Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 309: Helplessness, loss of popular support, annihilation of the army and new territory
June 26, the 48th year of Longyou
There are still four hours until dawn.

"What else do you want? We can only go this way. The tunnel will get us to Wushuang the fastest. Then we can go back to Longshan via Songyuan from Wushuang. Hopefully, we can get there in four hours."

"If we want to rush to Longshan quickly, we have to take the tunnel."

"We only have about 2,300 people left. We can march faster and take the tunnel to save at least half the time. We can't delay any longer. Let's go, leader!"

"Those high-level frosty beasts haven't finished their march yet. If we don't take the tunnel now and march directly in the open air, once they target us, our entire army will be doomed."

"No more thinking, let's go through the tunnel, Chief!"

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On the northwest side of the hive, Li Xuanling stood at the entrance of the tunnel. Hearing the urging of the group of cold-resistant-level warriors behind him, he clenched his fists, looked struggling, and did not give any orders for a long time.

"Old Four, we can't delay any longer. There is not enough time."

"Let's go!"

Following Li Xuanyan's final urging, Li Xuanling finally gave the order to march reluctantly, but then immediately added: "Xuanping, Xuanqiu, Xuanhong, Jiangping, Mengying, Chengguang, Song Kang, the seven of you will go through the tunnel first and serve as outposts. If there is any problem, give the alarm immediately.

The six seriously injured cold-resistant soldiers will be carried away by the soldiers. The remaining thirty-six cold-resistant soldiers will follow me to patrol the front of the tunnel. If there is any situation, they will immediately give the alarm and let the army withdraw from the tunnel. "

Unlike the Digging Realm, the Cold Resistance Realm is less restricted by the environment. If you concentrate on getting on the road, you can return to Longshan quickly. There is no need to take the tunnel to increase your speed.

Li Xuanling didn't want to take the tunnel in the first place, but now he couldn't persuade the crowd, so he could only settle for the next best thing and order all the cold-resistant soldiers to be on guard in the surrounding area and try their best to ensure the safety of the march along the way.

"I obey my orders!"

Li Xuanping and seven others nodded when they heard the voice, entered the tunnel first and headed forward; the group of cold-resistant soldiers behind them urged the Longyou army soldiers to go in.

In fact, there was no need to urge them at all. The more than 2,300 Longyou soldiers were all eager to return home and quickly entered the tunnel and headed towards Wu Shuang.

"Old Four, send half of the cold-resistant class back to Longshan first. Second Uncle's arm was cut off, Xuan Kong was killed, and we don't know the situation in the garrison!"

"That's right, leader. If what Yuwen Tao said is true, the three families of Yucheng, Songyuan, and Changning rebelled, and Xia Hong gathered Xiling, Baiyuan, Zhaoyang, and Dongkang. That's a total of seven families of Digging Realm, with more than ten thousand people. We can't afford to lose our base. Send half of the Warm-resistant class back first, maybe they can help."

After hearing the proposal from his third brother Li Xuandu and Sun Yan, Li Xuanling asked angrily, "Do you think I didn't expect this?"

She paused, took a deep breath and continued, "Yuwen Tao took the severed arm and the head and deliberately showed them to all the soldiers, clearly trying to force us to withdraw and return to Longshan. Since they have figured it out, will they not make a fuss? The current situation is more dangerous than when we were underground, do you understand?"

After hearing this, the two men's faces froze and they were speechless for a while.

They were not stupid. After withdrawing from underground, they quickly figured out Yuwen Tao's intentions. But the problem was that even if they figured it out, there was nothing they could do.

Like more than 2,000 soldiers in Longyou, their relatives are also in the garrison. The soldiers are worried about their relatives in the distant garrison, and they are worried too.

It doesn’t matter whether Xia Hong broke through Longshan or not. The key is that the severed arms and human heads brought back by Yuwen Tao are indeed real, which is enough reason for them to withdraw.

To take a step back, even if they broke into the beehive and killed all of Xia Chuan's men, in the end their base would be wiped out by Xia Hong, and it would all be in vain in the end.

This is probably the deep reason why Li Xuanling finally agreed to withdraw his troops.

"I have sent Yue Qian to take my second brother back to Longshan to inquire about the situation. They will be able to reply in an hour. Within this hour, let's ensure the safety of our march. If anything goes wrong again, we will really..."

Hearing Li Xuanling's rather solemn tone, Li Xuandu and Sun Yan looked at each other with puzzled expressions on their faces.

