It''s not impossible to climb up the walls of Xigu city. Of course, the premise is that the walls of Xigu city are left unattended. Although the hammer Knights did not carry any props to climb the city wall, it was not difficult to make several claws for climbing the city on site when there was enough time. However, the horses of the Knights of the hammer were unable to pass through the city wall. In this regard, Heather and cheese negotiated that the heavily wounded and some knights with impaired combat ability could return to the south to arrive at chuoluo Town, where the Royal Knights were stationed. In this way, the information already obtained could be sent to the outside world, and the morale of the army could be stabilized.

    So ten wounded men left Xigu city with five horses and went south. Heather sent carrier pigeons to Zhuoluo town in advance to inform them of the incident. The wounded would meet with the troops who would receive them on the way. As for the problem of other horses, cheese has a headache. After all, if you need to leave the Earl''s command quickly, these horses are essential, but when you enter Xigu City, the safety of these horses outside the city is not guaranteed. However, Heather said that there was no need to worry about the horses. The matron claimed that the trained horses could be self-sufficient nearby, and without the burden of their owners, the speed of the rat man alone could not harm the horses. Although there was still some uneasiness, since the master of the horse said so, the mage accepted the plan.

    In this way, when a group of proposed floating bridges made of planks crossed the moat of Xigu city and climbed up the wall, the number of members of the team was reduced to 20, consisting of cheese, Elsa and two frost guards, Heather and fifteen hammer knights. Carefully climbing up the wall, the mage was still a little concerned about the result of divination. Although the question about the direction of the Royal Knights'' order in that divination really pointed to Xigu City, the result also predicted that Xigu city was very dangerous at this time. Cheese took a look at the two mutant rat people bound to their feet into dumplings. The urgent task now is to find a safe stronghold and quickly open the transmission door to the ash tower to send the two important living specimens back.

    This is the reason why cheese strongly suggests entering Xigu city as soon as possible. As a giant mage facility built by cheese teacher, grey tower itself cannot be the target of transmission. This is to prevent the sudden attack of hostile casters. As a member of the ash tower, cheese has its own way to connect a special room in the ash tower, but the connection requirements are very strict. The most important thing is that the portal itself must be deployed in a building similar to the size and shape of the special room. Obviously, the conditions for camping in the field are not enough to meet the casting conditions of the spell. The buildings in the nearby settlements are mostly wooden buildings, which are contrary to the special rocks that make up the ash tower, so they can not meet the requirements. Throughout the whole count of salon, only Xigu city is the place where the mage is most sure to open the portal. But the cheese has not yet told other people. The mage only promised that once he established a stronghold in the Valley City, he would dispose of the two mutant rat men. With his promise, Heather agreed to take the two encumbrances into the city.

    The evening sun shines on the walls of Xigu city. The days of the recent period have always been particularly short, and the nights that follow are too long. It''s long and suffocating. Shaking his head, Heather began to plan today''s exploration. Obviously, the city wall is not a good place for the team to stay. The narrow terrain and conspicuous position make the team likely to be attacked by the enemy. So the female Knight commander decided to find a building close to the city wall as a rest place tonight, and then to search the environment of the Valley City in a large scale to find a suitable place to build a stronghold.

    Generally speaking, the walls of such fortress cities are forbidden for civilians to enter, so the roads leading to the city walls are often equipped with gates, which can effectively prevent spies or spies from climbing the walls by taking advantage of the defensive emptiness. Of course, everyone knows this. In fact, Heather and other knights of hammer have been to Xigu City, so the Knight Commander is ready to go down to Xigu city with a hook and rope. However, the knight who went to explore the road brought back the message that the gate was not closed, which was unexpected.

    "This is an abnormal phenomenon. Even if something happens to Xigu City, these gates should be closed." Confirming that the winch near the gate is still working, Heather frowned.

    "Maybe there was an emergency in the city, and the guards on duty on the wall of the city were needed, so the gate was not closed." Mona guessed.

    "There are two hundred city guards in Xigu City, and the camp of the count of salon is stationed in the city. How urgent is it that the soldiers on duty on the wall of the city have to be removed and the entrance and exit of the wall have not been closed yet?" Asked the matron. But even though she said a question, Heather knew that the answer to the matter would have to be found out by the soldiers in Xigu city.

    "Anyway, it''s a priority for us to find a place to spend the evening." Cheese said he didn''t think too much time should be wasted on these small details. Although the opening of the gate was very abnormal, it didn''t mean anything. If we want to understand the current situation of Xigu City, we should first enter the inner city.

    After listening to the mage''s words, several other people nodded and agreed with him. Through the narrow military corridor, they finally entered Xigu city. However, the Valley City in front of me does not feel like the first city in the north. Empty streets, no lamplights are reminding a pedestrian that there is no normal operation."Louis, take a few people to inspect the surrounding houses and see where it''s better to spend the night." The adjutant was ordered to look for the building for the night, while Heather and cheese were walking in the dirty streets trying to find something.

    "I''m afraid these streets haven''t been cleaned for a while." The mage felt the sticky touch of the sole and said. Although cheese didn''t get into the human society before, he went to some cities in some special activities or tasks. Compared with the streets cleaned by people, it is hard to believe that it is a fortress city with a population of about 5000.

    Heather has no opinion on this. After all, the spread of the plague will certainly lead to panic in the city. According to common sense, it is not uncommon to say that no one cleans the streets, that is, the whole city stops production together. Compared with these, she hopes to determine the position of her party at this time.

    "We entered from the northern city wall. If I remember correctly, this should be the transition between the military district and the slums." Heather came to this conclusion after seeing some landmark buildings.

    "Why slums?" Elsa asked suddenly.

    "What?" The matron didn''t quite understand the landlady''s problem.

    "I mean, this is the north of the city, and the military zone is here, and I can understand that, after all, this city was built to defend the north. But why put the slums in the north? Although I haven''t been to the city very much, I know that the slums are the most chaotic places in every city. Why put such unstable factors here? In this way, in case the war starts, isn''t there a hungry wolf on the edge of the fresh meat

    It''s strange that Heather wants to understand what the boss says. As a mage, cheese is difficult to answer. Even though he is knowledgeable, he is not very clear about urban planning. In contrast, Heather, as the commander of the Knights of the Duke''s order, understood the problem.

    "It is precisely because the slums are difficult to manage, so they should be arranged next to the military zone, so as to eliminate possible hidden dangers in the fastest time. And... " The woman Knight long pause, seems to be docking next topic some conflict.

    "And basically all the men in the army, and there are a lot of women in the slums of a city who do the skin business. If we blindly suppress the demand of soldiers, we will only get a rebound. Therefore, we simply put the slums next to the military zone, so as to facilitate the management of soldiers going out. It''s a very common method. Otherwise, who do you think is patronizing the brothels in the small town Mona, a female soldier, said that although she was also a woman, she was used to the way people speak in the north. However, the male soldiers on the scene did not know how to face it for a moment. The monkey simply looked up at the sky and seemed to be observing the sky in the valley. Although Elsa is the owner''s wife of the tavern, due to family relations, as the only tavern in Shanxia Town, the top of Longji is in a good order beyond imagination. Therefore, she did not know these embarrassing things before.

    At a time when the scene was very rigid, the knight sent to search just returned to report the information.

    "Sir, we searched the houses nearby and found something not quite right."

    "It''s not right. What is it?" Heather asked.

    "It''s a hole, sir. There are a lot of holes in the buildings here, either on the ground floor or in the basement, leading to unknown areas." The knight replied.

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