Chapter 698 Entering the Royal City
Take this lieutenant?
Zhao Xuanji had no idea and felt it was cumbersome. But Roger and the others believed that since these guys were familiar with some of the situations in the Peacock King City, it was equivalent to having an extra guide.
As for Colonel Hassan, Zhao Xuanji promised him that he would take him away as long as he helped. He had to do what he said, and this was not vague, even if Hassan and Mimi Eyes were injured and affected by the speed.
Therefore, the team of six people originally expanded to nine. And this time, we can't delay it anymore. We must leave the stone bridge and rush into the Peacock King City immediately.
Because the 512th Regiment was beaten up this time, Karzai, who was in the Peacock King City, was furious. Not long after, he could hear an emergency marching in the city. A large number of soldiers were rushing towards the stone bridge.
When these soldiers rushed in, Zhao Xuanji and the others had already sneaked into this dilapidated small town - just think it is a city. In fact, the size of the two thousand residents looks like a village no matter how you look at it. Its area is much larger than that of the village, with a vast land and sparse population.
Most of the buildings here are made of arbitrary bricks, and occasionally some dilapidated wooden houses are rotten. The biggest feature is that they are rotten, as if everything is like this.
Moreover, the ground in this city is not flat, with potholes everywhere, as if a bunch of buildings were built casually on an uncultivated Loess Plateau, and then irresponsibly called themselves the "city".
In addition, there are actually a lot of buildings here, and it can be called a small city based on the number of buildings. Because judging from the number of these houses, it should be able to accommodate 20,000 to 30,000 people.
In other words, this place should be nine out of ten rooms.
The second lieutenant also said that the residents here once had more than 10,000, but later it gradually became rare because of being too poor. About 20 years ago, there were only more than 2,000 residents here.
Moreover, most of these more than 2,000 people are concentrated in the area in the most core area of the city. After all, people feel more secure together, and many things can help each other.
However, the core area of the city is only less than one square kilometer, so the population density in that area is relatively large.
And a large area from the stone bridge to the core area, which is the southern half of the Peacock King City, is basically no one living there, and it is all dilapidated and empty houses.
I found a relatively hidden broken house, and there was a half-timbered wall made of loess outside, and several people temporarily hid it. Although there were soldiers running around outside, it was raining again in the middle of the night, and it was difficult to find it in a while.
The room was really broken and dust filled. I found a place to sit down. The second lieutenant continued to report: "From the north of the core area, it is a planting area with low yields. It is said that the food grown by the people is barely enough to eat. Fortunately, there is a small river flowing down the hillside in the north. It basically has flowing water during the non-dry season, which barely supports the functions of drinking and irrigation."
Zhao Xuanji: "So, how is the situation in the core area of the city? What is the population composition? Are there any hidden places worth noting? What is their main grain crop? Are there any other grain crop production areas besides the area to the north?"
After a series of questions, the second lieutenant was a little confused: "This... I really can't grasp it. It's Colonel Karzai in charge of the work, so we don't get close to the core area, and we don't allow us to go north through the core area."
After listening to Roger's translation, Zhao Xuanji was a little unhappy: "So, have Murong and his daughter ever appeared again these days? Should Pang Jianxun follow the 512th Regiment to pursue, or follow the 'Sword of Glory'?"
As a result, the second lieutenant still didn't know anything.
After listening to the translation, the bear started spraying: "My girl, I also said that you know the situation inside. If you know the feelings, you will know that there is such a little fur? Then you have the value of an egg."
However, it is a bit worth a little. The lieutenant said that he knew that there were originally a hundred soldiers of the Sword of Glory. However, when Murong Qianli and Murong Xiaoshu broke in, they killed nearly one-third of these elite soldiers. Therefore, they urgently dispatched the 512th Regiment in.
To put it this way, there are actually only seventy or eighty soldiers of the Sword of Glory inside, a little less than expected.
Moreover, the second lieutenant also knew that after the Sword of Glory controlled this place, General Dawude's military helicopter would fly down here from time to time, and he didn't know what he brought or took away. In short, it was mysterious and no outsiders were allowed to approach, nor even grassroots officers like the second lieutenant were allowed to approach.
"Is there a helicopter stop?" Zhao Xuanji took it more seriously. Because this was originally a worthless barren land, but now General Dawude actually occupied and protected it, which is no longer unusual. Now he still knows that military helicopters are coming from time to time, which is even more important.
Is it a transporter or a delivery of goods?
With these questions in mind, Zhao Xuanji and others continued to fumble forward and advanced for about half a kilometer, not far from the so-called core area.
The soldiers who actually searched them just now were actually left far behind by them. The soldiers' certificates were searching around the stone bridge, but of course there was no result.
However, Colonel Karzai was also annoyed at this time and ordered the soldiers of the 512th Regiment outside to be rushed in, including a battalion and a company that was later reinforced. It has been confirmed that Zhao Xuanji and the others have all entered the narrower area of the Peacock King City, which should be easier to search.
Of course, the core area of the Peacock King City is not allowed to be approached, and these soldiers are only allowed to search in the empty streets and alleys of the South City. If thousands of troops repeatedly investigate, the success rate will be much greater.
As for the core area, of course there are heavy troops guarding it. A mere land less than one square kilometer is blocked by natural earth enclosures on all sides, like a city in a city. Although the earth enclosure is less than two meters high, it is as tight as a city wall. There is a patrol soldier every less than twenty meters away, and it is even more difficult to sneak over it.
Moreover, through the inner wall of this earthen enclosure, Zhao Xuanji and the others could not see the specific situation inside.
Seeing such a tight defense, Zhao Xuanji even hoped that Xiaoshu and Murong Qianli would not enter the inner city. If so, as long as everyone wandered around these unmanned areas outside, there would always be a chance to catch up.
To be honest, Zhao Xuanji knew that there must be something tricky in the inner city, and there were things that would make General Dawude reluctant to give up. But for Zhao Xuanji, he was too lazy to find out about these things. As long as he could save the person, he would care what it was doing.
At this moment, the number of soldiers behind them began to increase. Thousands of pursuers slowly rushed in from this narrow area, with a much larger density than in the pit areas outside.
Chapter completed!