Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 690: Chapter 286: Zhou Yuan’s Dilemma, Changbai Gully

Li Yuanqing had already walked to the west side of Changbai Gully, looking down at the deep trench below.

Changning now belonged to Long Mountain. They were already aware of the general situation of Changbai Gully before setting off, and knew their route.

”Changning’s financial resources are indeed lacking, but not building an iron bridge shouldn’t be the reason. Their previous relationship with Baiyuan Camp was bad, and this Changbai Gully is like a natural trench between them...”

”Hey, look below, why is there a light?”

Suddenly interrupted by Li Yuanqing, Cheng He looked puzzled. He then stepped forward to look in the direction Li Yuanqing was pointing, towards the bottom of the trench.

As soon as he looked, he was stunned.

Normally, Changbai Gully was a place where no one would come. Besides the accumulated snow, there should be nothing at the bottom of the trench.

But at this moment, where he was staring, there was clearly a large patch of light.

It seemed like moonlight was reflecting off something.

Li Yuanqing probably thought it was a treasure, and his expression was a bit excited.

Cheng He’s brows furrowed deeply. He looked up at the moon, then looked down at the trench, trying to see more clearly.

But just as he looked down, his peripheral vision caught his shoulder.

As Commanding Officer of the Second Regiment of the New Army, he was naturally armored.

The iron armor on his shoulder was also catching the moonlight, emitting a glow exactly like the large patch of light at the bottom of the trench.

”Run!”

Cheng He’s expression changed drastically, his brow twitched as he turned to yell at Li Yuanqing.

Li Yuanqing turned around, his face full of confusion.

But soon, he understood.

Whoosh......

A fierce blade sound suddenly flew out from beneath the trench wall.

Swish... Swish... Swish...

Then, five or six speeding iron arrows suddenly shot towards the two of them from the opposite side of the trench. The mere sound of the arrows cutting through the air was enough to sting the ears, showing their immense power.

A black saber angled towards him, and Cheng He hastily raised his saber to block.

Bang!

The thousand-fold refined saber in his hand was chipped, and his body flew backward like a broken kite for over twenty meters.

”It’s an ambush, need to go back and report!”

As the thought flashed through Cheng He’s mind, it was already too late.

Spurt!

He suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and couldn’t stand up from the snow. Looking up, he saw Li Yuanqing pinned to the ground by three iron arrows, not even having the chance to scream, being pressed down by several people in pale gold iron armor.

It’s over!

A chop struck his face, and the severely injured Cheng He was unable to resist, his vision going black as a strong dizziness overwhelmed him.

”These two, don’t even have the strength of two mane hairs?”

”Seems they just broke through to the Cold Resistance Level.”

”The two who just went south have similar strength.”

”The Long Mountain leader isn’t stupid, they must be here to scout.”

”We’ve seen it before, ten large carts can’t cross the wooden bridge. They must be planning to detour south at Changbai Gully. Liu Yuan, take the army south along the trench bottom to find a suitable place to ambush. I’ll go keep an eye on them first.”

”Yes, Commander, what about these two? Should we kill them?”

”No need to kill, just tie them up and bring them along.”

......

In a daze, Cheng He ultimately fainted before he could hear all the words.

......

”Capital Commandant, everything is normal on the south side of Changbai Gully, detouring is possible!”

At the front of the Longyou Army, Song Ning and Li Yuankai returned and immediately reported the situation to Zhou Yuan.

Upon hearing their report, Zhou Yuan nodded.

There was less than a kilometer to Changbai Gully. Once the army arrived, they only needed to detour five kilometers to cross Changbai Gully, leaving just ten kilometers to the eastern border of Changning.

After instructing the army to continue advancing, Zhou Yuan turned to ask Song Ning and Li Yuankai:

”Where are Li Yuanqing and Cheng He?”

Li Yuankai and Song Ning were taken aback and shook their heads.

Hearing this, Zhou Yuan’s brows furrowed, showing a hint of anger:

”I sent them to scout, and it’s been so long without them coming back. Are they truly ignoring the orders of this Capital Commandant? Go find them and make them return at once.”

”This... as you command!”

Song Ning and Li Yuankai clearly did not understand why Zhou Yuan was angry. After a moment’s hesitation, they saw Zhou Yuan’s anger intensify and immediately bowed, agreeing to quickly head east to look for Li Yuanqing and Cheng He.