Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 312: The Gambler at the End, Li's Final Song [Please Subscribe and Ticket]

As the day came, the biting cold light sprinkled on the earth, and a condensed cold air immediately swept across the entire land. More than 100,000 people in the base quickly hid in their houses and started to make fires to keep warm.

What Hou Jing said, that the garrison would be peaceful at daybreak, did make sense.

Because people below the cold-resistance level cannot withstand the severe cold during the day.

No matter how many of the more than 100,000 people in the garrison are loyal to the Li family and want to create unrest, at least they can't do anything during the day.

With Xia Hong's order, Hou Jing did not dare to rest casually. He divided the entire base into nine areas. He was responsible for the area near the main building in the middle, and the other eight areas were handed over to eight other Cold-Resistant Level soldiers, each with a thousand Digging Level soldiers to watch over them.

Of course, those at the Digging Realm can only hide in the house during the day. Only Hou Jing and his nine Cold Resistance Realm masters will come out to patrol from time to time.

There are tens of thousands of houses in the garrison where more than 100,000 people live. The range that Hou Jing and his nine companions can patrol is naturally extremely limited, so they can only walk around the main roads or the outskirts of the houses at most. As long as there are no obvious signs of unrest, they will not interfere.

Just as the entire station fell into silence, an extremely fierce quarrel was taking place in a basement more than 200 meters away from the North District dungeon.

"Xia Hong was injured so badly that even the main building is not allowed to approach. What is there to hesitate about? Apart from him, only Peng Bo and Yuwen Tao are strong. The other cold-resistant level soldiers are not very strong. The Yunjiao Army and the Digging Realm Army are unable to display their strength during the day. This is such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I don't know what you are afraid of?"

Although Li Xuanping tried to lower his voice, the excitement and excitement in his tone still reached the ears of the others in the basement.

But even so, there was still hesitation in the eyes of most people.

Of course, there were still a few people who showed obvious resistance on their faces.

Meng Ying was one of them. He sneered and said:

"Didn't you see the strength Xia Hong showed? Bai Lu... Li Xuantian's six men are all stronger than the leader. Even they failed just now. If we go there, we will be courting death."

Jiang Ping couldn't help but nodded and said, "That's right, even though he is seriously injured, we don't know how much strength he can exert!"

Sun Yan followed closely behind: "Song Kang, Cheng Guang, and Yue Qian have all been captured. We only have 47 people left now, and six of them are seriously injured, so there are only 41 people left.

Judging from the strength Xia Hong just showed, with more than 20 cold-resistant-level guards protecting him, he only exerted 30% to 40% of his combat power, so we have no chance."

The three people's rebuttal made Li Xuanping furious.

Li Xuanqiu next to him was shaking with anger, and he shouted angrily: "Xia Hong is so seriously injured, how can he exert 30% to 40% of his combat power? I think you are just afraid of death and you are eager to hand over our Longshan to others."

Hearing Li Xuanping's angry rebuke, Meng Ying and the other two suddenly froze in expression. Sun Yan couldn't help but sneered, "I don't know which two idiots they are. They were so anxious to return to Longshan first, but ended up causing the Longyou Army to be annihilated. Now they accuse us of being greedy for life and afraid of death."

Hearing Sun Yan's words, Li Xuanping and his sister's faces turned red instantly. They hesitated for a long time and couldn't say a word of rebuttal.

They all knew that the exit of the Wushuang Tunnel was set on fire by the people of Daxia, which attracted a tide of beasts and eventually led to the annihilation of the Longyou Army.

According to Meng Ying, there were only four people from Daxia in ambush at that time, and there were seven of them guarding the tunnel entrance at first. If the two of them had not disobeyed orders and ran back to Longshan early, resulting in a shortage of manpower and the enemy's success, the beast tide might have been avoided and the Longyou Army would not have been wiped out.

Having committed such a huge mistake, the two were too embarrassed to say anything.

"Xuan Ping and Xuan Qiu, are you sure that Second Uncle, Xuan Cheng, Xuan Ying, and Yuan Long are not imprisoned in the dungeon?"

The scene was stagnant for a long time, and finally Li Xuandu broke the silence.

