"Master!"

Meng Haima jumped on the bow of the boat and saluted Yang Xiao respectfully.

Yang Xiao pointed to the front and said to him, "This is Xiangyang City?"

Meng Haima nodded and said, "Yes! This is Xiangyang City! Is there something wrong?"

Yang Xiao looked up and saw that there was no thousand-year-old city in his imagination, reflecting the dilapidated "city wall" like a village.

Is this the city of Xiangyang, which has resisted the Yuan Dynasty for decades?

The ruins in front of the wall are uneven, most of them are low adobe, and in many places they are even reinforced with some wooden planks and bamboo fences.

Not to mention a person like Yang Xiao, who is extremely skillful, anyone who is casually rough with force can easily pass by.

Is this the ancient city of Xiangyang, which has always been a battleground for soldiers?

But this is not right, Xiangyang City has been to the later generations themselves, the city wall is several miles, there are six tall city gates, divided: Yangchun, Xicheng, Wenchang, Linhan, Gongchen, Zhenhua.

Each city gate is equipped with an urn city or a sub-city, the four corners of the city are provided with corner platforms, the enemy platform and the beacon tower are set up along the line, and thousands of battlements are set up on the city wall.

The lowest part of the city wall is seven or eight meters, and the highest point is more than ten meters, how can it be like this?

At that moment, Yang Xiao couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart, and asked directly to Meng Haima, although Meng Haima was surprised, he still patiently explained, and it was not until this time that Yang Xiao finally understood.

It turned out that the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty were Mongols, who lived in the steppes for generations, and used bow horses as companions, and when fighting, they were very mobile.

However, cavalry can be very effective in wide steppes and plains, and once it encounters the city walls, it is helpless.

For this reason, shortly after the Yuan Dynasty captured the Southern Song Dynasty, Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan dynasty, ordered the Jianghuai region to destroy the city walls.

From the Jianghuai region to Xianghan, Jinghu, Jizhou, Fuzhou, Kuizhou and all the way to Sichuan and Shu, all the city walls were ordered to be destroyed.

The purpose of the demolition of these walls was to prevent the people of the conquered areas from revolting in order to restore the Song Dynasty. If someone resists at that time, the Yuan cavalry can drive straight in and suppress the rebellion.

From the thirteenth year of the Yuan Dynasty, the Yuan people "along the Huaicheng fortress", successively "Xianghan, Jinghu Zhucheng".

In the next two years, they respectively "Jiji, Fu Erzhou City", "Kuizhou City Wall".

Cities in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River were devastated.

"The heavenly soldiers descended to Xiangfan, and the cities along the river either descended or escaped, and the society was in ruins in a few months."

The reason why the ancient city of Xiangyang suffered such tragic damage is probably inseparable from the decades-long resistance of the residents of Xiangyang, especially the Great Khan of Möngke, who also died under the city of Xiangyang.

I'm afraid that the Yuan people really hate Xiangyang to the core! So this also caused Xiangyang to appear in front of Yang Xiao, just like this.

After listening to Meng Haima's description, Yang Xiao couldn't help but sigh, it can be seen that Xiangyang left the pain of the Yuan people, and it can also be seen that Xiangyang's resistance was tragic back then.

Looking along the ruins, Yang Xiao seemed to see the big man like a farmer, standing proudly at the head of Xiangyang City, shouting: "The great man of chivalry, for the country and the people!"

Then he did it without hesitation, knowing that he couldn't do it, touching the sword of Yitian, Yang Xiao was silent for a long time, and it was only at this time that he really felt that kind of grandeur and passion, that kind of chivalrous heart.

"These ruined fences and the like in front of you are just being slowly patched up by later generations, and they finally look like a city wall, but if the Yuan cavalry really comes to attack, they still can't resist it!"

Meng Haima pointed to the "city wall" in front of him and said.

After hearing this, Yang Xiao shook his head and said: "The Yuan people are short-sighted, don't you know that the offensive and defensive situation is changeable at this time, and now my Mingjiao attacks the Yuan people to defend, I was still worried about the century-old Xiongcheng of Xiangyang, and it is in a strategic place, which is a place where soldiers must fight."

If the Yuan people defend the city, it is not easy to take it. Now, with the water army we have secretly developed, it will not take Xiangyang overnight, this is the way for the Yuan people to bring about their own destruction!"

Zhou Dian on the side also nodded and said: "Yes, the Yuan people are good at riding war, but over the years, many Yuan soldiers have been arrogant and lascivious, and the kung fu of riding and archery has long been much worse than before, as for the water war kung fu, they all rely on the Han family.

Yang Xiao nodded, and then said, "Let's go into the city!"

Xiangyang is bordered by the Wudang Mountains in the west and the Tongbai Mountains in the east, from which the Han River passes through the city, dividing Xiangyang into two, with Xiangyang on the north bank and Fancheng on the south bank.

In addition to the Han River, there are many water systems such as the Qing River, the Tang River, and the White River.

There have been many celebrities in Xiangyang in history, Wolong Zhuge Liang and Feng Xiao Pang Tong are all Xiangyang people, Song Yu, one of the four beautiful men, Liu Xuan, the first emperor of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Xiu, the founder of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Guangwu Emperor, are also all Xiangyang people, and there are many others, such as the poet Du Fu and so on.

In addition to the famous mountains and rivers, these historical celebrities have also left many places of interest in Xiangyang.

There are a lot of places to visit and enjoy, so after Yang Xiao entered Xiangyang, he also took Ji Xiaofu and Yang Buregret out to go out to play in the mountains and rivers, and then let them stay in the Mingjiao altar.

In fact, in addition to touring the mountains and rivers and enjoying the scenery these days, Yang Xiao also wants to see if he can get lucky and find the place where the sword demon is lonely and defeated.

When he first crossed over, in order to pursue becoming a master, he listed all the martial arts secrets he knew and the path to becoming a master.

The heavy sword swordsmanship that Yang Guo learned because he got the Xuantie heavy sword that Dugu sought defeat was naturally one of them, but he only knew that the sword mound of Dugu was outside Xiangyang City, but he didn't know exactly where it was outside Xiangyang City, and in which direction it was in the southeast, northwest, and northwest.

In the original book, it was only mentioned that it was outside Xiangyang City, and the rest of the details were not mentioned.

In the past few days, he has been touring around Xiangyang City, and at the same time, he has been inquiring from Meng Haima, and he has also found out the terrain and situation around Xiangyang City.

There were already a few suspicious places in my mind, but most of them were lonely mountains and some dangerous places.

Therefore, it was not good to take Ji Xiaofu and Yang Buregret to go with him, so he had to settle them in the Xiangyang branch altar, and he was afraid that no one would take care of him after he left, so he let Zhou Dian and Meng Haima take care of them and go out to look for them alone.

For the location of the sword mound, Yang Xiao has a way to find it, although he does not have the good luck like Yang Guo, and he can be saved by the eagle when he goes out to wander.

But there is a special product in the sword mound, that is, the Bodhisattva snake, this kind of snake is more special, only the sword mound has it, compared to directly looking for the sword mound, looking for the snake is not eye-catching, and it is much easier to find.

He has already sent a lot of people from the Xiangyang branch to inquire about the news of this snake, there are two experts, Hu Qingniu and Wang Nangu, he only needs to mention this snake, and then describe the general habits.

The two of them completely talked about the physical characteristics and appearance of this snake, and took some antidote from Wang Nangu to restrain poisonous snakes, and Yang Xiao sent a large number of disciples to inquire.

News has already been sent back that the traces of the Bodhisattva snake have been found!