Immortality: Starting with a grave, I'm invincible when burying corpses.

Faced with the rapidly deteriorating situation, Jun Changping, the supreme commander of the Western Qi front, was so worried that his hair turned quite white. He couldn't sleep all night and stared at the map in his tent whenever he had a spare moment.

If things continue as they are now, Western Qi will surely perish within ten years.

Jun Changping was more anxious than anyone else that the legacy he was supposed to inherit was about to be destroyed.

After countless deductions, he made an extremely bold decision.

He led his elite troops through the Qinghai Grand Canyon, over high mountains and cliffs, turning the impossible into possible, and launched a surprise attack on the central army camp of Dongqi in Qingzhou City. He completed the decapitation operation with lightning speed and then crushed Dongqi's main force in Qingzhou.

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Within the vast territory of Qingzhou, there is a towering mountain range that stretches for thousands of miles from north to south.

Its name is the Azure Nether Mountains.

The Qingming Mountains originate in the north of Qingzhou and stretch all the way to the central and southern parts of Qingzhou. They span about 1,100 li from north to south and about 200 li from east to west, forming a natural barrier within Qingzhou.

The vast, boundless forests, towering peaks over a thousand feet high, deep canyons everywhere, and enormous herds of beasts dominating the mountains and forests...

In this era of constant warfare, the Qingming Mountains stand like a natural barrier between the East and West, forming a natural dividing line.

Even in places where the terrain was relatively flat, the two armies had already occupied them and established impregnable passes.

On both sides are towering cliffs that reach into the clouds, and in the middle is a deep canyon no more than fifty meters wide. As long as a strong pass is erected at the end of the canyon, even if the enemy has dozens or hundreds of times more troops than us, we can easily stop them.

This is a miracle of nature, the most natural military fortress.

Even though the Eastern Qi and Western Qi had clashed thousands of times within Qingzhou, neither side had focused their attention on this insurmountable natural barrier.

The Qinghai Grand Canyon, which Jun Changping wanted to cross, is a truly perilous place in this vast mountain range.

If you stand on the west side of the Qinghai Grand Canyon and look east, you will understand why the Eastern Qi Dynasty did not build a fortress in this canyon.

Standing on the westernmost side of the canyon, looking up, one sees towering peaks covered in white snow. The height of the peaks is unknown, as they seem to disappear into the clouds and are difficult to observe with the naked eye.

Even more terrifying is that on such a towering mountain, there are hundreds of waterfalls cascading down, with water falling from the clouds thousands of feet high, flowing over cliffs and crashing against the rocks.

There are more than a dozen waterfalls, each over a hundred meters wide, which appear in an interlaced manner, falling from the clouds and shattering the rocks.

Because of the immense kinetic energy of the flowing water, pebbles fall from the sky at all times, randomly carrying away some "lucky one" in the canyon.

The rushing water flows into the canyon, forming a fast-flowing river channel within the deep gorge.

If anyone manages to cross the river by sheer luck and continues to look eastward, they will only face even deeper despair.

At the end of the river is a deep swamp that is several thousand meters long, a hundred meters wide, and of unknown depth. Beyond the deep swamp, after passing through a series of undulating boulders, lies a narrow passage similar to the Skyline Passage.

Looking up, you can't see the sun; looking down, you're surrounded by mud; and you also have to face rocks that might fall from the sky at any moment, and wild beasts that might attack from who-knows-where.

Any general who saw this would frown and remark, "It has absolutely no strategic value."

Only someone with a brain fart would think of launching a surprise attack from here.

Qingzhou City was built on the eastern side of this insurmountable canyon.

For thousands of years, Qingzhou City has never established a defense line in the west, simply because in their subconscious understanding, the enemy will only attack from the north, east, and south.

Furthermore, because Qingzhou City once experienced a massive demonic calamity, this ancient city has yet to recover its former prosperity.

The sparse population has led to the abandonment of large amounts of land, and the towns and villages leading to the Qinghai Grand Canyon have long been abandoned.

Until the autumn of that year.

Led by Jun Changping, an elite force composed entirely of innate martial artists and equipped with the latest talismanic weapons crossed the Qinghai Grand Canyon and appeared in an abandoned town west of Qingzhou City.

