Liu's uncle and nephew's efforts were not in vain, and in the early morning three days later, a carriage that was almost falling apart and the red-eyed coachman appeared on the Heluo Plain. Pen %fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info change horses all the way, don't enter the city, don't live in the store, fortunately Xinzheng is not far from Luoyang, otherwise it will really make people crazy.

At this time, the diligent young son of heaven was also on the way back to Luoyang from Mengjin, the land of Wangji between Heluo, and came back after a round, and saw that the tall city that had been separated for nearly two months appeared in front of him, and more than 1,000 people accelerated their pace.

When it got closer, I could finally see the brand-new Dingding Gate and the welcoming officials.

From a distance, you can see that the tall Dingding Gate has been changed to a layer of green bricks, and the dark blue city bricks are neatly stacked layer by layer, which is much thicker than the old rammed earth exposed outside. When they went out of the city, the busy servants were gone, and they were all put back when they thought it was the spring ploughing season, so the green bricks were only paved with the city wall a hundred steps away from the Dingding Gate and the Dingding Gate, and the blue and yellow at the intersection formed a sharp contrast, just like a hundred years of dead trees growing a shoot.

Outside the city gate, the Taishi, who had already received the news, was waiting here with his ministers, although the solemnity was not as good as the last time the royal family entered the throne, but the ministers were more respectful. This is not a joke, those nobles who disobey the royal family have already been killed, and the rest dare not be disrespectful.

After smiling and accepting the greetings of the ministers, Zhou Bian jumped out of the royal carriage, and under the puzzled eyes of everyone, he walked quickly to the Dingding Gate, until he reached out and touched the thick cyan city bricks.

It turned out that the king was still so concerned about everything, and Sikong, who was in charge of this matter, immediately stepped forward quickly and arched his hand, "King, this brick is made of mud fired in the south of Minshan Mountain, according to the king's requirements, one foot long, half a foot wide, and two feet thick. When building a city, first in the inside with soil leveling and then in the outside bricks, the bottom of the two layers, up to the back into a layer, the city bricks are the same length and width of the face outward, the middle is glued with lime, extremely strong. Unfortunately, the time was too short and the manpower was scarce, so only the six gates on the east and north sides were repaired, and half of the gates on the west side were repaired, but the south gate was not started. ”

It's good to be able to do this in a month, and its practical green bricks are still extremely extravagant in this era, but the king asks to do this regardless of the cost, such as Sikong and others have to obey orders. I saw that the bricks of the city were scattered layer by layer, and the surface was smooth, and it seemed that a lot of effort had been put in. Touching the thick new city wall, Zhou Bian shouted, "Get a sledgehammer!" ”

The slow reaction among the ministers was still puzzled, I don't know what fun this young man is going to play, but he has thought that the king is going to hammer the wall to try its hardness, but it is not as good as the legs and feet, so he doesn't have to think about it, he quickly ran back to the army, took the big copper hammer used by the honor guard, and ran back quickly.

The hammer slammed down, and although the sound was loud, the bricks of the city only fell a little dust.

Naturally, it will not be Zhou Bian, but the fast boy who ran just now, seeing the king nodding, the boy dressed as a guard immediately went down with a hammer, this time it was a little more gray. Another hammer, this time finally smashed out a small nest.

This is a twenty-pound copper hammer, but it can only be like this, many ministers are nodding, it is good that the city wall can do this, but Zhou Bian still shook his head, it seems that he is still a little short of the requirement, alas, it would be nice if there was concrete, but I don't know how to make cement, it's too professional. But can you be like Zhu Yuanzhang, ask the workers to engrave their names on each brick, and if a hammer smashes the mark, they will directly cut off their heads.

Thinking of this, Zhou Bian shook his head to himself, as cold as Ming Taizu, he couldn't do it.

Seeing that the king shook his head a few times, the ministers didn't need to think about it to know that the king was not very satisfied, and he was so panicked that he was about to confess immediately, but suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from a distance, followed by the sharp shouts of the guards.

