Liao Fan already knew that Chu Pengtian had settled in Dahongzhai, and the time was not short, Liao Fan wanted to come and see his "bandit" army.

In order to be able to reach Lotus Mountain smoothly, Liao Fan decided to make a detour to the Guotong District, that is, Luoyang, and then go south from Luoyang, and finally reach Lotus Mountain.

Luoyang as one of the four ancient capitals of China, from the Xia Dynasty to the present there have been thirteen orthodox dynasties to build the capital here, so there are thirteen dynasties of the ancient capital, but also the central hub of the Sui and Tang Dynasty Grand Canal, although the Grand Canal thought to be in disrepair for many years, the river is silted up, but Luoyang also has two wharves of water and drought.

But today's Luoyang is no longer what it used to be, no matter how prosperous the city is, it will become depressed in the war and war, especially after the loss of Zhongtiao Mountain, Luoyang was directly exposed to the iron hooves of the Japanese army, Luoyang at this time has been in chaos, and the street has not seen the noisy scene of the past.

When he first arrived at the periphery of Luoyang City, Liao Fan really sighed at the majesty of Luoyang, which is worthy of being a famous historical city with culture, politics and economy. But when they were interrogated and entered the city, they were even more shocked when they saw the scene inside the city.

After entering the city, the originally bustling streets were depressed at this time, perhaps because of the cold weather, and only two or three pedestrians hurriedly walked through the streets.

Liao Fan stood on the street and looked into the distance, many of the houses had no roofs, and the walls that were still standing also had traces of being burned by the fire, and it was pitch black. Looking around, Liao Fan could see that there were at least a dozen of such destroyed houses.

"Brother Fan, how did Luoyang become like this?" Lu Liming couldn't believe what he saw with his eyes, he knew that Luoyang was a big city, but now it seemed that it was not as good as their situation.

As soon as Lu Liming's words fell, a car pulled by coolies passed in front of them, judging from the marks on their armbands, it should be the common people who assisted the local garrison hospital, and they helped the local army to earn some food and then feed their families.

When the rickshaw passed in front of them, Liao Fan could clearly see that the corpse was being pulled on the cart, the corpse's feet showed a black eye, and in some places there were huge blisters that had broken and left scars.

"Fellow, how long have they been dead?" Liao Fan stepped forward and asked.

A fellow looked up at Liao Fan, then shook his head and said, "Not long after he died!" Then he ignored Liao Fan and continued to pull his car out of the city.

"Brother Fan, what's wrong?" Lu Liming asked.

"It should be that the little devil threw a poison gas bomb on Luoyang, and the scars left on the dead man's body should be the symptoms left after the poisoning gas!"

Since the Battle of Songhu, the Soviets aided China airfield built around Luoyang, in order to achieve absolute air superiority, the Japanese army from the Battle of Songhu has been bombing Luoyang continuously, so now Luoyang City is full of ruins and broken walls.

However, just a few days ago, the Japanese army bombed Luoyang again, this time the Japanese army dropped not bombs, but poison gas bombs, so far there have been more than 10,000 dead and wounded in Luoyang City, every day like this kind of cart pulling corpses, dozens of cars have to go out of the city.

"This little devil is too much of a thing!" Lu Liming said angrily.

"We'll stay here tonight for one night, we'll leave tomorrow morning, remember to eat the food and water we brought, and we'll refill it when we get out of town!" Liao Fan didn't want to see his brother get poisoned for no reason.

In the huge Luoyang City, Liao Fan and his team searched for a long time but did not find a hotel, so they found a deserted courtyard and stayed temporarily.

"Yingzi, you use these food and water first, if there is anything missing, you can only wait until tomorrow when you leave the city!" After Liao Fan arranged Yingzi's room, he handed her food and water.

"I see, Brother Fan!" Yingzi knew that something big had happened in Luoyang City, and there could be no problem at this time.

When Liao Fan returned to his room, the brothers had already packed their things.

"Lu Liming, you go out for a walk with me!" Liao Fan said to Lu Liming, "Other brothers, hurry up and fill your stomach, let's set off tomorrow!" ”

Since he came to Luoyang, Liao Fan wanted to take the opportunity to see the situation in Luoyang. Of course, in this case, I also want to look at the structure of Luoyang, if there will be a battle between the three parties in the future, then Liao Fan can be regarded as knowing the topography of Luoyang in advance.

It was getting dark, and the streets of Luoyang were empty, and I couldn't even hear a dog barking. As soon as the cold wind blew, there was a whining sound in the small alley with no name, so that Luoyang City was not so quiet.

Liao Fan and the others walked most of Luoyang, and only a few large families had lights on, but the doors of the big families were also closed, and there were no people even patrolling the streets. The ancient capital of the Thirteen Dynasties was lonely in the war.

"Brother Fan, let's go back!"

Lu Liming was worried about Liao Fan's safety, and now the entire Luoyang City is not safe except for the military camp that is safe enough, because of the continuous bombing of the Japanese army, the local order has been chaotic, and many people can no longer eat, so they started a business in the dark, that is, to attack strangers in Luoyang City and rob them of their money.

Liao Fan is very happy, the current situation in Luoyang City does make him very disappointed, but it also increases Liao Fan's resentment towards the Japanese army, if he has bombers and poison gas bombs now, he will definitely fly to Tokyo and give the little devil a taste of gas bombing.

"Let's go!"

The streets were deserted, only the slight sound of the wind and the footsteps of two people, and all that was left was quiet, quiet and frightening.

