Chapter 294: Longshan infighting, Li Tiancheng's caution [Please vote!]

Longyou 48th year, June 21st

Songyuan outpost, Longshan side, has long since exploded.

"In the battle of Changbai Gully, only 39 people returned alive from the four Longyou armies. The forty-eight-year reputation of Longshan was lost overnight. Zhou Yuan is hard to blame even if he dies ten thousand times."

"Only a month, only a month! The new army is gone just like that. 961 Earth-Digging Realm extreme combat powers, one-quarter of the camp's foundation, is gone just like that."

"One-quarter of the foundation, you dare to say it. Have you calculated the thousands of sets of battle armor invested in forming the new army, plus the eight hundred sets prepared to be sent to Zhaoyang? That is already all the hundred-forged battle armor existing in the camp, including the healing pills distributed before departure, all fell into the hands of Great Xia."

"Great Xia, this Great Xia that deserves to be killed, must be smashed to pieces!"

"The families of those dead soldiers are all crying and shouting in the camp, and the families of the more than two hundred captured soldiers are all arguing to save people. What should we do now?"

"More than two hundred captured soldiers, how to save them? Even Zhou Yuan, this commandant, was captured, and two battalion captains, Li Yuanqing and Cheng He. Whether Great Xia killed them or not is still hard to say."

"I said long ago that it won't work to let Zhou Yuan be this new army commandant. You insisted on letting him come. Such a big loss, how to end this now?"

"How to end this? The new army is gone. Zhou Yuan is smart. With his strength, how could he be captured so easily? I'm afraid he lost the battle, knew he was hard to blame, and simply let himself be captured on purpose. Actually, he wants to defect to Great Xia."

"This…………"

"I said long ago that outsiders are unreliable. The good four armies were handed over to Zhou Yuan, and now they are all gone, hmph!"

………………

Top floor hall of Songyuan outpost main building, more than fifty people stood, almost gathering all the Cold-Resisting Realm experts of Longshan.

If you observe carefully, you can find that the standing positions of these fifty-plus people are somewhat distinct. On the left, there is a wave of thirty-plus people, and on the right, there are less than twenty people.

Those who are opening their mouths angrily one after another at this moment are all people on the left.

They seem to be discussing the defeat last night angrily, but they are clearly all blaming Zhou Yuan. At the same time, several Li family children began to splash dirty water on Zhou Yuan, framing him for being captured on purpose, and even in the end, they pointed the finger at outsiders.

Hearing this, someone on the right side finally couldn't stand it anymore.

"Song Ning and your son, as well as the 39 soldiers who returned, all said that Zhou Yuan fought to the death to cover their escape, which led to his own capture. Li Xuanping, is it appropriate for you to talk nonsense with your eyes open?"

The one who stood out was Meng Ying, one of the eight vajras of Longshan. He has always had a good relationship with Zhou Yuan, so he naturally couldn't listen to everyone framing his old friend like this. So as soon as he stood out, his tone was very impolite, pointing directly at Li Xuanping who framed Zhou Yuan.

The battle of Changbai Gully, one of the two Cold-Resisting Realm experts who escaped, Li Yuankai, is Li Xuanping's son. So theoretically, Zhou Yuan saved his son, but Li Xuanping is now reversing black and white, framing Zhou Yuan for being captured on purpose, clearly returning kindness with enmity.

This is also why Meng Ying is so angry.

But what happened next made him even more angry.

Li Xuanping, who was named by him, not only had no shame on his face, but stood out directly and sneered: "Song Ning and Yuankai have only just broken through to the Cold-Resisting Realm, not to mention a group of defeated Earth-Digging Realm remnant soldiers. With Zhou Yuan's strength, even if he resisted falsely, do you think they can see it?"

Hearing this, Meng Ying's expression froze.

Not only him, but the dozen or so Cold-Resisting Realm experts behind him all raised their heads and glared at Li Xuanping, clearly not lightly angered by his shamelessness.

What's even more fatal is that Li Xuanping is still continuing.

