Chapter 242: Situation Changes, Great Xia Special Envoy

From the Longshan riot killing people the day before the Longshan alliance, the alliance officially broke, to the subsequent sudden change in the Pingxi Plain, the series of things that happened during this period, in fact, counting fully, was only three days.

And it happened to be at the sensitive juncture of the alliance breaking, many camps didn't have regular contact channels, leading to extremely closed information. They didn't dare to rashly send people to the encampment to inquire about the situation, fearing to startle the snake, and fearing to cause any unnecessary misunderstandings.

Based on such a premise, and Longshan sending a large army to station on the snowfield between Bai Yuan and Wu Shuang, so during this period, Hou Tong's eyes were almost all on Longshan, and he didn't pay attention to the situation of the Beehive, Wu Shuang, and Yang Dew families in the south at all.

As early as before the alliance, Zhaoyang had three thousand people stationed at the Han Qiong encampment.

Half of these three thousand people were led by Hou Ming to attack the Beehive;

Another 1,500 people were led by Hou Tong to continue to stay at Han Qiong. The original intention was that if there was an unfavorable battle in either the Beehive or Yang Dew, he could quickly rescue them.

But with the arrival of the Longshan army on the 14th, the goal of these 1,500 people of Hou Tong, together with the 1,000-plus people of Han Qiong, naturally changed to them.

In Hou Tong's view, attacking the Beehive and Yang Dew didn't need support.

Hou Ming, Hou Bing, Hou Ying, and Lin Ye, four Cold-Resisting levels, plus 1,500 Earth-Digging Realm members, attacking a Beehive where Chen Yingyuan was not present and there was a Cold-Resisting level Wu Tianxing as an inside agent, was originally a matter of hand-to-hand.

At most, it was Yang Dew, which was closer to Longshan, that needed attention. But Wu Xiong and Han Jiuli took a full 1,800 people there. Taking down Yang Dew shouldn't be too much of a problem.

On the 11th, Wu Xiong sent someone to send a message saying that they had successfully taken down Yang Dew. Hou Tong received the message and immediately gave Hou Ming the order to attack the Beehive. After that, he paid attention for two days. Once the Longshan army arrived, his attention was all transferred.

Hou Tong didn't expect that the arrival of a Great Xia would disrupt all the plans of Zhaoyang for the three families in the southeast of Longyou.

His plan to notify the three parties to draw personnel to gather in Wu Shuang was destined to be unrealizable. It was a pity that he himself didn't know it yet.

Hou Tong didn't know about Great Xia's existence, but some people already knew.

South of Bai Yuan, the two wooden houses where the Longshan army was stationed.

In the core area of the two-story one on the left, Li Ying Xuan Ling was sitting at the head.

Below, ten people were sitting on the left and right sides respectively, among whom Li Ying Xuan Yan and Li Xuan were prominently listed, and the other eight were also wearing battle armor, with solemn faces.

In the middle was a person who was reporting something respectfully to Li Ying Xuan Ling.

From the shocked reaction of everyone in the hall, it was not difficult to see how much of a sensation the words this person said caused in their hearts.

"Great Xia?"

"Taking down Wu Shuang, the whole process took less than half an hour?"

"How is this possible!"

"Seven Cold-Resisting levels, 1,500 Earth-Digging Realm members, wearing light golden ten-forged armor, where did this pop out from?"

"Great Xia, we haven't heard of this encampment in Pingxi Plain!"

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Only Li Ying Xuan Ling and Li Xuan in the hall had pupils slightly flashing with a wisp of ghostly light, while the others issued exclamations one after another. Some even couldn't help but stand up directly from their seats, their faces full of disbelief.

There was also a Li Ying Xuan Yan, whose expression was always very calm, as if he were wandering outside the world, sitting there without saying a word. Only when he heard the name of this strange encampment, Great Xia, did he slightly raise a trace of curiosity.

Li Ying in the hall didn't find it strange at all to see everyone's reaction.

Before dawn, when he saw Wu Shuang being defeated by Great Xia in the gaps on the outskirts of the giant stone formation, the shock in his heart was not a bit less than everyone else's.

"What's there to be so surprised about? Doesn't this confirm the second uncle's guess that there is an external force trying to get involved in Pingxi Plain?"

Seeing the crowd in the house falling into noise, Li Ying Xuan Ling opened her mouth directly. Everyone heard the sound and was stunned first, then remembered Li Guo's words at the Longshan meeting three days ago, and their expressions instantly changed.

