Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

There's no doubt about Zhaoyang's strength, capable of challenging Longshan's position.

Even the main materials used for the houses in its base are bluestone and iron.

The specific operation method should be to first drive in piles, then pile up the embryonic form of the house with boulders and small stones, and finally melt the iron ore into a slurry, and quickly pour it into shape before it solidifies.

The houses built in this way have a layer of black and shiny iron patterns on the outside. Beauty is only secondary. The key is the amazing defensive power.

And Zhaoyang's base, not only hundreds of houses, are all like this, but also a circle of city walls built in the same way around the periphery, with a total length of more than 3,000 meters.

Xia Hong walked towards the main building while carefully examining the stone in his hand.

The stone is cyan, and there are very clear black lines in the inner layer. Xia Hong needs to use a little force to crush the stone, but he can easily break it open with his fingernails along the black lines.

"Stones are everywhere, but it's not easy to find stones that are so hard and can be easily broken along the lines; and normal iron slurry solidifies too quickly, and it can't be poured so perfectly, there should be other special materials added in the middle."

Xia Hong looked up and looked towards the north side of Zhaoyang. A huge frost rock wall, thousands of meters high, stretched from east to west, and he couldn't see the end at all.

Just as the Daxia驻地 is located on the west side of Shuanglong Mountain, Zhaoyang is also located on the northern edge of Pingxi Plain. The rock wall in front of him is the northern end of Pingxi Plain.

"The scale of this Beiman Mountain looks larger than Longshan and Shuanglong Mountain. The ice crystals on the upper rock wall are hundreds of meters thick in the thickest places. This cyan stone, not surprisingly, was taken from the bottom of the rock wall."

In the two days since coming to Zhaoyang, even if Xia Hong didn't deliberately inquire, he learned a lot about Zhaoyang just by eavesdropping.

Relying on the mountain to eat the mountain, and relying on the water to eat the water!

All the camps in Bingyuan can only seize resources in a limited space due to the small scope of activities, so the buildings are very regional.

For example, Daxia, because it is靠着Hongmu Ridge, most of the buildings are mainly made of wood;

And the previous camps in Wuyuan, because there are many caves, most of the camps were built in the caves. In addition to wood, iron must also be added to stabilize the cave structure;

The蜂巢is even more direct. The plains are not safe, so the驻地 is built underground;

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Xia Hong crushed the cyan stone in his hand with force, and realized that its defensive power was even more powerful than pure iron. Looking at Beiman Mountain again, his expression immediately became a little different.

Obviously, the defensive capabilities of other camps, or even their own Daxia buildings, are not as good as Zhaoyang's houses made of bluestone and iron pulp.

"There are no traces of cold beasts活动on the rock wall. The back of Zhaoyang can basically ensure safety. There is a 3,000-meter环形青铁wall守卫in front, plus such a solid building inside. It is easy to resist the impact of ordinary cold兽潮. If you count their御寒级and掘地境, it will be even more amazing. No wonder they dare to challenge Longshan. Their strength is indeed very strong!"

Pinggu, Beiman Mountain, bluestone iron house……

These things are certainly also very important, but at most they just help Xia Hong gain some knowledge. In the past two days, what he has focused on eavesdropping on is the content related to the strength of the Zhaoyang camp revealed when people in the camp communicate.

The house he lives in is next to the main building. Usually, those who come in and out nearby are considered middle and high-level people in Zhaoyang, so after two days of eavesdropping, he has learned a lot about the situation.

"The number of御寒级should be around twenty, more than 5,000掘地境, more than 20,000伐木境, and the total population of the entire camp is about 60,000. The gap between this and Longshan is already very small. If Hou Hu can hold his breath and develop for a while, it should only be a matter of time before he surpasses Longshan."

While Xia Hong was thinking, he had already entered the main building. The person who had just notified him immediately greeted him and took him to the second floor of the main building.

Zhaoyang's Pinggu is next to Beiman Mountain, and the topography is similar to Jinggu. It is a突兀凹陷valley. The main building is located at the deepest part of the north side of the valley,靠着the rock wall of Beiman Mountain. The overall shape is square. Although only two floors have been built, the horizontal length is more than 300 meters and the height is 20 meters, which is much larger than Daxia's main building.

