Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely Chapter 1596 - 501: Slow to Realize—Choices and Rescue Arrive (Part 2)

If the Nine Towns of the Southern Slope and the Six Towns in the Central South were merely foils in the past, then the Three Northern Towns are undoubtedly the protagonists. Qin Feng and Yang Zhun rose to power simultaneously, both forcibly developing the village-level camps of Wuchuan and Beishuo into town-level under the high pressure of Jinshan Town.

Yang Zhun is extraordinarily talented, can Qin Feng be an ordinary person?

"Whether it’s destiny or a facade depends on this time. The vassal town army cannot march south; after all, it’s a long-term concern. Great Xia is the immediate threat. If we can use the feudal town’s power to destroy Great Xia and then divide it, all of Wuchuan united, in ten or more years, it’s not impossible to..."

"Lord, something big has happened!"

Qin Feng’s thoughts were interrupted by someone rushing in from outside the hall.

"Old Fourth, why are you in such a panicked state?"

Seeing it was his fourth brother, Ye Tianwu, who rushed in from outside the hall, Ye Tianhao immediately reprimanded in a deep voice. With a battle imminent, it’s inevitable to affect the morale if an expert at the Xianyang Level shows such panic.

The other people in the hall naturally understood this well, so their brows furrowed slightly.

Ye Tianwu completely ignored his elder brother’s reprimand and urgently said, "A scout from Dragon Valley Town has sent word back, saying that the army chief of Dragon Valley Town, Li Yangtian, has defected and enticed fifteen thousand soldiers out of the city to collude with Great Xia inside and out..."

As Ye Tianwu recounted everything from Dragon Valley Town, including Qin Feng, everyone in the hall instantly lost their composure.

Bam...

Their minds exploded with a bam as they turned their heads to look at the map of the Northern Five Towns on the flank, their pupils trembling incessantly, faces filled with horror.

"The four-way army formation is fake!"

"Their target is Dragon Valley Town..."

"Li Yangtian has defected, and the Iron Thorn Army of Dragon Valley is in his hands!"

"It’s over, Dragon Valley Town is done for!"

...

Amid the fury and shock in the hall, the Young Lord Qin He suddenly realized something. He immediately bowed to his father, Qin Feng, and spoke, "Lord, with so many Xianyang Level in Dragon Valley Town, we could immediately raise troops to attack Fushan..."

"Fool!"

Qin Feng didn’t spare his eldest son any face, interrupting him angrily. He then said in a deep voice, "The Xianyang Level comes and goes as they please. With Li Yangtian defecting, except for the Long Family in Dragon Valley Town, the rest do not fundamentally need Xia Chuan and them to handle. Our spies in Dragon Valley, all with Cold Resistance Level cultivation, need at least half an hour to report back. In this long time, it’s likely Xia Chuan’s group has long returned to action!"

The message from the spies reported that Long Mingyuan had been killed and the fifteen thousand strong army had already surrendered. This was at least half an hour ago.

With Li Yangtian as the army chief, how could the Xianyang Level among Xia Chuan’s people remain in Dragon Valley Town for long?

Li Yangtian’s betrayal has tarnished his name in this region of the Northern Five Towns; his chances of returning are extremely low.

Even if, in the most unlikely scenario, Li Yangtian harbors ulterior motives, wouldn’t Xia Chuan use some means of prevention? Even if he couldn’t prevent it, what could he do at this point?

In a short period, even if Dragon Valley Town has changed hands, it’s unclear who the master is temporarily. But Li Yangtian is the actual controller. Long Mingyuan held high prestige in Dragon Valley. With his death, the town must be in chaos, and Li Yangtian is sure to spend effort reorganizing.

This is equivalent to directly declaring that Dragon Valley has withdrawn from this Anti-Xia Alliance. If Li Yangtian’s means of reorganization are harsh and his determination to follow Great Xia is strong, then in just a few days, Great Xia’s strength might even increase.

"We’ve been deceived, all of us have been deceived, Great Xia never intended to fight on four fronts simultaneously, Dragon Valley’s change of command leaves the Five Towns Alliance as just four towns, what a calculation, Great Xia, what a calculation, ah..."

Bam!

The massive display by Great Xia over the past two days wasn’t intended for direct confrontation but to deliberately lure them.

Understanding this reasoning, Qin Feng suddenly became extremely angry, drawing his sword and slicing the wooden frame in front of him.

Beside him, Army Chief Ye Tianhao also looked distressed, but he immediately steadied the map on the wooden frame and said in a deep voice, "With Dragon Valley changing hands, Yangqu is in danger. Yuan Cheng’s rear army numbers forty thousand, including ten thousand elite Xia Army with numbered units and five Xianyang Level. The forces in Cao Qianyang’s hand are less than fifteen thousand. Yangqu Town is effectively trapped if there’s no external support. They might even lose the town..."

Upon hearing this, Qin Feng looked at the location of Yangqu Town on the map, showing a trace of hesitance, his pupils full of struggle.

"Yangqu City’s defenses are still decent. With four Xianyang Levels, including the father and son pair of Cao Qianyang and Cao Yuankang, and the master-disciple pair of Yan Chenzhou and Wu Tianfa, if fifteen thousand are deployed properly, just holding off Yuan Cheng’s rear army is not too difficult. The issue is if Great Xia deploys a large number of Xianyang Level reinforcements there; that will be the big problem."

As Ye Tianhao spoke the second part, the struggle on Qin Feng’s face gradually disappeared as he clearly made a decision and said in a deep voice, "The army taking the initiative to attack is impossible. Yang Zhun said our Wuchuan’s sole task is to cut off Great Xia’s military supplies. Taking the initiative will only give Great Xia an opportunity; firmly holding East Valley is the right path..."

The reasons the Northern Towns dare to start a war with Great Xia are numerous: their own considerable strength, support from the two vassal towns, and others... But the biggest reason is that Great Xia is the attacker, and they are the defenders.