"Does the Young Master mean that Hong Xia has a relationship with Great Xia?"

Zhou Yuan's words could be considered to have asked the confusion in everyone's hearts in the hall. Everyone raised their heads to look at Li Ying Xuan Ling, waiting for her to answer.

At the meeting three days ago, the most important basis for Li Tiancheng's suspicion that an external force was trying to get involved in Pingxi Plain was the Hong Xia who appeared abruptly on the night of the 14th and saved Hou Hu at a critical moment.

It just happened to appear at the juncture where Hou Hu was surely going to die. In the world, where could there be such a coincidence?

"I have ninety percent certainty."

"Ten percent!"

Hearing Li Xuan's tone with a bit of speculation, Li Ying Xuan Ling shook her head directly and gave a ten percent judgment.

Everyone heard this, and their faces instantly became much gloomier.

"Wu Shuang's Earth-Digging Realm members are at least 1,300-plus, plus Wu Xiong, Wu Ying, and Duan Pingyu, three Cold-Resisting levels, the whole encampment is nearly thirty thousand people, and they occupy the convenience of the main field. It was taken down in less than half an hour. That 1,500 people of Great Xia, could it be that they are also an army?"

"Very likely. Didn't Li Ying just say that this Great Xia only has seven Cold-Resisting levels? Such a few people are not enough to affect a battle of more than a thousand people. Being able to take down Wu Shuang in such a short time, the strength of those 1,500 people is absolutely extraordinary!"

"The key is that we know nothing about this Great Xia encampment. Where is their encampment exactly, how many people are in the whole encampment, how many Earth-Digging Realm members, how many Cold-Resisting levels..."

"If those 1,500 people are all regular armies, plus a Hong Xia, and there are at least seven Cold-Resisting level experts below, this Great Xia encampment feels a bit stronger than Zhaoyang!"

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"What are you panicking about? Don't scare yourselves when you don't know anything!"

Seeing that everyone below was guessing wildly, Li Ying Xuan Ling's brows sank. She had always been very indifferent. After scolding everyone, she turned her head to look at the huge Longyou map behind her and whispered: "Second brother's side, no new news sent back?"

"Since the night of the 15th, the Second Young Master sent someone to send a letter informing them that they had taken down Yucheng, and there has been no new news sent back."

The one who answered her was still Li Ying in the hall. Li Ying not only had Cold-Resisting level cultivation but also was the deputy commander of the Longyou Army, in charge of the information liaison work when the army marched.

Hearing Li Ying's report, everyone turned their heads to look at the huge map behind Li Ying Xuan Ling, and their gazes all gathered on the Yang Dew encampment not far east of Yucheng.

According to Li Ying Xuan Ling's deployment three days ago, the Second Young Master Li Xuantian took five hundred Longyou Army soldiers on the southeast route, took Yucheng, and immediately took Peng Bo and Chen Yingyuan to continue to take Yang Dew, and finally to the Beehive.

"Second brother took down Yucheng on the night of the 15th and sent someone back to report. Today is the 17th. Calculating from the time, even if his speed is fast, he might have just arrived at Yang Dew at this moment. Maybe he is arranging encampment affairs and can't spare people. Wait until night, and the person sending the letter will come."

Li Xuan opened his mouth, and the rest nodded slightly.

Leader Peng Bo had already surrendered to Longshan. As long as there was no accident, on the night of taking Yucheng, Li Xuantian could take Peng Bo directly to receive Yang Dew. Maybe it had already been received, and the army was already on its way to the Beehive.

Everyone's minds floated with this thought, and their expressions instantly became excited.

The Third Young Master Li Xuan not only brought five hundred Longyou Army soldiers but also brought fifty full-staffed hunting teams, totaling 1,750 people. They set out on the night of the 14th and only used two nights to take down Changning and Songyuan. After arranging everything last night, he brought Zhou Yuan and Meng Ying directly here to support.

The Second Young Master had already taken down Yucheng. As long as he exerted more effort to solve Yang Dew and the Beehive, then half of the ten camps in Longyou would be solved directly by Longshan.

Their four thousand-strong army, stationed at two points, had already divided Zhaoyang, Dongkang, Bai Yuan, Xiling, Wu Shuang, and Han Qiong into three pieces. They had no possibility of merging.

