Chapter 246: Han Qiong’s Battle, Belated Realization

April 17, the 48th year of Longyou
Xia Hong, who had been sitting cross-legged on the roof of the main building of Hanqiong Residence for half a day, looked up at the gradually darkening sky and frowned slightly.

“The spies sent out by Hou Tong will not be back until night. Even in the best case scenario, if Wu Shuang, Yang Lu, and Feng Chao send people here, it will be the second half of the night at the earliest, or even early morning. So we definitely can’t fight tonight.”

Although Xia Hong could understand why Hou Tong asked Juedijing to be a spy, he strongly disapproved of it in his heart.

After all, there are not many Cold-Resistant Class soldiers. It is estimated that there are less than twenty in Zhaoyang. If they are divided, Hou Tong will have even fewer people. In addition, the Longshan army is eyeing them covetously. It does take some courage to send the Cold-Resistant Class soldiers out as spies.

“That being said, this is wartime, and it is extremely important to control the surrounding situation. Only by sensing the opportunity first can we be invincible!”

Only by knowing both yourself and the enemy can you win every battle. In Xia Hong’s opinion, the transmission of intelligence information during wartime can be said to be the most important factor affecting victory or defeat. If he were to command this battle himself, he would definitely send a Yu Han-class spy.

“Or, I’ll go to the hive to check the situation…”

Xia Hong turned his head and looked to the south, frowning slightly.

During the meeting last night, he learned that Hou Hu had already sent people to destroy the beehive. What he was most curious about now was what happened to the beehive.

“According to Xia Chuan’s personality, he will definitely bring people here. I just don’t know how far he will go. Will he just help the Hive resist Zhao Yang, or be smarter and act as a jackal…”

Xia Hong knew his younger brother very well. As Daxia continued to grow in size, Xia Chuan’s radical nature also emerged. Especially after he knew that the resources would help his cultivation, his desire to expand the territory became stronger and stronger.

This seemed to include some factors of being eager to prove himself in front of his big brother.

Xia Hong stared at the south side for a while, then glanced to the left and right with a subtle look, and finally shook his head, suppressing the impulse in his heart.

With his current strength, he would have nowhere to hide from the two pairs of eyes in the dark that were always watching him.

A new cold-resistant level soldier arrived at the base during the day. Judging from the direction, he should have come from Zhaoyang or Baiyuan in the north. He was most likely sent by Hou Hu. Since that person arrived, there have been two pairs of eyes in the dark staring at him.

“Hou Hu seems to have begun to distrust himself…”

There was a hint of amusement in Xia Hong’s eyes. Hou Hu was certainly not an ordinary person, as he had been able to make Zhaoyang so powerful. He would not be surprised if the other party realized that there was something wrong with him later.

The question is, what does it mean to send two people to keep an eye on me?
“Do you want to keep an eye on me and confine me to the Hanqiong base, or…”

It’s no wonder that the Hanqiong garrison now has 2,500 earth-digging-level warriors, plus six cold-resistant-level warriors. If they really want to do this, they can definitely do it.

“That’s not right. Hou Hu is just suspicious of me at most. He wouldn’t spend so much effort and money to deal with me!”

Xia Hong frowned slightly, wondering what other purposes Hou Hu might have.

After thinking for a while, Xia Hong finally came up with nothing. In the end, he could only sigh slightly: “I am free now, but this feeling of having no one to use is really unpleasant.”

He couldn’t come up with a plan. In the final analysis, the information he had about the battle situation in Longyou was too little.

After all, there are only twelve camps in Longyou, and 13,000 square kilometers is not that large. If he were in Daxia, he could send people out to gather information, and once the information was summarized, many things would naturally become clear at a glance.

“There’s nothing I can do about it. Let’s see what Hou Hu has up his sleeve. If he really wants to deal with me, it won’t be that easy!”

A cold light flashed in Xia Hong’s eyes. His true combat power, including that of Hou Hu and Li Tiancheng, was currently unknown in the entire Longyou. This alone would allow him to always be invincible.

While I was thinking, the sky finally became completely dark.

