Chapter 360: Four Silver Mines, Army Rotation, Urgent Message from Xia City

It has been ten days from arriving in Longshan on September 14th to today.

These ten days can be described as a full harvest.

"Two micro, one small, and today's one can be considered a medium one, which is enough to support Great Xia's silver usage for more than fifteen years in the future. Now just waiting for mining. As long as the reserves come up, the three pavilions of refining, medicine, and martial arts, as well as the five buildings of black land and iron wall, can continue to upgrade."

Xia Hong flew to the west side of the mountain peak, lifted the beast king-level Lei Kui he had just killed with one hand, and then flew toward the direction of the army, his face full of unstoppable smiles.

Silver is the most important purpose of his coming to Longshan this time. Up to this point, it can be considered to have been successfully completed, because the silver mine obtained today is the largest of the seven silver mines currently explored by Great Xia, and the cold beast group occupying it is also the strongest.

Solving this silver mine, the remaining one in Longshan and the two in Beimang Mountain are basically not a problem.

Of course, the harvest of these ten days is not just four silver mines.

Before landing, Xia Hong scanned the circle below in mid-air, roughly inferred that the number of cold beast corpses was more than four thousand, and a smile instantly appeared on his face.

"Sure enough, the battlefield is the best place to train the army. The number of enemies killed in the first silver mine battle was only a little over 30%. After three major battles, it has increased to over 40%. Dealing with cold beasts can basically reach the limit!"

The scale of the battle between the two armies, as long as they are both over a thousand people, the number of enemies killed cannot be very high. After all, the primary purpose of both sides is to defeat the enemy's effective strength, not to kill everyone.

If Xia Hong remembers correctly, in the cold weapon era of the previous life, if one side's attrition exceeded 5% on the battlefield, there would immediately be a risk of collapse; even an elite army with good training and a strong sense of honor can only withstand about 15% attrition; if attrition exceeds 20% and they can still maintain combat effectiveness, that must be a desperate situation, an army with a determination to fight to the death.

The Frozen Abyss naturally also belongs to the cold weapon period, but unlike the previous life, the human body strength here, and even the psychological quality, under the tempering of the cold environment, is far from comparable to ordinary humans.

"Even so, Frozen Abyss people still belong to the human category. As long as they are humans, some inertia will never be avoided. It is nothing more than a stronger ability to bear it. All the battles that occurred in Longyou in the second year of Great Xia have been reviewed, and there is sufficient data support:

An army composed of ordinary Earth-Digging Realm people can only withstand 10% combat attrition. If it exceeds 10%, it will immediately collapse;

An elite army composed of the limit of the Earth-Digging Realm, such as the Longyou Army and the Blood Guard Army, can withstand at most 20%, which is 20% combat attrition. Once it exceeds this critical point, it will also be on the verge of collapse."

The collapse here does not refer to the final number of enemies killed, but the change in the battlefield situation. In other words, between the two sides, whichever side's combat attrition first passes this critical point, unless there is foreign aid, it will definitely be defeated.

"Although the organizational skills of cold beasts are not as good as human armies, they win because their vitality is more tenacious and their body shape has advantages, so when they fight on a large scale, the attrition they can withstand is basically 20%, which can be compared to elite human armies."

It's a bit interesting. Although Great Xia now has eleven thousand-man armies, as of now, the only one that has fought against human armies from other camps is the Yunjiao Army, and that was five years ago.

"Not having fought against human armies doesn't mean the combat power is poor.

In these five years, taking beast tides to train the army has almost become a common practice in Great Xia. The number of this Lei Kui group has exceeded 10,000. Although it is the smallest five-digit number, it is also a solid large-scale beast tide. Judging from the combat power of the Longyou Army five years ago, ten thousand elite soldiers of the Longyou Army would definitely not be able to stop it.

And put it in my Great Xia, there is no need for the Yunjiao and Long Wu armies to take action. Just relying on the Tulong four armies, they can force them into a desperate situation!"

At the same level, the individual strength of cold beasts far exceeds that of humans. This is the consensus of the Frozen Abyss.

Four thousand armies against ten thousand cold beasts, and it is a single Lei Kui group with not weak combat power. Great Xia can fight such a shocking result, strong bows, weapons, armor, cultivation, pills, strict training at ordinary times, flexible use of tactics... If you count them carefully, the factors in all aspects are naturally countless.

