My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 320 What Li Ru saw and heard

On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in Yuanxing, the second day after the founding emperor of the Xia Kingdom entered Luyang in the Central Plains, the conquering armies returned triumphantly from all directions, and the Bingzhou Army, Yizhou Army, Xiliang Army, and Tang Army entered the city one after another.

When these expeditionary armies arrived in Luyang, the streets were deserted. Although these armies were originally attacking the Central Plains, they maintained restraint and military discipline and did not carry out massacres. In addition, the Xia king and the new emperor cared for the common people. , after nearly a year, I have gained a lot of favorable impressions of the armies under the new emperor, and many of their relatives are serving as front soldiers in these armies.

I heard that after this martial arts exercise, all of them will be officially incorporated into the army.

At this time, the Xiliang army, which was still able to reach Luyang, had entered the military camp. Dong Zhuo rushed to the Xuanchun Gate to wait for the generals of the other three troops to come. He crossed his bulging waist on the horse and looked at the people ahead. A towering tower with the words "Xuan Chun Gate" engraved on it.

"Wen You, how are you? Do you feel like you are in Luoyang again?"

Luyang...Luoyang...

Li Ru, who was behind him, twirled his half-foot-long beard and muttered softly. Before he could recall it, he was patted on the shoulder by Li Jue from across the horse. The latter smiled heartily on horseback.

"When Guo Aduo comes in the future, he will definitely pee his pants in shock, hahaha!"

"Then... we still control the emperor and fight with the thieves?"

Li Ru looked at the two of them. As soon as he said these words, Dong Zhuo turned around, his eyes instantly condensed with murderous intent, and his face changed from the naive look just now to a ferocious look.

"Wen You, please don't say this again..."

Before he could finish speaking, there was a rough shout from a distance: "Fat Dong!"

Li Ru instinctively pulled out the Han sword from his waist and urged his horse to turn. He saw a big man with a leopard's head and eyes, a black face and a tiger's beard, riding a black horse and holding a crooked spear.

He quickly shouted: "Zhiran, hurry up and protect the grand master!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Dong Zhuo, who had been looking fierce and ferocious for a second, suddenly smiled like an old friend he hadn't seen for many years. Under Li Ru's horrified gaze, he galloped out on his horse, accompanied by others. Li Jue stepped forward to greet the black man who was coming on horseback.

"General Zhang!"

"Hahaha, Grand Master is fat again."

Li Ru was dumbfounded as he watched Dong Zhuo, Li Jue and Zhang Fei hold their hands in greetings and laugh while on horseback. The Han sword in their hands fell off the horse unconsciously.

When he first came here, he heard some things on the way, and he probably felt that Grand Master Dong was hinting to him to find a way to start a new business, or to control the emperor to do what he did back then, and do something big like before.

But now that he saw that Grand Master Dong and his father-in-law in his heart were actually talking and laughing with Dong Lianjun back then, he felt as if he was dreaming and pinched his thigh quietly.

Then... he saw Guan Yu, who was wearing a bright golden armor and a green robe, holding a Qinglong Yanyue Sword, riding a red rabbit horse, and leading several generals over, and he suddenly took a breath of cold air.

Judging from the opponent's appearance and clothing, he knew he was Guan Yunchang, who had fought against Lu Bu.

But soon, he saw a familiar person—Zhang Liao!The other party brought Gao Shun, Niu Gai, and a veteran with a big ax over to gather. He smiled and said to Guan Yu and other generals: "Look who is here!"

Guan Yu turned around, narrowed his phoenix eyes, and quickly handed the Qinglong Sword to Zhou Cang, turned the horse's head towards the past, and raised his hands with a complicated expression on the horse's back.

"Gong Ming, you're okay if you come!"

"Long Yun!"

The veteran general across from him was slightly moved when he saw the red-faced man in front of him. He threw away his axe, turned over and dismounted, and strode over. Guan Yu also dismounted and walked over.

"Yun Chang..." The person who was called Gongming was Xu Huang, one of the two friends Guan Yu made when he was in Cao Ying. He raised his hands heavily, but there were tears in his eyes.

"Yun Chang...can you blame Akira?"

"No blame!" Guan Yu pressed his hands on him, "You are the general of Cao Wei, and Yu is the general of Shu, each has his own master! You attacked me for the sake of the public. Although Yu has resentment, he will not blame you."

"At first, Huang thought he was attacking the general and left, so he stopped fighting. Even if Yun Chang was captured by those rats from Soochow, he was treated as an honored guest and sent back to Shu. Unexpectedly, they..."

Xu Huang's eyes were moist. He was an upright man who cared about public affairs and was private. He was Guan Yu's friend, but they met each other in war. When Guan Yu withdrew his troops, he hoped that he could survive, then leave Jingzhou and return to Shu. He didn't want to return to Shu. When he heard the news, Guan Yu fled Maicheng, was defeated and captured, and was beheaded by Soochow.Naturally, I felt uncomfortable.

