Although Chen Mou had looked through the list of officials at the checkpoints along the way before setting off, and had also searched for information about several counties in Shicheng in the database of the six departments, it was not detailed enough.

And from Wang Tieshi's mouth, Fang Ling and the others learned the true situation of the land of Stone City for the first time.

If you want to get to the fiefdom of Shicheng, Gukou Town is not a must-go place, but it is the largest and fastest road. Soon after departing from Gukou Town, you will pass through a large mountain called Misty Mountain.

This mountain stretches vertically and horizontally, and there are many hills, which surrounds the stone city in an arc shape, which becomes the barrier of the stone city and the three counties, but it also traps it in it.

In the past, the four counties led to the outside world, in addition to this Gukou Avenue, there were some small mountain roads, but since the bandits on the Misty Mountain became more and more serious, no one has walked on these mountain roads.

Therefore, Gukou Avenue has become the only way to go to the four counties, in order to prevent the bandits from going down the mountain to rob, so the merchants can only go in groups, and they also have to hire some people who practice martial arts as guards.

But even so, there is still the possibility of encountering bandits, and these bandits are all like wolves and tigers, and the number of them is also very large.

The only day that can ensure a safe start is in foggy weather, once the fog is out, the mountain road is difficult, and the bandits will nest in their nest and do not move.

After the misty mountain, there are three county seats outside Shicheng County, namely Feng County, Xihe County and Maling County.

Among the three counties, Feng County is the poorest, and the other two counties are much richer, and behind the three counties, there is an endless mountain called the Shilong Mountains, and Shicheng County is located in the mountains.

In the past, the reason why a county was set up in this mountain was because outside the Shilong Mountain Range, there was a steep canyon, and outside the canyon was the border between Chu and Cai, and although Shicheng was a county, it was actually a fortress.

At that time, when the county was established, a road was specially opened to facilitate access to the surrounding three counties.

It's a pity that there are many bandits in the surrounding mountains, and later a landslide occurred, hundreds of tons of boulders rolled down from the mountain, and after burying the avenue, if you want to enter and exit Shicheng County, you must pass through the mountain path.

As a result, the county was occupied by bandits and became a veritable den of bandits.

Although the county guard had also sent troops to fight before, but the mountain road was difficult to travel, and the terrain was extremely unfamiliar, so it had not been successful.

Over time, this Shicheng County has become a real three-way area, and only bandits in the mountains dare to go there.

The situation in Shicheng is completely beyond everyone's imagination, although I have heard that it is a bandit's den before I came, but I thought it was just an exaggerated metaphor, but listening to Wang Tieshi say this, this is a well-known fact, although Fang Ling and others are all strong, but if they want to exterminate the bandits at once, it is almost impossible.

Therefore, Fang Ling dismissed his plan to go to Shicheng first, and went to Fengxian first.

The reason is also very simple, although Feng County is the poorest of the four counties, the county commander Cao Jingyuan is a clean official praised by everyone.