The sky just lit up with a touch of fish belly white.
The scattered fallen leaves were blown forward by the northwest wind, rolling forward against the stone road. Those leaves that had found shelter from the wind were hiding so comfortably, as if the troubles of the world had nothing to do with them.
The night watchman on the street had just turned off all the street lights, and hundreds of garbage trucks in the city were lined up waiting at the west gate.
The gate guard yawned and walked down from the city head, hung the noose on the city gate hook, pulled out the iron bolt inserted into the crack in the ground, and shouted to the city head: "Turn the winch, open the door..."
The black iron noose in the stone trough at the city gate began to slide slowly. As the winch began to gradually exert force, the noose became straight, and the city gate was slowly pulled open by the noose.
The suspension bridge blocking the city gate also slowly lowered with a creaking sound, and those waiting at the city gate lined up to walk out of the city.
Seeing that the dung cart in front began to move slowly, the coachman sitting on the shaft immediately tapped the horse's buttocks with his whip, and the horse immediately started to move with the carriage in front.
The carriage wheels grinded against the planks of the suspension bridge, making a creaking sound.
After crossing the city gate suspension bridge to get outside the city, you have to walk along the road in front to the river bend three miles away. There is a place where dung water is dumped. There is also a small river next to it. It is good to carry a bucket of clean water by the river.
Rinse the dung bucket on the carriage.
Across this small river, you can see a series of military camps on the slope of Caoling.
The coachman returned to the carriage with a bucket of water. He used the water-soaked handle to remove the stains on the edge of the giant wooden bucket. Then he scooped water out of the bucket and poured it on the giant bucket, so that the wooden bucket could be easily removed.
Rinse the bucket clean.
"I heard that the army over there came from the Bena Province..." The coachman said with wonder in his voice, and at the same time he was lamenting in his heart that the nobles of the Ivorson Province had not been so generous for a long time.
"There are more than 200,000 reinforcements, and there are more than 10,000 knights alone. I heard that this may be the last bit of wealth for the nobles in the Bena Province." The carriage driver behind interjected.
"The day before yesterday, I went to watch the excitement outside the city. Guess what I saw... Giant red ants, each one stronger than an ox. The pair of pincers on the top of the head... Tsk, tsk, I saw with my own eyes a big willow tree with a thick waist.
It was cut off at once, and guess what happened next? That thing actually ate the tree, and the whole tree was gnawed clean by a few giant ants." A young coachman came over shirtless on such a cold morning.
, grinning to reveal a row of neat teeth.
Then another coachman came over to chat: "Don't worry, as long as they can drive away those evil spirits in the Warsaw plane, what has become of Ivorson now!"
The coachmen lamented.
"My sister lives in Epsom City in the Warsaw plane. I haven't had any contact with her for almost eight or nine years. At that time, her little girl was only this tall..." the carriage driver who spoke first sighed.
The young coachman once again spread his gossip: "I heard that the hell ghosts have built a fortress on the connecting channel. I don't know how long it will take to conquer that fortress..."
"I'm not as optimistic as you. As long as we can get the seven counties back, I will praise the Statue of Liberty."
…
The coachmen gathered at the riverside to rest for a while, letting the horses pulling the carriages eat some grass on the riverside grassland, and then drove the dung carts back to Ivorson City.
With the first ray of sunshine, this city with a long history of 800 years glows with new vitality.
The small vendors in the city have started another busy day, and the familiar fragrance comes from the crossroads again.
…
There is a swamp to the west of the military camp, where groups of wild boars often appear.
Residents of Ivorson City believe that wild boar and wild rabbits exude an intolerable smell. Most residents do not eat this kind of meat. The price of beef and mutton here is cheaper than vegetables, so this is the reason why
There were herds of wild boars in the swamp ten kilometers away from the city, but there were no hunters at all.
Only when a nearby farm is invaded by wild boars will someone from the Agricultural and Commercial Association organize a hunting team to clean up a large area on the edge of the swamp.
There are large wheat fields and sunflowers outside the city of Ivorson, and this season happens to be the time to harvest sunflower seeds.
Before dawn, a dozen Dru Yin led a large group of ghost-striped soldier ants out of the military camp and headed towards the swamp to the west.
Gulitem knew that these ghost-patterned soldier ants were going to hunt in the swamp, so he actually gave up the idea of following Suldak into the city. He carried a big stick and followed a group of ghost-patterned soldier ants to the swamp.
Gone inside.
Suldak met with the commanders of the West Route Army for a meeting in the morning, mainly to collect statistics on the actual situation and number of troops arriving in Ivorsen City. Obviously, the lords troops mobilized by the military this time are all willing to enter Warsaw.
In the plane's troops, almost no warriors were left behind.
According to the military's battle plan, the West Route Army led by Suldak will stay in Ivorson City for two days, and then enter the Duke's Palace in Ivorson City in the afternoon, and arrive at Ai Volson through the portal in the Duke's Palace.
Pousse City.
