Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 521 The defenders' will was overwhelming; the Yang family members vanished without a trace.

A person's name, the shadow of a tree.

Since the Battle of Hongmen in the eighth year of the Great Xia Dynasty, when Xia Hong defeated Yang Zun and ascended to the throne of the strongest person in the southern foothills, his reputation has spread throughout the towns of the southern foothills.

In the past four years, Xia Hong has not made any public moves. Even the people of the Great Xia family do not know his true strength, let alone outsiders.

However, even so, Xia Hong's reputation as the strongest person in the southern foothills was not affected in the slightest. In fact, his mysteriousness was enhanced by his reluctance to make a move or show his face in public. This made people curious about his strength and deepened the fear of him among the towns in the north.

As it turns out, the fears of the northern towns were entirely justified!
In last night's battle at Whitewood City, Xia Hong, who had made his move again after four years, first swiftly beheaded the military leader Yang Jian, and then nearly killed Yang Zun. If it weren't for the town leader Yang Fa and five other Xianyang-level warriors risking their lives to save him, Yang Zun would most likely not have been able to escape back to the town.

Although Yang Zun managed to escape in the end, Yang Fa and the five Xianyang-level beings all fell into the hands of the Great Xia, and now their fate is unknown.

Mo Haiwen broke through to the Manifestation Yang level almost four years ago. Unfortunately, he was present at the Battle of Hongmen four years ago, so he has an exceptionally deep impression of Xia Hong.

So when he looked up and saw Xia Hong holding a long sword in the air, despair immediately appeared in his pupils. Yu Dongxin, who was standing next to him, also looked pale and not much better off.

"Surrender! Yang Zun, and none of his Yang family members are coming out. You're just going to die here in vain. Why bother for him..."

"Shut up!"

Xia Hong, interrupted by the angry shout, stiffened slightly. He looked down at Mo Haiwen below, a hint of killing intent flashing in his eyes.

"I, Mo, have been favored by the lord for generations. How could I betray him and defect to the enemy? Brothers, the time has come to repay our lord. Hold back the Xia army and do not let them breach the city gates..."

"Even if we die today, we will take a piece of flesh from the Xia army. The lord's injuries will soon heal. Brothers, follow me and kill..."

Mo Haiwen and Yu Dongxin's two angry roars, one after the other, ignited the fighting spirit of all the Beishuo soldiers guarding the city wall.

"The Lord's kindness is something I could never repay even if I died nine times. What is there to fear from a mere Xia army like us?"

"Brothers, the city gates haven't been breached, we still have hope! Let's hold back the Xia army! Charge!"

"Lord's injuries will heal soon, don't be afraid, kill..."

"Our Northern Shuo has endured for over a hundred years; how can it be overthrown by the Great Xia? Brothers, follow me and charge! There are less than five hundred Xia soldiers on the city walls. If we work together, we will surely drive them back! Charge!"

………………

Although the eastern wall of Beishuo City was only fifteen meters wide, it was long enough. Mo Haiwen and Yu Dongxin were clearly confident in the city gate, so they stationed about five or six thousand people on the wall.

Instead of being frightened by Xia Hong's appearance, the thousands of people, encouraged by Mo Yu and the other man, suddenly became ferocious and charged towards the hundreds of Xia soldiers on the eastern outskirts with a roar.

It was impossible for thousands of people to rush forward all at once, but in the heat of the moment, the surging crowd almost instantly forced the hundreds of Xia soldiers into a corner, and for a time they actually managed to suppress the Xia army.

"Stubborn!"

Seeing the actions of the Beishuo garrison, Xia Hong felt a surge of anger. Seeing that the Xia soldiers on the ladders could not climb up because there was no space on the city wall, he finally stopped holding back, drew his Dragon Sparrow Blade from his waist, and suddenly landed from mid-air, jumping directly to the positions of Mo Haiwen and Yu Dongxin.

Buzz…………

Before Xia Hongren even landed on the city wall, the surrounding temperature suddenly rose, an anomaly caused by the full exertion of his skeletal energy.

"careful!"

Seeing the blade coming down on his head, Mo Haiwen had no intention of resisting it. He shouted a signal to Yu Dongxin, and the two of them quickly retreated to the left and right.

However, they were not only inferior to Xia Hong in strength, but also in speed.

Clang...

