The eastern capital is Luoyang, located in the west of Henan, in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, and is named after the yang of the Luohe River.

The eastern capital is the first year of the great cause, by the Shangshu Ling Yang Su and Nayan Yang Da, the general master Yu Wenkai and others in accordance with the will of Emperor Yang of Sui, 2 million people per month, it took ten months to supervise the construction.

Luoyang, the eastern capital, was the political and economic center of the Sui Dynasty at that time, the transportation center of the Grand Canal in Daxing in the West Pass, and it was also known as "the first strong city in the world," and Yang Xuangan, who was brave and invincible at that time, had looked at the city and sighed, folded and sunk into the sand.

Since the beginning of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, Luoyang is the ancient capital of the Central Plains Dynasty, and Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, once said: I walk the world, and I only see Luoyang and is the ear!

In the first year of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty ordered the master craftsman Yu Wenkai to plan and design, Wei Weiqing Liu Quan, and the secretary Cheng Wei Wanqing to supervise the construction of Ziwei City, the palace city of Luoyang, Tokyo, with 700,000 soldiers, and the palace city of the eastern capital - Ziwei City was built in 60 days!

Ziwei City is named after the Ziwei Yuan in the "Three Walls" of the Heavenly Star Official. In ancient China, the center of the sky was divided into three walls: Taiwei, Ziwei, and Tianshi. Ziweiyuan is in the center, which is the residence of the Emperor of Heaven. The city adopted the idea of "the unity of heaven and man", and used the stars in the sky to correspond to the plan of the capital, in order to highlight the legitimacy of the political power and the supremacy of the imperial power.

The planning of Ziwei Palace is divided into seven small cities, the middle is Luocheng (i.e., Da Nei), which is the place where the emperor lives and the government, it is like Tianshu, the four cities on the left and right (the east and west sandwich city, the east and west city) are the four auxiliary stars, and the two cities on the north side (Yaoyi City, Yuanbi City) are the forbidden army, and the seven small cities are opposite to the Big Dipper, so they are called Ziwei Palace City.

The architectural pattern of Ziwei Palace, Daxing Palace and Jiangdu Palace is basically the same, and the purpose and nature of the building are almost the same.

Ziwei Palace has a total of eleven city gates. Six gates in the south: the middle is the Tianmen, the east is the Xingjiao Gate, the Chongguang Gate, the Taihe Gate, and the west is the Guangzheng Gate and the South Tianmen. Two gates in the north: Anning Gate in the east, Xuanwu Gate in the west; East Gate: Chongguang Gate. Three gates in the west: Baocheng Gate in the north and Fangzhu Gate in the south.

The three major halls of Ziwei Palace are: Qianyang Palace, Daye Palace, Huiyou Palace, corresponding to Daxing Palace, Liangyi Palace, and Ganlu Palace.

At this time, as soon as the sky was bright, Yang Tong, the king of Yue, couldn't wait to beat the drum and sing the gold, and summoned the civil and military officials who stayed in the eastern capital to come to the Qianyang Palace to listen to the government.

Yue Wang Yang Tong is only fourteen years old this year, the second son of Yang Zhao, the prince of Yuande, and the half-brother of Yang Qi, the king of Yan.

"I just received an urgent report from the guard general of Shangchun Gate, Baye Gang, saying that Li Mi had led the army to Shangchun Gate this morning, and General Baye was fighting fiercely with the thieves! Tell me, how is it good to be alone? Today's Yang Tong was obviously extremely anxious, his beautiful and handsome sword eyebrows were twisted together, his worries were overflowing, and his face showed the impetuousness of a young man.

When the words fell, Jingzhao Wannianren, the son of the loyal minister and martyr Huangfu Huangfu, General Youwuwei, and Pingyu Marquis Huangfu Wuyi took the lead in suggesting: "Your Highness, now that the thieves are monstrous, our army is not suitable to fight, and we should stick to it!" ”

"The emperor, the emperor and the general, what he said is very true! Minister, minister seconded! Lu Chu, who was born in the Fan Yang Lu clan and has a stuttering disease, seconded.

Hearing this, Yang Tong was still full of worries, and sighed: "But there is a shortage of food in the eastern capital!" It's not a way to keep it for a long time! ”

After being born in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Yuan Wendu, who was Yang Tong's enlightenment teacher and is now the secretary of Taifu, came out of the class and said: "Your Highness, there is no shortage of manpower in the eastern capital now, only food, we have to find a way to get some food from outside the court!" ”

"Oh? What is the teacher's strategy? Come on! Yang Tong's eyes lit up and he hurriedly asked.

