Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 298: Deployment of Hive Troops in Two Directions
"He came here with great momentum, but ended up with nothing. Li Xuanling must be almost stunned by now. Who could have thought that Wu Shuang was actually gone."

"More than one person was missing. The meat, iron ore, coal, and most of the materials that could be moved were moved away, leaving them with only a vacant lot."

"After four hours of forced marching, those Longshan soldiers were filled with anger, but they had no place to vent. I guess they must be furious. Hahaha..."

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Southeast of Wu Shuang, on the snowy field three kilometers away, Xia Hong was looking at the direction of Wu Shuang's base from a distance, while Xia Chuan and others behind him were discussing enthusiastically.

"You know what, the momentum of the 3,000 Longyou troops is truly terrifying. I was really scared by those three shouts of killing. If our 4,000 men defend to the death, we probably won't be able to stop them."

"It's not 80% that can't be stopped, it's 100%, 100% that can't be stopped!"

Hearing Yuan Cheng's words, Xia Hong immediately shook his head and gave a different answer.

Everyone had different reactions when they heard this, but if they were careful, they would notice that Xia Chuan, Yuwen Tao, Chen Yingyuan, and Peng Bo all nodded confidently, obviously agreeing with what Xia Hong said.
However, those who were slightly weaker, such as Yuan Cheng, Lin Kai and Qiu Peng, showed a look of half-belief and half-doubt.

This is the difference in vision caused by different strengths.

The stronger a person is, the more he can feel the power of the 3,000 Longyou troops;
On the contrary, those who are weaker don’t feel it so clearly, and think that as long as they try their best, they still have hope of stopping them.

"You will soon find out how strong the three thousand Longyou troops are!"

Xia Hong turned his head and stared at Xia Chuan and others, his expression suddenly becoming serious.

When everyone realized that Xia Hong wanted to explain something, their expressions suddenly became much more serious.

"Longshan's morale must have dropped significantly after their attack. Li Xuanling will probably not continue to pursue us, but you can't let your guard down. Li Tiancheng has seen our people retreating back to the Beehive. Longshan must have known about the Xia Straight Road in the southeast. If nothing unexpected happens, they will soon discover the straight road connecting to Hanqiong in the northeast. We must make all necessary preparations to prevent them from using the straight road to march."

Although Wu Shuang's two straight roads were buried under the snow, their total length was more than 20 kilometers after all. It was definitely unrealistic to hide such a large building from Longshan. Xia Hong even suspected that Longshan already knew about it.

The two straight roads were built by Daxia for its own use. Now that everyone has withdrawn from Wushuang, it is neither necessary nor willing to destroy them all, so they can only leave some means to prevent them from being used by Longshan.

"Don't worry, Chief, I have already arranged everything."

Xia Chuan immediately answered with a cupped hand, a look of confidence on his face.

"In the next few days, I will send Yu Han-class soldiers to keep an eye on Xia Zhidao at all times. If Li Xuanling dares to let the Longyou Army leave, I can guarantee that they won't even be able to reach the hive..."

At this point, he paused, and continued, "Not only the straight road from Wu Shuang to Fengchao, but also the straight road from Fengchao to Jinggu, and Jinggu to Xiacheng, I have already ordered Yue Feng to make some arrangements in advance."

Xia Hong raised his eyebrows when he heard this and said with a smile, "You're thinking ahead. Do you think Longshan will go beyond the Beehive and attack Jinggu or even Xiacheng directly?"

Xia Chuan frowned and replied, "It's not the case for Xiacheng, but it's hard to say for Jinggu. If the attack on the beehive fails, it's not impossible for Longshan to jump over the wall and march directly to the south, right?"

Xia Hong shook his head and chuckled, "Li Xuanling wouldn't be that stupid. She knew to send people to inquire about Wu Shuang's situation in advance, so she must have sent people to inquire about Xiacheng's situation. If I guess correctly, someone from Longshan should have been to Shuanglong Valley and seen Xiacheng."

Xia Chuan was puzzled at first, but after thinking for a moment, he immediately reacted, his eyes lit up and he said, "Yes! The condition that Li Xuanling just proposed to us is that Daxia withdraws from Longyou. She must have known the situation in Xiacheng and knew that Longshan could not be attacked anyway. She was forced to propose such a condition to us."

Xia Hong smiled and nodded, with a hint of pride in his eyes.

The solid Xia City can be said to be Daxia’s strongest support at present.

The black stone city wall is five meters thick and fifteen meters high on three sides, totaling ten kilometers. Plus, there are more than 100,000 people in Xiacheng. Let alone three thousand Longyou troops, even if ten thousand Longyou troops come to attack, Xia Hong has enough confidence to hold on.

Just as Xia Chuan said, from the previous aggressive march into Wushuang, with an attitude of not giving up until Da Xia was destroyed; to the gentle approach just now, when he proposed to Xia Hong that as long as Da Xia withdrew from Longyou, he would cease fighting.

This change is enough to prove that Longshan must have received some message.

