After defeating the werewolf clan in the Ironwood Territory, the journey back was smooth. There were no powerful lords on the Baili Valley Road. Everyone was praying that Lin Yi would not come to them, so naturally they did not dare to come and tease the tiger's beard.
It took a whole day to return to Longmen City. Although the harvest was great, the losses were also great.
Thirty-three greedy wolf captains, fifteen greedy wolf commanders, nine white tiger corps commanders, three white tiger commanders, six hundred and ten greedy wolf cavalry, and eighty white tiger cavalry.
While on the road, Ji Yi had already looked for an opportunity to complete the summons, returned to Longgu City, placed the war horses, and held a mourning ceremony in Longgu City that night.
Along the way, we are sitting on a county, with tens of thousands of soldiers. Unknowingly, more than a thousand soldiers died in the battle. The war is a meat grinder after all.
The Kot Territory and the Ironwood Territory are just one county, and their opponents will only get stronger in the future. The limitations of relying on cavalry to charge into battle in large-scale wars will become more and more severe.
Lin Yi is just a novice in leading troops in battles, but he has watched many TV dramas in which infantry regiments fight head-on, archers are consumed, and cavalry attack from both sides.
The cavalry fought a blitzkrieg. Relying solely on cavalry, it was true that they were invincible in field battles, but it was insufficient to siege cities and plunder territory.
During this trip, Lin Yi could see that he was not good at leading troops in war. He would still come up with a big strategic direction in the future and leave the rest to his generals.
"My Lord, a small group of ogres have appeared on the other side of Heishan City and Dahuang City in the past two days. I guess they are going to attack Longgu County, but it is not clear yet whether it is the ogres who stayed in Sifang County or the ogre emperor.
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After the mourning ceremony ended, Li Ru came to report the situation to Lin Yi.
"The main force of the ogres is attacking Shengbao County, Jiuyuan County, and Changfeng County. They should not be able to deal with Valan Province in the short term. There is a high probability that the ogres staying in Sifang County want to clean up the surrounding area." Lin Yi pondered.
Said after a moment.
"The Orc tribe is really in chaos. The Heiluo Province is in trouble, and the surrounding provinces are sitting idly by. When the ogres gain a firm foothold, they may not be let go." Li Ru shook his head and said.
"It's none of their own business, just hang it up. None of the big lords have any idea of annexing the surrounding areas. Maybe they did it on purpose. They wanted to wait until the Heiluo Province was destroyed by the ogres, and then send troops to fight back the ogres.
The human demons swallowed up the territory of Heluo Province."
The orcs don't look very smart, but each of them is more thoughtful than the other. Looking at Taylor and Norn, in Ji Yi's words, they are all old scheming people.
When the Heiro Province suffered a disaster, it was a good thing that the surrounding lords did not use any evil hands. Of course, the ogres were so powerful that they could not get involved.
"My lord, we still need to take precautions before they happen. These ogres are definitely premeditated. This disaster may be more than just revealed. The ogres have endured it for so long, so they may have a bigger trump card." Li Ru guessed.
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If the ogres really attack Longgu County, there will be some trouble. First of all, there is no favorable battlefield in Longgu County. The only line of defense is a barren river, but the barren river cannot stop the ogres' attack.
Moreover, Ji Yi could not take the initiative to attack. On the other side of the Huanghe River was the Great Forest of the Eastern Wilderness. The ogres were all infantry, and Ji Yi's cavalry could not exert its advantage.
When the ogre enters Longgu County, there are many directions for attack. Lin Yi cannot save him even if he wants to rescue him. There is a delay in information transmission. As a passive defender, this time difference will cause Lin Yi to suffer a big loss.
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Even if we can defend the city, the fields outside the city will definitely be affected. God knows how long these ogres will be causing trouble.
After thinking carefully, Ji Yi decided to build a city wall between Dahuang City and Blackstone City. This way, if the ogres want to break into Longgu County, they can only go through Blackstone City or Dahuang City.
However, this project is extremely large. Dahuang City is one hundred and thirty miles away from Blackstone City, and the perimeter of the high-end city wall is eight thousand meters, which is equivalent to building eight high-end city walls between Dahuang City and Blackstone City.
But once the construction of this city wall is completed, Longgu County can be described as impregnable, and there will no longer be any fear of invasion by foreign enemies.
Lin Yi wanted to turn Longgu County into a granary. You could go ashore anywhere in the Huanghe River Basin, hiding dangers that would be deliberately exploited sooner or later. It was impossible for Lin Yi to send personnel to patrol the coast 24 hours a day.
This city wall still has to be built.
The next day, Lin Yi immediately mobilized all the labor force in Longgu County to collect stone materials to prepare for the construction of the Huanghe defense line.
It happened that the Waigu City of the Horsehead Clan had not been built, so Lin Yi directly re-selected the site between Dahuang City and Heishan City, so that a high-end city wall could be omitted.
The name of the city can no longer be called Waigu City, but Huanghe City. It will be used as a navy camp from now on. Dahuang City and Heishan City each have a navy camp. It is very inconvenient, so the navy camp will be moved to two places.
In between, it's just right.
The ogres were ravaging the Heiluo Province, and the orcs in Longgu County already knew that the Huanghe Defense Line was built to resist the ogres' attack, so these orcs did not complain much.
It is impossible to build eight high-level cities and one mid-level city using only the stone materials in Longgu County. It is definitely impossible to build eight high-level city walls.
Lin Yi dispatched all his soldiers, including the orc soldiers, across the Huanghe River to collect stones from the depths of the Eastern Wilderness Forest.
A labor force of 70,000 people can collect the stone materials needed to build a high-end city wall in an average of two days. Lin Yi first expanded Dahuang City into a high-end city.
The first high-level city wall is connected to the construction of the west city wall of Dahuang City, and the second high-level city wall is connected to the construction of the west city wall of Dahuang City.
The third high-level city and the fourth high-level city wall extend to both sides.
In order to facilitate the transportation of stone materials, the next few high-end city walls were built and closed at once until all the stone materials were collected.
The big commotion on Ji Yi's side also attracted the attention of the ogres in Sifang County. From time to time, ogres came down by boat and wanted to come over to investigate the situation.
However, they were all blocked by Ling Tong, who also personally led a team to explore the coast of Sifang County. This investigation brought bad news to Lin Yi.
The ogres in Sifang County are building a large number of ships!
On the side near the East Wilderness Forest, there is a shipyard that is beginning to take shape, and a large number of orcs are processing and building ships.
These ogres are really tricky. If they only want to capture the Heiluo Province, there is no need to build a large number of ships. However, Ji Yi can't guess whether these ogres want to carry them on their backs or go south.
If you are planning to go to Valan Province, there is absolutely no need to take the route of Huanghe. If you are planning to go to Zilan Province, these ogres are not that crazy. The Golden Lion Clan is one of the two most powerful royal families of the Orcs.
After much deliberation, the goal of these ogres should be to go north to the Black Dragon Province. If they take the land route, they will collide with the orc royal family. If they take the water route, they can attack the other two provinces without royal families.