Chapter 242: Changes in the Situation, Daxia Envoy

From the sudden murder in Longshan the day before the Longshan meeting, which formally broke up the alliance, to the sudden change in the situation in Pingxiyuan, the series of events that took place during this period actually took only three days at most.

And because of the sensitive juncture of the alliance’s collapse, many camps had no regular channels of communication, resulting in extreme lack of information. No one dared to rashly send people to the garrison to inquire about the situation, for fear of alerting the enemy and causing unnecessary misunderstandings.

Based on this premise, Longshan sent an army to station on the snowy plain between Baiyuan and Wushuang. Therefore, during this period of time, Hou Tong’s attention was almost entirely on Longshan, and he did not pay any attention to the situations of the three families in the south, namely Fengchao, Wushuang and Yanglu.

Long before the alliance, Zhaoyang had 3,000 men stationed in the Hanqiong camp.

Half of these 3,000 men were led by Hou Ming to attack the beehive;
The other 1,500 people, led by Hou Tong, continued to stay in Hanqiong. Their original intention was to defend Fengchao and Yanglu, but if the war went badly for one side, he could rush to help quickly.

But with the arrival of the No. 14 Longshan Army, Hou Tong’s 1,500 men, together with Han Qiong’s more than 1,000 men, naturally became their target.

In Hou Tong’s opinion, attacking the Beehive and Yanglu does not require any support.

Hou Ming, Hou Bing, Hou Ying, and Lin Ye, four cold-resistant level warriors, with 1,500 earth-digging level warriors, could easily defeat a beehive where Chen Yingyuan was not around and there was also a cold-resistant level warrior Wu Tianxing as an insider.
At most, it is Yanglu, which is closer to Longshan, that needs attention, but Wu Xiong and Han Jiuli brought a total of 1,800 people there, so it shouldn’t be a big problem to capture Yanglu.

On the 11th, Wu Xiong sent someone to bring a message saying that they had successfully captured Yanglu. After receiving the news, Hou Tong immediately gave Hou Ming an order to attack the Beehive. After that, he paid attention to it for two days. As soon as the Longshan army arrived, all his attention was diverted.

Hou Tong did not expect that the arrival of Daxia would disrupt all of Zhaoyang’s plans for the three families in the southeast of Longyou.

His plan to notify the three parties to draw personnel to gather in Wu Shuang was doomed to fail. Unfortunately, he himself was not aware of it.

Hou Tong didn’t know about the existence of Daxia, but some people already knew it.

In the southern part of Baiyuan, there are two wooden houses where the Longshan army is stationed.

In the core area of ​​the second floor building on the left, Li Xuanling was sitting at the top.

There were ten people sitting on the left and right sides below, among whom Li Xuanyan and Li Xuan were prominently present, and the other eight were also wearing armor, with solemn expressions.

There was a person in the middle, who was reporting something to Li Xuanling respectfully.

From the shocked reactions on the faces of the people in the hall, it was not difficult to see how much of a stir this man’s words had caused in their hearts.

“Summer?”

“It took less than half an hour to capture Wu Shuang?”

“How can this be!”

“Seven cold-resistant-level warriors, 1,500 digging-level warriors, wearing pale gold ten-forged armor. Where did they come from?”

“Daxia, we have never heard of this camp in Pingxiyuan!”

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Li Xuanling and Li Xuandu were the only ones in the audience who had a faint light flashing in their pupils, while the rest of the people exclaimed in surprise, some even couldn’t help but stand up from their seats, their faces full of disbelief.

There was also Li Xuanyan, who always had a calm expression, as if he was in a trance. He sat there without saying a word. Only when he heard the name of the unfamiliar camp, Da Xia, did he feel a hint of curiosity.

Li Ying, who was in the hall, was not surprised at all when he saw everyone’s reactions.

Before dawn, when he saw Wu Shuang being defeated by Daxia through the gap outside the Stonehenge, he was no less shocked than everyone else.

“What’s the big deal? Doesn’t this confirm Second Uncle’s guess that some external forces are getting involved in Pingxiyuan?”

Seeing that everyone in the room was in a noisy state, Li Xuanling spoke directly. Everyone was stunned at first, and then they remembered what Li Tiancheng had said during the meeting in Longshan three days ago, and their expressions changed instantly.

