Chapter 120: The Call of the Heavenly Evil Lone Star If there is one word to describe Yanjing Osgilia in the Byzantine Empire, then this word must be: marvel Hundreds of years ago, there was a famous poet on the continent, when he first came to Osgilia, he made this feeling: When you stand in front of it, you will find that all your words, all your flowery words, seem so pale at this moment, and at this moment, my only impulse is to kneel, prostrate on the ground, and kiss this earth, this city of miracles built by mankind with the most awe and trepidation The first time I saw this city of miracles, I was shocked by the impression I had on the turtle.
The most straightforward sensory shock, this shock is like a bucket of cold water poured on the head, making people instantly seem to be washed by a force, every nerve, every hair seems to stand up, that kind of excitement and excitement impulse, will make you have an inexplicable excitement and impulse, so that you can't help but want to crawl on the ground, cheering and praising for the miracle in front of you.
That's how Char feels at the moment.
His mouth was open as if he could swallow an egg, and his eyes were as wide as bull's eyes The location of Osgilia is located right on the seashore of the Byzantine Empire's inland sea.
Its topography resembles a giant peninsula jutting out of the sea from the entire continent.
It is as if when the gods created this world, they deliberately cut off a piece of the original mountain peak on this peninsula jutting out of the sea, so that the entire small land that protrudes into the sea becomes a half-hillside terrain.
The whole of Osgilia was built on such a blessed environment.
As a peninsula jutting out into the sea, it is surrounded by the sea on three sides, but only on the south side is a flat beach, and the other two sides are steep cliffs up to tens of meters high, under the action of the tides of the ocean, the perennial stormy waves and the dangerous reefs and cliffs of tens of meters have become a natural barrier to the east and north of the city, and it seems that the rulers of the empire still think that this is not safe, and still built a circle of huge walls with a height of twenty meters and a width of ten meters on the cliffs, and huge towers were built on top of the city walls.
Such towers, which are located every few hundred meters, contain ballistas and shelters for long-range attacks on the sea.
The walls are made of blue-white polished square stones, and each stone is said to weigh at least hundreds of kilograms.
The highest part of the city wall, if you calculate the drop from the sea under the cliff, even reaches more than 100 meters And that's not even the most majestic place.
On the west side of the peninsula leading to the mainland, a massive wall, considered the most spectacular on the mainland, slices the peninsula and the mainland into two parts, and is where the main entrance to Osgilia is located.
The average height of the city wall is 30 meters, the highest point reaches 50 meters, and the wall on this side is several miles long, on this wall there are a total of 12 city gate exits, of which in the middle is the famous triumphal gate on the mainland, under which at least ten carriages can be accommodated The twelve gates, each in the shape of a round arch, are full of Byzantine architectural style, and the city gates are full of the most magnificent and spectacular carvings, carving the statues of the outstanding heroes of the Byzantine Empire on the city walls of the city gates, as if one by one ancient heroes watched over this continental hero.
The tower's dome was surrounded by four towering towers, each at least ten meters in diameter, to accommodate enough soldiers to guard the gates.
At this moment, in Char's eyes, what he saw was the wall of the western side of Osgilia facing the mainland His first reaction was that this was not a city wall at all, but a mountain on the horizon with no end in sight, and that neat row of square but high walls made Char almost drop his jaw to the ground As far as the eye can see, the city wall is full of flying flags, and the pure blue giant city wall stones are piled up there, as if a sleeping monster is shining in the sun, and even makes people feel a sense of sacredness and awe.
Char's shock lasted for a quarter of an hour, and when he came back to his senses, he was still staring at the majestic mountain-like wall in the distance, and muttered, "Hell, how many years did Byzantium take to build such a big city?"
"Forty years."
Gu Luo didn't know when he rode to Char's side, and along the way, Gu Luo already knew that this Mr.
Char was coming to Osgilia for the first time, and even knew that Char was not a Byzantine.
The fat man looked at Osgilia in the distance, although this was not the first time he had come here, but Rantis was still shocked in his heart, and he answered Char's question in a low voice: "The Byzantine Empire spent forty years to build this most majestic city of continental wonders, and that only gave the city walls a preliminary scale, and after it was completed, it took them more than two hundred years to go through six dynasties and more than ten generations of emperors, The result was the city it is today. ” Char took a cool breath.
Two hundred and forty years: "Let's go, let's go in through the Arc de Triomphe."
