Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 915: Chapter 345: Mirror Valley Defense Commander Luo Ming, Beast Tide, Great Xia’s 6 Armies (Part 3)

Not counting Long Mountain, East Ridge, and Wuyuan, the three major garrisons, the remaining twenty-three minor garrisons compete on Profit Value. Who doesn’t want to climb higher? The twenty-three garrisons racked their brains to improve their Profit Value. The differences in daily data weren’t big, sometimes the difference between the top and bottom was less than a thousand.

For a place like Mirror Valley, where the annual Profit Value drops to ten percent for three months, by the end of the year, even if it doesn’t hit rock bottom, it’s likely to be in the bottom five.

In such a case, let alone climbing up, by the end of the year, returning to the Garrison Department to report might result in ridicule, and punishment from the Director.

Luckily, the turning point came this month!

Minister Xia Chuan suddenly took the Beast Tide in Arrow Bamboo Forest seriously, and earlier this month, he gathered the elite Six Armies of Great Xia to station in Mirror Valley. It looks like he’s planning to completely solve the Beast Tide in Arrow Bamboo Forest, which occurs every four months.

“Big brother, don’t you think that Mirror Valley’s Profit Value is so low that even the Minister can’t stand it, and that’s why he brought an army to solve it?”

Hearing Li Baihe’s inquiry, Luo Ming pondered for a moment and immediately shook his head.

“The mere Profit Value of Jing Valley isn’t enough for the Minister to pay this much attention. I guess the scale of the Beast Tide is too large, almost affecting the northern side of Xia City. If it’s not solved, sooner or later, Cold Beasts will start attacking the city walls, and when something happens, it won’t be good.”

Li Baihe and others nodded immediately, showing approval.

Having been a leader before, Luo Ming quickly deduced the real reason why Xia Chuan gathered the Six Armies.

In the third year of Da Xia, after the major expansion of Xia City, the northern city wall had already extended to the southern outskirts of Arrow Bamboo Forest. At that time, the north city wall was already affected by the Beast Tide occurring every four months. But back then, few people ventured north, and the entire Xia City was busy planning the eastern city’s eighteen districts. The north only cleared some land, with no roads or building zones planned yet.

But it’s different now. Although Xia City’s population of 800,000 is still concentrated in East City, five years have passed, and planning is now on the agenda. North City has started laying roads and planning zones. Not only have many precious trees been transplanted, but people also frequently come and go through the city gates, and there are craftsmen frequently working there. Ignoring the Beast Tide is clearly not an option anymore.

“Release arrows!”

“It’s the Minister, he’s given the order.”

“The army has begun!”

“Quick, look, it’s started.”

……

Luo Ming’s thoughts were interrupted by a voice. He quickly looked up with more than twenty people around him, towards the southern outskirts of Arrow Bamboo Forest.

Whoosh… whoosh…

A mile south of the Luoyang Team, at the northern edge of Arrow Bamboo Forest, stood a massive army.

The army was divided into six formations. Since all soldiers wore light golden battle armor, the six formations could only be distinguished by their weapons.

“The central formation of the first row, with six Horizontal Blade Camps, three Mo Blade Camps, and an elite scout camp of a hundred Cold Resistance Level soldiers, is directly led by the Minister, known as the strongest Cloud Jiao Army in Great Xia currently!”

“The left formation of the first row, with six Long Spear Camps, three Horizontal Blade Camps, also has an elite scout camp of a hundred Cold Resistance Levels, led by Director of the Military Department Yuwen Dao, called the Dragon Martial Army. It’s heard that the number of Cold Resistance Levels in the Dragon Martial Army exceeds four hundred, more than the Cloud Jiao Army, and not necessarily weaker in strength.”

“The right formation, with six Long Spear Camps, three Giant Axe Camps, and the same elite scout camp, is the Dragon Slayer Army of Garrison Department Director Yuan.”