“Sir, do you mean that Hong Xia has some connection with Da Xia?”

Zhou Yuan’s words expressed the confusion in the hearts of everyone in the hall. Everyone looked up at Li Xuanling, waiting for her to answer.

At the meeting three days ago, one of the most important reasons why Li Tiancheng suspected that there were external forces trying to interfere in Pingxiyuan was Hong Xia, who suddenly appeared on the evening of the 14th and saved Hou Hu at the critical moment.

It just happened to appear at the moment when Hou Hu was about to die. How could such a coincidence happen in the world?

“I’m 90 percent sure.”

“Ten percent!”

Hearing Li Xuandu’s slightly speculative tone, Li Xuanling shook his head and gave a 100% judgment.

When everyone heard this, their faces instantly became much gloomier.

“Wu Shuang has at least 1300 people at the Digging Realm, plus Wu Xiong, Wu Ying, and Duan Pingyu, three people at the Cold-Resistant Realm. The entire camp has nearly 1500 people. They also have the advantage of being at home, but they were captured in less than half an hour. Are the people from Da Xia also an army?”

“It’s very likely. Didn’t Li Ying just say that there are only seven cold-resistant level warriors in Da Xia? Such a small number of people is not enough to affect a battle involving more than a thousand people. To be able to take down Wu Shuang in such a short time, the strength of those 1500 people must be extraordinary!”

“The key is that we still know nothing about this Daxia camp. Where exactly is their base located? How many people are there in the camp? How many are at the Digging Realm? How many are at the Cold Resistance Realm…”

“If those 1500 people are all regular troops, plus Hong Xia, there are at least seven cold-resistant masters below them. This Daxia camp feels stronger than Zhaoyang!”

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“Why are you panicking? You don’t know anything. Don’t scare yourself!”

Seeing that everyone below was making wild guesses, Li Xuanling’s brows sank. She had a calm expression from beginning to end. After scolding everyone, she turned around and looked at the huge map of Longyou behind her, and whispered, “No new news from my second brother?”

“Since the night of the 15th, when the Second Young Master sent someone to deliver a message informing them that Yu Cheng had been captured, no new news has been sent back.”

The one who answered her was Li Ying in the hall. Li Ying not only had the ability to resist the cold, but he was also the deputy commander of the Longyou Army, responsible for intelligence liaison work during the army’s march.

After hearing Li Ying’s report, everyone turned to look at the huge map behind Li Xuanling, and their eyes were all focused on the Yang camp site not far to the east of Yucheng.

According to Li Xuanling’s deployment three days ago, the second son Li Xuantian, led 500 Longyou soldiers to the southeast, took in Yucheng, and immediately took Pengbo and Chen Yingyuan to continue collecting Yanglu, and finally went to Fengchao.

“My second brother captured Yucheng on the night of the 15th and sent someone back to report the news. Today is the 17th. Judging from the time, even if he is very fast, he may have just arrived in Yanglu. Maybe he is arranging camp affairs and has no manpower. The messenger will come at night.”

As soon as Li Xuandu opened his mouth, the others nodded slightly.

Leader Peng Bo has already defected to Longshan. If nothing unexpected happens, Li Xuantian can take Peng Bo directly to receive the Yanglu on the night of Yucheng’s capture. Maybe everything has already been received, and the army is already marching towards the Beehive.

When this thought came to everyone’s mind, their expressions suddenly became excited.

The third son, Li Xuandu, not only brought 1750 Longyou soldiers, but also brought fully-strength hunting teams, totaling people. They set out on the evening of the th, and it took only two nights to capture the Changning and Songyuan families. After arranging everything last night, he brought Zhou Yuan and Meng Ying and came here directly to support.

The Second Young Master has already taken over Yucheng. As long as he makes more efforts to deal with Yanglu and Fengchao, half of the ten camps in Longyou and Longshan will be solved.

Their 4,000-strong army, stationed at two locations, has divided the six families of Zhaoyang, Dongkang, Baiyuan, Xiling, Wushuang, and Hanqiong into three parts, leaving them no possibility of uniting.

