Datang New Order

Youzhou is the Lulong Jiedu government, and it has been an important military town in the north since ancient times.As early as the Warring States Period, this place was the capital of Yan State, one of the Seven Heroes, and was known as Yanjing in history.After Qin unified the six kingdoms, Ji County was established as the seat of Guangyang County.It was changed to Zhuojun in the Sui Dynasty, and it was restored to Youzhou in the reign of Tang Wude. It was the rear base of the northern expedition to Goguryeo.During the Tianbao period, An Lushan proclaimed himself emperor here, and after the Anshi Rebellion subsided, it was restored to Youzhou, under the control of Lulong Jiedu envoy.For more than a hundred years since then, this place has been firmly controlling the land of more than ten states under its jurisdiction, and has always been one of the top three vassals in the north.

Compared with the Central Plains and southern Hebei where there are perennial melees, Youzhou can be regarded as a stable place. The expressions of the business travelers and passers-by that Li Chengzhong saw along the way were very peaceful, and the lives of the common people were relatively stable.The closer it is to Youzhou, the more farmland will be reclaimed, gradually forming large stretches of ridges.Seeing that the harvest season is coming, looking around, the half-green and half-yellow wheat seedlings are rolling with the wind and forming waves.

Away from the battlefield and danger, Li Chengzhong greedily looked at the harmony and tranquility in front of him, with a happy heart.There are no telephone poles like forests, no highways passing through fields, no mountains of plastic waste, no filthy ditches, and no ubiquitous car exhaust.He took a deep breath of the fresh air, and praised all the way with a heartfelt admiration.

In the distance, the tall city walls of Youzhou City gradually appeared, and the range was much larger than that of Beizhou and Weizhou.When he got closer, he found that the city wall was actually made of huge stones. Compared with the city walls made of hard soil like Beizhou and Weizhou, it was many times stronger.Yanshan Mountain in the distance outlines blue threads in the sky on the horizon, and the sun shines on the tall city wall of Youzhou, making this big city shine brightly.

This is Youzhou, the political, economic and military center in the north, and the center of the entire land of Yanzhao.In the near few decades, this place will become Nanjing of the Liao Kingdom and the central capital of the Jin Kingdom.In more than 300 years, this place will become the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, the world's hegemon, and become the center of the world in the true sense.Then, here will serve as the capital of the Ming and Qing dynasties, ruling East Asia for 500 years!In the end, this place will become the capital of the era when Li Chengzhong came, and a sacred place in the hearts of more than one billion Chinese.

"It's really spectacular!" Looking at the big city in front of him, Li Chengzhong murmured.The ancient city with city walls has a huge impact on people's hearts. The beauty displayed by this huge architectural complex will make people intoxicated unconsciously.No matter how large the urban agglomeration of the later generations that Li Chengzhong has seen, no matter how tall the buildings are, it is far less magnificent than the city surrounded by such a tall city wall.

Why does Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty make visitors of different colors and cultures from all over the world indulge in admiration? Important factor.The long city wall is one of the most charming and magnificent cultural heritages of Chinese civilization. Li Chengzhong couldn't help but be overwhelmed by the unique charm he exudes.

Most of the brothers in Youdu were temporarily recruited from the states under the jurisdiction of Lulong Jiedu before the war. Except for a few people such as Zhang Xingzhong, none of them had ever seen such a big city. Everyone had the same look on their faces as Li Chengzhong. se.This kind of expression was immediately despised by Zhang Xingzhong, a son of a family of generals who lived here for generations. He really couldn't stand the bumpkin appearance of everyone, so he took the initiative to act as a guide and planned to guide Youdu into the city, and at the same time he pretended to be a "landlord" Identity invited Brother Youdu to visit his home.

Zhang Xingzhong's active guidance ended in failure, which embarrassed him as a "landlord".Despite repeatedly emphasizing and explaining his origin and reporting his family's surname, and at the same time giving a detailed account of his address at the alley, Zhang Xingzhong was never released by the city gate guards.The other party politely but very seriously informed Zhang Xingzhong and Brother Youdu that in view of the current special situation, all soldiers entering the city must present the customs clearance certificate issued by the battalion chief.The helpless Youdu had no choice but to give up his plan to visit Youzhou City and go to Zhang Xingzhong's home to drink and celebrate. According to the instructions of the guards at the city gate, he detoured to the west of the city and returned to the Jianzu camp to report first.

The camp of healthy soldiers is located five miles west of the city. It has long lost the appearance of the camps lined with tents by the Juma River and the soldiers at their peak. It is just dozens of tents erected in the camp built with simple wooden fences, and the whole picture can be seen at a glance.Youdu drove the ox cart to the gate of the camp, and saw two soldiers standing lazily at the gate, watching.These two sentinels were acquaintances, and they knew several brothers in Youduzhong, and Li Chengzhong looked at them both familiarly.When the two sides met, Wang Dalang was the first to run over, chatted with the two of them acquaintedly, and one of them immediately rushed into the camp to report the news.

Not long after, several officers in the camp hurried out, and the first one was the commander Zhou Zhiyu.Zhou Zhiyu's eyes were red, and he pulled Brother Youdu to ask one by one, but repeatedly choked up and said a word: "It's good to be back! It's good to be back!"