Hearing this question, Li Xuanling turned around and looked at Li Xuanping and the others.

Li Xuanping nodded quickly and said, "It is certain that the first few disturbances last night were caused by Xuanqiu and I. We took advantage of the chaos to sneak into the dungeon to look for them. In the dungeon, apart from more than 7,000 Diggers, there were some Li family members. My father and his four people, as well as our immediate family members, were all gone. I asked the people in the dungeon, and they said that these people should have been captured by Daxia and controlled in the main building."

Hearing this, Li Xuandu's expression instantly became much gloomier.

Li Xuanling simply closed his eyes, a look of despair flashing across his face.

Just think about it, these are the bargaining chips that can control them. How could a smart man like Xia Hong not hold them tightly in his hands and watch them closely?

“Two roads!”

Seeing that Li Xuanling said nothing at this moment, Li Xuandu finally couldn't help but speak. After saying these three words, he continued:
"First, surrender to Daxia and save your life and that of your family!"

Upon hearing the surrender, Meng Ying and other non-Chinese Yu Han-class soldiers all showed signs of being tempted, but they did not express their opinions. Instead, they looked at Li Xuanling first.

The Li family members were more direct. Li Xuanping's face was full of resistance, and he asked directly: "What about the second one?"

"bet!"

Li Xuandu took a deep breath and continued, "I bet Xia Hong is seriously injured. I bet we can really succeed in assassinating him. Hou Jing, Yu Bin, and Dong Zhong have not been in Daxia for long. Right now, the order in the garrison is maintained by the 10,000 Digging Realm under these three men. As long as we can succeed in assassinating them, it shouldn't be difficult to persuade these three to defect. By then, Daxia will only have the dozen or so Cold-Resistant Class and more than 600 Cloud Dragon Army left. It won't be difficult to capture them."

When the Li family's children heard this, their expressions immediately became excited.

According to Li Xuandu, as long as they succeeded in assassinating Xia Hong and recovered Longshan, all their previous failures would be made up for.

"What if I lose the bet?"

The brother and sister Li Xuanping became more and more excited the more they thought about it. Just when they couldn't help but speak, Li Xuanling, who had been silent for a long time, poured a basin of cold water on everyone.

Li Xuandu's expression was slightly condensed. He turned his head and looked at everyone, whispering, "Then we don't even have the chance to surrender. Xia Hong must have seen through Bai Lugui's assassination just now. We deliberately condoned it. If he fails again, then our Longshan Li family will really be at the end of the road. At that time, Xia Hong will have the final say on whether we live or die."

Li Xuanling obviously knew the answer. She turned around and looked at the Li family members on her left. She felt a little powerless and said with a sad face:
"To gamble or not, tell me what you think!"

Faced with this question, even the twenty-seven Li clan members fell silent instantly, not to mention the fourteen outsiders such as Meng Ying who were at the Yu Han level.

If you choose to gamble, you will have to risk your entire life and property, including your loved ones.

Faced with this question, no one dares to give a casual answer.

This was also the case with Li Xuanping. He seemed to have come up with a good idea, and his expression brightened. He said, "Leader, if we can persuade Hou Jing, Yu Bin, and Dong Zhong to rebel, and let them release the more than 7,000 Diggers in the dungeon, plus the 10,000 people they have, wouldn't it be easy to destroy Daxia?"

"Yup!"

"Makes sense."

"That's a good idea."

………………

Seeing that the Li family members were becoming increasingly excited and actually thought that Li Xuanping's suggestion was feasible, Li Xuanling turned his back in awe.

"How can we persuade Hou Jing and the other two to rebel? Tell me."

Meng Ying couldn't stand it anymore and asked Li Xuanping directly with a joking tone.

Li Xuanping was stunned for a moment, and replied: "Supplies, spiritual medicine, territory... we can just give whatever we have, isn't it?"

"Do we have these things now?"

The entire Longshan Mountain, and more broadly speaking, the entire Longyou, is now in the hands of Daxia, and they can't get anything out at all.

Although he understood Meng Ying's intention, Li Xuanping still had some hope and continued, "We can promise Hou Jing and the other two that as long as Longshan is recovered, we will divide the entire Longyou into four parts and govern them together."

