Who does he recognize who would be in Lingxu City? Hong Chenglue?
Li Qingge stopped talking and winked at him: "Good night."
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He Lingchuan opened his eyes and saw that the sun had already passed the zenith and would sink into the horizon in two hours. He couldn't help but be slightly startled.
He returned to Soul Township again, riding on horseback. There was a magnificent city wall in front of him on the left, but this was not Panlong City.
He looked around and saw that all members of the Broken Blade team were there, along with more than thirty Gale Army soldiers.
Directly in front is a fiery red cloak.
Red General?
Are they following the Red General?
He Lingchuan came back to his senses and found that the city wall his group was passing looked familiar:
This is Xiruan Palace City!
Previously, it only took Panlong's army half a day to break into Xiqian Kingdom, but it took more than ten days to capture the palace city. They finally surrendered without a fight after trapping the monarch and officers and soldiers in the palace city until they ran out of ammunition and food. .
Therefore, He Lingchuan was deeply impressed by the appearance of this palace city, but it was only limited to its appearance.
Inside, it was his first time coming in.
During the siege, more than 10,000 soldiers were crowded into the palace city, and the smell was everywhere. Fortunately, the pickled food had been cleaned up long ago. As far as He Lingchuan could see, the palaces were connected end to end, with complete planning and exquisite appearance.
I also looked at the door panel behind me as I walked: "It seems that during our siege, the more than 10,000 officers and soldiers and Hu Yanzhao were all crowded here. It was not crowded at all, and everyone could have a place to live."
Willow barked: "Outside, people's lives are poor, but inside there are beautifully decorated buildings, Xiqiao deserves to die!"
He Lingchuan whispered: "Should we return eastward?"
Willow made a shrug. A Luo looked around: "The news from Panlong City hasn't been delivered yet, so General Red will take us here to do business first."
Everyone followed the red general and ran to the west inner side of the palace city.
As you go west, there are fewer buildings and more people.
These were civilian craftsmen who set up scaffolding inside the palace city, and more than 200 people used their tools to hammer away at the wall.
A large section of the wall has been chipped away, and it looks like a big gap from the outside.
Everyone was confused when they came here.
During the siege, Xiqiao Palace was in good condition and was almost unattacked. Why should it be destroyed now?
General Nan Ke seemed to be acting as a supervisor. When he saw the Red General, he came up to him and said, "The craftsmen complained that the wall was surprisingly hard. It took a long time to dig out such a hole. I don't know how many hammers and drills broke it." "
He Lingchuan and others looked at each other.
Xiqiao City Wall looks tall and thick, but how could it be so hard?
The craftsmen concentrated on carving out the wall for most of the day. If it were during the war, where would such a good environment allow the soldiers to slowly carve out the wall? If you want to break through this wall, I'm afraid a lot of lives will be lost.
General Red was also looking at the wall: "Are you sure it was dug from here?"
"The classics say that when Beicheng was captured in the past, this was the only gap that was made." General Nanke waved his hand to an old palace man, "This guy also participated in the construction of Xiqiao Palace back then. He is a living map." .”
The palace man bowed his waist and saluted the red general: "Our... little man's surname is Chang. He has been in the palace for more than ten years. The general only gives orders!"
The red general pointed, and Chang's chamberlain nodded repeatedly: "This is it, this is it! Xiqiao Palace City was built on the basis of the old site of Beicheng. The palace walls basically followed the old walls of Beicheng, and were widened and thickened. Gao, that’s what it looks like today.”
Bay City? He Lingchuan had never heard of it, but Aluo whispered: "So this is Bay City?"
He Lingchuan turned around and saw that the door panel and wicker were also a little confused.
Fortunately, fortunately, I am not the only poor student.
Aluo knew it was time for class by looking at their expressions, and whispered: "More than a thousand years ago, a city was built here, called Bay City. Later, it was invaded by foreigners and perished. I have heard its legend, but I didn't expect it." The Palace of Prince Wei was built on the ruins of Bei City.”
The door panel groaned: "It seems that the feng shui here is not very good."
Beicheng was invaded by foreigners and perished.
Xiqiao built a palace on this basis, but was invaded by Panlong City and died.
More than a thousand years apart, history goes through reincarnation.
The chamberlain Chang continued: "This is still done on the inside. The outside of the palace is not afraid of artillery and magical bombardment, nor is it afraid of siege hammers and ground-breaking vehicles."
The door panel made a clanging sound: "It seems that the defensive formation is quite good."
Chamberlain Chang just continued: "The most amazing thing is that the city wall can achieve this effect without setting up a defensive formation at all."
Gale's soldiers were a little surprised.
Not opening the formation means energy saving. The battle is all about attrition. The city wall itself is so hard that it will be very difficult for the opponent to deal with it.
"I heard that the foreign enemy attacked for more than four months and sacrificed 20,000 to 30,000 lives to open that hole in the city wall." Chang Nei Shi said, "The monarch, uh, the Huyan family took it because of its advantages. The foundation was laid to build the palace city. Although the gap was blocked at the back, it is not as hard as other sections of the old wall. "
Is this still the hardest section? He Lingchuan took a deep breath.
