Chapter 129 Chapter 116 Imperial Capital (Part 2)

All roads lead to the imperial capital! This sentence is not blown out. After spending many generations of dynasties' huge financial resources, with the imperial capital as the center, go east to several provinces near the sea, go south to the swamps in the south, go north to the frozen forest, and go west to the frontier fortress town in the northwest.A vast network of transport hubs covering the entire continent.It's like a blood vessel that feeds the heart of the imperial capital, the endless stream of tourists, business groups... These, coupled with hundreds of years of construction, make the prosperity of the imperial capital surpass the top of the entire continent!

Moreover, the convenient passage makes it possible for any turmoil or crisis to occur in the imperial capital.Then those elite legions guarding the east, west, north and south of the empire can rush to the imperial capital to suppress the rebellion in the fastest time! As the most powerful city on the mainland, there are four acropolises in the east, west, north, south, and north surrounding the imperial capital. These four acropolis were originally used as military fortresses to defend the imperial capital.However, the mainland has been peaceful for hundreds of years, and there has been no war, and the role of military fortresses has gradually faded.

The King City Guard Legion, which is now in charge of guarding the imperial capital, is the smallest legion among the five major legions of the empire. Other main battle legions, such as the Storm Legion guarding the edge of the frozen forest in the north, have an establishment of 200,000 people.As for the King City Guards Corps, there are only 100,000 people.But this is recognized as the most elite legion on the mainland.It is also the oldest and most glorious army on the mainland. Its predecessor was the "Thorn Flower Legion" that once galloped across the north and south of the mainland under the command of Aragon during the founding war of the Roland Empire.Only a few hundred years ago, after the Augustinian Dynasty, because the real Aragonese bloodline had been cut off, and the later emperors were not from the orthodox bloodline after all, so in order to dilute and cover up this point, the Thorn Flower Legion was renamed "Royal City Guards" "Are.

But now, the military power of the imperial capital, the royal city guards, has 10,000 people stationed in each of the four acropolises around the imperial capital, and 60,000 people in the imperial capital.On weekdays, they are responsible for the city defense of the imperial capital, and some specially selected elites are responsible for guarding the imperial palace. In addition to the 100,000 troops of the Imperial City Guards, there are also 10,000 garrison troops in the public security office of the Imperial Capital. On the port facing the Lancang Grand Canal in the north, there is also a small naval fleet with the Imperial Capital as its home port.

After hundreds of years of peaceful times, even the four acropolises around the imperial capital have gradually developed into large-scale cities. In addition to stationing troops on weekdays, they have become important commercial cities, and they also have residents. More than one hundred thousand. Plus the four acropolis, as well as the military forces in the imperial capital area, and the main city of the imperial capital.This largest metropolis on the land has a total population of more than two million.And the floating population who come and go all the year round is even more difficult to count.

Du Wei and his party arrived at the Acropolis in the southeast of the imperial capital the night before, and the local garrison guarding them along the way could no longer move forward. According to the imperial decree, local troops were not allowed to enter the vicinity of the imperial capital without authorization.In the Acropolis, the local garrison left and handed over the task of protecting Du Wei and his party to the imperial guards. After resting overnight in the Acropolis, early the next morning, Du Wei and others came outside the southeast wall of the imperial capital under the protection of a group of imperial guards.

Under the rising sun, the golden sunlight shines on the majestic city walls of the imperial capital. Each piece of the city walls of the imperial capital is made of huge stones that are almost as tall as a person. In terms of defense strength, it has reached an almost terrifying level. On the city wall, there is a tall watchtower every 200 meters, which is much higher than the wall next to it. In times of war, these watchtowers can become powerful long-range The arrow tower is equipped with the military's giant ballista.On the main tower, there is also a "magic cannon" whose construction technology has been lost.

