After the city gate was welcomed, Li Luo passed through Yingtian Gate, which was only half left, and passed through the Tianjin Bridge on the Luo River in the city, entering Luoyang City, which was no longer prosperous. Under the tears of the people in the city, he was welcomed into Ziwei Palace.

In 3986, the fourth year of Hongwu in the Tang Dynasty, and in the 26th year of Zhiyuan in the Yuan Dynasty (1289 AD), the Tang lord Li Luo entered the eastern capital Luoyang. It is known in history that "the Luo lord entered Luo".

Since Li Congke, Luoyang has once again become the capital of the Tang Dynasty after 350 years.

On that day, Li Luoyu moved into Ziwei City rebuilt by Jin Xuanzong, and ascended to the court in Xuande Hall to receive worship.

Xuande Hall was originally called Qianyuan Hall, but it was changed to the "Wanxiang Temple" during the reign of Emperor Wu of Wu. In fact, it is the famous Shendu Mingtang. It is also the main hall of Ziwei Palace in Luoyang.

However, the real Vientiane Temple had long been destroyed. Now this simple Xuande Temple was later rebuilt by Emperor Xuanzong of Jin.

Even so, when Li Luo sat in Xuande Hall and approached the court, he still felt a distant and grandeur that Jiangling Palace and Lin'an Palace could not feel.

"Transfer the order to restore the name of Xuande Hall to Qianyuan Hall." The first thing the Tang Lord, who always likes to change his name is to order the name of the palace to be changed.

That night, Li Luo sleeps in the Daye Hall where Kublai Khan once lived. This is also the only fully decorated palace among this once glorious huge palace group. :(/

In the middle of the night, the autumn wind entered the room, and the palace lanterns in the hall were light and dark. The Tang Lord couldn't fall asleep. He put on his clothes and left the hall. Only then could he feel at ease when he looked at the guards guards on duty around the hall.

He was a little afraid of this palace.

There have been so many stories here over the past thousands of years.

Too many characters who have entered history books, those emperors, generals and ministers who have long disappeared, and their beauty have made this palace witness their joys, angers, sorrows, and joys, and interpret their ambitions, conspiracies, tricks, love, hate, and love.

It seemed that Li Luo could still see the murderous sword light and sword shadows, and heard gloomy sneers. There seemed to be shadows in front of him, white silk, golden cup, dagger...the faint eyes hidden in the darkness.

"Your Majesty. The autumn night is cold, so please take care of the dragon body." Guard Yang Ju said with his hands, his eyes brightly in the dark night.

Li Luo patted Yang Jue's shoulder and walked among the corridor columns. When he looked up, he saw the lonely Qiuyue. He couldn't help but think of Cui Xiuning, his children, and even the past that happened a long time ago.

Back then, he just wanted to be a rich man, wash his hands, marry another wife, and spend his life comfortably in financial freedom.

At that time, he only hoped that on the tombstone after his death, he would just take a test of someone first.

He never thought that he could become an emperor and achieve such great achievements in this time and space.

How to write on the tombstone? How to write historical books?

This feeling was so real, on the contrary, the Yatao of the past was getting farther and farther away and no longer looked back. It seemed that he could only see a seemingly elegant but actually lonely back, heading towards the end of the world, and his back was already blurred.

After a long time, Li Luo returned to the bedroom and found a delicate wooden box.

Camel brand lighter…five cigarettes.

It's been ten years since the lighter is still the same, but those cigarettes and cigarette paper have turned pale yellow, with the breath of time.

The man slowly pulled out a cigarette from his hand, sniffed it carefully, and then slowly, hesitated to his mouth.

Although the hands holding the cigarette were hesitant, in the end... the cigarette holder kissed the angular lips.

With a "bang", a small flame lit up firmly and lit the cigarette.

Li Luo took a careful breath, but finally did not choke, but felt the long-lost taste.

A smoke ring was spit out slightly unfamiliar, but it was still very complete and round.

Li Luo suddenly couldn't help laughing, squinted his eyes, with a hint of cunning, a hint of greed, and a naive persistence.

At this moment, he was not the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he was the Situo Luo.

He is the fourth student of Mr. Jiang, the great cultural relics owl, and is also a closed disciple.

Luo Si!

You must remember clearly who you were!