Yuan Wendu replied: "Your Highness can issue an edict, announcing that as long as you are in the city to defend the enemy and do not need to eat public food, you will be given the status of a loose official according to the number of enemies in the upper city!" In this way, the wealthy families and merchants in the city will voluntarily provide grain for military needs, and the problem of food shortage can be alleviated for the time being! ”

Yang Tong looked at everyone present, and saw that there was no objection, but said: "This matter will be handed over to you to handle it in person according to the teacher's wishes!" ”

"Wechen obeys!" Yuan Wendu replied respectfully.

Temporarily solving the problem of food shortage, Yang Tong finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Do you still have suggestions?" ”

The internal history squire and the Ministry of Civil Affairs Shangshu Wei Jin said: "Your Highness, now the west of Luoyang is still in the hands of the imperial court, if my Eastern Capital Army does not come out, the thief army will take advantage of it and surround it!" In this way, the ministers are afraid that Heyang, Xin'an and other places are not owned by the imperial court, and Luoyang will become a lonely city! ”

Hearing this, Yang Tong thought about it carefully, changed color, and asked: "Our army can't fight again, and now it's not Kaicheng to fight, and it's not closed for a long time, so how should this be?" ”

At this point, Wei Jin pursed his lips and said, "Your Highness, the minister is willing to lead the army out of the city to meet the enemy and swear to fight to the death!" First, it can increase the morale of our army after the big setback; Second, it also gave some confidence to the defenders outside the city. Now, the eastern capital is high and thick, and the thief army can't attack it in a short time. Therefore, the minister is willing to lead the army to fight against the enemy in order to raise the prestige of our army! ”

Before the words fell, an eight-foot-tall general Zuo Xiaowei with a long hair, wearing a silver lion robe and big armor, Duan Da, a doctor of Jin Ziguanglu, came out and said: "The minister opposes Wei Shangshu's proposal!" Now the thief army is strong, the morale of our army is low, if you go to war, you will be defeated, it is better to be careful to defend the city! ”

Wei Jin glanced at Duan Da and continued: "Your Highness, now Wang Shichong's troops are stationed in Hanjiacang City, and Yanshi, Baigu and Heyang Commanders Dugu Wudu, Hanoi County Cheng Liuxie, and Zhifang Lang Liuxu are all in their own departments, and they are not far from me. If the minister goes to war, Li Mi will come to attack me, then His Royal Highness can order Wang Shichong, Dugu Wudu, Liu Xie, Liu Xu and others to lead their troops to attack behind the enemy, and the thief army will not be able to care about each other! In this way, the minister does not dare to say that he can defeat the thief army, and it can also greatly improve my unfavorable situation now! I hope that His Royal Highness the King of Yue will allow it! ”

Duan Da shook his head and said: "What kind of character Li Mi is, his person is insidious and cunning, scheming, beyond the imagination of ordinary people, besides, Li Mi knows the art of war and has repeatedly defeated my famous generals of the Great Sui, and his subordinates are no longer the bandits and bandits of the past, and the ministers still insist on defending the city!" ”

Wei Jin shook his head and sneered: "Grandma Duan is afraid that she will not be scared by Li Mi!" It is no wonder that Li Mi has successively defeated Zhang Xutuo, Liu Changgong, Pei Renji, Duan Da, Wang Shichong and many other famous generals of our dynasty. In this battle, Wei is alone in the battle, and General Duan doesn't have to be in danger himself! ”

Hearing this, Duan Da's face turned red with anger, he pointed at Wei Jin, and roared: "Wei Jin, you don't come to provoke me!" Although I Duan Mou didn't dare to boast of being a famous general, I was also promoted by virtue of my military exploits, how can I allow you, the second son of the ancestor Meng, to talk nonsense!? ”

Wei Jin saw that Yang Tong didn't stop it, but sneered: "Heh, General Duan, you are embarrassed to say that you were promoted to the general by virtue of your military merits?" As far as your old man fights, there are as many victories as there are defeats! Otherwise, the bandits wouldn't call you Grandma Duan! Investigate it seriously, your crimes are enough to be beheaded! ”

Duan Da couldn't say anything about Wei Jin, but signaled to Yang Tong: "Your Highness! ”

Yang Tong was also a little unable to hold his mind, but looked at Yuan Wendu.

Yuan Wendu thought about it carefully, and said: "The minister thinks that what Wei Shangshu said is very true, the eastern capital is high and deep, and our army fights, even if it is defeated, it can continue to hold on, it is better to follow what Wei Shangshu said... ”

Hearing this, Duan Da secretly sighed, clenched his fists and said, "The minister respectfully obeys the will of His Highness!" ”

Seeing this, Yang Tong nodded and announced: "Lonely, order the Ministry of Civil Affairs Shangshu Weijin and Zuo Xiaowei General Duan Da to lead the Eastern Capital Army of 70,000 on the same day to meet the enemy at the Spring Gate!" ”

"No!"