Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1713: Chapter 542: No Further Discussion, Shut the Door and Beat the Dog (Part 2)

Upon hearing Xia Hong’s words, Cai Qianshan’s expression darkened slightly, and he turned his head, listening to the sound of slaughter coming from Jinyang City, a hint of gravity finally appearing in his pupils.

The sounds of battle were secondary; what mattered was that he clearly saw the group of Xianyang Level cultivators, including Cai Qiu, who had been hovering above the city gate, fall to the ground after a brief pause in the air.

“Air Restriction, the Great Xia has methods to restrict the air, even those in the Tribulation Body Realm are affected!”

At this moment, Cai Qianshan’s heart, in truth, already harbored some regret.

He truly never intended to engage in a fierce struggle with the Great Xia; he just wanted Xia Hong to recognize the gap between himself and Cai Qiu, correct his position, and conveniently support either Jin Mountain or Wuchuan to plant a pawn in the Southern Slope.

Yet now, neither of the two plots had succeeded.

Was Jin Mountain Wuchuan too weak, or was the Great Xia too strong?

At this point, Cai Qianshan could no longer provide an answer to this question.

He subconsciously thought it was the former, but recalling the previous battle at Aikou, and then seeing the Xia Army’s air restriction methods at this moment, he was beginning to lean towards the latter.

“Lord Xia, I…”

“No need for nonsense, Landgrave Cai, just watch what follows carefully. Didn’t you just say that Jin Mountain Wuchuan were merely expendable, and wanted to see the strength of my Xia Army? Then watch! Whatever you want to say, wait until the battle is over!”

Xia Hong waved his hand to interrupt Cai Qianshan, although he still called him Landgrave Cai, there was no hint of respect left in his tone. After speaking, he turned directly towards Jinyang City and sternly ordered, “Yuan Cheng, Luo Yuan, Yuwen Dao, Li Yangtian, give it your all, execute Cai Qiu, the chief culprit. Let the soldiers of the two towns lay down their weapons, and they’ll be spared, but those who stubbornly resist will be killed without mercy!”

The last three words were spoke by Xia Hong in an exceptionally low tone, radically different from the gentle demeanor he had when at Aikou City. Not only people of the Great Xia, but even those following Cai Qiu could hear the thick killing intent in his voice.

Of course, it wasn’t just orders being given.

As soon as the command was issued, the temperature within a twenty-kilometer radius around suddenly surged, making the entire Jinyang City feel warm, followed by the nullification of all Illusion Techniques of the Xianyang Level individuals following Cai Qiu within the Weng City.

“Why can’t I perform my Thousand Shadows Illusion Technique anymore?”

“Not only Air Restriction, does the Xia Army also have large-scale methods to ban deceit techniques?”

“It’s over!”

…

In stark contrast to the panic of those following Cai Qiu at the Xianyang Level, the morale of the Xia Army soared to extreme heights.

“Kill!”

“Execute Cai Qiu, the chief culprit, soldiers of the two towns, surrender without killing!”

“The Lord has ordered, attack!”

……

The battle within the Weng City had never ceased.

The allied forces of the two towns realized that the gate they broke through with great effort was just an outer gate, their hearts already shrouded in shadow, losing more than half of their fighting spirit.

Yet the Xia Army didn’t give them a chance to regret; tens of thousands of Earth-digging Realm already prepared, quickly released arrows from the high walls on the four sides of the Weng City, and the rain of arrows drowned the soldiers of the coalition like a tidal wave.

Within the Weng City, there weren’t even any Xia Army forces!

At the moment they broke through the outer gate, the Xia Army behind the gate had retreated through the small gates within the Weng City, blocking them tightly and preventing their escape.

The half of the coalition soldiers left outside the gate could not storm through, not because the soldiers within didn’t move, but because they had nowhere to go.

They were all blocked dead in the narrow confines of the Weng City.

The fifty thousand reserve army of Yuan Cheng had long dispersed the coalition soldiers outside the city gate, the ground littered with the densely packed corpses of coalition troops. Yuan Cheng, leading the elite Dragon Slayer Army, blocked the gate, not allowing the coalition soldiers inside to break out.

The force of Fifty thousand surrounded the gate in layers, even if a few slipped through, they couldn’t escape the layers of Xia Army’s blockade. Either they would throw down their weapons and kneel to surrender, or they would meet their deaths.

Ping ping…

“I surrender, I surrender, spare me, spare me!”

“I surrender, Sir, Sir, I surrender, spare me…”

“Surrender, I surrender, spare me, spare me!”

……

Eventually, the allied soldiers’ psychological defenses, under the trend of the ever-piling layers of corpses on the ground, inevitably broke down towards collapse.

The soldiers just narrowly escaping the gate, upon seeing the Xia Army sweeping over with massive blades, had their bloodshot eyes immediately clear. They directly discarded their weapons, kneeling on the ground to surrender.

Once the psychological defenses collapsed, the impact was tremendous.

From a few to dozens, then to hundreds, the troops with lost will began surrendering in droves, throwing their weapons far away.

Those soldiers outside the gate, and on the outskirts of the Weng City, were considered fortunate as long as they could keep their lives by surrendering, they mostly survived in the end, but those who stormed into the city weren’t so lucky.

Those soldiers couldn’t see what was happening at the gate, still wary of the endless rain of arrows from above, unable to even touch the shadow of the enemy. Apart from the dull groans of fellow comrades hit by arrows and the sounds made by some unfortunate soldiers being hit in vital areas, they couldn’t hear any other noises.

Of course, not just those two kinds of sounds.

Clang…

A silver double-bladed giant axe suddenly fell from the eastern city wall, slashing directly down below the right side wall, blasting away dozens of soldiers, at the forefront were more than a dozen Xianyang Level followers of Cai Qiu.

“What utter rubbish of a Feudal Town, thinking to act fiercely before my Great Xia, ask if this giant axe in my hand agrees or not!”

In truth, the commander of this reserve army, Yuan Cheng, felt somewhat aggrieved.