Chapter 39 Gucheng
Time flies, winter goes by and spring comes, and in a blink of an eye, it is May of the fourth year of Xiping (175 AD), when Huangfu Jian's mourning period expires.
The sky is getting brighter and light is coming from the sky, the sky is high and the clouds are faint. The view around Jitou Mountain is extremely wide, and you can't even see a trace of fog. It is a rare and good weather.
Huangfu Jian stood quietly in front of the grave of the old man Huangfugui. The lightning mink lay lazily on his shoulder and motionless. The tiger king, which was snow-white all over his body, was as big as a calf, followed closely behind him. Two golden eagles spread their wings in the morning breeze, making cheerful "chir, chirping" sounds from time to time. Everything was so natural and harmonious.
Under the careful training of the Eagle Iron Eagle and the Tiger Slave Stone Hun, the two Eagle grew up a lot. They were very smart and clever. They seemed to understand some of Huangfu Jian's body language and were more attached to Huangfu Jian. What is strange is that this tiger king is strange, with a layer of white hair like clouds and a lion-headed and tiger body.
The two golden eagles also had their feathers together. Under the devil-like training of the iron eagle, they had initially revealed their eagle's posture. One tiger and two eagles now have free time to move around, but no matter where they are, as long as they hear the unique roar of Huangfu Jian, they will arrive next to him in the shortest time.
Behind Huangfu Jian is Hua Xiong, "Heizi" Cheng Yi, Xu Huang's three personal guard leaders, behind the three are Princess Jieyou, Yan Xing, Tie Ying, and Shi Lie, and behind are one thousand iron-blooded guards arranged in ten rows.
Everyone in front of the grave had a solemn face, the air was a little condensed, and the four little beasts probably felt the solemn atmosphere, and they seemed extremely quiet.
The old man Huangfugui's grave was filled with various sacrifices, all of which were delicacies that the old man loved to eat during his lifetime. The incense burner was burning in the incense burner. When the breeze blew, it fluttered everywhere, and emitted bright flames from time to time.
Huangfu Jian slowly stepped forward, opened a jar of wine that Huangfu Gui loved to drink most during his lifetime, and gently sprinkled it on the old man's grave, then fell to the ground and kowtowed three times. Everyone behind him also knelt down and kowtowed.
After three bows, Huangfu Jian stood up and looked reluctantly at the surrounding camps, and the "Moon-Watching Pavilion" standing proudly with the morning light. After saying "setting off", he resolutely turned around and walked down the mountain.
Whether it is the newly-engraved Eight Hundred Guards, or Xu Huang, Yan Xing and others who went up the mountain later, there have been great changes in the past six months. Eight Hundred Guards have lost their childishness and have a faint sense of popularity. Even if the journey down the mountain is tortuous and difficult, they all maintain the best offensive and defensive formation.
The longer Xu Huang, Yan Xing, Tie Ying, and Shi Lie followed Huangfu Jian, the more they could understand the mystery of Huangfu Jian and become a loyal fan of Huangfu Jian. Huangfu Jian was not stingy with them, and passed on all the techniques of the Huangfu family's ancestral arts and the ultimate sword. To a certain extent, they could be regarded as half of Huangfu Jian's disciples.
Today is the day when the city lord loses his filial piety. The senior figures in the Pegasus Ranch were waiting early at the foot of the mountain under the leadership of Zhao Qi, the candidate and Jia Xu.
"See the young master!" When Huangfu Jian's team appeared in front of everyone, the old man Zhao Qi, the candidate, Jia Xu and the people from the Pegasus Ranch bowed to greet each other.
"Everyone is exempted from gifts! Thank you for your hard work this year! Jian is here to thank you!" Huangfu Jian said while returning the favor to everyone. The dark guard behind him stood solemnly, exuding a momentum of impulsiveness. One tiger and two eagles may have never seen such a lively scene, and they were also cheering and rushing.
The stone hunter led the red horse of Huangfu Jian. The red horse is now over one year old and is not much different from the ordinary good horse. Under the training of the stone hunter, not only has the speed improved, but it is also more agile and sensitive than before. It can even effectively avoid shooting some crossbows.