"There are only 27 cold-resistant warriors in the Underground Great Xia. We killed three of them and seriously injured 19 of them. There are only 5 cold-resistant warriors left. If they want to ambush us with their 5,000 earth-digging army, they are courting death!"

After Li Xuandu finished speaking, Sun Yan immediately nodded and said, "Leader, what the Third Young Master said is right. Even if they want to make trouble, they don't have the strength to do so. There is no need to be so cautious. Why don't we send some people back to Longshan first?"

Not only Li Xuandu and Sun Yan, but also several cold-resistant-level warriors who had not yet dispersed nearby nodded in agreement with the two's opinions and turned to look at Li Xuanling.

Li Xuanling's expression froze. After looking around at everyone's eyes, he suddenly felt powerless.

She knew exactly what everyone was thinking at the moment. They were simply concerned about the safety of the base and worried that their lair would be taken down by Xia Hong and his men.

She was worried too, but she knew better than ever that if something went wrong at this time, the consequences would be disastrous.

"No, listen to me. No one is allowed to leave until Yue Qian brings back news from Longshan. After we finish walking through the Daxia tunnel, I will immediately send half of the people back to Longshan first!"

Li Xuanling didn't care about the pleading looks from the crowd, and made a decision on his own. Seeing that everyone wanted to speak, he waved his hand to interrupt them and said, "No need to say more, everyone, hurry up and go to the front to be on guard."

Everyone's face was full of hesitation, and several people couldn't help but open their mouths, but when they saw Li Xuanling taking the lead and walking forward, they held back.

"Okay, listen to the leader and go to the front to guard!"

Although Li Xuandu disagreed, he still chose to maintain the authority of leader Li Xuanling and let the others perform their respective duties.

"The tunnel is fast. It will take at most ten minutes to reach Wushuang. Once we get there, the leader will send a group of people back to Longshan first. Let's go!"

Everyone nodded, and finally compromised and dispersed to the front of the tunnel.

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"Here they come, they are from Longshan!"

On a snow hill about seven kilometers northwest of the hive, Chen Ying came galloping from the south and whispered a warning to the three figures hiding behind the snow hill.

"Who's coming?"

"Soldier or cold-resistant level?"

"Could it be Li Xuanling?"

Behind the snow hill, Bai Wuting, Lin Fan and Lu He asked one after another.

The three men, like Chen Ying, held broadswords in their hands and carried a strong bow behind them.

"It's the Cold-Resistant class. Li Xuanling is so smart. He has deployed a large number of Cold-Resistant class tanks on both sides of the straight road to guard against us..."

Upon hearing Chen Ying's words, Bai Wuting's face suddenly darkened.

Five days ago, on the night of the first day of July, they were originally going to guard the Beehive with Yue Feng's 7,000 men. But just after arriving at the Beehive, they received an order from Xia Chuan, asking Bai Wuting to lead the team, and the four of them were to guard the straight road between the Beehive and Wu Shuang.

"I have ordered people to bury a large number of torches on both sides of the straight road at the 7th kilometer, 14th kilometer, and the end. Starting from tonight, if you find a large army walking on the straight road, you must immediately light the torches."

This was the order given by Xia Chuan. The four of them were considered veterans of the camp and were very familiar with the functions of the small torches, so they immediately understood Xia Chuan's intention.

"We have been waiting for five days and ignored all the noise in the hive. We finally got it and we can't let it go to waste. We must find a way!"

As soon as Bai Wuting opened his mouth, the other three nodded heavily.

"The Cold-Proof Class in Longshan are too strong. If they get too close, we will definitely be discovered. A head-on confrontation is not an option. They have sent people to guard both sides of the straight road. We should do nothing in front of them and paralyze them. We should go directly to the end and hide in the four positions with the farthest shooting range. Once the army arrives, we will each find a chance to attack. We have four chances. I don't believe that we won't succeed once. You all understand what I mean, right?"

After Bai Wuting finished speaking, he looked directly at the three people. The three people obviously understood the meaning in his eyes and nodded with heavy expressions.

"it is good!"

After Bai Wuting finished speaking, he led the three people to stay away from the tunnel area as much as possible and headed directly towards the end of the tunnel in the north.

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"The youngest is just too young, too cautious, and afraid of everything. The Daxia gang has been beaten up like this, what else can they do in the tunnel? The most important thing right now is the base, and she is still forcing us not to leave."

At the end of Xia Zhidao, Li Xuanping stood at the exit with an extremely gloomy expression.