At once, the attention of the ministers and even the king was drawn to it, and although they were far away, they could still see the panting bad horses and the tired coachmen. After the coachman had said something to the guards, he was helped out of the carriage and carried over.

Zhou Mi stepped forward and said, "King, this is a messenger deployed in the east, I am afraid that there is something important, so I came overnight." ”

Zhou Bian was still puzzled, but when he heard what Zhou Mi said, he remembered that this was a messenger arranged outside Xinzheng City, because there were rumors that Han Hou wanted to be disrespectful to the royal family, so he specially prepared a message in case of emergency. So Zhou Bian immediately threw down the son who was still holding a sledgehammer in his hand and hurried to meet him.

"King, urgent letter!" The coachman didn't ink, and immediately untied a package from his chest and handed it over.

Fan Yu took it and opened it, but it was a small piece of cloth, each piece of cloth had a word and a strange symbol on it, and after being educated by the king, Fan Yu naturally knew what kind of Arabic numeral it was. But Fan Yu still didn't know what he meant, so he had to hand it over to the king.

Stretched out his hand to take it, seeing the pieces of cloth, Zhou Bian frowned, why didn't Liu Qiu use the previous way? It happened that the coachman saw it and hurriedly explained, "King, this is what Lord Liu wrote in a hurry when he came out of the wall in the middle of the night, and he said that the King must understand." ”

Zhou Bian listened and nodded, and after a little thought, he understood, the matter was urgent, Liu Qiu didn't have time to translate it into a password in the previous way, so he had to write a word on each small piece of cloth, and then use Arabic numerals to number it, so that the king could sort it, and if he fell into the hands of the opponent and didn't know Arabic numerals, it would naturally be difficult to spell out. It's not that this method can't be cracked, but it's rare to think of it in an emergency, it seems that Liu Qiu is still qualified as an intelligence officer.

Feeling that the matter was urgent, Zhou Bian's heart was also jumping, and regardless of the fact that the ministers were still around, he picked up the cloth bag and ran back to his carriage. This is a closed carriage, and when the curtains and curtains are closed, they are not afraid of being seen, so as soon as they got into the car, Zhou Bian turned the package upside down, shook it again, and then threw it aside.

Fortunately, there are not many words, only fifty or sixty, and after a while, with the help of Fan Yu, Zhou Bian put it together, and when he saw the words, the two of them gasped in unison, and South Korea was really going to attack Luoyang.

Although I don't know why Han Hou wants to change again, but this kind of big event, Liu's uncle and nephew will not deceive people. And the letter also wrote down the matter clearly, but thanks to those servants on the Gongzi Zhao, they couldn't control their mouths when they were drunk, and the general's situation was leaked, at least Zhou Bian could learn four pieces of news from Zhongzhou, South Korea is going to send troops to fight Luoyang, the leading general is Gongzizhao, the strength is about 20,000 people, and the Korean soldiers are already assembled.

Hmph, but 20,000 soldiers dared to swagger and offend the land of Wangji, Zhou Bian couldn't help pouting, Han Zhao also underestimated the royal family, if South Korea poured its troops to attack, two or three hundred thousand people came at once, Zhou Bian was afraid that he would immediately flee the princes and countries and organize the fleeing government. But now there are 20,000 people, although I don't know if there are follow-up troops, but the royal family can still fight.

It's time to test the recruits, and after a little thought, Zhou Bian made up his mind, pushed open the door curtain of the carriage and bent over. Standing on the chariot and looking down at the ministers, he saw that in addition to the important ministers such as the Taishi, there were many unfamiliar faces, presumably the nobles who were idle in Luoyang City came to pick it up. Zhou Bian didn't dare to say that there was an emergency military situation now, so he shouted loudly, "The king has received urgent news, the Taishi and other cabinet ministers will quickly go to the palace to discuss matters, and the rest of the people will go back to their respective homes, and they must not speculate arbitrarily, and if there are rumors, they will not be pardoned." ”

After saying that, Zhou Bian got back into the car, and heard a chaotic voice outside the car and replied yes, I'm afraid there are all kinds of guesses, but Zhou Bian doesn't care, there is a master outside.

