The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 105 Mysterious Ancient City
"180 Li Kamo Stone Forest?" Zhe Zhichang recalled. He had heard about this place. It seemed to be an ancient battlefield. There was a lack of water in it. No matter Uighur or Han people, Tubo basically didn't walk from here. It was a natural border. barrier.

Seeing that Zhao Tun was about to enter the stone forest on horseback, Zhe Zhichang suddenly turned pale with fright, and hurriedly shouted: "My lord, you can't enter, it's Kamo Stone Forest."

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Tun was nowhere to be seen in front of him. Zhe Zhichang gritted his teeth, thinking that there was nothing he could do. He thought to himself that the stone forest should be the stone forest. The lack of water source seems to be the solution, but the ancient battlefield is troublesome. It can be disorienting.

And now that Zhao Tun is going in, how can he not go in, Zhe Zhichang hastily ordered all the troops to ride horses and chase into the stone forest.

After entering the stone forest, there is no shadow of Zhao Tun. At this moment, the sky is about to brighten, and there is a vast expanse of whiteness ahead, which is actually filled with fog.

This damn weather!Zhe Zhichang knew that there is often fog in Longyou in late autumn, but he didn't expect that the fog in this stone forest is so thick.

He looked left and right, he couldn't help feeling flustered, he had no choice but to stand up, if he saw Zhao Tun, even if he threatened to kill himself, he would definitely invite this young prince back.

He groped forward with his men and horses, when suddenly there was a loud noise in front of him, and after a closer look, it turned out to be a group of Uighur cavalry circling in place, not knowing what they were looking for.

There were not many cavalry in this team, only around a hundred of them. Zhe Zhichang didn’t know if Zhao Tun had encountered this team of cavalry, but at that time Liyanazha took almost these people away, and he thought to himself, it couldn’t be Xiao Is the prince stuck here?
Thinking of this, Zhe Zhichang's eyes turned red, and he shouted with a gun in his hand: "Kill!" The Longyou soldiers rushed forward after him immediately.

Let's talk about Zhao Tun, when he hit the horse in front of the stone forest, he didn't have to chase him. It's true that the enemy retreats and we advance, but it depends on the environment at that time. This large stone forest is in line with the principle of not entering the forest, regardless of the forest Whether it is a stone forest or a stone forest, it is a forest anyway.

It's just that the more he looked at the stone forest under the moonlight, the more familiar it became. After a closer look, he found that the location of the stone forest was like an ancient Han Dynasty array.

He didn't know about this ancient formation. In fact, after the troubled times of the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, many ancient military techniques were lost, including many ancient formations. The number of formations left in the world is less than [-]% from that of Qin and Han Dynasties.

Those lost ancient formations can only be seen in some books now, but no one knows how to arrange them.

However, Zhao Tong got Meng De's new book, one of which is the way of formation, which records several sets of ancient formations, but more of them are methods of breaking formations. Obviously, in Cao Mengde's mind, forming formations is not the way of soldiers , Breaking the formation is considered a skill.

Zhao Tong dared to enter this stone forest because this stone forest formation is one of the few formations in Meng De's new book, and there are more detailed methods for breaking the formation.

He doesn't really think that Liyanazha understands this ancient formation. His horse is fast. In fact, he has seen the Uighur soldiers hesitate here just now. If he really understands the formation, he will definitely not be so hesitant. , has already rushed in.

So far, Zhao Tama is no longer as simple as chasing and killing Liyanazha. He has become very interested in this ancient stone forest formation. Logically speaking, after the end of Tang Dynasty, this formation has been lost. At least it was Tang, or it existed before Tang.

Zhao Tong thought about it in his mind, this should be the junction of Longyou and Uyghur. It was recorded in the documents of the Duhufu that it was called Kamo Stone Forest. There is a lack of water source, and there is no record of any weird incidents. If there is, the copy of the Duhufu will never miss it.

So he rode his horse into the stone forest. Although there was fog in the forest, the direction of the path was exactly the same as that recorded in Meng De's new book.

At this moment, Zhao Tun was convinced that [-]% of this place was a relic of the Han Dynasty, because formations are not static, just like everything in the world, weapons, clothing, food and even houses, all change with the changes of dynasties. Changes, especially in poetry and writing, are often not necessarily the same as the original version sung by later generations.

He looked left and right in the stone forest, but he didn't see the Uyghur soldiers, so he followed the method of breaking the formation that he remembered in his heart, and went to the center of the stone forest.

Of the several formations recorded in Meng De's new book, this one is the most complicated one at the moment. The traps and traps are just easy to confuse people in the wrong direction.

In fact, Zhao Tang was not worried about any traps. After so many years, no matter how powerful the traps were, they would have been destroyed long ago in this place where the plateau and the sea meet.

The sky was slightly brighter at this moment, and he rode his horse towards the center of the formation.

Zhao Tang walked and watched with the mind of practicing the formation, the further he walked in, the more serious the damage to the formation would be. Of course, ordinary people would not be able to go here at all, at most they would wander back and forth around the periphery.

