Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 707

The city of Chang'an in the Han Dynasty was rebuilt on the basis of the Zhou and Qin dynasties, combined with auspicious astronomical phenomena and geomantic omen.

Therefore, the structure of Chang'an City is from south to north, and the overall shape is an irregular square, which seems to be missing the northwest corner of the square. At the same time, the south city wall shows the structure of the Six Stars of the South Dipper, and the wall of the north city shows the structure of the Big Dipper.

In the south of the west wall and the west of the south wall of Chang'an City, there are two Doucheng areas that bend outwards, which are actually extensions of the imperial palace area.

The entire Han Chang'an City covers an area of ​​about 36 square kilometers. At its peak, it is said that the population of the city was more than 20. The layout of the avenues and palaces is a chessboard pattern parallel to the city wall.

The south of Chang'an City is the most expensive, so the southern area is mainly where the emperor's palace is located. For example, the Changle Palace in the southeast of the city and the Weiyang Palace in the southwest were once the seat of the emperor in the Western Han Dynasty.

Then it spread from south to north, first the other royal palace areas, then the areas where Chang'an officials and aristocratic families lived, and finally to the north of the city, which was the residential area and market area for ordinary Chang'an residents.

It is said that the ordinary residents of Chang'an were divided into 160 Luli at that time, and the market also had the saying of Chang'an Nine Markets, which shows its prosperity, but unfortunately all these have become historical events.

After Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an with the emperor under his arm, Chang'an City experienced nearly ten years of troubles in Xiliang.

It can be said that when the Xiliang rebellious army fought for Chang'an, except for the emperor's residences such as Changle Palace and Weiyang Palace, no one easily occupied it, and other areas of Chang'an City completely became the place for Xiliang's cavalry.

Although the Xiliang warlords like Guo Si and Li Jue who separatized Chang'an did not dare to live in the Emperor's Palace blatantly, they could occupy the mansions of officials and aristocratic families in Chang'an without any psychological burden.

In addition, when Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty returned to Luoyang, he took away a large number of officials. Most of the mansions of officials and aristocratic families in Chang'an City were voluntarily abandoned. The fortress in the city occupied by the Xiliang rebels in Chang'an City was destroyed.

But with the Xiliang rebellious armies from all sides attacking each other, not to mention the mansions of court officials and aristocratic families, even the original Changle Palace and Weiyang Palace, the emperor's palaces, are already in war. Almost destroyed.

Wars are often accompanied by the destruction of civilization. In addition, most of the palace buildings in this year are mainly made of wood, which can easily be burned by flames during the war. Therefore, after the emperor left Chang'an, he stayed in the west of Chang'an City. Liang Luan's army became even more unscrupulous.

As a result, during the war, Chang'an City has actually become an abandoned city.

Therefore, in the later period of the turmoil in Guanzhong, the warlords who ruled Chang'an, such as Guo Si and Li Jue, no longer lived in Chang'an City. They looked for some strong docks outside the city to live in, which gave them a better sense of security.

At this time, Chang'an City was already in the melee, and it was destroyed into a dilapidated city that anyone could enter and leave. Although the towering city walls of the old imperial capital can still be seen, let alone the gates everywhere, the gates can be closed , that is, some areas of the city wall have collapsed, completely unable to resist the free passage of Xiliang cavalry.

In such a chaotic situation, the residents of Chang'an who originally lived in the north of the city had long since left to escape the war, either to Shu or to Jingzhou.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Luoyang was the capital of the Great Han Emperor, and Chang'an was already a second-tier city, without its former glory.

Previously, Dong Zhuo took Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and forcibly moved the people of Luoyang to Chang'an, which restored some of Chang'an's popularity. However, with Dong Zhuo's death, Chang'an's turmoil began, and Chang'an's population quickly lost and withered.

Therefore, the current Chang'an city is already empty, and it is difficult to see the existence of ordinary people. In the city, you can only see the soldiers of the army and the young men who are under the auspices of the army.

In fact, Chang'an City, which has become an abandoned city, was not paid much attention by Ma Teng and Han Sui.

In addition, Ma Teng and Han Sui had become enemies before, and after several times of fighting each other, they didn't even intend to stay in Chang'an City. The forces stationed in Chang'an City before were Zhang Heng and Liang Xing who were attached to Ma Teng. It's just a small force.

Now it is also because of the news of Zhu Wei's army's attack that Han Sui and Ma Teng led their troops back to Chang'an City, ready to face Zhu Wei's army.

But of course they couldn't abandon their previous suspicions, they just occupied an area in Chang'an City, and to be honest, they didn't fight each other directly. Zhong Yao, who had already fled to Chang'an, took the lead in negotiating peace, which made the current situation without civil war possible.

On the surface, under Zhong Yao's reconciliation, Han Sui and Ma Teng seemed to have the intention of uniting against Zhu Wei's army.

But in fact it is impossible. Chen Qun, Ma Teng's envoy representing Zhu Wei, is still in Ma Teng's army. Influence Ma Teng's mind.

Therefore, under the influence of Chen Qun, Ma Teng's thoughts naturally swayed from side to side. In addition, the feud between him and Han Sui was hard to wipe out. It would not be easy for Zhong Yao to be a peacemaker and bring them together. matter.

It's just that in Chang'an City today, Ma Teng's side includes two small forces, Zhang Heng and Liang Xing, with a total of nearly [-] troops, and Han Sui also brought candidates, Cheng Yin, Li Kan, Cheng Yi, and Ma Wan. Five affiliated forces, the combined strength of his side is nearly [-].

At the same time, most of their troops are cavalry. It can be said that their subordinates are basically composed of Qiang herdsmen and Xiliang horse thieves, so their discipline may be chaotic, but their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

To be honest, Wei Yan's Jingnan Battalion and Zhang Xiu's and Zhang Liao's Tiger Wing Battalions on Zhu Wei's side now have a combined strength of more than 3 troops. Attacking Han Sui's side, there is also a gap in numbers.

Fortunately, the two sides did not need to carry out a siege battle in Chang'an, basically it was a bit like a field battle, a real fight for the strength of both sides.

At the same time, there was also a news from Ma Teng's side, that is, if Zhu Wei's army only attacked Han Sui, Ma Teng could stand on the sidelines without helping each other, but now it is not big to want Ma Teng to join Zhu Wei's side. possible.

This news cannot be said to be good or bad. After all, whether Ma Teng's promise is credible is still questionable.

However, since Ma Teng expressed his intentions in this way, Wei Yan, Zhang Xiu, and Zhang Liao had a focus on strategy and tactics. Among the three, except for Zhang Xiu's weaker background, Wei Yan and Zhang Liao both had a general background. Therefore, they quickly formulated the Chang'an strategy.

So after the armies of Wei Yan, Zhang Xiu, and Zhang Liao converged, they marched from Huayin along the Wei River to Chang'an without fear, and soon approached the Hongmen not far from Chang'an City...

(End of this chapter)