Su Yi and his group were all cavalry, so their speed was naturally not slow. In a moment, they arrived at the Yue Ling Gorge.
The spirit river that originated from Ning Province flowed past, separating the Flying Message Ridge and Luo Ding Mountain, forming this Yue Ling Gorge.
The canyon was twenty miles long and five miles wide. There were steep mountains on both sides, making it almost impossible to climb up.
What was surprising was that the valley was five miles wide. The Spirit River was only three miles wide, while the south bank was a flat river bank that was two miles wide. Through this river bank, one could directly reach Ling Country's Ling Xiang County.
Therefore, it was necessary to build a checkpoint here. With this checkpoint as insurance, Su Yi's base camp would be safe.
Su Yi silently used the Four Star River Path stage model.
"System Notification: Congratulations to Descender Su Yi for successfully using the Four Star River Path stage model. Please name the stage!”
"Yue Ling Pass!" Su Yi had decided to use this name from the start.
The earth shook and Su Yi thought it was an earthquake.
In an instant, rocks pierced through the sky and waves crashed against the shore. A huge barrier rose from the canyon.
Su Yi's subordinates were all shocked. Everyone thought that this was a miracle. The Lord was a person of true destiny and had the help of God.
"Brother Yi." Feng Wanzhen was a little flustered. She had never seen such a scene before, so she called Su Yi over.
"Don't worry, it'll be fine!" Su Yi consoled.
"Yes!" With Su Yi saying this, everyone felt much more at ease.
"Fang Rui, Fang Xu!" Su Yi shouted.
"I'm here!" Fang Rui and Fang Xu immediately rushed over.
"Immediately send people to investigate the situation of this checkpoint and send people to guard the key points.”Su Yi ordered.
"This general will obey!" Fang Rui and Fang Xu immediately agreed.
"Go!" Su Yi said.
"Yes, my lord." With Su Yi's order, the two of them began to get busy, mobilizing their troops.
"Wan 'er, Long' er, Shangxiang, let's take a look around.”Su Yi said.
"Yes." This checkpoint was obviously huge, so the four of them naturally wanted to familiarize themselves with the situation.
After this checkpoint was built, other than the Guardian's Residence, there were no other supporting facilities. All of these had to be built by someone.
Su Yi took a look. The size of this Guardian's Residence was much larger than the administrative center of a Grade 3 township. It was about the same size as the Clear Breeze City's City Lord's Residence.
After looking at the mansion, the four of them began to check the situation of the city wall.
Su Yi estimated that this checkpoint was at least ten miles long and five miles wide.
The ten meters wide and twenty-five meters tall city wall was enough to shock people. The city wall of the Clear Breeze City was only ten meters tall.
This checkpoint had a total of three city walls, two of which spanned across the spirit river, and one separated the spirit river from the river bank. Moreover, the dam of the river inside the pass was also well built.
There were a total of ten city gates at the checkpoint, four of which were at the riverbank and city wall section, two upstream and two downstream, two at the riverbank section, and four at the river section, two upstream and two downstream.
The city walls were tall, and the city gates were also quite large. The city gates on land were ten meters high and five meters wide.
The river gate was even bigger, 20 meters high and 20 meters wide. It was not a problem for warships to pass through.
The river gate was made of iron bars as thick as an arm, and there were no gaps to be found in the welding. Moreover, the gaps between the iron bars were relatively small. It was simply wishful thinking to squeeze through them.
Of course, this kind of city gate could not be opened by manpower. Su Yi found the control mechanism on the drum tower of the city wall, but this mechanism could not be controlled by a few people.
In addition, there were several beacon towers on the cliffs on both sides to observe the enemy's situation.
However, what surprised Su Yi the most was that the city wall across the river did not have much effect on the water flow. It was similar to the original situation, and there was no major change in the water level. There must be a reason behind it.
Su Yi decided to use this place as a military base. He wanted to have absolute control over the civilian affairs.
Such a large checkpoint would definitely require a lot of guards. However, with this checkpoint, the number of guards in the valley could be reduced. With fewer garrisons, there would be more troops that could fight on their own.
"My lord." Six hours later, Fang Rui came to find Su Yi.
"How's the situation?" Su Yi asked.
"My lord, as long as ten thousand troops are stationed, even if millions of troops attack the checkpoint, the other party will be helpless.”Fang Rui sighed." The layout of the defensive structures is quite reasonable.”
"How many troops can this checkpoint hold?”Su Yi asked.
"My lord, it shouldn't be a problem for the checkpoint to provide 500,000 troops.”Fang Rui wasn't sure. After all, this stage was just an empty shell with no basic facilities.
"Why should I?" Su Yi asked.
"My lord, there is nothing at this checkpoint.”Fang Rui answered truthfully.
"Then I'll write an order for Yang Jin to send someone to build the infrastructure as soon as possible.”Su Yi said.
"I understand!" Fang Rui agreed.
"My lord, is this used to guard against Ling Nation?”Fang Rui asked.
"This checkpoint is indeed used to guard against our Ling Nation in the north. The Ling Nation has a regular army of five hundred thousand, and there are also many garrisons and private troops.”Su Yi said worriedly.
"My lord, there is no need to be so worried. According to the people in the army that we have recruited, there is constant friction between the Ling Kingdom and the Gan Kingdom and the Chuan Kingdom on the border.”Fang Rui told Su Yi what he had heard.