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The next morning, Li Luo led his civil and military officials and the old man in Luoyang to the Han Tomb of Beimang to worship Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu.

Mang Mountain is not far north of Luoyang City. It contains wind and energy, and the soil layer is rich. It is adjacent to the Yellow River in the north and Luoshui in the south, which is extremely in line with the feng shui of Chinese funerals. Therefore, since the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, more than 20 emperors and thousands of noble tombs have been buried.

"Born in Suzhou and Hangzhou, buried in Beimeng." This is the dream of many ancient people. However, as Wang Jian said in his poem, "There is less idle soil on the Beimeng Mountain... I have nowhere to buy gold." It was once a big deal to buy a cemetery in Meng Mountain.

Although Mang Mountain has also declined with the decline of Luoyang, the hills are still full of ancient cypresses, the tomb is towering, vast and domineering.

Li Luo climbed the familiar Mang Mountain, thought of the secludedness of the ages, recalling the scene of traveling Mang Mountain in later generations, and couldn't help but chant:

"In autumn, climbing the ancient land, the wind blows, looking at Mangshan Mountain. Luoyang is still here, and the heroes are sleeping. The ancient cypresses are green, and the vast dynasty is silent. The vast dynasty is still there. The ancient dynasty is full of time. The ancient dynasty has woken up and asked when the year is gone. Who are the vast worlds, and the tired eyes are facing? Today is Hongwu, and the guest comes from the south. On the north, the horse will wave its whip again."

After finishing the chanting, Li Luo sighed: "A mountain has buried so many unsuccessful achievements and unhealthy beauty. Heroes of ancient times have been buried here forever. What heroes are in front of them, and the humiliation of tomb robbing behind them is inevitable."

Wei Su and others couldn't help but praise the emperor's new work. But Li Luo knew very well that his poetry might not be as good as that of Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. It would be a bit against his will to say how good this poem was.

"The imperial edict was issued that there were many imperial tombs in Mangshan, and the imperial court must not ignore it. From today on, the tombs in Mangshan will be set up as the Luoyang Mausoleum District in Huaxia. Jingzhao Yin was ordered to maintain it with great care, but those who robbed the ancient tombs will be sentenced to death. Those who robbed the imperial tombs will be beheaded in half. Those who reported illegal tombs will be rewarded."

Li Luo ordered.

He had been in this industry before, but now he is an emperor, but he is so strict with this industry.

I don't know if this is forgetting one's roots.

Another hour later, Li Luo came to Emperor Guangwu's Yuanling.

The Yuanling Mausoleum has more than 3,000 ancient cypresses in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, with a solemn and harsh atmosphere. The entire mausoleum is also quite tall, but the traces of destruction can still be seen in the sealing soil, and the ground buildings have certainly never existed.

Originally, there were tombstones in the Yuanling Mausoleum, which were preserved until the end of the Jin Dynasty. However, after the Mongols and Yuan Dynasty occupied the Central Plains, most of the Han family cemeteries were destroyed, and now the tombstones have also been destroyed.

The tombstones of later generations were re-established in the Ming Dynasty.

"The Emperor of Shizu revived the Han Dynasty and made contributions to China. He was a wise ruler. He passed the imperial edict and re-erected the monument for Emperor of Shizu, allocated 100,000 yuan to repair the original tomb. The ruler's tomb should not be so desolate. Those who dared to cut down an ancient tree in the original tomb would be punished for the crime of robbing the tomb."

"In the future, one of Jingzhao Yin's responsibilities is to be optimistic about the Mangshan Mausoleum District, especially the Shizu Yuan Mausoleum."

"Abide by the order!" Luo Wei accepted the order.

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On September 24th, Li Luo finally received a memorial from Wen Tianxiang.

The Yuan army attacked Hetao and Longxi with heavy troops. Zhu Han and others had few soldiers. With their firearms, the Yellow River, and the Tang army, they were brave and good at fighting, and finally persisted until the reinforcements arrived. The situation of the battle turned into safety.

Tens of thousands of Tang soldiers sacrificed their lives and fought with the Yuan army, which had an absolute advantage in military strength for more than ten days, and relied on their thin forces to defend the Yellow River defense line.

