The majestic but decadent and dilapidated city gate in front of you is the upper east gate of one of the twelve gates of Luoyang. Due to the baptism of war and rain, the walls have collapsed in many places, and from the appearance alone, it is no longer possible for people to connect with the former prosperous ancient capital, Luoyang.

From Pingxian to here, Chen Nuo and his entourage arrived safely all the way, quite smoothly.

When he was in Pingyin County, he took away the county commander Zou Liang, and asked Zou Liang to recommend the fat man Chen Daofei to temporarily take over the post of county commander. After the arrangements were made here, they also immediately waved their troops eastward and arrived in Pingxian. It is precisely because the first battle of the first war easily solved the Pingxian garrison that there was no obstacle along the way. To put it mildly, the first battle of Pingyin not only shot and killed the commander of Pingxian County, but also bluffed the county commander of Pingxian County into not knowing where to go, and lost an empty city and Chen Nuo, but Chen Nuo saved a lot of effort to deal with other things.

In the Battle of Pingyin, he captured no less than 1,000 thieves, weapons and grass, and 50 horses. Of course, this batch of war horses was directly confiscated and added to the three hundred horses, as for the thousands of prisoners, they really couldn't afford to raise so many people, and these people were uneven, Chen Nuo Nai streamlined the number of capable fighters of two or three hundred, and incorporated them into the department, which was regarded as making up for the previous losses and keeping the number of troops at about three thousand. As for the remaining people, Chen Nuo directly handed them over to the new county commander Chen Daofei and let him deal with them on his own.

After a night of delay in Pingxian, he led his department to go southwest from Pingxian all the way to the southwest of Pingxian County the next morning, crossed the mountain, waded through the Yang canal, and entered the city from the upper east gate of the east of Luoyang.

Luoyang is already in ruins, Chen Nuo has not been here before, but just from those ruins, it is not difficult to see the previous glory of this ancient city.

It is said that when Luoyang was not destroyed, there were 12 city gates in the outer city, and there were 24 main streets in the city, crisscrossing and extending in all directions. Four kinds of street trees were planted on both sides of the street, including millet, lacquer, catalpa, and tung, and drainage channels were built. There are two palaces in the north and south of the inner city, the south palace is the place of court discussion, and the north palace is the place of sleeping.

There are four city gates outside the South Palace, namely the South Vermilion Bird Gate, the North Xuanwu Gate, the East Canglong Gate, and the West White Tiger Gate. There are five rows of temples, for the non-beneficial, for Chongde, for Zhongde, for the thousand years of life, for Pingshuo. The north palace has Wenji Palace, Anfu Palace, Hehuan Palace, Deyang Palace, Xuanming Palace, Pinghong Palace...... Next to it there are Taicang, Arsenal, Maolong Garden, etc., the Beijing view is majestic, it can be said to be very prosperous. The prosperity of Luoyang began in Guangwu, and the defeat of Luoyang was defeated by Dong Zhuo.

There is a saying in the history books that in the spring and February of the first year of Chuping, Dong Zhuo was the capital of Chang'an. Before leaving, he was even more frenzied, burning down the Luoyang palace house, excavating the mausoleum, and stealing property to be self-sufficient. After that, when Sun Jian was the first to enter Luoyang, 'the old capital was empty, and there was no one for hundreds of miles', which showed how tragic it was!

To be counted, it has been two years since Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang, but here, the wounds have still not healed. The fire-shattered gates, the blackened walls, the crumbling roofs, the fragmented roof tiles, and the mottled bluestone slabs have added new green this year, all telling everyone who stops there about its vicissitudes of life.

Chen Nuo had never seen Luoyang in his heyday, so he naturally didn't have that kind of contrasting feeling for Luoyang after the ruin, but in the face of the devastation in front of him, his heart could no longer calm down. This is Luoyang, the ancient capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but because of a fire, it disappeared invisibly, how many people are buried here, and how many lonely souls are not at peace?

Others found that there were more dry bones, thorns and obstacles, and miles of uninhabited Shura fields, and no one was interested. Many people began to complain that this old capital was not as clean as the wilderness, and it was really a sin to camp here.

Chen Nuo came with people all the way, and finally understood why Dong Zhuo abandoned Luoyang. It turned out that there was nowhere to use it anymore. Although the appearance of the city gate looks majestic and magnificent, it is flashy and unrealistic, and most of them are burned by war, and they cannot play the role of separating the inside and outside. Even the city wall was washed away by the original war and the accumulated rain, and it was not repaired in time, and collapsed in many places, and you can even climb into the city by riding through the cracks in the wall. There is no gate in the city gate, and there is no wall in the city wall, so how can it play a protective role? Not to mention, at the very least, a city must have people, there are people and fireworks, there are fireworks to have vitality, there is vitality to do their own thing, and there are farmers and businessmen, and only with farmers and industry can there be people who pay taxes, and only with taxes can we maintain the operation of an army and a set of administrative organs. And if there is no one, nothing to talk about!

"Hey......"

Chen Nuo sighed lightly, for the situation in front of him, he could only describe it as helpless. He thought that if he could achieve the situation of fighting and solidarity in his lifetime, he should rebuild Luoyang and restore Luoyang's former prosperity.