"Well, this condition is indeed a bit tempting, but..."

Meng Ying suddenly changed the subject and asked in a low voice, "Is this called a condition? Can you guarantee the success of the assassination? If you can't guarantee it, it's just empty talk. Why would someone gamble with you on their life and property?"

When Li Xuanping and other Li family members heard this question, their expressions froze, and it was obvious that they had realized what was going on.

"We have no possibility of inciting the three to defect. Of course, judging from the situation of Xia Hong's assassination just now, Hou Jing and his three men and the 10,000 Digging Realm under their command do have a great possibility of defecting, but this is based on the premise that we can successfully assassinate Xia Hong..."

Li Xuandu took over Meng Ying's words. After he finished speaking, he continued to look at the group of cold-resistant level players in front of him and continued to ask: "So, do you want to gamble or not?"

"bet!"

Li Xuanping's desires finally overwhelmed his rationality, and he was the first to speak out. He turned around and looked at the group of Yu Han-level warriors behind him and said, "Right now, there is almost no formed force in the entire Longyou. As long as we can kill Xia Hong, we can not only turn the tables and recover Longshan, but we can also use this momentum to unify Longyou..."

Li Xuanqiu followed the second person and said, "After the cleanup, we can still fight to Hongmu Ridge and seek revenge on Daxia, or even annex them. I agree to bet on this one."

Li Xuanhong was also tempted and said, "That's right. We have too many cold-resistant soldiers in the Li family. Even if we surrender, Xia Hong will be wary of us. It will be hard to live under someone else's command in the future. Instead of doing that, we might as well give it a try!"

"The leader said that Longshan has destiny. I believe I can win the bet!"

"bet!"

"I agree."

………………

Not only the twenty-seven Li clan members, but also Yang Fengping and two external relatives of the imperial family all spoke in agreement and decided to give it a try.

Meng Ying, Jiang Ping, Sun Yan, and the eight people behind them remained silent, and everyone's attention soon focused on the eleven people.

"Boss, I am not..."

"No need to say more, don't worry, I won't force you!"

Meng Ying looked guilty and was about to speak, but was interrupted by Li Xuanling who raised his hand.

"You eleven will just wait here for the result! If it succeeds, I will send someone to notify you immediately. If it fails... you can go and surrender to Da Xia on your own. It shouldn't be difficult to save the lives of your families."

Li Xuanling's words undoubtedly made Meng Ying and others feel even more guilty.

"Okay, now that we've decided to give it a try, let's get ready!"

Li Xuanling did not look at Meng Ying and the others. He just walked to the back and lifted up a piece of iron plate under the ground. There was a secret passage under the iron plate that could just accommodate one person.

She didn't just hide in this basement with everyone.

This basement was built by his father and his men when Longshan was a child. The secret passage inside can just lead to the underground of the main building.

"Peng Bo, Liu Yuan, Yuwen Tao and the other eleven people, Xia Hong now has at least thirteen cold-resistant-level soldiers around him, plus the more than six hundred Yunjiao soldiers. The main building has a lot of defensive forces. It is not easy to successfully approach Xia Hong, so we must first formulate a foolproof plan..."

As Li Xuanling laid out the plan step by step, unlike the other Li family members who were becoming more and more excited as they listened, Li Xuandu apparently realized something. A hint of surprise appeared in his eyes, and he quietly looked up at Li Xuanling.

Only now did he realize why Li Xuanling had brought everyone to hide in this special basement.

She had already decided to assassinate Xia Hong.

Now that the decision has been made, why should the Li family members take the initiative to speak?
After a terrible guess emerged in Li Xuandu's mind, his expression immediately became much darker, his mouth opened slightly, but in the end he said nothing.

………………

Like other buildings in the base, the four-story Longshan main building also has its doors and windows closed at this moment.

However, the light source inside the building is obviously much greater than that in other buildings. From the thick smoke emitted from the chimney on the top floor, it can be roughly seen that the number of coal stoves used for heating in the building is definitely several times more than that in other buildings.

This was indeed the case. Although all the doors and windows were closed, and some light-transmitting areas were covered with animal skin tarpaulins, the interior of the main building was extremely bright under the illumination of countless coal stoves and was not dark at all.