However, when Liao Fan and Lu Liming turned an alley and were about to return to the courtyard to meet the brothers, they discovered the situation.

Liao Fan found that there was a fire in front of him, and hurriedly pulled Lu Liming to hide in the corner.

"Brother Fan, it looks like he's from the national army!" Lu Liming looked at the person with the torch in his hand wearing the uniform of the regular army of the national army by the light of the fire, "Could they be searching the Japanese spies in the city?" ”

"It's hard to say, when they're gone, we'll go over and have a look!" Liao Fan also wanted to see what these people were going to do.

In about ten minutes, a group of centaurs came out of the courtyard with torches, and from their situation, it was clear that they had not found what they were looking for. After a brief tidying up of the group, they left.

Liao Fan and Lu Liming came out of the darkness and walked towards the courtyard that the soldiers had just searched.

This courtyard is not much different from other ordinary courtyards in Luoyang City, but the gate of the courtyard has fallen in half, and I don't know if it was destroyed by the soldiers just now.

Walking into the yard, the yard is very clean, but there is no light, obviously the owner here cherishes his yard.

In addition to the main house in the courtyard, there are two wings, east and west, and at a glance you know that rich people live here.

"Brother Fan......"

"Shh Liao Fan asked Lu Liming not to speak, because he sensed that there were still people in this courtyard.

Liao Fan made a gesture to Lu Liming, asking him to guard the door and enter the room to search by himself.

Under Lu Liming's gaze, Liao Fan walked to the east wing first, and after gently opening the door, Liao Fan felt a strange smell coming from the room. Liao Fan is very sensitive to taste, but in addition to being able to remember the smell of gunpowder, he really can't remember the smell in the room for a while.

After a brief round-trip, Liao Fan didn't find anything of value in the east wing. Then he searched the main room, and at this time Liao Fan finally found a clue, the owner of this house should be a doctor, because there is a medical box on the table in the main room, and there are some messy surgical tools on the table, which should have been turned out by the soldiers just now.

Liao Fan searched the main house for a long time, and apart from finding some clues that proved that the owner of the house was a doctor, there were no other more valuable clues.

But just as Liao Fan was about to leave, there was movement outside the house, Liao Fan hurriedly rushed out of the room, and saw that Lu Liming was holding a gun, confronting five people, one of whom was the leader of the other party had a gun in his hand, obviously he had never used a gun, and the hand holding the gun was still trembling.

"Lu Liming, put the gun down!" Liao Fan came over and ordered Lu Liming to put the gun down.

And the person holding the gun was wearing glasses, and the gun in his hand didn't know whether to point at Lu Liming or Liao Fan, just when he hesitated, Liao Fan snatched the gun from his hand, unloaded the bullet, and then stuffed the gun to Lu Liming.

The man with glasses tightly protected the person behind him, and then looked at Liao Fan in horror: "You guys...... Who are you? ”

"It doesn't matter who we are, who are you?" At first, Liao Fan thought that the soldiers just now had come to search for the spy, but when he saw the appearance of the five people in front of him, Liao Fan was sure that he was not a spy.

"I ...... I...... I am the owner of this house! The man with glasses was nervous, he was worried that Liao Fan would do something to them, "If you want to kill, you can scrape whatever you want, but you want to hurt my wife and my three apprentices!" ”

"Hehehe" Liao Fan smiled speechlessly, this is the same as not saying it: "You don't have to be nervous, as long as you tell me what the person just now is here for, I won't do anything to hurt you." ”

With Liao Fan's best efforts to appease them, the man with glasses agreed to let them go into the room and sit down and talk slowly.

In the end, Liao Fan finally knew the identity of the person who wore glasses, his name was Li Daoqun, a doctor who came back from studying in Japan, and since his parents died, he opened a medical clinic in Luoyang to treat diseases and save people.

But the good times didn't last long, after the first bombing of Luoyang by the Japanese army, he became a military doctor, although he was still in Luoyang, but his movement was restricted a lot.

"Since you are a military doctor, the troops should protect you, but I think the soldiers just now are not like they are here to protect you, but like they are here to arrest you!" Liao Fan asked Li Daoqun.

"Hey" Li Daoqun shook his head helplessly and said: "A few days ago, the Japanese bombed Luoyang and dropped a large number of poison gas bombs, and many soldiers and ordinary people were angry!" I received an order to go to the army to heal the wounded. ”

"That's fine!" Liao Fan thought about it, this is normal, but there is no need for troops to get people.

"Just the day before yesterday, I operated on a poisoned battalion commander, but in the end I was not rescued and died on the operating table, but the next day I learned that this battalion commander was the nephew of a bigwig in the military and political department of the national army, so they blamed the battalion commander's death on me, and I came back from studying in Japan, and they forcibly charged me with a Japanese spy."

Liao Fan understood, it turned out that this was a matter of personal vendetta in the communiqué, and he wanted to find a companion for his nephew on the road.

"I see, then they came to arrest you, and you were not wronged at all!" Liao Fan said.

"I also have a few friends in the army, and they informed me when they got the news, I wanted to go out of the city overnight, but I didn't expect them to come so quickly!"

Li Daoqun deeply felt the helplessness of living in this era, he wanted to use his medical skills to treat diseases and save people, but he didn't expect to end up as a Japanese spy now.

(Some of the scenes described are from the 44-year period, when the Japanese committed heinous crimes in Henan, and it is difficult to write about them.)