Li Xuanqiu, who was standing next to him, was already worried. After hearing what Li Xuanping said, he couldn't help but say, "Father's arm was cut off, and we don't know if he's in trouble yet. I can't do it anymore. I have to go back to Longshan first."

After Li Xuanqiu finished speaking, he actually stood up and prepared to walk towards the west.

"Li Xuanqiu, obey the leader's orders!"

Meng Ying couldn't help but stop her. Li Xuanling had just ordered the seven of them to go into the tunnel ahead of time to survey the situation. The seven of them walked all the way to the exit and didn't find anything unusual. Now they were waiting for the army from the rear to arrive. Li Xuanqiu actually wanted to leave the team and go back to Longshan first. Naturally, he had to dissuade him.

Li Xuanqiu paused, turned around and sneered, "It wasn't her father who had his arm cut off, so she naturally didn't take it seriously. If it was her uncle who had his arm cut off, I wonder if Li Xuanling would still be so calm."

Meng Ying's expression froze, and he fell silent as he looked at Li Xuanqiu and his sister.

He really didn't know what to say. Li Tiancheng, who had one arm broken, was their father. He really couldn't blame them for their reactions at that moment.

"Brother, come with me and let's go back to Longshan first. If we are late and something happens to father, we will regret it for the rest of our lives!"

Li Xuanping stood there with an uncertain expression for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and followed Li Xuanqiu, saying in a deep voice: "Let's go!"

"Xuan Ping, Xuan Qiu, you cannot leave without the leader's order."

Seeing that the two men really started to leave, Meng Ying's face was suddenly filled with anxiety, but no matter how he called out, Li Xuanping and the other man did not look back, and ran directly towards the direction of Longshan on the west side. Soon, only their backs were left.

"Let them go. It's not a bad thing to have two more people to check on the base!"

Hearing Jiang Ping's words, Meng Ying's expression froze slightly. He turned around and found that Li Xuanhong, Cheng Guang and Song Kang did not react at all. He did not say anything more and continued to guard the surroundings with them.

Meng Ying's wife and children are also in Longshan, and he is also worried about the safety of the garrison. Li Xuanping and his sister are willing to bear the crime of disobeying the leader, leave the team, and go back to Longshan first. Even if he does not agree with it rationally, he is happy to see it happen.

Clang...clang...

The hearing ability of the Cold-Proof Level is far superior to that of ordinary people. After just a hundred breaths, Meng Ying and the other four heard the sound of marching coming from the tunnel about two hundred meters behind them. The five people's originally vigilant expressions immediately became much more relaxed.

"I told you, nothing's going to happen."

"Even if Daxia wanted to ambush, they couldn't find anyone to attack."

"All nineteen of Xia Chuan's men are seriously injured. If he dares to bring those seven thousand Digging Realm to ambush us, it will save us a lot of trouble."

Nourishes...

"who!"

Just as Jiang Ping, Li Xuanhong, Cheng Guang and Song Kang were chatting and relaxing, a subtle sound of flame burning was heard. Meng Ying was the first to notice it and turned his head sharply to look towards the north side of the tunnel.

The other four immediately stopped talking and turned to look to the north.

On a snowy night, a cluster of flames suddenly rose more than 200 meters away on the north side.

"Someone?"

"There must be someone there. Let's go and take a look."

"Wait, don't all go, Jiang Ping, you go."

Meng Ying frowned slightly and stopped everyone. Then he signaled Jiang Ping to go alone. The other three also reacted, nodded and stayed where they were.

Jiang Ping, holding a big knife, walked towards the fire with a slight vigilance.

Soon, he was only a hundred meters away from the fire.

whoosh...

At this moment, a black figure suddenly stood up from under the snow behind the flames, raised a huge bow and shot an arrow at Jiang Ping.

Keng...

"Who are you? You're looking for death!"

Jiang Ping's loud shout immediately attracted the attention of Meng Ying and the other three.

“There really is someone.”

"There's a fight going on, go help!"

Just two hundred meters away, Jiang Ping drew his sword and chopped the iron arrow away, then rushed straight up to fight with the man. The four of them saw it clearly, and Li Xuanhong and Cheng Guang, who were more impatient, rushed up directly to help.

Meng Ying and Song Kang stood at the entrance of the tunnel without moving. They looked over there and found that the man in black was knocked away by Jiang Ping in just a few moves. Then he fled directly to the north without waiting for Li Cheng and the others to get close. Their brows suddenly furrowed.