“The two formations at the back row’s left and right are the Divine Martial and Xuanwu armies of Lords Hong Guang and Hong Tian, respectively. These two armies formed later than the other four but still have over two hundred Cold Resistance Level soldiers each, which is terrifying.”

“The central formation of the back row is……”

The members of the Luoyang Team called out the army names and the commanders of the five formations, but when they reached the central back formation, they suddenly stopped.

Li Baihe, Xu Kang, and Shang Ping appeared very complex.

More so for Luo Ming, who looked at the person standing at the forefront of that army, his face full of desolation.

That was the Tiger Leopard Army, commanded by Luo Yuan.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh……

The complexity in the hearts of Luo Ming and the Luoyang Team members is left aside for now.

Upon Xia Chuan’s order, six armies totaling six thousand people swiftly drew their bows and fired arrows at the eastward-rolling Beast Tide in Arrow Bamboo Forest.

It was clear that the iron arrows shot by six thousand people were different. The faster ones, due to thousands of forging patterns on their surfaces, appeared almost silver, while the slower ones still showed some black gloss, clearly Hundred Forged Level iron arrows.

“The Divine Arm Bows equipped by Cold Resistance Level soldiers have a draw weight of at least one mane, and ordinary Hundred Forged Iron Arrows can’t exert their maximum impact. Therefore, they must be equipped with Thousand Forged Level iron arrows.”

“Look at the Minister and the Director, as well as Luo Yuan and the other four, the Divine Arm Bows they’re holding are all silver.”

“Those aren’t Divine Arm Bows, they’re called Silver Wing Bows, not standard-issue. They’re specially custom-made by the Craftsmen Department based on the user’s strength. Not mentioning the materials, it’s heard that the customization fee alone is as high as thirty thousand Contribution Value.”

“If the customization fee is that high, the material cost must be frightening.”

……

Roar!

Initially, under the barrage of arrows from the six thousand strong army, the snow mist stirred by the Beast Tide inside Arrow Bamboo Forest had already dissipated considerably, and there were quite a few beast roars from within.

But when Xia Chuan and Yuwen Dao’s six men shot their iron arrows, the subsequent furious roars almost immediately drowned out all previous beast sounds.

Clearly, the targets hit by Xia Chuan and Yuwen Dao were far superior in strength to those Cold Beasts hit by the six armies.

“Hurry up, empty the Arrow Quiver within ten breaths, these beasts are coming over!”

As Xia Chuan issued the order, he didn’t forget to continue shooting arrows, continuously drawing and releasing, satisfied with adding three silver arrows at once towards the end for faster speed.

Yuwen Dao, Yuan Cheng, Luo Yuan, Hong Guang and Hong Tian, as well as the six thousand soldiers, clearly reached a level of absolute obedience, and upon receiving his command, they increased their shooting speed, clearing out all iron arrows in their Arrow Quivers within ten breaths.

Boom…..

At the same time, the Beast Tide within Arrow Bamboo Forest finally changed direction and charged towards the army!

Thousands upon thousands of Cold Beasts charged forth, and the ground was not only trembling but collapsing. They came forward, one pressing against another.

Roar……

Their roars and howls filled the sky, not only dispelling the snow at the sky’s peak but also stirring the winds within several miles, directly gusting towards the army.

“Did they… lure the entire Beast Tide?”

“Can they handle this? Isn’t the Minister being a bit arrogant!”

“Can six thousand troops deal with so many Cold Beasts?”

“There must be seven or eight thousand at least! How is that possible!”

“Look at the back, there are all Advanced Cold Beasts! At least several hundred of them!”

……

At the southern exit of Mirror Valley’s garrison, Luo Ming and the Luoyang Team members all stared at the massive Beast Tide rushing from the south, pale-faced and filled with terror and panic in their eyes.

They clearly didn’t foresee the Beast Tide in Arrow Bamboo Forest being so massive!

They couldn’t help worrying and questioning Xia Chuan and the Six Armies.

“Abandon the bow, confront the enemy!”

And responding to them were Xia Chuan’s exceptionally calm and flat four words.

“Kill!”