In the entire main building, there is a guard post every five steps and a sentry every ten steps. Everywhere is filled with Yunjiao soldiers wearing light golden armor. There are also three special cold-resistant soldiers on each floor who are responsible for patrolling everywhere.

Xia Hong's serious injury obviously made everyone in Da Xia nervous.

Normally, daytime is the time for the people of Bingyuan to rest, but at this moment, whether it is the Yunjiao soldiers on guard or the Yuhan-class soldiers patrolling everywhere, their minds are extremely focused and their expressions are extremely vigilant. Any slight movement will attract their attention.

"Lao Tong, I think we haven't seen the leader get injured so badly before, right?"

After inspecting the first floor, Zou Yuankai returned to the stairs and couldn't help but talk to Tong Xinglong.

Tong Xinglong looked solemn and nodded, "I have indeed never seen it. When the leader was in the Digging Realm, he hunted a mid-level cold beast and didn't suffer such a serious injury." "I just went to the top floor to see. The leader was covered in blood and seemed to be unable to stand steadily. I heard that Liu Yuan carried him up in the end. Is Bai Lugui really that strong?"

"Didn't you hear what Yuwen Sizheng said? That Bai Lugui controlled six people, all of whom were very powerful. In addition, Hou Jing and his men failed to come to the rescue, and the Yunjiao Army was a little slow to react, which is why the leader was so badly injured."

As soon as Tong Xinglong finished speaking, Zou Yuankai immediately sneered twice: "Yuwen Sizheng has already asked the Yunjiao soldiers present. Among the people present when the leader was assassinated, except for Liu Yuan and Peng Bo, Wu Tianxing, Dong Zhong, and Hou Xing did not rush forward at the first time. The rest of the Digging Realm were so scared that they retreated again and again. No one dared to go up. No wonder the leader only let Liu Yuan and Peng Bo escort him to the main building, and let the Yunjiao soldiers watch and not let anyone get close. I think Hou Jing and his gang are guilty."

Xiao Kangcheng, who had just returned from his inspection, happened to hear what Zou Yuankai said. He couldn't help but ask curiously, "Brother Zou, do you mean that the leader will investigate the mistakes of these people later?"

"Brother Xiao!"

"Brother Xiao is back."

Seeing Xiao Kangcheng coming back, Tong and Zou hurriedly bowed to him.

The three of them are responsible for patrolling the first floor.

Zou Yuankai thought for a moment and replied, "I don't know whether the leader will pursue the matter himself, but when Lord Si Cheng arrives, he will definitely pursue it."

When Xiao Kangcheng heard the answer, he immediately nodded.

He still has a certain understanding of his son-in-law.

Xia Chuangui is the chief secretary and is in charge of almost all affairs in the camp. If he encounters difficulties in handling other matters, he might try to make concessions, but once Xia Hong is involved, he will show no mercy.

Unless Xia Hong speaks up himself, no one else's advice will be of any use.

Moreover, among the hundreds of thousands of people in Daxia now, he is probably the one who respects and is most fanatical about Xia Hong.

When Xia Chuan arrived at Longshan and learned that Xia Hong was seriously injured and almost died, his reaction was not difficult to imagine.

Not to mention Hou Jing, Wu Tianxing, Hou Xing and Dong Zhong, the other nine who dared to hesitate when Xia Hong was assassinated, even the Yunjiao Army, Liu Yuan and Peng Bo who were slow to move forward would most likely be reprimanded.

"Hou Jing, Yu Bin, Dong Zhong and the other six had just joined Daxia, so I can understand their hesitation, but it was really wrong for Wu Tianxing and Chen Yingba.

Wu Tianxing betrayed the Beehive and served as a spy for Hou Hu. If Si Cheng had not spared him a chance to live, he would have died countless times.

Not to mention Chen Yingba. His elder brother Chen Yingyuan is now loyal to the camp. He fought alongside Si Cheng in the Beehive Defense Battle and risked his life. As a younger brother, he actually started to have evil thoughts. "

Hearing what Xiao Kangcheng said, Tong and Zou nodded immediately.

