Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 299: Sharpness, Regaining Strength, Bai Qiucheng's Wishful Thinking
June 22, the 48th year of Longyou
It was just dawn, on the southeast side of Wu Shuang, at the entrance of Xiazhi Road.

Li Xuanling looked into the depths of the passage, his brows furrowed, and he said nothing.

The dozen or so people from Longshan behind her were all like her, staring quietly into the depths of the dark passage, obviously waiting for something.

Tap tap tap…

Soon, hurried footsteps were heard in the passage.

Everyone then became alert and immediately looked over.

The person who came was Meng Ying. He was obviously in a hurry. When he saw Li Xuanling, he rushed over immediately and said, "Leader, the total length of this tunnel is 23 kilometers. The exit on the other side is less than two kilometers west of the Beehive Station. The entire passage is almost completely buried under the snow. If you don't look carefully, you will definitely not be able to find it.

No wonder Xia Hong was able to evacuate all of Wu Shuang's men right under our noses without anyone noticing."

"You should be thankful that they were able to evacuate the people without anyone noticing."

Li Xuanling's expression darkened slightly, and he continued, "With this tunnel, Daxia's marching speed is more than ten times that of our Longshan. Just the four hours we spent marching from Songyuan last night was probably enough for Daxia to secretly transfer all the Digging Realm soldiers to Wu Shuang's side.

Fortunately, Xia Hong did not intend to defend Wu Shuang to the death. Otherwise, we would have thought we only had to deal with 4,000 people and foolishly rushed forward. In the end, we would have to pay many times the price to defeat Wu Shuang. "

After these words were spoken, several spies in the rear, including Li Xuanping and Li Xuanqiu, all lowered their heads slightly, looking very embarrassed.

At this point, of course they have all realized that they were deceived by the false news deliberately released by Da Xia last night.

The 1000 people who came over from Han Qiong, as well as the group of people who were clearly retreating but pretending to be heading towards Wu Shuang, were all designed to confuse Long Shan and make him mistakenly believe that Da Xia was determined to defend Wu Shuang to the death.

The two groups of people, Li Xuanping and Li Xuanqiu, who brought back the two false news, naturally bear the greatest responsibility.

Before dawn, Li Xuanling had already scolded the two of them harshly in front of everyone, so naturally he wouldn't say anything more at this moment.

"Building tunnels under the snow, why didn't we think of that?"

Just as Li Xuanling was about to speak, Li Xuandu, who had been observing from the side, couldn't help but pat his head and sighed.

Seeing that everyone immediately turned to look at him, Li Xuan pointed at the tunnel, not hiding the admiration on his face, and slowly spoke:
"I've also seen the northeastern tunnel. The two tunnels in Daxia are basically built with wood from nearby materials. In order to increase the sturdiness, a small amount of iron is mixed in.

Although this tunnel is more than 20 kilometers long, it is built entirely of wood, and the cost is not high at all. Not only is the cost not high, but even the human resources required are not many. Except for driving the piles into the ground, which requires digging at the ground level, the rest can be done by people at the logging level.

It is not difficult to build, but the significance it brings is extremely important. With these two tunnels, the round-trip time between Hanqiong, Fengchao and Wushuang is shortened several times, the efficiency of transporting materials is doubled, and the armies can also support each other in a very short time. The connection between the three places has become closer in an instant. "

As if he was not satisfied with what he said, Li Xuandu paused and continued:
“Not only is it easy to build, but the cost of maintenance is also extremely low. This tunnel is so long that unless there is organized human destruction or a large-scale beast tide, even if there is any damage, it will only be a small section at most and can be repaired in time.

Moreover, there is snow all year round in Bingyuan. No matter how this tunnel is built, it will eventually be covered by heavy snow, and it is difficult for people to find it easily under normal circumstances.

Concealment, connectivity, convenience, extremely low construction and maintenance costs, and even good defensive capabilities, this tunnel takes almost every aspect into consideration, it’s amazing, it’s really amazing!”

………………

The people in Longshan who were able to resist the cold were not stupid. After hearing what Li Xuandu said, they immediately realized the power of the tunnel in front of them.

Despite this, the crowd did not react too much.

Li Xuandu also realized that the army had come to Wushuang last night and their morale had been dampened. At this moment, when he said these words, it was inevitable that he would feel a little proud of Daxia. After thinking for a moment, he continued:
"It's a pity. I don't know whether Daxia is too stupid or too confident. When they withdrew from Wushuang last night, they didn't destroy this tunnel. If they can go through, then we can too. The two tunnels that Daxia spent so much effort to build are now just a wedding dress for Longshan."

When everyone in Longshan heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up.

Yup!

Xia Hong had already given up on Wu Shuang and retreated to the Beehive with 4,000 men.

Don’t these two tunnels belong to Longshan?

