Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1780: Chapter 567: Life-and-Death Breakout, Cai Yunzhou Furious to the Point of Collapse (2)

But the Xia Army numbered only thirty thousand in total, how many could they kill?

Cai Yunzhou’s loud shout uplifted the morale of the remaining seventy thousand soldiers, and they gathered together to break through to the north. If all those people succeeded in breaking through, the victory would unquestionably be diminished greatly.

Hou Bing hadn’t forgotten so far that this active attack on Guangning Mountain was a massive gamble. The current outcome showed they bet correctly, but the final result would undoubtedly affect the Lord’s attitude towards them.

So, they must not succeed in breaking through!

“Ah…”

Seeing Yuwen Yong being slashed apart by Cai Yunzhou again, the breach on the north side widened by several meters. Hou Bing roared in anger, raised the long staff in his hand, and fiercely struck toward Cai Yunzhou.

Whizz…

“You courted death!”

Cai Yunzhou sneered. The fundamental reason he had been intercepted for this long was due to fighting one against two. If it weren’t for Hou Bing and Yuwen Yong joining forces, how would he be so restrained?

Yuwen Yong had already been cut open by him, and Hou Bing lost control of his emotions, rushing towards him all by himself, which was simply seeking death.

The Heaven-pulling Sword Technique once again emerged. The sword’s radiance drawn by Cai Yunzhou shot up instantly, darted towards Hou Bing’s throat like the wind — the distance of several dozen meters was crossed in barely a moment.

Clang!

Hou Bing was prepared too. As his neck felt the chill of the sword’s edge, the silver long staff in his hand suddenly lifted upward.

Unfortunately, even using the Holy Pattern and Martial Arts, his strength was vastly inferior to Cai Yunzhou’s.

So his staff only slightly deflected Cai Yunzhou’s sword edge upward by a few inches.

Slash…

This minor deflection caused Cai Yunzhou’s sword edge, initially aimed at his throat, to pierce from the left jaw and then drag upward, leaving a deep scar over a dozen centimeters long on his left cheek.

Cai Yunzhou’s basic strength approached 30 jun. At this moment, he struck with fury, combined with targeting the weakest facial area — the horrifying extent of this deep scar was self-evident.

The scar started from the left jaw, stretched up to the corner of the eye, missing the eyeball by only half an inch. The facial tissue was severed, and blood instantly gushed out, staining half of Hou Bing’s face red.

The injury did not merely remain at the level of skin membrane and flesh.

“Ah!”

Even the skull on Hou Bing’s left face was fractured open. Dozens of shattered bone fragments shot out, so fierce and fast that nearby Cai Qiu soldiers were pierced through instantly.

Of course, the most painful one was Hou Bing!

Despite Xianyang Level’s strong capability, they weren’t immune to pain.

The skull, being so fragile, was directly cleaved open — the extreme pain surged to the mind immediately. Hou Bing emitted a miserable scream.

However, in his scream, there was not only agony and panic but also a hint of hysterical fierceness.

Whizz…

The Cai Family had extended over several generations. There were hundreds of people just from the Bai Shui County branch alone. Even among the third generation under the Yun character, there were at least over a hundred.

Cai Yunzhou emerging among them and holding a high office was certainly not a simple role.

He acutely picked up abnormalities in the scream, originally pressing down intending to decapitate Hou Bing, but abruptly withheld his sword edge at the critical moment.

Simultaneously, an extreme breaking noise rang beside his ear. His pupils flashed with dread, quickly turning to shield his head with the sword.

Whizz…

A black shadow resembling a sword edge surged from behind, colliding fiercely with his sword. Yet, the shadow ignored the sword and directly slashed towards his neck.

“Deceit Technique!”

Cai Yunzhou didn’t understand the origin of the shadow but instantly realized it was Hou Bing’s deceit technique. A flash of dread crossed his pupils, as he retreated quickly to evade.

While evading, he also noticed the source of the shadow was precisely the bonfire atop the main tent of the Guangning Mountain Camp.

“Wrong, it’s not a bonfire, it’s a light source…”

Just as this thought crossed Cai Yunzhou’s mind, his left eye suddenly experienced intense pain.

Sshhh…

The shadow resembling a sword edge, with its terrifying power and incredible speed, sliced off the flesh on his left cheek along with his entire left eye.

“Hmm…”

Half of his face, including the eyeball, was cut off, but fortunately, it did not injure his bones. The pain Cai Yunzhou felt was far less intense than what Hou Bing had just experienced.

