Chapter 447 The Secret in the City Wall

Which of the people he knew would be in Lingxu City? Hong Chenglue?

Li Qingge didn't say anything, but blinked at him: "Good night."

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He Lingchuan opened his eyes and saw that the sun had passed the zenith and would sink into the horizon in two hours. He couldn't help but be slightly startled.

He returned to the Soul Land again, riding on horseback, with a magnificent city wall in front of the left, but this was not Panlong City.

He looked around and saw that all the members of the Broken Blade Squad were there, and there were more than 30 soldiers of the Dafeng Army.

Right in front of him was a fiery red cloak.

General Hong?

They were following General Hong?

He Lingchuan came to his senses and found that the city wall he was passing by was really familiar:

This is the Xijue Palace City!

Previously, it took only half a day for the Panlong Army to enter the Xijue Kingdom, but it took more than ten days to capture the palace city, until the king and officers and soldiers in the palace city were trapped until they ran out of ammunition and food, and finally surrendered without a fight.

Therefore, He Lingchuan was impressed by the appearance of the palace city, but it was only limited to the appearance.

As for the interior, it was his first time to come in.

During the siege, more than 10,000 soldiers were crowded into the palace city, and the stench was everywhere. Fortunately, the filthy things have been cleaned up now. As far as He Lingchuan can see, the palace group is connected end to end, with a complete plan and exquisite appearance.

The door panel behind him was also walking and looking: "It seems that during our siege, the more than 10,000 officers and soldiers and Hu Yanzhao were crowded here, and it was not crowded at all. Everyone had a place to live."

Liu Tiao spitted: "The people's livelihood outside is declining, and the carved beams and painted buildings inside, Xijiao deserved to die!"

He Lingchuan whispered: "Should we still return to the east?"

Liu Tiao shrugged. A Luo looked around: "The news from Panlong City has not been delivered yet, General Hong took us here to do business first."

Everyone followed General Hong to the west side of the palace city.

The further west you go, the fewer buildings there are, but the more people there are.

These are civilian craftsmen. They set up scaffolding inside the palace city, and more than 200 people chiseled the wall with tools.

A large area of ​​the wall has been chiseled away, and it looks like a big gap from the outside.

Everyone was confused when they came here.

During the siege, the Xiqiao Palace City was fine and almost unattacked. Why is it being destroyed now?

General Nan Ke seemed to be acting as a supervisor. When he saw General Hong, he came up to him: "The craftsmen complained that the wall was surprisingly hard. It took half a day to chisel such a hole. I don’t know how many chisels and stone hammers were broken."

He Lingchuan and others looked at each other.

The wall of Xiqiao City looks tall and thick, but how could it be so hard?

The craftsmen concentrated on chiseling the wall and spent most of the day. If it was during the war, where would there be such a good environment for the soldiers to slowly dig the wall? If you want to break through this wall, I’m afraid it will cost a lot of lives.

General Hong was also looking at the wall: "Are you sure it was dug from here?"

"The classics say that when Beicheng was captured, this was the only gap that was made." General Nan Ke waved his hand to call an old palace servant, "This guy also participated in the construction of Xiqie Palace back then, and he is a living map."

The palace servant bowed to General Hong and said, "My name is Chang, and I have been in the palace for more than ten years. General, just give me your orders!"

General Hong pointed, and the eunuch Chang nodded repeatedly: "It's here, it's here! Xiqie Palace was built on the basis of the old site of Beicheng. The palace wall basically uses the old wall of Beicheng, widened, thickened and raised, and it looks like today."

Beicheng? He Lingchuan had never heard of it, but A Luo whispered, "So this is Beicheng?"

He Lingchuan turned his head and saw that the door panel and willow branches were also a little confused.

Fortunately, he was not the only poor student.

A Luo 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 Beicheng. Later, it was invaded by foreign tribes and destroyed. I have heard of its legend, but I didn't expect that the Xiqi Palace was built on the ruins of Beicheng."

The door panel said, "It seems that the Feng Shui here is not very good."

Beicheng was invaded by foreign tribes and destroyed.

Xiqi built a palace on this basis, and was invaded by Panlongcheng and destroyed.

More than a thousand years apart, history has reincarnation.

The eunuch Chang continued: "This is still chiseled on the inside. The outside of the palace city is not afraid of artillery, magical bombardment, siege hammers and ground-trapping vehicles."

The door panel said in a muffled voice: "It seems that the defensive formation is amazing."

Eunuch Chang just continued: "The most amazing thing is that the city wall does not need to set up a defensive formation to achieve this effect."

The soldiers of Dafeng were a little surprised.

Not opening the formation means energy saving. Fighting is all about consumption. The city wall itself is so hard that it is difficult for the opponent to deal with it.

"I heard that the foreign enemies attacked for more than four months and sacrificed 20,000 to 30,000 lives before they opened that hole in the city wall." Chang Nei Shi said, "Your Majesty, uh, the Huyan family took advantage of it and used it as the foundation to build the palace. Although this gap was blocked later, it is not as hard as other sections of the old wall."

