He opened his jaw and realized that he had made a mistake, so he hurriedly fell to the ground to plead guilty and said: "I don't dare to do so. Since my lord has such great trust, I will definitely do my best and live up to my trust!"
Wen Yuan gently lifted Zhang Jia up and said kindly: "Jian Yi must remember not to reveal to anyone the details of my leaving the country! If outsiders ask about it, just tell them that I am out to visit friends and I will be back in the camp within ten days."
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"I will obey my orders!"
Wen Yuan nodded and sent Zhang Jiao out of the tent. As soon as he left the tent, Zhang Yu happened to come back with several baggage and a dozen short shovels in his hand.
Wen Yuan asked: "Are you all ready?"
Zhang Yu opened these bundles, which contained mostly ordinary clothes, as well as some ropes and hooks. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, young master, everything is in order."
Wen Yuan also ordered Zhang Yu to guard the tent and called Wang Li in: "Go quickly and recruit ten people from the personal army. Remember, the only requirement is that those who have followed from Bingzhou and Luoyang must be extremely loyal to me!"
There is one set of clothes and equipment for each person. We have a secret mission tonight!"
Wang Li nodded and accepted the order. It was the second watch of the night. Wen Yuan led Zhang Yu. Wang Li and ten close guards made careful arrangements and walked out of the west gate of Hulao without anyone noticing and headed north.
In order to keep the secret secret, all thirteen people walked, leaving all their belongings in the camp. They only pretended to be ordinary people, wearing linen clothes and ragged hats, and concealed short swords.
Although it was spring in early February at this time, the wind was still biting late at night. A group of more than ten people tightly wrapped their robes, and they still felt the cold wind getting into their clothes like snakes. No one dared to light a fire, and the surrounding area was pitch black and bare.
The branches of the trees were tangled, like monsters with teeth and claws, which made people panic. In order to get rid of the panic in their hearts, everyone could only talk in a low voice. Except for Wen Yuan, no one else knew where they were going.
, even Zhang Yu and Wang Li only vaguely knew some of these things.
As everyone walked northward, gradually, the sound of the rushing water of the river became clearer to everyone's ears. Wen Yuanxing led everyone up to a hill by the river with the help of starlight.
Lin Yuan looked at the river, and the cold river wind made Wen Yuan's clothes flutter. Wen Yuan suddenly felt that his brain was clear and bright. He looked at the Yellow River with affection, and an indescribable emotion filled his heart.
This is the mother river! Wen Yuan was born in the Huaihe River Basin in his previous life, and he had only seen the majesty and surging power of the Yellow River on TV!
It's not yet the summer flood season, but the turbid river flows quietly and gently, like a giant yellow dragon crossing from east to west, day after day, year after year.
Unknowingly, Wen Yuan's eyes became moist. Perhaps, as an article We Yuan read before said, any Chinese with national sentiments, when he sees the Yellow River with his own eyes, the biggest feeling in his heart is——
Sad!
Tall rocks, majestic cliffs, vast wilderness, and deep ravines. How can you not feel sad when you see these?
The majestic Yellow River has witnessed the rise and fall of the Chinese nation throughout the ages. However, if the normal trend of history is followed, more than a hundred years later, the entire Central Plains will be invaded by Wuhu from the north, and the surging Yellow River water will be drained by tens of millions of Chinese descendants.
Soaked in blood, in the most difficult time, our Han nation only had a population of less than eight million! It was almost extinct!
Thinking of this, Wen Yuan emotionally knelt down facing the Yellow River, kowtowed three times, and secretly prayed in his heart: "Mother of the Yellow River is above me. I, Zhang Wenyuan, have no great ambitions. If I am a county official, I will try my best to protect the people of the county. If I am a state official, I will try my best to protect the people of the county."
Officer, I will do my best to protect them. As for the world, I dare not think about it. If you have a spirit in heaven, please protect the descendants of the Han Dynasty from suffering this disaster!"
After descending the hill, Zhang Yu led him all the way to a dry reed marsh by the river. He pushed out a small boat and everyone got on it and crossed the river to the north bank.
The north bank is the boundary of Hanoi, which is already the territory of the coalition forces, but there are many military camps everywhere. Wen Yuan tried his best to keep his trip secret, and did not want the coalition soldiers to catch him as a spy, so he took everyone on the small road and headed west quickly.
The scenery on both sides of the Yellow River is extremely spectacular, with dense ravines, rugged boulders, and withered reeds on both sides blowing in the wind. The brown-yellow water of the Yellow River rushes down, straight into the sea!
After traveling for two days, both sides of the Yellow River became heavily guarded. Wen Yuan called a local citizen to inquire. This was already the boundary of Meng County. Ten miles to the east was Mengjin Port, where Dong Zhuo's army was stationed. Five miles to the west was Xiaopingjin Ferry.
Wen Yuan took out the map from his underwear and looked at it, then spent a lot of money to buy a small boat nearby and crossed from Xiaopingjin to the south to enter the Beimang Mountain boundary of Luoyang.
Beimang Mountain is also known as Beimang, Mang Mountain, Beishan, Pingfeng Mountain, Taiping Mountain, and Jiashan Mountain. Beimang Mountain is majestic, with deep water and thick soil. It is about 300 meters above sea level. It spans hundreds of miles from east to west and several from north to south.
Shili is located in the north of Luoyang City, the imperial capital of the Han Dynasty, and on the south bank of the Yellow River. It is the remnant of the Qinling Mountains and a branch of the Weishan Mountains.
Wen Yuan and his party wandered around Beimang Mountain for another day and finally came out of the southern foothills. At this time, everyone probably knew that the destination of this trip was Luoyang.
