Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1027: Chapter 367: Evasion and Surprise Attack, Jiangxia’s Complete Victory, Secret Message, Counterattack_5

Naturally, Nine Towns also lost a few men, but looking at the ground, it was estimated to be less than two hundred, negligible compared to the casualties of Dajue Temple.

In this confrontation, it was clear that Nine Towns was victorious.

After a long pause, Yan Xin finally calmed down, looked down at the corpses on the ground, surveyed the remaining troops, and ordered deeply, ”Quickly gather the bodies, reorganize the troops and continue to advance on Hongguan. It’s only half an hour until dawn. Let’s occupy Hongguan first, I want to see if they dare to attack in broad daylight!”

”Yes!”

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”If Dajue Temple wants to occupy Hongguan, let them have it. Return to the Hongguan Camp; we won’t retreat, just keep a watch in the camp to prevent them from causing trouble in Hongguan!”

This great victory was extraordinarily invigorating. On the return journey, Jiang Yuanlong and the others from Jiangxia were very excited. Once they were out of Hongguan, Jiang Yuanlong immediately ordered everyone not to withdraw but to remain at the Hongguan Camp.

Hongguan is a crossing, and Hongguan Camp is a military camp, located just a kilometer east of the crossing, to the west of Hongguan Village. Though close, they are not the same place.

Normally, it would be impossible to garrison troops so close to the enemy.

But everyone present was at the Cold Resistance Level, and even if there was an unexpected situation, they could retreat in time. Besides, the recent battle in the Snow Forest had already shown that Dajue Temple, although seemingly large in numbers, was not intimidating in real combat unless they were completely surrounded by the enemy, Dajue Temple could do nothing to them.

So at that moment when Jiang Yuanlong spoke up, almost no one objected.

”Hahaha, I killed at least twenty Grey-clothed Bhikkhus myself.”

”I slaughtered over a dozen as well, very satisfying, very satisfying!”

”I killed fewer Bhikkhus, but more than a hundred Earth-digging Realm.”

”I killed over a hundred myself.”

”Hahaha, just a mob, we’re completely unafraid of night battles.”

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Upon returning to the Hongguan Camp, the emotions of Jiangxia’s people remained high, boasting about their battlefield accomplishments.

Jiang Yuanlong also wore a smile, turned his head to look at the men from Seven Towns, and said with a smile, ”Thanks to your assistance in guarding the rear just now, otherwise, being surrounded by Dajue Temple would have been a disaster.”

Huang Tianxing and the commanders of Six Towns stiffened slightly at these words. Jiang Yuanlong’s words clearly implied they were slacking off and just watching the retreat route, and they could not ignore the sarcasm.

Evidently, Jiang Yuanlong had taken advantage of the Seven Towns’ unwillingness to fight to the death and deliberately orchestrated the surprise attack. While the surprise attack was victorious, they now realized they were being used and naturally felt uncomfortable.

Xiang Tiancheng was the most displeased at the moment and said with a forced smile, ”Deputy Army Chief Jiang’s strategy is impressive, I admire it, but Hongguan was lost in the end!”

”Hmph! We have already inflicted more than ten thousand enemy casualties in this battle, severely injuring and killing many Zen Temple Bhikkhus from Dajue Temple. There are only seventy thousand Earth-digging Realm remaining. Briefly conceding Hongguan to them is negligible. Jiang Yuanhua, Xiahou Qin.”

”Present.”

”Present.”

Jiang Yuanlong, feeling disgusted by Xiang Tiancheng, snorted coldly at him and then called out to two subordinates in the crowd, ordering, ”Now go inform Zhou Shiyan to lead the men back to the camp immediately after nightfall. Tonight, not only will we retake Hongguan, but also recover the two villages of Jinbi Dragon River!”

”Understood!”

The two subordinates responded in unison and then turned and dashed towards the east.

Jiang Yuanlong then turned to look at the men from Seven Towns, continuing, ”It’s almost dawn, and there are only two hours of daylight. It is estimated that the enemy can reach Hongguan within an hour. Each of our eight towns will dispatch fifty men specifically to watch over Hongguan, just in case Dajue Temple attacks during the day. Any objections?”

The plan for the nighttime counterattack on Hongguan was already set. Naturally, the men from Seven Towns had no objections and nodded in agreement.