But the combat power displayed by the army is solid!

Once they really go to the battlefield, no soldier will care about these factors.

Everyone only has victory or defeat in their hearts. After all, losing basically means death.

The art of war is a major matter of the state, and it cannot be ignored!

Especially at this moment, they are about to come into contact with the Jiuzhen, and Great Xia is likely to usher in a new round of war. Xia Hong naturally attaches more importance to the army, which is why he went to see the army in the arrow bamboo forest as soon as he left seclusion, and after seeing it, he took the army to Longshan.

Silver mines are naturally the top priority, but he also wants to take the opportunity to see if the army has relaxed its combat readiness in these five years, whether the combat power is steadily improving, and what level the overall combat power can exert now.

"These ten days are basically seen. With the combat power that the army can exert now, if the armies of the Jiuzhen are at the same level as the Longyou Army and the Blood Guard Army, then there is no need for the Yunjiao and Long Wu armies to take action."

Xia Hong flashed a look of pride in his eyes and landed on the ground slowly.

"Didn't get hurt, right?"

As soon as he landed, Li Ying Xuan Ling immediately greeted him. Seeing that his clothes were broken in several places, she hurriedly asked softly if he was injured.

Xia Hong shook his head, handed the beast king-level Lei Kui in his hand to her, and said with a smile: "Didn't you want to make two Kui gold soft armors for Sheng'er and Yao'er? High-level Lei Kui is a bit worse, use the skull of this Lei Kui king!"

Li Ying Xuan Ling was stunned when she heard this. Clearly, she didn't expect Xia Hong to know about this. She said angrily: "I said why you didn't go to deal with that simpler small silver mine and ran here first. They don't go out of Xia City, when can't soft armor be made? Do you need to show off here?"

She was worried about Xia Hong fighting one against four in the sky just now.

However, saying is saying, picking up the beast king-level Lei Kui that had returned to a body length of two meters, staring at the golden skull on its forehead, Li Ying Xuan Ling still had a smile on her face, clearly starting to calculate the style of the Kui gold soft armor.

Xia Hong could naturally see Li Ying Xuan Ling's attitude of seemingly blaming but actually worrying. After a warm current passed through his heart, his brows raised slightly again.

Except for what was said earlier, the biggest harvest of these ten days is estimated to be his wife Li Ying Xuan Ling in front of him.

Li Ying Xuan Ling has extremely strong ability to lead troops!

At the beginning of the Longyou battle, there were actually some signs. Li Ying Xuan Ling's performance when attacking the beehive was not bad, but because the two thousand Longyou armies were designed and ambushed by Xia Chuan using straight roads and small torches, and finally the entire army was wiped out, Xia Hong really didn't know her specific ability to lead troops.

In the ten days of coming to Longshan this time, Xia Hong had to focus on dealing with those beast kings, so the four major battles were all planned and commanded by Li Ying Xuan Ling.

Frankly speaking, it was really good. Xia Hong felt that even if he went up, he might not be able to command as well as her.

Moreover, Xia Hong also took time to observe that Li Ying Xuan Ling is not an ordinary general, but a commander. She is very good at the dispatch and command of large-scale armies, and her control over the overall situation of the battlefield is far beyond ordinary people. Currently, those who can compare with her in this regard are estimated to be Director Yu Wen Tao and Xia Chuan.

But both of these people have led the army for a long time, while Li Ying Xuan Ling is the first time.

"It's a good thing. Such talents are naturally the more the better!"

Li Ying Xuan Ling, as his wife, can naturally convince the public in Great Xia. In the future, the scale of the Great Xia army will become larger and larger. Since she has this talent, she will be able to use it sooner or later.

"Eh, Watching Yue Feng is here?"

Xia Hong looked up suddenly and looked toward the east side of the army.

Watching Yue Feng and Li Yuankun were running toward this side together. Soon they arrived in front of Xia Hong and Li Ying Xuan Ling, and the two bowed together:

"Greetings to the Lord, greetings to the Madam!"

"Is the Shanhe Army here?"

Watching Yue Feng has been running between Xia City and Longshan recently, busy establishing the Shanhe Army. Xia Hong knew this, and guessed it as soon as he saw him rushing from Xia City.