The Zhaoye Jade Lion didn't run fast. According to the information that Zhao Tun saw in the document of the Duhufu, the Kamo Stone Forest is 180 miles long, but this does not refer to the radius, but the length along the border of the Longyou Uighur. More than 180 miles, as for the width from north to south, it is only about fifty or sixty miles, otherwise no one would be able to lay such a large formation.

This array is only placed in the center, but the angle Zhao Tang cuts in is just at the edge of the array, and it will take at most ten or twenty miles to reach the commander's tent.

However, it is extremely difficult for ordinary people to get in and out of these ten or twenty miles. Even if there are many people, it may not be effective, unless it is like a large army pushing across the stone forest, but which army would have nothing to do such a boring thing.

Moreover, this location is a natural barrier, neither the Song Dynasty nor the Uighurs thought of destroying it. After all, there are 180 miles of stone forests, which are beneficial to both parties.

Zhao Tang pondered in his heart, compared the formations over and over again, and naturally understood something. Unknowingly, he walked a long way. At this moment, he suddenly heard a sound in front of him, and couldn't help frowning.

It was the sound of horseshoes, not close to here, but because of the open space, the stone forest could echo, so he could hear it clearly.

But unless one knows the formation, who can go so far?Zhao Tang thought in his heart, secretly thinking, could it be Liyanazha?I remember that the Uighur scout Dafanha once said that Liyanazha wanted to find a place, and there was an ancient sheepskin picture. Could it be that the place she was looking for was the depths of the Kamo stone forest?
Thinking of this, Zhao Tang couldn't help but frown secretly. Is there anything worth exploring in the center of the stone forest?Otherwise, with Yilianaza's temper, how could she run here.

Puzzled in his heart, he couldn't help following the sound of the horse's hooves, turned around, and found that Liyanazha didn't understand how to break the formation, but was approaching the center in a more subtle way.

This method is not to run around, as if there is a fixed route, and follow the fixed route.

Zhao Tang thought for a while and suddenly accelerated forward. After a while, he broke through the stone forest formation and came to the center, only to see a dilapidated ancient city in front of him.

Right now, this ancient city can only be seen in a general shape, and it is in ruins everywhere, obviously it has existed for a long time.

Zhao Tang took a look, the outline of the ancient city was square, this is the rule of Seoul, the cities of the Western Regions and the Uighurs are basically round, there is no such square city.

He rode his horse over, feeling even more puzzled in his heart, what exactly is this ancient city, and there is a large formation of stone forests covering it outside.

It is obviously impossible to say that it is the ruins of the Protectorate of the Western Regions and the Protectorate of Anxi, because the location is not right at all, and the difference is too far away.

It is possible to say that it was the Changshi Mansion of the Western Regions in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. After all, the sphere of influence of the imperial court at that time was much smaller than that in the Han Dynasty, so it would not be built here.

No matter what, this is a Seoul city, and it is most likely the place Liyanazha is looking for, but what is so special about this place that the Uighur princess misses it?
Zhao Tun rode a little closer, the sky was completely bright at this time, he walked a long circle around the broken city wall, suddenly he had a plan in his mind, after getting off his horse, he patted the Zhaoye Jade Lion lightly, and the horse immediately He flicked his tail and left alone.

Then Zhao Tun walked towards the interior of the ancient city, stepping on the city gate that had collapsed long ago.

Obviously, this city is much larger than those military cities, but the same thing is that things in the city seem to be as simple.

In some places, the ruins and walls can still be identified, while in some places, it is empty, and there should be no buildings in the first place.

Walking on the road, Zhao Tang saw some traces of bones and some remnants of weapons. It is not known whether there was a big battle in the city at that time, or if someone came here to fight each other later.

In the center of the city, there is a slightly complete building, which should be the seat of the ancient city in terms of its location and pattern.

Zhao Tong walked over slowly, and found a melon-shaped hammer weapon in front of the dark gate. Half of the handle was sunk in the sand on the ground, and half was exposed. He took it out to look at it. The hammer handle was about an arm's length It was long and short, and it broke from it when it was shaken a little. It was obviously rusted and unusable.

This hammer was made in Han Dynasty, Zhao Tang judged in his heart, so the ancient city should be a city in or before the Han Dynasty.

He glanced at the dark door, and walked in cautiously. The light inside the building was extremely poor, but fortunately, many places on the roof above had been leaked, and sunlight was shining in, so he could barely see things.

The building is divided into five parts: front, middle, back, left, and right. After walking around, Zhao Tun returned to the main hall in the middle.

Not much was found anywhere, and even if there were some valuable things, they had long since decayed or been buried in dust.

The main hall in the middle is the largest, and the upper part is also exposed to the sky, and the sun shines in. There should have been a table in the innermost place, but now there are only rotten logs lying on the ground. Zhao Tian touched it slightly, The residual wood immediately turned into dust and fell.

At this time, a thin mouse came out from the corner, "Zhizhi" screamed and looked curiously at Zhao Tun. Zhao Tun looked, but saw a square object whose color could not be identified for a long time in the corner beside the mouse. .

(End of this chapter)