The group of people wandered around the city for a long time, having visited less than half of the ancient city. There were only four words on everyone's mind:

Full of desolation!

Gradually, everyone came to the center of the city, and finally saw obvious traces of the building complex in the center of the city.

This building complex occupies a very large area and looks like a palace. The foundations are all paved with neatly polished blue mountain stones. The stone bricks have not changed much after many years of wind and frost, and they are obviously of excellent quality.

As for the palace that originally stood on the foundation, it has long since disappeared. There are only some beams and wooden boards lying on the ground, covered with moss.

On the intermittent walls around the palace, knife marks and arrow marks are still faintly visible.

I think that when Shuo Feng destroyed the country a hundred years ago, there must have been fierce battles inside and outside this palace. I don't know how many dead souls were buried here.

Huangfu Mu on the side stopped for a moment and said: "This should be the original palace of Shuofeng Kingdom. After a hundred years, you can still feel its grandeur!"

Mo Xuzi took a sip of wine: "It is said that Shuofeng City was an important trade route between the Central Plains and the grassland peoples in ancient times, and merchants gathered there. As a result, Shuofeng Kingdom became famous for a while and enjoyed the benefits of wealth and goods. It is a pity that later the king only wanted to

He enjoyed himself without making progress, and was eventually destroyed by foreign enemies. The whole city was almost slaughtered, and Shuofeng Kingdom was submerged in the long river of history, and the prosperity of Shuofeng City was gone forever."

Song Zhilu couldn't help but lamented: "No matter how beautiful your country is, it will become a fleeting thing in the end!"

Yes, everything is just a drop in the ocean of time.

All you can do is try to make yourself splash a little more and don't sink too fast.

Chen Yue turned over and dismounted, scraped away the windy sand on the ground, then stepped hard on the stone bricks twice, and then walked around the palace wall, reaching out to touch it from time to time, and kept muttering: "This stone

The bricks are really nice.”

Mo Xuzi and others saw Chen Yue's suspicious look from a distance and frowned, wondering why the Marquis of Beiliang was jumping up and down so mysteriously.

Only Huangfu Mu's eyes flashed with light, and he turned around and shouted: "Old man Mo, what do you think of these stone bricks?"

Mo Xuzi was stunned for a moment, then he put the wine gourd behind his waist and followed Chen Yue's example and groped around on the wall.

"Oh, this should be a fine mountain stone. After hundreds of years of wind and rain, it has almost no cracks and is still strong." Mo Xuzi exclaimed in surprise after groping for a while.

"Haha, what a good sign." Huangfu Mu laughed.

Song Zhilu and Zhou Jingyao looked at each other strangely at first, then thought of something, and a touch of joy appeared on their faces at the same time.

Chenyue saw several people laughing and walked over curiously: "What are you happy about?"

"Master Hou seems to be very happy too. I think the reason why we are happy should be the same." Zhou Jingyao joked from the side.

Chenyue's eyes widened and he looked at Mo Xuzi: "Old Mo, can you use it?"

Mo Xuzi took a sip of wine in a leisurely manner, deliberately giving it a try, and when Chen Yue was impatient with the wait, he said with a smile: "These stone bricks are of high quality, and they are enough to repair the outer city walls!"

"Haha!" Chen Yue laughed happily.

When he first saw the palace wall, he wondered if it could be demolished. Now that Mr. Mo nodded, there must be no problem with the quality of the stone bricks.

A few people wandered around the ruins of the palace for a long time, and it was not until Zhu Tianhe sent someone to invite Chen Yue to go to the north city wall that they left.

When the North City Wall appeared in everyone's sight, everyone's face showed a look of shock.

A cursory glance from east to west shows that this city wall should be no less than a thousand feet wide and ten feet high, which is more majestic than Wuguan on the border of Liangzhou.

Moreover, the city wall on the north side is obviously much better than the city wall on the south side. Only a few small sections of the city wall have collapsed, and most of them are quite strong at first glance.

At this time, there were already some figures on the top of the city, and several Beiliang military flags were fluttering in the wind. It seemed that Zhu Tianhe and others had already climbed onto the city tower.

"Let's go up and have a look!" Chen Yue waved his hand.

Several people walked up the stairs on the back of the city wall. The stairs had become bumpy due to weathering, and the old men seemed a little cautious.

Climbing to the top of the city, a magnificent scene appeared in front of everyone.

I saw mountains winding out on the east and west sides of the city, like giant dragons crawling on the earth.

The front of the north gate is a plain sandwiched between two mountains, extending forward along the mountains.

Stop and look far away, the mountains on both sides change from steep to gentle and gradually disappear. There are no mountains in the distance anymore, they are all plains and mounds.

"General, the city wall in the north is quite complete. I think Shuofeng Kingdom was mainly used to protect the grassland peoples in the north." Zhu Tianhe had an uncontrollable joy on his face.

If we really want to garrison troops in Shuofeng City, then the north city wall will undoubtedly be readily available.

Chen Yue patted the masonry on the city wall: "Indeed, the city wall in the north city is much better than the south city wall in terms of scale and quality of masonry."

Mo Xuzi observed along the city wall for a while and walked to Chenyue and sighed: "What a pity."

"Senior Mo, what's the pity?" Zhu Tianhe asked in astonishment.

"I looked at this section of the city wall. Although it seems that the city wall has not suffered a lot of damage, in fact, after hundreds of years of wind and frost, the bricks are not very strong and are slightly loose. If you look closely, you can find the gaps," Mo Xuzi said.

Pointing to the joint between two city bricks: "If this kind of city wall is normal, it will be fine, but if it is on the battlefield and faced with catapults, the crossbow attack will not last long!"

Chenyue frowned and squinted his eyes to where Mo Xuzi was pointing, and sure enough he saw a black gap.

Zhu Tianhe "Cengde" pulled out the scimitar from his waist and inserted it along the gap. Unexpectedly, a small half of the Beiliang Dao sank into the gap. It was obvious that the gap between the two stones was not small. With another force, the blade of the blade

It sank in a little further.

Song Zhilu and Huangfu Mu, who were watching on the sidelines, took a breath of cold air. The catapult would probably collapse after a few hits. It was obvious that the northern city wall was not as strong as everyone thought.

"Look, what I said is right!" Mo Xuzi said, but there was no trace of pride on his face.

Chenyue smiled bitterly: "It seems that we are happy too early. This city wall is useless."

"Hehe." Mo Xuzi suddenly laughed strangely.

Huangfu Mu shouted from the side: "Old Mo, please stop being so pretentious and say what you have to say in one breath."

Mo Xuzi raised his eyebrows proudly: "This mountain stone is useless if it is exposed outside, but the city wall is ten feet high. Presumably the masonry on the inside is still solid, only a few layers on the surface are loose!"

Chen Yue put his hands on his hips: "Mr. Mo means that we only need to repair the surface?"

"Exactly!" Mo Xuzi nodded heavily.
Chapter completed!