Under the escort of the Imperial Forest Army, the carriage soon returned to the palace, and the important ministers in the council hall gathered together, in addition to the Taishi Young Master, Bai Gui Ningyue and other close ministers of the royal family, as well as some old aristocratic family owners close to the royal family in Luoyang City, such as Tianyi Zhao Piao. Zhou Bian put together the letter to everyone, and sure enough, they were all indignant.

In the midst of the discussions, some people immediately shouted that they wanted to announce to the world and summon the princes to the king, and some proposed to strengthen the city defense, distribute weapons, and actively organize defenses, and some even said that they would send envoys to accuse Han Hou so that he would not dare to offend.

In fact, Zhou Bian was also a little hesitant, but Zhou Bian hesitated whether to face it alone or ask for help from other countries, especially whether to ask for help from Wei. You must know which country you ask for help, but I am afraid that you will be blackmailed immediately, and there will even be more unreasonable demands. It's not impossible to just seal Fang Bo, the key is how to let the royal family get greater benefits, if it is only 20,000 Korean soldiers, Zhou Bian doesn't want to waste the room for bargaining, or face it himself, see the situation and then decide whether to ask for help.

But Zhou Bian didn't dare to take it lightly, so after thinking about it, he made a decision in his heart, and said loudly, "Ladies and gentlemen, please listen to the king's intentions." ”

The noisy scene slowly quieted down, and Zhou Bian's prestige at this time had obviously reached a considerable height.

I only heard Zhou Bian continue, "The news of this matter is accurate, nearly three days have passed on the road when the messenger came, and the Korean army is only afraid that it is already on the road from Xinzheng to Luoyang at this time, and the so-called urgency is so." After some thought, the king decided as follows. ”

"First, immediately send a large number of scouts to the Korean border, this king must keep abreast of the military situation and dynamics of the Korean army, and this king will specifically instruct Jiang Ping on this matter."

"Second, arrange for the people to immediately move all the grain and grass stored in Gongyi back to Luoyang, and hand over the matter to Pang Xing and the army left behind in Gongyi for implementation, and the young master will arrange it after the meeting."

"Third, the workers who withdrew all the royal property from Chengzhou should move the utensils and other utensils back if they could be brought back, and smash those that could not be moved back, and the matter was handed over to Sima Tu to be responsible."

"Fourth, gather craftsmen from the city, work overtime to strengthen the city defense of Luoyang, the collapse of the first line of the city wall must be filled, and the female wall must also be filled, the king has decided to give up Gongyi and Chengzhou, and stick to Luoyang. When this country is in trouble, the king does not skimp on the wealth of the royal family, but it can be scattered, and it is necessary to ensure the stability of Luoyang. The matter of strengthening the city's defense was entrusted to Bai Gui and Sikong. ”

"Fifth, there are many people in Luoyang Township who are strong and have not joined the army, and they can urgently recruit them to expand the royal division, and when the royal family is in danger, the people of Wangji are responsible. The soldiers recruited again do not need to practice formations, queues, etc., they only need to move stones, can raise spears to stab, and can draw open bows. The matter of recruiting and training troops is the responsibility of the junior master. ”

"Sixth, Luoyang City is mixed with businessmen, all kinds of people, etc., can not expect the whole city to be with the royal family, but also afraid that someone will make trouble in the city, must not be prevented, Ning Yue has a supervision department, and a new hundred Qin people, from today to strengthen the city patrol, in case of suspicious people, etc., you can take it yourself. Ning Yue is responsible for this matter. ”

"In the end, the Taishi is in Luoyang, coordinating the above things, and ensuring that the implementation is in place. Ladies and gentlemen, this matter is urgent, and it is related to the rise and fall of the royal family, if Luoyang really falls into the hands of the Han army, even if my royal family survives, I am afraid that it will no longer be able to revive, you are all my Zhou ministers, the so-called prosperity and prosperity, decline and decline, if the royal family survives under the obscenity of Han Hou, you are only afraid that it will not be good, and I hope you can rise and fall with my royal family. ”

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