Excluding the 2,500 Digging Realm, the remaining population of Hanqiong Camp is probably more than 35,000. Although it is wartime and activities such as hunting outside have been stopped, there is not much change in life inside the camp.

Inside the camp, a few sparse groups of people have already walked out of the wooden houses, some preparing food, some forging iron, some mining… They have all started their busy night life.

It is worth mentioning that Hanqiong’s base is also a valley, which is very similar to Daxia. It is also located under the stone wall of Shuanglong Mountain on the east side of Longyou. However, unlike the natural valley in Daxia, the gourd-shaped valley in Hanqiong was artificially carved out.

The entire base is composed of two circular spaces. The outer one has a diameter of more than 700 meters, the inner one has a diameter of more than one kilometer, and the middle is very narrow, with a width of only more than 20 meters.

In such a small area, if you want to accommodate more than 30,000 people, you have to spend more time thinking about the buildings. All the buildings in Hanqiong are five stories high or higher, and are made of wood and iron. They are the most reasonable and sturdy type of houses Xia Hong has ever seen.

Especially the main building where Xia Hong is currently staying, which is closest to the valley. It is built against the stone wall and is at least seventy meters high, with fifteen floors. When Xia Hong saw it yesterday, he almost dropped his jaw in shock.

“Human wisdom really should not be underestimated. Regardless of the strength of these camps, their ability to adapt to local conditions is very strong, as can be seen from the different types of buildings. If all these talents can be gathered together, the level of house construction in Daxia should be able to rise sharply.”

Xia Hong looked around the houses in Hanqiong’s base, and was amazed at the wisdom of the humans in the Bingyuan camp.

“Whoosh…”

Suddenly, a slight sound of abnormal airflow came into my ears.

Xia Hong’s expression changed slightly and he suddenly turned his head to look towards the entrance of the valley.

“Is this… the sound of an arrow?”

The wooden building was more than 1,700 meters away from the valley entrance. Under normal circumstances, Xia Hong should not be able to hear the sound of an ordinary iron arrow at such a long distance, but this iron arrow was obviously very powerful, and the airflow it brought out was very loud, so Xia Hong was able to hear it.

“Swoosh…swoosh…swoosh…”

Another series of rhythmic sounds of iron arrows breaking through the air were heard. Xia Hong was sure that there was a problem, so he immediately jumped off the main building and rushed towards the valley entrance.

“Master Hong, you have…”

“There is an enemy attack, get people ready!”

When the two people in the dark saw Xia Hong move, they immediately rushed out and followed him, asking questions as they chased him. However, they were interrupted by Xia Hong before they could finish their words.

After hearing Xia Hong’s words, the two men’s expressions changed slightly. After looking at each other, one of them turned around and went into the main building, while the other continued to follow Xia Hong and ran towards the valley entrance.

During the war, Han Qiong moved all the people to the inner space of the valley, and 2,500 Digging Realm masters were stationed in the outer space.

Whoosh…whoosh…whoosh…

As they got closer to the valley entrance, the sound of the iron arrow breaking through the air became clearer and clearer. When there were still more than a hundred meters left, Xia Hong looked up at the valley entrance, his face changed, and he immediately started shouting.

“Enemy attack, be alert!”

Although it was night, Xia Hong’s eyesight was much better than others. He could see clearly that the garrison personnel scattered above the iron gate at the entrance of the valley and on both sides were falling one by one accompanied by the sound of iron arrows breaking through the air.

This person is clearly a Cold-Resistant-level warrior with superb archery skills. He is currently in a dark place not far from the valley entrance, using a strong bow to carry out targeted cleaning and guarding the iron gate at the valley entrance.

The arrows were shot at extremely tricky places, either the throat or the center of the head, almost killing everyone with one shot. Those who were hit by the arrows couldn’t even utter a scream, only some slight sounds of falling to the ground.

The 2,500-meter-long excavation area stationed on the outskirts was quite far from the valley entrance, so it could not be heard at all.

“Enemy attack, what enemy attack?”

“Who’s shouting? What enemy attack?”