Although the construction drawings and craftsmanship of this terrifying weapon have been lost, they are also carefully maintained by military magicians on weekdays. Once the war restarts, these historical relics can also explode with terrifying power. At the same time, the imperial capital is also a magical city on the mainland. The tallest building in the imperial capital is a 100-meter-tall tower erected in the center of the imperial capital in the central inner city of the imperial capital, that is, in the imperial palace. The body of the tower is all white, and it is built with the finest white jade. It has been blessed by countless magicians in the mainland for hundreds of years, and it is extremely strong!

On the top of the White Tower, there is the largest magic crystal in the entire continent. It is said that it is nearly three meters in size and weighs a ton!And this crystal is inlaid on a horseshoe-shaped curved frame at the top of the tower.That shelf is made of a certain kind of black stone that is harder than metal, and when it was built, it spared no expense, and mixed a large amount of extremely expensive mithril into it!To increase the power of magic! With this white tower as the center, a huge magic circle is hidden under the entire palace. At the earliest time, when the empire was founded, His Majesty Aragorn led a group of top and most powerful magic circles on the mainland. It was established by the magician, and later it was perfected and supplemented by countless powerful magicians of the descendants, which made the magic circle even more powerful.

Once there was a time of war, it is said that there is still a magician in the palace who is not under the leadership of the magic union. It was established in the Aragon era and has been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years.The magic circle is supported by this team of magicians. After activating the huge magic crystal on the top of the white tower, the magic circle is centered on the white tower, and there are crystals of the magic circle on the arrow towers on the walls of the imperial capital. Support, covering the entire imperial capital!It is said that the defensive power is so strong that Aragorn once boasted that when he was alive, even the most powerful race in the mainland - the Dragon Clan, could not break through this powerful magic circle!