Is this the section with the worst hardness? He Lingchuan took a breath.

No wonder General Hong had asked the Panlong Army to besiege but not attack, preferring to spend precious time on a war of attrition. She should have known this history in advance.

Otherwise, the Dafeng Army would have to use human lives to evaluate the hardness of the old site of Beicheng.

General Hong disdainfully said: "What if the city wall is strong? Didn't I take down the Xiqi Palace without a single soldier?"

The city is strong and the artillery is powerful, but the owner of the palace is cowardly and finally opened the city to surrender.

What determines the outcome of a war is never as simple as external conditions.

Chang Nei Shi smiled: "Yes, yes, General Hong is wise and brave!"

While they were talking, several craftsmen on the scaffolding shouted: "There is something, there is something stuck in the wall!"

In a flash, General Hong was already standing on the scaffolding two feet above the ground, right next to the craftsman.

The craftsman was startled and leaned back.

General Hong grabbed his shoulder with one hand and directly pierced into the wall with the other hand and started digging.

Gray and powdery mud fell down.

Her hands seemed to be more useful than chisels.

General Nan Ke and others also gathered below to watch and saw that something seemed to be exposed in the wall, thick and hard, but not like stone.

At least the shape was not like that.

General Hong stopped and blew a breath.

A gust of evil wind blew past, and the floating dust on the wall was blown away, revealing the true appearance of the things underneath.

General Nan Ke cried out in surprise: "This, this...are these bones?"

Only half of the thing in the wall was exposed, and the color was like jade, but it still had a metallic luster in the sun. When the iron tool was knocked on it, it made a clanging sound, like knocking on a bell, with a lingering sound.

But no one could mistake the shape.

It was a bone, at least three feet exposed outside, and it was unknown how long it was inside the wall.

The door panel murmured: "This is not a human bone."

No bone in the human body is so long.

Another craftsman pointed to the high palace wall and said: "There are some there too."

Everyone looked up and found another bone with a jade-white luster four feet above.

The outer wall built by Xiqi had been opened long ago, and the craftsmen were now digging the old wall of Beicheng.

In other words, there were piles of bones in the ancient city wall of Beicheng?

Willow Branch shuddered, and He Lingchuan thought of a legend from his hometown.

General Hong was wearing a mask, so others could not see her expression, but her voice was calm: "This is the secret of the hardness of the ancient wall of Beicheng."

In other words, the hardness of the wall depends on these bones?

She took out a dagger and chiseled the bones twice.

Sure enough, it didn't move.

General Hong took out a small bottle and poured the liquid inside on the bone stick.

There were only a few hissing sounds, and white smoke came out of the bones. With a sense of smell as sensitive as willow branches and He Lingchuan, they also smelled a strange sour smell.

General Hong continued to pour the acid, and soon foam flowed down from the bones, but nothing happened when it fell on the mud wall.

Soon, a small hole was corroded on the bone stick.

General Hong took a pickaxe and reached into the small hole to dig.

There seemed to be some black substance on the pickaxe head.

General Hong observed carefully, and He Lingchuan suspected that she even smelled it.

Then, she jumped down from the scaffolding and said regretfully: "It has lost its vitality and cannot be used. There is no need to dig this wall anymore."

General Nan Ke was still looking at the bones in the wall: "What on earth is this?"

"God's bones." General Hong clapped his hands, "In ancient times, many gods died in the world. These are their remains."

The people who heard it were shocked.

Gubei City actually used the bones of gods to build walls?

Yes, there will be corpses when there is war. The war of destruction was so tragic that it is not surprising that the remains of gods fell into the world.

Most of the craftsmen here are local people from Xiqie. After hearing her words, they immediately retreated and dared not to chisel the wall again.

Some even prostrated themselves on the ground, praying quietly, asking the gods to forgive their disrespect.

"Their graves are probably nearby, and the people of Beicheng just use local materials." Who doesn't want a strong city wall? "The people of Beicheng can easily obtain their remains. Either they died suddenly here and were not buried, or the seal of the cemetery has been destroyed or has failed."

General Hong turned to ask Eunuch Chang: "Do you know where the tomb of the gods is?"

Eunuch Chang was also stunned just now, and now he quickly shook his head: "No, there is no mention of the tomb of gods in ancient books, General."

"It's a pity that these bones built into the wall have lost their activity. Except for being harder, they are no different from rocks." General Hong asked him, "Think carefully, is there any place in the palace city where flowers and plants are evergreen all year round, regardless of severe cold or heat?"

"Flowers and plants are evergreen?" Eunuch Chang said without thinking, "Yeah, there is such a place. When the whole capital is covered with snow, it is still red and green! The orchids that the queen loved the most in the past can bloom all year round if they are kept there, and they don't even need to be carefully maintained. Oh, it's in the west garden of the palace, only 400 steps away from here."

"Lead the way."

Eunuch Chang's measurement is very accurate. If he says 400 steps, it is 400 steps, with almost no deviation.

They had already walked into an imperial garden, where exotic flowers and plants were everywhere, laid out in an orderly manner, with almost no dead grass or yellow leaves to be seen.