Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1593: Chapter 500: Leaving the City and Sudden Upheaval, Bloodless Victory (2)

“Ah, I see, the Lord is wise!”

Li Yangtian immediately flattered with a remark, a cold glint quickly flashed through his lowered eyes, then it disappeared as he raised his head and continued, “Since the Lord has made early arrangements, I am relieved…”

After speaking, he looked at the half of the army below that had already completely exited the North City Gate and continued, “Luo Yuan’s Central Army might attack the East Valley Camp at any moment. Speed is crucial in warfare, so I must arrange for the army to accelerate its exit from the city and take my leave first.”

“Go ahead! Wenhai will accompany you, report any situation immediately.”

“At your command!”

His eldest son, Long Wenhai, bowed, following Li Yangtian as they flew downwards.

“It’s been almost an hour, and they haven’t all exited the city yet. What’s with the dawdling? Speed up the exit, hurry, hurry!”

Urging the march was naturally not something Li Yangtian, the commander, would personally do; he merely issued an order, and the army colonels immediately moved along both sides of the troops, constantly urging the soldiers to quicken their pace.

With 15,000 people, normally they should have exited the city within an hour, but Long Mingyuan had just decided to support Wuchuan, so much time was wasted in roll call and military supply preparations, causing the delay.

“Reporting to the Army Chief, the defense changes of the town’s four gates are complete. 1,000 Iron Thorn soldiers guard the eastern main gate, the remaining 3,000 Defensive Army soldiers, led by Ziqing, Zichu, and I, command 1,000 each, stationed at the south, west, and north gates.”

Above the walls of the North City Gate, Li Yangtian watched the troops slowly exit the city with the Fifteenth Army Commander, as his eldest son, Li Zihe, approached from behind, bowing to report.

The town left only 4,000 men to defend, necessarily stationed at the four gates, ready to make immediate adjustments should any special situation arise.

Upon hearing his son’s words, Li Yangtian’s eyes darkened with coldness, casually glanced towards the direction of the Lord’s Hall and the Long Family’s estate in the city center, before turning to smile at him, “The safety of the town is entrusted to you. As soon as the army exits, close the gates immediately to prevent any trouble.”

“At your command!”

Upon completing his response with a bow, coincidentally, the last battalion of soldiers also marched through the North City Gate below him. His eyes flickered slightly, and he immediately shouted towards the inside of the city, “Close the gate!”

During the defense change, he had already arranged 1,000 Defensive Army soldiers below the gate. Upon hearing his command, the leader below promptly instructed the soldiers to close the North City Gate.

After all, the town is the core of Dragon Valley. Even the smaller North City Gate stands seven to eight meters high and about three to four meters wide, constructed from pure Thousand Forged Iron mixed with silver casting, weighing billions of pounds.

A gate like this, not to mention ordinary soldiers, would take hundreds to move even slightly under normal circumstances. Hence, like other town gates, the opening and closing of the North City Gate rely on iron chains and pulleys to ease the effort.

With Li Zihe’s command, the thousands of Cold Resistance Level soldiers inside the gate immediately positioned themselves on both sides, nearly dividing into two groups of five hundred, bearing the heavy chains on their shoulders, pulling inward in unison, causing the two gates to slowly close from outside to inside.

Boom……..grind……..

The massive gate moved, generating a sharp, harsh sound of metal against stone that discomforted those who heard it. Yet, seeing it was the closing of the gate, no one dared to complain.

As for the soldiers already outside the city, they glanced back at the town with reluctance in their eyes but continued to accelerate northward under the colonel’s urging.

“Father, Li Yangtian has betrayed us, it was a trap, quickly call the troops back…”

However, just as the 15,000 troops had advanced over a hundred meters outside the city, an incredibly fearful and panicked voice rang out from within.

“Ah……..”

Unfortunately, before he finished speaking, something interrupted him, followed by an agonizing scream lasting less than three breaths.

“What’s that noise?”

“The Army Chief has betrayed us, who’s speaking nonsense…”

“What’s happening in the city?”

“Wasn’t the Army Chief watching us advance?”

“He’s gone, look at the flank, the Army Chief is nowhere to be seen!”

………..

The soldiers at the rear of the army, who had just exited the city less than a hundred breaths earlier, were stunned by the strange commotion inside, their faces instantly filled with doubt. They halted, turned back, glaring at the city.

Some clever ones had already turned to check the flank where Li Yangtian had stood, but now there was no trace of him, just the fifteen commanders remaining.

As the sound spread wider, the 15,000 troops outside stopped from back to front, all turning their confused gazes towards the city.

Above the North City Gate, Long Mingyuan was the first to hear the sound; in fact, before the sound even echoed, he had already sensed the turmoil at the family estate.

The reason was simple: the owner of the scream was evidently his youngest son, Long Wenying, and before Long Wenyan’s scream began, the snow mist over the estate’s area had already been forcefully dispersed.

“Something’s wrong, there’s trouble!”

Having served as Lord for many years, Long Mingyuan nearly didn’t need to think to perceive the problem. He glanced at the army outside, swiftly heading towards the estate.

Whoosh……..

Unfortunately, before Long Mingyuan could dash over, a fierce blade suddenly slashed towards him from the northern sky.

The blade was a deep blue, over a hundred meters long, stirring a whirlwind of strong gales, arriving with the grandeur and fury of a mighty blue smoke, towering and broad, like a tide sweeping mountains away.