Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 224 The Good Show Threatens Longshan's Intentions
Xia Hong had no idea what the good show Li Xuanling was talking about, but given the current situation, he certainly couldn't miss it.

It’s a pity that Li Xuanling only called Chen Yingyuan and Peng Bo.

Moreover, after Chen Peng and Li Xuanling left, the large groups of people who were originally ambushing on both sides of the dense forest also came out.

Coming out from both sides of the dense forest were two hundred fully armed black-armored soldiers. They all carried longbows, held black-handled silver-tipped snake spears in their hands, and wore iron helmets with pointed feathers on their heads.

This group of soldiers had firm gazes and vigorous temperaments. Even their steps out of the dense forest were extremely consistent. They stood together in a black mass, exuding a strong aura of iron and blood.

Looking at the iron armor on those soldiers, all with silver patterns from hundreds of forgings; the tips of the snake spears in their hands emitting silver light; the material of the bowstrings of the iron-framed bows behind them; and the fact that they all had a basic strength of more than 30,000, Xia Hong's face and heart were instantly filled with solemnity.

The reactions of others were much worse than his.

No matter it was Ma Yong and Chen Yuan from Beehive, or Peng Yuan and others from Yanglu, all the soldiers in the Digging Realm trembled involuntarily the moment these soldiers walked out of the dense forest. Some of the timid ones even activated their self-protection mechanism, and they directly drew their weapons, ready for battle.

The Longyou Army's military appearance is much stronger than before!

There are still eight hundred soldiers like this in the Longshan camp.

Chen Yingyuan and Peng Bo looked at each other. The lingering hope in their minds was completely extinguished after seeing the two hundred Longyou soldiers.

Seeing Li Xuanling walking towards the north first, the two hurriedly followed.

After Li Xuanling and the two leaders left, a young general in golden armor holding a long sword stood out from the 200 Longyou soldiers and said to everyone in a loud voice: "I am Li Ying, the captain of Longyou. Everyone, follow me to Longshan Posthouse first!"

Although Li Ying used the word "I" modestly, his commanding tone and the way he held his head high while speaking showed that his disdain for the more than 50 Digging Realm masters from the two families was almost written on his face.

But even so, Peng Yuan, Chen Yuan, Ma Yong and others did not dare to show any resistance and could only push the cart obediently and follow him.

"Those at the back, come to the front and replace the puller!"

Ma Yong saw that the people in the front seats of the two cars began to breathe heavily, and immediately asked the people pushing the carts at the back to come forward and take turns. Upon hearing this, the people at the back quickly came forward and took turns.

But after watching the crowd take turns, Ma Yong frowned.

"Where's Hong Yuren? Don't be lazy, come here quickly!"

He had a deep impression of Hong Yu. Firstly, he was the newest member to join the hunting team. Secondly, all the 24 members of Chen Yingba's team weighed over 30,000 catties, except Hong Yu who weighed only 26,000 catties. Thirdly, during the past ten days of traveling, he found that this kid seemed to be slacking off often.

"Hong Yu, are you deaf?"

As no one responded to his first shout, Ma Yong felt a little embarrassed and raised his voice in a stronger tone, but this time, there was still no response.

The person who had just rotated to the back row spoke at this time.

"Didn't you see Hong Yu in the back row?"

"There's nothing in front either."

"Where is this kid?"

…………

Upon hearing this, Ma Yong rushed to the back row and looked around, only to find that Hong Yu had really disappeared out of thin air. His expression changed instantly.

"disappeared?"

“It was still there just now.”

Ma Yong stood there, looking at the quiet snow behind him, then glanced back at the Longyou soldiers in the front row who were walking on their own, gritted his teeth and said to everyone:
"Don't worry about him, just keep going."

Judging from the attitude that Li Ying and others had just shown towards them, they would definitely not care even if they told them about the inexplicable disappearance of a person in the Beehive. Instead of going up and humiliating themselves, it would be better to pretend that nothing had happened.

Hong Yu had been in the camp for a short time and had no relatives or family members. Ma Yong would not take it to heart if such a person went missing without even having to deal with the aftermath.

"Just treat it as if he disappeared on his own and report it when the leader returns."