And relying on the activation of the magic circle, the magic cannons on the main towers on all sides can get enough magic power and become a powerful firepower point on the towers! The white tower in the palace is guarded by the most elite forces, and no one is allowed to approach it on weekdays.Not to mention going up!The only one who can freely enter and exit the White Tower is His Majesty the Emperor himself! With the guard of hundreds of thousands of elite troops and the powerful magic circle left by Aragorn back then, the imperial capital has been known as a city that will never fall on the mainland. Back then, Aragorn spent so much effort to set up the magic circle here—in fact, later generations always felt that it was unnecessary to spend so much financial and material resources in doing so. Because the mainland had been unified at that time, the empire had been established, and there were no threats or powerful opponents on the entire continent.But Aragorn seemed to be desperately trying to make the imperial capital into such an iron barrel formation, and no one knew why. For thousands of years, many historians did not know why.The history books only dealt with this incident, and they didn't dare to ask any questions. They just spent a lot of effort to exaggerate the infinite power of this magic circle. The strange thing is that this seemingly useless magic circle, after Aragorn's death, the emperors of all dynasties, although Aragorn's blood was gradually cut off and the dynasties changed, but every generation of emperors, even if there were several absurd ones in history Hunjun... But these emperors all have one thing in common, they spend a lot of effort to repair and strengthen this magic circle during their tenure! The magic circle was not abandoned because of the end of the Aragon dynasty.If Aragorn was out of his mind back then and spent a lot of money and material resources to make such a luxurious decoration... then could it be that so many emperors in the next thousand years were out of their minds? There is also a legend here. It is said that the founding emperor Aragorn left a secret suicide note in the palace, and all future emperors must spare no effort to preserve this magic circle! No matter how the subsequent dynasties change, this has almost become an iron law of the royal family!For thousands of years, the codes left by the Aragon era have changed for many generations, but only this iron law has been strictly followed by the emperors of all dynasties. In the end why, outsiders do not know.Only the Aragorn's last decree kept in the palace contains the truth!And it is also a big royal secret passed down by the emperors of all dynasties! These anecdotes, in fact, have rarely been circulated outside.However, Du Wei has read a lot of books since he was a child - in the days when he was in the Earl's Mansion in the imperial capital, because of the cold reception, he spent most of the time hiding in his room to read.There are quite a lot of precious ancient books collected, and Du Wei only saw these secrets that have been lost in many places outside from those many books. Ironically, though, it doesn't appear that Aragorn is truly exhaustive either.At least, this can be said to be a city that will never fall, a city defended by soldiers and this terrifying big magic circle.Aragorn himself claimed that even a powerful dragon clan could not contribute to the city, but in history, it almost fell twice in history. Moreover, those two times, before the magic circle was even activated, the enemy broke into the city! The first time was because of the royal turmoil. After the death of the last generation of Aragorn's bloodline, the turmoil caused by many collateral royal families vying for the throne. Some powerful nobles in the royal family led the army to fight back and forth around the imperial capital. The imperial capital changed hands several times. The second time was the mainland turmoil that occurred hundreds of years ago when the Augustinian dynasty rose. The alien rebellion in the northwest led to the separatist rule of some big nobles in the northwest. During that turmoil, the Luo Lin family rose up. In the end, the war subsided, and the entire Luo Lin Plain was obtained as a fief because of their achievements.), the empire almost collapsed during that turmoil, and even lost hope for a time, and no one even wanted the throne Sitting down, I was afraid of being the king of subjugation, and in the end it was Archduke Augustine who came to power and became emperor. At that time, before the magic circle was opened, the outer city of the imperial capital had already been breached, and the rebels entered the imperial capital and directly attacked the imperial city.Grand Duke Augustine, who hastily succeeded to the throne, led the army to fight bloody battles against the imperial city, defeated the rebel coalition forces with weak forces, and then regained control of the imperial capital with the help of reinforcements from the south.Later, with the help of the Luo Lin family, the mainland was reunified. Facing the rising sun, Du Wei stood outside the city of the imperial capital and looked into the imperial capital from a distance. The tall white pagoda towered in the center of the imperial capital. The one on it was said to be the largest magic crystal on the mainland. Underneath, it shone brightly, faintly revealing a sacred and majestic aura... Du Wei sighed, recalling the allusions and historical secrets he knew about the imperial capital, looked at the majestic city wall, and the mighty soldiers with bright armor and elite equipment on the city wall, and looked up at the tower flying high above the city wall. The Thornflower Banner of... "What a majestic city." Du Wei smiled and said to himself: "But Aragorn never thought that such a city would still be captured! No matter how powerful your magic circle is, it is useless... the strongest fortress , are usually breached from the inside. Such a simple truth... oh..." Because of Gandolf's death, Du Wei really didn't have much affection for that Aragorn, so his words were also very rude.However, these words were only whispered to himself, not daring to be heard by others. After finishing speaking, Du Wei seemed to smile, glanced at the servant Made who was riding on the horse beside the carriage, and said with a smile: "Okay, what time is it now? Is the city gate open? Can we enter the city?" ?” Before Ma De could answer, a leading officer of the Wang Cheng Guards who was in charge of guarding Du Wei and the others had already galloped to the side of the carriage, and immediately replied, "Your Excellency, the gate of the city has been opened. I have Send people to open the way ahead. At this time, pedestrians waiting to enter the city at the gate, residents outside the city, and business groups traveling from south to north are all queuing up. There are too many people. Wait until my people open the way and come back. I will take you into town." Du Wei is the young master of the Luo Lin family, and Earl Raymond, the patriarch of the Luo Lin family, is now the number two figure in the military command. Of course, this officer is extremely polite to Du Wei. Du Wei smiled at him and nodded, then glanced at Made: "Did we send someone out to pick him up from the Earl's Mansion?" When staying overnight at the Acropolis in the south of the imperial capital last night, some cavalry from the Luo Lin family had already gone to the earl's mansion of the imperial capital to announce the young master's return to the imperial capital. Made's complexion changed slightly, and he said in a low voice, "Master...it seems, no." Du Wei smiled and laughed at himself, "My old man is so heartless." After finishing speaking, he waved his hand: "Don't wait, let's go directly to the city." After speaking, he retreated into the carriage and closed the window. Imperial Capital, it doesn't matter if you are in Longtan or Tiger's Den, in short, I'm back, my lord! ! No matter who wants my life, I will take his life first! Du Wei sat in the carriage with a sneer on his face.