Chapter 2139 - 2124: The Grand Governor’s Plan

Chapter 2139: Chapter 2124: The Grand Governor’s Plan

In just an hour, the straight-up rising beacon, and the full sky of flashing and shocking Warning Talisman Light spread over most parts of the Northern, Southern, and Western War Zones of the Human Demon Battlefield.

However, the first to raise the beacon was the Northern War Zone.

The purpose of setting the Beacon Fire Tower in the entire Human Demon Battlefield is for early warning.

This kind of warning will be relayed step by step, and there are many rules.

However, regardless of which Beacon Fire Tower’s patrol soldiers, as soon as they see the nearby Beacon Fire Tower ignite the beacon, will instinctively be alerted.

In the Northern War Zone, the initial beacons ignited were only the seven Beacon Fire Towers located at the frontline, with surrounding cedar trees.

However, not to mention seven towers, even if one Beacon Fire Tower ignites the beacon, the alert level of the nearby Beacon Fire Towers and military strongholds will increase exponentially.

Furthermore, Ye Zhen previously issued a new order that if one Beacon Fire Tower raises the beacon, then the nearby towers must do so as well.

One for warning, and two for deterrence.

If there is really a large-scale attack, the instantaneous rise of the beacon will definitely give the enemy a moment of hesitation or doubt.

And this moment can more or less give the Beacon Fire Tower garrison more chances to survive.

Ye Zhen nowadays is trying every possible way to ensure more Heavenly Wave Army of North Sea soldiers survive.

In this situation, the Beacon Fire Tower of the entire Blood River Fortress raised the beacon in less than sixty breaths.

More than ten Vanguard Shadow Demon Teams were stunned upon seeing the beacons rising everywhere.

They clearly hadn’t launched their attack, nor had they exposed their whereabouts, so why did the beacon rise?

This completely contradicts their plans and scenarios.

What’s especially fatal is that the garrison at these Beacon Fire Towers retreated swiftly after raising the beacon.

Normally, these Beacon Fire Towers’ garrisons would at least contact them before retreating and figure out their approximate strength.

But this time, it was too abnormal.

And this abnormal result has triggered a chain reaction in the entire Northern War Zone.

It’s like knocking over a stack of dominoes; a series of chain reactions left the Demon Clan army that planned to invade completely unprepared.

Adjacent to Ye Zhen’s Blood River Fortress are Heavenly Eye Military City and Yangliu Fortress, also belonging to the Northern War Zone. When the beacon rose throughout the Blood River Fortress defense area, the Beacon Fire Towers and strongholds near the border with Blood River Fortress were dumbfounded.

Such dense warnings, along with the straight beacons, signify large-scale attacks from the Demon Clan army.

The timid Beacon Fire Tower captain ordered high alert on the spot, occasionally using detection means.

And the bold Beacon Fire Tower captain ignited the beacon directly.

Once ignited, the beacons from the Heavenly Eye Military City and Yangliu Fortress spread like a plague.

The Shadow Demon Vanguard Teams that had just pulled away the outermost Beacon Fire Towers of the Heavenly Eye Military City, along with the subsequent advancing Demon Clan main forces, were dumbfounded amid the snowy sky.

How could they be discovered so quickly?

How could it be possible?

Beacons spreading like a plague, particularly some Beacon Fire Towers quietly approached by the Vanguard Shadow Demon Team, were shocked by the beacon, instantly raising their alert to the extreme, and started using rarely used detection means.

Instantly, the Vanguard Shadow Demon Team was discovered, with haunting horns, beacons, and Talisman Light rising simultaneously.

The military intelligence was immediately reported to Marshals of various armies and then aggregated to Governors and Grand Governor’s Mansion of various War Zones.

From the first beacon rising from early morning, throughout the midnight of the day, the beacons and Warning Talismans in the entire Northern, Western, and Southern War Zones have not stopped.

The shouts of killing, the smell of blood, and the firelight instantly ignited the Human Demon Battlefield that was quiet due to the heavy snow.

This sudden invasion slowed down on the night of January 13th.