Li Chengzhong was the gang leader promoted by Zhou Zhiyu himself after the First World War in Beizhou, so Zhou Zhiyu was familiar with him. After greeting everyone, he asked Li Chengzhong what happened.Hearing Li Chengzhong's story about the fight in the forest and the encounter with the cavalry of the Bian army, Zhou Zhiyu couldn't stop praising Youdu for being astute. When he heard about the young commander's robbing the military merits, he was silent for a moment and said: "Zhou is ashamed to treat you brothers. gone."

Li Chengzhong said that he didn't have much hope for this incident, but instead comforted Zhou Zhiyu with a few words: "Brothers are just a little angry, and they have long since faded away from this matter. Besides, the German army was defeated by the young commander, and the prisoners were handed over. It's nothing to him, the commander just relaxes, and the brothers don't mind." Zhou Zhiyu nodded and said: "Brothers know the general situation, and I know it well."

After finishing his speech, Zhou Zhiyu remembered that everyone was still outside the camp at the moment, so he quickly ordered the officers behind him to arrange a rest in Youdu.The officer was one of Zhou Zhiyu's personal guards, called Zhao Zaili, and his rank was the Captain of the Army, a rank higher than Li Chengzhong, but he didn't lead soldiers and had no real job.

Zhao Zaili led Li Chengzhong and others to find several empty camps, and referred to this place as the residence of Youdu.Hearing Li Chengzhong's inquiry, Zhao Zaili was more forthright, and immediately informed the current situation of the Jianju Camp without any concealment.After the army was defeated, Zhou Zhiyu rushed out of the chaos, followed by only seven or eight people, and Zhao Zaili was one of them.Everyone followed Zhou Zhiyu all the way to pursue the commander Liu Rengong, and finally caught up with the Chinese army at the foot of Hejian City, and then returned to Youzhou immediately.Afterwards, Zhou Zhiyu set up a camp in the west of the city to collect the defeated soldiers. During the past ten or so days, some brothers came back one after another. Counting the Youdu who arrived today, there were only 370 or eight people in total.There were tens of thousands of soldiers in the Jianbing camp, but now there are only so few left. It can be said that more than ten pavilions have gone to nine pavilions.

As for the other army horses, Zhao Zaili was not very clear about them, but he heard that Ba Duqi's entire army was wiped out, all the towns and towns in the states were destroyed, most of the Shanhou Army and Silver Gourd were lost, and they are still gathering.On the contrary, because of the rigorous training and the loyalty of the soldiers, the elite of the Yanei army who suffered heavy casualties returned to Youzhou with the general. It is said that there should be two thousand after the reorganization.

All in all, Lu Long's army does not have a few troops that can go into battle now. If the Hedong army hadn't come to disrupt the situation, the Bian army might have attacked the city of Youzhou in one go.Even Cheng De's army, which had been looked down upon before, could be stopped only by the newly formed righteous army of young marshal Liu Shouguang.

This was the biggest defeat Lu Longjun suffered in a century, and almost wiped out his family fortune.After the commander Liu Rengong came back, he couldn't get sick, and all the troops were also depressed. They had nothing to do except gather the defeated soldiers.After the Youdu brothers learned about this situation, they all sighed.Since they were defeated, there was naturally no reward. The [-] yuan that Li Chengzhong and Jiang Miao got in the Beizhou battle had nowhere to go, and they both felt embarrassed to ask Zhou Zhiyu who was in a bad mood for it.

Youdu had nothing to do in the camp, so Li Chengzhong made another plan to go shopping in Youzhou.Because there is no captain or team officer in Youdu at present, he is one of the highest-ranking military officers. Relying on his acquaintance with Zhou Zhiyu, he simply came outside the tent of the Chinese army and wanted to ask Zhou Zhiyu for the pass to enter the city.

Li Chengzhong was blocked by Zhao Zaili outside the tent of the Chinese army, and he couldn't see Zhou Zhiyu, because the commander had not been in the camp for the past few days, and it was said that he had been rushing to the Jiedu government office.After hearing Li Chengzhong's intention, Zhao Zaili told him with a smile, "it's easy", and he lifted the curtain and went into the tent. After a while, he took out a stack of guards and asked, "how many people?"

Li Chengzhong hurriedly said: "24!"

Zhao Zaili readily picked up the seal and stamped it on the Guanfang. After a while, 24 copies were stamped and handed over to Li Chengzhong.Seeing that Li Chengzhong looked at the seal with some doubts, he explained: "As the commander ordered, everyone has worked very hard. Anyone who wants to enter the city can go. I can take care of this matter. There is nothing to do in the past few days. If you have a place to live, you can just stay in the city and let everyone come back every three days to order a meal. The commander also said that the army lost a lot of money and food, and there is no money left for everyone to spend. I hope everyone understands."

With the defense in place, the Youdu brothers happily cleaned up, but there was nothing to do, they just washed it in the camp, and they all followed Zhang Xingzhong to Youzhou.

It was the first time for Li Chengzhong to really enter a densely populated ancient city, and his interest was very high.Because of the city massacre in Beizhou that time, all the people were killed, and the city was full of mess, so there were no customs or customs to be seen.This time it was different, I saw row upon row of shops and shops, and the streets and alleys were very lively, but there were more people begging in the streets, it was really unbearable to watch.The whole Youdu is poor and has no money, otherwise he really wants to taste the snacks peddled by vendors on the street.

Everyone looked east and west, followed Zhang Xingzhong across the street and came to an alley.Arriving here, Zhang Xingzhong's breathing was a little short, and he came to a door in three steps at a time. came back!"