"No, Xuan Hong, Cheng Guang, come back quickly..."

Whoosh……

Suddenly, another iron arrow was shot from more than 200 meters away on the southwest side.

There was obviously something flammable tied to the iron arrow, and it started burning with a sizzling sound in mid-air. Its target was not Meng Ying and Cheng Kang, but the snow on both sides of the end of the tunnel.

"Xuan Hong, Cheng Guang, come back soon!"

Meng Ying, who was interrupted, reacted extremely quickly. After calling the two people back, he ignored the archer and first drew his sword to chop off the arrow, and then chased after the archer.

The moment the man in black fled to the north, Li Xuanhong and Cheng Guang had actually reacted, but they were already more than a hundred meters away from the tunnel entrance.

The speed of the Cold-Proof class is very fast, but that depends on what it is compared to.

Whoosh……

From the northwest, another flaming iron arrow came rushing towards them.

Keng!
The only person who stayed near the tunnel entrance was Song Kang.

He also reacted, first chopping off the iron arrow and then chasing the person who shot the arrow in a straight line.

Meng Ying chased for more than 50 meters and saw the man on the southwest side running away. His brows furrowed. When he turned around and saw Song Kang chasing someone to the other side, his pupils suddenly contracted and he shouted in shock: "Song Kang, don't chase!"

Whoosh……

Benedict!
Due south, the third speeding iron arrow, with no one blocking it, hit directly under the snow on the south side of the tunnel.

Like the previous two, this iron arrow also ignited in mid-air. The flame was obviously extremely tenacious. It finally pierced into the snow on the south side, but it did not go out and continued to burn.

"What do they want to do?"

"What are you shooting rockets at in the snow for?"

"Whatever they do, put out that fire!"

Unlike the others, Meng Ying had already reacted. The four people who had just appeared were obviously deployed in advance. No matter what they wanted to do, being so deliberate was definitely not a good thing for them.

So he rushed directly to the south side of the tunnel and signaled Song Kang, Li Xuanhong and Cheng Guang, who were closer there, to put out the fire quickly.

sizzle sizzle...

However, the four of them were still a little slow.

In other words, the things buried on the south side of the tunnel are too easy to ignite.

A slight crackling sound was heard, and the four people were stunned.

boom…………

Flames shot up from the snow that had just been shot, and instantly engulfed the tunnel exit. Then they spread to the north side of the tunnel, and burned hundreds of meters to the north.

boom…………

Judging from the order of burning and the scale of the flames which were more than ten meters high, a large amount of flammable materials had obviously been buried in advance on the north and south sides of the tunnel.

"what happened!"

"Is there a fire ahead?"

"Just break the tunnel. The army just happened to arrive. It's okay."

"What's there to be afraid of if there's a fire? We just happened to be here."

…………

The moment the flames started, the Longshan Cold-Proof Class above the tunnel and the army in the tunnel that was about to reach the exit immediately noticed it at the same time.

Li Xuanling and the Yu Han-class who were on guard in the distance rushed over immediately. After seeing the flames rising into the sky, their expressions changed slightly, and then they ordered the army to break out of the tunnel directly.

"Meng Ying, what's going on with the fire? Why are there only four of you left?"

Fortunately, the army is fine, it was just an ordinary fire...

Meng Ying didn't see what happened. He was feeling lucky at the moment. When he heard Li Xuanling's question and was about to answer, he suddenly -

Roar………

A huge roar came from the north, and everyone turned to look.

Li Xuandu was startled, and subconsciously asked, "Didn't the high-level cold beast withdraw from the hive? Why is it back?"

Roar…Roar…

Boom boom boom boom boom...

Dozens of roars were heard one after another, the ground began to tremble, and the entire snowfield seemed to begin to roar. Li Xuanling, Meng Ying, and the surrounding cold-resistant level warriors all changed their expressions instantly.

"Fire, fire, this fire is just like the holy tripod of Daxia. It can also attract cold beasts. Go put out the fire, put out the fire, quickly..."

Meng Ying was the first to react, and he roared and signaled others to put out the fire.

After hearing what Meng Ying said, Li Xuanling quickly understood. Her expression suddenly changed. Looking at the Yuhan-class who had already started trying to put out the fire, her expression instantly became extremely ugly. She shouted angrily in a deep voice: "It can't be put out. Hurry up and lead the army into Wu Shuang's camp, quickly!"

Da Xia not only buried flammable materials on both sides of the tunnel, they even spread the flammable materials fifty to sixty meters on both sides. So at this moment, the fire had spread for more than a hundred meters. It was impossible to put it out in a short time.