Moreover, the thickness of the walls of the main building is more than three meters, which is almost the same as the thickness of the outermost city wall, and the defensive power must be extremely amazing.

"Sir, I can't enter here. Just go in by yourself, please!"

"Thank you."

At the entrance of the main hall on the second floor, Xia Hong thanked the person who led the way, then strode in. Seeing that there were already fifteen people sitting on the left and right sides of the main hall, his eyes immediately scanned around before slowly walking forward.

"Of the eight御寒级who went to Longshan, Hou Hua and Hou Tong, who led the blood卫军, are not here, but the other six are here; of the remaining nine people, I have never seen seven of them. Judging from their clothes, they are also from Zhaoyang. The two who are slightly different in clothes, one is Bai Qiucheng, the leader of Baiyuan, and the other is Dong Zhong from the Dongkang camp. These two families are also here!"

In the two days since coming to Zhaoyang, he didn't take the initiative to get to know anyone, and Hou Hu hadn't looked for him in the past two days, so he doesn't know many people until now.

However, he recognized Bai Qiucheng and Dong Zhong, who were sitting in the front row, because he had spied on them in secret before. Counting the six who had met once before, there are only seven people in the hall that he has never actually met.

Bingyuan奉行强者为尊!

Obviously, the strength Xia Hong showed when he fought against Li Tiancheng that night had already won the respect of these people.

Xia Hong had a kind smile on his face. Seeing that Hou Hu had placed an identical seat next to the main seat and gestured for him to sit on it, he first put away the smile on his face, and then slowly revealed a hint of anger.

"Brother Hou, what do you mean by this?"

Hou Hu clearly saw the anger in Xia Hong's eyes, but still pretended not to understand and asked: "Zhaoyang has always respected the strong. Brother Hong's strength is no weaker than mine. He should be on an equal footing with me. Why is Brother Hong?"

"The reason why Hong is willing to stay in Zhaoyang is mainly for two reasons. One is that I can't stand Longshan's domineering behavior, and the other is that I am infected by Brother Hou's righteous act of raising troops against Longshan. With these two items, I decided to stay and help Brother Hou overthrow Longshan and seek justice for the thousands of humans living in Longyou..."

After Xia Hong finished speaking, he paused and brewed his emotions a little, and asked angrily:

"Not to mention that I have no interest in staying in Zhaoyang, does Brother Hou think in his heart that Hong is the kind of petty person who cares about the vanity of seats?"

Hearing these two sentences from Xia Hong, the incomprehension on Hou Hu's face quickly turned into joy, but when he found that Xia Hong's anger had not subsided, he immediately put away all the joy, and then showed apprehension, patted his forehead sharply, and apologized:

"Brother Hong is full of enthusiasm and chivalrous spirit. I am a villain to be measured by a gentleman's heart. I hope Brother Hong will calm down. This seat is indeed ranked according to strength. If Brother Hong doesn't sit, how can I sit..."

"Brother Hou, there is no need to say more. You are the leader of Zhaoyang, the master, and Hong is just a guest in Zhaoyang. Besides, when dealing with Longshan in the future, Zhaoyang will be the leader, and the other camps will be the auxiliary. Hong is alone and can't contribute much. How dare the seat be ahead of the main seat? Just find a place for me!"

Deep in Hou Hu's eyes, the smile grew stronger, but on the surface he repeatedly waved his hands and said solemnly: "Although Brother Hong is only one person, his strength is amazing. He can even force Li Tiancheng to retreat. When dealing with Longshan, we still have to rely on Brother Hong. How can we not contribute much?"

He pondered for a moment, gave a wink to a person on the left side, and said: "In this way, I will let Hou Quan give up his seat. Brother Hong, sit down first, how about that?"

"Then I will accept it respectfully!"

Xia Hong didn't continue to act. Seeing that the person in the first seat on the left gave up his seat, he nodded directly and sat down with his butt.

After being left aside for two days, Hou Hu actually tested himself first when they met again.

Xia Hong couldn't help but be a little surprised, but after thinking about it for a moment, he felt that Hou Hu's behavior was also reasonable.

When he forced Li Tiancheng back that night, the strength he showed was no weaker than Hou Hu's. If he didn't have any scruples about himself, it would be wrong instead.

