Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 324: Clearing Yanglu Territory, Longwu is about to form an army
The fifth day of the twelfth month in the second year of Daxia
West of the Beehive, about 20 kilometers away from the snowfield

This is already the heart of Yanglu. Just like the situation when Xia Hong brought Chen Yingyuan and Peng Bo to investigate at the end of June, the entire area is still filled with thick white fog and visibility is extremely low.

roar...roar...

In the dense fog area, one could still hear the continuous low roars of beasts, and compared to half a year ago, they seemed to have become even more frequent.

Zhi...zhi...

Suddenly, two slight crackling sounds were heard in the empty and lonely snowfield area, and it was obvious that they were the sounds of flames.

boom……

A huge bonfire, about thirty or forty meters high, suddenly rose from a low-lying area with a radius of more than three hundred meters, instantly lighting up the area within fifty or sixty meters around it. Moreover, as the unknown black substance in the bonfire was ignited, the thick black smoke emitted by the bonfire was slowly dispersing the surrounding white fog.

The white fog was the culprit for the extremely low visibility in the snowfield. After being dispersed by the thick black smoke, the area illuminated by the campfire immediately expanded and grew to about one mile in radius.

roar...roar...

At the same time, the originally low roar of beasts in the white fog area suddenly became violent.

Tap tap tap…

The ground suddenly began to shake violently. The sounds of galloping animals came from all directions, and finally the center of convergence was the location of the campfire.

"Roar!!!"

A huge wolf head broke through the thick white fog a hundred meters away, and its blood-red pupils stared straight at the campfire in the low-lying area, its eyes full of desire and greed.

boom…………

Just as the frost wolf was about to take off, it was knocked away by a larger Lei Kui from behind. Then, more than fifty cold beasts of similar size rushed out from the thick fog at the same time and rushed towards the campfire.

Then, more than 300 cold beasts that were smaller than them rushed out from the thick fog area like a tsunami, and their target was also the campfire.

Roar, roar, roar……

This was definitely a medium-sized beast tide, and because intermediate-level cold beasts accounted for 20% of them, its lethality was definitely much higher than that of an ordinary normal beast tide.

In such a beast tide, even a huge camp with a population of over ten thousand would probably become the target of trampling by the beasts, without any ability to resist.

However, this large bonfire was obviously man-made.

If you dare to create something artificially, you must have something to rely on.

Just when the fifty or so intermediate-level cold beasts in the front row all stepped into the depression, a loud roar suddenly came from around the depression.

"The Hengdao Camp releases its arrows!"

The circle of snow along the circular depression suddenly exploded, and six hundred soldiers wearing light golden armor suddenly stood up from under the snow, drew their bows and arrows, and shot at the more than fifty intermediate cold beasts in the depression without hesitation.

Swish swish swish…………

Hundreds of speeding iron arrows instantly lit up the entire depression, and air currents from all directions were swept up by the iron arrows and rushed towards the cold beasts in the depression.

Puff... Puff... Puff...

The dozen or so cold beasts on the outermost edge bore the baptism of the first wave of arrow rain. Although they were nearly ten meters in size, they were still inevitably toppled over by the simultaneous impact of hundreds of iron arrows.

And this is just the first wave of arrows.

Swish swish swish…………

The six sword-wielding battalions surrounding the depression did not stop shooting the first round of arrows. The second and third waves of arrows followed closely.

Bang…bang…

The cold beasts in the depression finally couldn't stand steadily and lost their balance. It was not just a simple case of them being unable to stand steadily.

A mid-level snowmane was knocked away by the rain of arrows and hit a demon sheep in the inner layer. It tried to turn over and stand up in anger, but its body was completely suppressed by the rain of arrows and it couldn't stand up at all.

The demon sheep was knocked unconscious, but its body did not completely fall over. However, it was inevitably knocked down by the continuous iron arrows that shot at it.

The situation of this snow-mane and the demon sheep is a microcosm of the overall situation of the more than fifty intermediate cold beasts in the depression at this moment. Almost all the cold beasts were suppressed by the rain of arrows and could not move. Because they were in the depression and were restricted by distance, they could not even use their innate magical powers effectively.

But they are not the only ones in this beast tide.

The fifty-plus intermediate-level cold beasts were only the fastest part that rushed to the depression.

