Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1735: Chapter 551: Annexing Beining Village, Chu Tianming’s Scheme

In the thirteenth year of Great Xia, on the second day of the first month, at the break of dawn.

At the same time as tens of thousands of laborers initiated an uprising at Red Tiger Ridge in Evergreen Valley, an army of a hundred thousand from Chen Cang also traversed the Jiuqu Blood Corridor and reached Danxue Peak.

Calculating roughly by each person occupying one square meter, even a troop composed of one hundred thousand ordinary people would cover an area of one hundred thousand square meters, enough to form a square phalanx with a side length of over three hundred meters in open terrain.

But of course, the army could not really form such a simple square phalanx.

Below Danxue Peak, at Beining Village.

Clearly, Chen Cang’s army of a hundred thousand had been here for a while, for the abandoned dwellings in the village had already been cleared out, with soldiers patrolling or transporting supplies, busy as ever.

Around the village, dozens of arrow towers and watchtowers were erected, flags fluttering fiercely in the cold wind, with soldiers under the banners intently watching the surroundings, not missing a single movement.

In the center of the village’s ruins, a brand new wooden building rose quietly, with a gold and white dual-colored flag fluttering in the wind at the top. From the flag’s high specifications and the soldiers’ exceptional morale surrounding the building, it was clear this was the main tent of Chen Cang’s army.

“Three years ago, during the turmoil in Chui Mountain Town in the Southern Slope Territory, it was originally a great opportunity for us Chen Cang to intervene in the Southern Slope, but the third brother somehow only sent a little girl, which resulted in Great Xia humiliating us, and we gained nothing from it, thoroughly losing face for Chen Cang…”

Inside the main tent, the main commander Chu Tianming sat at the head position, with deputy commander Chu Tianhe eloquently narrating below.

Besides them, there were dozens of armored generals in the tent.

The matter Chu Tianhe spoke of was the Chui Mountain upheaval in the tenth year of Great Xia, during which Chu Yan’er and Cai Shiqi represented Chen Cang and Cai Qiu respectively, contending with Li Xuanling over Chui Mountain, resulting in an outcome entirely predictable.

Actually, that matter was followed up on!

After Chu Yan’er returned to Chen Cang, she recounted the whole process to her grandfather Chu Tianxu, who didn’t take Great Xia seriously at that time, and merely sent three Xianyang Level individuals southward to give Great Xia a lesson. The leader among them was Chen Yuanbai, who had previously ventured into the Southern Slope Territory multiple times.

After mocking third brother Chu Tianxu, when mentioning Chen Yuanbai, Chu Tianhe’s expression turned slightly serious before continuing: “That Chen Yuanbai trio had not yet reached Great Xia when they encountered that Mysterious Ice Dao Monster at Beining Village…”

Upon hearing the four words “Mysterious Ice Dao Monster,” everyone in the tent, including the chief Chu Tianming, subconsciously tensed their bodies and pricked up their ears to listen attentively.

Although the movements of the deceitful monsters in Blood Miasma Plain haven’t entirely spread across Moao River, it’s no secret among the upper echelons of the Four Vassals. Everyone present in the tent, being military leaders, naturally understood this.

To date, three deceitful monsters from Blood Miasma Plain have surfaced — Thousand Face from Manluo Flower Sea, Xuan Bing during the Blood Miasma Plain Trials, and the Black Wind General from Bone-Eroding Path of Cai Qiu. All three possess Tribulation Body Realm strength and extremely powerful deceit technique abilities.

Previously, Chen Cang hadn’t associated Black Wind General with Blood Miasma Plain, but as this confrontation between Feudal Towns and Great Xia unfolded, the enchanting winds of Bone-Eroding Path began to recede synchronously with Blood Miasma Plain’s miasma, gradually drawing connections.

Blood Miasma Plain’s miasma withdrawal clearly signifies the deceitful monsters’ deliberate actions to incite confrontation between Chen Cang and Great Xia. Similarly, Bone-Eroding Path’s enchanting winds recede as a trick by deceitful monsters to provoke Cai Qiu against Great Xia.

The three surfaced monsters don’t indicate these are the only ones in Blood Miasma Plain. At the very least, there’s knowledge of a powerful deceitful monster capable of altering time flow speed, currently in the recovery phase.

At the end of last year, Landgrave Chu Longteng shared news of the arising deceitful monster in Blood Miasma Plain with the other Three Vassals. It’s safe to say the greatest hidden threat to Moao River at present is this recovering deceitful monster in Blood Miasma Plain.

Although their thoughts were drifting, everyone’s ears remained attentive to Chu Tianhe’s narration, understanding fully what happened at Beining Village three years ago as he concluded his tale.

In summary, the trio of Chen Yuanbai was merely unlucky. After descending Danxue Peak intending to rest at Beining Village, they encountered the Mysterious Ice Dao Monster and were directly killed, not even managing to send a word back.

Having waited long for a response from Chen Yuanbai’s trio, Chu Tianxu initially thought they were slain by Great Xia, and thus dispatched inquiries southward, leading them to Beining Village, discovering their bodies frozen as ice sculptures.

The cause of death for the trio was initially unclear to Chu Tianxu, but following the Blood Miasma Plain Trials where the Mysterious Ice Dao Monster appeared, and realizing their fate mirrored that of the deceased disciples in the trials, the mystery was solved.

“Then these three were purely unlucky. That Mysterious Ice Dao Monster, after massacring a slew of talented disciples from the two towns in the Blood Miasma Plain Trials, never surfaced again. Now, with Blood Miasma Plain’s miasma receding, those deceitful monsters have all hidden away. Likely, they won’t appear until we clash fiercely with Great Xia!”

The leading general below spoke slowly, prompting unanimous nods of agreement from the others.

Seated at the main position, Chu Tianming also nodded, subsequently taking out a pitch-black jade from his chest to observe, shaking his head with a smile: “Since the army started south from Yanling County, I’ve been following, the Investigation Jade hasn’t reacted, indicating the deceitful monsters won’t come in the short term, no need to worry. But what I’m most curious about now isn’t this…”