"There's such a thing?" Su Yi didn't quite believe it.
"My lord, that is indeed the case. Otherwise, the Ling Kingdom would have intervened in this matter.”Fang Rui analyzed.
"However, we have to be careful. The vassal states have lost nearly three hundred thousand troops in the ling grains. Moreover, Ling Country, Gan Country, and Chuan Country are only at a border conflict and have not reached the point of war yet. The vassal states are completely likely to send ling grains.”Su Yi said. Su Yi's foundation wasn't stable, and he had taken advantage of the fact that the elites of the neighboring country were all gone to take over a large piece of land. He still hadn't taken down the last Linhai City.
"Husband is right. The border conflict between the three countries may be a conspiracy. Perhaps the Sea Kingdom and the neighboring countries are also involved.”Sun Shangxiang also expressed her thoughts, but it was too polite for her to talk about military and political affairs.
"Shangxiang, why don't you tell me?" Su Yi's eyes lit up. Perhaps Sun Ren would give him a surprise.
"Husband, when the Lin Country was destroyed a year ago, the country that benefited the most was the Ling Country. They occupied the Ling Tian County, which was known as the granary of Ling Chuan, and took in 200,000 soldiers from the neighboring country. They became the overlord of Ling Chuan County in one fell swoop, while the other four countries that participated did not benefit much.”Sun Shangxiang said.
" The other four nations have always held a grudge against Ling Nation. The border friction is most likely a military conspiracy against Ling Nation.”Sun Shangxiang analyzed.
"Yes!" Su Yi nodded in agreement. However, Su Yi did not know much about the destruction of the Lin Country.
"However, I have my doubts. In the battle of ling grains, the Lin Nation first allied with the Sea Nation to launch a sneak attack on the Gan Nation, and then the Ling Nation. In the end, the five nations lost nearly three hundred thousand soldiers, and no one benefited.”Su Yi said.
"Darling, this is indeed a suspicious point. However, Darling doesn't know that the 80,000 troops sent by Ling Country are all surrendered troops loyal to Lin Country. The leaders and descendants of the royal family are also related to Lin Country.”Sun Shangxiang said again.
"Could it be that this chaotic battle of ling grains is very likely a plot by the Ling Nation to borrow the hands of the four countries to get rid of the restless elements in the country?”Speaking of this, even Su Yi himself was shocked. What a terrifying conspiracy. To be able to remove the unstable factors and weaken the strength of the four countries, the mastermind behind this was indeed sinister and vicious.
"My husband's guess should not be wrong. All of this was a scheme planned by Duke Ling Ping. My father was once a minister of the Lin Country, but he was framed and killed by him.”Sun Shangxiang looked sad.
"Shangxiang, with me here, I will bring you into Lingchuan's palace one day.”Su Yi held Sun Shangxiang's hand and comforted her.
"Husband, Shangxiang believes in you." Although Sun Shangxiang had already killed her enemy, she still hated Duke Ling Ping deeply.
"Husband, the four kingdoms played the mantis stalking the cicada, but they didn't know that the oriole was behind the Ling Kingdom. Duke Ling Ping wanted to take advantage of him being alive to unify Ling Chuan and pave the way for his descendants.”Sun Shangxiang quickly adjusted her state of mind.
"Shangxiang's analysis is very polite. Duke Ling Ping is old, but his ambition is still the same. I have helped him a lot by destroying Lin Country, and my foundation is not stable enough to pose a threat to him.”Su Yi nodded.
Su Yi's rise was due to the Summoning Talisman. The two Emperor level generals 'ability to lead troops was unparalleled in Lingchuan. The Ling Valley Outsiders were caught off guard and the neighboring country was taken over without warning.
Now, only Linhai City was stubbornly resisting. After all, Linhai was the capital of the neighboring country. The royal family of the neighboring country was in the city, so there would naturally be many elite troops guarding Linhai. It would be very difficult to take it down.
"Husband, our greatest threat right now is the Ling Nation. Losing eighty thousand soldiers will not affect their strength, but the strength of the other countries will decrease after losing tens of thousands of soldiers.”Sun Shangxiang said.
"That's right. Right now, other than the ling grains that we have to defend, Linhai County and Ling Yang County are practically nonexistent. It's extremely easy for us to be ambushed by Ling Country.”Although he said that, Su Yi was not worried. No force in Lingchuan County could defeat him in a one-on-one battle. The key was that Su Yi's rear was not stable.
"Husband, there's no need to worry too much. The Ling Kingdom still needs to guard against the invasion of the Gan Kingdom, the Chuan Kingdom, and the Sea Kingdom. If we want to attack now, we can at most send 100,000 troops. That way, we don't have to worry at all.”Sun Shangxiang said. She was born in a noble family and was always paying attention to the news of the outside world. She was more familiar with the situation of various countries.
"Indeed, our worries are unnecessary. If Ling Nation dares to come, then they don't have to go back.”Su Yi laughed.
"Alright, Wan 'er, Long' er, Shangxiang, let's go rest first.”Su Yi smiled and said.
"Fang Rui, put the sentry further away and send someone to scout Lingxiang County!”Su Yi ordered.
Now, Su Yi was quite depressed. He had summoned more than 20 people, but they had not arrived yet.
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