With the end of the Battle of Guangzong, Lu Zhi beheaded all the captured Yellow Turban thieves and built a "Jingguan" outside the city to warn the world: This is the end of rebellion.

During this period, Liu Tao suggested that some of the thieves could be selected, sent to local areas for repairing bridges and paving roads, or sold them to local families to serve as servants. However, this suggestion was rejected by Lu Zhi and even scolded.

"Now it's time for the young and old to not take over, and each family probably doesn't have much money to buy servants. Moreover, these thieves gave weapons to elite soldiers, and it would be very dangerous if they committed crimes. When the time comes, it will be a pretext for eunuchs to attack their father... This is probably what my father thought about." Lu Yan explained to Liu Tao privately afterwards.

"Sure enough, fame cannot be defiled at all." Liu Tao sighed, "Is it burden of fame?"

"Probably... that's the case." Lu Yan hesitated for a moment and finally nodded.

Lu Zhi's personality is to be upright and not surrender to eunuchs, and at the same time he is well-educated and kind, benevolent and loyal. Basically, he perfectly expresses the positive image of a minister.

So he cannot be snob and do things like selling prisoners; not only can he not do it, but he also hates such behavior.

Suddenly I realized that it was so hard for those stars in later generations to maintain their character... Liu Tao complained in his heart.

The key is that this character is not set by oneself, but is set by society or the gentry. Everyone needs such a character as the leader of the gentry, so "Lu Zhi" came into being.

Just think about it, just say that the great Confucian disciples are afraid of thousands of disciples; the masters of Confucianism can actually be obtained through flattery, after all, information transmission is backward; as for being upright, unyielding, benevolent, righteous, loyal, this is a question of class position...

In other words, Lu Zhi is actually a "star" packaged by the gentry, just a signboard.

Looking back, Lu Zhi started as a doctor, and his official positions were almost all civilians. At most, he served as the governor of Lujiang County for one year, because he had to use his reputation to deal with the rebellion... In other words, Lu Zhi actually did not have much experience in fighting wars.

Forget it, forget it, I can't continue thinking, otherwise I feel that my impression of Lu Zhi will completely collapse.

"Well, when will we return to Luoyang?" Liu Tao asked casually, "And, should we follow us or go back to Youzhou?"

In theory, they were sent by Liu Yan to support the war in Jizhou. This side has ended and should go back and report.

But if he goes back, he may not be able to get entangled with Liu Yan. At that time, he will go to Yizhou, so should he follow him? Although it is good to develop behind closed doors, Yizhou really doesn't want to go.

"Oh, this is the case..." Lu Yan took out a document, "My father has communicated with Liu Yan and transferred you to his command. I just said it before, but with this document, we have transferred it."

"It's just that this is allowed to do something like this?" Liu Tao hesitated. After all, the Five Northern Army Schools are permanent lieutenants, and he, the Sima of other departments, has the meaning of temporary organization.

"After we arrived in Luoyang, the mission was completed, but the credit must be calculated. The more than 4,000 people under our command are still our private army." Lu Yan replied.

"Then let's just stay. The baggage unit does not eat military rations." Liu Tao felt that since that was the case, there was no need to take the troops to Luoyang and leave it to Zhen to help take care of it for several months.

"What should you do if Your Majesty wants to review then?" Lu Yan shook his head, "And, my father and I have also discussed this issue."

"Since you will raise it, then has this problem been solved?" Liu Tao asked excitedly.

"Yes, my father said that the improvement of craftsmen's siege equipment will be helpful in breaking the city, so we must also show our merits. At the same time, the baggage troops and the leader of our troops were also incorporated into the Northern Army's baggage team, but we must temporarily accept the dispatch."

"In other words, we don't need to pay for the military rations, right?" Liu Tao probably understood.

"It's just that before His Majesty announces his dissolution, we really don't need to solve the military ration problem." Lu Yan nodded.

In fact, neither Liu Tao nor Lu Yan knew that it was because Guangzong was captured in advance, so the military supplies were somewhat oversupply.

These materials themselves can allow the army to spend about one month, and with the fact that some soldiers were killed when the city was broken, the materials were completely enough for the army to spend about one month.

Anyway, after arriving in Luoyang, His Majesty finished the review and rewarded merits for about a month, he simply did this favor. The key is that he did not need to pay anything for it.

Liu Tao was really relieved, and then ordered to actively cooperate to prepare for the camp. He worked hard for more than a day, and then officially set off on the third day after resting for half a day on the second day.

When returning, considering that there were no thieves, they asked to march 100 miles a day and return to Luoyang from Wei County, about 800 miles. The entire army finally arrived at the city of Luoyang on the evening of the eighth day of the return journey.

"A city wall of six meters high..." Liu Tao couldn't help but sigh when he looked at the city. He really didn't have the feeling of tall and magnificent in his impression. After all, it was made of rammed earth. Without adhesive, he could not build up even with bluestone bricks.

It’s impossible, just like in some novels, glutinous rice and egg whites, how many glutinous rice eggs are needed in such a big city? In the era when there was no professional breeding, where did you get so many eggs?!

It is six meters high and about twenty meters wide, which is indeed much thicker than the type of five or six meters in ordinary county towns.

With a thickness of more than 20 meters, no wonder there is a saying that "Your skin is thicker than the city wall." Liu Tao complained in his heart, after all, this sentence literally refers to thickness, not solidity.

This city is located north of Luoshui, which is Yang in the north of the water, so it is called Luoyang. It gradually became the capital city since the Xia Dynasty, and to the Liu Tao era, it has a history of nearly two thousand years.

The improvement and expansion of generations became the capital of the Han Empire in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but it was destroyed by Dong Zhuo's fire.

"When Dong Zhuo set fire... Forget it, I guess he can't stop him from setting fire." Liu Tao felt that it would be better to leave the city as soon as possible. The more affectionate he had for it, the more heartache it would be when it was burned.

At the same time, he probably knew why Dong Zhuo set fire.

Luoyang is moving east-west, relying on Luoshui in the south and valley water in the north. A fire is more than ten kilometers long and it is difficult to find a boat. There is no way to continue chasing it without a day or two, which means that there is one or two days to march quickly.

Considering that Dong Zhuo took away a large number of valuables and was not fast, it was very important to him these two days. He could fully support him until the large army entered Hangu Pass.

From the perspective of war, it is understandable, but from the perspective of history, Dong Zhuo was only lit with a sky lantern after his death, which was a bit cheaper for him.

"Brother, what are you thinking?" Lu Yan was a little worried, and Liu Tao's expression was faintly ferocious.
Chapter completed!