But it was very dangerous. The Yuan army attacked Yongzhou by five times the force of Zhu Han, Liu Weitai and others, and the offensive was fierce, and he would not give up until he invaded Yongzhou. Zhu Han and others suffered heavy casualties. If the reinforcements arrived two days late, the Yuan army would have already attacked Yongzhou.

The Yuan army was about to attack the south of the Yellow River, but saw the main force of the Tang army in Yongzhou returning to the rescue. He knew that he would never succeed again. In addition, his morale was greatly reduced, so he had to retreat withdrew.

However, more than 18,000 soldiers from Zhu Han and other troops were killed, and almost all of the remaining more than 30,000 were injured.

The Yuan army suffered at least 70,000 or 80,000 casualties, and most of them were the Red Army (Sexual Eye Army). The Mongolian soldiers were unknown, but the fewest were ten thousand.

It can be said that although the Battle of Yongzhou was dangerous, it was finally won. The Yuan army not only failed to capture Yongzhou, but also suffered heavy losses. Especially the most precious Mongolian soldiers, which reduced a lot of troops.

When Li Luo saw Wen Tianxiang's memorial, he felt really distressed and felt a little scared.

The Tang army was actually very strong, and the Tang Dynasty had sufficient money and food, high morale, and the people's hearts were favored. With the layout of the Special Inspection Bureau, it was well prepared. I originally thought that the Northern Expedition would be a breeze.

However, even with so many favorable conditions, the losses of the entire Second Northern Expedition were still beyond Li Luo's estimates.

Several major battles in Henan and Jiangbei were already good enough, and the Tang and Song dynasties were assisted by the Tang and Song dynasties. The results were indeed very large, but the Tang army suffered more than 60,000 casualties!

In the Battle of Yongzhou, more than 50,000 casualties!

This combined casualties of 120,000. Among them, more than 50,000 people died in battle!

The Tang army took the elite military route. What does the death of 50,000 people mean?

Moreover, the Battle of Yizhou has not ended yet, and the Battle of Hengbei is probably started.

By then, the number of deaths will be counted, and I still don’t know how many of them will be.

"One general succeeds and thousands of bones are woven." Li Luo was in a heavy mood. Although the Northern Expedition was a must-do, it did recover most of the Central Plains, but the sacrifice was too great.

He had known before that Kublai Khan would take advantage of his Northern Expedition to attack Yongzhou and made some arrangements. But he did not expect that the Yuan army would attack Yongzhou so quickly, with such a large scale, and with so many troops.

He actually used an army of 200,000 to 300,000!

At this time, Li Luo felt that it was not easy for the Southern Song Dynasty. He could be entangled with the powerful Yuan army for so many years with infantry.

Li Luo sighed and handed Wen Tianxiang's memorial to Wei Su, "Yongzhou is not safe, but the casualties are really a bit bigger."

Wei Su also looked desolate after watching it, "More than 18,000 people died in battle, and almost everyone of the survivors were injured. This..."

In this case, the Yellow River can be defended and persisted until reinforcements come. It has to be said that the Tang army is tenacious and brave, and even so, it also shows the ruthlessness of the Yuan army.

Otherwise, when encountering such a strong army's resolute resistance, they should have withdrawn long ago. How could they fight to the death for more than ten days? Such a hard attack is not like the style of the Mongolian army. The Mongolian army is good at cavalry and shooting, and generally will not fight such a river crossing battle that suffers a lot.

They have a small population and will not consume this way.

"The main force of the Yuan army attacking Yongzhou was the religious people in the west." Li Luo sneered and pointed to the west, "They were originally from the Chagatai Khanate, and were bewitched by those divine and divine things."

Wei Su frowned: "Your Majesty, these Western Regions people have only been in surrender to Kublai Khan for two years. Why do they work so hard for the Yuan court?"

Li Luo said: "Kublai promised them that if they conquer Yongzhou, they would convert the people of Yongzhou to them. Wherever they conquer, they would convert the people."

Convert?

Wei Su understood. No wonder those Yuan troops were so fanatic.

Li Luo continued: "They swore allegiance to the Great Mongolian country in Imamu, across the West. They also wanted to respect Kublai Khan as the new Khalil Law. However, they were politely rejected by Kublai Khan."

Wei Su bowed with shame: "Your Majesty, I am ignorant and unknown, and I don't know what Imamu and what Halifa?"
To be continued...