"One hundred and eighty miles to the Kamo Stone Forest?" Zhe Zhichang recalled. He had heard of this place. It seemed to be an ancient battlefield. There was a lack of water in it. Neither the Uighurs nor the Han Tibetans would walk here. It was considered a place. Natural border barrier.
Seeing that Zhao Tong was about to enter the stone forest while riding ahead, Zhe Zhichang was shocked and shouted hurriedly: "Your Majesty, you can't enter, that's the Kamo Stone Forest."
Before he finished speaking, Zhao Tong could no longer be seen in front of him. Zhe Zhichang gritted his teeth and was at his wits' end. He thought to himself that Stone Forest was just Stone Forest. The lack of water seemed to be something that couldn't be solved. There were some troubles in the ancient battlefield. May become disoriented.
And now that Zhao Tong had entered, how could he not enter? Zhe Zhichang hurriedly ordered all the troops to chase him into the stone forest.
After entering the stone forest, there was no trace of Zhao Tong. At this moment, the sky was about to break, and I saw a vast expanse of white ahead filled with mist.
What a damn weather! Zhe Zhichang knew that there is often fog in Longyou in late autumn, but he did not expect that the fog in this stone forest would be so heavy.
He looked around, feeling panic in his heart. He had no choice but to hold on. If he saw Zhao Tong, he would definitely invite the young prince back even if he threatened to commit suicide.
He led his men and horses groping forward when suddenly there was a noise in front of them. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a group of Uighur cavalry circling in circles, looking for something.
There were not many cavalry in this group, only about a hundred people. Zhe Zhichang didn’t know if Zhao Tong had met this group of cavalry, but Liyanaza took almost these people away at that time. He thought to himself, it couldn’t be Xiao Tong. Is the prince trapped here?
At the thought of this, Zhe Zhichang's eyes turned red. He held a gun in one hand and shouted: "Kill him!" The soldiers from Longyou immediately followed him and rushed forward.
Let’s talk about Zhao Tong. At that time, he rode his horse in front of the stone forest. He didn’t need to be chased. It was right for the enemy to retreat while we advanced. However, it depends on the environment at that time. This large stone forest is in line with the principle of not entering the forest, no matter the woods. , Stone Forest, they are all forests anyway.
However, under the moonlight, the more he looked at the stone forest, the more familiar it became. After taking a closer look, he found that the location of the stone forest looked like an ancient formation from the Han Dynasty.
He didn't know about this ancient formation at first. In fact, after the chaos of the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, many ancient military techniques were lost, including many ancient formations. Currently, the remaining formations in the world are less than 10% of those from the Qin and Han Dynasties.
Those lost ancient formations can only be recorded in some books. As for how to arrange them, no one knows.
However, Zhao Mengde got Mengde's new book. One of the articles in this military book is about formations. It records several ancient formations, but more of them are methods of breaking formations. Obviously, in Cao Mengde's heart, formation formation is not the way of war. , breaking the formation is considered a skill.
Zhao Tong dared to enter this stone forest because this stone forest formation was one of the only formations in Meng De's new book, and it also had detailed methods for breaking the formation.
He didn't quite think that Liyanaza also understood this ancient formation. His horse was fast. In fact, he had seen the Uighur soldiers hesitate here just now. If he really understood the formation, he would not be so hesitant. , rushed in long ago.
At this point, Zhao Tong is no longer as simple as chasing Liya Nazha. He has become very interested in this ancient stone forest formation. Logically speaking, after the end of the Tang Dynasty, this formation has been lost, and it cannot be created by modern people. Then At least this formation existed in Tang Dynasty, or before Tang Dynasty.
Zhao Tong thought about it in his mind. This should be the junction of Longyou and Uighur. It is recorded in the documents of the Duhufu that it is called Kamo Stone Forest. There are many stone forests in the Uighur area, and some are even red stone forests. In addition to being easy to get lost, There was a lack of water, and there were no strange things recorded. If there were any, the records of the Protectorate would definitely not have missed it.
So he rode his horse into the stone forest. Although there was mist in the forest, the path was exactly the same as what was recorded in Meng De's new book.
At this moment, Zhao Tong is convinced that 80% of the place here is a relic from the Han Dynasty, because formations are not static. Just like everything in the world, weapons, clothing, food and even houses have changed with the changes of dynasties. Changes occur, especially in poetry and writing. Often what is sung by later generations may not be the same as the original version.
He looked around in the stone forest, but did not see the Uighur soldiers, so he followed the method of breaking the formation that he remembered in his heart and headed towards the center of the stone forest.
Among the several formations recorded in Meng De's new book, this one is currently the most complex. It can be large or small. It is not used to block the enemy on the battlefield, but to protect the commander's tent, so there are not many The traps and traps are just easy to mislead people into going in the wrong direction.
In fact, Zhao Tong is not worried about any traps. After so many years, no matter how powerful the traps are, they may have been destroyed by the sun, rain, wind and rain in this place where the plateau meets the vast sea.
The sky was getting brighter now, and he rode towards the center of the formation.
Zhao Tong walked and watched with the intention of practicing the formation. The further in he went, the more serious the damage to the formation became. Of course, ordinary people couldn't walk here at all. At most, they wandered back and forth around the outside.