Great Zhou Dynasty and Demon Clan have been contending on the Human Demon Battlefield for tens of thousands of years, and have had a hundred counter plans for such a surprise attack.

After experiencing initial chaos and unpreparedness, Governors of various War Zones and Marshals of various armies calmly responded, decisively gave up soldiers, and deployed operations, reestablishing defenses and stabilizing the situation.

The invading Demon Clan army could only temporarily hold back its attack.

Having fought with Great Zhou for so many years, the Demon Clan commander already understood that Great Zhou is indeed a tough bone to chew.

If a surprise attack could let them gain a little advantage in the Early Stage, breaking through some defenses.

The subsequent battles will be tough ones after another; using such surprise attack tactics again is just gifting heads to Zhou Army soldiers.

Therefore, the Demon Clan army stopped the surprise attack and began building the camp.

Similarly, Zhou Army also needs to adjust and gather before launching a counterattack.

Both sides entered an extremely brief silence period after a major battle.

Inside the Grand Governor’s Mansion of the Eastern War Zone, Grand Governor Ji Yuan looked at the battle reports sent from each War Zone, his face was extremely gloomy.

A midnight day.

In just the midnight of a day, the casualties of soldiers from various War Zones reached more than one hundred and eleven thousand!

Most of the deaths, eleven thousand soldiers, were concentrated in the Beacon Fire Towers and military strongholds garrisons of the Northern, Western, and Southern War Zones, scattered geographically.

If these were concentrated together, it already represented the failure of a battle.

Such high casualties were related to the weather chosen by the Demon Clan, and also to the Demon Clan army, which hadn’t launched such a large-scale attack for many years.

To put it bluntly, all War Zones of the Human Demon Battlefield were a bit careless.

However, the differences between the reports sent from the three damaged War Zones made Grand Governor Ji Yuan and the first strategist Gu Yue’s eyelids twitch.

The Southern War Zone lost fifty-five thousand soldiers, the Western War Zone lost forty-seven thousand soldiers, but the Northern War Zone lost less than ten thousand.

If the casualty disparity alone can’t explain the problem, then in the Northern War Zone, other military cities and fortresses had casualties ranging from hundreds to thousands.

However, only Heavenly Eye Military City and Yangliu Fortress adjacent to Blood River Fortress had casualties below hundreds, and as for Blood River Fortress, it suffered zero casualties!

The discovery of at least seven Vanguard Shadow Demon Teams invading Blood River Fortress already explained the problem well.

Moreover, even in other War Zones, some fortresses and military cities had casualties significantly lower compared to surrounding fortresses and cities.

The reason, as the host of the Human Demon Battlefield, Grand Governor Ji Yuan was already clear.

These were mostly the military units that, after receiving Ye Zhen’s Jade Scroll of Thousand-year-old Battle Pattern Theory, clearly believed Ye Zhen’s speculations and strengthened training and alertness.

Consequently, this matter became a bit awkward.

"What do you think?" Ji Yuan asked, with a gloomy face, towards the strategist, Gu Yue.

Upon hearing this, Gu Yue quickly stood up and bowed, saying, "Grand Governor, I have been busy with internal affairs lately and neglected the movements of the Demon Clan army. Please, punish me."

"I’m not asking about this, but how to alleviate the impact!"

"Months ago, Ye Zhen sent intelligence to me about the Demon Clan launching the Thousand-year Battle, which I turned away.

Now, his intelligence has come true.

Moreover, because he sent out the Jade Scroll of the Thousand-year Battle Pattern Theory widely, this time, that kid is bound to gain significant fame!

Meanwhile, our Grand Governor’s Mansion will be blamed and even resented by those garrisons that suffered losses." Prince Lik Ji Yuan said gloomily.

Gu Yue did not immediately answer, instead circled and pondered for a long time before slowly saying, "Grand Governor, I believe these are not important.

The important thing is, if the Demon Clan army launched the Thousand-year Battle this time, then Grand Governor’s plan can follow the trend, and the chances of success will soar!"

Upon hearing this, Grand Governor Ji Yuan’s eyes suddenly flashed with a terrifying gleam and he stepped quickly to Gu Yue, "How to follow the trend, sir, quickly tell me!"