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The Evolution of the Three Kingdoms Volume Chapter 174 Chang'an

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    Under the city of Chang'an, a series of shocking battles took place, and Li Zhejun showed great power.  Capturing Ma Teng alive in the first battle and defeating Han Sui in the second battle were both clean and tidy, without any sloppiness.  Zhang Xiu's tribe also defeated Han Sui's partial division Cheng Yin in one fell swoop in the pursuit battle around Xianyang, and killed Cheng Yin in the midst of the rebellious army.  This series of battles fully demonstrated Li Zhejun's current invincible strength. The people in Chang'an City were shocked and dumbfounded. Even if they had some small thoughts, they had to remind themselves to give up quickly!  The people of Kansai are good at martial arts, and their understanding of force is even more profound!  I know that this is the only way to survive in troubled times!

    It¡¯s just that this result is still a little regretful for Li Zhe.  This series of battles, due to the presence of cavalry and the terrain, could only be defeated. In the battle with Han Sui, nearly 10,000 were killed and 20,000 were captured. In total, nearly half of Han Sui's army was annihilated, but two were killed.  Thirty thousand miscellaneous soldiers, plus the previously defeated troops of Ma Teng's army, fled in all directions and were scattered throughout the Guanzhong Plain, but it was difficult to deal with them in a hurry.  Among them, there were even several waves of quite large-scale miscellaneous soldiers, but with the cavalry power Li Zhe currently had, he could not annihilate them all.

    Although Li Zhe was well prepared for this, he sent Cao Hong's 5,000 soldiers early to block the Jingshui River that stretches for hundreds of miles to the north. While sweeping away Han Sui's forces on the north bank of Qingshui, he also blocked the return of this group of rebel soldiers from the north.  road.  On the other side, Zhang Xiu's three thousand cavalrymen occupied Xianyang in the west, like a comb, constantly filtering out the defeated troops of the brigade and taking in prisoners.  However, given the vast terrain of the Guanzhong Plain, these can only be said to be emergency measures and cannot stop the opponent's cavalry from making longer-distance detours.

    Next, a series of pursuit battles began, with two cavalry units, Xia Houyuan and Zhang Xiu, advancing westward.  Zhang Xiu's troops went south, entered Fufeng County, followed the Weishui River, Huaili, Meiyang, Xiguo, and Yongxian County, all the way to Sanguan, and peeked at Zhang Lu in Hanzhong.

    Xia Houyuan went northwest along the Jing River, and finally joined forces with Cao Hong in Xinping County, encircling Xinping County in Beidi County and the Fuyi Guards Department, blocking the way for the barbarians to advance in Hetao and Xiliang.  Completely conquered Yongzhou.

    But even so, Li Zhe still had nothing to do with the rebels who were fleeing in Yongzhou's interior. He could only seize strategic locations, use tactics to curb their range of maneuver, and slowly eliminate them.  The cavalry and the battle on the plain terrain opened up a new battle mode, and Li Zhe's army system was not fully adapted to it.

    Time passed as Li Zhejun continued to pursue and take in prisoners on a large scale. It was December, and the northwest was bitterly cold, making survival in the wild increasingly difficult.  Even Li Zhejun had to start reducing his dispatches during this season and hibernating.

    And the Xiliang rebels who were still in most of Yongzhou were in a miserable situation. They were thousands of miles away from their hometown, and Guanzhong was devastated by them. The wilderness was deserted and there was no place to go.  What they will eventually face in the wild will be the tragic fate of death from freezing and starvation. If they do not turn around and surrender to Li Zhejun, nature will personally lead these rebels into hell.

    The outcome is obvious.

    In this way, Li Zhe basically completed control of the situation in Guanzhong and began to seriously take stock of the many gains he could inherit from taking control of Chang'an.

