Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

The issue began with Cai Qiu and Chen Cang. After learning about the status of the Nine Towns Alliance last April, both fiefs each sent fifteen Xianyang Level experts southward, the intentions of which need no elaboration.

The problem was that the two major districts of Dongchuan and Yinhe Valley were already jointly governed areas of the alliance, so the sudden and ostentatious arrival of so many Xianyang Level experts was immediately detected by the allied forces from both sides.

The reason for the alliance’s establishment among the Nine Towns was to resist foreign fief invasions; how could they possibly allow so many Xianyang Levels from two fiefs to come in?

Alliance Grand Commander Xiang Fuhai of Jinyang City and Alliance Grand Commander Mu Longhe of East River City each led fifteen thousand allied troops to directly block the incoming forces from the two fiefs.

The two sides engaged directly. Although those from the two fiefs were all Xianyang Level experts, given that only fifteen of them came, they couldn’t possibly defeat an ordinary force of fifteen thousand Cold Resistance Level troops, especially since the Great Xia equipped the allied army with Divine Machine Crossbows and Golden Body Pills, these two lethal weapons.

The battle situations in both regions were startlingly similar, with over five Xianyang Level experts from the two fiefs heavily injured, at the cost of about twenty percent casualties.

As a matter of fact, if Yang Zhun and Shangguan Yang hadn’t received the news and rushed over to mediate, the Xianyang Levels of the two fiefs would have likely suffered fatalities.

Though the sides ceased at that moment, a deep-seated grudge was thus formed.

The Xianyang Levels of the two fiefs, each prideful and disdainful towards the inhabitants of the Nine Towns of the Southern Slope, could not possibly let go after suffering such a loss; Yang Zhun and Shangguan Yang came from afar, not to aid but to mediate, violating the terms of the alliance agreement. How the Great Xia reacted thereafter needs no further explanation.

It’s worth mentioning that after rescuing the Xianyang Levels from the two fiefs, Yang Zhun and Shangguan Yang spent a period of time feeling quite uneasy, fearing that Xia Hong would seize the opportunity to create trouble since they were the ones who breached the agreement first.

Yet, after waiting two or three days with no reaction from the Great Xia, the two of them thought Xia Hong might be afraid of Chen Cang and Cai Qiu, gradually feeling less apprehensive.

However, as the news of this incident quickly spread across the Southern Slope Territory and continued to ferment, the situation completely changed.

No need to mention the considerations of the high-level officials regarding the actions of Beishuo and Jin Mountain’s betrayal of the alliance principles. Among the populace, without exception, there was nothing but reproaches, criticizing the town lords for supporting outsiders.