"Xiao Ning, Yuankai, tell me, did you see clearly last night?"

Song Ning and Li Yuankai stood behind Li Xuanping. Facing the gaze of Meng Ying and the dozen or so people, their eyes were clearly dodging, and finally, they chose to remain silent with their heads lowered.

"Shameless, shameless, shameless..."

Meng Ying was angry to the extreme at this moment, raised his finger and pointed at the three of Li Xuanping, his body trembling with anger, and said three "shameless" in a row.

"Meng Ying, no need to say more. Whether Zhou Yuan was captured is true or false, I originally had no intention of pursuing it, but this time Longshan's reputation is lost, including the huge losses of the war, which must be recorded on his head. From now on, you outsiders should not think about holding any military positions again."

As soon as Li Xuanping finished these words, the group of Li family children behind him all echoed.

"That's right, with this battle, who dares to hand over the new army to you?"

"Well said, military positions cannot be handed over to these outsiders."

"Also need to discuss Zhou Yuan's crime, find out if he really was captured?"

"That's right, if it is found that he really defected to Great Xia, not a single one of his relatives can be let go, all must be captured."

………………

Slap……

"Li Xuanping, all of you shut up!"

Li Ying Xuan Ling, who was sitting alone on the top and closing her eyes to think, finally couldn't hold back anymore when she heard this. She slapped the table in front of her to pieces and scolded Li Xuanping and the others angrily.

It's a pity that her majesty seems to be a bit insufficient.

"Youngest, forming an alliance with Zhaoyang was your proposal, forming a new army was your proposal, letting Zhou Yuan be this commandant was still your proposal. Sending 800 sets of weapons and armor to Zhaoyang was also arranged by you... You have been the leader for more than two months, you don't think that the deliberation group only pursues Zhou Yuan's responsibility, right?"

Li Xuanping is Li Tiancheng's eldest son, and at the same time, he is the eldest of the Xuan generation of the Li family. Being scolded like this by Li Ying Xuan Ling, his face clearly couldn't hold it, so he directly retorted with sarcasm, and he didn't even call her leader.

Li Ying Xuan Ling is the youngest of the Xuan generation of the Li family. The title "Youngest" is not wrong, but calling it in front of so many Cold-Resisting Realm experts, Li Xuanping is clearly deliberately sweeping her face.

The expressions of all the Cold-Resisting Realm experts in the hall froze slightly, the hall was silent for a moment, and the atmosphere suddenly froze.

Although Li Ying Xuan Ling didn't speak for a long time, the anger contained in her eyes staring at Li Xuanping could be seen by everyone.

"Youngest, don't look at me like that. In the final analysis, you are just a woman. I admit that you have some cultivation talent, and your strength is the best in Longshan. It is not too big a problem to catch up with my father or even surpass my uncle in the future.

But being the leader of Longshan is not just about having cultivation talent. You are too emotional. These outsiders cry to you a little, and you hand over military power to them. Now that there is a problem, you naturally have to take responsibility."

"Then according to your meaning, who should be this leader?"

After Li Ying Xuan Ling finished speaking, she sat back in her chair, and then her gaze swept over Li Xuantian on the lower left side inadvertently.

As expected, Li Xuanping stood out directly and faced the crowd:

"Of course it is the second young master Xuantian. He escaped death from Yangyuan Peak and brought back such important things as Holy Yang Pills. He has great merit to Longshan. Moreover, the eldest young master failed to inherit the leader's position smoothly. In order, the leader's position should be inherited by the second young master. Everyone, tell me, is it right?"

Li Xuanping's last question was directed at the group of Li family members on the left, clearly deliberately creating momentum.

The group of Li family members on the left immediately understood and opened their mouths one after another:

"That's right, the young master is a woman after all, it's not appropriate to be the leader."

"It should be inherited by the second young master, I agree."

"The eldest young master lost his position, it should have been the second young master's turn."