“I don’t see anyone. Where did the enemy attack come from?”

“Who is talking nonsense!”

“Don’t worry about your life, don’t talk nonsense, it seems to be that Lord Hong.”

……………

At this time, there were already quite a few Digging Realm masters outdoors. After hearing Xia Hong’s voice, almost everyone was skeptical.

Even the people near the iron gate at the entrance of the valley were the same.

But soon, someone noticed something was wrong.

“There is an enemy attack, hide quickly.”

“Yes, there are people shooting arrows outside, and there are dead bodies on the ground.”

“Enemy attack, enemy attack, there is an enemy attack, someone come and close the door, quickly!”

“There really is an enemy attack. There is a large army outside. Longshan, Longshan is coming to attack.”

…………

Woo…………

A loud horn sounded, completely breaking the silence.

Boom… Boom… Boom…

Then there was a sound of earth-shaking. The expressions of those people outside the valley who had just been skeptical immediately changed.

The expression of the cold-resistant-level warrior who had just followed Xia Hong finally changed.

He rushed to the iron gate at the valley entrance and saw the Longshan army rushing towards the valley not far away. His face froze for a moment, and then he shouted in panic towards the valley. “Close the gate quickly, quickly!”

Upon hearing the sound, four hundred Digging Realm warriors immediately rushed out, divided into two teams, walked to the left and right sides of the iron gate, and pulled up the iron locks on the ground.

As they were pulled into the valley, two giant iron doors, more than ten meters high and three meters thick, began to close in the stone walls on both sides of the valley entrance.

“late!”

Xia Hong, who was already standing on the iron gate, first glanced at the distance of the army outside the valley, then looked down at the speed at which the iron gates on both sides were closing, and immediately shook his head.

As it turned out, Xia Hong’s guess was correct.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh…

At a distance of more than 200 meters, it was already within the range of the army’s bows and arrows.

Waves of straight arrows came rushing towards them, all of them accurately passed through the iron gate that had not yet been closed, and shot directly towards the four hundred Digging Realm warriors who were pulling the iron chains on both sides of the iron gate.

Puff…Puff…Puff…

The sound of iron arrows killing enemies resounded throughout the outer valley, and the four hundred digging officers immediately became chaotic. As a result, the speed of the two iron doors closing became even slower.

“Kill all the Han Qiong rebels!”

“Longyou Army, follow me to kill the enemy!”

“Brothers, charge!”

“Kill all the Hanqiong rebels and spread the reputation of Longshan.”

“Come on!”

……………

The first wave of more than a thousand people who rushed up were all wearing ten-forged iron armor, which was obviously not the configuration of the Longyou Army. However, they carried with them the fame of Longshan and their high morale, and their momentum was still astonishing.

The distance of more than 200 meters was reached in less than six breaths.

At this time, the iron gate was less than half closed.

Keng…

Above the iron gate, Xia Hong drew out his Dragon Sparrow Sword and cut off a small wave of arrows above his head. He looked up at the more than a thousand Longyou soldiers shooting arrows from behind, his expression slightly stiffened.

“They are all powerful bows with a force of more than 30 stones. No wonder the inside can’t hold out. The outer valley is 100% undefendable!”

Xia Hong didn’t even need to look at the 2,500 people in the valley. He could tell from the comparison of momentum on both sides that if they could close the two iron gates, they could still fight against the Longshan army through the pass.

Now that the iron gate has been broken open and the pass is gone, there is definitely no hope.

The more than 2,000 troops from Longshan should have come here at nightfall. It is likely that they used the Cold-Resistant Class to clear the way, eliminate all the secret sentries deployed by Han Qiong along the way, and then waited on the periphery.

Although I was not sure about the guarding situation of the iron gate at the entrance of the valley, the fact that they were able to do it so cleanly and efficiently without alarming anyone showed that they were obviously well prepared.

“Come on!”

Three Cold-Proof-level warriors holding broadswords quickly swept through the crowd and rushed directly into the iron gate. They used their swords to cut off the rain of arrows shot by the Digging Realm in the valley. They roared to the sky and rushed straight towards the hundreds of Digging Realm warriors who were still working together to close the gate.