Next, as long as the five occupied camps are settled, manpower can be drawn from them continuously. At that time, the six camps that were split up by the Longyou Army can also be cleaned up one by one.

Just as everyone was lost in their reverie, Li Xuanling suddenly turned his gaze away from the map, and then asked Li Ying a question with a serious expression.

“When Daxia attacked Wushuang, how many defenders did Wushuang have?”

Upon hearing this question, Li Ying was stunned at first, then he lowered his head to recall what he had seen, and his expression instantly became ugly.

Seeing his reaction, the others immediately understood.

Li Xuanling, who was sitting at the top, also frowned suddenly.

“Something is wrong. The reason why Daxia was able to take down Wushuang so quickly is not because they are too strong, but because Wushuang didn’t have many people defending it. The leaders of Hanqiong and Wushuang didn’t attend the alliance. The two families must have united long ago, either to attack Fengchao or Yanglu!”

Li Xuandu on the left suddenly stood up and spoke in surprise.

His words instantly woke everyone up.

“Yang Lu, Wu Xiong and Han Jiuli must have brought people to defeat Yang Lu!”

Li Xuanling’s firm words instantly attracted everyone’s attention.

“If nothing unexpected happens, the second brother is either being held at Yanglu’s base or has already captured Yanglu, so he has no time to send back any news.”

“Why not go and fight a beehive?”

Hearing Zhou Yuan’s question, Li Xuanling immediately asked back:
“So where do you think Daxia came from?”

Everyone’s expressions were startled, and they looked up to see the map of Longyou above.

“There are a lot of giant camps in Longyou, and Longshan knows about them. They can’t just appear out of nowhere. Daxia is definitely not a local camp. There are Longshan to the west of Pingxiyuan, Mangshan to the north, and a stone wall past Hanqiong in the east. If outside forces want to come in, they can only go through the southeastern opening. I remember there used to be a camp to the south of the Beehive, called… Jingxian!”

“There is a Mirror Fairy camp. As I remember, the leader is called He Yuanhun, and he is very powerful. Eight years ago, Chen Yingyuan asked the Alliance for help, saying that the Mirror Fairy intended to annex the Hive. We sent people to intimidate He Yuanhun!”

As soon as Li Xuandu opened his mouth, everyone’s memory instantly became clear.

Eight years ago, there was indeed such a camp.

“Then this Jingxian Camp is also connected to Daxia?”

“It’s unclear, but we can basically conclude that Daxia came from the direction of Jingxian Camp. We need to send someone to find out about Daxia’s situation.”

“That means that Daxia not only occupied Wushuang, they probably also occupied the beehive, swallowing up our two camps in Longyou at once?”

When everyone in the hall heard Zhou Yuan’s words, their faces instantly became extremely solemn. Li Xuanling, who made this guess, had the gloomiest expression.

“Daxia should be very aware of the current situation in Longyou. The enemy is in secret and we are in the open. They took advantage of the internal strife in Longyou to reach out to Pingxiyuan.”

boom!
Li Xuanling knocked on the table, and a hint of anger appeared on her beautiful face.

External forces interfering in Pingxiyuan have always been Longshan’s biggest concern.

Ever since his father Li Tianhua led Longshan to rise to power, it can be said that in Li Xuanling’s view, the entire Longyou is in the pocket of Longshan.

Even if a Zhaoyang Houhu appears, it won’t change anything!
But now, an external force has come in.

“We can’t wait until night to send out spies. Li Ying, Zhou Yuan, Meng Ying, Xuan Ping, the four of you will set out immediately and go find out the situations of the four families, Wu Shuang, Yang Lu, Feng Chao, and Han Qiong. Find out what the current situations of the four families are. Once you have any news, report back immediately. Keep an eye out outside.”

“Yes, son!”

Upon hearing the order, the four people below immediately stood up, bowed in response, and quickly walked out of the house.

Li Xuanling continued to turn his head and look at the map behind him, his mind slightly focused.

Information is so important.

Li Xuanling was not unaware of this, the problem was that everything happened too fast.

