Xirong Capital, Shuoxi.

Looking at the city wall dozens of zhang high, Hu Chajing smacked his tongue and said: "I really didn't expect that the capital of Xirong is so majestic, compared to Zhuocheng, it is not as good as there." ”

Li Luo looked at it for a moment, nodded, the city wall in front of him was about ten zhang high, or slightly lower than Zhuo City, but it was still too thick.

The whole wall is made of Huangyan, a specialty of the Western Regions, which is common in the Western Regions, but it is the most resistant to wind and sand, and people in the Western Regions mostly use Huangyan to build houses.

It's just that the Huangyan here is extremely huge, all half a square circumference, neatly stacked together, enclosing the sunset city of the sunset.

The wall of the city wall is slightly polished, without any pattern decoration, as if the city wall will stand in the south of the flat beach like an eternal mountain, walk closer, you can also see the remaining arrow hole knife marks on the wall, one by one engraved in the wind and sand sun and moon of Xirong, tell the sword light and sword shadow of Xirong for a hundred years.

Unlike the city wall of Zhuocheng, the bluestone has already been carved with various patterns and patterns, complying with the great achievements of the ancestors and the glory of the rich world.

Pingshachuan is a Pingchuan that runs through Xirong, west of Dayue, Loulan and other countries of the Western Regions, and the easternmost is the Yingchou Gorge where Xirong and Dagandi Prefecture meet.

Although Pingshachuan is not as good as Pingchuan in the hinterland of the Central Plains of Dagan, there are strange mountains and evil valleys from time to time, but it is a rare place that is still flat, and there are many places where grain can be produced, which is already a treasure land in the Western Regions. Historically, the countries have fought fiercely with each other, and countless bones have been buried.

Since a hundred years ago, Xirong founded the country, it has been a lot of war, the first two generations of monarchs have died on the battlefield, the third generation of monarchs have made a painful determination to build an invincible city on this Pingsha River, exhausting two generations of monarchs, hundreds of thousands of people died tragically, and this Shuoxi was exchanged for blood and sweat.

Since then, Xirong has been based on this city, standing in the Western Regions, even if there are other countries that can be trapped in the army, but this city has never fallen, and after several generations of fighting, it has achieved the prestige of today's Xirong as a great power in the Western Regions.

The flat beach north of Shuoxi is the flat beach, and there is the only river in Xijon that never dries up.

Pingsha River, even if it is a day of great drought, the river is not more than a foot, but from the beginning of the establishment of Xirong, it has never been broken, unlike most of the rivers in the Western Regions will be cut off on the day of the great drought, according to legend, if there is a day when the Pingsha River is broken, it is the time when Xirong dies. Therefore, this river is extremely important in the hearts of Xirong's subjects, and its status is second only to Zushan.

To the north of the Pingsha River, there is the worship of fire and Huimeng, two of the great powers of the Western Regions, in which the national strength of Huimeng is not much better than that of Xirong, for decades in order to Pingshachuan, the three countries have clashed several times, and Xirong has a slight advantage by taking advantage of the terrain.

There is also a treacherous place hidden in the vast wilderness where the three kingdoms meet, the peaks are numerous, the mountains are full of vegetation and trees, it is a strange place in the Western Regions, called Pingsha Valley, where Qiang Zihuan, one of the seven horse thieves, is entrenched.

Qiang Zihuan took advantage of the dangerous terrain of Pingsha Valley to crisscross the Western Regions for decades, although many people were eyeing it and wanted to get rid of it quickly, but it was all fruitless.

Li Luo and his entourage stood in front of the north gate, staring at the Huangyan city wall, roughly looking, it was about half the length of Zhuocheng, Shen Xiangdong also came to Shuoxi for the first time, looked at Shuoxi city defense, and Li Luo glanced at each other, and saw the solemnity in the eyes of the other party. If Pingshachuan looks at it on the sand table, it looks like a gourd, and Shuoxi is just on the waist of the gourd, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Xirong has not fallen for a hundred years, it is not a fluke.

