system, Zhu Mingzhong's influence on him can be said to have long left an indelible brand on his body.

Of course, he was also happy to continue to use these experiences, after all, these experiences have been proven to be very effective methods, and even when he was in Wuchang, he also learned from Zhu Mingzhong to set up a martial arts hall, so that officials could learn and analyze the tactical gains and losses of the past and present.

It can be said that the fact that his subordinates have been able to win many battles has a lot to do with the fact that Li Ziyuan has always used the training and military methods that he learned from Zhu Mingzhong in the loyal and righteous army. It's just that he doesn't know that the current loyal army is completely different from the past.

Of course, now Li Ziyuan didn't think of this, what he thought was that the Loyal and Righteous Army had also gone on the Northern Expedition now, although the secret envoy on the Qinghe side told him that the purpose of their Northern Expedition was to reduce the pressure on Luoyang, but it still made Li Ziyuan quite unhappy, after all, for him who had already regarded the whole territory of Henan as his own territory, this was waiting to eat from his bowl.

However, the other party's behavior of "going down the mountain to pick peaches" made him a little easier, at least this shows that he, Zhu Mingzhong, will never stay out of this Northern Expedition, and besides, the actions of the Loyal and Righteous Army will also help him Li Ziyuan's Northern Expedition to Beijing.

However, the current goal is that Luoyang City is faintly visible, as long as Luoyang is taken, he can wave his army across the river, take Taiyuan directly, and then go out of Taihang and enter Beijing.

At that time, who in the world doesn't know him Li Ziyuan?

Just like in the past, Li Ziyuan would avoid being under Zhu Mingzhong's account because he himself was not ashamed of his betrayal, but now it is different, he will take the initiative to mention this matter, because he knows that for the world, no one will care about his past anymore, and people will only remember his Northern Expedition!

When he conquers the Beijing Division, the work of the Northern Expedition will be all to him Li Ziyuan, and at that time...... Who remembers the old days?

"What's the news in Luoyang City?"

Returning his thoughts from the distant future, Li Ziyuan asked Nie Fuchen.

"Back to the military gate, since the military gate led the troops to the Northern Expedition, the day gate of Luoyang City has been closed day and night. …… At present, the Qing army has a village outside the city, and Luoyang City is a horn of each other......"

While explaining, Nie Fuchen placed a few stones on the ground, and then introduced in detail.

"Do you know who the Luoyang Defender is? How many Eight Banners are stationed there? ”

Compared with the Green Battalion soldiers, Li Ziyuan is more concerned about the Eight Banners, after all, he has been with the Green Battalion soldiers for so long, he knows that the Green Battalion soldiers pay attention to a "wind situation" when fighting, in other words, they will only fight with the wind, but the Eight Banners are different.

"Now the defender of Luoyang City is Liu Zehong, the commander of the Yellow Banner, who was the deputy general of our dynasty, and descended to the Qing Dynasty with his uncle and ancestor. However, there were only 2,000 Qing troops under his command. The real person in charge is Wei Shengyuan, the general of the green battalion, this time the army waved his division to the north, and Liu Qingtai led it to aid Luoyang, and now it should be the main green battalion under his command, about more than 10,000 people. ”

As a local, Nie Fuchen thought for a moment and replied one by one. He learned all this information from his old friends and classmates.

Hearing that the main force in the city is the green battalion, Li Ziyuan's eyes are bright, and it may not be possible to rebel. So he asked.

"Oh? Wei Shengyuan? Where did this person come from? How did you vote for tartars? ”

The question of the military gate made Nie Fuchen sigh, and then said.

"Junmen, this Wei family is also my local gentry in Henan, he was the former dynasty to raise the son, ashamed to say, the last general and he was the same year, and there are contacts, when the thieves attacked, he also had troops to help suppress, and then the Qing captives went south, the right attendant Wang Aoyong recruited it, and then he dismissed his generals, as a Shunmin, and later Liu Qingtai in Henan when the green battalion soldiers, invited him to enter the scene, to help him train the soldiers, and his current Luoyang general soldiers."

How could it be such a coincidence?

Glancing at Nie Fuchen in surprise, Li Ziyuan's heart immediately made up his mind.

"General Nie, I wonder if the general has any acquaintances in Luoyang City?"