Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1091: Chapter 380: What the Hell Is Chui Mountain? Crushing Force, Bad News Everywhere, Panic in Eight Towns_2

With the number of Cold Resistance Level soldiers in the Nine Towns, let alone a thousand-man army, each town could easily muster at least four to five troops. However, it’s impossible for all towns to rally all of their Cold Resistance Level soldiers for military service.

Town operations must continue, and normal hunting and gathering activities must not stop. Each town’s various agencies and all jurisdictions within the territory need people to govern. All these tasks rely on Cold Resistance Level soldiers to be done.

Joining the army is different from other things; once you become a soldier and join as a member of the army, you can’t leave the camp casually.

Moreover, maintaining an army involves not-low daily consumption of war armor, weapons, healing pills, cultivation materials, and so on...

Considering all these factors, throughout the Nine Towns of Moao Mountain, only the most powerful Northern Three Towns can form an army using Cold Resistance Level soldiers.

As the Deputy Army Chief of Chui Mountain Town, Duan Chang naturally knows quite a lot. He is very aware that the Northern Three Towns have secretly nurtured an elite army composed entirely of Cold Resistance Level soldiers.

Now, this suddenly emerging Great Xia actually has one too.

”Target his Outer Realm forces’ weak point. I refuse to believe, after failing to stabilize his hold at the Hongguan Pass, Xia Hong would dare risk it all and continue attacking Chui Mountain!”

Last night, two Commanders north of the Hongguan Pass were captured by Great Xia’s people, which can at most be considered a minor conflict. If Great Xia truly dares to advance on Peak Mountain, it would be a public declaration of war against Chui Mountain Town and even against the Nine Towns of Moao.

”Hmph! I don’t believe Great Xia has such guts. Let’s go face them!”

Duan Chang snorted coldly and then waved to the four people inside the tent before leading the way out. Outside, over seven hundred fully armed Cold Resistance Level soldiers had already assembled. Duan Chang didn’t bother with any unnecessary words and directly led the army quickly towards the only exit located at the north of the camp.

Peak Mountain Camp only has this one north gate as an entrance. When Duan Chang arrived at the gate with his men, Great Xia’s Golden Armor Army had already reached a position only over three hundred meters away from the camp.

”Halt!”

Clang......

A white-robed young man in the front row of the opposing army, not wearing armor, shouted loudly, and the thousand Golden Armored Soldiers immediately stopped synchronously. A thousand weapons smashed into the ground at once, creating a sharp and menacing clang.

Witnessing this scene, not just the other members of Chui Mountain Town, but even Deputy Army Chief Duan Chang himself found his pupils contracting suddenly and his face full of shock and awe.

Despite realizing last night that this army was very strong, his understanding of this strength was mostly on the cultivation level.

Last night’s confrontation was too brief to reveal much.

But now, with the army right before his eyes, just this halting action alone signifies much more. As someone with long-standing experience in leading troops, Duan Chang knew well what such disciplined obedience meant.

In the front row of the army, five Golden Armored Soldiers were encircling a flagpole about eight meters tall. Atop it hung a black banner, two meters wide and four meters long. The front of the flag bore a large golden ”Xia” character, while the back was embroidered with a golden Teng Jiao. The flag fluttered in the cold daytime wind, and the Teng Jiao seemed to soar amid the clouds and mist, exuding extraordinary momentum.

Duan Chang’s gaze moved slowly down from the flag, finally settling on the white-robed youth at the forefront of the army, with caution evident in his eyes.

The white-robed youth was the one who, last night with three other Golden Armor Generals, had captured Duan Xu and Mu Zichuan. Duan Chang knew well his successful escape was due to this white-robed youth being late to act. Had he acted earlier, Duan Chang’s fate would likely have been the same as Duan Xu and Mu Zichuan.

”Deputy Army Chief of Chui Mountain Town, Duan Chang, may I ask your esteemed name?”