The Jade Lion in Zhaoye does not run very fast. According to the information Zhao Tong saw on the copy of the Duhufu, the Kamo Stone Forest is one hundred and eighty miles long, but this does not refer to the radius, but refers to the length of the Longyou Uighur. The border is more than 180 miles long, and the width from north to south is only about 50 or 60 miles, otherwise no one would be able to lay out such a large formation.
This formation was only deployed in the center, but the angle Zhao Tao entered happened to be the edge of the formation, and he would reach the commander's tent within ten or twenty miles at most.
However, it is extremely difficult for ordinary people to get in and out of these ten or twenty miles. Even if there are many people, it may not be effective unless it is like a large army pushing across the stone forest to directly clear the stone forest, but which army would have nothing to do such a boring thing.
Moreover, this location is a natural barrier. Neither the Song Dynasty nor the Uighurs thought of destroying it. After all, there is this 180-mile stone forest, which is beneficial to both sides.
Zhao Tong thought in his mind, repeatedly compared the formations, and naturally came to an understanding. Unknowingly, he walked far away. At this moment, he suddenly heard a sound in front of him and frowned.
It was the sound of horse hooves, not very close to here, but because of the open space and the echo from the stone forest, he could hear it clearly.
But unless you understand the formation, who can go so far? Zhao Tong thought in his mind, secretly thinking, could it be Liya Naza? I remember that Uighur scout Dafanha once said that Liyanaza wanted to find a place, and there was an ancient sheepskin map. Could it be that the place she was looking for was deep in the Kamo Stone Forest?
Zhao Tong couldn't help but frown secretly when he thought of this. Is there anything worth exploring in the center of this stone forest? Otherwise, how could Ilianaza's temperament come here?
He was confused and couldn't help but follow the sound of the horses' hooves and walked around in circles. He found that Lianaza didn't understand how to decipher the formation, but was approaching the center in a more complicated way.
This method is not about wandering around randomly. It seems that there is a fixed route and you can move forward according to the fixed route.
Zhao Tong thought for a moment and suddenly accelerated forward. After a while, he broke through the stone forest formation and came to the center. He saw a dilapidated ancient city right in front of him.
At present, only the general shape of this ancient city can be seen, and it is in ruins everywhere. It has obviously been there for a long time.
Zhao Tao took a look and saw that the outline of the ancient city was square. This was the regulation of Seoul. The cities in the Western Regions and the Uighurs were basically circular, and there was no such square city.
He rode over, and he was even more confused. Where on earth was this ancient city? There was a large stone forest covering it outside.
It is obviously impossible to say that it is the ruins of the Protectorate of the Western Regions and the Protectorate of Anxi, because the location is simply wrong and the difference is too far.
It is possible to say that it was the Governor's Mansion of the Western Regions during the Wei and Jin Dynasties. After all, the scope of the imperial court at that time was much smaller than that of the Han Dynasty, so it would not be built here. Another possibility is that it was the Governor's Mansion under the Western Regions Protectorate.
No matter which way it is, this is Seoul, and it is most likely the place Lianaza is looking for, but what is so strange about this place that it makes the third princess of the Falcon miss her this time?
Zhao Tong rode closer and the sky was already completely bright. He walked in a large circle around the broken city wall. Suddenly, he had a plan in his mind. After dismounting, he patted the Zhaoye Jade Lion, and the horse He shook his tail and left alone.
Then Zhao Tong stepped on the long-collapsed city gate and walked into the ancient city.
Obviously, this city is much larger than those military cities, but the same thing is that everything in the city seems to be just as simple.
In some places, the ruins can still be identified, but in other places, they are empty, and there should be no buildings in the first place.
Walking on the road, Zhao Tong saw some traces of bones and the remains of some weapons. He didn't know if there was a big battle in the city at that time, or if someone entered here later to kill each other.
There is a slightly complete building in the very center of the city. Judging from its location and layout, this building should be the administrative seat of this ancient city.
Zhao Tong slowly walked over and found a melon-shaped hammer weapon in front of the dark door. Half of the handle was sunk in the sand on the ground and half was exposed. He took it out and looked at it. The handle of the hammer was about an arm's length. It was long and short, and it broke in the middle after shaking a little. It was obviously too rusted to be used.
This hammer was made in the Han Dynasty. Zhao Tong judged in his mind that the ancient city should be a city in the Han Dynasty or before the Han Dynasty.
He glanced at the dark door and walked in cautiously. The lighting inside the building was extremely poor, but fortunately, the roof above had leaks in many places, and with sunlight shining in, he could barely see anything.
The building is divided into five parts: front, middle, back, left, and right. Zhao Tong walked around and returned to the main hall in the middle.
Not much was found around, and even if there were some valuable things, they had long since decayed or been buried in the dust.
The main hall in the middle is the largest, with the sky above it and sunlight shining in. There should have been a table in the innermost position, but now only the rotten wood is left lying on the ground. Zhao Tao touched it a little. The remaining wood immediately turned into dust and fell.
At this time, a thin mouse came out of the corner, squeaking and looking at Zhao Tong curiously. When Zhao Tong looked, he saw a square object with a color that he could not identify in the corner next to the mouse. .
(End of chapter)
