Before arriving in Taiyuan, Yi Feng first heard the sound of turbulent water and groaned endlessly. Spring returns to the water, the glacier thaws, and the river rises.

Taiyuan City Left Fen Right Jin, a big river traverses from Taiyuan City, this is not an ordinary city, but three cities are connected, more than 40 miles back in the week, Fenshui passes through the middle city, leads the Jin water into the west city, the middle city into the east city. The momentum is magnificent, the scenery is magnificent, the houses and buildings in the city are lined up one after another, layer upon layer, revealing the scene of magnificence, brilliance, and prosperity, like Yi Feng and his party to show the important position of the original gateway and the northern center.

It's not the first time Yi Feng has seen this city, but he has been amazed once. Compared with the Huaihuang outside the Saiwai, this time the city is huge, compared with Youzhou, an important town in Hebei, it is prosperous and wealthy, and compared with the Beijing Division, it is also full of vitality and magnificent atmosphere.

Looking at the turbid river mixed with ice and the rushing water, Yi Feng sighed again and again, Taiyuan is located in the center of the east of the river, the north of the Taiyuan Basin, the north, the new, the fastest, WWW.UUXS.CC, the end of the basin, the west, north and east are surrounded by mountains, the middle and south are river valley plains, and the whole terrain is high in the north and low in the south. Taihang Mountain is on the left, Luliang Mountain stands on the right, the two mountains in the clouds and the boat are hugged in the back, the Taiyuan Plain is spread in front, and the Fenshui runs through the whole territory from north to south.

In addition to the three passes of Taiyuan in the north, and then there are two Xiongguan fortresses of Loufu and Yanmen in the north, it can be said that this is indeed a natural fortress center, as long as Taiyuan is guarded, the whole north can be stable, and the safety of the two important areas of Henan and Guanzhong can be guaranteed.

Since the Wei Dynasty, Taiyuan has also been the center of the Northern Dynasties, and compared with Chang'an, which was regained after the Western Wei Dynasty entered the customs, Taiyuan's heritage is deeper than Chang'an. The two dynasties of the Zhou and Sui dynasties established the capital of Guanzhong, and the Sui Dynasty built a new capital for nearly 20 years. But it's still not much stronger than Taiyuan City. To this day, if the cities of the Great Sui are ranked. Daxing can be said to be the first regardless of political or military or economic status. And the second. There is no doubt that it belongs to Taiyuan. Luoyang can't compare to Taiyuan, Yangzhou can't compare to Taiyuan, and Jingzhou, Chengdu, and Youzhou can't compare to Taiyuan. For a long time, although the capital of the Great Sui Dynasty was greatly prosperous, and there was no public establishment of the accompanying capital, it was faintly based on Luoyang as Tokyo and Taiyuan as Beijing.

Yi Feng and Yang Xiong rode forward together, and Wei Chigong personally served as Yi Feng's flag officer. The bright red flag is flying a white tiger representing Yi Feng.

The first thing they approached was the Xicheng of Taiyuan Sanliancheng, the tall Xicheng in sight, across the surging Fenshui of the river.

A huge iron cable bridge is crossed on the Fenshui River, the iron bridge is very large, there is a huge bridgehead built on both sides of the river, in order to guard the river bridge at the same time, it is also used to fix the iron cable, there are two 10,000 catties of iron oxen standing in the bridgehead, and more than a dozen thick iron cables are pulled into the fort from the bridgehead wall. Tied to the Great Iron Ox. One mile around the bridgehead, the fort is six zhang high, with a big bluestone base, only two doors are opened. There are six floors of arrow towers built on both gates, and there are eighteen arrow windows on each floor, and there are one hundred and eight arrow windows on each side of the front and back of the entire arrow tower to guard the fort gate. The fort gate is huge. There were also one hundred and eight large brass nails nailed to the door. In the event of war, you can directly apply a thick layer of mud between the large copper nails on the door. Strengthen the defense with fire attack.

Taiyuan City is worthy of being a military fortress. The chain bridge bridgehead on the river outside Taiyuan is so majestic and strong that it can be described as impregnable. What is even more surprising is that there are three such chain bridges in Taiyuan City. In this case, first of all, it has to be said that the site of Taiyuan City, the Fen River and the Jin River, and the Jin Canal dug later.

Taiyuan Sanlian City is connected to the east and west, and in the middle is a middle city that closely connects the east and west cities. And the Fen River, which runs from north to south to the east of the river, passes through the middle of the middle city. And the Jin River flows through the west side of Taiyuan City, Taiyuan excavates an aqueduct from the Jin River on the west side for the use of the three cities, this channel runs through the three cities of Taiyuan from west to east, and the Fen River that runs through the middle city from north to south, just crosses.

The Fen River forms a cross with the Jin Canal, and then forms a triangle with the Jin River.

On the intersection of the Fen River and the Jin Canal in the Central Plains of Taiyuan, a bridge was built in the middle of the city and connected the two banks.

On the south side of Taiyuan City, on the Jin Canal, a Yurang Bridge was built, and on the Fen River in the south of Taiyuan City, there was another Fenhe Bridge.

"This chain bridge and bridgehead are built by the King of Jin when he sat in the town and state, there was only one pontoon bridge, it was very inconvenient, and when it was frozen in winter or heavy rain and ice, it was impossible to cross the river. Yang Guang raised funds to build the sturdy 18th Cableway Bridge, which ensured the smooth flow of Xicheng and the west bank of the Fen River. Later, two more were built" Yang Xiong saw that Yi Feng kept looking at this city, and introduced it to him with a smile.