The first time you come to Osgiria, if you don't go to see the Arc de Triomphe, then it will be a kind of regret in your life" Gu Luo smiled: "The first time I passed through the Arc de Triomphe, I almost lost my eyes. ” After advancing towards this majestic city for half a day, everyone finally arrived at the place placed in front of Char under the city wall, which was another miracle In front of him is a large river, to be precise, a river that has been dug out by hand According to Guluo, hundreds of years ago, a Byzantine emperor ordered that this peninsula of Osgilia be completely carved into an artificial river ten miles long along the line of the city wall in the direction of Osgilia The banks of this man-made river are paved with marble, the riverbed is 10 meters deep, and it took 16 years to excavate it.
The estuary at both ends brought in seawater, turning the artificial river into a moat to the west of Osgilia.
And the narrowest part of this moat is also fifty meters wide, and the widest place even reaches more than 100 meters A total of 12 stone bridges were built along the artificial river under the 12 gates of the western wall, the narrowest of which was 10 meters wide and the widest one, the one leading to the Arc de Triomphe, was 50 meters wide Twelve huge stone bridges make it a trip to the twelve links between the peninsula and the mainland.
Suffice it to say that if these twelve bridges were to be cut off, Osgilia would even become an island surrounded by water Char followed the caravan to the other side of the Arc de Triomphe Bridge, and after hundreds of years of operation, a small market town has been formed at this end of the bridge, but the liveliness of this town has far exceeded that of Wildfire Town, Char followed the caravan through the market town slowly, looking at the lively crowd around and the colorful mainland travelers and merchants, looking at the Byzantine soldiers patrolling in bright armor When he finally came to the west bank of the bridge, he looked at the bridge in front of him that was tens of meters wide, Char froze again The bridgehead on the west bank had two towers, and a battalion of Imperial infantry was stationed here, and judging by their bright armor and weapons, they were very well equipped, tall and straight.
The wide bridge is already full of pedestrians, cars, and horses, and the bridge deck is paved with huge square stones, and the guardrails next to it are made of round columns and stones.
When the caravan went up the bridge, it showed the passage documents to the defenders, and then slowly moved forward in the crowd, Char was able to carefully watch the scenery on both sides, the bridge under his feet was a wide artificial river on both sides, the bridge deck was close to several meters from the river arch, the 100-meter-long bridge was erected on the artificial river with more than ten giant stone beams, the river water was turquoise, obviously the introduced seawater, and there were actually some small boats on the river to patrol back and forth, judging from the flags hoisted on the boats, they were obviously army patrol boats.
There are canals on both sides, and from a distance, you can barely see the outlines of other bridges and gates in the distance, but the distance is too far to see really, but even so, it is enough to make people shocked.
When he walked across the stone bridge and stood under the Arc de Triomphe, Char finally sighed again Although he had seen too much before, his bearing capacity had improved a lot, but the first time he saw the Arc de Triomphe, he would still be stunned.
There are three arches under the Arc de Triomphe Gate, and the middle one is as high as 50 meters, and when you stand in the gate and look up, you will even have the illusion that such a tall gate is not intended for human walking, but for the legendary gods.
The city gate in the shape of a round arch, each stone is stacked extremely neatly, there is not a trace of protrusion and flaw, above the huge city gate, the four towers on the city tower seem to be straight into the clouds, and the various flags float on the top of the tall round city tower, and on both sides of the city gate, the auxiliary towers on both sides of the outer city protruding from all this add up, it can be determined that once the war comes, each city tower can be turned into a military fortress in the shortest possible time, and it is the most difficult to conquer "In the history of the Byzantine Empire, there was a legendary commander who had a great military record and said: Even if I am given an army of one million and unlimited logistical supplies, it will definitely be a nightmare for me to conquer this majestic city," Gu Luo sighed in a low voice beside him.
Char's heart moved, and he turned his head to look at the fat man.
At this time, Char, who had just walked out of the Arc de Triomphe, was riding on his horse when he heard a familiar voice in the distance.
"Aha, you little turtle, I've been waiting for you for so many days, but I can count on waiting for you."
Char looked around, and saw that not far from the left, there were several samurai in light armor of the army standing in the crowd, and in the middle of the crowd was a fat man, who had a meaty face and a bulging belly, but had a strange smile on his face.
Standing on the street, laughing right in front of Char.
