It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

Chapter 145

They were very lucky to have spent the night there. Although there was a strong wind blowing from behind, no raindrops fell on their heads, and the chance of them catching a cold was greatly reduced.

As soon as the sky was getting light, Jiang Yan and his group walked north along the west city wall.

They were not far from the west city gate when they found that many people had gathered there. Some of them were arguing about something that could not be heard clearly, while others were working together to open the city gate.

Jiang Yan guessed that they were either going to the mountains to find something to eat, or fleeing the city to seek refuge. Whatever the reason, their first thought was that they couldn't join in the fun.

If you can't get out of the main gate, according to convention, you can find a secluded section of the city wall to climb over or find a hole in the wall to get out.

But Heding Prefecture was, after all, the prefecture second only to the Northern Protectorate and close to the border. After hundreds of years of accumulation, despite all kinds of parasites who followed the old emperor to dig into the corners of Northern Jin, its defensive fortifications were still very complete.

Especially in the provincial capital, according to their naked eye estimation and taking the average, the provincial capital's walls were at least twice as high as the walls of the governor's mansion, that is, more than fifteen feet (five meters), far beyond everyone's ability.

Everyone continued walking in silence for about three quarters of an hour, and finally found a low wall with a gap that had not been repaired.

Although it is called a low wall, it is still ten feet high. However, at this height, the trio of Jiang Yan, Chunying and Yile can still give it a try.

Yile, who had improved his wall-climbing skills, stretched his muscles, and after a short run-up, he climbed up the top of the wall with both hands.

Hiss~ Yile, with his back to the crowd, showed pain on his face for a moment.

Although the broken porcelain pieces embedded in the top of the city wall are no longer sharp due to the erosion of wind, rain and yellow sand, the uneven surface still hurts the bones of the hands.

Resisting the discomfort, Yile began to gather strength, then raised his body and lunged forward... Fortunately, he managed to control his strength and avoid sliding out directly due to inertia.

In everyone's previous impression, city walls are solid, and the top is at least three feet wide, enough to lie down on the entire upper body.

Therefore, she never expected that Yile was not cautious enough in her actions. She almost fell down and lost her life because the wall was too narrow.

After she sat firmly on the top of the city wall, she looked down again, describing the situation to the people waiting below, feeling a little scared.

Outside the city wall was a deep ditch at least six feet wide, extending more than ten meters from where she was.

Because it was midsummer, the ditch was overgrown with bushes and weeds, making it difficult to tell how deep it was, but she intuitively knew it would not be shallower than the city wall beneath her.

After listening to Yile's description, Jiang Yan thought to himself that it was no wonder that this section of the city wall was so low. It turned out that it was not because it was damaged and had not been repaired, but because of the terrain advantage.

Considering that there might be snake-ant beasts hiding in the deep trench or traps set, which was dangerous, and that it was too difficult to get down the outer city wall, they gave up without making many attempts.

He couldn't climb over the wall, but Fu Weixin was unsure whether to continue walking along the wall to find the next opportunity, or return to the west gate.

"Are there really holes in the city wall that people can squeeze through?" Fu Weixin asked doubtfully.

In fact, Jiang Yan had only seen some houses in the village with a dog hole left when they were built, but "there should be a few ditches and openings for drainage from the city, right?"

She forgot which scenic spot she had visited when she saw it. It was a ditch, blocked by several layers of iron fences to ensure that water could flow but people and leaves could not pass through.

"Then we have to wade through the water to get out?" Fu Weixin thought that it seemed inconvenient to take off his shoes and socks and then put them on again while they were wet.

"Can we do it another way?" Chunying said with a twisted expression, as if recalling something. "The water in that ditch is like a pool of stagnant water. It holds all kinds of filthy things and stinks."

Very good, after hearing this, everyone no longer has to worry.