Chapter 542 Entering the city of Luoyang

Ji Guangchen had a dream. He dreamed that he became the governor of Jingzhou and led thousands of warships, with sails covering the sky and storming from the Han River to Chang'an. Suddenly, dark clouds covered the sun, strong winds and white waves surging. His warship shook violently in the river, and was about to overturn.

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Ji Guangchen suddenly woke up from his dream, and several of his personal soldiers were shaking him desperately, "General, is it amazing, is the Anxi Army coming?"

Ji Guangchen was a little confused and asked, "The wind and waves are so strong, where does the Anxi Army come from?"

At this time, the shouts of killing had already reached the tent. Ji Guangchen's personal soldiers raised him up in a hurry and ran out of the tent. They saw fires outside soaring into the sky. Many tents were lit by fire. The whole sky was red. Teams of Anxi cavalry were speeding in the camp, with swords shining, and shouting and killing were shining. Most of his soldiers were barefoot, without armor, and without weapons. Some of them knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, while others ran scattered. The camp was in chaos. Some soldiers were unwilling to be killed and rose up to fight with the Anxi cavalry, but they were far from the opponent of the Anxi cavalry. The Anxi cavalry was extremely fierce, like a team of tigers going down the mountain. The sword light flashed by and the heads rolled on the ground.

Ji Guangchen was completely awake, and the tragic situation in the camp shocked him, so that his personal soldiers carried him away without any struggle. His mind was blank. Where did they come from? Wasn't Li Guangbi in Luoyang? Li Qing'an led a large army to Huazhou, how could the Anxi army fall from the sky?

At this time, Ji Guangchen finally woke up. He struggled to get off the ground, "Let me down!"

The personal soldiers no longer cared about his resistance. They put on soldiers' armor and pushed him on a war horse. The war horse carried Ji Guangchen to the Beiying Gate. But as soon as they arrived at the Beiying Gate, they saw a shout. Hundreds of Anxi cavalry surrounded him from all sides, with arrows on their bows and arrows on their spears. The spears were sharp, and the arrows and spearheads were aimed at him. At this time, Li Guangbi appeared in front of him, looked at him with a faint smile and said, "General Ji, do you think you can escape?"

Ji Guangchen turned his horse around and hundreds of Anxi cavalry surrounded him. More than a dozen of his personal soldiers roared and were about to rush forward to break through, but Ji Guangchen stopped them, "Don't move any more!"

He pulled off the soldiers' armor, clasped his fists at Li Guangbi and said, "I'm not sorry for my death. Please let General Li let my soldiers go."

Li Guangbi nodded. Although Ji Guangchen was a man of war on paper, he was very polite to the soldiers. He said, "Yes, let all the soldiers surrender, I will spare them!"

Ji Guangchen turned his horse's head and shouted loudly: "Listen, all the soldiers, surrender! Listen to my orders and surrender!"

Ji Guangchen shouted over and over again, and the camp gradually became quiet. Many soldiers who were preparing to fight with the Anxi Army stood up blankly, at a loss. 'Dang!' Someone dropped the knife, and more and more soldiers put down their weapons. A team of Anxi cavalry rushed past them and shouted loudly: "The surrenders raised their hands above their heads and went to the Nanying Gate to concentrate!"

Soon, groups of soldiers raised their hands above their heads and headed in groups toward the Nanying Gate. Ji Guangchen looked at the dead bodies on the ground. He couldn't help but sigh and said to Li Guangbi: "Okay, you can deal with me at will, I'm willing to kill you!"

After saying that, he closed his eyes and stretched his neck. Li Guangbi ignored him and ordered the soldiers around him coldly, saying, "Take him down and leave it to the general for disposal!"

A team of cavalry took Ji Guangchen away. Li Guangbi walked forward slowly, looking at the messy military camp, and breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, most of them were captured alive and could be explained to the general.