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October of the 95th year of the Five Kingdoms calendar.

Jun Changping, commander of the Western Qi Allied Forces, led eight hundred elites through the Qinghai Grand Canyon and arrived at Qingzhou City.

The elite force lost 20% of its strength just crossing the canyon, but they eventually succeeded in crossing it and reached the outskirts of Qingzhou City.

The decapitation force entered Qingzhou City from the west side, where the defenses were weakest, and went straight to the Marshal's Mansion, where they killed hundreds of mid- to high-ranking generals from Dongqi.

The marshals of the Fourth, Ninth, and Twelfth Army Groups of the Eastern Front also died in this surprise attack.

For a time, the Fourth, Ninth, and Twelfth Army Groups of Dongqi were in chaos. They suffered successive defeats in the ensuing battles, were forced to cede dozens of major cities, and retreated three hundred miles.

The Western Qi coalition pursued their victory, killing 120,000 enemy soldiers and achieving their greatest victory since the start of the war.

When the news reached back, the entire court and the people of Xiqi were greatly excited.

Immediately, sayings like "God bless Xiqi, God bless the Crown Prince" spread widely among the people of Xiqi.

The outcome of this battle quickly spread throughout the world, drawing the attention of emperors from various countries.

Turning the impossible into the possible, this was a decapitation operation that can be described as a miracle, worthy of being recorded in the war history of the Nine Realms.

This also made future frontline commanders pay more attention to the guards around them, and they all turned their tents into "iron turtles".

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Great Empire, Shuzhou City.

In a secluded mountain forest, a three-story bamboo house sits.

In a room on the second floor of the bamboo house, Ye Lin stood beside Bai Xi, calmly looking at the 3D map in front of him.

Brightly colored flags were planted on miniature cities, while in the area representing Qingzhou, several blue flags disappeared and were replaced by several yellow flags.

Ye Lin stared at the map for a while, a thoughtful look on his face. After a short while, he stepped forward, picked up several white flags representing the Great Empire, and planted them to the south of the yellow flags.

After adjusting the flags' positions, Ye Lin felt something was amiss, so he grabbed four small flags from the bottom of the map and planted them directly into the heart of the yellow flag area.

Over the past century, Ye Lin has commanded countless large-scale battles. Upon receiving news from the front lines, he immediately had new ideas and couldn't wait to get out of bed to study important military and national affairs.

Bai Xi was already used to Ye Lin's behavior, or rather, this was one of the reasons why she had taken a liking to Ye Lin in the first place.

Feeling bored with her empty bed, Bai Xi took a few steps out of the room.

Upon seeing Ye Lin, Bai Xi hugged her little husband from behind, burying her head in his neck, only her eyes peeking out as she looked at the map ahead.

After staring at the map for no more than three seconds, Bai Xi's gaze gradually shifted and moved to Ye Lin's cheek.

Compared to fighting, Bai Xi, who inherited the excellent bloodline of the Bai family, preferred other things.

"What's so interesting about this stuff? Fighting all the time is pointless. My wife and I rarely get out of town, so why don't we enjoy ourselves?"

Ye Lin remained indifferent to Bai Xi's teasing. He reached out and pinched Bai Xi's cheek, then ignored her and focused on studying the map in front of him.

It was as if the person behind him wasn't a stunning beauty, but some troublesome person he needed to deal with.

This behavior prompted Bai Xi to snort coldly and slap Ye Lin on the back without hesitation.

A painful wail followed by a voice tinged with anger echoed from inside the bamboo house.

"You're giving me attitude! Hurry up and go wash yourself clean and wait!"

"My lady! Your Majesty! I am doing important business. How can you be so unreasonable... This is a great opportunity. If handled properly, we might be able to take over half of the territory of Western Qi in one fell swoop."

Looking at Ye Lin's aggrieved expression, Bai Xi's expression remained unchanged, and she raised three fingers in front of Ye Lin.

"three……"

"No, no, no! I'll do it right now, right now! Please calm down, my wife!"

"The supplements are in the room, don't let me see them again!"

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