Next, as long as the five camps already occupied were settled, they could draw people from their side one after another. At that time, the six camps dismantled by the Longyou Army could also be cleaned up one by one.

Just as everyone was falling into reverie, Li Ying Xuan Ling's gaze suddenly withdrew from the map, and then she asked Li Ying a question with a solemn face.

"When Great Xia attacked Wu Shuang, how many defenders were on Wu Shuang's side?"

Hearing this question, Li Ying was stunned first, then lowered his head to recall the scene he saw, and his expression instantly became ugly.

Seeing his reaction, the rest immediately understood.

Li Ying Xuan Ling at the head also suddenly condensed her brows.

"Something is wrong. Great Xia could take down Wu Shuang so quickly, not because they are too strong, but because Wu Shuang didn't have many people guarding it at all. The leaders of the Han Qiong and Wu Shuang families didn't go to the alliance. The two families must have joined forces long ago, either attacking the Beehive or attacking Yang Dew!"

Li Xuan on the left stood up suddenly and said in shock.

His words instantly woke everyone up.

"Yang Dew, Wu Xiong and Han Jiuli must have taken people to take down Yang Dew!"

Li Ying Xuan Ling's determined words instantly attracted everyone's attention.

"If there is no accident, second brother is either dragged at the Yang Dew encampment or has already taken down Yang Dew, so he has no time to send news back."

"Why not go to attack the Beehive?"

Hearing Zhou Yuan's inquiry, Li Ying Xuan Ling immediately asked back:

"Then where do you think Great Xia popped out from?"

Everyone's expressions were stunned, raising their heads to see the Longyou map above.

"Longyou's giant camps, Longshan has numbers. It's impossible to pop out for no reason. Great Xia is definitely not a local encampment. Pingxi Plain has Longshan to the west, Mangshan to the north, and the Han Qiong past the easternmost side is a stone wall. If external forces want to come in, there is only this one entrance in the southeast. I remember that south of the Beehive, there used to be an encampment, called... Mirror Immortal!"

"There is a Mirror Immortal encampment. I remember, the leader is called He Yuanhun. The strength is very strong. Eight years ago, Chen Yingyuan asked the alliance for help, saying that Mirror Immortal intended to annex the Beehive. It was us who sent people to deter that He Yuanhun!"

Li Xuan opened his mouth, and everyone's memories instantly became clear.

Eight years ago, there was indeed such an encampment.

"Then this Mirror Immortal encampment, also has a relationship with Great Xia?"

"Not clear, but it can basically be concluded that Great Xia came from the direction of the Mirror Immortal encampment. We must send people to specifically inquire about this Great Xia's situation."

"That is to say, this Great Xia not only occupied Wu Shuang, they probably even occupied the Beehive, swallowing two camps in Longyou at once?"

Everyone in the hall heard Zhou Yuan's words, and their expressions were instantly incomparably solemn. And Li Ying Xuan Ling, who put forward this guess, had the lowest expression.

"Great Xia should know the current situation in Longyou very well. The enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. They are just seizing the opportunity of Longyou's infighting to stretch their hands into Pingxi Plain."

Bang!

Li Ying Xuan Ling knocked on the table, and her beautiful face faintly gave birth to some anger.

External forces getting involved in Pingxi Plain has always been what Longshan is most wary of.

Since her father Li Tianhua rose strongly with Longshan, it can be said that in Li Ying Xuan Ling's view, the entire Longyou is something in their Longshan's pocket.

Even if there is a Zhaoyang Hou Hu, it can't change anything!

But now, there is actually an external force coming in.

"Can't wait until night to send scouts. Li Ying, Zhou Yuan, Meng Ying, Xuan Ping, you four set out immediately, go to inquire about the situation of the four families of Wu Shuang, Yang Dew, Beehive, and Han Qiong respectively, figure out what the situation of the four families is currently, and report back as soon as there is news. Keep a few more eyes on the outside."

"Yes, Young Master!"

The four people below heard the order, immediately stood up, bowed and answered, and quickly walked toward the outside of the house.

Li Ying Xuan Ling continued to look at the map behind her, her heart slightly condensed.

Information is really too important.

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It's not that Li Ying Xuan Ling doesn't understand this point, the problem is that everything happened too fast.