More than 4,000 troops set out from Longshan on the evening of the 14th, half of them stationed on the northwest side of Baiyuan to cut off the main communication route between Baiyuan and Xiling.
The other half was led by her personally. They marched quickly for two nights all the way to the southern part of Baiyuan, where they camped. The purpose was to prevent the troops of Wu Shuang and Han Qiong from joining forces with Zhaoyang’s troops in Baiyuan.

So, she and the Longshan army arrived here last night.

Time passed too quickly and she didn’t even have time to send out spies. If she hadn’t seen that Wu Shuang was close by, she would have sent Li Ying to investigate the situation in the early morning. Perhaps until now, they still wouldn’t know that Wu Shuang was captured by Da Xia.

No, they still don’t even know about the existence of Daxia.

“Wushuang, Hanqiong, Yanglu, and Fengchao, these four families must have undergone drastic changes that are unknown to the public. All we need to do next is wait for news from Li Ying and the other three.”

After Li Xuanling pondered for a moment, he turned to look at Li Xuandu and asked in a low voice:
“Over at Bai Yuan, has Hou Hu arrived?”

Li Xuandu’s eyes flickered when he heard this, and he nodded slightly: “They have arrived. A thousand Blood Guards are stationed at Baiyuan’s base. Uncle Qing has been watching. The people from Xiling and Baiyuan have not made any moves. It seems that Hou Hu doesn’t want to fight!”

“Ah……”

Li Xuanling chuckled and said, “It’s not that he doesn’t want to, he just doesn’t dare. The 1,000 Blood Guards are Zhaoyang’s greatest asset. Three days ago, they lost more than 100 people. I guess they are still heartbroken. How can they dare to fight us again?”

At this point, she paused for a moment and continued, “He knows very well that Zhaoyang’s only chance of winning is to gather the five families of Wushuang, Hanqiong, Xiling, Baiyuan, and Dongkang, or even people from more camps, to wipe out the Longyou Army we have. So he must have made some arrangements in the south, and if nothing goes wrong, he will be here in the next few days. Be alert all around!”

Zhaoyang also had a Blood Guard of 1,000 men, so Hou Hu knew very well the strength of the Longyou Army. Without an absolute numerical advantage, it would be impossible to defeat Longshan.

Zhaoyang’s family could not provide so many Digging Realm warriors, so integrating the Digging Realm warriors from other camps and gathering everyone together for a decisive battle with Longshan was the only way for Zhaoyang to have a chance of winning.

This is also the reason why Li Xuanling immediately led the Longyou Army to cut off the communication channels between Zhaoyang and several other camps.

“From the top combat power to the regular army to the number of ordinary diggers, Zhaoyang is not better than us in any aspect. Even if he can really gather the people from the five families in Longyou, his chance of winning is only 30% at most. The only variable at the moment is this sudden appearance…”

“Qiu Peng, the special envoy of Daxia, requests to see the Lords of Longshan!”

A hearty voice suddenly rang out outside the wooden house, not only interrupting Li Xuanling’s words, but also causing the remaining seven people in the house to change their expressions and turn their heads to look outside.

“People from Daxia?”

“Special envoy, you’re here to ask for an audience!”

“What does it mean?”

…………

After the seven people in the room looked at each other for a few seconds, they all turned their gazes to Li Xuanling.

“Please come in and listen to what he has to say!”

Compared to others, Li Xuanling seemed much calmer. She waved her hand gently to the last person below, who immediately nodded, stood up and walked out of the house.

Although the wooden house was lit by fire, it was daytime now and even those at the Digging Realm could not leave the house, so the only people hired could be those at the Warming Up Cold Realm.

Similarly, since he can come here in broad daylight, the person outside the door must be a Cold-Resistant Level Master, so it is not rude to ask a Cold-Resistant Level Master to invite him.

The man who went out soon led a handsome man in black with a long, narrow sword on his body and walked in slowly.

The moment they saw the thin and long knife, Li Xuanling and the three people below all looked at him with a slightly fixed gaze and their expressions changed slightly.

“very young!”

This was everyone’s first reaction when they saw the face of the man in black.

The cold-resistant level is not easy to come by. Among the twelve giant camps in Longyou, there may be many people whose strength has reached the limit of 30,000 jin, or even exceeded it, but the total number of people who have successfully broken through to the cold-resistant level will not exceed one hundred.

