Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 301: Hou Jing surrenders, defeats Bai Yuan, and changes Zhaoyang's flag

"Hou Kong is 26 years old this year. He has a superior combat body and has the power of four manes at the middle stage of cold resistance. He is considered to be the most talented among the Hou family members of the same generation. Even Hou Hu was no more talented than him back then. What a pity!"

On the snowy plain, Hou Jing sighed slightly to Xia Hong, regretting that he had failed to successfully persuade Hou Kong to surrender to Daxia.

"It doesn't matter. His heart is with Hou Hu. No matter how much you persuade him, it will be useless. But how are the remaining three cold-resistant level warriors in Zhaoyang and the others?"

A 26-year-old with a top-notch combat physique could only get a good evaluation from Xia Hong at most. He waved his hand, looked at Hou Jing, and asked about the situation of other people in Zhaoyang with a smile.

Being able to successfully win over Hou Jing was an unexpected surprise brought by Xia Chuan.

On April 17, after Xia Chuan led his men to defeat Wu Shuang, in order to test the attitudes of Longshan and Zhaoyang towards Daxia, he sent Qiu Peng and Zhao Long to the Longyou military camp and Pinggu Zhaoyang respectively.

Zhao Long's mission to Pinggu went smoothly, but on his way back, he was targeted by Hou Jing. Hou Jing's original intention was to capture Zhao Long and use him as a threat to force Daxia to hand over Hou Bing.

At that time, Zhao Long had just broken through to the cold-resistant level, and his basic strength was less than three manes. How could he defeat Hou Jing, who was at the peak of cold-resistant level and had a strength of fifteen manes? There was no suspense at all, and he was captured directly.

The subsequent development was very interesting. Hou Jing did not go through Hou Hu, but brought Zhao Long alone to Wushuang to find Daxia and expressed his intention to exchange prisoners.

Xia Chuan, who met him at that time, keenly realized that Hou Jing was probably not of the same mind as Hou Hu, so he gladly took him back to Xiacheng to experience the splendor of Great Xia. After letting him see Hou Bing, who was unharmed but had his freedom restricted, he directly tried to win him over.

Although Daxia at that time had successfully conquered Fengchao and Wushuang, it had not yet taken over all the population of Longyou. Xiacheng had only more than 40,000 people, and Xiachuan had the strength of only six men. Even though many things in Xiacheng amazed Hou Jing and indeed aroused his interest in Daxia, it was impossible to successfully instigate Hou Jing to rebel with these alone.

What really made Hou Jing start to waver was a bet that Xia Chuan made with him.

"Senior Hou probably thinks that our Great Xia is so weak that if we rashly invade Longyou, we will end up dead. Xia Chuan dares to make a bet with Senior Hou. Let's bet on whether our Great Xia can completely gain a foothold in Longyou during the competition between your camp and Longshan. If I lose, I will let Hou Bing, Hou Ying, Hou Ming, Lin Ye, and all the Zhaoyang Digging Realm captured by us in the Beehive go. How do you say?"

"What if you win?"

"You don't need to do anything if you win. For this bet, you only need to do one thing, which is to let Hou Bing stay in Daxia as a witness. If I win, I will release Hou Bing anyway. How do you think?"

If he lost the bet, his son would still be handed over to him;
If he won the bet, Xia Chuan would release not only his son, but also Hou Ming, Hou Ying, Lin Ye and all the digging realm members back to Zhaoyang.

This is a sure win bet.

Hou Jing was over eighty years old and had seen everything. He immediately realized that Xia Chuan had seen through him and was not so loyal to Zhaoyang. He was deliberately using the bet to let him observe Daxia again, or was he trying to win him over.

The key point is that Daxia is willing to spend a lot of money to buy time.

Three people at the Cold-Resistance level and hundreds at the Digging Level, it's time to gamble.

Hou Jing still did not agree at that time, but asked Xia Chuan a question.

"I captured Zhao Long and came to exchange him with you. From what you said, you are not willing to exchange Hou Bing with me?"

Hou Bing was mentioned in Xia Chuan's bet, and it was obvious that he did not intend to use Hou Bing to exchange for Zhao Long, so Hou Jing asked this question.

"There has never been a precedent of prisoner exchange in Daxia, and there will be no such precedent in the future. Zhao Long can only consider himself unlucky for being captured. If Senior Hou has other material requests, Xia can still consider it, but there is no need to think about prisoner exchange. However, I have to say in advance that the lives of people in Daxia are precious, especially those at the Warm-Warming level. If Zhao Long makes any mistake at the hands of Senior, not to mention Hou Bing, Hou Ming, Hou Ying, Lin Ye, and hundreds of other Digging Realm, will all be buried with him. Xia, I will keep my word!"

