Seven hundred and fortieth chapters underground palace
The general's face was red. Although the city of Darban was indeed complex and Tuoba Xiongxin had deliberately blocked it before, this was indeed a huge oversight that could not be defended in terms of military combat.
"How is the battle situation down there now?" Xia Ba Ying did not deliberately try to gain face from this general on this issue. As the supreme ruler of the Xia Ba tribe, she was already very good at balancing kindness with power.
"There are about one hundred to three hundred enemies discovered so far, the specific number is unknown." The general responded hastily, but the embarrassment and shame on his face became more intense: "They are all in that underground palace, and now we have managed to
Several passages have been opened to this underground palace, but the entrance to that underground palace is located just above a dry underground river, and the height of the cliffs on both sides is at least several hundred feet. The passage of that underground palace is like a bridge,
There are four to five hundred steps in length. The most important thing is that the underground palace on the other side of the bridge is not known to be man-made or a natural wind pot mouth. The strong wind blowing over is so strong that it feels like blowing in the snow-capped mountains.
The wind at the top is like the mountain wind. It is not so tight that it makes people unable to breathe, and it is also so cold that it freezes people. The arrows shot casually by the wind on the opposite side are like arrows shot by practicing archers. We have organized more than a dozen
A charge was made, and hundreds of people were killed and injured, but they still could not get through. It could only be judged that the number of enemies appearing on the other side was about one hundred to three hundred people, and it could only be seen clearly that there should be an underground palace behind this bridge-like passage, but the details inside
I still don’t know how many people there are.”
Lin Yi and Bai Yuelu looked at each other, and they finally understood why the general was becoming more and more ashamed. It turned out that this famous army was good at fighting underground, but after a long time, they were still blocked in the discovered underground palace.
In addition, I didn't even know the exact number of the other party at all. At best, there were a few more roads leading to the entrance of the underground palace below.
"The underground palace is backed by the center of the mountain. It is currently impossible to open a passage from other directions on the mountain, and we don't know if there are other exits. We have arranged for troops to patrol the periphery to prevent them from leaving the city from elsewhere in the underground palace.
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The general continued: "General Xi Feng Ying Ling was supervising the battle below. He was unable to attack by force for a while. He was afraid that something might change, so he quickly notified General Lin for help."
"Is it possible that the mountain below will completely collapse?"
Xia Baying frowned and said, "Don't let us go down there then. They will use some means to bury all of us inside."
"This Darban City is solid in nature, and many tunnels and caves have been reinforced with various means. The reinforcement methods of these tunnels are like adding countless muscles and bones to the mountain, even if they use magic circles or other special means
Even if a strong earthquake occurs, it will not cause the entire city to completely collapse. At most, it will be a small-scale collapse and rockfall."
The general glanced at her and Lin Yi and said boldly: "Ordinary soldiers may not be able to escape from such a small-scale collapse, but with the strength of you and General Lin, there should be nothing you can do. As for the poisonous fire and poisonous gas,
We have also taken precautions against such things. We also have isolation and extraction methods in these tunnels, so that even ordinary sergeants will not suffer large-scale casualties."
Xia Baying said silently in her heart, "I believe you are a ghost."
She does not believe the judgments of these subordinates with fine names. If Tuoba Xiongxin is really still hiding in that underground palace, there are many dangerous possibilities. The key to things like vision lies in how strong a person stands.
high.
Many things are impossible in the eyes of practitioners in the Chengtian Realm, but it is different when it comes to the Divine Mind Realm. If it is an existence like the Three Saints of Nantian, it is completely different.
But the more this happened, the more she could no longer let these people waste their time. What secrets and conspiracies were hidden in the underground palace? She had to see it for herself before she could rest assured.
She glanced at Lin Yi and knew that Lin Yi had the same thoughts as her at this time, so she said nothing more and said: "Then take us down."
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The tunnel under Darban City made Lin Yi think of the tombs of ancient tombs for the first time.
Jiankang City has been an important city of the southern dynasties since ancient times. Many dynasties in history used Jiankang as their royal city. Therefore, there were many large-scale construction projects inside and outside Jiankang City, and ancient tombs were often dug out.
Lin Yi remembered that in the few years when he first started studying, heavy rains caused a landslide in Zhongshan Mountain. One landslide exposed the entrances of two ancient tombs. He was so bold that he even asked his father's subordinates to tie up their necks.
Have seen it myself.
That kind of tomb is not hidden in the mud, but a passage is carved out of the mountain. The ancient tomb he saw back then was not known to be left by an ancient prince, but it was better than his.
The tombs imagined at that time were much more complicated. Not only did they have passages for people to walk inside, leading to various tomb chambers, there were also many passages for drainage, moisture removal, and various mechanisms. It was even said that some holes were dug after the tomb was built.
The craftsmen sealed inside secretly built escape rooms. Anyway, later scholars did research, and they didn't know what some of the passages that were half a man high were used for.
When he asked his father's subordinates to take him to open his eyes, the ancient tomb had been cleaned, but the strange smell inside was still fresh in his memory.
The various underground passages in Darban City were indeed similar to his impression back then.