"The eldest young master was the successor appointed by the former leader. Since he doesn't want to be this leader, the order of seniority is important, so it should be the second young master's turn to take the position."

"The young master's strength is strong, but she is a woman after all and will eventually marry. It should be the second young master who is the leader."

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A trace of fatigue suddenly flashed in Li Ying Xuan Ling's eyes. Looking at the group of Li family members below, she felt sad for their short-sightedness and worried about Longshan's future.

Longshan is not decided by the leader alone. It implements the deliberation group system left by her father Li Tianhua. In short, anyone who breaks through to the Cold-Resisting Realm automatically becomes a deliberation elder, joins the deliberation group, and participates in the deliberation and ruling of all major affairs of the camp.

As Longshan became stronger and stronger, the scale of the deliberation group became larger and larger, and at the same time, it began to gradually split into two forces: the Li family and the outsiders.

The Li family is represented by Second Uncle's eldest son Li Xuanping, including the Li family, as well as the Cheng, Song, and Yang families who intermarried with the Li family. At present, they occupy thirty-four seats;

The outsider side is represented by six of the eight vajras of Longshan who did not intermarry with the Li family—Zhou Yuan, Meng Ying, Yue Qian, Jiang Ping, Sun Yan, and He Tu. At present, they occupy eighteen seats.

The contradiction between these two sides is not a day or two. When her father Li Tianhua was there, he could suppress the scene, and the two sides basically dared not argue openly.

But since her father Li Tianhua left, Second Uncle Li Tiancheng, on one hand, did not have enough prestige, and on the other hand, he was somewhat partial to the Li family. The contradiction between the two sides of the deliberation group gradually became sharp, and the scene slowly began to get out of control.

She knew very well that from the moment she became this leader, Li Xuanping and the group of Li family members were very resistant, and even went to Second Uncle Li Tiancheng several times to ask him to come forward and change people.

But she never thought that this group of people would be stupid enough to choose this juncture to make trouble for her.

Longshan suffered heavy losses, Zhaoyang Blood Guard Army was completely wiped out, and Great Xia is still eyeing them covetously. With the enemy at the door, these Li family children are not thinking about how to deal with others, but taking the opportunity to exclude dissidents, and even want to pull her, the leader, off the horse.

The key is that the one they pushed was actually Li Xuantian.

Li Ying Xuan Ling turned her head to look at Li Xuantian, seeing him put on a posture of being indifferent, and felt a chill in her heart for no reason.

At the beginning of May, Li Xuantian and those four hundred-plus Longyou troops escaped death from Yangyuan Peak and returned to Longshan. Although they had successfully passed the two tests of silver and condensed fire oil, until now, Li Ying Xuan Ling and Second Uncle Li Tiancheng had not let down their guard against him.

Especially thinking of the Holy Yang Pill, although she had taken it and personally experienced the taste of rapid strength improvement, she was always drumming in her heart.

There is no problem with the medicine, which does not mean there is no problem with the person.

Mainly that night at Gourd Valley, Wu Xiong controlled by the White Dew Ghost caused her too much psychological shadow, plus the natural fear of humans for creatures like ghosts, making her never dare to trust Li Xuantian completely.

Who knows, is this Li Xuantian still the second brother she originally had?

She had long secretly discussed with Second Uncle Li Tiancheng that since the camp no longer had the Dew Plague, as long as Li Xuantian did not show abnormal behavior and was willing to take out Holy Yang Pills to improve Longshan's strength, then she would put down her guard for the time being.

Who would have thought that this group of idiots, Li Xuanping, would now help Li Xuantian make trouble for her.

Thinking about it, it is normal. Li Xuantian can take out so many Holy Yang Pills and buy off these Cold-Resisting Realm experts in the camp, which is naturally easy. Even if he doesn't show the intention of wanting to be the leader, this group of idiots is probably unable to help but push him to the top.

"Li Xuanping, you don't want to climb and pull randomly. The crime of the new army's failure, even if you want to find someone to bear it, it is only Zhou Yuan, Li Yuanqing, and Cheng He. What does it have to do with the leader?"