According to what Xia Chuan said later, Hou Jing was shocked by these words at that time. He not only released Zhao Long, but also agreed to keep Hou Bing to fulfill the bet.

Xia Hong shook his head slightly. He was not as naive as Xia Chuan.

How could an old man in his eighties, who had seen all kinds of hardships, be frightened by just a few harsh words? It was obvious that Hou Jing was not on good terms with Hou Hu and had long intended to rebel against Zhaoyang.

Xia Chuan used a good bet on Da Xia's subsequent performance to make him tempted, and it was natural for Hou Jing to agree.

To put it bluntly, if Daxia performs well in Longyou later, he will take advantage of the situation to defect to Zhaoyang and join Daxia, and his son Hou Bing and the others in Zhaoyang can survive; if Daxia performs poorly later, Xia Chuan will have to fulfill the bet and release everyone in the end.

How could he not agree to a bet that was sure to win?
Later in May, Xia Hong learned the reason why Hou Jing and Hou Hu were at odds from the Digging Realm captives in Zhaoyang.

Thirteen years ago, when the previous leader of Zhaoyang, Hou Luan, Hou Hu's father, died, he passed the position of leader to his younger brother Hou Jing.

At that time, Hou Hu was still a hostage in Longshan.

He is called Proton, but in fact he is Li Tianhua's disciple.

Hou Hu certainly felt that he was the only one qualified to inherit the position of leader. Li Tianhua happened to be willing to support him, lending him people and food, and sent Hou Hu back to Zhaoyang, taking the position of leader back from Hou Jing.

At that time, Hou Hu was actually not as strong as Hou Jing. Hou Jing finally gave in, mostly due to the pressure from Longshan and Li Tianhua.

In short, from then on, the feud between the two of them began.

Hou Hu was also extremely wary of his second uncle and only showed respect to him on the surface. When it came to cultivation resources, especially the share of the Jade Bone Medicine, when it came to Hou Jing's family's cold-resistant level, there were very few of them.

This is why he was able to come from behind and surpass Hou Jing in strength, and even most of the cold-resistant soldiers in the camp united around him.

In the final analysis, Xia Chuan threw out a straight hook, which was deliberately bitten by Hou Jing, a man who wanted to rebel.

The developments in Daxia after May naturally tilted Hou Jing's psychological balance further, especially when his identity as Hong Xia was revealed, Daxia captured Han Qiong and occupied one-third of the territory of Longyou in one fell swoop, and then used Yangyuan Dan to lure Hou Jing, who had long had rebellious intentions, to defect from Zhaoyang and defect to Daxia, which was a natural thing.

Hou Jing's rebellion certainly made Xia Hong happy, but it was also a disguised reminder to him that he should pay attention to the centripetal force of the senior personnel in the camp. Once these people have problems, they will be different from those in the Digging Realm, and the consequences will be extremely terrible.

For example, Hou Jing in front of him was a real member of the Hou family and Hou Hu's second uncle. His rebellion would not only cause more than half of Zhaoyang's cold-resistant class to defect to Daxia, but would also leave nearly 60,000 people in Zhaoyang, which was almost 90% of the population of the camp.

In other words, he did not want to make things difficult for those relatives who refused to defect to the Yu Han level. Otherwise, he could have directly detained these more than 5,000 people tonight, leaving Hou Hu in Longshan completely alone.

Daxia's current cold-resistance level is nearly forty, and is still rising. If the rebellion caused by Hou Jing is included, the total number will exceed fifty, and will only increase in the future.

When there are too many people, there will be a mix of good and bad people. We must then find ways to reduce the influence of these people on the camp, otherwise we will definitely suffer a great loss in the future!
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Although he thought about it, it only took a moment for Hou Jing to realize that he should surrender to Daxia. When he answered Xia Hong's questions, his attitude became much more respectful.

He bowed slightly and said, "Don't worry, leader. I have convinced Hou Xing, Zhang Ying, and Kong Fan. All three are willing to lead their families to join the Great Xia. There are more than 50,000 people left in Zhaoyang. I haven't explained it to them one by one, but as long as the army moves in tonight, they will naturally understand."

