Luoyang, the eastern capital, originally had twelve city gates, the same as Chang'an, Xijing. After Dong Zhuo caused chaos in the country, when he left Luoyang, a fire burned the city of Luoyang beyond recognition, and even destroyed the twelve city gates.

Later, the eldest prince disregarded his own safety, insisted on repeating the Chinese weather in Luoyang, Luoyang City was repaired and rebuilt, the twelve city gates were temporarily demolished eight of them, and only in the middle of the city wall in four directions built an extraordinarily wide city gate, so that the people of thousands of merchants could go together.

At that time, Liu He made it clear that Luoyang was the place of four wars, and the more the city gate was repaired, the more unfavorable it was to hold the city, and before he did not re-clean up the magnificent rivers and mountains of the Han Dynasty, the eastern capital Luoyang could only retain four city gates, which was not only from the perspective of military defense, but also to remind the people in Luoyang City at all times not to forget the sinister environment they were in.

It's night, the four gates of Luoyang City have fallen, the Dragon and Tiger Guard soldiers in charge of guarding go up to the city wall to observe and inspect according to the patrol shift set by Taifu Mansion, Luoyang City in the night is very quiet, no longer seven or eight years ago that kind of brightly lit, tourists are weaving the scene.

The Yongmen Gate facing due west is the only city gate left on the west wall of Luoyang City, at this time on the watchtower at the top of the city gate, several people in official uniforms are whispering, and there are soldiers with knives and guns silently guarding not far from their sides.

I only heard someone say: "After the Luoyang city wall is rebuilt, it is now a regular rectangular shape, about 12 miles from north to south, about 8 miles from east to west, and the city wall is mainly built with loess ramming, with a thickness of about five to eight zhang." Originally, there were 12 city gates around Luoyang. The three roads on the east side are the upper east gate, the middle gate and the middle gate, and now only the middle gate remains; The three roads in the west are the upper west gate, Yongmen, Guangyang gate from north to south, and now only Yongmen remains; The four roads in the south are Kaiyang Gate, Ping City Gate, Xiaoyuan Gate, Jin Gate from east to west, now only Ping City Gate remains, renamed Suzaku Gate; The two roads in the north from east to west are the valley gate and the summer gate, which have now been blocked. A new gate was built and named Xuanwu Gate. ”

Another rich man's voice said: "At the beginning, Zhao was stationed in Luoyang with his son for more than a year, and at that time he still defended with the help of the original old city wall of Luoyang City, and he didn't want to leave Luoyang for only three years, but Brother Zhengfang has completed the transformation of the old city wall of Luoyang, this skill is really admirable!" ”

"General Zilong praised falsely, and he didn't dare to take it. Compared with Zilong's exploits in the north, these people who stayed in Luoyang really don't dare to make any contributions! ”

The two people who spoke on the Yongmen were Li Yan and Zhao Yun, who were the first to follow Liu He!

Zhao Yun was secretly appointed by Liu He. Pretending to be a caravan escort selling livestock, under the cover of this caravan, they passed through Jizhou and Yanzhou, and finally went up the Yellow River, landed near Pingxian, and then quietly arrived in Luoyang. Chang'an is about to undergo great changes, the situation around Luoyang is complex and severe, Liu He appointed Zhao Yun to come to Luoyang, and he is personally responsible for the defense of the Luoyang area.

Because for the time being, I don't want people with a heart to know that I have come to Luoyang. Therefore, Zhao Yun picked the night time to climb the Luoyang city wall to inspect the field, and Li Yan, as the long history of the Luoyang Taifu Mansion, personally accompanied Zhao Yun and patiently explained.

Asked Liu He to appoint Zhao Yun to preside over the Luoyang military affairs. It was Li Yan and Qu Meng and other generals who stayed in Luoyang shared the same opinion, so after Zhao Yun came to Luoyang, Li Yan did not feel that his power was divided, but felt that the pressure on his shoulders had been reduced a lot.

The forces available in the Luoyang area today are mainly divided into three groups. The first was the Dragon and Tiger Guard, which guarded the inner city of Luoyang, and although there were only 5,000 people, they were the most well-equipped. The soldiers were all children of the Youzhou Han family who were loyal to Liu He; The second is the Shenxi Army that Tian Chou used to pull and grow in the area of Sanhuting, and now the strength has expanded to 20,000 people, this unit from a peasant family is good at mountain and jungle warfare, but because it did not accept the strict and formal training of the Youzhou Training Regiment, it is still lacking in organizational discipline and battlefield response compared with the Youzhou Fifth Army and the Jizhou Two Battalions; The third is the army subordinate to the Wei general Zhu Jun, the number of about 15,000 people, the soldiers in this army are all the children of broken families near Luoyang, and they have always been quite loyal to Zhu Jun, and Liu He has never moved the intention of annexing this army.

After Zhao Yun came to Luoyang, he first secretly inspected Luoyang's military preparation and training, and did not make any moves in the various armies.

Accompanied by Li Yan, Zhao Yun walked carefully around the Luoyang city wall, and then went straight to the warehouse in the city where armor and equipment and grain and forage were stored. Jia Kui, who was in charge of military logistics, personally accompanied Zhao Yun, and could answer all of Zhao Yun's questions, and the number was refreshing.

"What is the total number of arrows in the city?" Zhao Yun asked Jia Kui.

"The total number of bows and arrows of all types is two million, and the total number of crossbow arrows is three million." Jia Kui replied immediately.

"How many crossbows are there and how many catapults are there?" Zhao Yun asked again.

"There were two hundred and forty crossbows in bed, and one hundred and eighty catapults." Jia Kui did not hesitate.

"Do you have enough bullets for catapults?"

