Chapter 2135 - 2120: The Millennium Campaign

Chapter 2135: Chapter 2120: The Millennium Campaign

Five days ago, after a large-scale scouting operation by the Demon Clan, although there have been continuous small-scale skirmishes, there haven’t been any major actions.

Moreover, the elite squads dispatched by Ye Zhen in recent days have not gathered any useful intelligence, so Liuu Feng, as a strategist, began to do his homework in other areas.

Judging by his bloodshot eyes, he must have been sleepless for several days.

"Sir, take a close look at this chronicle of major events from the Human Demon Battlefield that I’ve compiled." Liuu Feng handed Ye Zhen a page of notes.

Ye Zhen followed Liuu Feng’s direction and looked down at it; the records all detailed historic battles within the past ten thousand years on the Human Demon Battlefield.

These records are not secret anywhere, but Liuu Feng had studied them very thoroughly, and he replaced the chronological Great Zhou Era chart used to denote time with pure intervals instead.

Nine hundred and fifty-seven years ago, the Demon Clan launched a massive military operation without warning, attacking the Northern and Southern War Zones in a large-scale offensive.

In this battle, the Demon Clan mobilized over eight million troops, with both sides suffering casualties exceeding four million.

Two thousand and two years ago, after a series of reconnaissance efforts, the Demon Clan launched a focused attack on the Western War Zone, deploying heavy troops in both the Southern and Northern War Zones as distractions; the forces involved in this battle exceeded twenty million, with casualties also exceeding four million.

Three thousand two hundred forty-four years ago...

Four thousand six hundred twenty-five years ago...

Liuu Feng’s listing was very detailed, and gradually, Ye Zhen discerned a pattern, and the worry in his eyes grew deeper.

"Grand Marshal, according to the records I’ve verified of the major battles, nearly every eight hundred to one thousand three hundred four hundred years, the Demon Clan will inevitably launch a large-scale offensive.

Moreover, the casualties in each instance are over four million.

And now, it’s been nine hundred twenty-seven years since the Demon Clan last launched a war of such magnitude, which means that in the future, they are very likely to initiate a large-scale battle with forces exceeding twenty million and casualties over four million!" Liuu Feng analyzed.

Ye Zhen’s expression suddenly changed.

Battles of this scale are undeniably terrifying, and in such battles, the disappearance of entire military units has become routine.

If there is indeed a possibility, then the situation for the Heavenly Wave Army of North Sea will be extremely dangerous.

"How certain are you?" Ye Zhen asked.

"Well..." Liuu Feng was somewhat uncertain, "Grand Marshal, the time span between such millennium wars launched by the Demon Clan is very broad, the shortest being over eight hundred years, while the longest gap reaching up to one thousand four hundred years.

I can currently only ascertain that the Demon Clan will surely launch such a millennium war within the next five hundred years!" Liuu Feng stated.

"The next five hundred years!" Ye Zhen could only manage a wry smile; while the deduction was helpful, the time frame was as good as saying nothing.

"Sir, this timeframe is indeed a bit long, but any day within these next five hundred years is possible, and judging by the pattern of previous millennium wars, once the interval between such wars reaches its longest, it gets shorter.

I feel that it may happen sooner." Liuu Feng said.

Ye Zhen pondered deeply.

Based on the data compiled by Liuu Feng, Ye Zhen realized that Liuu Feng’s pattern deduction between the previous millennium war and the one before it had an interval of one thousand forty-five years.

Therefore, this millennium war’s interval must be shorter than one thousand forty-five years.

So far, it’s been nine hundred fifty-seven years since the last millennium war, thus this upcoming millennium war is bound to occur within the next eighty-eight years.

According to Liuu Feng’s research, this millennium war is assuredly going to occur in the earlier part of the next eighty-eight years.

Because the smallest gap between millennium wars has always been a full cycle of sixty years.

In other words, according to Liuu Feng’s deduction, a millennium war will happen within twenty-eight years.

And Ye Zhen’s Heavenly Wave Army of North Sea has just been rotated into a position defending the Human Demon Battlefield, with at least ten years remaining.

Thus, the likelihood of encountering this millennium war is immensely high.