The Dragon Sparrow Blade was already ridiculously long, but because Xia Hong was holding the long blade horizontally with his right hand as he fell, he slashed downwards horizontally. The airflow was pulled by the blade with its immense force, directly condensing into a hundred-meter-long silver blade that suddenly slashed down.

Mo and Yu, who were the first to be hit, realized that they could not avoid the blade as it was about to strike, and they both raised their weapons to defend themselves.

Unfortunately, they were far inferior to Xia Hong in both weaponry and strength.

Click...

The weapons in their hands snapped in two. Although they narrowly avoided the blades, they couldn't dodge the massive razor blade.

boom…………

The blade spread outwards from the middle, and the two men were powerless to fight back. They were blasted dozens of meters away, and their armor was also shattered. They knocked down at least dozens of guards on the left and right.

It wasn't just a knockback; Xia Hong's strike was incredibly powerful. The impact of the blade sending the two flying was terrifying. At least a dozen soldiers on the left and right front rows were instantly turned into a bloody mist and died on the spot.

If even the two Xianyang-level soldiers were in such a state, the soldiers behind them who were blown away by the blades must have fared even worse.

Xia Hong's blade was a hundred meters long, far exceeding the city wall. At least two or three hundred soldiers were knocked away on both sides of the blade, and the shockwave that followed overturned hundreds more people.

With this slash, a gaping hole, more than ten meters wide, appeared in the city wall that had been occupied by the Northern Shuo garrison.

Of course, it wasn't just that there were no people; the city wall, which had remained intact after the Xia army's long assault, also developed a two-meter-deep trench. Below the trench, the forging patterns from the molten iron of the highest grade were clearly visible.

"Plop..."

Whether it was the Northern Shuo garrison that had just unleashed its ferocity, or the hundreds of elite Xia soldiers who had just stormed the city walls, they all looked at the trenches on the walls and then looked up at Xia Hong in mid-air, their pupils instantly filled with horror.

After the initial shock, the two sides' emotions were completely different.

A deep sense of despair rose once again on the faces of the Northern Shuo defenders;

Xia Jun's face was flushed, his expression was excited, and his pupils instantly blazed with fierce fire. He looked up at the Beishuo garrison in front of him, and all of them were like they had been injected with chicken blood. They roared and charged forward again.

"Make way for the brothers behind, kill!"

"Even Yang Zun was so frightened that he hid. You bunch of rats, do you think you can stop the might of my Great Xia army?"

"Kill all those treacherous dogs from Beishuo!"

………………

boom!
As if to coordinate with the second counterattack of the Xia army above, a loud bang suddenly came from below the city wall.

That was clearly the sound of a heavy object hitting the ground!
Yue Feng, Liu Yuan, and Xiao Kangcheng, who had already reached the middle of the city wall, all perked up upon hearing the sound.

"The city gates have fallen, and the Northern Shu is doomed today!"

"Brothers, charge!"

"Brothers of the Dragon Guard, protect the Divine Crossbow and break through the enemy formation!"

………………

The city gate has been breached!

"Hahahaha, the end of Northern Shuo has come..."

Liu Yuan cleaved through the three Beishuo garrison soldiers in front of him with a single slash. Looking at the vast Beishuo town before him, he was overcome with emotion and shouted loudly before leaping up to the western edge of the city wall.

Seeing the ramp inside the city wall and the Northern Shuo garrison coming up, his eyes were filled with murderous intent. He gripped his sword with both hands and suddenly plummeted to the top of the ramp.

After fighting for half an hour, Liu Yuan's silver armor, forged with ten thousand layers, had already developed many cracks. However, his high level of cultivation meant that even when some weapons struck his body, he was able to withstand the damage with his skin and flesh.

If all else fails, there are still lower-level bones!

The Northern Shuo garrison had no way to deal with him, so they could only rely on their reckless courage to keep charging at him, trying to force him back from the sloping ladder entrance.

Unfortunately, no matter how many came, they would ultimately become victims of his blade.

Within a few dozen breaths of landing at the top of the ramp, Liu Yuan's armor, which was only half red, was instantly stained completely red. A small portion of the bright red blood was his own, but most of it was gushing out by the soldiers of Beishuo.

One man is in charge, no one can open it!

These eight words perfectly describe Liu Yuan at this moment.

It must be said, however, that the Beishuo soldiers' will to defend the city was truly unwavering.

