Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1062: Chapter 373: Muyin’s Dead End, Only We Can Help You, Qinghuang Elixir Pills, Battle of Bashang_5

”The intelligence that Xu Ning exchanged his life for is definitely not wrong. The question is whether Dajue Temple has any new additions. Since they can mass-produce Bhikkhus with Hair, they might also be able to produce official bhikkhus. In the past six months, Dajue Temple has conquered over fifty village-level camps, collecting at least tens of thousands of children. Who knows what the situation in the Great Awakening Hall is right now!”

In the past few months of fierce battles, Dajue Temple’s 800 official bhikkhus have basically all been deployed. They have even added 7,000 Zen Temple bhikkhus, which makes one question whether they have a means to mass-produce these bhikkhus.

Although only 7,000 Zen Temple bhikkhus have been added so far, the Great Awakening Hall is currently a mystery to everyone. No one dares to say what’s inside.

Li Xuanling said softly, ”Up to now, only the three masters—Vajra, Yan Long, and Hei Ming—have appeared. The other two masters have not shown up from the beginning to the end. It is likely that the few Xianyang Level from the Nine Towns who escaped from the Great Awakening Hall earlier might know something about them. Do you think, when attacking Bashang City, they will deploy several masters?”

Xia Hong shook his head, his brows tightly knitted.

”The situation is basically clear now. Dajue Temple has deployed all the forces they can mobilize, leaving only the whereabouts of the five masters unknown. The Xianyang Level from the Three Towns and other towns are definitely watching Bashang. Once more than two masters appear on the Bashang battlefield, they will surely take advantage of Qinghepu’s vulnerability and attack the Great Awakening Hall. You just stay at Qinghepu and wait for the opportunity to reap the benefits.”

Upon hearing Li Xuanling’s words, Xia Hong looked up at her and said with a smile, ”During the last battle at Hongguan, the Xianyang Level from the Nine Towns had the same idea, but they suffered a great loss at Qinghepu, with two deaths and three seriously injured. Have you forgotten?”

Li Xuanling shook her head and said solemnly, ”That was the first engagement; they weren’t aware of the methods of those masters, right? They’ve had some experience now, and surely considered countermeasures in the past few months. The situation will probably be different this time.”

Xia Hong did not deny Li Xuanling’s statement; he simply lowered his head in thought for a moment and then looked up and asked, ”Is the preparation at Wuyuan complete?”

”It’s ready, except for the Falcon Hunting and Xiong Wu armies. Currently, Cloud Jiao, Dragon Slayer, Tiger Leopard, Xuanwu, Divine Martial, Longyuan, Mountain River, and Beizhao are all on standby at the Wuyuan camp. All military supplies are prepared. Moreover, the Xia Straight Road from Wuyuan to Songyang and then to Baiyang has been expanded; the distance is just over seventy kilometers, and they can arrive in a bit more than an hour. From Baiyang to Qinghepu is over twenty kilometers, another three hours at the fastest.”

Li Xuanling had evidently devised many plans long ago, even providing marching distances. Xia Hong gently laughed and said, ”No rush. I have made it clear to Xia Chuan; he knows when to make a move.”

He paused slightly, as if remembering something, and continued to ask, ”And the Dragon Martial Army? Have they all gone over?”

Li Xuanling nodded and replied, ”The last seven Cold Resistance Level soldiers, who broke through the day before yesterday, have also gone over; a total of a thousand from the Dragon Martial Army have all gone over. His negotiations with Murong Chui went well. Murong Chui and his group, after seeing your token, had their fighting spirit ignited and started working on rectifying the town.”

”That’s good! Everything is ready; now we just wait for the battle at Bashang to start.”

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Moao Calendar Year 132, May 1

East Bank of the Heng River, Bashang City

No matter what external speculations are made, and whatever plans the Eight Towns made, the warring parties are currently unaware of any of it.

Even if they were, they have no mind to pay attention.

Because right now, they are under the most pressure.

Like the calm before the storm, as May began, the temperature unexpectedly began to rise slightly, and the chilling east bank wind had lessened, as if the heavens were brewing emotions for this great battle.

Three kilometers north of Bashang City, nearly two hundred black military tents were massed together, dyeing the entire land black, spreading across in front of Bashang City like a vast, ink-black sea.

A tent on the edge was suddenly opened from within.

Two soldiers in armor emerged, one after the other, from inside.

”It’s not a temperature rise; it’s that the February cold wave has completely passed!”

”It lasted just over two months, and with the Xing... Heng River cold wave gone, the temperature naturally has risen slightly.”

Xiang Liang almost mistakenly uttered Xing River, but was corrected by Bai Shanqiu with a pat on the shoulder.

”Been stationed here for nearly a month and still no fight. What is Dajue Temple waiting for?”

Xiang Liang looked south towards Bashang City, his brows knitted tightly.

This phrase wasn’t something to be voiced near the tents, only a murmur in his mind.

On the night of March 20th, after capturing the Jiuchu Camp, they had stationed there for half a month. Then, on April 5th, the vanguard force he and Bai Shanqiu were part of arrived here at Bashang City.

This was followed by continuous reinforcements; the Earth-digging Realm from the three villages eighteen households of Qinghe Village had long been summoned in the previous months. Those arriving afterward were all from village-level camps within Jiangxia and Bashang Territory.

Dajue Temple’s indoctrination skills are indeed formidable. As soon as they take over those village-level camps, they can trick the Cold Resistance Level and Earth-digging Realm from those camps into joining the army and fighting for them.

Generally, in wars, people become fewer as the battles go on, but Dajue Temple only increases in number. If Jiangxia and Bashang hadn’t had considerable strength to consume most of Dajue Temple’s forces, Xiang Liang estimates that the army currently stationed here would easily double, reaching at least three to four hundred thousand.