Seeing that Li Ying Xuan Ling didn't respond for a long time, thinking she was scared by this group of people, Li Xuanping, Jiang Ping stood out. He probably heard something from those new army soldiers who escaped and continued to point fingers and blame angrily:

"The reason for the army's failure last night, some soldiers who came back said that the four battalion captains repeatedly disobeyed Zhou Yuan's orders. Li Yuanqing and Cheng He did not follow the rules when scouting the route, walked too far and were captured by Great Xia, failing to return to report in time, which finally led to the army falling into an ambush. You don't mention these at all, but instead put all the blame on Zhou Yuan alone. What is your intention?"

Hearing this accusation, Li Yuankai and Song Ning's expressions changed slightly, and they both stood out to refute:

"Uncle Jiang, who told you this? Let him come over and confront us face to face. Yuankai guarantees with his life that there is no such thing."

"If Uncle Jiang relies on hearsay to press the blame for the army's ambush on my head, it is not fair. I also think it is better to let that soldier come here and confront us face to face to see if it is true."

Hearing the two say they wanted to call the soldier to confront them face to face, Jiang Ping and the others' expressions froze, and they were instantly so angry that they couldn't speak.

Calling an Earth-Digging Realm soldier to come here to confront them, not to mention whether people dare, even if they really dare, Jiang Ping will not be the villain.

"Why, can't call people, or say, just now those words were all made up by Uncle Jiang to frame me and Song Ning?"

"Jiang Ping, words without evidence, talking nonsense, even if you want to help Zhou Yuan, you shouldn't help like this, hmph!"

"That's right, Zhou Yuan is already captured, what else..."

Li Xuanping couldn't help but sneer again, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted directly by an old voice outside the door.

"With the enemy at the door, what are you still arguing about here?"

Li Tiancheng is here!

Everyone in the hall immediately shut their mouths. Li Ying Xuan Ling, who was sitting on the top and felt extremely tired, finally relaxed a bit at this moment.

"Father, Ying Xuan Ling cannot be this..."

Li Xuanping opened his mouth again, but just like before, before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Tiancheng again.

Slap!

Moreover, he used a palm.

Li Tiancheng stared at his eldest son with an expression of hating that iron cannot be turned into steel, and finally could only turn into a sigh. He turned to look at the crowd and said: "With the enemy at the door, you are still infighting. Do you really want to send Longshan's fifty-plus years of foundation to others?

I don't care what ideas you have now, all shut your mouths. The most important thing now is to drive Great Xia out of Longyou and revitalize Longshan's reputation.

That Xia City in Red Wood Ridge, the old man has seen it with his own eyes. That Xia Hong is not simple, and Great Xia's overall strength is far beyond your imagination.

You all listen to the old man, whether it is the Li family or outsiders, if Longshan loses this time, your current power struggle will all be a joke. Do you all understand?"

Li Tiancheng's last question was sonorous and powerful, almost exploding in everyone's ears.

Everyone's expression changed, looking at the solemnity and seriousness on Li Tiancheng's face, their hearts all skipped a beat.

To tell the truth, even if everyone was red-faced and arguing just now, they really didn't take Great Xia seriously in their hearts. They know their own strength. Although Great Xia destroyed the new army and the Blood Guard Army, in the final analysis, it was only a thousand-man army, and after two great battles last night, it must have lost a lot.

Longshan still has three thousand Longyou troops!

The reason why everyone argued here, and even dared to point the finger at Li Ying Xuan Ling, was also based on the premise that they had never taken Great Xia seriously.

The main army set out to Wu Shuang at night to destroy Great Xia, which is the consensus of everyone present, and should also include Li Tiancheng who rushed to Songyuan last night.

But Li Tiancheng, what did he just say?

"The most important thing now is to drive Great Xia out of Longyou."

Driving away and destroying are two completely different things.

Xia City?

What did Li Tiancheng see in Red Wood Ridge that made him so cautious?

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 295 =====