More than 300 low-level cold beasts on the periphery are also rushing towards this side!
"Roar…………"

"The fourth and fifth battalions turn around and shoot at the beast tide on the west side. The remaining four battalions continue to suppress the lowlands. The scout battalion and the Modao battalion, follow me to meet the enemy!"

Just like the way the soldiers of the Hengdao Camp appeared just now, one figure after another suddenly stood up on the snow about fifty meters away from the outside of the depression. On the west side, there were one hundred soldiers from the Scout Camp holding various weapons. In the east, south and north directions, there were one hundred soldiers holding giant Modao respectively.

boom…………

The three-meter-long Mo Dao was perfectly suitable for fighting against these smaller, low-level cold beasts. Nearly two hundred cold beasts from the southeast and north were blocked on the periphery by the Mo Dao camp and could not advance an inch.

Even after blocking the first wave of charges, the three Modao battalions of soldiers began to cooperate with each other and rushed out, because the cold beasts could not break through the hundred-forged Lei Kui armor they were wearing, while their hundred-forged Modao could easily break through the cold beasts' skin membrane defenses.

"It's vulnerable. Brothers, hurry up and finish it and go help the scout camp!"

"Good, work harder to solve it and go to the west to help!"

"A bunch of evil beasts, trying to commit violence, kill them!"

The three captains in command roared in unison, and the three hundred soldiers of the Modao Camp immediately rushed out more fiercely. Compared with the cold beasts, they were even more ferocious.

The scout camp on the west side really needs help!
Although this bonfire in the depression attracted cold beasts from all directions, a cursory observation would reveal that the number of cold beasts coming from the west, that is, the direction of Yangyuan Peak, was the largest.

Although the scout camp on the west side was elite, it was still somewhat overwhelmed by the charge of more than a hundred cold beasts. This was true even with the archery support of the two horizontal sword battalions on the north and south sides of the depression.

"Brothers, we are all the elite members of the Scout Battalion. Don't let the brothers from the other nine battalions look down on us. This is the first time we are dealing with a mid-sized beast tide. The Scout Battalion cannot let us down. Follow me!"

Liu Yuan, the captain of the scout camp, was not there. The one who took over his command was a man named Wang Yuan. He held a broad-handled dagger in his hand, roared, and knocked a demon sheep in front of him directly away. Then he took the lead and charged into the center of the beast tide on the west side.

The remaining ninety-nine elite members of the scout battalion were infected by Wang Yuan. Some were holding knives, some were holding guns, some were holding sticks, some were holding axes... No matter what kind of weapons they held, they all roared and charged towards the center of the beast tide along the path he had opened up.

The beast tide that was about to break through the defense line was stopped unexpectedly!
Even though those low-level cold beasts were fighting like crazy and even used their own life-saving talents, such as the snow mane spines, the magic sheep's golden eyes, the blue moon spirit's hind limbs... they still couldn't stop the charge of these one hundred elite soldiers.

Not only did they stop, they were even killed and retreated...

"All the Hengdao Battalion will go to the depression to finish up, and the Modao Battalion will go to support the west!"

Just at this moment, the previous command voice sounded again.

It turned out that the quivers behind the six soldiers of the Horizontal Sword Battalion were basically empty.

Upon hearing the order, the six soldiers of the Hengdao Battalion surrounding the depression, regardless of whether their quivers were empty or not, dropped their longbows, drew the horizontal swords at their waists, and rushed into the depression.

At this time, more than half of the fifty intermediate-level cold beasts below the depression had already been killed or injured. Only less than twenty were able to barely stand. Judging from their trembling limbs, they obviously did not have much fighting power left.

Six hundred soldiers in golden armor rushed down, like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, and almost crushed the cold beasts in the depression.

On the west side of the depression, with the help of 300 Modao Battalion soldiers from three other directions, the scout battalion also completed the killing of more than 100 low-level cold beasts.

puff...

With the last frost wolf on the west side of the depression being beheaded by Wang Yuan with a single blow, the beast tide caused by the bonfire came to an end.

Huh… Huh… Huh… Huh…

All around the depression, within a one-mile radius, there was a strong smell of blood. All the soldiers were silent, breathing heavily with their heads down. Their blood-stained faces were dimly visible in the firelight. When they looked at each other, the corners of their mouths occasionally revealed excited smiles, making them look like Asura demons who had just been resurrected from hell.