The war in the camp ended soon. Ji Guangchen's 30,000 troops were attacked at night in his sleep and were almost unable to resist. The scared soldiers surrendered one after another. Except for more than 2,000 people who fought stubbornly and were killed, the remaining 27,000 people, including the patrol soldiers outside the North Camp, all surrendered. The chief general Ji Guangchen was captured alive, and none of the 30,000 troops escaped. Li Guangbi fought a beautiful annihilation battle.

That night, Li Guangbi ordered people to report good news to Li Qing'an, and he himself led a large army into the large granary of Xingyang.

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In Luoyang, Li Qingan walked into Luoyang City for the first time surrounded by tens of thousands of troops. Although he had passed by Luoyang when he went to Yangzhou and served as the Henan Road Observation Envoy, he was in a hurry and did not enter Luoyang City.

Although the Luoyang people still write on his military registration book, it is actually the first time he came to Luoyang in the Tang Dynasty.

Luoyang, this Li Qing'an is definitely not a strange city. He was born in this city a thousand three hundred years later, but ten years after he entered the Tang Dynasty, the memories of his previous life had already faded away, just like he had a very long dream. In the dream, he returned to 1,300 years later.

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Luoyang in front of him was so familiar, but it was so strange. The towering city walls and thick city gates passed through the dark city cave. What he saw was also a metropolis like Chang'an, with square houses, like vegetable beds, neatly arranged on both sides of the Luoshui River. This is the world's majestic city. There was no trace of the decline of later generations, and Luoyang in later generations had the majestic posture of its ancestors.

Li Qingan was deeply moved and sighed that the moment he entered Luoyang, soon, the memories of his previous life gradually drifted away by the warm welcome of the people of Luoyang.

Li Qing'an entered the city from Dingding Gate in Luoyang. Although there was no arrangement, nearly 300,000 people from Luoyang still spontaneously came to welcome the Anxi army into the city.

The 50,000 Anxi army entered the city in a mighty manner. Li Qing'an's carriage was mixed in the team, and 500 personal soldiers were guarding the carriage. They were alert to the situation around them. Some of them remembered that Li Qing'an was assassinated in Weishi County, Bianzhou.

The atmosphere on both sides of the avenue was extremely warm. Many people beat drums, sings and danced, and cheered one after another, as if the Anxi Army had returned triumphantly. This was true for the people of Luoyang. The Anxi Army opened up territory for the Tang Dynasty, defeated the Great Food Kingdom, destroyed the Tubo, and made great military achievements for the Tang Dynasty. They had no chance to express their gratitude to the Anxi soldiers. Today, the Anxi soldiers finally came to Luoyang. How could the Luoyang people not pay tribute to the heroic army in their minds?

Li Qing'an sat in the carriage, looking at the people who were welcoming him on both sides, looking at the excited and joyful smiles, a trace of inexplicable touching arises in his heart. He knew that during the Anshi Rebellion, Luoyang was repeatedly tortured, especially the Uighurs plundered women in Luoyang. The terrified Luoyang woman hid in White Horse Temple, but was burned to death by the Uighurs with fire, causing the Baima Temple tragedy in history.

History has changed due to his arrival. The Uighurs cannot come to the Tang Dynasty again, and there will be no foolish behavior of Geshuhan in Tongguan. So what about Luoyang? Will it be defeated by An Lushan and establish the Great Yan Dynasty here?

Li Qing'an hopes that it won't happen, but many things do not change with his hopes. He can only try his best not to let the historical tragedy happen again.

At this time, a tsunami-like cry came from outside the car window: "King Zhao - show up!"

"King Zhao--appear!"

Li Qingan was stunned and gently pulled a corner of the car curtain. He saw countless young people in Luoyang running with his carriage. Many people ran and shouted, "King Zhao——Show up!"

Li Qingan suddenly remembered the evaluations of several old farmers in Xin'an County and described himself as a devil. Xin'an County is very close to Luoyang, and his image should not be much better. He couldn't help but smile bitterly. It was probably that the people who ran with his carriage wanted to see his appearance.