Even though the famous army has placed lanterns for lighting in every corner of the passage, and even set up braziers directly in some places, the blazing fire dispelled the suffocating darkness in the passage, but the unusually rough stone walls and some sights
It looks like stairs but not like the deep twists and turns connected by stairs, but it still gives people an uncomfortable feeling.
The underground of Darban City was previously a restricted area, and was strictly controlled by Tuoba clan's troops. Many passageways were blocked with stone gates or iron gates, but all toilets in Darban City were not as meticulous as Jiankang's, especially for all the nobles.
They are not as elegant as the dignitaries of Jiankang City. Their style can be described as heroic. The drainage of all toilets is directly dug by craftsmen straight downward channels, which directly lead to the depths of the ground or underground rivers.
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Very few literati in the Southern Dynasties would go deep into a city like Dangxiang to live for a long time. Otherwise, if they had a clear understanding of this point, they would definitely spend a lot of pen and ink on this point after they returned, and they would definitely describe this important city of Dangxiang.
A city built on a dunghill.
However, Darban City does not have a stinky smell. In fact, this is truly adapted to local conditions. The high altitude, extreme cold, and random cold winds mean that the sewage in Darban City does not emit much stench.
, quickly weathered away naturally. Most of them were directly washed away by underground water flows and underground rivers.
The year-round melting water from the snow-capped mountains easily dissolves many filth into the invisible, seeping into the wasteland that only thaws in summer.
It's just that although Darban City is constantly blown by strong winds and there is no unpleasant smell, in this underground passage, the smell is a bit beyond words.
And it is obvious that although Tuoba Xiongxin has designated the city as a restricted area, it does not mean that no one enters and dumps things inside under various circumstances.
Lin Yi, Xia Baying, Bai Yuelu and others were not considered to be pampered people, but the smell of the cold wind in the tunnel that kept rushing to their faces still made their scalps feel numb.
Fortunately, the entrance to the underground palace was not far from the ground. The violent sound of wind and the pungent smell of blood completely covered up the various weird sounds and the smell that could not be described in words.
The intersection of several tunnels is a cave that is several acres in size, with a height of two to three feet above the head.
There are at least dozens of such places under Darban City, and some caves are even larger. Some of these caves are natural water caves, some are formed by artificial quarrying, and some were specially opened for use when Darban City was first established.
Used for hoarding troops or accumulating supplies.
It is precisely because there are many such caves under Darban City, and this cave is not an important node in the labyrinth-like underground passage, that the army that was previously famous did not pay too much attention to this cave.
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A group of high-ranking generals and practitioners under the title of Xifeng Yingming gathered behind a stone door that was howling in the wind. At this time, they were extremely upset.
Upon hearing the news of the arrival of Lin Yi and Xia Baying, this group of high-ranking generals and practitioners hurriedly made way for the densely packed sergeants crowded in the cave. At the same time, they all rushed forward with burning faces.
The top general here is Xi Feng Ying Ling. He is Xi Feng Ying's distant cousin and can be considered a member of the Xi Feng royal family. He is a middle-aged man who looks to be in his forties and has a strong build.
"General Lin."
Looking at Lin Yi appearing in front of him, although he felt extremely embarrassed, he still said truthfully: "There is a larger cave only seven or eight hundred steps away from here, which we originally planned to use as a place to store troops.
First, we have even made a lot of arrangements there. Our sergeants have passed by this place dozens of times, and they have never found anything unusual before. If we don’t open this stone gate, even if it is illuminated by fire, we will not be able to see it.
Not coming out. It happened that the Tuoba clan had some mastiffs in their surrendered army. We knew the general who was in charge of the mastiffs before, so when the search started, we borrowed them as soon as possible, and then we found that many people were passing by.
The stone door was opened with great force by the traces of it."
Lin Yi was quite patient, but Xia Baying had long lost the patience to listen to the general of the Xi Feng clan explain the ins and outs.
She glanced around and found the rubble on the ground at the entrance to the so-called underground palace. Presumably, a hidden stone door that originally blocked the entrance had been completely smashed. The rubble was now covered with blood and broken flesh, and there were still
There were many broken arrows.
The entrance is large enough to accommodate a carriage, and the width behind the entrance is simply incredible.
From her position at this time, it was simply a black ocean inside, but she could also vaguely see a passage like a stone bridge floating on top of this deep black, leading to the distance behind.
Lin Yi's eyesight was better than hers, and he could see more clearly that the passage that looked like a natural stone bridge was slightly sloping upward, and was wider than the entrance, enough to accommodate two carriages walking side by side.
But on both sides of this passage, there are dark abyss.
The passage is indeed only about four or five hundred steps long before it reaches the end. At the end is a real underground palace, and it is not the kind of underground palace dug into a natural mountain wall, but relies on the mountain wall with huge artificial
A palace built of stone.
He narrowed his eyes slightly and saw that this palace was actually in the shape of a spire. There were three spires in total, the one at the back was the highest, followed by the ones on the sides. It looked like a main hall in the middle and side halls on both sides.
The entire palace is like a bridgehead, and its size is more than enough to accommodate hundreds of people.