"There are at least 400 of them this time. This is the first time!"

"How long did it take?"

"I don't know. The governor hasn't spoken yet."

"You kid, you almost peed your pants just now, didn't you?"

"You were so scared that you peed your pants. I at least killed two cold beasts."

"I even shot and killed a mid-level one!"

"Hahahaha, look at your boasting. The intermediate cold beast was shot and killed by the six horizontal sword battalions. They also made up for it later. You have never been in a low position."

"Give me some face, you're just a bunch of eggs..."

"Hahahahaha!"

………………

"Stop chatting, each camp should report its damage, quickly!"

At first the commanding voice sounded again and everyone immediately stopped chatting.

"Team Three of the Fourth Battalion, come and assemble, quickly!"

"Ninth Battalion, Second Team, assemble quickly."

"Scout Battalion Second Team, come and assemble, quickly!"

"Team One of the Third Battalion, assemble!"

………………

As each captain began to gather his team members together, the originally scattered soldiers immediately took their positions and reorganized themselves.

At the same time, Xia Chuan, dressed in black, also slowly approached from not far away. As soon as he reached the depression, ten people rushed out from the army, ran to his side, and spoke loudly one after another.

"Scout camp, seven people slightly injured."

"Fourth Battalion, ten people were slightly injured, one was seriously injured."

"Ninth Battalion, eight people slightly injured."

"Sixth Battalion, twelve people slightly injured."

"Eighth Battalion, fourteen people slightly injured."

"Third Battalion, nine people slightly injured."

"First Battalion, six people slightly injured."

"Second Battalion, eleven people were slightly injured."

"Fifth Battalion, sixteen people slightly injured."

"Seventh Battalion, seventeen people slightly injured."

………………

After hearing the casualties reported by the Tenth Battalion, Xia Chuan turned to look at Wang Yuan and his ten men, a smile slowly appeared on his face, and he said, "Not bad, 362 low-level cold beasts, 58 mid-level cold beasts, a total of 420 cold beasts, it took half an hour in total. It seems that you didn't waste time in the past two months, and your strength has improved quite well!"

Hearing Xia Chuan's praise, both Wang Yuan and his ten men, as well as the one thousand Yunjiao soldiers in the rear, were filled with excitement and excitement.

Xia Chuan had just arrived at the Hive tonight. Wang Yuan obviously knew what he wanted to know the most, so he stepped forward and bowed, saying:

"In early October, when the army first arrived at the Hive, the lord personally led us to clean up the periphery of Yanglu every night. When we encountered areas densely populated with cold beasts, we would directly use torches to lead a tide of beasts out. However, the lord would control the size of the tide to less than 300 beasts each time.

In November, after we advanced to our current position, if we led the beast tide again, high-level cold beasts would appear. The lord was worried that the army could not deal with it, so he let us rest for a while and let the high-level hunting team come to eliminate the high-level cold beasts. After the hunting team finished cleaning up, we came to sweep the surrounding area.

In the past half month, we have only dispatched three times, advancing about three kilometers each time. Tonight, Si Cheng led us to sweep again. We estimate that we are less than ten kilometers away from Yangyuan Peak. "

Xia Chuan's eyes lit up when he heard that, and he nodded and looked towards the west.

It took him more than two months to finish all the work in Xiacheng. Tonight he finally had some free time and the opportunity to come to the Hive to check out the situation.

During this period of time, the eldest brother has been leading the Yunjiao Army and all the high-level hunting teams in the camp to clear out the cold beasts in Yanglu. He is also concerned about the progress. What Wang Yuan said just happened to clear up his confusion.

However, Xia Chuan was still confused and asked, "As for the high-level hunting teams in the camp, I remember there are only two teams, Yunjiao and Longwu. Are they so fast in clearing out the enemies? Can you come in and clean up once every five days?"

According to Wang Yuan, Xia Hong's idea is that whenever he advances into an area, he will first send a high-level hunting team to clear out the high-level cold beasts in the area, and then the Yunjiao Army will come in to clean up the medium and low-level cold beasts in the area.

The idea is fine, but Da Xia currently has only two high-level hunting teams, which is obviously not enough. Being able to advance three kilometers at a time is too exaggerated.

