Below the mountain pass lay the Goblin Kingdom, but in truth, in An Yang's eyes, such a tiny territory and such a sparse population really could not be called a kingdom; at most, it could be called a town.
When they came, they still had to be wary of the goblin threat and travel overnight, leaving men and horses exhausted, but on the way back they completely disregarded the goblin kingdom, still walking leisurely yet easily and smoothly passing through the mountain pass and marching step by step toward Rivendell.
Originally they did not need to pass through Rivendell, as this route was slightly a detour, but Baggins insisted on retracing the road he took on the way here and still held an attachment to Rivendell, so they took this path.
An Yang's divine avatar had already arrived at Gundabad in the rocky mountains of northern Middle-earth and found a place to settle the Nest Core, and now the giant insect nest was under reconstruction here.
This was the lair of the Orcs, featuring a massive underground city; the steep stone mountains and complex terrain were its natural barriers. It also connected the three major mountain ranges of Middle-earth—namely the Angmar Mountains, the Misty Mountains, and the Grey Mountains—while simultaneously allowing surveillance over the Woodland Realm of the Green Leaf Forest, making it a vital strategic location.
For the Orcs to choose this place as their lair was sufficient to demonstrate the strategic vision of their leader.
Although the Orc army led by Bolg was defeated at the Lonely Mountain, the Orc race was far from being wiped out. It was merely that the expeditionary army had been annihilated, resulting at most in the death of a majority of the able-bodied adults, while quite a portion of Orcs who had