Chapter 1277

It implies long-term stability and peace, forever solidifying the imperial cause, so it was named Chang'an.

This secretly matches the implication of the Zhou Dynasty when it established its capital here.

"Classic of Poetry: Greater Odes of the Kingdom - The Voice of King Wen": The Feng River flows east, this is the achievement of Yu. The four directions are the same, the imperial king is the ruler. The imperial king is prosperous. Haojing is the center, from west to east, from south to north, there is no thought that does not submit.

Chang'an not only has a developed water system, irrigating the eight hundred li of fertile soil in Guanzhong, nourishing the commoners living here.

It is also a place of absolute safety, with several natural barriers standing.

To the north is the Qiaoshan mountain range, to the south is the Qinling mountain range, and between the two mountains is the vast eight hundred li plain.

Guarding Hangu in the east, Dasan in the west, Xiao in the north, and Wu in the south.

As long as these four passes are held, even if the world is in chaos, this vast plain of eight hundred li will be worry-free.

But this vast plain, which once nurtured the Western Zhou for four hundred years, the Great Qin for five hundred years, and the Western Han for two hundred years, now seems to be sick.

Outside Chang'an City, surrounded by high city walls, pavilions, carved beams, and painted buildings, weeds were growing, and starving corpses were everywhere.

The earth was withered, yellow, and cracked, and white bones could be seen everywhere by the roadside.

Disasters continued, commoners were displaced, and even selling children and land was not enough to survive.

There was no seed grain, the land was barren, and even if there was seed grain for sowing, it might not grow grain.

What is sad is that even if the grain grew, the person who farmed it might not be able to hold on until the day the grain matured.

And even if the grain matured, the golden wheat fields were surrounded by pairs of greedy eyes.

Li Ru sat on an ox cart, wearing ordinary coarse cloth clothes, heading toward the east of Chang'an City.

Around him, there were also more than a dozen guards with swords at their waists.

If it weren't for this, Li Ru would have been torn to pieces by those starving people with green eyes on the roadside.

As for the ox, it might only be left with a pile of bones.

Although Chang'an City is not the capital today, it is a secondary capital.

Whenever there is a large-scale ancestor worship activity, Chang'an is still needed.

Although the Changle Palace, Weiyang Palace, Ming Palace, North Palace, Mingguang Palace in Chang'an City, and the largest Jianzhang Palace outside the city were not inhabited, the palace maids and eunuchs responsible for maintenance were not few.

Basically the same as Luoyang, there are not many places for commoners to live in Chang'an City, and most of them have been occupied by palaces.

And the vast majority of the remaining areas, except for the locations where some high officials, nobles, and imperial relatives once lived, there were even fewer places for commoners to live.

Therefore, the commoners of Chang'an City generally lived outside Chang'an City.

A small number of city defense troops, forbidden troops, and troops guarding the mausoleums of successive emperors were stationed in Chang'an City.

After arriving under the East City, Li Ru found a long street to stop and came to a tavern.

Where there is poverty, there is wealth.

The world is bitter, but it is the commoners who are bitter, not the nobles, powerful families, and scholars.

The ox cart stopped outside.

Li Ru, wearing a gray robe, went up to the second floor of the tavern.

After looking around, he found the figure he was looking for at a position near the window, so he sat aside.

Liu Bai Tu's gaze was looking at the majestic city of Chang'an in the distance along the window.

Li Ru came to the opposite side of Liu Bai Tu and sat down.

There was no one around, and Liu Bai Tu's voice was very low: "The Lord has already returned to Jixian and will lead troops out of Hanyang Commandery tomorrow."

Li Ru's eyebrows raised, and his face showed an expectant look.

Finally here.

Before, Li Ru was still thinking about how to minimize the negative impact of this time leading troops out of Liangzhou.

Therefore, he adopted the method of "crossing the plank road in secret."

After receiving Tie Shitou's intelligence, Li Ru began to recruit soldiers.

Then he broke the whole into parts and began to transport the recruited troops to the Sili Colonel's jurisdiction in batches.

Fortunately, Liangzhou had already controlled the commercial routes to Luoyang.

These soldiers, broken into parts, gathered at the locations given in advance after entering the Sili Colonel's jurisdiction.

Now it has formed a scale.

But what Li Ru never dreamed of was.

He actually waited for a big surprise.

A huge surprise.

The missing eldest imperial son, Liu Bian, was actually in Liangzhou.

Then good.

Now it is no longer rebellion.

But correcting the chaos and returning to the right path.

"The Lord's order is to take Chang'an with all-out effort, except for the three locations where grain is stored in Chencang, Xinfeng, and Huayin," Liu Bai Tu said in a low voice.

Li Ru nodded understandingly immediately.

And a surge of indescribable excitement rose!

Chang'an!

Chang'an!

Take Chang'an and support the eldest imperial son, Shi Hou Liu Bian.

This move is definitely something Empress Dowager Dong, Yuan Kui, and others did not expect.

And Li Ru also felt from the bottom of his heart that standing firm in Chang'an is the most secure thing at the moment.

Although Liangzhou's troops are strong, the main army is still in the Western Regions.

It will take a few months to turn back.

Moreover, after more than half a year of war and months of trekking, the army's morale is obviously not usable.

At the very least, they need to rest for a period of time.

It is July now.

After returning to Liangzhou, it will be almost winter.

Just from the time, it is too late to launch a major war.

Not to mention the war preparations needed.

There is another biggest problem, which is the terrain.

If, if Liangzhou fights all the way to Luoyang, even if Luoyang is broken, what they will face in the future is being surrounded by enemies on all sides.

Luoyang's eight passes, bordering Jizhou in the north, Yanzhou and Xuzhou in the east, Jingzhou in the south, and Bingzhou in the west.

If they are really surrounded by the world, how can they guard Luoyang's eight passes?

Liangzhou is their base camp.

Luoyang and Liangzhou are also separated by the entire Sili Colonel's jurisdiction.

At that time, transporting grain will be a problem.

Even if Luoyang is taken, it is an isolated city.

An isolated city is difficult to guard for a long time, not to mention being surrounded by enemies on all sides.

But it would be different if it were Chang'an.

After taking Chang'an, you only need to guard Hangu Pass, and you can basically achieve "one man guards the pass, ten thousand cannot open it."

Block Hangu Pass and slowly digest Youfufeng, Zuofengyi, and Jingzhaoyin in the name of the Emperor.

In this way, with Liangzhou's current developed commerce and grain production, it will only take one year to eat up half of the Sili Colonel's jurisdiction.

Steady and steady, if you march toward Luoyang at that time, there will be no worries.

And after taking Chang'an, you can also march into the affiliated Hanzhong to open the way for going south.

This is taking one step at a time, one step at a time, steady and steady.

"The day the Lord sends troops is the time to take Chang'an," Li Ru nodded slightly.

After getting Li Ru's affirmation, Liu Bai Tu stood up and turned to go to the first floor of the tavern.

Li Ru sat by the window, looking at the magnificent Chang'an City in the distance.

Wise Lord.

Strong soldiers.

Good generals.

Chief strategist. ===== CHAPTER 1279 =====