Despite the reckless charge of hundreds and thousands of people, Liu Yuan eventually had to retreat. Seeing that his arms, which were wielding his sword, were clearly showing signs of exhaustion, several Northern Shuo officers roared and rushed forward, actually joining forces to clamp down on his arms.

With his arms bound, Liu Yuan's face darkened. Seeing more soldiers lunging at his legs, he realized the enemy intended to completely lock him down. His pupils narrowed slightly, and he was about to leap into the air—

"Liu Yuan, no need to retreat, we've all arrived!" It was Yue Feng's voice.

Liu Yuan turned his head and his face instantly lit up with joy.

In the few dozen breaths that he blocked the entrance to the ramp, Yue Feng and Xiao Kangcheng had already led hundreds of elite Xia soldiers to almost break through a section of the city wall.

No, at this moment, the Xia army has already climbed over a thousand people onto the city wall.

The Xia soldiers in the front row were less than two or three meters away from him.

boom…………

Xiao Kangcheng cleaved several Beishuo soldiers behind Liu Yuan with a single slash, completely breaching the city wall, and the Xia soldiers made direct contact with Liu Yuan.

"Hahaha, we've captured the city wall! Brothers, split up and clear out the Northern Shu dogs on the wall from both sides. No one can get up the ramp here anymore!"

Liu Yuan's words startled Xiao Kangcheng, who had just arrived. He quickly looked down towards the city below and a smile immediately appeared on his face.

"kill…………"

The city gates had been breached, and the Xia army outside the main gate surged in like a tidal wave.

The attack on the East Gate was carried out by the elite Xia army. Their average cultivation level was already higher than that of the Beishuo garrison, and the quality of their armor and weapons far surpassed that of the enemy. In addition, they were also enhanced by the Golden Body Pill.

The phrase "unstoppable momentum" is far from sufficient to describe the battle scene at the city gate; "utterly devastating" would be a more apt description.

The twenty divine crossbows protected by the Imperial Guard were already set up less than ten meters outside the city gate. Two thousand soldiers operating the crossbows fired from both sides of the Xia army's attack. The silver crossbow bolts, which were about ten feet long, turned into streaks of silver light and rushed straight at the Beishuo defenders. Under the crushing force of dozens of kilograms, the defenders were as fragile as paper, and there were dead and wounded all over the ground. In less than ten breaths, they were forced to retreat dozens of meters.

The flag bearers pierced straight into the heart of the defending army like sharp knives. Seeing that dozens of flag bearers were being besieged, Yue Feng jumped off the city wall to help them defend the military flag.

Once the military flag was raised, the Xia army pouring into the city gates had a main direction of attack.

In an instant, the sounds of fighting shook the heavens.

Bang... Bang...

Suddenly, two loud noises erupted from the city wall, followed by Xia Hong's slightly angry questioning voice.

"Lay down your weapons and surrender, and I, the lord, may spare your lives. But if you resist stubbornly, the reckoning after the battle will be much worse!"

Xia Hong's loud voice clearly reached the ears of every Northern Shuo garrison soldier on the battlefield. They turned their heads to look at the location of the city wall from which the sound came, and their pupils narrowed slightly.

Above the city wall, a long, narrow knife, like a string of gourds, pinned two corpses to it. The two corpses were none other than Mo Haiwen and Yu Dongxin.

Xia Hong looked at the two corpses, a hint of anger flashing across his face.

In a normal battle, even if Mo and Yu joined forces, they wouldn't be a match for him. The problem is that the two of them are smart enough to stay hidden among the defenders on the city wall and never take to the air to fight him.

In those last few dozen breaths, he had killed at least three or four hundred guards before finally managing to kill the two men.

While he admired the fighting spirit of the Northern Shuo garrison, he was also quite annoyed by it.

If the two sides were evenly matched, it would be fine, but this was clearly a losing proposition. These Northern Shuo soldiers, driven by their fervent patriotism for Yang Zun, stubbornly defended the city for more than half an hour.

"Brothers, don't be afraid. The lord won't abandon us. Keep holding off Xia Gou until the lord arrives, and we'll win!"

"Block Xia Gou! Killing one will break even, killing two will be a bonus. Even if it means death, we must block them!"

"Brothers, those Northern Shu people who haven't surrendered, kill them!"

………………

Xia Hong's attempts to persuade them to surrender were ultimately unsuccessful!

As dozens of Northern Shuo officers shouted angrily, most of the Northern Shuo soldiers behind the city gate were as if they had been injected with chicken blood, and they reorganized their resistance.