Ma Yong quickly caught up with the team and continued to move towards Longshan Posthouse.

………………

In the northern part of Longshan Mountain, there is an empty earth slope.

Three hundred Longyou soldiers were standing around the slope, all of them holding strong bows and aiming the bowstrings at the center of the slope.

In the middle of the slope, an extremely fierce battle was taking place.

There were six people in the field, all of them looked middle-aged.

Two snake spears, a broadsword, and a long sword.

Four people wearing golden armor on the periphery, holding three kinds of weapons, are besieging the two people in the middle.

The two snake spears swept across each other, and the arc of light separated the snowflakes in the air into pieces;

The sword slashed furiously, and the snow around was stirred up by the cold front, forming a thick snow fog;
The long sword slashed quickly, and the sword light and the heavy snow reflected each other, flashing in the night sky.

Not only were the four of them extremely powerful, their control over their weapons was also astonishing. When they joined forces to attack, their momentum was terrifying to the extreme. The entire slope was almost covered in snow and fog. People with poor eyesight could not see the situation clearly at all.

In sharp contrast to the four people were the two people who were being besieged.

The two men, one holding a sword and the other holding an axe, could only dodge around in panic under the siege of four people. They tried to break out from one direction several times, but failed in the end. Moreover, as time passed, their bodies began to be injured by the four people. After a while, they even lost the chance to dodge in panic.

"what…………"

The man holding the axe screamed, as two snake spears were stabbing at his armpits on both sides. Even though he had already jumped high and leaned back and pushed hard, the snake spear on the right seemed to have seen through his movements long ago, and it turned in mid-air, not only piercing his right arm, it even used the snake spear's hook to pull his body back violently.

The position where he was pulled back just happened to face the snake spear on the left that had no bend.

One pulled back and the other stabbed outwards. Judging from the terrifying power displayed by the two snake spears, if someone was stabbed, he would definitely die.

clang…………

At the critical moment, a long sword chopped the long pole of the snake spear on the left.

The long pole was hit, and the snake spear naturally lost its accuracy.

The man holding the axe naturally escaped successfully!

The person who swung the sword was the other person who was being attacked at the same time.

The man's back had been chopped open by the sword, and blood was gushing out. After rescuing his companion, his face was not happy at all, but full of fear and horror. He raised his head to the west side of the slope and spoke with a hint of pleading:
"My Lord, Liu Xian swears to heaven that Changning has no second thoughts about Longshan. I didn't bring any iron ore this time, not because I disobeyed the order of the leader, but because both of my Changning's iron mines have run out of gas, and I really can't gather that much in a short time. I hope my Lord will understand!"

As soon as Liu Xian opened his mouth, the man holding the axe followed closely and said, "The same is true in Songyuan Camp. Wang Hu is loyal to Longshan. Heaven and earth can bear witness to this. Young Master, please do not be provoked by others and wrongly accuse us!"

There were a total of nine people standing in the front row of soldiers on the west side of the slope.

The leader was a middle-aged man with an elegant face. He was dressed in white and had a calm and reserved expression. He was watching the situation on the field quietly. When he heard what Liu Xian and Wang Hu said, his eyebrows twitched slightly, but he did not speak.

The four people on the left behind the middle-aged man were dressed similarly to the four people who were besieging Liu Xian and Wang Hu. They were also wearing golden armor and looked middle-aged. Two of them held knives, one held a halberd, and the other used a spear.

Among the four people on his right, one looked 80% similar to him and was dressed similarly. The other three were Li Xuanling, Chen Yingyuan, and Peng Bo who had just come from the south.

Looking at Liu Xian and Wang Hu who were being besieged in the field, they were in danger and even one step away from death several times. Chen Peng's eyebrows twitched violently, and his breathing became rapid. He felt both relieved and horrified, and at the same time a little hesitant.

They were thankful, of course, because they had made the right choice, otherwise their fate would probably be similar to that of Liu Xian and Wang Hu in front of them, or even death like Yan Chuan, which was not impossible.

The shock came from the fear of Longshan's sudden attack.

Yucheng Yanchuan is already dead. Changning Liuxian and Songyuan Wanghu are now being besieged by four of the Eight Vajras. It is only a matter of time before they die. Three of the ten families are already gone, and minus their own two, there are only five left.