    Chang'an is a great city.  Even greater than Luoyang.  It was Chang'an, as the starting point of the Silk Road, that opened the history of the intersection of Eastern and Western civilizations, and the sparks generated by the collision of countless wisdoms of Eastern and Western civilizations complemented each other throughout the Western Han Dynasty.  It has convenient transportation and developed commerce, showing the world the confident, open, generous, inclusive and progressive national spirit of civilized China, and creating a cultural highland that the descendants of Yan and Huang will always be proud of.

    The area of ??Chang'an City in the Han Dynasty was about 36 square kilometers, which was about four times the size of the Roman city in the same period.  There are twelve city gates and eight main streets, the longest street is 5,500 meters long.  The palaces, noble residences, official offices and ancestral temples in the city account for about two-thirds of the city's area.  Palaces are concentrated in the central and southern parts of the city, including Changle Palace, Weiyang Palace, Guigong, Beigong and Mingguang Palace.  Among them, Weiyang Palace was the place where many emperors, starting from Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty, lived and handled government affairs. It is one of the most famous palaces in Chinese history.

    The residential area is located in the north of the city and is divided into 160 "Luli".  The market is located in the northwest corner of the city and is called "Chang'an Nine Markets".  In the west of the city is the vast Shanglin Garden, which mainly includes Kunming Pool, Jianzhang Palace, etc.  In the south of the city there is a group of ceremonial buildings built during the Wang Mang period.  Chang'an City in the Han Dynasty changed the pattern of large and small cities in the Warring States Period and concentrated residential areas, industrial and commercial areas, and palace areas in one city. It created a model for Chinese metropolitan architecture and created a brilliant metropolitan civilization that attracted worldwide attention.  The capitals of all Chinese dynasties followed this system.

    Although this city has gone through wars and withered many times, its preservation is still much better than that of Luoyang. Especially the Weiyang Palace among several palaces. The main building still remains and can still be inhabited.live.  After Li Zhejun moved in, the place underwent preliminary repairs and became Li Zhe's place of residence.

    Various organizations accompanying the army began to fully accept the various departments of Chang'an City, including warehouses, government offices, arsenals, craftsmen's offices, etc. Although most of them were dilapidated, there were still many things worth seeking, such as official documents and map records.  Etc., these are all valuable documents.

    A large number of things in modern time and space that can only be seen from documentary records surfaced in front of Li Zhe. The splendid cultural treasure house immersed Li Zhe in continuous wonder. In this war-torn era, even if it is just  Li Zhe marveled at the remaining corner of civilization from the past.

    The most noteworthy harvest among them is, in Li Zhe's opinion, a unique treasure in ancient Chinese history - the last two of the twelve golden men of ancient Xianyang!

    They vary in size. One is ten meters high and weighs about sixty-nine tons. The other is twelve meters high and weighs about eighty-seven tons. They are both hollow bronze statues. They are the two largest among the Twelve Golden Figures.  Because it was huge and difficult to move, it escaped Dong Zhuo's clutches and was not re-melted as copper coins by Dong Zhuo like its brothers.

    These ancient Xianyang Twelve Golden Figures were twelve large bronze figures made by Qin Shihuang after he unified the six kingdoms and collected all the soldiers of the six kingdoms to prevent people from resisting. They have been stored in front of the Epang Palace to declare  Qin Shihuang¡¯s illustrious martial arts.

    This is the largest physical object preserved in ancient Chinese historical records, which shows the strong strength of ancient Chinese metallurgical technology. Such a huge metal object, even in modern times, is a matter of huge manpower and material resources, let alone in ancient times.  It can be called the largest preserved ancient industrial metal physical miracle in the world!  It's just that in history, after Dong Zhuo came to Chang'an, he was ordered to melt it into copper coins for use, and disappeared ten times. After that, after the Three Kingdoms, Wei and Jin periods, and after the Wuhu Rebellion, he finally disappeared and became an eternal symbol in the hearts of descendants of China.  Pity.

    Now, it has finally fallen into Li Zhe¡¯s hands.

