The Tang Chang'an City has a circumference of 35.56 kilometers and an area of approximately 84 square kilometers, making it the largest and most prosperous international city at that time.
It is 9.7 times the area of the city walls of Xi’an today, 2.4 times that of Chang’an City in the Western Han Dynasty, 1.9 times that of Nanjing City in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, 1.4 times that of Beijing City in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, 7 times that of Constantinople built in 447 AD, and built in 800 AD. 6.2 times that of Baghdad and 7 times that of the ancient Roman city.
"The Capital of the World" (Volume 8)
—I am the dividing line —
Just outside the Longshou Canal of Tonghua Gate to the northeast of Chang'an City, Cui Anqian gave a torrent of morale-boosting and generous words in public.
When I saw the majestic Chang'an Waiguo again, the dusty memories of Saint Zhu Xieyi seemed to be opened all of a sudden, and the flowing place was filled with fresh and bright, colorful bits and pieces.
Back then, he was one of the heroes of the rebellion who returned to Beijing to receive edicts and reunification. He followed his father-in-chief from one of the twelve gates outside the Guoguo gate of Xijing, and the south road of Chunming gate in the middle of the east, into this magnificent capital of the world. Carry out the class teaching ceremony of parading the streets and offering prisoners.
This was also the first time that he was so young and energetic that he was greatly shocked and inexplicably surprised, and he began to feel awe, yearning, and respect for the world's heart represented by this great nation.
The countless city defenses that are neat and tidy like vegetable borders, any scale that is taken out, is several times larger than his Zhu Xie’s largest settlement; not to mention the residents’ residences and Lin Lici who live in them like ants. Than the various buildings.
Especially for the Shatuo tribe, who has been accustomed to migrating in the wind and frost of northern Saibei, and has finally obtained a place to live through the winter; it is really hard to imagine a population greater than all the cattle and horses on the grassland; it can be there. Preface and so peacefully living in such a giant city.
During this short and unforgettable journey to Beijing, he was certainly in constant eye-opening, seeing and enjoying the luxury and richness of the essence of the world represented by the capital, but he also saw for the first time from The waves of power and profit in the court are treacherous.
For example, I saw with my own eyes how Kang Chengxun, the commander-in-chief of the rebel army who put down Pang Xun's rebellion, and Kang Chengxun, who was the commander of Hedong Jiedu and Dongmian recruited the ambassador, was given a paper edict from the Daming Palace in the midst of the majestic and grand merits. Knocked down under the dust.
However, the prime ministers Lu Yan and Wei Baoheng, who had never appeared in the battlefield, or brought a day of soldiers, were strategizing in front of the army, but they became the victor with the greatest credit among the heroes in this set of difficulties; this not only made Zhu Xieyi Sheng The incomprehension also made his father Zhu Xie's heart become uneasy.
And here, he is not yet a weak crown, it is also the first time in the Yuan Dynasty that he will encounter a woman who is tempted in his life; if it is on the grassland or in the land of Daibei between the mountains, he only needs to wear a bow. Ma Hu showed off his martial arts and showed his wealth from the door,
Or simply take your companions and robbed them overnight and cook the uncooked rice for mature rice. However, this is in the heart and center of the Tang Dynasty, and he can only follow the rules of Bingming and handsome father, and then ask powerful people who know him to talk about it.
It's a pity that the other side's family has been exceptional for many generations. Although the contemporary only achieved the magistrate of Wannian, he still looks down on him, the beard and Sha Tuo child who has been admitted to the official due to his light merits and is also "sick and ugly."
Therefore, in the end he embarked on the journey home with the first loss and frustration in his life. But Zhu Xie, the handsome father, beat him so hard that he thought that he was the daughter of a district magistrate. She would snatch someone away if she had the ability.
Even if you can’t get your hands right at this moment, it’s okay to fight for more fame and power in the future and then go to ask for a relative; if a noble bachelor can’t move the other party, he asks a general, a scholar, and an elder to make peace, isn’t it? Does the other party still have the face to refuse
What's more, in the future, as long as the Zhu Xie clan can imitate those predecessors and successfully take charge of the Jingjie side in Daibei, why can't even the daughter of your emperor's family ask for it? Why should he stick to a woman from a county magistrate .
However, as he took office as the guardian in the cloud, killed the Datong army envoy Duan Wenchu, and then Shatuo rose up to resist the imperial court and was defeated, these misses no longer existed.
The predicament of walking on thin ice because of the fence. Even if the other party is his nominal uncle's family, and enthusiastically provides basic supplies without worry, but also deeply believes that he is taboo for any signs of wanting to come to the grassland.
Not to mention, the chiefs of the Tuhun tribes who were vindicted by the death of Duan Wenchu, the captain of Yinshan Mansion and the defensive envoy of the Datong Army, Helianduo; and Li Keju from Pinglu Town, have been bribing local leaders or sending out endless assassins. , Want to ask for the head of his father and son.
So here, the so-called affection and the so-called friendship are things that can be exchanged and compromised into other things. In order to gain a foothold, Zhu Xie had taken several concubine rooms from local tribes, including the new widows.
Even Saint Zhu Xieyi deliberately got close to several crude-looking local women, just because the other party has a powerful father and brother, or can be his own help. As for the other dewy marriages resulting from this, they are spread all over the wives and daughters of the leaders.