Even with this earlier deduction, Ye Zhen and his Heavenly Wave Army of North Sea can only prepare more diligently beforehand; they cannot retreat or evade.

However, such advance preparations will be utterly useless if relied solely on Ye Zhen’s Heavenly Wave Army of North Sea.

This large-scale mobilization and preparation must be commanded by the highest command of the Human Demon Battlefield, the Grand Governor Ji Yuan.

Even if the Governor Ni Feng of the Northern War Zone agrees, it would not be of much use.

And to persuade Grand Governor Ji Yuan to believe in this deduction, solely relying on Liuu Feng’s notes and deductions will not suffice.

Not to mention, Grand Governor Ji Yuan himself is unlikely to trust Ye Zhen; such early mobilization would consume an astronomical amount of resources and manpower, which no one dares to undertake lightly.

But Ye Zhen, however, is anxious.

There must be precise intelligence!

For under these circumstances, if no preparations are made, the chances of his Heavenly Wave Army of North Sea being completely wiped out in this millennium war are exceedingly high.

"Liuu Feng, what do you think is the purpose of the Demon Clan launching this millennium war?" Ye Zhen suddenly asked abruptly.

"Purpose?" Liuu Feng was somewhat puzzled.

"Indeed, every war has a cause, with distinct objectives and targets! So, what is the target of this millennium war that the Demon Clan has continuously launched for tens of thousands of years?

What are they ultimately aiming for?" Ye Zhen inquired.

This question put Liuu Feng into deep contemplation.

After a while, Liuu Feng raised his head with a wry smile, "Sir, there is no mention of this in any of the records; I can’t deduce why the Demon Clan has been perpetually launching millennium wars for tens of thousands of years.

Perhaps, it’s simply the nature of the Demon Clan!

The Demon Clan is inherently combative and bloodthirsty, seeing the Human Clan as food, as Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to enhance cultivation and spirit wisdom; maybe it’s just this point!"

"Nature, huh?"

Ye Zhen mused.

After a long time, Ye Zhen raised his head and let out a long sigh, "Let us tentatively call it nature." He then solemnly issued a series of orders.

"Trace back, Liuu Feng. Do your utmost to delve deeper; I need you to make this deduction even more detailed and robust." Ye Zhen immediately made a decision.

After Liuu Feng left to fulfill his command, Ye Zhen immediately dispatched more elite squads, sending Brother Monkey Sunx Ba and Zhu Hong to lead a squad composed of powerful Heavenly Patrol Divine Hunters, cross the defensive line, penetrate deeply into the Demon Clan’s lines, and capture higher-level Demon Clan leaders.

Honestly, this maneuver is immensely dangerous.

Should their whereabouts be exposed, the doom awaiting this squad could be disastrous.

Even though Brother Monkey Sunx Ba has astonishing combat power, Dao Realm is not uncommon on this frontier.

For this reason, Ye Zhen specially dispatched the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten along with Big Ears Nie Ting; relying on Big Ears Nie Ting’s Heavenly Sound Divine Ability could hopefully better mitigate potential risks.

After dispatching this elite squad, Ye Zhen himself did not remain idle.

He began leading his trusted aides, conducting on-the-ground reconnaissance of the entire Blood River Fortress terrain, both above and below ground.

Though the military geomancer’s already provided an impeccably detailed Spirit Map of the Blood River Fortress’ entire defensive region, in Ye Zhen’s perspective as a former Supreme Commander of the Eastern Expedition, on-the-ground reconnaissance of every terrain is quite necessary if time permits.

Perhaps subtle terrain features could sway the direction of the battle.

In the days that followed, Ye Zhen quietly surveyed all the terrain.

This included tracing the Earth Vein path beneath, and even thoroughly examining the source and riverbed of the Blood River that flows through the Blood River Fortress.

Time flew swiftly, and just as Ye Zhen was nearing completion of his reconnaissance of the terrain surrounding the Blood River Fortress defensive area, he received news from Sunx Ba and others.

The elite squad had succeeded!

They had captured alive four high-level Demon Clan members, three being Dark Palace Realm Demon Lords, and the other a Realm King Realm Demon Lord of considerable standing.

They had successfully brought these captives back to Blood River Fortress!