This is already the end of the canyon. The valley in front of it seems to have been split open and cut deeply into the mountain on the ground, forming a canyon up to a thousand meters wide. At the same time, this canyon continues to extend forward until it becomes a black line that disappears.
On both sides of the valley, the mountains are covered with lush shrubs and ginseng trees. You can see that thick vegetation covers the mountain walls of the valley. Raging water rushes past, constantly scouring the mountains, forming rolling waves that flow into the distance.
At the end of the river where they were, there was a waterfall hundreds of meters wide. Many rivers gathered here and rushed down into the valley, like tigers roaring and dragons roaring, galloping thousands of miles.
They had to stand far away from the waterfall to barely resist the erosion of the river and fix the awning boat in place.
It was noon at this time, bright sunshine was shining in the river valley, and only the waterfall was hanging with rainbow light pouring down. The lush forest further away was elusive and seemed to have no end. Apart from that, there were only the wails of the apes. , the green crane chirps.
It is expected that the open valley here has abundant water and the miasma dissipates relatively quickly. This is why there are so many living creatures sneaking and swimming in the dense forest of the valley, making strange sounds and strange sounds. He really does not believe that this place can be used to build a walled city.
First of all, there is a lot of water vapor. Even if the house is really cast, it may not be able to last long under the corrosion of water vapor. Whether it is a rammed earth building or a wooden building, it cannot survive in such strong water vapor for a long time. Secondly, the mountain walls of the valley are steep. , there are few platforms with gentle slopes. Even if it is built with the help of strength, there must at least be a place where strength is needed. The walls here are thousands of feet high and steep. It is naturally a steep chasm, making it difficult to build a house. It is really not a good place.
"Old man, where is the village near Yudong? Why haven't we seen it?"
Before Yue Guanchao finished speaking, Old Man Mo tied the awning boat to the river bank and winked at them: "You just come with me."
Since they were all in the river valley, there was no reason to retreat temporarily. Yue Guanchao and the others picked up their things, followed Old Man Mo, and walked into the jungle through the river bank.
This jungle is located on the mountain wall on the right side of the waterfall. The plank road connects to the forest and is looming among the vegetation. A group of people, together with nearly 20 military guards, walked on the cliff plank road, climbing down with Old Man Mo. When they looked up again, they saw the waterfall hanging high on the cliff. They had walked down for at least nearly a thousand meters.
"arrive!"
Old Man Mo stopped where he was, pointed to the nearby grotto plank road, and said: "Going in from here is the stronghold of the remaining forces near Yudong."
Yue Guanchao followed Old Man Mo's instructions and saw that there was indeed an open-air half cave recessed inward on the nearby mountain wall. It was about hundreds of meters long and hundreds of meters high. It was as if a large gap had been cut on the surface of the canyon. Houses and a walled city were built inside.
It can be seen that at the end of the cliff, there are tall and tightly fortified walls, the eaves and corners of the houses are slightly exposed, and the streets and lanes of the streets are connected, just like a paradise of caves that form their own villages and towns.
Yue Guanchao and the others entered the cave and followed the plank road built inward to the end. As expected, there was a plaque with the name "Premier's Walled City" hanging here.
This place has probably been abandoned for more than 20 years. The plaques are cracked and faded, and covered with white spider webs. The streets and alleys are full of collapsed courtyard walls, broken walls everywhere, and collapsed houses.
Countless weeds sprouted from the brick walls and stone roads, making the road walls full of holes and falling bricks. The endless weeds fell to the ground and became long and thick, filling the corners of the village. Sometimes, you could hear a flash of strange movement. And passing by, it was probably a wild animal that strayed into it.
When everyone walked into it, the weeds were up to half their waist, and they could no longer tell where the intersection was and where the collapsed courtyard was. They had to take out their machetes and forcibly cut a road.
"Look, there seems to be a corpse here."
Yue Guanchao walked in front, attracting everyone to him. When Song Siyuan walked over, she could see half a body lying on the ground at a glance.
The corpse seemed to have been cut in half by something. Only the upper body crawled out. The body was already covered with white bones, and the only flesh and blood had been dried, as if black prunes were stuck on the skeleton. The hands crawled hard, as if I'm afraid of something.
Song Siyuan lowered her head to look at the corpse. The necklace on the collar was indeed the totem of the Yu family, indicating that this person was not an outsider, but a remnant of the Yu family. However, there was only half a corpse, which was somewhat strange.
"How come there's only half? Where's his other half?"
"These corpses were cut in half, and the other half was either in other places or cast into Jingguan."
Old Man Mo muttered from the side.
"I remember I told you that there was internal strife in the Yujia Walled City back then. After a fight between the gangs, they were robbed and killed by the nearby Shenggu people. These Shenggu people knew that it was Yudong who had harmed them. Wait until these remnants are killed. After they were cleared, the remnant forces were made into a Jingguan, and the corpse of Yu Higashi was buried upside down."
"But what exactly is internal strife?"
Song Siyuan asked the old man. The old man smacked his teeth and shook his head and sighed: "It's been a long time ago and I haven't experienced it personally. No one knows what kind of internal strife caused the gangs to fight to this point. Back then, if they hadn't been fighting against each other, With a deadly attack, these Gu people and mountain people may not be able to deal with them."
"The old man guesses that it is probably related to the counterattack on the plains!"
"Counterattack on the plains?"
"right!"
Old Man Mo lowered his tone and continued to explain: "Don't you think about it, why did Yudongjin and the others retreat to the valley when they originally camped in the hills? Wasn't it because they were surrounded and besieged that they were forced to go far away from the valley? It means that we should continue to recruit troops and gather forces in the valley so that we can counterattack the plains."
"But." The old man changed the topic: "It costs money to recruit troops. No matter how rich they are in Yudongjin, they have to have a certain limit. In order to fight against the Jiang Wu coalition in the hills, they have already given a lot of benefits. In exchange for the mountain people protecting them, if we do it again in the river valley, the money will eventually run out."
Old Man Mo seemed to have remembered an important point, and his eyes slyly flashed: "In fact, Yu Dongjin's men have no intention of counterattacking the plains. Back then, the Jiangwu coalition controlled the plains and the hills with overwhelming force. Thanks to their support, The poisonous miasma in the wild forest gave them a chance to breathe. If there was no poisonous forest as a buffer, the Jiangwu coalition could also push across the valley."
After saying that, the old man grabbed the weeds on the side and picked his teeth: "Let's fight these two armies. They will be strong at one go, then weaken again, and then they will be exhausted. Now they have retreated again and again. They have long lost the spirit to regain the lost ground. Now What I desperately want is to recuperate, even give up the counterattack on the plains, and become a carefree mountain king."
Anyway, there were so many mountain people who fled into the canyon, and most of them tried to rob the mountain people. Even if they didn't rob the mountain people, they could still live a good life with the remaining money. However, these remnants wanted to do this. It's true, but I can't bear the reluctance of Yu Tokon!
Some people died, but not completely...