Apart from the fact that Li Xuanling had sent people to spy on Xiacheng, Xia Hong could not think of any other reason.

"Li Xuanling is not stupid. She will not give up the advantage of fighting at home. She should know that as long as the battlefield is still in Longyou, Longshan still has room for maneuver. But once out of Longyou, the situation will be completely different..."

After Xia Hong made a guess for Li Xuanling, a fierce look flashed in his eyes, and he continued: "Don't even mention attacking Xiacheng. As long as she dares to lead the Longyou Army to attack Jinggu in the south, I am confident that I can decide the outcome in one battle and make Longshan be eliminated from Bingyuan from now on!"

Xia Chuan, as well as Chen Yingyuan and others standing behind him, immediately became excited and excited when they heard Xia Hong's words.

Xia Hong raised his head and looked around the crowd behind him, and quickly found Yue Feng in the crowd.

"Yue Feng."

Yue Feng immediately stood up, clasped his fists and bowed, "I'm here."

"What's the current situation in Mirror Valley?"

"After nightfall, the 7,000 Diggers in Xia City, led by Zhu Yuan, took the straight road through Mirror Valley to gather at Beehive. The Woodcutters in Wushuang, Hanqiong, and Beehive gradually returned to Xia City via Mirror Valley. When I just set out for Wushuang, Mirror Valley was already completely empty."

Xia Hong nodded, his expression shocked, and turned his gaze to Zhu Yuan.

"What's the situation with the Hive now?"

Zhu Yuan also stood up immediately, clasped his fists and bowed, "Leader, the huge rocks marking the entrance to the Beehive have all been cleared away, and the 2500 Diggers I brought with me have all entered the main underground area. Together with the 9500 people who came from Wu Shuang, the total number of people in the Beehive now is , all of them are Diggers.

This group of people have already begun to set traps and build fortifications in various underground tunnels. As the leader had previously instructed, the underground passages will be completely different from before. It is expected to be completed by tomorrow night. "

Xia Hong continued to ask: "Have you brought enough animal meat, crystal fruits, and necessary water sources?"

"Seven thousand people set out from Xiacheng in the first half of the night. They were busy all the time. The total supplies they brought over, if it does not affect everyone's training, I estimate it will be enough for thirty days. If it is just to maintain food and clothing, it will take more than three months."

At this point, although Xia Hong had not yet fully revealed his plan, the Yuhan-class soldiers present had basically all reacted to the situation after considering the movements of Wu Shuang's 4,000 men tonight and Xia Hong's words just now, that they would soon know how powerful the 3,000 Longyou troops were. Obviously, Daxia was going to defend the hive to the death!
Just as more than a dozen people showed expressions of sudden enlightenment, Chen Yingyuan, who was standing behind Xia Chuan, did not show any surprise on his face.

Just at this moment, Xia Hong also turned his gaze to him.

"Chen Yingyuan, you are the leader of the Hive, and you know the situation of the underground base of the Hive best. Let me ask you one last time. 9500 digging-level soldiers, plus cold-resistant-level soldiers, are under the full command of you and Xia Chuan. Are you sure you can hold on to the Longshan army?"

Chen Yingyuan looked solemn, bowed and said loudly: "Don't worry, leader, the main area of ​​the beehive is buried more than a hundred meters underground. It will take a lot of effort for Longshan to find it. Even if they find it, they can't break it.

All the walls of the underground main area have been poured with iron by three generations of beehive people. The weakest part is ten meters thick. Even if Li Tiancheng takes action himself, it is wishful thinking to break it. Apart from attacking from the iron gate, Longshan has no other way. The 9500 digging realms are well-rested and waiting for the opportunity. As long as they respond properly, there will be absolutely no problem in defending the Longshan army for several months. "

Hearing Chen Yingyuan's words, Xia Hong nodded, a hint of pride flashed across his eyes, and he said directly: "You don't have to guard for several months, just fifteen, no, at most ten days, I can make Li Xuanling withdraw from the hive obediently."

Everyone's face brightened immediately, and then they all subconsciously looked towards the north.

"From today on, Xia Chuan and Chen Yingyuan will be in charge of the Hive. I will not interfere. If there is something you cannot handle, you can send someone to the north to report to me. But I don't want you to come to me. Do you understand?"

Xia Chuan and Chen Yingyuan's faces froze and they both nodded heavily.

Xia Hong then looked around at the dozen people and said in a deep voice, "It is not appropriate for Da Xia to go to war with Longshan now, but Li Xuanling has come to us after all, and Da Xia has no reason to give in. It is impossible for the Li family to monopolize such a large Longshan.

There is a way to win big with a small investment. I don't need you to risk your lives. Your task is to defend the hive tightly, avoid heavy casualties, and keep Li Xuanling's army in the hive for a few days.

As long as this battle is successful, Daxia will be able to gain a firm foothold in Longyou in the future, and may even be able to overthrow the Longshan Li family in one fell swoop, directly swallow up the 13,000 square kilometers of land in Longyou, and turn the majestic Longshan in the east into Daxia's hunting ground. "

We swallowed up the 13,000 square kilometers of land in Longyou and turned the towering Longshan Mountain in the east into a hunting ground for our Great Xia.