It is impossible to change the minds of more than 50,000 people in a short period of time. There must be many people among them who are loyal to Hou Hu. Xia Hong will certainly not blame Hou Jing for this.

People's hearts are like water. As long as Daxia's subsequent wars in Longyou go smoothly and these people's lives get better and better, their mentality will naturally change slowly.

But that’s for later.

The most important thing right now is to fight well in this battle with Longshan!
Hearing Hou Jing mention that the army was stationed in Zhaoyang, Xia Hong raised his eyebrows slightly, said nothing, turned around and took him to the east.

They are now on the west side of Bai Yuan. Walking eastward is the direction of Bai Yuan's base. Hou Jing was a little confused at first, but after walking eastward for a while, he saw the scene of Bai Yuan's base from three or four hundred meters away, and his pupils suddenly froze.

"Fire arrows!"

"Brothers, follow me and kill."

"Break through the white abyss and kill!"

"Where did this army come from? How could such a large army come here?"

"This is not the Longyou Army, nor the Blood Guard Army, except for these two..."

"It's the army from Daxia. Isn't Daxia blocked in Wushuang by Longshan? How could a large army come to our place?"

"We can't hit it. We can't hit it at all. The iron arrow is too powerful. We can't stop it at all."

"They are all at the Digging Realm limit. Run, run quickly..."

"We can't run. There is hope if we close the iron gate. If they break in, our base will be ruined. Hand over all the Digging Realms to me and close the iron gate."

"Hurry, everyone, push and close the door, quickly, quickly, quickly."

………………

The main gate on the north side of Bai Yuan’s base was flashing with golden light and the sound of fighting was deafening.

A closer look revealed that those flashing golden lights were actually soldiers wearing light golden armor.

This army has about a thousand people.

The front row of about 300 people holding long swords had already clung to the iron gate and were frantically rushing to kill the defenders around the iron gate; the back row of about 600 people, all holding strong bows, were frantically shooting arrows at the top and flanks of the iron gate;

There were also nearly a hundred people, holding various weapons, climbing up along the terrain around the iron gate. With the cover of bows and arrows from behind, a small number of them had already climbed onto the stone platform above the iron gate and rushed to kill the Baiyuan Digging Realm who were trying to close the iron gate.

The strongest one was the figure that rushed to the back of the stone platform.

He was a young man in black, holding a broadsword in his right hand and a four-meter-high flag in his left hand. He was swinging the broadsword vigorously, and almost every swing could sweep away more than a dozen Digging Realm warriors on the left and right.

He rushed all the way to the back of the stone platform, and when he looked down and saw the iron gate below that had not yet completely closed, he suddenly thrust the flag in his left hand down.

A flagpole seven or eight meters high was inserted in the middle of the iron gate. The black flag fluttered in the wind. The word "Xia" on the front and the golden Tengjiao pattern on the back immediately caught everyone's eyes.

"The Scout Battalion rushes onto the stone platform, the Mo Dao Battalion continues to advance, the Heng Dao Battalion shoots arrows for the last ten breaths, then abandon the bows and rush into the iron gate to protect the flag!"

The moment Yuwen Tao inserted the flag behind the iron gate, Liu Yuan's roar was heard from the stone platform.

"kill!"

"Rush..."

"The iron gate has been breached, brothers, charge in."

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As the roar rang out, the three hundred soldiers in the front row, holding their Mo Daos, seemed to have taken stimulants. They let out extremely excited roars, raised their Mo Daos high, and rushed towards the iron gate madly.

The six soldiers from the Horizontal Sword Battalion behind were no less capable than the others. Within ten breaths, they had emptied the quivers behind them, then dropped their bows and arrows, drew their horizontal swords, and rushed towards the iron gate like a tide.

The first soldier of the Modao Camp finally rushed into the iron gate, and what were waiting for him were dozens of sharp swords.

Bai Yuan's people are not stupid. The Iron Gate is such an important location, and the more than one hundred guards deployed behind it have the cultivation level of the upper limit of the Digging Realm. At the same time, the weapons and armor in their hands are also of the Hundred Forging Level.

Snap……

More than a dozen sharp, forged swords chopped at his body, causing several holes in the armor of the Modao Camp soldier. Not only was his armor torn, but he also fell to the ground under the pressure of such a terrifying force. If there hadn't been someone holding him up from behind, he would have fallen to his knees and never been able to stand up again.

"It's just a cut. How is that possible?"

"His weapon is still intact, this..."

"How can his knife be so strong when it's so big?"

"Aren't they all at the Hundred Forging Level?"

