Chang'an, from a distance, is smaller than Luoyang before Cao Chong.

Chang'an suffered years of war. Not only did he experience the chaos of Dong Zhuo, but after Dong Zhuo, although there was nothing to praise the achievements that Luo Guanzhong wrote about, the degree of tragedy was the most tragic in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

During that period, Chang'an was in the process of cannibalism. Hundreds of thousands of households in Guanzhong were almost gone from this place because of the war, war, drought, locust slaughter, famine, and earthquakes.

This matter starts with Dong Zhuo's move to the west. When Dong Zhuo's army entered Luoyang, they had already killed people and set fires everywhere and robbed women. They had a very cruel style. Chang'an under Dong Zhuo's rule would not be much better.

After Dong Zhuo moved westward, he built a dock and had to hoard food and grass there for 30 years. With his rule method, it is not difficult to imagine how much food and resources he used tough means to take away from the people.

Dong Zhuo also ruled with severe punishment, cutting his tongue, cutting his hands and feet, digging his eyes, and cooking them alive. If he had not been killed, he would let go of blood and drink it with wine.

The officials were killed by Dong Zhuo, Li, Guo Si, and even after Wang Yun killed Dong Zhuo, he also liquidated a bunch of Dong Zhuo's followers, including many officials who were wrongly killed, such as the famous historian, Confucian scholar, calligrapher, and musician Cai Yong in history, who was killed by Wang Yun.

After Wang Yun and Lu Bu killed Dong Zhuo, the Communist Party took over the government, but in fact, Wang Yun had the final say.

Someone persuaded Wang Yun to appease Dong Zhuo's old subordinates, but Wang Yun expressed his intention to disband the Xiliang army. The rumors spread more and more, and Wang Yun would never forgive Li, Guo Si, Zhang Ji and others. In fact, like Xu Rong and Hu Zhen also belonged to Dong Zhuo's old subordinates and were accepted by Wang Yun.

Perhaps it was Wang Yun's swaying attitude that forced Li, Guo Si and others to take a back-on attack.

Soon, Lu Bu was defeated by more than 100,000 people from Li and Guo Si. The famous general Xu Rong, who had defeated Cao Cao and Sun Jian, was also defeated and killed. Hu Zhen surrendered to Li and Guo Si and attacked Chang'an together.

After ten days of siege, the city fell. Lu Bu and they fought street battles in the city. Li and Guo Si allowed the soldiers to kill and set fire in the city. Chang'an's old and young were killed, and the dead were in disarray.

Wang Yun did not flee with Lu Bu and was killed by Li and Guo.

Since then, Dong Zhuo's old subordinates have been in charge of the government affairs again, and Li Ren is the General of the Cheqi and Cavalry, the Marquis of Chiyang, and the Chief of the Si Li, and the Li Zheng.

Guo Si was the Hou General, Marquis of Meiyang, Fan Chou was the Right General, Marquis of Wannian, and Zhang Ji was the General of Cavalry, Marquis of Pingyang, and stationed troops in Hongnong.

From the third year of Chuping to the second year of Xingping, Li and others often indulged their soldiers to loot everywhere.

Ma Teng and Han Suiyuan were invited by them to attack Chang'an. After Li took power, Ma Teng stationed troops in Chang'an, and Han Sui stationed in Jincheng in Liangzhou, which was a Western Liang tribe formed to confront the Shandong alliance.

Li and Guo Si had a population of 100,000, while Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army was a division system. This private army system was composed of clans, guests, tenants, disciples, old officials, etc. It was a division during the war, and was a tenants in normal times, that is, an armed farmer who was both farming and fighting.

Because they often run around and fight, the army of Li and others cannot supply so much food, so one of their major sources of income is to rob the family.

If warlords like this come to rule the central government and do not carry out reforms as soon as possible, they will definitely collapse soon.

Ma Teng asked Li for help but did not get any benefits.

It can be said that Chang'an actually suffered more than Luoyang.

However, after Cao Cao took control of Chang'an, Luoyang's vitality had long been restored, but the population was much smaller than that of Luoyang.

With fewer people, the prosperity is naturally much worse.

For example, the 5,000 soldiers stationed in Chang'an could not even supply their food and grass, and they had to transfer food from the pass.
Chapter completed!