Just using such a simple way of offering a seat to test me, it seems that Hou Hu took my naive and easily fooled appearance on the way back from Longshan seriously.

Xia Hong was almost certain that if he had really agreed to sit in that seat just now, someone would have raised an objection, and then Hou Hu would have come forward to reprimand them, and the other party would have given a lot of reasons, and he would have had no choice but to accept it in the end.

Putting aside Hou Hu's domineering nature, no leader of any camp would allow someone to be on an equal footing with him, even if he allowed it, the people below would not agree.

This is a characteristic of the Bingyuan camp, let alone the Zhaoyang camp, which is so powerful.

Of the fifteen people in the hall, except for Bai Qiucheng and Dong Zhong, the leaders of the two camps, the remaining thirteen Yu Han level members of Zhaoyang looked at Hou Hu with the same eyes as the Great Xia people looked at him. How could Xia Hong not understand?

So this is Hou Hu's test. He is testing whether he will rely on his strength to have thoughts that he shouldn't have. This will also help him adjust his arrangements for himself in the subsequent war, which is likely to be the case.

Now that he has passed the test, the arrangements for himself should be bolder.

Xia Hong's eyes flickered slightly, looking at the bland fruit plate on the table, and pouted slightly.

Although Zhaoyang is strong, its types of supplies are not comparable to those of Great Xia at all.

Tonight, the leaders of the two camps are here, and the Yu Han level members of Zhaoyang who are currently staying in the camp have also come. On such an important occasion, there are only two fruit plates on the table.

"The Xue Han wine and aged wine that I brought out are all drunk, and my mouth is almost tasteless. I have to find a way to go back to the garrison and get some more..."

While Xia Hong was complaining about Zhaoyang's lack of resources, Hou Hu, who was in the chief seat, was full of smiles because of the perfect effect of this test, and even his eyes looking at Xia Hong became extremely satisfied.

"I had some insights from the battle with Li Tiancheng on the 14th, so I started to retreat as soon as I returned to the camp. I haven't come out for two days. Have you all taken care of the things I arranged?"

As soon as Hou Hu spoke, the expressions of the fifteen people below changed slightly, and their sitting postures immediately became upright. All of them turned their heads and looked at him respectfully.

This scene made Xia Hong's expression slightly condensed.

The other thirteen people were nothing, mainly Bai Qiucheng and Dong Zhong.

The leaders of these two camps are also so respectful to Hou Hu.

The meaning contained in it is great.

"This doesn't seem like they are just leaning towards Zhaoyang. It's more like they are preparing to merge their entire families into Zhaoyang. Dongkang is on the right, and Baiyuan is on the northwest. The two families are adjacent to Zhaoyang. It's not surprising that they completely merge, but in this way, Zhaoyang's strength will become more and more powerful!"

Xia Hong's eyes were slightly solemn, and he continued to listen to Hou Hu's conversation with the others.

Hou Quan, who had just offered a seat to Xia Hong, stood up at this time and cupped his hands and said:

"Reporting to the leader, two days ago, I sent eight people to report to the eight camps in Longyou respectively. The news that Li Tianhua is no longer in Longshan should have spread by now;

The people who went to Changning and Songyuan to report the news have already returned. According to them, there are Longyou troops patrolling everywhere in these two territories. They should have been controlled by Longshan;

The people who went to Yucheng to report the news have also returned. They couldn't even get into the Yucheng garrison, and they couldn't find anyone from Yucheng. I don't know what's going on."

Hearing the last piece of news, Hou Hu's face condensed slightly, and then he chuckled twice and said in a cold voice: "Yan Chuan should have had an accident. Since Longshan wants to strike first, then the first people to be dealt with must be these double-dealers.

Yucheng, Changning, and Songyuan have all been taken down by Longshan. With the ordinary people of these three families, the Digging Realm cultivators they control will increase by at least five thousand. This action is really fast this time."

Xia Hong raised his eyebrows slightly, marveling at Hou Hu's keenness.

He saw Yan Chuan's body with his own eyes, but Hou Hu was able to deduce that Yan Chuan had an accident just based on this news, and he also thought of Yucheng being taken down by Longshan. This is a bit extraordinary.

