Chapter 21 When the cold weather comes, attack with fire

Liu Yizhen, who had been gone for less than half an hour, came back with full health and resurrected to kill Wang Xiu and Mao Dezu with envy on his face.

It’s good to be young!

Liu Yizhen didn't talk nonsense and directly told the two of them that someone was planning to open the city gate.

"This should be the opportunity He Lian has been waiting for!"

When Wang Xiu and Mao Dezu learned about this, their hearts dropped.

As long as the other party can come in, it's fine. Otherwise, hanging around outside all the time will make people fearful.

"Can"

Mao Dezu frowned at this time.

"If the opponent really attacks the city from two sides, even if it is an ambush, our army will not be able to kill two waves of the opponent's troops at the same time."

"Since then, we have not been able to achieve the goal of severely damaging the enemy."

Liu Yizhen was actually thinking about this on the road.

After a long while, Liu Yizhen expressed what he was thinking.

"How about setting fire to it?"

Um?

Wang Xiu and Mao Dezu were dumbfounded.

"set fire!"

Liu Yizhen gritted his teeth: "It's cold this year and the weather is dry, so we should attack with fire!"

"What Duke Guiyang means...burning Chang'an?"

As a military general, Mao Dezu also felt that this move was inappropriate.

Not to mention the political significance of Chang'an, just say that there are hundreds of thousands of people in the city, so we can't just burn it down!

"Not completely burned."

Liu Yizhen is also very courageous.

"Bringing He Lianhuang in from Zhangcheng Gate is the Weiyang Palace. We directly blocked the Weiyang Palace. Because there are palace walls, the fire cannot spread to other houses!"

"In short, it's burning Weiyang Palace!"

In Liu Yizhen's view, Han Chang'an will be eliminated sooner or later, and the Weiyang Palace cannot withstand the baptism of time if it is kept. It is better to burn it with fire. In this way, it can make some contribution, so why not?

Mao Dezu was a military general and a southerner. He only felt a little regretful about burning Weiyang Palace and agreed to Liu Yizhen's plan.

But Wang Xiu can't.

He is from Jingzhao.

Chang'an has special meaning in his heart.

As the landmark of Chang'an, Weiyang Palace is synonymous with destiny in Wang Xiu's heart.

If a fire burns down Chang'an without the Weiyang Palace, is it still Chang'an?

"Mr. Guiyang, General Mao, is there any other way?"

Wang Xiu was unwilling to burn down Weiyang Palace from the bottom of his heart.

But if they don't burn it, can the Jin army really be able to eat the Hu Xia army coming in from Zhangcheng Gate?

For a moment, Wang Xiu's figure seemed a little desolate.

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter."

"That's all."

"Just burn it."

Then, Wang Xiu stood up and walked out of the hall.

Upon seeing this, Liu Yizhen said to Mao Dezu: "Without further delay, the task of arranging the two places will be left to General Mao."

Mao Dezu cupped his hands and strode towards the military camp in the city.

Liu Yizhen, on the other hand, quickly caught up with Wang Xiu in front and followed Wang Xiu all the way.

Wang Xiu walked on the street, his eyebrows drooping, while Liu Yizhen didn't say a word.

The two of them walked like this until their bodies felt hot and steam came out of their heads. Only then did Liu Yizhen carefully come to Wang Xiu's side and stand side by side with Wang Xiu.

"Wang Changshi..."

Wang Xiu waved his hand.

"Mr. Guiyang, I am not an ignorant person. I know it."

Wang Xiu looked up and saw the tall and majestic Weiyang Palace in the distance at a glance.

"only……"

"I am originally from Jingzhao. I grew up near Chang'an when I was young."

"At that time, Chang'an was not in the hands of Master Wang, but in the hands of Later Qin."

"At that time, Weiyang was not as empty as it is now. Instead, it was inhabited by the royal family of the Later Qin Dynasty."

"But at that time, I preferred to run north."

"The Changling Mausoleum of Emperor Gaozu, the Anling Mausoleum of Emperor Hui, the Baling Mausoleum of Emperor Wen, the Yangling Mausoleum of Emperor Jing, the Maoling Mausoleum of Emperor Wu, the Pingling Mausoleum of Emperor Zhao, the Du Tomb of Emperor Xuan, the Weiling Mausoleum of Emperor Yuan, the Yanling Mausoleum of Emperor Cheng, the Yiling Mausoleum of Ai Emperor, and the Kangling Mausoleum of Emperor Ping are all there."

"The eleven emperors of the Han family were all buried in the north of Chang'an, but Chang'an and Weiyang in the south became the property of the Hu people."

"At that time, I was thinking, when will another Han emperor be able to move into the Weiyang Palace where I grew up?"

"Later on, great changes occurred in Guanzhong, and Xiu had no choice but to seek refuge in the south, thinking that he would never see Chang'an or Weiyang Palace again in his life."

Speaking of this, Wang Xiu laughed.

"But Xiu never thought that there would actually be someone in the world who could conquer the Central Plains and recover Chang'an."

"The Taiwei is a great hero. He is so heroic that even if he takes over Weiyang, the people of Chang'an will not be dissatisfied at all."

"If possible, Xiu hopes that the Taiwei can always stay in Weiyang Palace."

"Even if the Taiwei leaves temporarily, Xiu also hopes that the Taiwei can come back to see Weiyang Palace and Chang'an City."

"But if it just burns like this, then there really will be nothing left."

Wang Xiu seemed to be crying and laughing at this time, and his voice had changed shape.

I hold on to this Chang'an.

He was actually going to be burned by himself.

Is there anything more ridiculous than this?

And Liu Yizhen has been listening to Wang Xiu's story.

For Liu Yizhen, Weiyang Palace was just a term in the history books of later generations.

Just a handful of yellow sand after countless years.

But for Wang Xiu.

This is his belief.

This is also his pursuit.

Looking up at Weiyang Palace in the distance, Liu Yizhen seemed to see countless figures above.

The majesty of the eleven emperors of the Western Han Dynasty.

The glory of princes and generals.

The struggle among various schools of thought.

Liu Bang, the great ancestor of Han Dynasty, Liu Che, Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, Han Xin, the Marquis of Huaiyin, Huo Qubing, the champion Hou...

Too many wonderful things, too many stories.

Too gorgeous to look directly at.

but……

Liu Yizhen put his hand on the shoulder of Wang Xiu, who was a head taller than him.

Wang Changshi, do you know?

I have seen the future.

There was Li Laoer, the first emperor of all ages, and Zhu Chongba, a commoner of Huainan.

There is Li Bai who banished the immortal, and there is Du Fu, the poet sage.

The future poetry of the Tang and Song Dynasties will only be better than the bricks and tiles of the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty.
To be continued...