The key point is that the ground shaking is getting stronger and stronger!
“Run, run…”

Li Xuanling turned around and shouted to the army, his tone full of urgency.

Bang bang bang bang…………

Several small animal shadows suddenly came running from four directions. Although it was night, the fire at the tunnel exit was too bright. More than 40 cold-resistant soldiers from Longshan, including some Longyou soldiers who had just broken through the tunnel, saw it clearly. Their bodies trembled violently and their faces turned pale instantly.

"A cold beast, it's a high-level cold beast!"

"Not only that, look behind, there are many intermediate-level cold beasts..."

"It's a beast tide, run!"

"How could there be a beast tide? This place is only two kilometers away from Wushuang, and this is not Longshan. How could a fire lead to a beast tide? How is it possible?"

"The cold beasts that were attracted from the underground of the beehive just now haven't gone far yet."

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squeak...

The soldiers' exclamations were interrupted by a rat that suddenly emerged from the ground. The rat's body was less than half a meter long, its head was more than ten centimeters wide, and it had a half-meter-long fleshy tail hanging from its back. Its back was covered with a layer of hair as soft as golden silk, and its pair of bloodthirsty red pupils were staring at the fire.

There were four or five sword wounds on the rat's back. Judging from the fact that the wounds were bleeding and the skin was turned outward, it was obvious that they were cut just now.

"There are injuries on his body. It's from that high-level rat underground just now!"

Li Xuanling recognized the rat at a glance. It was the one that appeared when he was talking to Xia Chuan underground just now. Then countless thoughts flashed through his mind one after another: shock, regret, anger, frustration... Various emotions intertwined together, and his whole body was shaking slightly with anger.

Squeak, squeak, squeak... Roar...

The rat, for unknown reasons, did not rush towards the fire this time. Instead, it turned its head and stared at the Longyou soldiers near the fire. After a few slight squeaks, it suddenly opened its mouth and roared.

As it roared, its originally small body quickly expanded. In just three or four breaths, it turned into a giant golden-backed rat with a body length of fifteen meters.

The two sharp claws on its chest alone were half a meter long, and when put together they looked like six sharp daggers; it still maintained a semi-upright standing posture like a rodent, and its agile hind legs were well-muscled, able to carry this 15-meter body, which showed the terrifying power contained in it; the golden hair on its back was all crisscrossed and erected, like sharp golden thorns inserted into its back, which was chilling.

"Why are you still in a daze? Run, run!"

Seeing that a large number of soldiers were frightened and stood there in a daze, Li Xuan couldn't help but shout loudly, signaling them to run quickly to the Wu Shuang Jushi base two kilometers away to the northwest.

"Run quickly, big brother, third brother, Meng Ying, all the cold-resistant level, come with me to stop the cold beasts and let the army run first!"

Li Xuanling had already drawn out his sword and rushed over, because after the rat turned into a combat form, it actually attacked the Longyou soldiers around the fire.

The strength of an army composed of those at the top of the Digging Realm is certainly beyond doubt, but it depends on who its opponent is. If intermediate-level cold beasts come, as long as the number is not too large, it is not impossible to kill them all if the beasts are well-managed, let alone resist.

But high-level cold beasts are a completely different matter.

There is no need for too many. Even if it is a high-level cold beast, the army can only run away.

The reason is very simple. The high-level cold beasts are too big in size and their defense is too strong. If the strength is no more than that of the mane, they cannot be hurt at all. In addition, the innate skills of most cold beasts seem to be naturally prepared for large-scale killings. Therefore, when the army encounters a high-level cold beast, it can only run. Moreover, the larger the number of people in the army, the faster they have to run.

This is the reason why you can only hunt high-level cold beasts at the cold-resistance level.

Just look at the Longyou soldiers standing in front of the rat at this moment, and you will understand!

With one charge, the golden-backed rat was able to knock away a large number of soldiers. Its speed, strength and physique allowed it to completely crush the Longyou soldiers. Using its claws and hind legs, countless soldiers' bodies were instantly cut into pieces. In less than three or four breaths, it had dispersed all the hundreds of Longyou soldiers who had walked out of the tunnel earlier.

"Ah, help!"

"Run."

"Run, run towards Wu Shuang."

"I can't run away. The cold beasts have surrounded this place. Run in another direction. As long as I can get out, it'll be fine."

"Help, chief, sir, save me."