The sunset in the distance is like smoke, slowly falling, coming to the head of the towering city wall, it seems so full of vicissitudes. Chen Nuo sighed from the bottom of his heart, but he didn't know what words to use to describe the pathos in his heart at this moment, he could only stay away from the crowd and go away. Dian Wei, who caught up from behind, walked behind Chen Nuo after being instructed by Zhu Ling, Pan Zhang and others, and asked Chen Nuo: "Lord, it's not early, should I camp outside the city or inside the city?" Please announce it! ”

Chen Nuo came back to his senses and asked him rhetorically: "Is there any difference between inside and outside the city?" ”

Yes, it really doesn't make a difference. Outside the city is the water of the yang canal, camped in the open air, although the city is protected by a city wall, but it is equal to nothing, so to speak, it is true that whether it is camped in the city or outside the city, there is not much difference. However, seeing Dian Wei's scratching of his ears and cheeks, he knew that he couldn't understand, so he pointed out that he just let the army go directly out of the East Gate and camp outside the city.

"Then the lord you ......"

"I still want to go around Nangong......"

Dian Wei understood. He has the responsibility to protect Chen Nuo, so things like camping can only be handed over to Zhu Ling, Pan Zhang and others, and let them be responsible. He selected another hundred personal soldiers to bring with him and accompanied him to protect Chen Nuo.

Wilderness monuments, even if Chen Nuo has the intention to set foot one by one, time cannot allow. Seeing Dian Wei leading the horse, Chen Nuo also stepped on a single stirrup, turned over, shouted, and galloped out. Dian Wei, who is behind him, usually has horses and does not ride, and likes to exercise his foot strength, and this time is no exception. Seeing Chen Nuo riding out, he immediately greeted him and chased after hundreds of children behind him. Not to mention, Dian Wei's feet are powerful, and these guards who came with him are also very durable, and they are thrown away by Chen Nuo's horse, and they will be able to catch up after a while.

Of course, although it is in the city here and now, it is not so smooth because it has been uninhabited for a long time, the road is full of weeds and thorns, and there are even many mud puddles. Besides, Chen Nuo didn't want to look at the flowers, and he was still willing to come down from time to time to hang on some of the old ruins. Along the way, I didn't realize that I had reached the south gate, and the top of the city wall had not been set at sunset, and it was not early. Under Dian Wei's reminder, Chen Nuo knew that it was time to rush back.

However, Luoyang City, which was completely populated all the way, was about to set in the west, and there was actually a curling smoke rising in the south of the city.

Chen Nuo thought he had seen it wrong, and rubbed it, yes, that's right! Indeed, there is smoke rising from the cooking, and there is more than one household!

Chen Nuo called Dian Wei and asked him to take a closer look. Dian Wei also immediately became alert, looked at it twice, and said in a low voice: "This is also strange, there is no one in the city, but there are people here at the south gate." General, I don't think it's appropriate to stay here for a long time, maybe this group of people is a thief, maybe it's not necessarily, I'd better go back quickly! ”

Seeing Dian Wei's cautious look, Chen Nuo also knew that what he said made sense. Although there is no tent over there, the city is so barren that there are still people here who dare to settle here! If it is an ordinary household, then this group of people is also a little bolder, aren't they afraid of the attack of the Xiliang cavalry?

Chen Nuo nodded, and was about to turn around, not wanting to suddenly hear the sound of gold and iron striking in the village behind him, and then someone cried wolf, the sound was terrible, and it was terrifying. Ming Jin is an order to retreat in the army, and this golden voice reaches everyone's ears, and everyone looks at each other, I don't know what it means? But suddenly alarmed by this golden sound, everyone couldn't help but feel uneasy in their hearts. You know, the place where they stood was almost ruined and thatched, not much different from the wilderness. In addition, this place was burned by a fire in front of Dong Zhuo, I don't know the geometry of the houses burned down, the number of households, and under this twilight and sunset, can people not be afraid because of it?

Others can be afraid, but Dian Wei definitely can't and definitely won't. He has always been raised by a leopard, where does he know a word of fear? Seeing that everyone was changing color, he immediately shouted at them, turned around, bowed his hand to Chen Nuo, and asked Chen Nuo to return to the camp.

Chen Nuo originally wanted to go back, but when he heard this voice, it was not far or close, and there was no sign of coming this way, so he felt at ease. At this time and now, it stands to reason that it is appropriate to follow Dian Wei's advice and go back to the camp, but Chen Nuo suddenly became curious, and if he couldn't understand it clearly, he didn't seem to be able to persuade himself.

"Drive!"

Chen Nuo pulled the reins of his horse and galloped forward.

"Hmm! Lord, lord! Where are you going? ”

The thatch was overgrown, Dian Wei lifted his robe with one hand, afraid that there would be an accident ahead, so he hurriedly caught up from behind. The guards behind him naturally couldn't be left behind at this time, and they rushed over for a while. Chen Nuoma glanced back at Dian Wei on his back, and said with a smile: "Maybe these are ordinary people, and it doesn't matter if I go to them to ask for a drink." ”

“……”

Dian Wei didn't say a word, since Chen Nuo insisted on going, he could only follow, "Lord, you slow down!" ”

In the distance, the smoke curled up, the sound of gold and iron struck and fell, and the mournful shouts came and went after a while.

As the sun sets, the sky gradually darkens.