Of course, this is not the case for everyone.

Some Northern Shuo soldiers laid down their weapons and surrendered, but compared to those who tried to continue resisting, their numbers were negligible. Xia Hong estimated that there were less than a hundred of them.

"Since you're courting death, then let's fulfill our loyalty..."

Xia Hong took a deep breath, a cold glint flashing in his eyes, and ordered in a deep voice to those below: "Yue Feng, Liu Yuan, Xiao Kangcheng, continue to lead the troops in the charge. From this moment on, anyone wearing armor or carrying a weapon, regardless of age or gender, shall be considered an enemy soldier. Leave no one alive!"

Not a single one was left...

Even though the battlefield was in complete chaos, filled with the deafening sounds of battle, the chilling aura emanating from Xia Hong's last four words still reached everyone's ears clearly.

"I surrender... I surrender..."

puff……

"Traitor, you're scared by just a few words?"

"We, the sons of Beishuo, would rather die standing than live on our knees! We will never surrender to the Great Xia, brothers!"

"Xia Gou, don't even think about it..."

puff!
Seeing that some officers in the Northern Shuo garrison were still making incitement, Xia Hong stopped talking and quickly rushed to the city wall, picked up a long sword and threw it directly at the people shouting.

His strength, often exceeding tens of kilograms, was far beyond what a mere Cold-Resistant level could withstand. When the longsword fell to the ground, it created a five- or six-meter-wide crater, instantly taking the lives of dozens of Northern Shuo soldiers, including the Northern Shuo officers who had incited others.

Xia Hong stopped wasting words, drew his Dragon Sparrow Blade from the city wall, let the corpses of Mo Yu and the other fall to the ground, pointed in the direction of Beishuo City, and shouted sharply, "Kill..."

"Come on!"

"Slaughter all the dogs of Beishuo!"

"kill……"

………………

The final assault has finally begun.

In less than a hundred breaths, twenty divine crossbows, escorted by the Imperial Guard, crossed the city gate and entered the city to assist the Xia army in the front line in continuing to destroy the defenses of the Northern Shuo garrison.

"A fierce battle with minimal casualties—this Golden Body Pill is truly a divine-grade product. It's a pity the quantity is limited. If there were enough, the three towns of Wuchuan, Jinshan, and Yangqu could probably be taken with a flick of the wrist..."

Xia Hong glanced around the battlefield and his eyes lit up with excitement when he saw the casualties of Xia's army.

Just then, two voices came from above.

"The south gate has fallen, why don't you surrender immediately?"

"The north gate has fallen, why don't you surrender?"

Xia Hong naturally recognized the voices of Xia Chuan and Mu Longhe. Before he could even look up, the two of them flew rapidly toward him.

"Brother, I just asked a few surrendered soldiers. Before dawn, Yang Zun summoned all the Yang family blood relatives to the lord's hall. It seems he's going to use some kind of trickery or secret technique..."

"I know!"

Xia Hong waved his hand dismissively, looked up at the Lord's Hall on the west side, sneered, and continued to ask, "Have those six Manifestation Yang level cultivators from Chen Cang shown up yet?"

"The two at the North Gate were both from Chencang; I killed one of them."

"The two Xianyang-level beings at the South Gate are also from Chencang. I failed to kill them, please forgive me, Lord."

Upon hearing Mu Longhe's apology, Xia Hong waved his hand, indicating that it was alright.

Including Yang Zun, there are a total of 12 Xianyang level people in the city, 6 of whom are from Chencang. Not counting Chu Xuankong, who lost both arms, there are only 5 people, and surprisingly, 4 of them are guarding the city.

Conversely, of the five people from Beishuo, only Mo Haiwen and Yu Dongxin, both of whom were not of the same surname and were at the Xianyang level, made an appearance.

"Yang Rong, Yang Xing, and Yang Cang, the three Xianyang-level warriors who haven't appeared in Beishuo, are all blood relatives of the Yang family. They're definitely cooperating with Yang Zun in some treacherous and secret techniques. Send some people to seal off the west gate, and the rest of you continue to clear out the remaining troops in the city. No one should approach the lord's main hall. I'm going to take a look..."

Upon hearing this, Xia Chuan's expression tightened, and he immediately prepared to speak up and dissuade him.

Xia Hong didn't give him a chance to speak. As soon as he finished speaking, he flew directly towards the Lord's Hall.

(End of this chapter)