Chapter 2023 - 2022: Yang Family Shaking Mountain Camp

Chapter 2023: Chapter 2022: Yang Family Shaking Mountain Camp

The afterglow of the sunset once again fell on the First Line Pass, but the fresh blood spread before the pass dyed this afterglow a brilliant red.

Inside the First Line Pass.

The garrison’s conference hall.

The garrison commanders of the First Line Pass gradually arrived, feeling a sense of oppression as soon as they entered the hall.

"General Ouyang, everyone is here."

A deputy whispered a reminder in Ouyang Tianshu’s ear. Ouyang Tianshu moved his gaze from the sand table and looked at the generals below.

"I presume you’ve all heard, in the past two days, the demon clan has intensified their attack on our First Line Pass. On the first day of battle, the Ming Guang Camp repelled the demon clan’s assault."

Hearing Ouyang Tianshu’s praise for the Tang Family, Tang Lin, who was seated at the back, couldn’t help but straighten his chest. The person before him was an Elder of the Nine Layers Mountain and held the position of General in Ancestor Dragon City. It’s important to know that Ancestor Dragon City’s commander is only one person, and that’s the mountain chief of Nine Layers Mountain.

The position of General is already the highest rank in the Ancestor Dragon City army, and this person is now the commander of the hundred thousand garrison troops at the First Line Pass.

Being praised by such a person was a matter of great honor.

"However, we must also realize that Ming Guang Camp’s victory came at the cost of significant war preparedness consumption, not every unit has this capability. Just like today, it took replacing several camps in succession to barely fend off the demon clan’s attack."

Ouyang Tianshu surveyed the room with sharp eyes: "Report today’s battle damages to them."

"Yes, today’s battle saw six camps successively take the city wall, among them three camps were half-crippled, the remaining three suffered losses exceeding thirty percent, with three thousand six hundred and seventy-two soldiers dead, and six thousand five hundred and forty-one wounded, including nine hundred and sixty-seven severely injured."

The generals listened to this figure in sudden shock, for the First Line Pass wall is narrow, accommodating only two to three thousand soldiers deployed on the line, and since the entire pass is embedded in a steep mountain cliff, the entire pass is like a line.

The front pass was several miles away from the rear military camp, so those in the rear could not quickly know the intensity of the battles up front.

Of course, Tang Lin was aware, yet Ming Guang Camp’s city defense did not feel overly pressured, for the Tang Family had brought substantial military supplies for this occasion, enabling Ming Guang Camp to hold the wall firmly despite significant pressure.

This gave a false impression that the demon clan was not much of a threat.

In fact, the demon clan’s sieges were often all bark and no bite, retreating at the slightest obstacle and not making a serious effort to storm the city.

After Tang Lin, who experienced the battle firsthand, returned to the rear, he naturally tried to downplay the demon clan’s strength in the wake of their great victory, boasting about the prowess of his Ming Guang Camp.

This led subsequent troops sent to defend the pass to underestimate the demon clan, greatly contributing to the serious losses the First Line Pass suffered today.

In just one day, the loss exceeded the combined total of the previous half-month.

Ouyang Tianshu exuded a domineering air, the field suppression from the Xuanwu Bloodline rendering the air somewhat stagnant.

"Do you all think you’re so impressive, absolutely believing the demon clan is insignificant, what do you think of today’s losses?"

"Outside the First Line Pass, the demon army numbers in the hundreds of thousands, while our current defense force is only a hundred thousand, heavily outnumbered."

"These days, the demon clan’s attacks are mostly half-hearted, leading many to think the demon clan are just trash. Hmph, if you do not abandon this contempt, all that awaits you are tombstones."

"Today’s battle alone saw casualties of nearly ten thousand. If such fighting continues for ten days to half a month, will our hundred thousand troops at the First Line Pass perish more than once?"

Ouyang Tianshu spoke sternly, and the generals dared not speak.

After a while.

A deputy felt it was about time, and started to mediate.

"Don’t think General Ouyang is exaggerating; so far, the demon clan has deployed only cannon fodder soldiers."

"You should all be aware of the three demon command banners raised across the enemy’s side, and that the elite troops of the Lion Clan, Wolf Clan, and Bull Clan have yet to appear."

"The demon clan is still gathering. Behind these hundreds of thousands of demon soldiers, millions more are converging here."

"If you can’t even handle this bunch of ragtag soldiers, what will we use to defend the First Line Pass, to face the demon country’s elites on the opposite side?"

"General Ouyang scolding you in this manner is to make you understand that this is a great war, a life-and-death battle between the two clans, and no negligence is allowed, once the First Line Pass falls, the rear will be defenseless, and Ancestor Dragon City is far from ready for total war."

Ouyang Tianshu glanced at the generals, not exerting more pressure: "Today’s lesson I hope you all remember, war will only grow crueler, I initially intended to take advantage of the demon clan’s weak sieges to give you the chance to practice troops escalations."

"But evidently, the demon clan on the other side has started taking things seriously. Tomorrow’s battle won’t see their attack ease, and might even unleash a stronger offensive."

"Who will defend the pass tomorrow?"

Ouyang Tianshu scanned the assembled generals.

Several war generals from third-rate families instantly hesitated. They had brought together their elite troops at great cost from their families, and given today’s ferocious battle, they’d likely lose over half of their forces in an instant.

If their subordinates suffer heavy losses, it won’t be easy to organize a sizable military camp again. Currently, Ancestor Dragon City is recruiting troops everywhere, but those from top aristocratic families are tremendously wealthy, which they can’t match up to.

Tang Lin scanned the surrounding silence, lifted his head to speak, but a voice beside him intervened first.

"Tomorrow’s city defense, we from the Yang Family volunteer."

Tang Lin turned his head to see the heroic young man who spoke, and snorted. He thought to himself, but then again, out of the tens of thousands of reinforcements arriving, the noteworthy ones are his own Ming Guang Camp and the Yang Family’s Shaking Mountain Camp.

Tang Lin had no intention of conceding, and stepped forward too: "General, my Tang Family’s Ming Guang Camp also requests to fight again, determined to let the demon clan know the might of our Ancestor Dragon Army."

The Yang family youth, Yang Dian, turned his gaze towards Tang Lin and scoffed: "Tang Lin, tomorrow’s defense is better left to my Shaking Mountain Camp. Besides, your Ming Guang Camp fought a hard battle yesterday, perhaps still recovering, and while your Tang Family is generous, they might not have so many Blast Arrows for you to squander."

Hearing this, Tang Lin glared at Yang Dian.

"Hmph, my Tang Family is that bold, do you disagree?"

"Enough."

Ouyang Tianshu cut off the two’s dispute: "Our First Line Pass garrison is not yet at its wits’ end."

"For tomorrow’s defense, Shaking Mountain Camp will take the lead while Ming Guang Camp rests. This battle will not conclude as long as our First Line Pass holds, you’ll all have your turn."

Afterwards, Ouyang Tianshu noted a few additional figures as reserve reinforcements, then waved the generals off.

Exiting the garrison conference hall.

Yang Dian and Tang Lin continued their rivalry. Yang Dian smirked and said: "Hmph, tomorrow you’ll see my Shaking Mountain Camp’s prowess, remember to come watch, so you’ll understand what true elites are."

Tang Lin sneered, directly retorting: "Stop boasting, your Yang Family’s Shaking Mountain Camp is nothing special."

"Hmph, I’m not going to argue for the sake of talk; tomorrow, at the pass, will speak for itself."