Hou Quan nodded to express his agreement, and then said:

"Has Li Xuanyan become enlightened?"

"He doesn't have the brains to dare to act so decisively. I guess Li Tiancheng personally came forward to take charge. They must have taken down more than just these three families. Tell me about any other situations!"

Speaking of Li Xuanyan, Hou Hu's tone was very contemptuous, and he directly asserted that he couldn't do these things, obviously knowing him very well.

Another person walked out from behind Hou Quan, cupped his hands and said: "The Wu Shuang and Han Qiong families have already captured Yanglu as agreed. Our scouts have already sent a message back from Wu Shuang. Wu Xiong and Han Jiuli are stationed in Yanglu with a large number of people, waiting for Hou Ming of the Beehive to finish. The two groups of people will merge, and the Wu Shuang, Han Qiong, Beehive, and Yanglu families will be connected together. The entire southeastern part of Longyou will be completely out of Longshan's control!"

"Good!"

Hou Hu's face was excited, and he stood up directly, turning his eyes to Bai Qiucheng below, and said in a deep voice: "You said that a part of the Longshan army is now stationed on your west side, cutting off the main road between Xiling and you, and another part is stationed in the south, preventing you from going south with a large number of people, and preventing you from coming to Zhaoyang to join us. Is that right?"

Bai Qiucheng got up and bowed, nodded and said: "That's true. The number of Longyou troops is a bit abnormal. Longshan was able to take down the Yucheng, Changning, and Songyuan families so quickly, it must have used the Longyou troops, but of the two thousand people stationed on the west side of our camp, half of them are dressed as Longyou troops, and the two thousand people stationed in the south are the same. How could Longshan have..."

"Li Tianhua likes to hide something in everything he does. Longyou has more than just a thousand people. I knew this a long time ago, but it's still a bit beyond my expectations that there are so many."

A hint of pressure appeared on Hou Hu's brow, and then he sneered: "Blocking the main road to prevent large-scale personnel exchanges between us, this is because they are afraid of us joining forces. Among the four thousand people, even if he really has two thousand Longyou troops, wanting to block all the main roads between the six camps is too naive..."

He pondered for a moment, turned his head and asked Hou Quan: "Hou Hua's thousand Blood Guard troops are already in place at the Baiyuan camp, right?"

Hou Quan bowed and nodded with excitement.

"Notify him to stand by, I will be there immediately, and also..."

Hou Hu turned his eyes to Xia Hong, who had been listening quietly, and said with a smile: "Brother Hong, I need to trouble you."

"Brother Hou, just tell me!"

Finally, he is going to arrange for himself. Xia Hong immediately got up, cupped his hands, and gave Hou Hu enough face.

"Brother Hong, you don't have to be so polite..."

Hou Hu raised his hand and gestured for him not to be so polite, and then said: "Zhaoyang has 1,500 people stationed in the Hanqiong camp, and Hou Tong is leading them at the moment. Please, Brother Hong, go to Hanqiong and assist Hou Tong. It is best to break Longshan's blockade of southern Baiyuan. If you can't break through, you must hold them back and not let them interfere with the war on the west side. How about it?"

He will personally lead the Blood Guard troops to deal with the Longshan garrison on the west side of Baiyuan; he will help Hou Tong hold back the Longshan garrison on the south side of Baiyuan.

"Okay, Hong will do his best!"

Xia Hong instantly understood Hou Hu's deployment and nodded in agreement.

Xia Hong has not personally experienced the strength of the Longyou Army and the Blood Guard Army, but he has seen their battles. Not only has the individual strength reached the limit of 30,000 catties, but they are also equipped with special weapons, and their combat literacy is much stronger than the hunting team members of ordinary camps.

Such an army, as long as the number is more than a hundred, can threaten the Yu Han level. This is why Hou Hu was running towards the Blood Guard Army like crazy when he was chased by Li Tiancheng that night.

And Longshan has more than just a thousand of such troops.

Zhaoyang only has a thousand Blood Guard troops, and he is asked to hold back the south side. Is Hou Hu so confident that he can defeat the Longshan army on the west side?

Xia Hong's expression flickered slightly, looking at Hou Hu, who was still arranging tasks above, and a strong curiosity rose in his heart.