Puff…Puff…

For a moment, the entire tunnel exit was in chaos, and the scattered Longyou soldiers all became headless flies. Cries for help, wailing, and screams filled the air, accompanied by flames shooting up into the sky. The situation was completely out of control.

Shhhhhhhhhh

Although Li Xuanyan rushed forward with several Cold-Resistant Class soldiers to stop it, the rat had no idea what it had been through and was extremely murderous towards them. Even though it was blocked by the Cold-Resistant Class soldiers, it still shot blood from its eyes and continued to slaughter the soldiers below.

"This rat is crazy. It just wants fire, why is it killing people?"

"No, Old Four, I can't stop it."

"More than half of the people are still in the tunnel and can't get out. The high-level cold beasts on all sides have already surrounded us, and there is a large group of low- and medium-level cold beasts behind us."

"The fire is getting bigger, Chief."

"Leader..."

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"It's over, it's over, it's over..."

Li Xuanling looked at the Longyou soldiers being slaughtered at the exit of the tunnel, tears kept falling from her eyes, her expression was extremely bleak. She seemed not to hear the shouts of Meng Yingchengguang and others, but just kept murmuring in a low voice that it was over.

"Chief, wake up quickly, it's too late to regret now!"

"Chief, make a decision quickly!"

"Old Four, keep the green..."

Li Xuandu's call of "Old Four" finally woke Li Xuanling up.

He obviously felt that the next sentence he was going to say was not suitable to be shouted out loud, so he stopped immediately after saying only three words and just turned to look at Li Xuanling.

Li Xuanling's face was full of hesitation and struggle. She knew what Li Xuandu's eyes meant. He simply wanted her to order all the cold-resistant class to escape.

Of course they can escape, but what about the soldiers in Longyou?
"There's no other way, Lao Si. We can't stop so many cold beasts even if we fight to the death. Look behind you and don't hesitate any longer."

Li Xuandu finally couldn't help it and spoke directly to make things clear.

Li Xuanling turned around and looked around. Seeing more and more cold beasts outside, he clenched his fists and raised his head and shouted: "Break out to the west!"

Li Xuanyan, Li Xuandu, Li Xuanhong, including many Li family's cold-resistant class, almost all stopped fighting with the cold army at the first opportunity, and then quickly gathered together and broke out to the west at the same time.

Meng Ying, Jiang Ping, Cheng Guang, Song Kang and other soldiers from other families who were in the cold-resistant class looked at the Longyou soldiers near the tunnel with a trace of pity in their faces, but after hesitating for a moment, they still ran towards the west.

"No, don't abandon us, Chief, save me!"

"Sir, you can't let us go. We will all die here."

"Help, Chief, Chief, save us."

"I am also a descendant of the Li family. Please save me, Third Uncle."

"Don't abandon us, Chief!"

"You beasts, you shall not die well."

"Li Xuanling, you are as timid as a mouse, how can you be a leader?"

"Bitch, you beasts, you can't get away."

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The moment Li Xuanling gave up, the fate of the Longyou soldiers was not difficult to imagine. All the cold-resistant soldiers had run away. Facing the cold beasts, the more than 2,000 of them were like lambs to be slaughtered.

Facing death, some begged desperately, some cursed, some cursed all the forty or so cold-resistant soldiers, and some even directed their anger directly at the leader Li Xuanling...

No matter how they react, they cannot change the current deadlock.

With more than forty cold-resistant-level warriors attacking at the same time, it was easy to break out. Li Xuanling quickly led everyone out of the beast tide circle and ran all the way to the vicinity of Wu Shuang Boulder Station before he dared to stop and look back to the southeast.

Bang bang bang…………

Seeing more and more cold beasts rushing to the location of the fire, Li Xuanling's tears kept streaming down her cheeks, and her expression became more bleak and desperate.

Li Xuanyan, Li Xuandu, and the surrounding cold-resistant-class soldiers were looking at the direction of the fire at this moment, with expressions of shame, guilt, anger, despair... A variety of emotions were intertwined, and their moods were obviously complicated to the extreme.

"Those four bastards are from Daxia."

"It was obvious that they came prepared. The four of them had a plan. They first attracted our attention and then waited for an opportunity to use rockets to ignite the target."

"It's a pity that Xuan Ping and Xuan Qiu are gone. If they were still here, maybe..."

"Daxia, it's all Daxia's fault. They forced us to withdraw. They knew we would take the tunnel, so they had already buried these things that attract cold beasts inside."

