On the morning of February 4, 997, Lant took Ben and 10 cavalry to the Yeqi City ruins first and joined Neil's reconnaissance team.
A few months ago, Lant was stationed under the city's western wall. At that time, Lant had no idea about cities in this world. He only thought that the city wall was extremely high and that there was a mountain in the city. Now that I have returned to Yeqi City, I have a new understanding of this former pearl of the Benma Plain.
Yeqi City has the squareness of a city in the northern plains of Lant's hometown, and in terms of scale, it is not inferior at all even when compared to Longya City.
The huge city wall is a rectangle that is slightly longer from east to west and slightly shorter from north to south. The height of the city wall is about 40-50 meters. Under the snow on the city wall today are brown rattans and huge cracks. From outside the city wall, you can see the The towering mountains in the east are more than ten kilometers long from north to south. There is a huge flat roof on the mountain with a palace-like building on it.
There are traces of artificial carvings around the mountains, which look particularly like the acropolis of some cities in Lant's hometown of Europe from a distance.
During lunch, Neil began to report to Lant his experiences these days, such as the 2-3 small tribes that arrived one after another, and 3 or 4 tribes that sent envoys to ask if they could really be allowed to join. .
For another example, when Neil sent people into the city to investigate, he encountered a small group of thieves in the city square. These people had heard about the treasures in Yeqi City and entered through the Lokilav Pass in the eastern part of the Galloping Horse Plains. .
"This group of bandits is very cunning. We didn't show up when we came in. We only attacked alone when the cavalry split up." Neil became more and more angry as he spoke. "They wanted to scare us away. If Blue Frog and I hadn't noticed , surrounded them, they must have run away.”
"Scared away?"
"Yes, there are legends among other tribes that there is a ghost queen in the city who doesn't like barbarians entering." Neil said seriously, "All the tribes on the plains know that, if I wasn't from the Galloping Horse tribe, I wouldn't dare to Come in!"
"Well, this is the city of our Benma family. Even if there are ghosts, they are my ancestors and will not attack us." Lant looked very calm on the surface, but felt extremely guilty in his heart.
The thieving gang consisted of a junior knight, 2 knight apprentices and 2 demon possessors. They carried some dry food and a vague map of Yeqi City and stole some decorations from the palace.
"What do you think we will do with these guys?" Neil knew that selling this gang to other tribes as slaves as usual would definitely not work, but there was really no other way to deal with them on the grassland.
"Lock him up first and think of a solution later." Lant couldn't think of what to do for a while.
"Sir? Can you leave it to me?" Peter Maned Wolf on the side became interested. "I was in charge of several interrogations when I was in Maned Wolf City. May I talk to them?"
Seeing how interested Peter was, Lant was naturally happy to let go.
In the afternoon, Lant took Ben Call around the outside of Yeqi City. According to his estimation, the city is about 17 kilometers long from north to south and 20 kilometers long from east to west. Such a city is still running at full speed even if it is riding a raging fire. It took more than a long time to turn around.
The cold wind on the horseback blew against Lant like a knife. If it weren't for the cheerful pace of the fire that contained a certain fire element, which made Lant feel that the saddle was heating under him, he would have been frozen. At this moment, Lant did regret it. The carriage was left to Wendy and the others.
After going around, Lant was even more surprised by the super scale of Yeqi City. Lant couldn't imagine why humans could build a huge city nearly 1,000 years ago that was comparable to the super city in his previous life.
Such a huge city was built, but 1,000 years later, it is still in a feudal society, and it is a pure feudal feudal society, without even the slightest feeling of a central empire.
I recall that when I was a student in my hometown’s imperial capital, I went to the highest mountain in the imperial capital. It is said that it is only over 40 meters high, and the city wall here is more than 40 meters high. If you have the civil engineering skills, you can build an underground fortification. , wouldn’t it be nice to build a high-rise concrete building? It had to be piled up into a city wall.
In the imperial city where I was studying, the Fourth Ring Road was only less than 20 kilometers from east to west, and the middle ring road in my hometown was almost the same distance from east to west. Can such a large area really be managed by a count?
Of course, the huge city wall is not full of ruins. In addition to the acropolis-like palace on the top of the mountain, if you are further away from the city wall, you can still see the roofs of many tall buildings in the city. Some are the remains of magic towers, and some are like arenas. , temples, or huge palace-like roofs are looming.
Why did the orcs really use mechas to attack the city despite building such a large city, but still ended up with the country being destroyed?
What makes Rant the most confused is that he swept across the entire southern part of the Galloping Horse Plains without too much difficulty. Why has the human race never regained the entire Galloping Horse Plains after so many years?
With doubts, Lant asked Ben Call during dinner that night.
"You really have a lot of questions. The first thing I can answer you is that the peak of Yeqi City once had more than a hundred magic towers. These magic towers were all built in the city. The tallest one was the legendary magic tower, and then the big one. The Magister’s.”
The red flames of the bonfire on the ground could jump up to 2-3 meters. As the mage silently chanted, several sparks burst out, forming a square flame pattern. Lant could see that this square was like a miniature night. Qicheng map.
"In addition to these magic towers, the royal family, nobles and magister families below the royal family all have large courtyards in the city. In addition, this place was once the front line of the battle between the human race and the orc race. After peace, it was also an important hub for trade between the two races, so A large area of the city is filled with commercial streets, magic towers, magic schools, knight schools and other buildings." Ben said as he spoke, and stars flickered in the square, as if to reflect his words.
"The remaining area has to be reserved for the numerous direct subjects of the Galloping Horse family, palace nobles, family knights, knights, etc., so the city is much more crowded than you think. For this purpose, a specially built A group of towns designed to accommodate residents who have to enter the city every day.”
"That town is called Tiantongyuan?"
"Where did you find this word?" Ben was confused by the sudden gag. "They are generally called auxiliary counties. At that time, the largest auxiliary county in the northwest of Yeqi City had a population of 200,000."
"With so many people, what do they eat? What do they do? Isn't it easy for them to go to the toilet every day?" Lant could not imagine that under the feudal system, huge cities with millions of people could emerge.
"Back then, Yeqi City could manufacture a lot of alchemy equipment. These equipments were purchased from the orc royal court, the imperial capital, and the elven tribes in the south. Every day, a large number of demon-lovers and demon-free people entered the city to go to the alchemy workshop or Magic Tower is engaged in the production of alchemical equipment.”
"In addition, you also know now that there are iron ore and salt mines on the Benma Plain. In addition to salt and iron, there are also some small-scale magic-guiding metal mines. These ores are continuously sent to the affiliated counties east of Yeqi City. They are roughly processed and then transported to the city's markets for sale.
In Yeqi City back then, according to records, there were traces of magic reflected in the sky. There were magic circles on the outside of the tall city walls for city defense, but there were magic circles on the inside of the city walls to improve the magic environment. Every night, in the workshops and markets, The lights on the streets and streets will illuminate the night sky. "When talking about the prosperity of Qicheng that night, I couldn't help but look at the sky, as if recalling the grand scene of that year.
"So, Yeqi City was originally an industrial city with hundreds of magisters? It collapsed overnight because of a demonic tide?" Rant was a little confused, wondering whether the orcs summoned Godzilla. Still making furry mechas.
(End of chapter)