After leaving Beimang Mountain, we are already at the boundary of Luoyang, and the city of Luoyang is easy to find. When Dong Zhuo left, he burned down all the palaces, official residences, shops, and private houses in Luoyang! Even though more than ten days have passed, the remaining fire has not been extinguished at all.
When Wen Yuan was on Beimang Mountain, he saw that the sky in the southwest was filled with black smoke, and he searched all the way.
It's just that within a radius of two hundred miles of Luoyang City, there is no human habitation. Along this road, corpses are everywhere, exuding bursts of stench. The tombs on Beiman Mountain have also been dug up, and the bones are exposed in the wilderness. Eagles, vultures and wild dogs are rampant, and these corpses are destroyed.
The food was so mutilated that even though Wen Yuan and others had been on the battlefield for a long time, their faces turned pale when they saw such a tragic scene.
Wen Yuan was unable to bury the body, so he could only hide his nose and move forward, finally arriving at Luoyang City on the night of the third day.
Luoyang is the Yang of Luoshui. Luoyang City is one of the famous capital cities, also known as the Eastern Capital. It echoes the Chang'an City in Guanzhong. It controls Yique to the south, Mang Mountain to the north, Hulao to the east, and Han Valley to the west.
Because it is surrounded by mountains, has a mild climate, abundant rainfall, and fertile land, Guan has been one of the most important settlements for Chinese descendants since ancient times.
After King Wu defeated the Yin Shang Dynasty and established the Zhou regime, in order to manage the tribes participating in the Yin Shang Dynasty in Shandong nearby, he specially ordered Zhou Gongdan and Zhao Gong to establish the eastern capital Luoyang north of Luoshui. During the reign of King Ping of Zhou, in order to avoid the dog-rong rebellion,
The Zhou royal family abandoned Haojing and moved the capital to Luoyang, which further promoted the development of Luoyang's culture and economy.
Thousands of years later, Liu Xiu, a descendant of the Western Han Dynasty royal family in Nanyang, put an end to the troubled times, rebuilt Luoyang slightly south of the original site, and established the capital here, which was known as the Eastern Han Dynasty in history.
More than a hundred years have passed since Liu Xiu established his capital in Luoyang.
The newly built Luoyang City is nine miles long from north to south and six miles wide from east to west. It is a rectangular structure and is also known as the "City of Nine Six."
In Luoyang City, there are 24 major streets running vertically from north to south and horizontally from east to west. Willow and locust trees are planted on both sides. The streets and the middle of the streets are residential "li". The main street connects the main city gates and is about 40 meters wide.
It is five hundred meters long. There is a road dedicated to the Emperor in the middle of the city, called the Imperial Road. There are long walls about one and a half meters high on both sides of the Imperial Road. According to the original appearance of Luoyang City, Emperor Wu of the Eastern Han Dynasty rebuilt the "Nangong" to house his offices.
They all live here. To the east of the South Palace, there are Situ Mansion, Sikong Mansion and Taiwei Mansion. During the Ming Dynasty of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the "North Palace" was built to the northwest of the South Palace, which was specially used for the emperor and the royal family. The North Palace has four
The name of the gate is exactly the same as that of the Nangong. It has four gates: Zhuque (south), Canglong (east), White Tiger (west), and Xuanwu (north). In order to ensure the safety of the emperor when he travels between the two palaces every day, a gate was built between the two palaces.
There are two floors of compound roads, the upper floor is the emperor's exclusive passage.
The main hall of the North Palace is the Deyang Hall. Important celebrations are often held here, and the emperor often meets with important ministers in the Zhuque Palace here. The Deyang Hall is surrounded by eight palaces including Hande, Zhangtai, Tianlu, and Xuanming. In Luoyang
There is Yong'an Palace in the northeastern corner of the city. There are large warehouses and arsenals nearby, which are storage centers for weapons and grain. There is a special hub gate for transporting in and out goods next to it. Most of the city is a high-end residential area, reserved for civil and military officials.
Especially the Upper East Gate and the Middle East Gate near the east city wall, as well as Buguangli and Yongheli, are mostly large-scale mansions where many powerful officials live.
The entire city of Luoyang is composed of palaces, gardens, official offices and palaces of high-ranking officials and ministers. Common people live on the outside edge of the city. There are three main "cities" inside and outside Luoyang city. The Jinshi northwest of Nangong is the only residence within the city.
In this area, there are some royal merchants without official positions, as well as wealthy wealthy people. The Ma Market in the eastern suburbs and the Nanshi in the southern suburbs are active areas for civilian residences and small and medium-sized shops.
Due to the system of facing south from north to south, in the 14th year of Emperor Guangwu's reign in the Han Dynasty (AD 38), the Pingcheng Gate on the southern city wall was re-used as the main entrance of Luoyang City. There is an avenue at the gate of the South Palace that directly connects to the Pingcheng Gate.
Outside the gate of Pingcheng is Nanshi. Next to the avenue near the city gate, there are two halls dedicated to sacrifices: the east side is Piyong, which is a sacrificial hall for rituals and education, and is a symbol of Confucianism educating the world; the west side is Lingtai, which is an observation hall.
The observatory is used for astronomical phenomena and clouds, and is also a symbol of the destiny of heaven. The most important scientific inventions in Chinese history during the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Heng's armillary sphere and seismometer, were installed here.
This was once the capital of the Han Dynasty. Millions of Han people once lived here! But now there are very few living people. There are rotten and burned corpses everywhere, collapsed buildings, and broken trees that were burnt black.
Ruins!
But Wen traveled hundreds of miles away, disguised himself and came here secretly, for the same reason - to pass on the national jade seal!