………………

Obviously, the soldier was almost knocked down, but no one on Bai Yuan's side smiled. Instead, their pupils trembled and their expressions were horrified.

They had the same cultivation level and were equipped with the same hundred-forged-level weapons. The iron armor of the Great Xia soldiers was only torn into a few holes after being attacked by more than a dozen of them.

How is this possible……

"Although we are both at the Hundred Forging Level, the Thunder Kui Armor I wear is different from yours!"

The soldier from the Modao Camp sneered, then suddenly raised his head, swept the Modao in front of him, and then rushed into the iron gate with a roar.

"kill!"

"kill…………"

With the first one, the second one appeared soon. The three hundred soldiers in the front row all held large Mo Dao in their hands. As long as one of them rushed in, he could sweep away a large group of people. As long as they could hold on for three or four breaths without retreating, more Mo Dao would immediately come in from the rear.

Thus, the defeat of Iron Gate began!

After the huge number of soldiers from the Mo Dao Battalion rushed in, they created a space of more than 100 meters behind the iron gate in less than ten minutes. The six soldiers from the Heng Dao Battalion behind them rushed in like a tide without any obstruction.

Pfft…………

Liu Yuan led more than a hundred elite soldiers from the scout battalion and had already cleared the stone platform above the iron gate. He killed the people from the Digging Realm who tried to close the iron gate. Seeing that the soldiers from the nine battalions below had already rushed into the iron gate, he had no more scruples and rushed down with the scout battalion.

"The main gate has been breached. Bai Yuan people, listen carefully. Surrender and you won't be killed!"

After all, Liu Yuan was at the Cold-Resistance Level, so with one charge forward, he could directly sweep away a large group of people. In less than four or five breaths, he rushed to the retreating group of Digging Realm Extremes. While madly reaping the lives of these people with his big knife, he also began to shout to them that he would not kill them if they surrendered.

"Surrender without killing!"

"Surrender without killing!"

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A group of elite scouts also followed him and started shouting with him that they would not be killed if they surrendered, constantly destroying the psychological defenses of the Baiyuan people.

"Where is the leader?"

"Where is the second leader?"

"They are all in the back. Didn't you see? The main building has collapsed."

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Those who were still resisting Bai Yuan were desperate and placed their hopes on their leader Bai Qiuchen. However, after being reminded by someone, they discovered that the top floor of the main building in the middle of the base had collapsed.

Above the collapsed building, there were six figures fighting each other. Two of them were being beaten back. They were the second leader Bai Qiuping and the third leader Wu Ningyuan. Only the first leader Bai Qiuchen seemed to have the upper hand.

But the problem was that the man in black who had just planted the flag on the stone platform was already rushing towards Bai Qiuchen in the main building with a broadsword in his hand.

In other words, Daxia will soon be four against three.

The base was breached, and the cold-resistant class was also completely defeated.

Bai Yuan, it’s over!
Ping…………

I don't know who was the first to drop his weapon, and then the second and third. Except for some die-hard fans who were still expecting some changes on the battlefield in the main building, more and more people began to put down their weapons and knelt down to surrender to the Yunjiao Army soldiers.

"Bai Qiucheng, surrender. The leader didn't take action himself, which means he's giving you a chance. If you continue to be stubborn, you will end up dead."

"Bai Yuan has no grudge against Da Xia, why would he attack my camp?"

"Don't talk nonsense, Bai Qiucheng. Since you want to join Longshan, you have to accept your fate. I ask you again, do you surrender or not?"

"Peng Bo, you are dreaming. Longshan will destroy Daxia sooner or later. Qiuping, Ningyuan, follow me..."

As soon as Bai Qiuchen finished speaking, before Yuwen Tao could get close, two figures on the main building took the opportunity to quickly flee towards the direction of Longshan on the west side.

Only the man who was fighting with Chen Yingba looked a little hesitant, but finally gritted his teeth and put down his weapon.

"My name is Wu Ningyuan. I am willing to surrender. Please show some mercy."

Chen Yingba suddenly stopped, turned to look at Bai Qiuchen and the other man who were running away, shook his head, a hint of helplessness flashing in his eyes.

Not only Chen Yingba, Peng Bo, Wu Tianxing, but also Yuwen Tao who arrived later, all looked helpless when they saw the Bai brothers fleeing.

When Wu Ningyuan happened to see this scene, he thought that those people were helpless because they could not keep the Bai brothers.

But he soon realized that he was extremely wrong.