It was also relying on the whistleblowing of these unexpected sources that his father and son could escape the calculations and murders of bright guns and arrows; even after he had enough power and prestige, those women who admired the bravery and prestige, but let He is boring.
It was not until a few years later that Chen Jingsi, the superintendent of the Beixing Camp, appeared in the Tatar tribe outside the Yinshan Mountains. It's just that the woman he was tempted by, in the past few years and fell into the hands of thieves for more than a year, what will happen to it.
Now there is only one maid by his side, which was transferred to him by Cui Anqian; and the reason for accepting it is also very simple, because the other party was robbed of the Jinyang King's gate, who was relegated as a slave by the family because the prime minister Wang Duo cast a thief. Daughter.
However, this is only the beginning. According to Chen Jingsi's argument, as long as Xijing can be restored to Xijing, it is not impossible to consider surrendering to the family of the noble prime minister and even the flesh and blood of the noble prime minister or even the heavenly family as long as Xijing can be recovered.
Zhu Xieyi Shengzheng was thinking about it, watching the rangers sent out by the officers and soldiers, clamoring and yelling loudly across the moat between the galloping rides under Chang'an City; a sudden change came to life.
I saw a small group of Hedong cavalry who wore curled helmets and black scale armor, shouting and inviting the most vigorously to fight, almost all on their backs and rolling in the contiguous pits that suddenly appeared; and there was a bloody loud voice. Scream.
Because, I don’t know when these were dug out, and in the well-disguised long strips of pits, many sharpened woods were also inserted; they were all at once stabbed through by these overturned men and horses, or death. The injured can't get up anymore.
Then, more Hedong cavalrymen gathered in the neighborhood, trying to rescue and give aid, but they were tripped one after another and got stuck in the new pits that appeared one after another nearby, and suddenly people roared into chaos.
But at this moment, from these exposed pits, many ambush thieves came out again, and they saw Jia Guangshuosuo raising their swords and spears, and they all went to these trapped and blocked officials for a while. call;
Immediately they were overturned, knocked over, and slashed. Immediately, Cui Anqian, who was a bit embarrassed while watching the enemy before the battle, became driven by a cold expression. More Hedong army pawns from the line were also busy rushing forward with the sound of drums.
However, at the top of the silent city of Tonghuamen at this moment, it seemed to be suddenly awakened and revived; amidst the loud noise of the golden drum that did not fall in the wind, it hurriedly shot out like a black cloud cover. Arrow rain is coming.
Then, like a roaring gale, it shed like a roaring gale and swept through the Hedong army's footmen who were snatched from the whole line; the officers and soldiers who had not had time to raise the placard to block the grid and cover, splattered to the ground with blood spattering.
Among them are mixed with a lot of thick and long crossbow arrows, as well as large boulders tumbling in the air and hitting them; all of a sudden, they surpassed the original three arrows and landed on those fronts. Commanded by the Hato Jiang Bian.
Suddenly, one after another, short and fierce screams and screams; some people were pierced by the shields that blocked the front, and the volleys were carried through and nailed to the ground; others were brittle in the bones of the tumbling stones. The meat was rotten, and even the flags were swept away.
Therefore, in just such a short half hour, the front line of the officers and soldiers has already been wounded and retreated; and in the Tonghua Gate, drums and trumpets rushed out of a well-equipped armored soldier;
Quickly crossed and lowered the gate bridge, and cooperated with the thieves who had been ambushing before; like a sharp knife cutting mess and cutting melons and vegetables, the officers and soldiers trapped and stranded in the city were quickly culled on the spot.
However, when the Hedong Army’s main formation, which had regrouped and fought again amidst the shouts, slowed down once again and moved forward, the ranger in the north and the police guard in the south also sounded the horns one after another. .
In the smoke and dust billowing down the city wall, while they were trapped and fighting fiercely under Tonghuamen, the enemy troops from the Chungxuan Gate of the Daming Palace in the north of the city and the Chunming Gate of the east of the city were attacked on both sides. The momentum swooped.
Only at this moment did Zhu Xieyisheng's expression become interesting, and he secretly looked around and said:
"A thief army with such a means is worth fighting..."
Before the voice was over, the order from Cui Anqian was delivered:
"Li Shuji, the minister has something to say, it's time for your ministry to use it in front of you..."
As for the Great Qi Rebellion Army, which was rapidly approaching in the south, Zhao Ziri, who had become slightly thicker on his waist and legs among the more than a thousand horses sprinting ahead, could hardly conceal his sad face and mixed in among them.
To be honest, in the city of Chang'an, relying on the errands of the patrol team and the prestigious small life, he was reluctant to run out to fight against the officers and soldiers in the field.
However, the Meng Liushou, who was supported by Empress Cao, was never a fuel-efficient lamp; on the one hand, he promised the conditions of reward and increase of officials, so that he could spot the available people in the city.
On the one hand, based on the situation in the city he had mastered in office, he quickly eliminated all the knives and guns that could be carried on the streets and in the mansion.
Therefore, Zhao Ziri, who was named to lead the army, could only temporarily put down his women and belongings in several other houses, and re-arranged his bow to attach himself to these horse teams; and yelled loudly with the crowd. stand up:
"Killing Cui Bodhisattva and defeating Hedong Dog, everyone has a third-class birth."
". More glory and wealth are here now..." (End of this chapter)