He Lianchang was not a resolute person. In history, he became the second emperor of Hu Xia. The Xiongnu was a great chanyu. After the country was destroyed by Tuoba Tao, Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, he still surrendered obediently. Sometimes he would fight with Tuoba Tao alone.

When they were together, they didn't dare to do anything to Tuoba Tao, so they simply gave up under the threat of Liu Yizhen.

After a while, this Jin army flew towards He Lianchang's banner and headed towards Tongwancheng, the capital of Hu Xia Kingdom, even more aggressively.

The construction of Tongwan City is the same as that of Hu Xia Kingdom, which is a rare wonder of this era.

It was first built in the ninth year of Yixi and has been built for nearly five years. And because it was "steamed earth to build the city", the steps were very cumbersome, and the supervisor who built Tongwan City was particularly cruel. He ordered the craftsmen to use iron cones.

Anyone who gets within an inch of his body will be killed immediately and the body will be stuffed inside the wall. Therefore, this man-eating city has not yet been completely completed.

Not to mention the long construction period, the construction of Tongwan City also used a lot of manpower. Just to build it, Helian Bobo recruited 100,000 people, which can be said to be a waste of people and money.

There is a record in "Book of Wei": "The city is ten feet high, the base is thirty feet thick, the upper part is ten feet wide, and the palace city is five feet. It is strong enough to sharpen swords and axes. The terraces and pavilions are tall and connected with flying pavilions, all of which are carved with pictures.

It is embroidered and decorated with paintings, and is extremely literary."

Even when Tuoba Tao unified the north and destroyed Hu Xia later, he came to Tongwan City and cursed with jealousy: "The country of Shuzi, a country as big as a palm, dares to abuse the people's power like this! It is so luxurious! How can it not be destroyed?"

It is a pity that with the changes of the times and the drastic changes in the environment of the Loess Plateau, Tongwan City has only some ruins left in later generations, and it can be said to be a great pity that future generations cannot see its full picture.

Now Liu Yizhen pretended to be a subordinate of He Lianchang and quietly came to Tongwan City. Seeing the majesty and beauty of Tongwan City, all the Jin army generals and soldiers except Liu Yizhen were stunned.

"A little Hu Xia can actually build such a city!"

The majesty of Tongwan City is actually far inferior to that of Han Chang'an today, but the problem is that he suddenly appeared in this bare northern part of the Great Wall, so the impact was naturally much greater.

"Stop! Where are you from?"

At this time, the Hu Xia cavalry around Tongwan City finally stopped the team and asked about their origins.

"Be brave! Look clearly at the Third Prince! You actually dare to stop the Third Prince here. Do you think you have a long life?"

Liu Yizhen continued to be domineering and looked arrogant.

When the other party saw Liu Yizhen's posture, he felt weak.

But there is still something strange: "The third prince went to the south with Shan Yu to attack Guanzhong, why did he suddenly return to the capital?"

Liu Yizhen glared at him impatiently: "This matter is of great importance and involves military secrets. How can you know about it?"

The other party wanted to ask something else, but a familiar voice came: "Zangzhi, don't you recognize me?"

Only then did the Hu Xia cavalry realize that the person speaking was actually He Lianchang, which made him shut up immediately.

"I didn't know that the third prince was here. Please make atonement for your sins."

"It doesn't matter."

At this time, He Lianchang had a careful thought: "I came back because of the prince's order to come here on important matters. You guys should patrol the city carefully and be careful of any unscrupulous people approaching."

"Third Prince, don't worry!"

He Lianchang deliberately said that he was on the orders of the prince instead of on the orders of Helian Bobo. He just hoped that these words would be heard by the senior Hu Xia officials in Tongwan City.

He Lianchang and the crown prince He Lian Huang have always been fighting. How could He Lianchang follow He Lian Huang's orders?

As long as someone notices this difference, they will definitely become suspicious, and then it will be their chance.

The group encountered several more inspections, but fortunately with He Lianhuang's endorsement, there were no major setbacks and they arrived at Tongwan City smoothly.

After entering the city, everyone discovered that the unified city was actually somewhat superficial.

What is the most important function of a city besides defense?

Of course it's business.

However, there is no developed commercial market in Tongwan City. Instead, it is filled with a large number of barbarian nobles who are not engaged in production.

It is common for these barbarian nobles to ride their horses and gallop through the streets of Tongwan City. The surrounding soldiers did not care about them when they saw them. Only some common people who looked like small tribes or Han people were hurriedly avoiding them.

This made Liu Yizhen a little boring.

"I originally thought that Tongwan City was the capital of a single dynasty managed by Helian Bobo, and was built as the foundation for eternity. I didn't expect that before the city was built, nobles started to have fun first. No wonder it couldn't last long.

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Tongwancheng is not so much a national capital.

Rather, it is a symbol of Helian Bobo's own power and a playground for the nobles.

For the people, such a city has no benefits. How can it win the hearts of the people by doing this?

The further he went deeper into Tongwan City, the angrier Liu Yizhen became.

This place is not a gem at all.

Instead, it’s all rubbish!

It is a large-scale "wine pond and meat forest" built by the Hun nobles of Hu Xia with the lives of the people.

"Helian Bobo was lucky enough to occupy Hetao and Shuofang. If he didn't think of ways to accumulate strength, he would have wasted people and money. It's not surprising that he died in his second generation."

This made Liu Yizhen gradually lose interest.

He looked at He Lianchang: "Where are the granaries and arsenals of Tongwan City?"

Liu Yizhen walked around for a while and found that the layout of Tongwan City was basically a replica of a Han city, so there must be granaries and arsenals.

He Lianchang salivated, his Adam's apple rolled up and down, and then said: "There...there are heavy troops guarding there."

Now He Lianchang just hopes to delay as much time as possible so that the top officials in the city can find out the clues and save him.

But Liu Yizhen was not easy to fool either. Seeing He Lianchang acting like this, he immediately gave Shen Tianzi a look.

"Crack!"

Shen Tianzi grabbed He Lianchang's arm and pulled hard, and his hands fell limply, obviously dislocated.

He Lianchang grimaced in pain.

"Liu Yizhen... Duke Guiyang! I'm not lying! The place is really heavily guarded and heavily defended. It's impossible to get in without the emperor's handwriting!"

Liu Yizhen stepped forward and patted He Lianchang on the back: "I had already said no, why should I suffer like this?"

He Lianchang squeezed out a smile on his pale face: "Why don't Duke Guiyang go to my mansion to sit down first? I will definitely entertain Duke Guiyang well when I go there!"

When he said this, He Lianchang had already begun to wonder in his mind how he could turn against his guests and torture Liu Yizhen once he got to his own territory.

But I didn't expect that Liu Yizhen didn't fall for it at all.

"I won't bother you anymore, Third Prince."

Liu Yizhen looked at the tallest and most exquisite building in Tongwan City.

It was the residence of Helian Bobo and the palace of Hu Xia.

Looking there, Liu Yizhen suddenly asked He Lianchang:

"Third Prince, do you want to sit on the throne of your dreams?"
Chapter completed!