"General Ruhr" Char immediately jumped off the horse and strode through the crowd, and when he arrived in front of him, Luhr grabbed Char's shoulder and slapped him in the chest: "Damn, it took so many days for this guy to arrive, but Lao Tzu was in a hurry" Char looked at Ruhr, this guy took off his army attire, wore a light aristocratic samurai robe, and wore a large ruby ring on his finger, polished leather boots, as if a noble lord was traveling.
Ruel looked at Lantis and the Wolf Tooth Warrior Regiment behind Char, and the rabbit general frowned slightly: "Lantis, how did you get mixed up with a group of pirates." ” Char smiled: "Well, I met on the way, it's you, it seems that you seem to have a good complexion, and you are a lot fatter than when you were separated." ” Ruer's face suddenly fell, and he gave a fierce "phew", pulled Char to the side, and said in a low voice: "Damn, Lao Tzu has not died recently, and he is almost so worried that he is about to commit suicide, this time he is really unlucky to get home, after Lao Tzu returned to Yanjing, the military department actually issued an order that made me almost not scared to death."
"What" "General Ben, I" Ruhr straightened his chest and made a vicious look: "My position as general of the Sixth Corps has been revoked, and the military department has ordered me to transfer to other units, and my new official position is the commander of the fucking 13th Cavalry Corps, do you understand, boy, now Lao Tzu has become your top boss, and in the future, Lao Tzu will be the new generation of generals, that is, the new leader of the Rhodria Cavalry Regiment" Char froze, his expression became very strange, as if it took a lot of strength to suppress the urge to exclaim, his voice was a little hoarse, and he squeezed out a sentence from his mouth: "You mean, you, you replaced the position of General Adric you" The arrogant look on the fat man's face immediately collapsed, and he helplessly grabbed the fat on his face: "I don't know if the people in the military department have made a mistake in their brains, Lao Tzu's nickname is General Rabbit, and he actually asked me to command the 13th Corps."
"Rabbit leads a pack of lions," Char rolled her eyes.
He immediately remembered something: "What about General Adric" "He" Ruhl cursed in a low voice, "Your former boss is not in a lot of trouble this time" Char's eyes immediately widened, and Ruer hurriedly held him down: "Don't worry, he's promoted, he's now appointed as the deputy minister of military affairs, this promotion, he can now be regarded as the number two person in the imperial team, well, if it's purely from the position." ” "Promoted" Char didn't react to any trouble, but after learning that Adric was promoted, Char was relieved, he smiled, and his attention refocused on Ruhl: "Ah, in this way, you are now my immediate boss, but I am a little confused, you guy, can you command the 13th Cavalry Corps well, you are quite good at escaping, but are you fighting?"
Ruhl was furious and glared at Char: "Shut up, you kid, I'm your immediate boss now, be careful that I removed you from your post and sent you to take charge of the coolie camp" But then the fat man sighed, glanced at Char, and said in a low voice: "I am in a hurry to wait for you here because of this, I know that the first time you come to Osgiria, you will definitely take the Arc de Triomphe, and all people who come to Osgilia for the first time will do so." ” After a pause, General Rabbit sighed: "I would like to be your boss, but now it seems that it is impossible for you to continue to stay in the Thirteenth Corps." ” Char was stunned.
He was a little dissatisfied that he didn't have a sense of belonging to this empire, and his only sense of belonging was pinned on those brothers in the 13th Corps, asking him to leave the 13th Corps and go to other units to serve this empire Lao Tzu didn't have that much spare work If you really transferred me to another place, Lao Tzu took off this skin and went home to be a hunter.
Ruhl is so smart, he is familiar with Char's spleen and surname, and when he saw this little guy raise his eyebrows, he knew the other party's thoughts, and he quickly reassured Char: "This is not necessarily a bad thing."
Let's talk about this later, you first say goodbye to your companion, and then go back with me, and I will explain it to you carefully slowly. ” Char also knew that this lively street was not the place to talk, he went back to say hello to Gu Luo, Gu Luo smiled and saluted Char: "Lord Char, it is really our honor to be able to pass with you along the way, no matter what, please don't forget, there is also a friend of yours named Gu Luo in the Gallens Chamber of Commerce."
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Hehe, we're going to the stronghold of the Rigarens Chamber of Commerce in Osgilia, if you have time, please settle down, be sure to send someone to send me a message, everyone has been together all the way, and we are finally friends. ” Char agreed very simply, Gu Luo told the address of the Gallensian merchant group in Yanjing's stronghold, but it was okay not to say it, their merchant group was very famous, and it could be found by a little inquiry in Yanjing.