It would be much more convenient for the 3,000 Longyou troops to go to Fengchao from Wushuang through the tunnel.

"Haha, so naive..."

As soon as the mentality of sitting back and enjoying the fruits of others' labor arose in everyone's minds, it was immediately interrupted by Li Xuanling's sneer.

Li Xuanling turned his head to look at the tunnel and said in a deep voice, "You are too stupid and too confident. You dare to think about how much we have suffered at the hands of Xia Hong? You can think of destroying the tunnel and not leaving it for us to use. Can't he think of it?"

Li Xuandu was stunned when he heard the words, and then he reacted. A layer of cold sweat suddenly broke out on his forehead and he nodded.

"The leader is right, I was too naive!"

Judging from the few brief dealings with Xia Hong, this man is a man of rare thoughtfulness. Not destroying the tunnel was most likely intentional. I'm afraid Xia Hong had already prepared some tricks and was waiting for them to take the straight path.

The rest of the people in Longshan also reacted. Their expressions darkened slightly and they looked into the depths of the dark tunnel with a lot of vigilance in their eyes.

Seeing the solemnity and vigilance on everyone's faces after being awakened by him, Li Xuanling frowned slightly, and said with a touch of confidence: "No need to be like this. I said before dawn that the more tricks Da Xia uses, the happier I am, because this proves that Xia Hong does not have the strength to confront us head-on, and can only use these unpresentable tricks to try to counter my Longshan troops!"

Everyone's expression brightened up when they heard the words, and the dejection on their faces immediately disappeared a lot.

Indeed, after Wu Shuang's attack failed last night, Li Xuanling immediately summoned them and the Longyou Army and explained the retreat of Daxia. These were the words he said at the time, and they were also unanimously agreed by almost everyone.

Indeed, if Daxia really had the strength to contend with the Longyou Army, it would not have been so mysterious, pretending to send reinforcements to Wushuang and deliberately giving scouts false information to affect the morale of Longshan.

To put it bluntly, aren't you still afraid?

Since they are afraid, it proves that Daxia’s military strength in Longyou is not as strong as that in Longshan.

With this premise in place, what else are they worried about?
"Captain, if that's the case, let's march to the Beehive tonight! There are only 4,000 people from Daxia going there, and even if we count the people in the Beehive itself, there are no more than 5,000 at most. It's still impossible to stop the Longyou Army."

"Yes, the brothers were frustrated after their defeat last night. We have long been prepared to have a good fight in the Beehive and drive Daxia out of Longyou completely."

"Da Xia made a mistake this time. I guess Xia Hong thought the beehive was hidden deep enough underground that we in Longshan couldn't find it, so he led his men to retreat there."

"What a joke. We in Longshan don't know the situation of any of the eleven camps in Longyou. You think you can hide away by hiding in a cave? What wishful thinking!"

"The Hive is located underground. There are 29 passages, and the last one leads to the main area. We in Longshan know everything clearly. Once we break in, it will be like closing the door and beating the dog. Those people from Daxia will not be able to escape even if they want to."

………………

Everyone was talking about Da Xia's retreat to the beehive, and more or less everyone sneered.

Daxia may not know what the title of the Lord of Longyou means. Longshan is not the overlord for nothing. Over the past 40 years, the locations of the 11 giant camps under Longyou have been clearly known by Longshan. As long as Daxia continues to stay in Longyou, it will not be able to find a safe place.

However, Li Xuanling still rejected everyone's request to enter the hive tonight.

She shook her head slightly and said, "Don't worry. We have Wushuang. Daxia only has two garrisons in Fengchao and Hanqiong. As long as they don't withdraw from Longyou, they will eventually be unable to avoid the Longyou Army. The most urgent task now is to regroup the 3,000 Longyou Army and minimize the impact of last night's morale setback. This way, the subsequent battles can be more clean and neat, with fewer casualties.

Besides, it’s about the scouts!”

Having said that, Li Xuanling glanced at Li Xuanping and Li Xuanqiu and continued:

"The Hive is about a hundred meters underground, and there are twenty-nine tunnels connecting it to the main area. Before we prepare to march in this time, we must find out the situation and confirm whether Daxia wants to defend the Hive and how many people are there. Otherwise, we can't march in at will. If we are led by the nose again and come up empty-handed again, it will be a big joke."

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in unison.

"Tonight, the four of us, including me, Third Brother, Meng Ying, and Cheng Guang, will go to investigate the situation of the beehive. You all stay in Wu Shuang. I will send someone to inform you when the army sets out."

"I obey my orders!"

Li Xuanling waved his hand, took one last look at the tunnel, and a solemn expression appeared on his face.

She could feel that Daxia was different from any enemy that Longshan had faced before, which could be seen from Wu Shuang's two tunnels.