The problem is that the ones standing here at the moment are not all of Longshan's forces. Regardless of whether Li Tianhua is alive or not, apart from him, Longshan has at least thirteen cold-resistant-level warriors as far as they know.

Chen Yingyuan turned his head and looked forward. He was very familiar with the people of Longshan. In the front was the eldest son Li Xuanyan. Next to him, who looked 80% similar to him, was the third son Li Xuandu. Counting the youngest son Li Xuanling, there were eight Vajras, a total of eleven people.

Li Tianhua's younger brother Li Tiancheng and second son Li Xuantian have not shown up at this moment. There are also three hundred Longyou soldiers present, including the two hundred just seen, a total of only five hundred people.

What about the other half of the Longyou Army?
Where else can they go except to deal with the remaining four?

No, it is not impossible to deal with Zhaoyang Camp directly!
The order from the leader was not just a show of strength but a weakness. It was clearly an ultimatum to the ten camps. Anyone who disobeyed the order would be killed immediately!

They had considered this before coming and decided not to bring iron ore and wait and see how the alliance situation develops. Now thinking back on it, it was like walking on the edge of life and death. How could they not be afraid?

As for the final hesitation, it was entirely out of fear of the future.

Yan Chuan is dead, and Liu Xian and Wang Hu in front of him will die soon. Once the three leaders are dead, Longshan will naturally not let go of the three camps of Yucheng, Changning and Songyuan. Does this mean that Longshan will give up the previous way of playing of the Longyou Alliance and start to annex these camps under them?

If this is the case, even if the two of them are lucky enough to escape today, in the near future, the Fengchao and Yanglu families will probably be inevitably swallowed up.

Chen Yingyuan and Peng Bo looked at each other, and seeing the hesitation on each other's faces, they both sighed slightly, and then looked at Li Xuanling involuntarily, with a chill growing in their hearts.

What a good show! This is clearly a threat.

A naked threat!

I just deliberately let them see Yan Chuan's body, and then brought them here to witness the killing of Liu Xian and Wang Hu with their own eyes.

The intention of the threat couldn't be more obvious!

Chen Yingyuan and Peng Bo could even feel the teasing glances that Li Xuandu, Li Xuanling and the other six people were casting at them from time to time.

There was only one question on the two people's minds at this moment.

That is, later on, when Li Xuanyan really proposes to merge Fengchao and Yanglu into Longshan, how should they respond?

There seems to be no other way but to obey.

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Chen and Peng were not the only ones who noticed that Li Xuanling was threatening the two families.

At this moment, Xia Hong, who was hiding in the dark, was no longer watching the fight on the field, but instead cast his gaze on Li Xuanyan's group of nine people.

The strength of both Wang Hu and Liu Xian was only about eight manes each, while the four people who besieged them had nine manes as the weakest and eleven manes as the strongest. The two were no match for them in a one-on-one fight, let alone a siege.

If they hadn't fought hard, they wouldn't have been able to hold out for so long.

Defeat is only a matter of time, so he naturally won't pay attention to it.

"The leader should be the eldest son Li Xuanyan, the one on the left should be his younger brother, and the four on the right are about the same age and dress as the four who besieged Liu Xian and the other two. If nothing unexpected happens, they should be the Eight Vajras of Longshan. There are already eleven of them at the cold-resistant level, plus the Longyou Army. The strength of Longshan is indeed very strong. However, their strength..."

As he looked at it, Xia Hong's eyes gradually became strange.

The reason is simple, he can see through the strength of eleven cold-resistant level people.

Among the Eight Vajra, two have eleven manes, two have ten manes, and the remaining four have nine manes; Li Xuanyan has eleven manes; and his younger brother has ten manes.

In other words, it seems that the young master Li Xuanling is standing at the back.

But her strength is actually the strongest among these eleven people.

Xia Hong looked at Li Xuanling's beautiful face from a distance, a hint of amusement suddenly appeared on his face, and his expression became interested.

"Are they deliberately hiding it to confuse outsiders, or are they even unaware of it? If it's the latter, that would be very interesting!"

Puff...Crack...