On the city wall, there is a Xirong sentry post three or five steps away, and the blade in his hand emits a cold light in the sunlight. There were also many soldiers at the gate of the city, all of whom were powerful and powerful, and their sharp eyes were looking back and forth on the past merchants.

Li Luo and a few people were slowly walking towards the city gate with the flow of people in the procession, and suddenly there was a sound of laughter in front of them, and a few people looked up, and they saw that several officers and soldiers of Xirong were facing the merchant with a shocked face and tried their best to mock it, and the merchant had anger on his face, but he didn't dare to attack, lowered his head and hurried away, and did not make a sound.

After Li Luo and the others paid the taxes, the carriage was carefully searched several times by the Xirong soldiers before letting them in. Xirong can't help but be martial, and the blade can be brought into the city, but if you make trouble in the city, you will inevitably die in another country.

There were not many laws in the Xirong Dynasty, and the responsibility for life and death depended on the likes and dislikes of the generals, especially the merchants who came from afar, and they were often killed for some trivial things, and they ended up empty.

Walking into the city gate, Ruo Fang was only shocked outside the city, and after seeing the buildings in the city, Li Luo and the others were faintly afraid in their hearts.

In the eyes of others, the buildings in Shuoxi City are not too high, and they are arranged in a staggered manner.

Compared with the Great Ganzhuo City, it is not divided into east, west, north and south very neatly, and the roads in the city are not as south and north as Zhuocheng, in the eyes of Li Luo and several people, the roads in the city are deliberately bypassing an arc, and they are gathered again at the city gate, implying a formation, which is extremely conducive to cavalry spurs.

The Xirong Imperial City is the highest, standing in the south of the city, overlooking the entire Shuoxi, if it is attacking the Shuoxi, the Xirong army can also gather troops to counterattack according to the imperial city, taking advantage of the terrain to expel the invading enemy.

Li Luo and the three of them glanced at each other, and their hearts couldn't help but add a little heaviness, the countries of the Western Regions have been fighting for years, and everything they have built is to prepare for war.

Li Luo said indifferently: "Xirong occupies the right time and place, and it is not easy to win. ”

Hu Chajing smacked his tongue and said: "It's easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it's not a fluke to be able to dominate the Western Regions." ”

Li Luo suddenly remembered something, took out the jade plate given by the queen bee from his arms, and handed it to Shen Xiangdong: "Uncle, the jade plate is kept by you, in case of an accident, destroy this jade, don't leave any clues." ”

Shen Xiangdong took the jade plaque and nodded in response: "That's how it should be." ”

A few merchants who entered the city next to him whispered together: "Why are there so many guards this year than in previous years, could it be that something happened to Shuoxi?" ”

Shen Xiangdong's heart moved, and he said in a low voice: "Let's go, be careful." ”

A few people walked to the city with the flow of people, and when they got closer, they felt that the buildings of this Shuoxi were very different from Dagan, there was almost no decoration, and most of them were earth and stone, and they rarely saw wooden pavilions. The doors are low and narrow, and the windows are mostly long and narrow, allowing only one person to enter sideways, and when the wind and sand are strong, it can prevent dust from blowing into the house. Each house is like a fortress, and even if you enter the city, you can't get through these fortresses and attack the imperial city overnight.

Li Luo looked at it with interest and praised: "The sand is good." ”

Hu Cha Jingqi said: "Who is Qisha?" ”

Shen Xiangdong continued: "Qiansha is the third generation of Xirong's monarch, and Shuoxi was built during his reign. has a furrow in his chest, and he can be regarded as a great figure among the monarchs of Xirong in the past dynasties. ”

Hu Chajing sighed, and then replied: "The person who can be praised by both Changqing and his uncle will not be too bad to think about, I don't know how his children and grandchildren are?" ”

Li Luo smiled and said, "We'll know in the future." ”