“Wu Xiong, Zhou Yuan, Meng Ying, stop!”

A loud shout was heard, and Hou Tong, the commander of Han Qiong’s army, finally arrived.

He was not the only one who arrived. All five cold-resistant-level warriors who were currently staying in Hanqiong had arrived.

The six people formed groups of two and directly surrounded Takeo and the other two.

Without a word, the six men quickly drove the three away, preventing them from interfering with the digging masters who were closing the iron gate.

boom………

Hou Tong’s silver eight-sided giant hammer smashed towards Zhou Yuan. Although Zhou Yuan dodged it, the vibration caused by the hammer hitting the ground still made Zhou Yuan stagger and he almost fell to the ground.

“Takeo, how dare you betray us!”

Hou Tong, whose attack failed, was filled with anger, but his anger was not directed at Zhou Yuan, but at Wu Xiong on the other side.

Unfortunately, Wu Xiong only looked back at him once, his eyes focused on the silver hammer in his hand, and then he ignored him and focused on dealing with the other two people who were besieging him.

Six to three, the cold-resistant level on the Longshan side was clearly in a state of decline.

But this decline was quickly made up by the Digging Realm.

As the speed of the iron gate closing slowed down, the speed at which the Longshan army came in became faster. The vanguard army of more than a thousand people quickly filled the area near the iron gate and then pushed forward into the valley.

Soon, they made room for the Longyou Army in the rear.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh…

The first batch of Longyou troops finally stepped into the Iron Gate.

They did not rush to attack, but first used bows to aim at the six cold-resistant-class soldiers who were besieging Zhou Yuan and his two companions, and then began to shoot continuously.

Zhou Yuan and his two companions, who had just begun to show signs of defeat, felt a lot less pressure now that they had the help of Iron Arrow.

Moreover, as more and more Longyou troops entered the Iron Gate and joined the archery, the three of them were even able to suppress Hou Tong and his six men.

“Master Hong, it’s your turn!”

Seeing that his side was losing ground, Hou Tong finally couldn’t help but shout for help to Xia Hong who was still on top of the iron gate.

Tut…

Unfortunately, what responded to him was a loud bang from above the iron gate.

A special iron arrow shot from overhead and was deflected by Xia Hong with his ceremonial knife.

The iron arrow had most of its force removed and was deflected once, but it was still able to remain firmly embedded in the three-meter-thick iron gate.

Xia Hong fell to the ground and looked up at the large rocks densely covering the top of the mountain wall, his expression slightly solemn.

The cold-resistant level warrior with superb archery skills was hiding behind a huge rock on the stone wall. The one who just cleared out the guards at the valley entrance must be this person.

“It has at least fourteen times the power. It can hurt me. If it hits my vitals, it can even kill me. How could Longshan make such a bow?”

It’s a bit troublesome.

Xia Hong subconsciously glanced outside the iron gate, and began to wonder in his mind whether he should run away.

Longshan’s strength is quite strong!
More than half of the Longyou army has already entered the valley entrance. The hundreds of Digging Realm in the chain area had already begun to retreat, and their positions had been occupied by the people of Longshan. Some of the other two thousand Digging Realm stationed on the periphery had also come into contact with the Longshan army.

The result was just as Xia Hong had expected. As soon as the two sides collided, the coalition forces of Zhaoyang and Hanqiong were like paper and retreated directly.

He was not here to fight to the death. If Han Qiong couldn’t even withstand this, he would have to plan a retreat first.

However, Xia Hong’s reaction seemed to be too late.

call out……

call……

laugh……

A sword, a knife, and a spear.

Three cold-resistant warriors holding different weapons suddenly jumped down from the stone wall, and their target was Xia Hong.

What’s even more terrible is that the Longyou army, which had just shot arrows to support Wu Xiong and the other two, all turned around at this moment and shot an extremely dense rain of arrows at Xia Hong.

“The target… is me?”

Xia Hong realized it later and his expression suddenly became as gloomy as blood!

(End of this chapter)