A month later, in the Fengxian mansion, Fang Ling held an intelligence meeting on the Shilong Mountain Range, and the participants included Chen Mou, Dong Canghai, the highest officials of the three counties, Shen Huantian was also among them, although he was only doing some things like designing fortifications, and he didn't even have a specific official position, but he didn't seem to be in a hurry, and he didn't even show a little dissatisfaction, I'm afraid that except for Fang Ling and Chen Mou, no one else knew what he was thinking.

After everyone sat down, Chen Mou spread the map of the fiefdom on the table, and now the map has been integrated with all aspects of information, and it is more complete than before the "misty" foggy mountain was subdued.

Chen Mou pointed to the mountain range behind the three counties and said: "The terrain of the Shilong Mountain Range is more complex and changeable than the 'misty' Foggy Mountain, and the only avenue to Shicheng County has been buried by a boulder, according to the news obtained by the soldiers who sent it, the avenue is almost gone, and it is replaced by a small mountain. ”

Fang Ling's eyes fell on the map, and he said lightly: "Lord Chen, if this king remembers correctly, not long before we came to the fiefdom, an official was sent to Shicheng, so where did he get in from?"

Chen Mou replied: "The previous officials entered through this avenue, but at present, it seems that the Shicheng bandits are intent on completely blocking that road, so I don't know what method they used to blow up half of the mountain on the side, so now it is impassable." ”

Fang Ling then understood and said: "I see, it seems that their ears and eyes are also very well-informed, knowing the actions of this king in the fiefdom, the next target is them, so in order to avoid trouble, they blocked that mountain road." How much time will it take to unblock it?"

Chen Mou replied: "If you want to dredge it, it is not difficult, at most, you can use more manpower and material resources, and it should be able to dig out a road in more than ten days." The problem is that there are exactly two cliffs on both sides of the mountain road, and if the other party is condescending and waiting for an opportunity there, it can be said that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. ”

Fang Ling also understands his, although the three counties are currently unified, and the bandits have also surrendered, but the overall strength is only more than 1,000 people, and the bandits in the Shilong Mountain Range are all extremely vicious, one by one they are ferocious and brutal, if the other party occupies a geographical advantage, they still use these recruits to fight, I don't know how many casualties will be generated, however, there are not many real masters, so if you want to pass from the mountain road, it has become a big problem.

He pondered, "What about the mountain road?"

Chen Mou shook his head slightly and said: "If you want to enter from the mountain road, it is also very difficult, first, the terrain of the mountain range is very treacherous, not only there are often cliffs and abyss, but also full of beasts' nests and all kinds of poisons, the minister has also sent a lot of soldiers to go in the past month, but there is no way to go deep into the hinterland, and every time I go, I either come back from poisoning or fight with the beasts." ”

Qiu Yi interjected at this time: "Your Highness, the Shilong Mountain Range is indeed quite dangerous, as far as I know, there is a master who is good at detoxification among the thirteen murderers, so the thirteen murderers can travel freely in the mountain range, if we don't prepare various antidote 'medicines', I'm afraid it will be difficult to enter through the mountain road." ”

Han Fei said: "It's not just poison, but also to avoid the beast's lair, since the thirteen murderers can pass, then there must be a path that someone can take, but I'm afraid it's not easy to find out." ”

Fang Ling bowed slightly, and asked again, "So, are there only these two ways to get to Stone City?"

Chen Mou looked solemn and said, "No, there is another one, but that one is more dangerous." ”

"More dangerous?" Fang Ling narrowed his eyes slightly, followed his gaze to the map, and suddenly realized: "I understand, it's the Heavenly Trench Canyon!"

Three hundred years ago, the Great Song Kingdom collapsed, and its land was divided into four major kingdoms by the former ministers of the Song State, namely the Chu State, the Cai State, the Wu State and the Yue State. Starting

Among the four kingdoms, the state of Chu is located in the westernmost state, with the state of Cai in the north, the state of Wu in the east, and the state of Yue in the south. Over the past three hundred years, there have been many wars between Chu and the surrounding three countries, especially in recent years, the conflict between Chu and Cai has been increasing, and beyond the Tianqian Gorge is the border area between Chu and Cai.

This is a road that can cross the western foot of the Shilong Mountains, connecting Shicheng County and the border between the two countries, the original construction of Shicheng County is also to hold the Trench Canyon, and if you want to enter Shicheng County through the Trench Canyon, it means that you must first bypass the Shilong Mountains, go to the border between the two countries, and return to enter the Trench Canyon through the border area. (Initial launch, domain name (remember _ three.)

