The closer Yang He and others walked, the closer they seemed to have carefully selected the site when they were established. They were built in a river network. There were rivers on the east, west and north sides of the village, and dense elm, mulberry, willow, etc. were planted on both sides of the river.

This is a tree quiver, which uses the power of plants to prevent water. It is much better than ordinary earth quiver. In the wilderness, these trees can also provide food.

It is obvious that the rivers around the village have been deeply excavated. The water is very deep and urgent, and the river embankment is very high. Even if the river water is much dry at this time, it is not easy to pass without a bridge. If you want to enter the dike, there is only one road in the south of the village.

Yang He and others first met the west side of the village. They took a long way along the river west side of the village. At the mouth that was about to flow into the Sui River, they found a repaired wooden bridge, and then everyone crossed the river and turned to the south of the village.

The water conservancy ditches here are more and more perfectly repaired and more ponds. Although the weather is dry, the winter wheat planted can still be irrigated.

Looking at the continuous fields around the village, I don’t know how much land I occupied. I thought that after the winter wheat harvest, I would be more than enough to feed the residents in the village.

There is no shortage of land in troubled times. As long as you have that ability, you can have as much land as you want.

Since we came to this world, there are dozens of large and small wastelands passing by Yanghe. Who can occupy these farms, so who cares?

When she walked here, Yang He also saw refugees who were rarely seen. They were either in groups of three or five, or dozens of people walking on the road. Obviously, like Yang He and the others, they were all attracted by the people here when they passed by.

Just like when he first met Yan Dezheng and others, these people were all pale and thin, and they were not covered in clothes. When they saw Yang He and his group, they were afraid to avoid it, looked numb, or their eyes flashed with strange light.

Seeing Yang He and his group carrying heavy burdens, some people wanted to come up and spy.

However, the horse meat, rice and flour that Zhao Zhongju and others picked were covered with clothes, so they couldn't see what was inside. Moreover, Yang He and his group were crowded, and all the young and strong were full of spirits. Even women were very energetic. Minister Yang and Han did not hide the bow, arrow, waist and knife he carried.

They all carried shields on their backs and had a strange temperament. Especially Yang He was riding a horse with a lofty temperament and looked difficult to mess with at first sight. There were people there, and many people were hopeful, but no one came up in the end.

A flat and wide dirt road on the south side of Zhainan is four or five meters wide, and is covered with gravel and coarse sand. Compared with those terrain roads that make people hate, Yang He feels that such roads are much more comfortable.

The closer the village, the more Yang He felt that the village was solid and thick, and it seemed that the entire village was built on a large soil platform as high as two meters high. I don’t know whether it was a natural formation or a platform that was specially dug and piled up.

Yang He tends to dig up soil and pile up the cushion, because two miles away from the village, there are densely packed water holes outside.

These puddles are five or six meters long and six meters wide, some even more than ten meters deep, and four or five meters deep. There is a lot of water in the puddles, and some puddles are buried with sharp wooden thorns. When they get here, the zigzag road winds and turns between the puddles.

Some water holes far from the road have been converted into ponds, with vegetable fields beside the ponds, and fruits and vegetables such as broad beans, peas, rapeseed, etc.

Yang He was so angry that he took a breath of air conditioning. With such a terrain and such arrangement, he was afraid that no matter how many troops he had, he would be difficult to use.

He imagined that the enemy attacked, and there were rivers on the east, west and north sides of the village, and it was difficult to attack, so he could only attack from this south side.

But from time to time here, there is a water pit and pond. How can we arrange troops? We can only walk along the road. It is just a mere road. Although the road is four or five meters wide, we cannot arrange many people when we move. No matter how many people are sent, it will be a disaster to death.

Not only that, the wall was built on the platform, which was as high as two feet high. With the height of the platform, it was four feet high. Just looking up would make you feel afraid.

The dike here is also covered with blue bricks, and deep trenches are dug under the wall, which seems to attract river water. The width of the moat may be about one meter, and the height of the suspension bridge is built at the dike gate.

Yang He had seen Duwei before, but in terms of strength and protection ability, it was really a terrible thing compared to this village.

Look at a stone sign standing by the roadside: "Yong'an."

I don’t know which local tycoon built it. Yang He thought that if the enemy wanted to attack such a farm, it would definitely be more difficult than a county town or a prefecture city.

Compared with county towns, the people in the prefecture city are complex. This kind of village that builds villages and protects themselves are built by a large family or several families. When foreign enemies invade, they will never have civil strife or sacrifice to the city.

Yang He has read historical books and knows that some villages built by real powerful people have even survived since the Five Barbarians. No matter what kind of troubled times or dynasty changes, it will not have any impact on them.

Yang He, the people in the countryside, looked at him in a daze, and Yan Dezheng murmured: "That's what the so-called powerful people are."

Qi Youxin also sucked in anger: "A farm like this is attacked by thousands of people, and it will be killed by just walking around the water puddle. Then he crossed the trenches, climbed the platform, climbed the dike wall, and a wooden rock rolled down the slope, and he could hit a group of people."

Minister Yang split his mouth, and Han Xia reminded: "Not only that, look at the two arrow towers."

Yang He had noticed the two arrow towers long ago, and it seemed that there were experts in the village.

These two arrow towers were built outside the village, both of which were very tall, covered with bricks and stones, and were three meters tall, standing as majestic as the fire road piers in the border town.

Judging from the design, these two arrow towers are estimated to be fifty steps away from the road surface and the wall, one on the left and the other on the right, guarding the village gate.

Yang He noticed that the road towards the Archery Tower was dug up, and each puddle was connected together. If he wanted to go to the Archery Tower, he could only come from the village gate. In this way, if he wanted to take a detour to attack the Archery Tower, he would be attacked by the village gate wall, and the two arrow towers would also be attacked.

The enemy who wants to attack the village gate will also be attacked by the flanks of two arrow towers.

As expected, it was well designed. Yang He found that he could not underestimate the heroes of this era.

They walked forward and the road was still easy to walk, just to go around.

From time to time, a puddle appeared in front of you, and it looked like a cliff.

Some puddles are buried with sharp wood thorns, which makes people shocked. The road surface circles among the puddles, reminding Yanghe of the winding mountain road.

The closer the gate of the village, the more refugees there were on the road, all of whom were ragged and miserable. Yang He estimated that there were two or three hundred people on this road. Seeing Yang He and his party coming, many people hurriedly avoided it. Yang He's team was full of spirit and oppressed them too much.

Yang He stopped a hundred steps outside the wall. He saw stone pillars standing by the roadside, painted with eye-catching red paint.

Many people do not understand the meaning of these stone pillars, but Yang He knows that this is the shooting mark of the bow, arrow, bird gun.

He looked to the dike wall, and there were many people standing on it, each holding spears, whistle sticks and bows and arrows. Yang He also saw bird guns and firearms.

There were also some archers standing on the two arrow towers, staring coldly at the refugees below.

Yang He keenly noticed that the arrival of his group attracted the attention of archers on both sides of the arrow towers, and some people pointed at him.

Yang He was worried that the two arrow towers were only fifty or sixty steps away from here, and his group was under the threat of their bows and arrows.

Seeing that the people in front stopped fifty steps away, gathering in darkness, even some puddles and flat ground were full of people, but no one dared to step forward, because people kept shouting and calling on the wall: "Don't get close to fifty steps, otherwise you will die!"

The cold voice with a local accent was repeated. Even if the people in front of them knelt on the road, crying and begging, hoping that the people in the Wuzhou could give them mercy and let them in, there was no movement there.
Chapter completed!