But his guess was clearly not complete.

Watching Yue Feng bowed and replied: "Reporting to the leader, not just the Shanhe Army, the Secretary ordered the four armies of Shanhe, Falcon, Xiongwu, and Beizhao to come to Longshan. Also, let me notify Director Yu Wen Secretary to take the Yunjiao, Long Wu, Tulong, and Hubao armies back to Xia City first to listen to orders."

The soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield, and Director Yu Wen Tao had already walked over at this moment. Hearing Watching Yue Feng's words, he nodded immediately.

The rotation of the four armies should be to let the four newly established armies take advantage of this opportunity in Longshan to train the army.

Xia Hong guessed Xia Chuan's intention at once and nodded: "Also, let's stop here tonight. It will be dawn soon. Director Yu Wen Tao, notify the army to speed up the cleaning, return to the Longshan camp before dawn, rest for two days, and then you will take the army back to Xia City."

"The subordinate obeys!"

"Don't stand here, go back to Longshan first! Notify the people of the Craftsman Division to come and explore immediately to confirm the scale of this silver mine. Tomorrow night, you can organize people to come and mine, and the supporting straight roads can also be built."

"The subordinate will handle it when returning to Longshan."

Hearing this, Watching Yue Feng immediately nodded with a trace of excitement. These things naturally belong to him, the Longshan Integrity Envoy, to handle.

Xia Hong and Li Ying Xuan Ling left toward the east side first, Watching Yue Feng and Li Yuankun followed closely behind, and Director Yu Wen Tao continued to clean up the battlefield with the army. These thousands of Lei Kui on the ground could not just be left here.

"Madam, let me help you carry the Lei Kui!"

Li Yuankun was very sensible. Seeing Li Ying Xuan Ling carrying the beast king-level Lei Kui, he immediately stepped forward to take it and helped her carry it back to the Longshan outpost.

Li Ying Xuan Ling nodded, handed the Lei Kui to him, walked to the front and walked side by side with Xia Hong, and asked softly: "Are you planning to clear all seven silver mines in Longyou at once?"

Xia Hong was stunned when he heard this, and immediately nodded: "Of course, these seven silver mines will eventually be mined. Clearing them at once saves running here in the future."

Li Ying Xuan Ling shook her head immediately and said softly: "I don't think it's necessary. Silver mines can only be mined by people with basic strength exceeding 20,000 jin. According to the current cultivation situation of the camp, four silver mines are more than enough. Adding three more will not increase production. It is impossible to transfer everyone to mine.

Silver mines are not like iron mines and coal mines. There will often be cold beasts coming to harass. When mining, a large army must be stationed nearby. The Yunjiao four armies have been transferred away, and only the Xuanwu and Shenwu armies are left here. The combat power of the four newly established armies is not good. It is good to be able to watch these four well. If you open a new mine, which army do you plan to send to watch?

Moreover, the cold beast groups of these four silver mines have only been driven away. The three beast king-level Lei Kui today, plus the beast king-level blood jade fox in the second silver mine, four beast kings ran away from your hands. Who knows if they will come back later? You don't plan to stay in Longshan forever, do you?"

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Hearing these words from Li Ying Xuan Ling, Xia Hong's expression tightened slightly.

It really is!

He only cared about saving trouble for himself, and threw everything else behind his head.

"Moreover, those three silver mines can be left for training the army. It won't be too late to solve them after I break through to the Xianyang Realm."

Xia Hong turned to look at Li Ying Xuan Ling with a trace of resentment on her face, a smile appeared on his face, and he nodded: "Okay, then listen to you."

He had been focused on dealing with those beast kings for the past ten days, and he had indeed neglected Li Ying Xuan Ling. It's no wonder she had resentment in her heart.

The four soon returned to the Longshan outpost.

Compared with five years ago, the changes in Longshan were not big. After all, there were already more than 100,000 people living there. Everything that should be in the station was there. Except for adding a Secretary main building next to the original main building according to Great Xia regulations, the rest basically didn't change.

The original main building has now been changed into the exclusive palace for Xia Hong and Li Ying Xuan Ling.