More than four thousand-strong army, set out from Longshan on the night of the 14th, half stationed on the northwest side of Bai Yuan, used to cut off the communication route between Bai Yuan and Xiling;

The other half was led by her personally, two nights of forced marches, all the way to the south of Bai Yuan, which was stationed here, the purpose was not to let the people of Wu Shuang and Han Qiong gather with the people of Zhaoyang.

Therefore, she led the Longshan army to arrive here, which was only last night.

The time was too fast, she didn't even have time to send scouts. If it weren't for seeing that Wu Shuang was close, at dawn, she sent Li Ying to inquire about the situation, I'm afraid until now, they wouldn't know that Wu Shuang was occupied by Great Xia.

No, even Great Xia's existence, they didn't know until now.

"Wu Shuang, Han Qiong, Yang Dew, Beehive, these four families must have undergone unknown drastic changes. Next, just wait for the news of the four people of Li Ying."

Li Ying Xuan Ling pondered for a moment, then turned to look at Li Xuan and asked in a low voice:

"Bai Yuan side, Hou Hu has arrived, right?"

Li Xuan heard this, his eyes flashed slightly, and he nodded: "Already arrived, one thousand Blood Guard Army are all stationed at the Bai Yuan encampment, Uncle Qing has been watching, and the people of Xiling and Bai Yuan haven't moved much. Hou Hu seems, not very willing to fight!"

"Heh..."

Li Ying Xuan Ling laughed lowly and said: "Not unwilling, he is afraid. Those one thousand Blood Guard Army are his Zhaoyang's biggest capital. Three days ago, he lost more than a hundred people. I guess he is still feeling distressed, how could he dare to fight with us again?"

Speaking of this, she paused slightly and continued: "He knows very well in his heart that Zhaoyang's only chance of winning is to gather the people of these five camps of Wu Shuang, Han Qiong, Xiling, Bai Yuan, Dongkang, and even more camps, and fight our Longyou Army to the death. So on the south side, he must have a deployment. If there is no accident, he will come in these few days. Be vigilant around!"

Zhaoyang also has a thousand-strong Blood Guard Army, so Hou Hu knows the strength of the Longyou Army very well. Without absolute numerical advantage, wanting to defeat Longshan is absolutely impossible.

And relying on his Zhaoyang family alone, he can't bring out so many Earth-Digging Realm members, so integrating the Earth-Digging Realm members of other camps and gathering everyone together to fight a decisive battle with Longshan is the only way Zhaoyang has a chance of winning.

This is also why Li Ying Xuan Ling took the Longyou Army at the first time to cut off the communication channels between Zhaoyang and other camps.

"From top combat power, to regular army, to the number of ordinary Earth-Digging Realm members, Zhaoyang doesn't have any place that surpasses us. Even if he really gathers the people of these five camps in Longyou, his chance of winning is at most thirty percent. The only variable at the moment is this sudden appearance..."

"Great Xia Special Envoy Qiu Peng, requests to see the Longshan Lords!"

Outside the wooden house, a hearty voice suddenly sounded, not only interrupting Li Ying Xuan Ling's words but also making the remaining seven people in the house change their faces, turning their heads to look outside the house.

"Great Xia people?"

"Special Envoy, and came to request to see!"

"What does this mean?"

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After the seven people in the house looked at each other a few times, they all cast their gazes at Li Ying Xuan Ling.

"Please come in, listen to what he wants to say!"

Compared with others, Li Ying Xuan Ling was much more indifferent. She waved her hand gently to signal the last person below, and the latter immediately nodded and stood up, walking toward the outside of the house.

Although the wooden house was illuminated by fire, it was currently daytime, and Earth-Digging Realm members couldn't get out of the house, so only Cold-Resisting levels could invite people.

Similarly, since he could come over in broad daylight, the person outside the door was naturally also a Cold-Resisting level, so letting a Cold-Resisting level invite him was not impolite.

The person who went out soon led a handsome young man in black, carrying a narrow long blade, and walked in slowly.

At the moment of seeing that narrow long blade, Li Ying Xuan Ling, including three other people below, condensed their gazes, and their expressions also had some subtle changes.

"So young!"

This was everyone's first reaction when seeing the young man in black's face.

Cold-Resisting levels are not Chinese cabbage. In the twelve giant camps of Longyou, there may be quite a few whose strength reaches the limit of thirty thousand jin, or even exceeds it, but those who truly successfully break through to the Cold-Resisting level, added together, will not exceed one hundred.

And among these Cold-Resisting levels, the vast majority are over forty years old.

