Chapter 54: Under the City Gate
Make up yesterday's chapter.
PS: Ask for a collection and ask for a recommendation ticket......
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Above the night, the moon is in the sky.
Lying on the grass and watching, there were clouds drifting by, they obscured the blinking stars, and the clouds looked dim white in the moonlight. When the clouds float to the edge of the full moon, the full moon sometimes even appears with a colored halo, which makes people look intoxicated.
Camping in the wilderness is not a good option, but the nine gates of Xianyang are closed, and it is impossible to open them without urgent matters.
The capital of the ancient empire always had nine gates, which was taken from the number of "ninety-nine to one", and then derived another set of sayings of "ninety-five supreme".
Under the reflection of the moonlight, the Xianyang city wall in the distance is clearly visible.
The towering walls were separated by torches three metres apart, and soldiers with spears stood beside them, and occasionally a procession of about fifty men, apparently armed with mobile patrols or something, would pass by.
The city wall of more than 20 meters looks extremely majestic, there will be buildings similar to arrow towers at each distance, and the battlements on the city wall are far higher than those seen by later generations, but those observation holes and shooting holes deliberately set aside are smaller than those seen by later generations.
"This security is really tight, it deserves to be the capital of the empire!"
Just watched for a while, there are obviously soldiers standing guard, but there are patrols that will walk through in about a quarter of an hour, and I have to sigh that it is really the weather of the imperial capital.
Lu Zhe, who was tired enough, didn't know when he fell asleep, and when he was woken up, the eastern sky had not yet turned white, and strangely enough, the starlight in the sky was gone.
The moon disappeared at some point, and at dawn at its darkest hour, there was only a lone morning star in the eastern sky under the black cloth.
Getting up in a daze, Lu Zhe looked left and right, and the knights who were traveling with him were ready.
He tidied up his clothes, squatted down and nibbled on dry food at will, and when his head turned and his eyes looked around, there were already many people on the road not far away.
"It's time. Finish it early, and then go into the city later. β
So it's between three and five in the morning?
After eating, Lu Zheliso watched the crowd curiously, and he found that those people did not have torches that were not lit at all, except for the chariot, and there was very little light from a distance.
By the light of the few fires, the most visible were servants in standard clothes, and most of the vehicles they cared for were donkey carts or horse-drawn carts, and the so-called ox carts could not be seen at all.
Many of the people who didn't have a car were carrying bamboo cages or packages, and they didn't know what was inside. More people with double burdens on their shoulders, looking at the unconcealed courage full of green, obviously some vegetables.
"Let's go!"
There were no horses, they just held the reins, and the crowd gathered under the hooves of the horses.
Walking among the crowd, Lu Zhe looked around curiously and found that there were very few men in the prime of life, generally women, old and young. He passed by the side of the car and looked through the sackcloth, most of the things in the car were food, and only a few of the vehicles were wooden boxes.
"Team rate, how many people are there in this Xianyang City?"
"Mouthful? How many households do you mean? β
"Yes, how many are there?"
"I don't know much about ...... Dao. There should be 100,000 households, right? β
The cavalry of the Qin Dynasty did not have the position of commander, and a team of ten people should be called the team leader.
The team's answer frightened Lu Zhe.
At this time, a household has at least four people, and 100,000 households is 400,000 people, and this is still less.
The so-called high hall and young children at the bottom, a family at this time, including brothers and sisters who have not been separated, should be considered normal for a dozen or so.
For example, the family of the flail is not thick, but in addition to himself, two high halls plus three younger brothers, two younger sisters, and one sister, then a family is nine people.
Wealthy families, such as high-ranking officials or wealthy businessmen, there are dozens of servants regardless of blood relatives, and there are hundreds of guests or servants exaggerated.
"100,000 households...... How many people are here? β
The more confused Lu Zhe became, he didn't pay attention to the person who bumped into someone on the side, and the person who was hit turned his head to scold something, and when he saw the military uniform on Lu Zhe's body, he quickly swallowed the dirty words that came to his mouth.
Lu Zhe saw that the person he bumped into was also wearing a uniform, but it was an orange servant suit, and he arched his hands and said, "I'm sorry, I really didn't pay attention, I'm sorry." β
The man seemed to be frightened, and muttered, "Don't dare, don't dare," and ran away.
The knight, whose name was Jian, seemed to say, "What a matter of politeness to the servants," and turned his head to look at the closed gate not far away.
Unconsciously, Lu Zhe found that the flow of people around him had stopped, and only the sound of horses' hooves was left as they kept leading the horses forward.
When advancing, the people blocking the road will automatically flash to the side when they see a group of soldiers leading their horses approaching, and they will always give way to the convenience of the city, and finally come to the city gate.
Stopping about five meters away from the city gate, Lu Zhe paused and looked up, standing on the side to feel the majesty of the Xianyang city wall even more.
"This gate is about five meters high......" Lu Zhe looked at the plaque, but he didn't see what was written, "There is a city tower above the city gate." This city tower has five floors ......, and the city wall alone is more than 20 meters, plus a five-story city tower. This height is against the sky. β
At this time, Lu Zhe was like a bun who had never seen the world, and he was curious about everything. While he was still calculating his altitude, he heard the sound of sore teeth in his ears, and the huge gates slowly opened.
A group of torch-bearing soldiers trotted out, followed by more spear-wielding soldiers.
Torches were thrown into the spread brazier, and in an instant the light was shining on the side of the gate. After that, the soldiers removed the obstacles that stood in the way, such as the horses, and finally ran back to the city gate and stood in line.
Almost at the end of the soldiers' work, a middle-aged man in a costume strode out of the city gate, his left hand touching the beard of his chin, his right hand pressing the hilt of the sword at his waist, a majestic body with a mighty armor, looking extremely majestic.
"This is the city gate order Zhang Han, Captain Zhang."
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"What tile porcelain? I mean, this lieutenant's name is Zhang Han, and he is a figure that Nei Shiling (Meng Tian) values very much. β
Lu Zhe hurriedly took a closer look, but it was a little far away, and he really couldn't see his appearance clearly.
No matter how much he didn't know the history of the Qin Dynasty, he knew Dao Zhang Han, looking at the mighty figure standing with a sword in the distance, his heart was extremely complicated.
"The army I am staying in will become the Great Wall Army later, which means that if I am unlucky or does not develop, it is very likely that I will be killed by this master's sentence of 'surrender'......"
Be careful of a few trembling livers, and when he saw the knight next to him leading the horse forward, he hurried to follow.
"It's close, it's close......" Lu Zhe looked at it with wide eyes, and unconsciously muttered: "Huh! How did this mighty body grow a Sven face? β
Over there, the captain of this team of knights was already talking to Zhang Han, and while the two were talking, Zhang Han would occasionally look in this direction of Lu Zhe.
The captain of the knight beckoned, and Lu Zhe hurriedly walked over when he saw it.
Zhang Han's appearance is really very gentle, and when he laughs, he gives people a feeling of walking on a spring breeze, and his voice is very magnetic: "This is Lu Zhe and Lu Tunchang?" β
Lu Zhe hurriedly saluted: "I've seen Captain Zhang!" β
Zhang Han replied with a friendly salute: "At a young age, you can come up with such a wonderful method of building a city, and you are really young and promising." β