During this time, Xia Hong stayed in Longshan and basically lived in it. Returning to the station, he took Li Ying Xuan Ling in familiarly.

Watching Yue Feng still had to be busy. He sent Xia Hong and the two back to their residence and immediately entered the Secretary main building next door with Li Yuankun.

In the last half hour before dawn, Director Yu Wen Tao led the six armies, carrying more than four thousand Lei Kui, and returned fully loaded. The moment he returned to the Longshan camp, it naturally caused a burst of exclamation from the four new armies.

It is said that to be selected as a soldier of the new army, these people were at least members of intermediate hunting teams, and many were even members of high-level hunting teams, but seeing so many prey at once, they were indeed the first time.

The key is that among the more than four thousand Lei Kui, more than 70% are intermediate, and even high-level Lei Kui have more than eighty.

This is very terrifying!

More than eighty high-level cold beasts, taken down in one night.

What kind of strength is this?

"What is high-level Lei Kui? Just now I saw the Military Equipment Lord carrying a Lei Kui with a body length of only two meters into the main building."

"Two-meter body length, beast king-level Lei Kui?"

In the camp, a soldier heard his comrade's words, was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and a look of deep shock appeared on his face.

Lei Kui is considered the largest type of cold beast. Low-level Lei Kui can reach six or seven meters in body length; intermediate is about ten meters; high-level normal form is five meters, and combat form can grow to more than thirty meters at once.

A Lei Kui with a body length of two meters can only be a beast king-level one.

Longshan Military Equipment Li Yuankun only has cultivation in the middle of the Frigid-Resistant Realm, so that beast king-level Lei Kui naturally could not be killed by him.

"It must be that the leader killed it personally and let the Military Equipment Lord carry it back. No wonder when entering the camp just now, I heard people in the station say that the warehouse of the Longshan Camp Needs Division is almost full of beast meat, beast bones, and beast blood, and they have to organize a transport team in advance to pull things back to Xia City. Four thousand cold beasts in one night, which station can't hold it!"

"No wonder people in Xia City say that as long as you enter the army, you won't lack contribution points. The contribution points divided in one night are enough for our original harvest in the hunting team for two or three months, right?"

"More than that, after joining the army, pills, weapons, armor, and beast blood all have quotas every month, and you will be given contribution points. In such a situation, how can they still lack contribution points?"

"Recently, the leader personally led the six armies to sit in town, and the situation is definitely different. I heard before that hunting teams like to go out with the leader, no wonder."

"I don't know if we have a chance to go out with the leader."

"Definitely, didn't the commander say? The reason why our four armies were transferred to Longshan this time is to train the army with the leader."

"Also, we have joined the army, take your time, as long as the combat power is raised, sooner or later we can be like those six armies, military merit, contribution points, whatever you want."

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New army soldiers lack stimulation. The more than four thousand prey brought back by the six armies before dawn is undoubtedly the best stimulation for them, letting them understand how many benefits there are after joining the army.

It can be considered an unexpected joy. The new army has not fought outside yet, but because of the stimulation brought by this prey, the morale has already shown signs of initial cohesion.

As the sky gradually brightened, the soldiers began to return to their residences to rest, and the originally lively Longshan camp immediately became silent.

Of course, not just the Longshan camp, the entire station was basically the same.

There are actually quite a few in the Frigid-Resistant Realm in Longshan, especially now that in addition to Longyuan, the ten armies of Great Xia are all here. There are too many people who can come out during the day.

But the inertia formed by Frozen Abyss humans for many years, many people, even if they reach the Frigid-Resistant Realm, still maintain the original work and rest of sleeping during the day and going out at night.

The army goes without saying. The work and rest time executed by the soldiers has strict requirements, and no one can violate it.

The entire station, except for the iron pile walls around, occasionally has patrols in the Frigid-Resistant Realm, and then there is the east city gate here, where five Frigid-Resistant Realm people are on duty.

"The ten armies of Great Xia are all in the Longshan camp now, what are we still on duty here for? Who ate the bear heart and leopard gall and dared to break into the camp?"

"Hehe, I really hope someone who doesn't want to die comes."

"Don't talk nonsense, the leader and the Madam are here. If something really goes wrong, the Integrity Envoy loses face, and we won't have any good fruit to eat. Just two hours, it will pass soon."

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