………………

"The Bai brothers sent their families to Longshan in advance. Wu Ningyuan probably hasn't sent his family away yet, so he had no choice but to surrender."

Not far to the west of Bai Yuan’s base, looking at the Bai brothers who had escaped, Hou Jing immediately bowed to Xia Hong and explained the reason.

"Kill them!"

"I obey my orders."

After Hou Jing bowed and agreed, his eyes lit up and he immediately chased in the direction the two men fled.

Bai Qiucheng has the strength of nine manes, while Bai Qiuping only has six manes. It should not be difficult for Hou Jing, who has fifteen manes, to kill the two, but it would be a bit difficult to capture them alive.

Of course, more importantly, he had no intention of capturing the two men alive.

At the beginning of the attack on Baiyuan, Peng Bo took Wu Tianxing and Chen Yingba and sneaked into Baiyuan to talk to Bai Qiuchen. He disagreed to surrender, so the war started.

The battle in the main building just now had clearly come to an end, but Bai Qiuchen was still stubborn and determined to surrender to Longshan, which made Xia Hong a little annoyed.

What's more, the news about Bai Yuan tonight has to be kept secret for the time being, otherwise if Li Xuanling finds out too early, it will affect the next actions.

"It's just right. We needed to win them over before, so we tried not to kill anyone. Now that Longshan and I have exposed our true intentions, it's time to kill some people to establish our authority. Otherwise, those cold-resistant people in Longyou will really think that Daxia's temper is not as strong as Longshan's!"

After Xia Hong pondered for a moment, he leaped directly towards Bai Yuan and soon arrived at the main building of Bai Yuan.

"Meet the leader!"

"Meet the leader..."

Yuwen Tao, Peng Bo, Chen Yingba, Wu Tianxing and Liu Yuan immediately took the lead in bowing to him. The Yunjiao soldiers who were dealing with prisoners around them also bowed to him respectfully.

"No need to be polite, get up! Hurry up and collect the number of Bai Yuan's Digging Realm captives and control their families."

"I obey my orders!"

Liu Yuan immediately bowed in response and quickly took his soldiers to do it.

The commander-in-chief of the Yunjiao Army is Xia Chuan, but Xia Chuan did not come this time. As the commander of the scout battalion, he can only act as the temporary commander-in-chief and be in charge of all affairs.

"Wu Ningyuan, right? He knows how to surrender, not bad!"

Wu Ningyuan was stunned, not knowing whether Xia Hong was praising him or insulting him. He could only bow his hands and salute him:

"Goodbye..."

bang... bang...

Suddenly, two unknown objects were thrown next to Xia Hong, hitting the ground with two loud noises in succession, interrupting Wu Ningyuan's salute.

Wu Ningyuan, several other cold-resistant-class soldiers, including many people around the main building, all turned their heads to look at Xia Hong.

After seeing the two objects clearly, except for Yuwen Tao, Peng Bo and other people from Daxia who did not show any surprise on their faces, the pupils of Wu Ningyuan and Bai Yuan and other surrendered people suddenly shrank and their faces were full of horror.

The two objects were none other than the Bai brothers who had just escaped.

Bai Qiucheng's chest had completely collapsed, his eyes were wide open, and it was obvious that he was extremely terrified when he was killed;

Bai Qiuping's death was not tragic, but a bit weird. The back of his head was completely broken, obviously he was hit by a stick, but his face looked normal, obviously he had no foreshadowing of his death.

The two leaders died just like that...

Wu Ningyuan had no idea what the others were thinking, but when he looked at the two leaders on the ground whose strength far exceeded his own, he shuddered and immediately knelt down in front of Xia Hong, saying respectfully: "I greet the leader!"

Only now did he understand the helplessness in Peng Bo and others' eyes, including what Xia Hong said next.

If he didn't surrender, he would end up becoming the third corpse on the ground.

"Okay, everyone, get up. Peng Bo, Chen Yingba, Wu Tianxing, the three of you stay around Bai Yuan and don't let anyone leave here. Hou Jing, Yuwen Tao, you two come with me to Zhaoyang. Let's go!"

Hou Jing!

When Wu Ningyuan heard the name, his pupils suddenly froze. He looked up and saw the old man jumping down from the main building. His heart suddenly began to beat violently.

There is a traitor in Zhaoyang, and Hou Jing has defected to Daxia. So what about the five or six thousand people who are passing through Baiyuan to go to Longshan tonight?