"In the past few years, we have been employing people to quarry and polish stones from the northern mountains, and we have accumulated 200,000 stone bullets of four weights, which are stored in various parts of the city, and can be transported to the city wall at any time as long as the war needs."

Zhao Yun inspected the warehouses one by one, and asked Jia Kui, and Jia Kui could accurately report the number, which made Zhao Yun feel very satisfied. Zhao Yun is no longer the white-robed young general in the army when Bai Mayi joined the army, he has experienced dozens of battles over the years, and he has a deep understanding of the importance of logistics and military supplies far beyond other generals. Others like to call him "Zhao Zilong, the victorious general", but Zhao Yun knows better than anyone else that if it weren't for the strong support of Gongzi and his responsiveness in terms of military supplies and materials, many battles might not be able to be won.

After inspecting the military logistics reserves in the city, it was late at night, and Jia Kui accompanied Zhao Yun back to Taifu's mansion. In order to hide people's eyes, Zhao Yun only wore ordinary soldiers' clothes, so it seemed that he was escorting Jia Kui back to Taifu's mansion.

After entering the mansion, Li Yan, Qu Meng, Zhang Yi, Deng Hai and others were all in place, waiting for Zhao Yun's arrangement. Civilian officials who are not involved in military affairs, such as Judge Pei, Zheng Tai, Wei Qi, and Chen Qun, were not among those who attended the meeting tonight. Chen Gui couldn't come because he had to stay at Hangu Pass.

As civil officials in Luoyang, although they belong to Liu He's powerful forces, they do not need them to intervene in matters involving major military deployments. Chen Gui and Deng Hai were the leaders of the Shenxi Army, and only one of them could come to Luoyang, and the other had to stay at Hangu Pass.

Zhao Yun looked carefully at the five people present in the chamber, and felt some emotion in his heart.

"Even if I am counted in this hall, there are only six subordinates who are really loyal to the son, but they have to live the big chess game of the entire Sili region, and the difficulty is really not ordinary!"

Qu Meng got up and asked Zhao Yun for instructions and said, "General, everyone is here, is the military intelligence meeting starting?" ”

"Let's get started!" Zhao Yun bowed slightly.

"In the past few days, the Luoyang Branch of the Military Intelligence Department has received news from Chang'an, Hedong, Hanoi, Yecheng, Wancheng, Changyi, Xuzhou and other places, although each news is not directly related to Luoyang, but it is vaguely related to Luoyang!" Qu Meng held a file folder and stood in front of everyone to report very professionally.

"In the direction of Chang'an, Situ Wangyun's condition continues to worsen, and it is estimated that he will die within a month. The information received earlier can confirm that the relationship between Wang Yun and Lü Bu was not harmonious, and Wang Yun was likely to entrust the aftermath to the son of Huangfu Song and Yin Sima Fang of Chang'an Mansion after his death. In the east direction of the river, Duan Xuan is now facing a three-way siege by Yuan's army, and with Duan Xuan's troops, he can hold out for three months at most. In the direction of Hanoi, Zhang Yang was a little frightened by Yuan Shao's big move, and now a letter for help is sent to Luoyang every day, once Yuan's army set foot in Hanoi, the resistance determination of the soldiers under Zhang Yang is not resolute, and the situation is even worse than Hedong. ”

"In the direction of Yecheng, there are signs that Chun Yuqiong and Gao Lan, who stayed in Jizhou, are quietly gathering troops, and it is preliminarily judged that the target of Yuan's army in Jizhou is Zhang Yang in Hanoi. In the direction of Wancheng, Liu Biao is collecting and mobilizing troops from all over the country, and 50,000 soldiers and horses have been gathered near Nanyang. In the direction of Changyi, Cao Cao seems to be busy with internal governance and has not made any moves. In the direction of Xuzhou, Yuan Shu sent an army of 100,000, led by Ji Ling and Zhang Xun respectively, and had entered Xiapi, Pengcheng and Guangling in Xuzhou. ”

After Qu Meng finished his report, he closed the file folder and stood in place, silent. As the person in charge of the Jicheng Military Intelligence Department in the Luoyang area, although Qu Meng is young, he is the first person to contact Liu He, and he is also the first confidant to receive Liu He's training.

Zhao Yun carefully looked at the topographic map of Luoyang's surroundings hanging on the north wall of the council hall, and after a long time, he turned back to everyone and said: "The situation around Luoyang seems to be complicated, but there is actually only one key!" After saying this, Zhao Yun took out the long sword at his waist and lightly touched Chang'an City on the map with the tip of the sword.

"Chang'an City, Emperor!" Zhao Yun didn't seem to feel that there was anything wrong with pointing his long sword at Chang'an City, where the Han Emperor was located on the map, and said with a serious face: "Hedong County can be lost, and Hanoi County can also be lost, but the emperor must not come to Luoyang!" ”

When everyone heard Zhao Yun's words, their hearts were shocked. The palace in Luoyang has long been repaired, and I don't know how many ministers in Luoyang City call for the emperor to welcome the emperor and return to Luoyang every day, but Zhao Yun just came to Luoyang, but he told everyone that the emperor can't enter Luoyang.

Could this be the meaning of the eldest prince in the north?

Is this the rhythm of the eldest prince to force the emperor to death?

Just when a few people in the hall were puzzled, Li Yan understood what Zhao Yun meant, and echoed and said: "If the emperor comes to Luoyang now, we will not be able to resist the siege of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Biao and various warlords in Guanzhong, and then our years of hard work in Luoyang will be ruined!" As long as the emperor does not come to Luoyang, no matter which party finally controls the emperor, we can all concentrate on dealing with this group of people under the banner of King Qin's escort! (To be continued......)

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