For example, the eight Cold-Resisting levels present in Longshan, five are over forty years old, and among the other three, Li Xuan and Li Ying Xuan Yan are thirty-two and thirty-seven respectively.

Are there young Cold-Resisting levels?

Of course there are, Li Ying Xuan Ling is one.

Li Tianhua's four children, the fourth, Li Ying Xuan Ling, is only 22, and is the youngest Cold-Resisting level known in the Longyou land.

The problem is, in the whole of Longyou, only one Li Ying Xuan Ling appeared.

And at this moment, this young man standing in front of them.

Judging by his appearance, he is also in his early twenties.

"At the very least, he won't be over twenty-five. This should be the offspring of some big figure in Great Xia. Could it be the leader's son?"

Li Xuan looked at the people beside him implicitly, his expression slightly cold.

The people around clearly understood his thoughts, and their eyes toward the black-clothed young man also added a few shades of coldness.

"Dare to ask, is it the Longshan Young Master, Li Ying Xuan Ling in person?"

Qiu Peng didn't know that the people in the house misunderstood his identity and intended to make a move on him. Just following Chen Yingyuan's description, he guessed the identity of the beautiful woman at the head and immediately bowed slightly and opened his mouth.

Sure enough, Great Xia knows the situation in Longyou like the back of their hand.

Seeing that the other party recognized her identity at a glance, Li Ying Xuan Ling's gaze condensed slightly. She stared at Qiu Peng for a while, then smiled: "Great Xia Special Envoy? This is the first time I've heard such a title."

Seeing that Qiu Peng only had the strength of two manes, Li Ying Xuan Ling's tone was not polite. After teasing the title "Special Envoy," her voice suddenly sank:

"Does Special Envoy Qiu know that trespassing into our Longyou Army camp without cause will cost you your life?"

Qiu Peng raised his head upon hearing the sound and stared straight at Li Ying Xuan Ling, without the slightest concealment of the provocation in his eyes.

"Qiu Peng's life is worthless, Young Master can take it away. But before taking it, my Lord has some words to inform the Longshan Lords..."

A warning?

Bluffing me!

Qiu Peng had no fear on his face. After pausing, he sneered in his heart, and then said loudly: "Great Xia is not interested in the Longyou land, nor does it want to get involved in the current disputes in Longyou. The reason for sending troops to the Beehive and Wu Shuang this time is because the leaders of the two families took the initiative to ask for help. So if there is any offense, I hope Longshan will forgive me. Wu Shuang and Beehive have both concluded an alliance with our Great Xia. From now on, the three families will be led by our Great Xia. I hope the Longshan Lords will know about this!"

After these words, Li Ying Xuan Ling, including the other seven people present, had expressions that were already gloomy to the extreme, and the killing intent in their eyes toward Qiu Peng was clearly much more.

First, Qiu Peng's words already indicated that Great Xia indeed occupied the Beehive.

Second, they didn't know about the Beehive's situation, but a few minutes ago, Li Ying stood in Qiu Peng's position at this moment and told them personally how Great Xia took down Wu Shuang.

And Qiu Peng now actually said that it was Wu Shuang who took the initiative to ask for help, and Great Xia sent troops.

This clearly meant that he was talking nonsense with his eyes open!

Not only did he come to declare sovereignty with great fanfare, but he also treated them like donkeys.

As for what Qiu Peng said, Great Xia is not interested in the Longyou land, nor does it want to get involved in the current disputes in Longyou, they all ignored it directly.

This kind of talk, only a fool would believe.

Who exactly gave this person such great courage to dare to say these things in front of them!

Li Xuan, and the other six Cold-Resisting levels, all stood up from their chairs, and the killing intent in their eyes rose to the extreme. Even two impatient ones had already started walking toward Qiu Peng.

Clearly, they intended to make a move!

Qiu Peng's words indeed had a taste of seeking death.

Li Ying Xuan Ling didn't open her mouth to speak from beginning to end, as if she didn't see the actions of the other seven people, just looking at Qiu Peng with a calm gaze.

"Forgot to tell you, my Lord sent two special envoys this time, I am just one of them. Calculating the time, the other one should be arriving at Pinggu soon. Before you make a move, you must think clearly."

Step…………

Qiu Peng's words made the killing intent of Li Xuan and the seven people instantly stagnate.

Li Ying Xuan Ling's beautiful and calm face finally rippled with a trace of ripples.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 243 =====