Li Qing'an put down the curtain of the car, but suddenly heard his personal commander Zhang Yongqing whispering to everyone: "Dear fellow villagers, Your Highness, King Zhao was injured in Anxi. This time, he worked hard all the way to the east, and the arrow injury recurred. Your Highness is now recovering from the car and cannot see everyone. When the injury is slightly healed, he will definitely come to meet everyone!"

Zhang Yongqing's shouting was very effective, and the thousands of young people stopped chasing the carriage. Li Qing'an smiled and shook his head. These guys were getting smoother and smoother. But when he thought of the arrow injury, he couldn't help but touch his left shoulder again. The arrow injury he suffered from Khwarezm had been over a year, but he still had a faint pain every rainy day, and he couldn't pull the seven stone bow, which made Li Qing'an feel a little disappointed. This might be God's arrangement that made him farther and farther away from the battlefield.

The army of Anxi has been moving forward. The Luoshui River is ahead, which divides Luoyang into two. The south is mainly the neighbors of the people, and the north is the imperial city, the palace city and some neighbors. There are three bridges on the Luoshui River, connecting Luoyang north and south. There are two population islands in the Luoshui River, which are piled up with soil to form two half-moon-shaped islands, and bridges are built to connect the islands to the two sides.

Anxi has been driving into the imperial city before stopping. There are also three provinces and six ministries like Chang'an in the imperial city of Luoyang. Wu Zetian lived in Luoyang for a long time. At that time, Luoyang was the political center of the Tang Dynasty. However, after nearly fifty years, there were no more officials in the imperial city of Luoyang. Huge buildings stood on the Yingtianmen Square of the imperial city, and the buildings were a little dilapidated. Occasionally, a crisp sound of wind chimes came, as if they were telling the changes in history in the wind.

The 50,000 army stood in line on the Yingtianmen officialdom, with a majestic momentum. A team of officials walked out of the officials of the Shangshu Province. They walked forward nervously and quickly and walked towards Li Qing'an's carriage. The head of the people were Yang Shenyu, the Dongdu left-behind, and followed more than a dozen officials, including Pei Xi, the prefect of Henan Province, Miao Jinqing, the chief of Dujidao, and Ji Wen of Luoyang.

It can be said that the eastern capital Luoyang was the place where officials were demoted. Miao Jinqing was once the Minister of Rites of Li Heng. After Li Heng fled south, Miao Jinqing did not follow him. He was immediately demoted to the chief of Dujidao by the Zhengshitang, and Ji Wen was the same. He was demoted because of his close relationship with An Lushan and was demoted from the Minister of War to the magistrate of Luoyang County.

Li Qing'an slowly walked out of the carriage and looked at Yang Shenyu and other officials with a smile. Yang Shenyu and others stepped forward and bowed and said, "The officials from the Eastern Capital met His Highness King Zhao and failed to go out of the city to welcome him. Please forgive me!"

"Dear ministers, you guys, I'm passing by Luoyang today, so I'll take a break for a night. I'll set off for Huazhou tomorrow."

Pei Xi stepped forward and smiled and said, "This is the first time that Your Highness, King Zhao, has entered Luoyang City! We should do our best to be a landlord and accompany Your Highness to enjoy the scenery of Luoyang City."

Li Qingan had seen Pei Xi a few days before departure. He didn't expect that he would return to Luoyang so soon. Li Qingan nodded with a smile and looked around with his hands behind his back. In the southwest corner, he saw a huge building, which was exactly the same as the Taimiao in Chang'an. He pointed to the building and asked Pei Xi with a smile: "That should be the Taimiao!"

"It's Luoyang Taimiao!"

Li Qingan smiled faintly and said, "Since I am a royal family, how can I not worship my ancestors when I come to Taimiao?"

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Chapter completed!