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Chapter 147 Xiangyang
"Master!"

Meng Haima jumped onto the bow 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! Master, this is Xiangyang City! Is there anything wrong?"

Yang Xiao looked up, and there was no thousand-year-old city in his imagination, but a dilapidated "city wall" like a village that came into view.

Is this Xiangyang City that has resisted the Yuan Dynasty for decades?

The dilapidated walls in front are uneven, most of them are short pieces of adobe, and in many places, they are even simply reinforced with some wooden boards and bamboo fences.

Not to mention a person like Yang Xiao who has a high level of lightness kung fu, anyone who is casually proficient in martial arts can easily surpass him.

Is this the ancient city of Xiangyang with its iron walls and iron walls, which has always been a battleground for military strategists?

But this is not right. The later generations of Xiangyang City have been there before. There are six tall gates within the city wall, which are divided into Yangchun, Xicheng, Wenchang, Linhan, Gongchen, and Zhenhua.

Each city gate is equipped with an urn or sub-city, corner towers are set at the four corners of the city, enemy towers and beacon towers are set up along the line, and thousands of battlements are set up on the city walls.

The lowest point of the city wall is seven or eight meters, and the highest point is more than ten meters. How could it be like this?

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

It turned out that the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty were Mongols who lived on the prairie for generations, accompanied by bows and horses, and were very mobile when fighting.

However, cavalry can play a very good role in wide grasslands and plains, and once they encounter city walls, they are helpless.

For this reason, not long after the Yuan Dynasty captured the Southern Song Dynasty, Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, ordered the Jianghuai area to destroy the city walls.

From the Jianghuai area 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 dismantling these walls is to prevent the people in the conquered areas from rebelling for the restoration of the Song Dynasty.If someone resists at that time, the cavalry of the Yuan people can drive straight in and suppress the rebellion.

From the 13th year of the Yuan Dynasty, the people of the Yuan Dynasty "fortified the city along the Huaihe River", and successively "the cities of Xianghan and Jinghu".

In the following two years, they "destroyed the city walls of Kuizhou" and "Jiji and Fuzhou cities" respectively.

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

"The heavenly soldiers descended to Xiangfan, and the cities along the river either descended or fled, and within a few months the society became a ruin."

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 Mengge Khan, who also died under the city of Xiangyang.

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

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

Looking along the ruined walls, Yang Xiao seemed to see that big man who looked like a farmer, standing proudly on the head of Xiangyang city, shouting: "The great man is for the country and the people!"

After that, without hesitation, knowing that there was nothing to be done, Yang Xiao did it, touched the Yitian sword, Yang Xiao remained silent for a long time, and only then did he really feel that kind of grandeur and passion, that kind of chivalry.

"The ruins and fences in front of us are just slowly patched up by later generations. It looks like a city wall at last, but if the Yuan cavalry really come to attack, they will still be unable to resist!"

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

After hearing this, Yang Xiao shook his head and said: "People in Yuan Dynasty are short-sighted. Don't you know that the offensive and defensive situation is changing at this time. Now my Mingjiao is attacking Yuan people to defend. I was still worried about Xiangyang's century-old city and being in a strategic place. A battleground for military strategists.

If the Yuan people defended the city, it would be difficult to capture it.Now relying on our secretly developed navy, taking Xiangyang is only a matter of time. "

Zhou Dian on the side also nodded and said: "Yes, Yuan people are good at riding and fighting, but these years, many Yuan soldiers are arrogant and lustful, and their riding and shooting skills are not as good as before. As for the water fighting skills, they all rely on the Han family. The world is rising up, and my Ming Cult occupies the righteousness, I am afraid that many people will turn against each other!"

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

Xiangyang borders Wudang Mountains in the west and Tongbai Mountains in the east, and 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 Hanshui River, there are also many water systems such as the Qinghe River, the Tang River, and the Baihe River.

There have been many famous people in Xiangyang in history. Wolong Zhuge Liang and Fengchu Pangtong are both from Xiangyang. Song Yu, one of the four beauties, is also from Xiangyang. Liu Xuan, the first emperor of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, are all from Xiangyang. There are many others, such as Du Fu, the poet saint.

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

There are quite a lot of places to visit and enjoy, so after Yang Xiao entered Xiangyang, he also took Ji Xiaofu and Yang Buhui out to visit the mountains and rivers.

In fact, besides visiting mountains and rivers and admiring the scenery these days, Yang Xiao also wanted to see if he could be lucky and find the burial place where the sword demon Dugu Qiubai was buried.

When he first crossed over, in pursuit of becoming a master, he listed all the various martial arts cheats he knew and the path to become a master.

The epee swordsmanship Yang Guo learned when he obtained Dugu Qiubai's black iron epee was naturally one of them, but he only knew that Dugu Qiubai's sword mound was outside Xiangyang City, but where exactly was it outside Xiangyang City? In which direction is it in the southeast, northwest, he has no idea.

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

In the past few days, he was touring around the city of Xiangyang, while constantly inquiring from Meng Haima, he also got a clear understanding of the terrain and conditions around the city of Xiangyang.

There are already a few doubts in my heart, but most of these places are lonely mountains and some dangerous places.

Therefore, it was not easy to take Ji Xiaofu and Yang Buhui with them, so we had to settle them in the Xiangyang sub-altar. I was afraid that no one would take care of me after I left, so I asked Zhou Dian and Meng Haima to take care of them. Go out and find it by yourself.

As for the location of the sword mound, Yang Xiao has a way to find it, even though he is not as lucky as Yang Guo, he can be rescued by the big eagle even when he wanders around.

But there is a special product in the Sword Tomb, the Pusi Qu Snake. This kind of snake is quite special, and it is only found in the Sword Tomb.

He has already sent many people from the Xiangyang branch to inquire about this kind of snake. There are two experts, Hu Qingniu and Wang Nangu, so he only needs to mention this kind of snake and describe its general habits.

The two of them gave a complete description of the snake's physical characteristics and appearance, and took some antidote from Wang Nangu, which was specially designed to restrain poisonous snakes. Yang Xiao then sent a large number of disciples to inquire.

There has been news that the Bossic Snake has been found!

(End of this chapter)