Xia Chuan was immediately excited when he heard the last part. He bowed to Xia Hong and said in a deep voice:
"Don't worry, Chief. We will defend the hive to the death and wait for good news from you!"

Chen Yingyuan and the other dozen or so people immediately followed behind, bowed to Xia Hong at the same time, and said in unison: "We will defend the hive to the death and wait for good news from the leader!"

"Okay, let's all go back to the hive and prepare. After Li Xuanling boosts morale, he will surely march into the hive as quickly as possible. Then it will depend on your performance."

Xia Chuan nodded heavily and was the first to turn around and leave. The other dozen or so people also quickly turned around and followed him, heading towards the beehive in the southeast together.

Xia Hong stood there and stared at Wu Shuang for a few minutes. After sneering twice, he turned around and ran towards the snowfield to the north.

"Li Tiancheng is so senior, yet he knew to come and personally investigate the movements of Wu Shuang's army. Unfortunately, he was unlucky. He only saw a large number of troops heading to the Beehive, but didn't see that I had another army heading to Han Qiong."

Of course, saying that Li Tiancheng was unlucky and didn’t see it was just a joke.

He had already calculated that there would be people spying on them even when they reached Longshan, so when the 1000 Yunjiao soldiers set out, he deliberately let the last group of people retreating to the Beehive in the south make a big noise, and that's how Li Tiancheng discovered it.

Xia Hong's eyes flickered slightly. Long Shan probably never dreamed that Da Xia, with only 1000 Yunjiao soldiers, would dare to divide its forces at this critical juncture.

"If it weren't for the Hive Station's unique and solid defense, I wouldn't have the courage to do this. Now that I have it, I must make good use of it."

The solid iron wall that three generations of people poured with iron liquid is the existing black stone wall of Xiacheng, which is just larger in scale. In terms of defensive capabilities, it is probably not as good as the underground space of the beehive.

When Xia Hong learned about the unique structure of the main underground area of ​​the Beehive, his first reaction was to be thankful. Fortunately, it was Zhaoyang who took action first and caught the Beehive off guard while Chen Yingyuan was away, allowing Daxia to gain the upper hand in the end.

Otherwise, judging from the situation in the underground space of the hive, even if he personally led people to attack, there would be no way he could take it down.

With such strong defensive capabilities, coupled with Chen Yingyuan, the leader who knows the underground space like the back of his hand, 9500 digging-level soldiers, and 20 cold-resistant-level soldiers, it is definitely more than enough to defend the 3000 Longyou troops.

"It's almost impossible to break a ten-meter-thick iron wall buried underground by manpower, unless a large number of stress points are cleared and Li Tiancheng leads a dozen cold-resistant soldiers to work together. Only then will it be possible to break it. But this will take a lot of time. It would be better if Longshan was willing to do this.

Water attack is impossible. Even if there is water around the beehive, Li Xuanling would not dare to bring people to touch it. Fire attack is a bit possible, but Chen Yingyuan knows the structure of the beehive very well and has a countermeasure, so it is useless. "

The Honeycomb, an underground space made of pure iron, is extremely difficult to break into.

If it was exposed on the ground, it would only need to be burned with a big fire, but it was buried deep underground. Not only was it incredibly thick, but because it was poured with molten iron, the entire barrier was tightly fitted. Except for the main gate, there was almost no other opening for people to pass through.

It is basically equivalent to a flat, round body buried more than 100 meters underground, with a diameter of three kilometers, a wall thickness of more than ten meters, and poured with iron liquid.

"Three generations, Chen Yingyuan's ancestors are really stubborn. Are they so afraid of death? The amount of iron liquid used for watering alone is probably countless. The beehive is developing so slowly, maybe all the iron resources are used for this."

After Xia Hong chuckled twice, he shook his head again. Thanks to Chen Yingyuan's honest ancestors, otherwise he would have had no choice but to withdraw from Longyou this time.

"Meet the leader!"

Although he was thinking about something, Xia Hong did not stop. He walked more than ten kilometers to the north. Suddenly, a familiar voice came from the front.

Seeing that it was Chen Yingba, Xia Hong immediately smiled. He looked behind him and saw a cut-off straight road. His eyes lit up and he asked:

"The army has come out?"

Chen Yingba bowed and replied, "We have already come out of the straight road. Yuwen Si ordered me to take a battalion of soldiers to set up the third trap here, and he led the main force to continue heading north."

As Xia Hong spoke, he walked towards the straight road. He saw hundreds of Yunjiao soldiers holding bundles of small torches under the gap. They were hiding under the snow on both sides of the straight road. Then they began to repair the straight road again. A gleam of brilliance suddenly flashed in his eyes.

"Speed ​​up, and head north to catch up with the main force as soon as possible."

"I obey my orders!"

After Chen Yingba bowed and agreed, he immediately rushed to the bottom of the straight road, urging the soldiers to speed up the progress while personally helping everyone.

(End of this chapter)