At the end of June, Xia Hong explored Yanglu Territory. According to him, the density of high-level cold beasts in Yanglu Territory is not low. Even if he led two hunting teams personally, they would not be able to advance so quickly.

Wang Yuan obviously knew about this, and said with a smile: "Secretary, you don't know that although there are only two high-level hunting teams, our camp has many cold-resistant ones. The leader has transferred all the guards of the other ten garrisons in Longyou, including the cold-resistant ones of the six divisions, to the Beehive during this period, and asked them to work in groups of three to clean up together. This way, the speed will be much faster."

After hearing Wang Yuan's answer, Xia Chuan suddenly realized.

That makes perfect sense!

Including the beehive, there are a total of eleven outposts in Longyou, ten small ones plus one in Longshan where the Six Divisions were established. The total number of cold-resistant officers stationed there is sixteen. Add to that the eight cold-resistant officers who came from Xiacheng in the past two months, and there are a total of twenty-four people, divided into groups of three, which means eight teams capable of hunting high-level cold beasts.

Including Yun Jiao and Long Wu, there are a total of ten advanced teams. In this way, it is natural that the speed of advancement towards Yang Yuan Peak will be accelerated.

Xia Chuan continued to look towards Yangyuan Peak on the west side and asked Wang Yuan, "Those eight three-person teams come here every night. Are they also inside now?"

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "They hunt every day. The hunting efficiency of those twenty-four adults is really high. Sometimes they can hunt more than a dozen high-level cold beasts in one night. They are better than the Yunjiao and Longwu teams!"

Is the efficiency of a team composed of three cold-resistant-level soldiers in hunting high-level cold beasts higher than that of the Yunjiao and Longwu teams?
When Xia Chuan heard this, a hint of suspicion suddenly appeared on his face.

Although Daxia's advanced hunting team has a full complement of 100 people, not all of them will go out hunting. Only half of them will be dispatched at most.

The Yunjiao team was founded by himself, and Xia Chuan was very clear about its strength. Currently, Liu Yuan was in charge of the team, and the whole team had two members, Liu Yuan and Shi Ping, who were at the cold-resistant level, and more than half of the members had broken through to the limit of the digging realm.

How could such a team's efficiency in hunting high-level cold beasts be lower than that of a team composed of three cold-resistant-level beasts?

Not to mention Yuwen Tao's Longwu team.

The Longwu team now has four cold-resistant level soldiers, not to mention the team leader Yuwen Tao, who is also at the cold-resistant level, and his strength is not even worse than his own.

"Are those eight teams led by the lord himself?"

Wang Yuan nodded quickly and replied, "Indeed, the Lord and his Lady bring them here from the Hive every night."

That makes sense.

With big brother leading the way personally, isn't it normal that the hunting efficiency is high?
"I see. I was wondering why these eight teams suddenly became so powerful. It turns out that the Lord and his Lady helped them!"

Wang Yuan also reacted at this time, with an expression of sudden enlightenment.

Xia Chuan's eyes moved slightly, and he asked Wang Yuan, "That is to say, now the eight three-person teams, plus Yunjiao and Longwu teams, as well as the lord and his wife, all of them are deep in the west, right?"

"Yes, Si Cheng, do you want to go in and look for them?"

"I have something important to inform Yuwen Sizheng, you can go back with the army first!"

"I obey my orders!"

After Xia Chuan signaled Wang Yuan to lead the army back to the Hive, he was about to set off westward, but he stopped when he thought of something. He glanced in the direction of the Yunjiao Army, smiled and praised Wang Yuan: "You have made great progress during this period. Including you, there are two, three, and four cold-resistant levels in total."

As he spoke, he scanned the crowd of soldiers and soon recognized three others who had just broken through to the cold-resistant level. They were Zhu Xing from the scout battalion, and the captains from the second, third, and sixth battalions.

"Thank you for your compliment, Si Cheng. Over the past two months, the Lord has given us more high-level beast blood than we can use up. If we don't break through a few more, it would be a waste of the Lord's efforts."

Hearing Xia Chuan's praise, a smile immediately appeared on Wang Yuan's face.

Over the past two months, the Yunjiao Army has gained astonishingly high profits by following Xia Hong in clearing out the cold beasts in the Hive.