Dong Canghai was a little puzzled and said: "Lord Chen, there is generally a blank area tens of kilometers wide in the border area, as a buffer zone for the war between the two countries, most of this blank area is a place without 'hair', and outside the Tianqian Canyon is this buffer zone, and it is not necessarily difficult to enter the canyon through there." ”

Chen Mou smiled slightly and explained: "Lord Dong doesn't know something, but the blank space outside this Tianqian Canyon is different from the border elsewhere. In ordinary border areas, border towns are mostly inside the fortress level, but here, the border towns are outside the fortress. ”

Meng Zhiyuan said: "I have also heard from the merchants that because of the treacherous mountains of the Shilong Mountain Range, it has already cost a lot of manpower and material resources to build a Shicheng County in the mountains. Outside the Trench Canyon, it is also a hilly area, where the terrain is also very dangerous, mostly easy to defend and difficult to attack, originally the Shilong Mountain Range is already the northernmost border of our country, not the main station of Cai's ** team, in fact, the two countries in this area rarely fight, so it has gradually become a place where soldiers and bandits gather, so it has also established some border towns that do not care. "Fastest update on PC:/

"Oh, I see. Dong Canghai suddenly realized when he heard it.

Chen Mou bowed his head and said: "Yes, the people of these small border towns, from the city lord to the defenders, are basically deserters from the two countries or some wanted criminals. ”

Fang Ling frowned slightly, just one Shicheng County was so troublesome, and it was not a simple matter to deal with the thirteen murders. But I didn't expect that there were still a bunch of border towns outside Shicheng County, and there were some extremely vicious people in the small towns, so it seemed that it was really a headache to make the fiefdom peaceful.

Chen Mou pointed to the map and said, "Everyone, please see, the Shilong Mountain Range is half-moon-shaped, surrounding Shicheng County, and the half-moon-shaped gap is the Tianqian Canyon. The area near the trench canyon is like a long-handled fan, the canyon is this handle, connecting the tip of the handle and the fan surface, the tip of the handle is Shicheng County, and this fan is the border town outside the canyon, there are six of these border towns, the same qi and branches, among which the largest and strongest is the Blackwood City. ”

Qiu Yi said at this time: "I have heard of this Blackwood City, I heard that the lord of Blackwood City is a border general of Cai State, because of the deduction of military salaries and embezzlement of military funds, after being found out, he fled to the buffer zone with his subordinates, and then recruited his subordinates outside the canyon to establish Blackwood City. ”

Fang Ling narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "What I want to know is, what is the position of the border towns led by Blackwood City?"

Chen Mou said with a smile: "This is exactly what the minister is going to say, these border towns are actually a large-scale black market trading place, whether it is robbed and robbed, any item can be traded there, and the buyer and seller are not limited to which country, simply put, there is a business place." Therefore, for a long time, the attitude of these border towns has been very ambiguous between the two countries, and the reason for this is that a large number of local forces are in it, and this is an inconspicuous corner of the northern border, and there are few wars, so no one deliberately uses troops here. ”

Fang Ling 'touched' his chin and thought: "So, this place is really a place that doesn't matter, but I like businessmen, you don't have to fight and kill, you can sit down and drink tea, chat, and the business will be negotiated." ”

Dong Canghai couldn't help reminding: "Your Highness, they are not ordinary businessmen, except for soldiers and bandits, they are wanted criminals, not only are they ruthless, but the number of people must be above the thirteen murderers." ”

Fang Ling smiled slightly: "What is the purpose of being ruthless? It's just asking for money, and in a place like Blackwood City, where you are making money every day, people who go to it are all people from local forces, even if they are rich and powerful, no matter how vicious these people are, they will not be stupid enough to take the initiative against their own gold." ”

Speaking of this, he asked Chen Mou, "The property looted by the thirteen murderers should also be sold in Blackwood City, right?"

Chen Mou nodded and said, "Yes, but according to the news from Lord Lu, no trace of the thirteen murderers has been found in the city." ”

Fang Ling's fingers tapped lightly on the chair handle a few times, and he said slowly: "In short, if you want to subdue Shicheng County and pacify the Shilong Mountain Range, the thirteen murderers must be exterminated. Since it is impossible to pass from the other side of the avenue, then bypassing the side of Blackwood City has become the only way, okay, then King Ben will go to Blackwood City in person. ”

Everyone had been with Fang Ling for a long time, and they all knew the "sexual" character of this young Shicheng King, once the decision was made, no one could change it, so they all listened quietly.

Dong Canghai asked on the side: "Your Highness, how many people do you want to take with you?"

Fang Ling said lightly: "If there are too many people, it will be eye-catching, and the soldiers who have been sent to lurk on the side of Blackwood City, you will accompany me, master, and Lord Shen will also go with you." ”

Shen Huantian didn't expect Fang Ling to call him, but his expression didn't change much, and he bowed slightly.

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