"I just don't know what will happen to Lord Si Cheng in the end..."

boom!
Tong Xinglong was interrupted by a loud noise from behind when he was halfway through his words.

That was clearly the sound of the ground being broken. Tong Xinglong and the other two were shocked and turned around, quickly rushing towards the location where the sound came from.

"There are assassins!"

"It must be Li Xuanling's gang."

"Alert, alert!"

…………

The exclamations of the three people and the exclamations of the Yunjiao Army soldiers on the first floor were almost synchronized. The main building was only this big, and the noise coming from the first floor caused all the Yunjiao Army soldiers on the three floors above to start moving immediately.

Bang bang bang…………

However, their reaction was obviously a little slow.

To be precise, the strength is a bit lacking.

The sound came from the end of the first floor. Xiao Kangcheng and the other two had just walked into the corridor and were about to rush over to that location, but when they looked up, they found that there was a team of 27 people at the end of the corridor, rushing towards them.

"Li Xuanping, Li Xuanqiu, Li Xuanhong, they are all descendants of the Li family. It's them. Quickly notify Si Zheng and others to come down and help!"

Tong Xinglong and Xiao Kangcheng participated in the siege of the Beehive. They recognized the 27 people in front of them at a glance. They were the group of cold-resistant class from Longshan.

"There are twenty-seven people on the first floor. Come down to help if there's no problem on the second and third floors."

The main building was only this big, so the three of them naturally didn't need to go upstairs to call for help. They just drew their weapons and rushed towards Li Xuanping and the others, while shouting a few times towards the upstairs.

Deng Deng Deng Deng...

The Yunjiao Army soldiers on the first floor had all rushed towards Li Xuanping and his group. Apparently, nothing was happening on the second and third floors. From the sounds, one could tell that a large number of Yunjiao Army soldiers were quickly coming down the stairs.

boom!
The twenty-seven cold-resistant-level soldiers including Li Xuanping on the first floor did not rush towards them immediately. Instead, they drew their weapons and divided into several directions, first smashing all the nearby windows, and then extensively destroying the surrounding walls.

"This is all premeditated, stop them quickly."

Once the wall was destroyed and the cold light came in, the soldiers of the Yunjiao Army would be unable to play any role. Seeing that Li Xuanping and others had such a clear division of labor and did not say a word from beginning to end, Xiao Kangcheng immediately realized that they had planned it in advance. Without waiting for the people on the second and third floors to come down, the three of them directly pounced on Li Xuanping and others.

"Stop them and keep destroying the wall!"

boom……

At Li Xuanping's command, several people rushed out immediately to block Xiao Kangcheng and the other two, while the rest of them sped up the process of breaking the wall, and soon made big holes in the wall one after another.

Speaking of this, we have to mention the wealth of Longshan.

This main building was actually made entirely of iron, and the piles were driven very deep into the ground. So even though Li Xuanping and others had punched big holes in the wall one after another, the main building did not shake much.

As for collapse, that is obviously impossible.

"You are a bunch of stray dogs, and you dare to come here and die!"

Yue Feng's voice suddenly came from the corridor.

Not only Yue Feng, but also Bai Wuting, Ying Yi, Lu He, Chen Ying, Li Yuankun, Liu Yuan, and the other ten people who came last night, except Yuwen Tao, all arrived.

"The rest of you continue to destroy the wall, Xuanqiu and Xuanhong follow me!"

Seeing so many Cold-Resistant-level soldiers rushing over, Li Xuanping showed no fear on his face. Instead, a hint of excitement rose in his pupils. He first signaled the others to continue destroying the wall, and he, with Li Xuanqiu and Li Xuanhong beside him, rushed towards Daxia and others.

At this time, not only the windows, but also the walls had been damaged a lot. As the sunlight seeped in, the temperature inside the building began to drop rapidly, and the soldiers of the Yunjiao Army had shrunk into the shadows in the rear.

"Brothers, these people are here to assassinate our leader. If we can't get out, we will use our bows to assist you. We can't let them go upstairs even if we die!"

"That's right, stop them and don't let them go upstairs."

"If you want to kill the leader, you have to get past me first!"