"This is Longshan's last fortune. We must take revenge. We must seek revenge on the two Xia Hong brothers, kill them, and destroy Da Xia."

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Li Xuanling had a gloomy look on her face, and she paid no attention to the quarrel among the crowd. She even ignored the Li Xuanping siblings mentioned by Meng Ying, and the four people from Da Xia who had just set the fire. Although she knew what was going on as soon as she heard it, she still didn't pursue anything. It was obvious that she was extremely desperate at the moment.

"Old Four, don't be like this. The destruction of the Longyou Army is a fait accompli. Let's not think about it anymore. We still have Longshan. There are only about 40 of us who are cold-resistant. Let's go back to the base and check the situation!"

"That's right. The base should not have been breached by the Xia army yet. Let's go back first."

………………

Hearing about Longshan, Li Xuanling finally perked up a little. After turning around and looking around at everyone, he clenched his fists and forced himself to cheer up.

"Go back and take a look first."

After saying that, she led everyone and headed towards Longshan Mountain in the west.

Including Li Xuanling, no one looked back at the direction of the fire behind them, but just kept rushing towards Longshan.

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"This Li Xuanling is really cruel. He just said he didn't want more than 2,300 Longyou soldiers. Looking at the size of these cold beasts, I'm afraid that few of them will survive."

“Ahem… That’s not cruel. There are indeed too many high-level cold beasts. Even if she led those 40 or so cold-resistant beasts to fight desperately, she couldn’t save many. So she guessed that reason prevailed!”

Hearing Yuwen Tao's joke on a snow hill five kilometers away from the east side of the fire, Xia Chuan coughed twice, then chuckled and said something for Li Xuanling.

Yuwen Tao shook his head and said, "This Li Xuanling is smart, but she is too rational. I remember that she has done this twice. With such a leader, it is not surprising that Longshan has lost the support of the people."

"It's a pity for these two thousand Longyou soldiers. They are all good seedlings at the top of the Digging Realm. Tsk tsk... cough..."

Chen Yingyuan next to him couldn't help but speak. His injuries were no less serious than Xia Chuan's, and he started coughing after saying a few words.

"No matter how good the seedlings in Longshan are, they are useless to us. They killed more than 2,000 of our brothers underground. Now they are paying off their debts. It's not unfair!"

A hint of coldness flashed in Xia Chuan's eyes, and then he turned his gaze away from the fire and looked at the row of people standing behind him, his face full of smiles.

On the snow hill, not only the three of them, but almost all of Da Xia's cold-resistant soldiers in the beehive were present, and Bai Wuting and his four companions who had just set the fire were also there.

"All the remaining belongings in Longshan were taken away in one fell swoop. You four have made great contributions this time. When we meet the leader, I will personally recommend you for the credit."

"Thank you Si Cheng!"

Bai Wuting and the other three immediately bowed and saluted, their expressions becoming increasingly excited.

Their contribution this time was indeed great, but of course, the price they paid was not small.

Lin Fan, who was the first to start a fire on the north side and attracted the attention of the five people from Longshan, had his right arm cut off by Jiang Ping. Fortunately, a big fire broke out in the end, so Jiang Ping dared not continue to chase him, otherwise he would definitely die in the end.

Xia Chuan turned his head and looked at the empty sleeve on Lin Fan's left side, his expression slightly changed and he said:

"Don't worry, Lin Fan. My puppet thread should be able to reconnect the severed limb. I have been experimenting on Shi Qing recently. Please preserve the severed limb. I will be the first to notify you when it is ready."

Lin Fan's right arm was cut off, and he looked gloomy and obviously in low spirits. When he heard Xia Chuan's words, he looked up suddenly, and his eyes were suddenly filled with hope.

Xia Chuan did not lie to him. Shi Qing was Shi Ping's father, the former leader of the Dashi camp. All the tendons and veins in his body were pierced by the threads of the wooden puppet, making him basically a cripple and unable to practice.

Firstly, it was Shi Ping's constant begging, and secondly, it was also Xia Chuan's own attempt. Since silk threads could connect and control puppets, he also wanted to try whether he could use silk threads to connect the tendons and veins, so he had been using Shi Qing for experiments. Shi Qing wanted to recover his body, so of course he cooperated very well.

Xia Chuan was not trying to comfort Lin Fan. He only said this because there were some signs of trouble recently.

"Okay, now that the Longyou Army is gone, there's no need for us to rush out of the Hive. This beast tide won't last long. Let's go back and reorganize the army!"