Xia Hong is not a simple character. In terms of strength, means, scheming and strategy, he is not inferior to her or anyone else in Longshan.

In fact, Li Xuanling always felt that Xia Hong was very similar to someone.

A person she had admired since she was a child and regarded as a god.

When facing such a person, she had to be extremely alert and deal with it with the most cautious attitude.

The Longshan foundation left by his father, the vast Longyou territory, and the lives and futures of hundreds of Li family members may all be decided in this battle.

Once you fail, you lose everything.

"Compared to Daxia, Longshan's biggest advantage is that we are fighting at home, and I have 3,000 Longyou troops. Our goal is to drive Daxia out of Longyou, and to find out Xia Hong's next move at the lowest cost. The 3,000 Longyou troops must not act rashly."

If the 3,000 Longyou troops are lost, Longshan will have no advantage against Daxia even at home, and the final outcome is not difficult to imagine.

Li Xuanling frowned and quickly led everyone back to Wu Shuang’s base.

She also had to find a way to continue solving the morale problem of the Longyou Army.

We must ensure that the army has the strongest morale when fighting against Daxia, otherwise the losses will be too great and Longshan will not be able to bear it.

Who knows whether there are other large armies of Daxia behind the three ten-kilometer-long black stone walls that my second uncle mentioned.

………………

The 48th year of Longyou, June 22, the first half of the night
At the Baiyuan Camp, Bai Qiuchen was standing on the top floor of the main building with his two cold-resistant-class companions, looking towards the main entrance of the camp on the north side.

At the main entrance of the camp, a large group of people were queuing up to walk in.

It can be seen that the clothes of this group of people are somewhat different from those of the local people in Baiyuan. They are almost all dressed in red, and a small number of them are even wearing blood-red armor, which is obviously the attire of the previous Zhaoyang Blood Guards.

"Brother, are you really planning to merge with Zhaoyang and join Longshan?"

Bai Qiuping watched the people from Zhaoyang walk into the camp with a gloomy look in his eyes, and couldn't help but ask his eldest brother Bai Qiuchen in front of him.

Baiyuan had actually been incorporated into Zhaoyang long ago.

In April, during the battle between Longshan and Zhaoyang, Bai Qiuchen almost died at the hands of Li Xuantian, but was finally rescued by the Blood Guards. It was natural for him to choose to merge his camp into Zhaoyang and stand on Hou Hu's side.

But what happened next suddenly took a turn for the better.

Because Daxia intervened in Longyou, the Zhaoyang and Longshan families failed to fight each other, and finally Longyou was divided into three parts.

If you look into the whole thing in detail, the ones who suffered the most are the ten families that did not directly participate in the struggle.

Yang Lu was revived by a strange monster and simply disappeared;
The leaders of the three clans of Yucheng, Songyuan, and Changning were killed, and all were annexed by Longshan;
The Hanqiong, Fengchao, and Wushuang families were annexed by Daxia;

Xiling, Dongyuan, and Baiyuan were all incorporated into Longshan, which was actually annexed by Zhaoyang.

To put it bluntly, when the three companies compete for supremacy, the ones who are unlucky are the ten companies below them.

What happened next was even more bizarre.

Zhaoyang is going to form an alliance with Longshan to fight against Daxia together.

Bai Yuan actually knew about the matter of the 800 sets of armor.

Who could have thought that Daxia would take the initiative and not only destroyed the Longyou New Army and robbed the armor, but also defeated the Blood Guard Army in one fell swoop, captured several of Zhaoyang's cold-resistant soldiers, and even almost killed Hou Hu.

Now, Hou Hu is going to merge Zhaoyang into Longshan.

Zhaoyang was going to be annexed, not to mention Baiyuan which was previously merged into Zhaoyang.

This is exactly what made Bai Qiuping unhappy. They first annexed Zhaoyang, and now they have to follow Zhaoyang to annex Longshan. This feeling of going with the flow is really unpleasant.

Of course, the most crucial thing is Zhaoyang’s current strength.

Hou Hu was seriously injured, the Blood Guards were gone, and Zhaoyang was only slightly more cold-resistant than Bai Yuan. There was no need for them to join forces with Zhaoyang.

Rather than becoming a bargaining chip for Hou Hu to join Longshan, it would be better to merge into Longshan under the name of Bai Yuan. This way, both the treatment and the future status in Longshan will be obviously much better.

Bai Qiuping saw through his brother's thoughts at a glance and said with a smile, "Who said we have to follow Zhaoyang?"

Bai Qiuping's expression brightened immediately when he heard this.

"Let the people from Zhaoyang go to Longshan first! We, Bai Yuan, are not from the same family as him. I will go to Chief Li soon to discuss the matter of Bai Yuan joining the gang."

(End of this chapter)