Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 984: Chapter 359: Four Silver Mines, Army Rotation, Urgent News from Xu Ning, Third Grade-7 Title (Part 2)

”Did you get hurt?”

As soon as he landed, Li Xuanling immediately came forward to see him. Noticing the several tears in his clothes, she quickly asked in a soft voice if he was injured.

Xia Hong shook his head, handed over the Beast King level Thunder Kui in his hand to her, and said with a light smile, ”Didn’t you want to make two sets of Kui Gold Armor for Sheng’er and Yao’er? The high-level Thunder Kui was a bit lacking, so use the skull of this Thunder Kui King!”

Hearing his words, Li Xuanling was taken aback. She obviously hadn’t expected Xia Hong to know about this, and immediately said with feigned anger, ”I was wondering why you didn’t go deal with that simple small silver mine first and instead rushed here. Those two aren’t leaving Xia City, so there’s no rush to make the armor. Do you need to show off here?”

Just now, when Xia Hong took on four opponents in the sky, she was quite worried.

However, while she spoke, she lifted the already two-meter-long Beast King level Thunder Kui, and, staring at its golden skull, a smile appeared on Li Xuanling’s face. She was clearly already considering the design of the Kui Gold Armor.

Seeing through Li Xuanling’s seemingly reproachful but actually concerned attitude, Xia Hong felt a warmth pass through his heart, then raised an eyebrow slightly.

Aside from the previously mentioned matters, in the past ten days, the greatest gain might be his wife Li Xuanling standing before him.

Li Xuanling has an extremely strong ability to lead soldiers!

Back during the Longyou battle, one could already see some signs. Her performance during the attack on the Beehive was not bad, but due to the two thousand Longyou Army being ambushed by Xia Chuan using a straight path and small torches, the entire army was wiped out, so Xia Hong was not very clear about her specific military talents.

In these ten days at Long Mountain, Xia Hong had to focus on dealing with the Beast Kings, so the four big battles were all planned and directed by Li Xuanling.

To be fair, the battles were indeed well-fought. Xia Hong thought that even if it had been himself, he might not have commanded as well as she did.

Moreover, Xia Hong took the time to observe that Li Xuanling was not a typical military talent but rather a commander. She excels in managing and directing large-scale troops, and her grasp of the overall battlefield situation far surpasses that of ordinary people. In this regard, probably only Yuwen Dao and Xia Chuan could compare.

But those two have long experience in leading armies, whereas this was Li Xuanling’s first time.

”This can be considered a great thing. The more such talents, the better!”

As his wife, Li Xuanling naturally commands respect in Great Xia. As the scale of the Great Xia Army grows, her talents will definitely be put to use sooner or later.

”Oh, is Yue Feng here?”

Xia Hong suddenly looked up, gazing towards the eastern side of the army.

Yue Feng and Li Yuankun were running towards them together, and soon they arrived in front of Xia Hong and Li Xuanling. Both bowed deeply:

”Greetings, Lord. Greetings, Madam!”

”Has the Mountain River Army arrived?”

Recently, Yue Feng has been busy running between Xia City and Long Mountain, organizing the Mountain River Army, as Xia Hong knew. Seeing him return from Xia City immediately gave it away.

However, his guess was clearly incomplete.

Yue Feng replied with cupped hands, ”Reporting to the leader, not just the Mountain River Army. The Minister has ordered the Mountain River, Falcon Hunting, Xiong Wu, and Beizhao four armies to come to Long Mountain. Additionally, he ordered me to inform Director Yuwen to lead the Cloud Jiao, Long Wu, Dragon Slayer, and Tiger Leopard four armies back to Xia City to await orders.”

The soldiers were busy clearing the battlefield. Yuwen Dao had already walked over and nodded immediately upon hearing Yue Feng’s words.

The rotational defense of the four armies was probably intended for the newly formed armies to use this Long Mountain opportunity for training.

Xia Hong immediately guessed Xia Chuan’s intention and nodded, ”That’s good. Let’s call it a day for tonight. It’s almost dawn. Yuwen Dao, inform the army to speed up the clearing work and return to Long Mountain Camp before dawn. Rest for two days, then you can lead the army back to Xia City.”

”Understood!”

”No need to stand here. Head back to Long Mountain! Inform the Artisan Department to come over for exploration, confirm the scale of this silver mine, and organize manpower to start mining by tomorrow night. The supporting straight path can also be built.”

”I will take care of it as soon as I return to Long Mountain.”

Upon hearing this, Yue Feng immediately showed a bit of excitement and nodded. These matters naturally fell under his responsibilities as the Longshan Guardian.

Xia Hong and Li Xuanling first left towards the east, with Yue Feng and Li Yuankun following closely behind. Yuwen Dao continued to lead the army in clearing the battlefield, as they couldn’t just leave the Cold Beasts lying around.

”Madam, let me help you carry the Thunder Kui!”

Li Yuankun was attentive, seeing Li Xuanling holding the Beast King level Thunder Kui, he immediately stepped forward to take it from her, helping to carry it back to the Long Mountain station.

Li Xuanling nodded, handed the Thunder Kui to him, and walked ahead to join Xia Hong, softly asking, ”Are you planning to clear all seven silver mines in Longyou at once?”

Xia Hong was momentarily stunned by the question and immediately nodded, ”Of course, all seven silver mines are destined to be mined. Clearing them all at once saves us from running back and forth in the future.”

Li Xuanling immediately shook her head and said softly, ”I don’t think it’s necessary. Silver mines can only be mined by those with a basic strength exceeding twenty thousand pounds. Given the current cultivation level of the camp, four silver mines are already more than enough. Even if three more are cleared, the output won’t increase, and it’s not possible to move everyone’s resources around for mining.

Silver mines are not like iron mines or coal mines; they are frequently disturbed by Cold Beasts. A large army must be stationed nearby during mining. With the four Cloud Jiao armies gone and only the Xuanwu and Divine Martial armies left here, the combat capability of the newly formed four armies is lacking. Guarding these four silver mines is already a challenge. If you open new ones, which army will you assign to watch over them?

Moreover, the Cold Beast clans guarding these four silver mines have only been driven away, not eradicated. Today, three Beast King level Thunder Kui and the Beast King level Blood Jade Fox from the second silver mine have all escaped from your grasp. Who knows if they will return later? Are you planning to stay here at Long Mountain forever?”