Everyone got on their horses and rushed towards the north gate of Gucheng.
Although Huangfu Jian could see the whole picture of Gucheng on the mountain and heard the extraordinary significance of Gucheng from everyone's mouths, when he looked at Gucheng up close, he was still deeply shocked by its tall and majestic momentum. The city wall was completely made of green stones, and the tall city wall emitted a slow golden light under the sun, and he could feel a magnificent and heavy pressure from afar.
Since the Pegasus Ranch Pass was attacked by the Feiyun Village horse thieves last year, Guiguzi has built another pass at the entrance of the Yishitian Canyon, and now it has been completed, which is taller and more majestic than the original pass. Not only that, Guiguzi also ordered people to equip the two passes with a large number of city-guarding equipment, almost eliminating the possibility of the enemy's sneak attack.
Thinking of this, Gucheng located inside Pegasus Ranch is safer, but just in case, Guiguzi made the worst plan when designing Gucheng. This is the foundation of Huangfu Jian and the root of Huangfu Jian.
Not only is there a large number of city guarding equipment installed on the city wall, a tower as high as three meters high is built on every distance, and a city gate tower of five meters high is built above the four city gates. The tower and the city gate tower are in a distance, and soldiers guard it day and night. Such a defense is difficult to invade even if it is consumed, let alone a living person.
The outside of Gucheng also attracted the river water to build a moat that was five meters wide and three meters deep, which added a huge barrier to Gucheng.
Huangfu Jian stood by the moat suspension bridge, stopped and watched, and became more frightened. He found that the location of these towers was not as simple as it seemed on the surface, and there was even more mystery inside. Any point on the city wall was within the range of the towers on both sides. In this way, any point on the city wall would be attacked by the city wall and the guards on both sides of the towers. The difficulty was greatly increased. Without dozens of times the force, it would not be possible to shake the city of Gu.
Gucheng was expanded at the original old military camp, with an area of several times larger than before. At the south, the shape of Gucheng is consistent with the valley and mountainous mountains, and is in an unstandard trapezoidal shape. The south side is wide, and the north side extends into the Jitou Mountain valley, the width is less than one-third of the south side. The city walls on the east and west sides are built along the mountains on both sides. The entire Gucheng and Jitou Mountain are integrated, and from a distance they look like part of the mountains.
Due to the restrictions of Jitou Mountain Loch and Xihe, Gucheng is only fifteen miles away from east to west, only five miles away from the shortest, and only ten miles away from north to south, so it can only be regarded as a medium-sized city. Most of the residents in the city are indigenous residents of Pegasus Ranch, and some are craftsmen with skills and stray children taken in.
In order to prevent secret leakage of Gucheng, Gucheng has a strict household registration management system and strict inspections on entry and exit. People who have no special approval from the City Lord's Mansion and whose household registration is not in Gucheng will not be able to come in.
The ground of Gucheng is neatly planned and sewers beyond this era are built. Several areas are separated by large parks. Gucheng is divided into two parts: North City and South City. Beicheng is the place where high-rise figures of Gucheng and high-rise figures of Gucheng live, accounting for one-third of Gucheng's area. It is separated by an inner city wall three meters high and three meters wide. There is a giant city gate in the middle of the city wall. This city gate is connected to the south and north main city gates of Gucheng by a wide speedway that can accommodate eight horses. This is the military road that runs across the north and south of Gucheng, and only high-rise figures and troops in Gucheng are allowed to pass.
There is a four-horse rushing road on both sides of the military road. The south end connects the two auxiliary city gates of the Nancheng, and the north end ends at the inner city wall. These three roads divide the Nancheng into four areas, from east to west, are residential areas, commercial areas and two industrial areas.
Everyone entered the city from the north gate, and walked across the military road that ran through the north and south. This military road divided the entire northern city into two halves. On the east side was the city lord's mansion, and on the west side was the mansion of high-level people in the valley.
Chapter completed!