No wonder General Hong had previously let the Panlong Army encircle them instead of attacking them, preferring to spend precious time fighting a war of attrition. She should have known this history in advance.
Otherwise, the Gale Army would have to use human lives to test the hardness of the old Bay City site.
The red general said disdainfully: "No matter how strong the city wall is, what does it matter? Hasn't the Palace of Xiqiao been taken down without a single soldier?
The city was strong and the artillery was strong, but the owner of the palace was cowardly and finally opened the city himself to surrender.
What determines the outcome of a war is never simply external conditions.
Chang's chambermaid laughed: "Yes, yes, the red general is so wise and powerful!"
While they were talking, several craftsmen on the scaffolding called out: "There's something, there's something stuck in the wall!"
Everyone's eyes were dazzled when they saw that the red general was already standing on the scaffolding two feet above the ground, right next to the craftsman.
The craftsman was startled and leaned back.
The red general grabbed his shoulder with one hand, plunged the other hand directly into the wall, and started digging.
Blocks of gray powder and mud rustled down.
Her hands seemed better than chisels.
General Nan Ke and others also gathered around to watch, and saw something seemed to be exposed in the wall. It was thick and hard, but not like a stone.
At least the shape isn't the same.
The red general stopped and blew a breath.
A gust of evil wind blew by, and all the floating dust on the wall was blown away, revealing the true appearance of the things underneath.
General Nan Ke lost his voice and said: "This, this...are these bones?"
Only half of the things in the wall are exposed. The color is like jade, but it still has a metallic luster in the sunlight. When the iron instrument is struck, it makes a clanking sound, like striking on a bell, with a lingering sound.
But no one can mistake the shape.
It was a bone, at least three feet outside, and I don't know how long it was inside the wall.
The door panel murmured: "These are not human bones."
No bone in the human body is that long.
Another craftsman pointed to the palace wall high up and said, "It's there too."
Everyone looked up, and sure enough they found another jade-white bone four feet above.
The outer wall added by Xiqiao has long been opened, and the craftsmen are digging out the old wall of Bay City.
In other words, the ancient city walls of Bay City are filled with bones?
Liu Tiao shuddered, and He Lingchuan remembered a legend from his hometown.
General Red was wearing a mask, so others could not see her expression, but her voice was calm: "This is the secret of the incredible strength of the ancient wall of Bay City."
In other words, the hardness of the wall depends on these bones?
She casually took out the dagger and chiseled the bone twice.
Sure enough, it couldn't be chiseled.
The red general took out another small bottle and poured the liquid inside onto the bone stick.
Just listen to a few soft chi chi sounds, white smoke comes out of the bones, and the sense of smell is as sensitive as willow
Tiao and He Lingchuan also smelled a strange sour smell.
The Red General continued to pour the acid, and soon foam flowed down from the bones and fell onto the mud wall, but nothing happened.
Soon, a small hole was etched out of the bone rod.
The red general took a pickaxe, reached into the small hole and took it out.
There seemed to be some black substance on the pickaxe's beak.
General Hong observed carefully, and He Lingchuan suspected that she even sniffed it.
Then, she jumped down from the scaffolding and said regretfully: "The activity has been lost and it can no longer be used. There is no need to dig this wall anymore. "
General Nanke was still looking at the bones in the wall: "What on earth is this?"
"The remains of gods." The red general clapped his hands, "Many gods fell into the world in ancient times. These are their remains."
Those who heard it were horrified.
The ancient shell city actually used the bones of gods to build its walls?
Yes, if there is a war, there will be corpses. The battle to destroy the world was so brutal that it was no surprise that the remains of the gods ended up in the human world.
Most of the craftsmen here are locals from Xiqian. After hearing her words, they immediately backed away and did not dare to start chipping the wall again.
Some even prostrated themselves on the ground and prayed quietly, asking gods to forgive them for their disrespect.
"Their cemeteries are probably nearby, and the Bay City people just used local materials." Who doesn't want a strong city wall? "The people of Bay City can easily obtain their remains. Either they died suddenly here and were not buried, or the seal of the cemetery has been destroyed or invalidated."
Red General *** asked Chang Chang, "Do you know where the tomb of the gods is?"
Chang's chamberlain was stunned just now, and now he quickly shook his head: "No, there is no mention of the cemetery of gods in the ancient books, General."
"It's a pity that the bones built into the wall have lost their activity. Except for being harder, they are no different from rocks." The Red General asked him, "If you think about it carefully, is there any place in the palace where flowers and plants remain green all year round? No. Afraid of severe cold and heat?"
"Flowers and grass are always green?" Chamberlain Chang said without thinking, "Ah, there really is such a place. When the whole capital is covered with snow, it still has red flowers and green grass! The queen's favorite orchid can bloom all year round if kept there. Invincible, it doesn’t even need to be carefully maintained. Oh, it’s in the west garden of the palace, only four hundred steps away from here. "
"lead the way."
Chang's measurement was very accurate. If he said four hundred steps, it was four hundred steps, with almost no deviation.
Everyone has entered an imperial garden, where there are strange flowers and plants everywhere, arranged in an orderly manner, with almost no dead grass or yellow leaves.