Among these cold-resistant class, most of them are over 40 years old.

For example, among the eight cold-resistant level people present in Longshan at the moment, five are over 40 years old, and the other three, Li Xuandu and Li Xuanyan, are 32 and 37 respectively.

Are there any young cold-resistant ones?
Of course there is, Li Xuanling is one of them.

Li Tianhua has four children. The fourth child, Li Xuanling, is only 22 years old. He is currently the youngest known cold-resistant person in Longyou.

The problem is, there is only one Li Xuanling in the entire Longyou.

And at this moment, the young man standing in front of them.

Judging from his appearance, he is in his early twenties.

“At the very least, he should be no older than 25. He should be the offspring of some important figure in Daxia. Could he be the son of a leader?”

Li Xuandu looked at the people around him obscurely, his expression slightly cold.

The people around him obviously understood his thoughts, and their eyes turned a little colder when they looked at the young man in black.

“May I ask, is this Young Master Longshan, Li Xuanling in person?”

Qiu Peng didn’t know that the people in the room misunderstood his identity and were about to attack him. He just guessed the identity of the beautiful woman at the top based on Chen Yingyuan’s description, and immediately bowed slightly and spoke.

Sure enough, Daxia knew the situation in Longyou very well.

Seeing that the other party recognized his identity at a glance, Li Xuanling’s eyes slightly fixed, staring at Qiu Peng for a while, then smiled and said: “Daxia Special Envoy? This is the first time I have heard of such a title.”

Seeing that Qiu Peng only had the strength of two manes, Li Xuanling was not polite. After teasing the title of “special envoy”, his voice suddenly sank:
“Does Special Envoy Qiu know that if you trespass into our Longyou military camp without reason, you will lose your life?”

Hearing the voice, Qiu Peng looked up and stared straight at Li Xuanling, not concealing the provocation in his eyes at all.

“Qiu Peng is a dead man, you can take him away, but before you do, my master has something to tell everyone in Longshan…”

Discontinued?
Scare me!

Qiu Peng showed no fear on his face. After a pause, he sneered in his heart and then said loudly: “Daxia is not interested in Longyou, nor does it want to get involved in the current dispute in Longyou. The reason why we sent troops to Fengchao and Wushuang this time is because the leaders of the two families took the initiative to ask for help. So if there is any offense, I hope Longshan will forgive me. Wushuang Fengchao has signed an alliance with Daxia. From now on, the three families will be led by Daxia. I hope everyone in Longshan will know about this!”

After these words, Li Xuanling, including the other seven people present, looked extremely gloomy, and there was obviously more murderous intent in their eyes when they looked at Qiu Peng.

First of all, Qiu Peng’s words have already shown that Daxia did occupy the beehive.

Secondly, they were not clear about the situation of the hive, but a few minutes ago, Li Ying stood where Qiu Peng was at the moment and told them in person how Daxia conquered Wu Shuang.

And Qiu Peng now said that it was Wu Shuang who took the initiative to ask for help, which led to Daxia sending troops.

This is clearly lying with open eyes!
Not only did they make a big fuss to assert their sovereignty, but they also treated them like donkeys.

As for what Qiu Peng said, that Daxia was not interested in Longyou and did not want to get involved in the current dispute in Longyou, they all ignored it.

Only a fool would believe such words.

Who gave this person the courage to come in front of them and say these words so openly!
Li Xuandu, and the other six cold-resistant-level warriors, all stood up from their chairs, the murderous intent in their eyes rising to the extreme, and two of them were even impatient and had already started walking towards Qiu Peng.

Obviously, they are planning to take action!

Qiu Peng’s words do indeed sound a bit suicidal.

Li Xuanling didn’t say a word from beginning to end, as if he didn’t see the actions of the other seven people. He just looked at Qiu Peng calmly.

“I forgot to tell you that my master sent two special envoys this time. I am only one of them. According to the time, the other one should be in Pinggu soon. You should think carefully before taking action.”

tread…………

Qiu Peng’s words instantly froze the murderous intent on the faces of Li Xuandu and the other seven.

Li Xuanling’s beautiful and calm face finally showed a slight ripple.

(End of this chapter)