After Gu Luo and his party left, Alfrecat also walked up and took the initiative to say to Char: "Lord Char, let's go to the warrior guild of the competition to sign up first, and then we will find a place to stay."
If nothing else, we'll stay at the old lighthouse inn in the south of the city, near the docks, which is very famous near the docks, and you can always send someone to find me. ” Char nodded, and after writing down the address very seriously, Zhengse said: "Okay, don't worry, after I stay, I will definitely send someone to inform you tomorrow." ” The people of the Lantis and the Wolf Tooth Warrior Regiment left, but General Ruhr has been standing far away and not approaching, he is a high-ranking general in the army, and he is a noble title, so he naturally has some arrogance and faction.
When the men had left, Ruhl led Char on horseback.
"I'll tell you, boy, you're in a bit of trouble this time."
On the way, Ruhr couldn't wait to explain to Char: "His Majesty the Emperor has conveyed an order, once you go to report, let you enter the palace immediately to meet His Majesty the Emperor to meet you in person, I can't judge whether this is a good thing or not."
Well, hopefully it's a good thing, after all, you killed Bonfret's little white face.
However, it is also dangerous to enter the palace, and you have to be careful of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
However, I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been living in his palace in the eastern suburbs recently, so he may not run into you. ” After a pause, looking at Char's indifferent expression, Luer sighed: "These are not the most important things, the important thing is that there is a person who has sent someone to inform me and explain me a matter, once you come to Yanjing, I will take you to see him immediately, this person wants to take a good look at you." ” "Who's going to see me?"
"Cavihill."
When the fat man reported the name, he suddenly shivered, and a trace of fear flashed on his fat face, he lowered his voice, and his tone was very serious: "Boy, you listen to me in Yanjing, even if you anger the emperor, you offend the crown prince, and offend the bigwigs in the military department, but because you have military merits, you can barely resist it."
But you're going to have to be extra careful with this Cavishir."
"Oh, what kind of person is this guy, is he scary?"
The fat man hesitated, and he couldn't help but look left and right, as if he had some concern, and as if he was afraid that his words would be overheard by someone and reach the ears of that Cavishir.
"Isn't it scary, I'm not good at judging directly, well, I'll tell you so."
The fat man said in a low voice with a straight face: "In Yanjing, many people hate this Kavihill, there are royalty, church, military department, senate but so many people hate him, for decades, he is still alive and well, and it seems that he is still alive and well."
When the fat man said this, he deliberately paused for a moment before continuing: "However, all the people who were hated by him are now lying on the Glory Mountain for so many years, without exception."
The name Glory Mountain seems to have been heard on Char Road.
He thought for a moment before he remembered that Glory Hill seemed to be the largest cemetery on the outskirts of Osgilia After savoring the fat general's last words, Char also looked a little serious.
"What the hell is this guy, what the hell is I doing?"
The fat general immediately briefly introduced the identity of Cavishir.
"Oh, the emperor's most trusted think tank" Char frowned: "This guy sees me doing something, I'm just a small role, even if I make a meritorious service, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with him." ” "That's what I'm worried about."
Ruhl was a little worried: "You have nothing to do with him, the best thing I am most afraid of is that this guy Cavishir, whoever gets involved with him will be unlucky." ” The fat man wiped his cold sweat: "This guy is in his fifties this year, his wife died very early, his son and daughter also died, and all his relatives and friends are all dead, I just doubt that whoever has a relationship with him will be cursed, even our emperor His Majesty is seriously ill because he is a friend, and his only son has actually become a rabbit fucking." ” "I'm so powerful" Char changed color: "It's just a lonely star" Char glanced at Ruhl: "This, this, this Cavishir, when are you going to see me" "Now."
The fat man sighed, grimaced, and pointed to the front of the road: "This road is the direction leading to Kavihill's house, and the request he sent to pass the word is: As soon as you arrive in Yanjing, you will go to see him immediately."
Char was furious: "You dead fat man actually told my mother now that it's not okay to meet such a dangerous guy, why should I prepare you, you bastard" "I'm sorry, brother."
The fat man wiped his sweat: "Cavehill's request, I don't dare to refuse, I don't want to be hated by him."
Lao Tzu is still in the prime of life, and he doesn't want to go to Glory Mountain to lie down so early."
To be continued 〗Hanyu Pinyin "" is simple and easy to remember: