Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1754: Chapter 557: Outsmarted by Your Own Cleverness, Powerless and Eliminated (2)

“Where can we retreat to? The Qinghua City army suppressing us is already here, right behind us. Retreating will only lead to a quicker death. We only have a way out if we stall until the foreign fief army arrives.”

“We’re dead either way. Block them! Brothers, charge with me!”

“No need to fight them. We just need to block the Cai Qiu army in the pit. The foreign fief army is right behind us and will arrive soon.”

“Charge!”

…

The front-line rebels heard the call, and flames ignited in their eyes as they remembered the past hundred years of bitterness in Evergreen Valley. Anger surged from their hearts as they shouted one after another and charged to both sides.

Despite their anger, no one was confused when faced with life and death. They knew that even coming together they couldn’t stop Cai Qiuhu and his group of masters. But by diverting to both sides and blocking the soldiers of Cai Qiu trying to rush out from the bottom of the pit, they could still achieve this.

“Damn it, split and block them!”

Although Cai Qiuhu in the front row had already killed two or three hundred people, he wasn’t lost in endless slaughter. Seeing the rebels diverting to both sides, he immediately commanded the dozens of Xianyang Level at his side to split and block the rebels, to buy time for the five thousand elite in the pit below.

However, the rebels’ sole advantage—numbers—came into play at this moment.

The dozens of Xianyang Level fighters were certainly terrifying in strength and were nearly invincible among the rebel ranks. Even when occasionally struck by blades, their skin membrane was enough to resist.

The problem was their numbers were truly limited.

With only forty or more of them together, they might handle a few thousand people, but twenty thousand was a stretch. Especially considering the number of rebels far exceeded twenty thousand.

Tens of thousands of rebel laborers roared as they charged to both sides, directly ignoring Cai Qiuhu and the other masters in the middle, and desperately tried to block the five thousand Cai Qiu elite soldiers in the pit, remarkably managing to hold them back temporarily.

Burble burble burble burble…

At the water inlet on the east side of the pit, a middle-aged man in white brocade stood with his hands before the water flow. His hands emitted a faint blue light, which stopped the raging water upon contact, preventing it from flowing westward.

But the middle-aged man’s face was flushed, his hands trembling violently. As more water surged in from behind, his expression grew more strained, and the blue glow on his palms weakened, clearly reaching its limit.

“Hurry, I can hold for just fifteen minutes at most!”

Water was probably the most dangerous substance from the Ice Abyss, and He Yang’s Water Manipulation Technique was one of Cai Qiu’s major weapons. However, this technique was not all-powerful; if the water flow was too great, his ability greatly diminished. Now, the water flow brought by the rebels had clearly exceeded his control.

Cai Qiuhu and Cai Qiu’s Xianyang Level fighters looked somber upon hearing He Yang’s voice, with their movements to kill enemies suddenly speeding up as they tried to expedite freeing the soldiers in the pit.

Fifteen minutes. Not only must the army in the pit emerge, but the main army in the rear must also arrive. Filling the pit with stones after or before it floods had completely different effects.

The pit outside the valley entrance was over a hundred meters long, thirty meters wide, and most dramatically, five meters deep. Once flooded, it would not only be impossible to fill completely flat—just creating a path would be extremely difficult.

“Kill them all, scatter them quickly!”

As time passed, Cai Qiuhu grew increasingly anxious, abandoning the idea of capturing the rebel leader. Since leaving the valley entrance, he’d already wasted fifteen minutes; in less than fifteen minutes, the Xia Army would arrive.

The burning anxiety within Cai Qiuhu made his actions increasingly fierce, but seeing the rebels still charging ahead recklessly, he forced himself to calm his voice as much as possible and opened his mouth loudly:

“I am Cai Qiu’s Minor Landgrave, Cai Qiuhu. I promise that if all rebels retreat immediately, Cai Qiu will not pursue any retribution!”

Cai Qiuhu, ultimately, chose to yield to the rebels.

He had no other choice—once the Xia Army arrived, there would truly be no escape!

Needless to say, Cai Qiuhu’s concession had a significant effect.

The rebel laborers fighting desperately, upon hearing these words, regained their clarity in an instant. Especially those in the rear who had not yet charged forward, they turned their heads toward Cai Qiuhu standing aloft, their eyes full of hope.

“A mere expedient measure. Do you truly believe Little Landgrave’s words? Once Cai Qiu’s army exits the valley, free of worries from behind, they will surely raise their butcher’s knives against you. The Qinghua City army is less than twenty kilometers away; retreat now, and the only path is death. Only with the arrival of our Great Xia army could you see a glimmer of hope!”

Yet a voice from the sky quickly extinguished the hope rising in their hearts.

“Evergreen Valley has been weak for over a hundred years. Following Cai Qiu only leads to enslavement by the officials and nobles in the city, without any other path. My Landgrave Vassal has said, once Evergreen Valley joins Great Xia, the first task is to abolish the Six-class System; secondly, population can freely relocate, all can prosper in Xia City; lastly, everyone can be integrated into Great Xia’s citizenship, freely accessing all resource lands within Great Xia Territory!”

“Ladies and gentlemen, just hold on a little longer, and good days for Evergreen Valley will come. What are you hesitating for?”

Above the rebels, a young general clad in golden armor spoke aloud. With his handsome and spirited appearance and a sharp demeanor between his brows, and carrying a giant broadsword at his waist, he instantly captivated the gaze of everyone present.