Xia Hong still wants to take Hou Jing to Zhaoyang, but Hou Hu is in Longshan now!

Zhaoyang, is it time to change the flag?
Didn’t it say that Li Xuanling brought a large army to block Daxia in a beehive?

What is going on? The Xia army has come to the north and not only captured Baiyuan, but also wants to occupy Zhaoyang. What do they want to do?
Putting aside what Wu Ningyuan was thinking, after Xia Hong took Hou Jing and Yuwen Tao away, Bai Yuan was completely taken over by Liu Yuan.

Peng Bo and the other two took Wu Ningyuan with them and guarded the outskirts of Bai Yuan's base, not allowing anyone to enter or leave at will; Liu Yuan led the Yunjiao Army to continue checking the Digging Realm population and their families in the base, obviously making some preparations.

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After walking for more than ten kilometers along the snowfield in the northeast of Baiyuan, we soon saw the outline of the majestic Beimang Mountain.

"Hiss... Is the height of Beimang Mountain three or four times that of Shuanglong Mountain?"

Unlike Xia Hong, who saw it for the second time, Yuwen Tao saw the magnificent Beimang Mountain for the first time and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

"Although Zhaoyang has lived in Pinggu for decades, no one has ever climbed to the top of Beimang Mountain, so we don't know exactly how high it is. It should be more than 4,000 meters. We are also curious about what is up there."

Even Hou Jing didn’t know it, which shows the mystery of Beimang Mountain.

After thinking for a while, Yuwen Tao said to Xia Hong: "There is Mang Mountain in the north, Shuanglong Mountain in the east, Long Mountain in the west, and Ying River in the south. It can be basically inferred that the overall terrain of Longyou is surrounded by mountains on the east, west and north, and the south is cut off by the water flow of Ying River. If we can control Long Mountain, we can almost hold this entire precious land in our hands. Even if other camps want to plot against Daxia in the future, it will be difficult!"

Upon hearing this, Xia Hong withdrew his gaze from Mount Beimang and showed a hint of admiration towards Yuwen Tao. This was also the thought that came to his mind when he first saw Mount Beimang.

From a geographical point of view, Hongmuling should also belong to Longyou, but because of the arrow bamboo forest separating the two places, it is inconvenient to travel between the two places, so it is divided into two areas.

As Daxia's control over the Arrow Bamboo Forest deepens, the connection between the two places becomes closer and closer. In the foreseeable future, the two places will inevitably be completely integrated.

The waters cannot be entered for the time being. Seizing Longshan is equivalent to taking over the last resource area in Longyou. The entire Longyou area is almost within the territory of Daxia.

At that time, with Mang Mountain in the north, Xing River in the south, Long Mountain in the west and Shuanglong in the east, Daxia was protected by natural moats on all sides and would be the uncrowned king of Longyou. If other camps wanted to attack Daxia, there would be no other way except to attack from the slope on the north bank of Xing River, which was the location they had previously named "Xinggu Pass".

This is a great place to be a rear base!
Obviously, Yuwen Tao also saw this.

There was a gleam of light in Hou Jing's eyes, and he should have seen it.

Xia Hong did not continue to discuss this issue in depth. Seeing that there were only a few kilometers left to Pinggu, he changed the subject and asked Hou Jing: "How many Digging Realm are there in Zhaoyang now?"

Hou Jing immediately replied, "There are a total of 5,700 Diggers in Zhaoyang. After the Blood Guards were destroyed, there were 4,700 left. But among the more than 5,000 people who were sent away last night, there were more than 1,700 Diggers. So now there are only a little over 3,000 Diggers left."

When Hou Jing mentioned that among the more than 5,000 people sent away last night, there were more than 1,700 Digging Realm, his pupils flickered slightly.

Xia Hong also raised his eyebrows and gave him a questioning look.

Hou Jing nodded directly and said, "Don't worry, Chief, I have already arranged it."

"Okay, then I won't say much. Now it's only about two hours until dawn. Time is running out. Go back and gather the three thousand Digging Realm. Put on all the existing weapons and armors in Zhaoyang. Let Hou Xing, Zhang Ying, and Kong Fan lead them to set off to Baiyuan as soon as night falls tomorrow night."

"I obey my orders."

Hou Jing didn't ask anything. He nodded and went straight to the camp.

"Chief, you don't want to..."

Yuwen Tao obviously guessed Xia Hong's next intention. With a look of shock on his face, he couldn't help but speak to him in surprise.

Are they going to attack Longshan directly?
(End of this chapter)