Thus, he only let out a muffled sound.

“Yuwen Yong, quickly join forces with me to kill this beast!”

But with Hou Bing’s next furious shout, Cai Yunzhou’s expression turned truly panicked.

He still needed to lead his men to break through the encirclement and face the overwhelming counterattack from the Xia Army and rebels. Given the current danger level on the battlefield, losing an eye drastically decreased his combat effectiveness – how could he continue fighting?

Clang…

Fortunately, the other Xianyang Level warriors from Cai Qiu didn’t just stand idly by.

Before Yuwen Yong could charge forward, dozens of Xianyang Level warriors from Cai Qiu rushed at him frantically, immediately repelling Hou Bing. Then several of them lifted him up and quickly ascended into the sky.

“What are you trying to do? I’m not leaving. I’m not leaving; I want to lead my brothers in breaking out and fighting the Xia Army to the death!”

Cai Yunzhou instantly realized his subordinates’ intentions and swung his sword, trying to brush aside the people beside him, angrily shouting to continue fighting.

“City Lord, the gap is already open; the brothers have all rushed out!”

“City Lord, stay safe. Many brothers have already succeeded in breaking out. Retreat to Red Tiger Ridge first; there are still garrison troops in Qinghua City. Little Landgrave is already assembling the elite from the Town Guard; once we regroup, it’s not too late to fight the Xia Army again!”

“Brothers, take the City Lord to run; River Valley Village is too close. If Xia Hong arrives personally, we won’t escape.”

……

This is the final chance to escape. The Xianyang Level commanders naturally wouldn’t listen to Cai Yunzhou. They endured several sword strikes, stubbornly dragging Cai Yunzhou away into the sky.

Cai Yunzhou wouldn’t damage his own people with his sword. Realizing he was powerless to stop his subordinates, he could only suppress his anger, glancing back to see many soldiers still trapped in the gap, a deep sadness filling his remaining right eye.

There were over 90,000 men in the Guangning Mountain Camp, and just over 60,000 succeeded in breaking through to the north. Currently, at least 40,000 are still encircled by the Xia Army.

In other words, Cai Qiu lost a minimum of 70,000 troops in this battle!

The key is that losing Guangning Mountain means Cai Qiu’s southern scattered remnants, except for those with luck and wits, don’t have another chance to break through the Xia Army’s lines.

“Twenty-seven thousand troops annihilated, annihilated. The entire Evergreen Valley is probably going to be handed over, it’s over, it’s over; the Xia Army is advancing, with Chen Cang coordinating from the west, Qinghua City is in danger. Yunzhou has failed the Landgrave, failed my uncle, puh…”

In mid-air, Cai Yunzhou saw the scattered, defeated Cai Qiu soldiers below after the breakout, thinking of Cai Qiu’s three defeats against Great Xia and the loss of 27,000 troops, his grief and anger surged as he spat a mouthful of blood.

“Why bother, City Lord? Cai Qiu still has tens of thousands of Town Guard Army, and the Silver Scale Guards under the Landgrave haven’t even deployed. Sure, the Xia Army won three battles, but ultimately they only took such a small portion of Evergreen Valley. Our fiefdom’s losses aren’t significant.”

“That’s right, once the Landgrave regroups, we’ll first repel Chen Cang, then drive the Xia Army out of Evergreen Valley.”

“That Xia Hong relies on a few puppets; once we grasp the secrets of his Puppet Secret Technique, I refuse to believe a mere Town-level Camp could overturn our position!”

……

Listening to his subordinates’ words, recalling how they only thought of escaping earlier, they dared to show such disdain toward Great Xia after surviving. Cai Yunzhou, already enraged, felt his chest nearly explode.

“You… you……”

He pointed at them, his face flushed, lips trembling, yet too angry to speak, eventually fainting in rage.

The remaining commanders were already supporting him; seeing him faint, they exchanged puzzled glances, unable to come up with a plan, fearing Great Xia might pursue, they could only speed up dragging him northward.

But before they flew just a couple of kilometers, a cyan figure intercepted them.

Seeing the person, the commanders first paused in surprise, then excitement filled their eyes, quickly bowing, preparing to pay respects.

“Greeting—”

But just as they bowed and started to speak, the person interrupted them.

“Why the rush? Send three people to take him back. The rest of you gather the scattered soldiers below, lead them back to Red Tiger Ridge. I’ll handle everything in Evergreen Valley as the Grand Master.”

The person turned out to be Cai Qiu’s Grand Master!