The feeling in his heart when he saw his old friend again made him even more uncomfortable.

But here, everyone watched the two people dismounting and talking. Li Jue curled his lips and whispered to Dong Zhuo: "Grand Master, this Xu Gongming used to be a junior general under his command."

Dong Zhuo glanced at him: "You are so complacent in what you say. If you were good at employing people, you wouldn't be in that situation with Guo Aduo!"

Li Ru listened to Dong Zhuo scolding Li Jue, and was even more surprised. You must know that his father-in-law would not scold his own people for outsiders like this.

The generals of the three armies, large and small, have basically gathered. After waiting for a while, the generals of the Tang Army also arrived. These are all generals after the late Han Dynasty. I don’t know them here, but the generals of the Tang Army over there learned from history books. After hearing their names, Li Jing, Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong, Cheng Yaojin, and a veteran came over to greet them.

The generals of the late Han Dynasty were a little at a loss.

"Haha, they are all generals of China. Don't mess with the seniors and juniors. Let's go. It's time to enter the city. Your Majesty is almost impatient!" Dong Zhuo's temperament became open-minded and optimistic. Although his face was fierce, he seemed to be at this moment. Another 'cute' feeling.

"Dingfang, follow the master into the city!"

Li Jing patted his apprentice who was still a little dazed, "You'll be able to see the champion you admire later!"

Su Dingfang nodded, his eyes still glancing back and forth at the group of heroes from the late Han Dynasty in front of him. He followed his master on horseback, and from time to time he looked at Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong, and Yuchi Gong who were laughing loudly, even as they entered the city gate. After seeing the noisy and lively market, even if it was really happening, he felt like he was in a dream.

Also in the dream was Li Ru. Seeing these armored and heroic generals, he knew that it was almost impossible to do what he had done in Luoyang before. There was no one here. It's a good thing.

So what is the emperor who leads these generals like?
He couldn't help but feel a little curious.

More than a dozen generals of the Fourth Army entered the city with their personal guards. They were greeted by the people in the city who came to watch the excitement on the street. Now the northern part of the Central Plains has changed its country name to Xia. There is no difference between the Yan and Wei countries in the past. They People gathered on the street, three floors inside and three outside, to watch. The nearby teahouses and restaurants were also crowded, commenting on the generals entering the city.

"Is this the lieutenant general who took back the three states of Mei, Sui and Qing?"

"Duan is so powerful, no wonder that wherever His Majesty strikes, he always looks down on the wind!"

"...Haven't you heard? There is a book in the North called "My China" and many of His Majesty's remarks are written in it!"

"Oh? What's in the book?"

"If we want to unify the country, all people, high or low, will be the people of Haihuaxia!"

……

All kinds of talk in the market were chattering, and the generals walking through the long street naturally couldn't hear it clearly. They went all the way south and entered the north of the imperial city. The generals' personal guards would rest and wait here, while Li Jing, Guan Yu and other generals walked into the palace.

Li Ru followed Dong Zhuo, looking around the palace from time to time, as if he had the illusion of entering the Luoyang Palace. Soon after, all the generals were summoned, and he also entered the Golden Palace together.

The civil and military officials from the Central Plains are standing at the innermost side, and along the aisle outside are all the civil and military officials from China, Lu Bu, Zhuge Liang, Li Xuanba, Zhao Yun, Zhang Yi, Xia Houyuan, Xiahou Dun, Zhang He, Le Jin, Jia Xu, Wang Lang...

When he saw Lu Bu, Li Ru was in a daze, but as Dong Zhuo, Li Jing and other generals who came to see him shouted in unison: "Greetings to your majesty!"

He just came back to his senses and bowed together. He raised his peripheral vision slightly and saw the figure on the dragon chair on the imperial steps. He was tall and powerful, wearing a military uniform and dark iron armor, with a majestic gaze. Rin made him dare not look at her for a long time.

It was completely incomparable to Liu Bian, Liu Xie, or even Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong. He had an indescribable aura of conquest in him, rather than the kind of pampering and nobility.

This is the emperor who holds thousands of lives and deaths in his hands.

Amidst the hum of the emperor's voice and the lively chatter and laughter of the generals, Li Ru lowered his head and said nothing, probably guessing in his mind: The reason why the grand master is so changeable and cautious is probably here...

However, soon, another news shocked him. Xirong's [-] grassland cavalry, under the command of Gu Duohun and Tie Ya, also headed south to the Central Plains. They behaved well along the way and Qiu stopped outside Luyang City without any offense, waiting for the emperor's review.

On the sixth day of May, the envoys from the four countries also arrived in Luyang, and the military exercise of the three armies was about to begin.

(End of this chapter)