After Suldak had arranged the itinerary of the Western Route Army for the past two days, he left the military camp with Xigna and Nika, who were already impatient.
Nika and Xigna rode a docile ancient Bolai horse together. Nika is an aboriginal native of the northern area of the White Forest plane and has been able to ride horses since she was a child.
It would be no problem for Xigna to ride the same horse with her.
Surdak still remembers that when he first went to the Bailin plane, he brought more than 500 cavalrymen who were not cavalry. At that time, Selina also had a white camel. Unfortunately, this time Selina ran away secretly.
Came over, but failed to bring over the piece of white camel.
The horse that Surdak rides is the stupid horse that Andrew specially brought from the Bailin plane. In the past few years, Surdak has been running around, and his mount has also been changed several times, from the magic pattern war horse to
There are green-scaled horses, but this old horse has been kept in the garrison camp of Dodan Town on the Bailin Plane.
During this expedition to the Warsaw plane, Suldak asked Andrew to bring this old horse to Bena City.
Last night, I came to Ivorson City through the teleportation circle from Bena City.
Suldak mounted his horse, took Nika and Xigna and walked towards the gate of Ivorson City. When he arrived at the gate of the city, he still found many Bena troops sneaking out of the military camp while they were resting, preparing to enter the city gate of Ivorson.
Walking around the city of Woersen, he couldn't tell who were the soldiers of the Western Route Army.
…
The city gate guards did not stop Bena's army from entering the city. Seeing that Surdak was wearing a noble badge on his chest, they guessed that he should be a general of Bena's army. Several city gate guards even saluted Suldak.
military salute.
When Surdak passed through the city gate, he led his horse in.
Seeing the somewhat familiar city gate, Suldak couldn't help but pat the stupid horse on the neck and asked it: "Old man, do you still remember this place?"
The ancient Bolai horse just snorted loudly and spit, probably not understanding Suldak's question.
Nika also followed Suldak's example and led the horse into Ivorson City. The petite Xigna sat on the horse. The two girls came to Ivorson City for the first time. They were curious.
His eyes are always looking around.
Ivorson City and Bena City are two completely different architectural styles. The building structure of Bena City is compact, the patterns are gorgeous and exquisite, and it is closer to the Baroque architectural style.
As for Ivorson City, almost all of them are tall and majestic buildings with rough lines. Many buildings are built very high, and the streets are also very wide. Some shops are located in Kubu sheds built on both sides of the streets.
It is said that Ivorson is rich in red copper. Many copperware shops have been opened in the city. You can also see many copperware shops in the shops on both sides. The exquisite copper utensils are dazzling.
It seems very common for nobles to come out to do business here. Surdak could see some people wearing noble clothes soliciting business at the door of many shops on the street.
Signa and Nica stopped in front of a jewelry store. This store had utensils and jewelry inlaid with colored gems. The owner seemed to be a noble. He was middle-aged and had introverted eyes. He looked like a
A very knowledgeable person.
He saw Nika and Xigna walking in. They just sat behind the counter and nodded to the two girls. Without even speaking, they continued to wipe a very period ornament with a piece of wool.
Nika and Siya looked at the copper combs inlaid with rubies and sapphires on the first row of shelves.
Suldak did not enter the store, but was just in front of the counter, looking at the furnishings in the store.
"Bena people?" the shopkeeper said with a smile towards Suldak.
"So obvious?" Surdak asked in surprise.
"The noble badges you have over there are slightly different from ours, and this outfit is hard not to remind people of the Bena reinforcements outside the city." The shop owner pointed at the magic pattern structure on Suldak.
said.
Surdak smiled and did not continue the conversation.
Xigna made herself a ruby emerald necklace. The base material was magic red copper. There were seven soybean-sized gems in total. It looked very delicate and beautiful.
Nika was holding the fine-looking comb, and the two of them placed it on the counter almost at the same time.
The shopkeeper put down the jewelry he was wiping, casually picked up the gem necklace and copper comb, looked at them, then pushed them to the two girls and said casually: "A gold coin."
Suldak glanced at him in surprise. Just for Xigna's gem necklace, regardless of the quality of the gems, even if the magic red copper used in the base of the necklace, the material price would not be less than one yuan.
gold coin.
Seeing Surdak's surprised look, the shopkeeper smiled gently and said casually: "Thank you for your willingness to come all the way to help us, I hope the army from the Warsaw plane can drive away those evil spirits as soon as possible.
ghost."
Without saying anything more or being polite, Suldak took out a gold coin from his purse and pushed it in front of the shopkeeper.
"Then we won't be polite." Suldak said.
Signa handed the necklace to Suldak with a smile and begged: "Dak, do you think it's beautiful? Put it on for me..."
Nika carefully put away the copper comb and whispered her thanks to Suldak.
"There are many shops here in Ivorson City. You can go shopping around. When we are tired, we will take a rest and find a reliable restaurant for lunch." Suldak said to Xigna and Nika.
said.
Then the three of them walked out of the jewelry store.