Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

The shadow resembling a sword edge, with its terrifying power and incredible speed, sliced off the flesh on his left cheek along with his entire left eye.

“Hmm…”

Half of his face, including the eyeball, was cut off, but fortunately, it did not injure his bones. The pain Cai Yunzhou felt was far less intense than what Hou Bing had just experienced.

Thus, he only let out a muffled sound.

“Yuwen Yong, quickly join forces with me to kill this beast!”

But with Hou Bing’s next furious shout, Cai Yunzhou’s expression turned truly panicked.

He still needed to lead his men to break through the encirclement and face the overwhelming counterattack from the Xia Army and rebels. Given the current danger level on the battlefield, losing an eye drastically decreased his combat effectiveness – how could he continue fighting?

Clang…

Fortunately, the other Xianyang Level warriors from Cai Qiu didn’t just stand idly by.

Before Yuwen Yong could charge forward, dozens of Xianyang Level warriors from Cai Qiu rushed at him frantically, immediately repelling Hou Bing. Then several of them lifted him up and quickly ascended into the sky.

“What are you trying to do? I’m not leaving. I’m not leaving; I want to lead my brothers in breaking out and fighting the Xia Army to the death!”

Cai Yunzhou instantly realized his subordinates’ intentions and swung his sword, trying to brush aside the people beside him, angrily shouting to continue fighting.

“City Lord, the gap is already open; the brothers have all rushed out!”

“City Lord, stay safe. Many brothers have already succeeded in breaking out. Retreat to Red Tiger Ridge first; there are still garrison troops in Qinghua City. Little Landgrave is already assembling the elite from the Town Guard; once we regroup, it’s not too late to fight the Xia Army again!”

“Brothers, take the City Lord to run; River Valley Village is too close. If Xia Hong arrives personally, we won’t escape.”

……

This is the final chance to escape. The Xianyang Level commanders naturally wouldn’t listen to Cai Yunzhou. They endured several sword strikes, stubbornly dragging Cai Yunzhou away into the sky.

Cai Yunzhou wouldn’t damage his own people with his sword. Realizing he was powerless to stop his subordinates, he could only suppress his anger, glancing back to see many soldiers still trapped in the gap, a deep sadness filling his remaining right eye.

There were over 90,000 men in the Guangning Mountain Camp, and just over 60,000 succeeded in breaking through to the north. Currently, at least 40,000 are still encircled by the Xia Army.

In other words, Cai Qiu lost a minimum of 70,000 troops in this battle!

The key is that losing Guangning Mountain means Cai Qiu’s southern scattered remnants, except for those with luck and wits, don’t have another chance to break through the Xia Army’s lines.

“Twenty-seven thousand troops annihilated, annihilated. The entire Evergreen Valley is probably going to be handed over, it’s over, it’s over; the Xia Army is advancing, with Chen Cang coordinating from the west, Qinghua City is in danger. Yunzhou has failed the Landgrave, failed my uncle, puh…”

In mid-air, Cai Yunzhou saw the scattered, defeated Cai Qiu soldiers below after the breakout, thinking of Cai Qiu’s three defeats against Great Xia and the loss of 27,000 troops, his grief and anger surged as he spat a mouthful of blood.

“Why bother, City Lord? Cai Qiu still has tens of thousands of Town Guard Army, and the Silver Scale Guards under the Landgrave haven’t even deployed. Sure, the Xia Army won three battles, but ultimately they only took such a small portion of Evergreen Valley. Our fiefdom’s losses aren’t significant.”

“That’s right, once the Landgrave regroups, we’ll first repel Chen Cang, then drive the Xia Army out of Evergreen Valley.”

“That Xia Hong relies on a few puppets; once we grasp the secrets of his Puppet Secret Technique, I refuse to believe a mere Town-level Camp could overturn our position!”

……

Listening to his subordinates’ words, recalling how they only thought of escaping earlier, they dared to show such disdain toward Great Xia after surviving. Cai Yunzhou, already enraged, felt his chest nearly explode.

“You… you……”

He pointed at them, his face flushed, lips trembling, yet too angry to speak, eventually fainting in rage.

The remaining commanders were already supporting him; seeing him faint, they exchanged puzzled glances, unable to come up with a plan, fearing Great Xia might pursue, they could only speed up dragging him northward.