"Okay, after you finish collecting the prey, go back to the hive. I'll be over first!"

"Farewell Sicheng."

"Farewell Sicheng!"

Hearing Wang Yuan's voice, the soldiers of the Yunjiao Army also knew that Xia Chuan was leaving, and they immediately shouted in unison to see him off.

After Xia Chuan walked away, Zhu Xing, another cold-resistant scout from the scout camp, immediately ran towards Wang Yuan and asked curiously:
"Old Wang, why did Si Cheng suddenly come over here?"

Xia Chuan hasn't left Xiacheng for more than two months. His sudden visit to Hive must be no small matter. It is understandable that Zhu Xing is curious.

Wang Yuan obviously knew something, and said with a smile: "Just now Si Cheng said that he had something important to inform Yu Wen Si Zheng, what else could it be? It must be about building an army!"

When Zhu Xing heard this, his expression suddenly brightened and he nodded.

The Longwu Squad was a high-level hunting team that had just been promoted in November. According to the original regulations of the lord, the hunting team that was promoted to a high-level level first would be qualified to establish a second army.

Originally, as soon as the Longwu team was promoted last month, they should have established an army. However, since the camp did not have enough people at the maximum Digging Realm, the plan was put on hold.

Xia Chuan hurried over to inform Yuwen Tao, and it was most likely this.

"The Lord is anxious to eliminate the frosty beasts in Yanglu Territory. It's too slow to rely on our army alone. Si Cheng must be here for this reason. We need to build the Longwu Army as soon as possible. Then the two armies can work together to eliminate the frosty beasts, which will be more efficient!"

Upon hearing that the Longwu Army was about to be established, Zhu Xing clenched the sword in his hand. With an expression of disbelief on his face, he was also lamenting in his heart the unpredictability of life.

In April last year, he was just the leader of an ordinary medium-sized camp in Wuyuan Mountain. At that time, his basic strength was only more than 20,000 pounds. Who would have thought that today he has broken through to the cold-resistant level and is also a member of the Yunjiao Army Scout Battalion under Si Cheng.

Moreover, Liu Yuan will most likely replace Si Cheng and become the commander-in-chief of the Yunjiao Army. By then, Wang Yuan will definitely take the position of captain of the scout battalion, and Zhu Xing will most likely become the second-in-command of the scout battalion.

No, Liu Yuan has recently intended to promote him to be the captain of the Ninth Battalion. Maybe after the Yang Lu incident is over, Liu Yuan will ask the commander-in-chief for orders?

Zhu Xing suppressed his excitement, thinking of the Longwu Army that Wang Yuan just mentioned, and said with a smile: "The second army, our Yunjiao Army will not be the only one in the future. Si Zheng and Si Cheng have always been fighting each other secretly. Now that the numbers of the two armies are revealed, the fight will definitely be more intense in the future!"

Wang Yuan was stunned, but soon nodded, agreeing with him.

The overt and covert competition between Xia Chuan and Yuwen Tao is no secret in Daxia and is almost known to everyone. The two teams of Yunjiao and Longwu, from low-level hunting teams to high-level hunting teams, and then to the establishment of the current army, is basically a process of chasing each other. Anyone who is a little smart can see it.

"Si Cheng and Si Zheng are both the emperor's favorites. It is only in Da Xia that they are suppressed by people like our lord. Otherwise, in any other camp, these two people would never be able to live in peace."

Zhu Xing nodded, a look of complete agreement on his face.

"Okay, tell the soldiers to quickly pack up the prey and return to the hive. After we finish cleaning up today, we can rest for several days."

"Okay, I'll go notify you right away."

"Pack up the prey and prepare to return to the Hive Camp!"

………………

Deep in the Yanglu Realm, Xia Chuan went west through the white fog area. After walking less than three or four kilometers, he heard noises coming from the front in the distance.

"Pull the rope tight and don't let them come over!"

"Yue Feng, take the eleven people and go around to the back to stop the three demon sheep."

“Xuan Ling, take the rest of the people and kill the five Hyena tigers. Leave the rest of the cold beasts to me. Go!”

…………

"It's Big Brother's voice. It has penetrated deep into here!"

Recognizing Xia Hong's voice and knowing that he was leading people to deal with the cold beast, Xia Chuan immediately leaped forward and rushed over quickly.

(End of this chapter)