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    On the fourth day of December, the north wind was raging, and heavy snow fell in Yongliang. For a time, thousands of miles of ice and thousands of miles of snow drifted, and the inside and outside of the pass turned into a world covered in silver.

    It¡¯s a pity that although it is such a wonderful sight, it is not a good thing for most of the Xiliang soldiers who are still wandering around the Guanzhong Plain, but a terrifying white devil.

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Li Zhejun had no way to deal with them, but the cold air from the northwest was patient enough to deal with them one by one. Afterwards, it was estimated that nearly 40,000 to 50,000 Xiliang people disappeared on the Guanzhong Plain during this period.  The number of civilians in Guanzhong killed by them was several times that number.

    Large-scale surrenders of troops began to appear around the cities controlled by Li Zhejun in various places. Forced by the severe cold and hunger, the defeated soldiers had to come to Li Zhejun in groups to seek opportunities for survival.  Ma Tie, Yang Qiu and others under Han Sui successively led their troops to surrender. From the surrendering soldiers, they learned that Han Sui, Cheng Gongying and a few others had broken through the siege from the west and fled back to Xiliang.

    But by this time, Han Sui no longer posed any kind of obstacle to Li Zhe. What he urgently needs to solve now is the next step of sorting out the situation in Guanzhong.

    The surrender of Zhong Yao and others was of great significance to Li Zhe. It meant that the potential forces and public opinion of Guanzhong society were no longer an obstacle to Li Zhe. The subsequent surrender of Ma Teng and his son and the rest of Han Sui represented  Most of the Xiliang native tycoons surrendered to Li Zhe. Of course, the reliability of the surrender of local tycoons under the pressure of Mount Tai is questionable.  However, Li Zhe is not the same as before. He now has someone who can replace Ma Teng and others in controlling the land of Xiliang.

    Yang Fu was named the governor of Liangzhou by Li Zhe for his role in persuading surrender. Jiang Xu, Zhao Ang and others were divided into captains of the Liangzhou militia. These people were all local nobles in Liangzhou, and their influence on public opinion on the ground even exceeded that of Ma Teng.  and others, coupled with the suppression of force by force, has been enough to establish the ruling structure of Liangzhou, but it is still on the surface now; Zhang was named the governor of Yongzhou, Du Ji, Wei and Wei Kang were respectively made the captain of the Yongzhou militia. This is also fully considered.  to the local situation.

    The land of Guanzhong will be a huge military zone and the starting point of a torrent that continues to expand its territory. The stability of this region is extremely important.  The unification of Bashu in Hanzhong, the surrender of Hetao and Xiliang, the attack on the northern grasslands, and even further, the opening up of the second Silk Road in the future will all be based on this.

    The Fuyuan Army was once again expanded on a large scale to guard Yongliang.

    The number of light cavalry and cuirassiers in the Fuyuan Army has been greatly increased and will become the main arms of the Fuyuan Army.?The total strength will reach a record high of 50,000 people, so that a regiment-level organization has to be added to the battalion level. Two battalions form a regiment, with an establishment of 10,000 people and a staff general.

    After the reorganization, Wei Yan was still the commander of the Fuyuan Army. Zhang Xiu was promoted to a member of the Fuyuan Army and a cavalry regiment general.  Several cavalry battalions, such as Ma Chao, Pang De, Yang Qiu, Jiang Jiong and others, were appointed as Sima and were under the control of Xia Houyuan and other old men. With Li Zhejun's military system, it would be difficult for these people to rebel again once they entered the army.

    A super-large Chang'an Military Region will be established in the entire Yongliang region, with Wei Yan as the commander-in-chief and Zhong Yao and Zhang Xiu as the deputy commander-in-chief.  The march to Hanzhong and the penetration into Xiliang and Hetao areas will be carried out on a large scale after the beginning of spring.  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to (this site) to subscribe and reward. Your support is my biggest motivation.)

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