Everyone's expressions brightened slightly when they heard this. They all learned from Yuwen Tao that the leader had led the army to break through Longshan, so they immediately realized the reason why Xia Chuan reorganized the army.

"The total population of Longshan is more than 130,000. Right now, there are eight Digging Realm families mixed together, and seven of them are surrendered soldiers. It's a mixed bag. We only have the Yunjiao Army there. It will be difficult for the leader to control the situation. Tomorrow night, I will personally lead the 6,000 people of the Beehive to Longshan to assist the leader!"

The entire Longshan army was wiped out, and there was no longer any force in the entire Longyou that could threaten Daxia, so Xiachuan could naturally let go.

After he finished speaking, he frowned and turned around to give an order:
"Li Xuanling's gang is also rushing to Longshan. To prevent them from causing trouble for the leader, Yuwen Sizheng, you take Yue Feng, Bai Wuting, Ying Yi, Lu He, Zou Yuankai, Chen Ying, Lu Sheng, Tong Xinglong, Li Yuankun, and Xiao Kangcheng and set off directly to Longshan to help."

"I obey my orders!"

Yuwen Tao and the other ten people who were named immediately bowed and nodded.

It was a bit helpless. Even though Longshan was defeated, they still had more than forty cold-resistant level soldiers. But now he could only send eleven people to help Xia Hong. Obviously, the number of cold-resistant level soldiers in Daxia was still too small.

But Xia Chuan really had no other choice. Yue Feng, Lu Sheng, Tong Xinglong, Li Yuankun and Xiao Kangcheng were the five people who had suffered the least serious injuries in the underground of the beehive.

Bai Wuting, Lu He and Chen Ying were staring at the tunnel and did not participate in the hive defense battle; Ying Yi and Zou Yuankai had just come from Xiacheng to provide support.

He sent out almost all the cold-resistant soldiers he could.

"By the way, Si Cheng, where is Li Xuantian?"

When Yuwen Tao was about to set off, he suddenly remembered what Xia Hong had told him when he came back from Longshan, and he quickly turned around to ask Xia Chuan.

Xia Chuan was startled when he heard this, then he remembered something, his face changed slightly, and he said to Yu Wentao in a shocked voice: "Hurry back to the ground of the Beehive, I have asked people to carry the Holy Cauldron out, you eleven people quickly send the Holy Cauldron to Longshan, the leader may be in danger."

Ever since the Holy Cauldron in the underground of the Beehive was ignited, Li Xuantian seemed to have disappeared. Xia Chuan then remembered that he had not appeared for a long time, and he did not seem to be among the group of people that Li Xuanling had just escaped with.

It is certain that Li Xuantian is controlled by Bai Lugui. The only thing he is most likely afraid of is the Holy Tripod. Knowing that the Holy Tripod is hidden in the hive, it is not difficult to guess what he will do.

Yuwen Tao also reacted. His face changed with shock, and he quickly led Yue Feng and ten others to rush towards the Beehive, preparing to send the Holy Tripod to Longshan.

"The leader is so strong, nothing will happen."

"We can't even kill Bai Lugui, so how can we dream of killing him?"

"The leader is extremely powerful, Si Cheng doesn't need to worry."

...............

Seeing that Xia Chuan's face was full of worry, Yuan Cheng and others spoke to comfort him.

It can't be said to be a relief. Judging from the confident tone of Yuan Cheng and others, they obviously believe in their hearts that Xia Hong will not be in any danger.

After hearing what everyone said, and remembering the strength Xia Hong had shown in previous attacks, Xia Chuan's nervous mood immediately eased a lot.

"That's right. That Bai Lugui couldn't do anything to us even in the underground of the Hive. If he dares to attack Big Brother, he is courting death."

After Xia Chuan finished speaking, he waved his hand and said, "Alright, I'll go and reorganize the army, and you can all go and recover from your injuries! Before nightfall tomorrow, if your injuries are well, you can come with me to Longshan to see the new territory conquered by the leader!"

Upon hearing these words, Yuan Cheng and others immediately became excited.

The new territory is not just Longshan!

According to the news brought back by Yuwen Tao, the four families of Zhaoyang, Baiyuan, Xiling and Dongkang have all surrendered, the three families of Yucheng have rebelled, and now the only Longshan is on the verge of destruction, with only Li Xuanling and his forty-odd stray dogs left.

This means that the entire Longyou has basically become the territory of Daxia.

More than 13,000 square kilometers.

This is the new territory!
(End of this chapter)