"Convenience is still second, there are these two bridgeheads, this big iron bridge is simply a master, ten thousand people can not be opened. For the defense of Taiyuan West City, it also has a considerable protective effect. Yi Feng commented and praised, Yang Guang really likes to repair these things, he repaired Yang Guang's plank road in Tianmen Pass, but he didn't expect to build such a strong bridgehead and chain bridge in Taiyuan. It can be said that the two rivers and one canal outside Taiyuan City have cut Taiyuan City and the land outside the city into seven or eight pieces, making the defense of the entire Taiyuan City more complicated. Strengthened the difficulty of attacking and increased the ability of guards. The three bridges built by Yang Guang over the river are also quite useful. Not only is it convenient to cross the river, but especially the location he chose, a bridge in the middle of the three cities, in the middle of a city within a city. This made the east and west cities of Taiyuan City connected, so that they were not cut and attacked by the enemy army separately, but they crossed the river but achieved a unified defense. We can communicate with each other at any time and provide quick support to each other. The other two bridges are built in the south of Taiyuan City, one in the southwest, not far from the mouth of the Jin Canal and the Jin Shui. Because the Jin Canal crossed the three cities from the west, this channel actually enclosed the southern part of the west city and became a larger moat. With this Jin Canal, only half of Xicheng was exposed to the enemy's attack, which undoubtedly greatly enhanced the defense of Taiyuan Xicheng.

Even because the three cities of Taiyuan are connected, the east and west reach the bottom of the mountains on both sides, which also makes it so that when the enemy attacks Taiyuan, basically only the north is within the enemy's attack range. If you want to attack the south, you have to climb the mountains from both sides. And Jin Shui and Jin Canal formed a shape, and added another block, at this time, the Yurang Bridge in the southwest is the bridge that must be passed through to the center of the attack in the south.

And after crossing the Yurang Bridge, you can only attack the south of the West City, because there is a Fen River south and north south running through it, if you want to attack the south of the East City, you have to cross the Fen River Bridge on the Fen River south of Taiyuan City.

It can be said that Taiyuan City is really built and is too conducive to defense. It is blocked at the northern end of the Taiyuan Basin, and is connected by three cities to directly top the mountains on the east and west sides, blocking the entire large passage. Then the Fen River crossed through it, dividing the northern part of Taiyuan into two large parts. It also cut a few more knives through Guò Jinshui and Jinqu, and the location of the two river bridges in the south made the entire Taiyuan City form a three-dimensional defense circle. Just like the layout of Taiyuan Liancheng, it is a city after city, a city set of cities, even if the enemy attacks in, but they will be depressed to find that they have only broken through the first layer, and there are layers of level defenses waiting to be broken. And this kind of layout with a connected and independent nature makes it okay to break even a hole in an offensive and defensive battle, and there is a second or even a third line of defense to protect.

Just like those ships with watertight compartments, the cabins are designed as compartments that are not connected to each other, and even if one leaks, it will not affect the other compartments, which greatly improves safety. The same is true of this defensive wind in Taiyuan, which divides the entire Taiyuan into several layers and the innermost layer of many blocks through the Guò River, the iron bridge, and the urban area, which allows the defenders to fight until the last moment, and strengthens the defense to the greatest extent and maximizes the difficulty of the attack.

"There is only the Pujin Bridge on the Yellow River in Puzhou, which connects Hedong and Guanzhong, which is more majestic than this bridge." Yang Xiong was also very impressed. Yi Feng nodded, when he came back this time, he was crossing the Pujin Bridge. The Pujin Bridge is larger and longer than this bridge, and it is also a chain bridge, and the two sides of the bridge are also tied with large iron oxen and laid with wooden planks. But the Pujin Bridge spans longer, and there is another feature of the Pujin Bridge, that is, the bridge has a sandbar in the center of the river, and then a bridge fort was built there, a fort in the river that is stronger and more dangerous than these two bridgeheads, guarding the Pujin Bridge. Built on a sandbar in the center of the river in the middle of the bridge, it is naturally more dangerous than a bridgehead built at both ends.

There were twenty-four gates in Taiyuan City, but they did not enter from the north. Because Taiyuan City is three cities, the middle city is the smallest, and it only connects the east and west cities. The West City is the most prosperous and lively, and the Governor's Office is also located in the West City. There are also three cities in the west city, but it is not connected to the east and west but the finished glyph, or the inverted glyph, the north is the cangcheng and the new city, and the south of the Jin canal that crosses the east and west is the Daming City, that is, the core of Taiyuan Mansion, and the governor's office is in Daming City.

Yi Feng and his entourage went down from north to south, from the narrow passage on the west side to the front of the Jin Canal, crossed the river through the Yurang Bridge and went around to the south of Taiyuan City, and then entered the West City, and then entered the south inner city of Taiming City, one of the three inner cities of the West City.

After entering the bridgehead in the west of Yurang Bridge, Yi Feng also specially asked to climb the high arrow tower on the city gate and look at the southwest corner of Xicheng directly opposite the opposite bank. Standing high and looking far away, Yi Feng climbed high and overlooked the beautiful scenery of the Fen River and Xicheng, while Li Mi, Liu Wenjing and others were trying to observe some details in Xicheng, looking for anything abnormal, such as soldiers and horses ambushing and the like. (To be continued......) R1292