The snake spear pierced the body and the big knife broke the bones. Two sounds came from the slope in succession.

Xia Hong knew without looking that Liu Xian and Wang Hu must be the ones missing.

As expected, on the slope, Liu Xian was pierced through the heart by two snake spears, and Wang Hu was hit on the neck by a big knife, and his head fell to the ground. The two cold-resistant leaders died in the snow without even being able to utter a scream.

The moment the two men fell to the ground, Peng Bo and Chen Yingyuan's bodies trembled at the same time, and then their heads drooped, their expressions becoming more and more terrified.

"Okay, let's go to the east. My second brother is almost there too. The Xiling, Baiyuan and Dongkang families all arrived together. Let's go over there early and solve the problem together!"

After the death of King Liu, Li Xuanyan also spoke.

His voice was easygoing and steady, which was in line with his elegant and restrained temperament. There was no trace of the arrogance of the eldest son of Longshan.

"You two, I'll have to trouble you to take action against those three families. Since you two are loyal to Longshan, I think you will not refuse this small request, right?"

Li Xuanling also spoke up, asking Chen Yingyuan and Peng Bo beside him.

"of course not."

"As a member of Longyou, it is my duty to eradicate the rebellion!"

Looking at her beautiful face with a smile like a flower, Chen and Peng's fear were almost written on their faces, and they nodded in agreement like rattles.

No one noticed that Li Xuanyan in the front frowned slightly when he heard the conversation between Li Xuanling and the two people behind, but he didn't say anything and continued to walk towards the east.

The rest of the people, including the three hundred soldiers from Longyou, all packed up their luggage and followed him, heading east together.

After everyone left, Xia Hong walked out from the darkness and went to the top of the slope. Looking at the blood left by Liu Wang and the other two on the snow, he frowned and fell into deep thought.

"It's true that the leader's order is used to test loyalty, but the attack is so fierce. Anyone who participates in the alliance without bringing iron ore will be killed immediately. Isn't this too... exaggerated?"

A hint of confusion gradually appeared on Xia Hong's face.

If Longshan really had the confidence to sit on the Diaoyutai, and was not afraid that the ten camps in Longyou would turn against them and merge with Zhaoyang, then they should wait until the alliance meeting to suppress Zhaoyang with thundering force, and then use the excuse of not respecting the orders of the alliance leader to punish or directly eliminate those camps that did not bring iron ore. This would be more logical.

It would be a bit strange to disperse the people like this, guarding at the foot of Longshan Mountain, and kill anyone who didn't bring iron ore.

He really couldn't understand Longshan's behavior.

"No, it seems like they are in a hurry to eliminate the unstable factors in the alliance!"

Xia Hong's face suddenly froze, and then he thought of something. His expression suddenly changed and he turned his head to look in the direction of Longshan.

"I see. The first to strike is the strongest. This is the first to strike is the strongest!"

Yucheng, Changning, and Songyuan, the three families that had intended to lean towards Zhaoyang, had their leaders killed so easily;
The Yanglu and Fengchao families were so frightened that they could only follow Longshan's path till the end;
So far, five camps have been resolved.

As for the remaining five, even if they merge successfully with Zhaoyang, with Longshan's strength, they will probably be able to deal with them easily, and even have a great chance of winning!
Zhaoyang's original good momentum was unexpectedly resolved so easily by Longshan. Not only that, but if Zhaoyang's Hou Hu was also careless, maybe he would be solved this time as well.

This Longshan camp is so smart!
While seeing through Longshan's intentions, Xia Hong could also be sure of one thing.

That is, there is definitely something wrong with Li Tianhua!

"Even if they are not dead, something must have gone wrong. Otherwise, there is no need for Longshan to rush to attack these ten camps. They are afraid that they will join forces with Zhaoyang and become irreversible."

Seeing through Long Shan's behavior, Xia Hong's mind became clear in an instant, and he also knew what he should do. Looking at the figure in the distance on the east side, he chuckled, and his body swept across the snow and quickly followed.

"I hope that Hou Hu can be smarter. If these ten families are really caught by Longshan, then my Great Xia, let alone extending its reach to Pingxiyuan, will have to be on guard against this neighbor to the north all the time in the future!"

(End of this chapter)