"Brothers, we can't retreat. Just like when Si Cheng led us to resist the beast tide in the main building, we can take turns to come up. We won't freeze to death."

"That's right, protect the leader and never retreat!"

“Never retreat.”

"We have already failed in our duty once in the assassination near the dungeon. We must not let down our guard this time. We must protect the leader!"

………………

Even though they were already shivering from the cold, the soldiers of the Yunjiao Army burst out with an incredible fighting spirit. After roaring, they raised their strong bows, endured the cold, and fired madly at the cold-resistant weapons that were destroying the walls.

As more and more soldiers came down from the building, Li Xuanping and his men had to deal with Yue Feng's ten men and guard against the iron arrows shot by the Yunjiao Army. The pressure was undoubtedly becoming greater and greater.

puff...

Li Xuanping swept Yue Feng away with a knife, and turned around to find a fellow from his clan who was destroying the wall. He was shot in the left leg by an iron arrow. He hurried over to help him up, and seeing the fear in his eyes, he whispered in a harsh voice:

"Hold on a little longer, the leader will succeed soon!"

When the man heard his words, he nodded and his expression suddenly became excited again.

The battle on the first floor seemed to be very loud, but what was interesting was that after fighting for several minutes, there were no casualties.

The reason was simple. Although Li Xuanping's side had twenty-seven people, he was worried that the Yunjiao army was too large in numbers, so he at least assigned twenty people to destroy the wall. The only ones who actually fought against Yue Feng's ten men were him, Li Xuanqiu, Li Xuanhong and four others, a total of seven people.

The seven of them were overpowering Yue Feng's ten men, and their strength was obviously stronger. But the problem was that there was a large group of Yunjiao soldiers shooting arrows on the side. Every time they were about to kill an enemy, countless iron arrows were shot at them, which was very annoying.

Because of this, they didn't dare to let the twenty people come directly. If no one continued to destroy the wall and let the cold air in, the Yunjiao Army soldiers would have more and more space to maneuver, and their troubles would only get bigger.

Just as the fight on the first floor was getting more intense, suddenly...

boom!
A loud noise came from the roof.

Be it Li Xuanping and other people from Longshan, or Yue Feng and other people from Daxia, they were all stunned at this moment, and then suddenly looked up towards the top floor.

Longshan's face was full of anticipation and excitement;
Da Xia's people obviously realized something, and their faces showed worry and anxiety.

But then a voice coming from upstairs caused the expressions on the faces of the two parties to change immediately.

"Hou Jing, take the eight of them to the first floor to help. Yuwen Tao, Peng Bo, and Liu Yuan, you also go down and catch them all in one fell swoop. Don't let anyone get lost!"

It’s Xia Hong’s voice!

Not only that, the key point is that Xia Hong's voice was full of energy, without any trace of weakness after being assassinated before.

"That's it, that's it."

"The leader is pretending, hahahahaha."

"I said, this mob is just dreaming to assassinate the leader."

"How could the leader be seriously injured? Hahaha."

"Catch the assassin. The leader said that no one can get lost."

In sharp contrast to the excited people of Daxia, the people of Longshan turned pale in an instant, and their expressions were all as if they had lost their parents.

………………

"Ahem... ahem... you actually dare to gamble..."

On the top floor of the main building, Xia Hong stood up from the main seat, coughed twice, waved his hand to send away Liu Yuan who wanted to support him, his tone full of teasing and ridicule, and then slowly walked downstairs.

In the center of the hall, Li Xuanling was pinned to the Hanxu Cauldron by her own Tianhua Sword, which pierced through her shoulder blade;

On the left, Li Xuanyan's sword had been cut off and he was nailed into a beam by a spear. He was struggling to raise his head, looking at Xia Hong breathlessly, his face full of fear and horror.

Li Xuandu on the right was the worst off. A large part of his chest collapsed and he lay on the ground motionless, with no one knowing whether he was dead or alive.

The pierced shoulder blade is not a fatal injury.

So Li Xuanling is conscious at this moment.

But until Xia Hong walked up to her, she didn't make any move. She just stared blankly at the top of the hall, with a calm despair on her face.

"You should be very clear about the consequences of losing the bet, right?"

(End of this chapter)