Chapter 2142 - 2127: Influence

Chapter 2142: Chapter 2127: Influence

Noon, January 14th, 746th Year of Jianwu in Great Zhou, this is a moment that will be remembered in history.

It’s also a moment when nearly a million warriors of Great Zhou uttered cries of despair.

Furthermore, it’s a moment that left many people feeling helpless and in profound pain.

Because this moment marks the start of another millennial warfare era.

Moreover, it marks the beginning of a millennial warfare using unprecedented military mobilization.

At eleven fifteen, in the northern, southern, and western regions, three of the four existing crown princes of the Demon Clan crossed space and arrived.

Besides bringing their armies led by the most elite Marching Chiefs, they also brought their meticulously trained and equipped Crown Prince Guards to join this battle.

Each crown prince brought one Marching Chief and his army; each army under a Marching Chief comprises at least 1.5 million soldiers, with the largest reaching up to 3 million.

The maximum army size for each Crown Prince Guard as set by the Demon Emperor is 500,000.

In other words, the addition of these three Crown Princes of the Demon Emperor brings at least 6 to 9 million elite soldiers, not counting the hidden forces within their guards.

Along with the tens of millions of Demon Clan soldiers already stationed at the frontline of the Human Demon Battlefield, this warfare already sees the Demon Clan deploying nearly 20 million troops.

Previously, in thousands of years of millennial warfare, the most troops deployed by the Demon Clan were merely 15 million.

Thus, the stance of this millennial warfare from the Demon Clan is unprecedented.

Not only the stance, but the offensive is also unprecedented. ℴ

Less than fifteen minutes after the three crown princes of the Demon Emperor arrived, the Demon Clan army began to disperse and launched a frantic offensive.

Especially under previous strategic failures, those surrounded military units, faced with huge disparities in numbers, were conquered and overrun one by one.

Particularly those fortresses with only 10,000 garrison troops, within such vast disparities in troops, were thoroughly breached within one to two hours.

Within just an hour, the desks of each Grand Governor’s Mansion were piled high with Jade Scrolls screaming for help from these surrounded military units.

The final Jade Scroll was the farewell message from the highest military commander of those units — all 18,000-plus soldiers stationed at Yingqing Fortress sacrificed for their country, Military Commander Ma Ze of Yingqing Fortress!

Following the farewell, there was a dense list of names.

Each name represents a vibrant life.

These farewell notices accumulated on the desk of Grand Governor Ji Yuan numbered more than forty, and this count is continuously increasing.

The complexion of Grand Governor Ji Yuan had long turned ashen, and his tightly clenched lips had lost all their color.

Not just within an hour, over 500,000 Great Zhou soldiers perished on the battlefield, sacrificing for the country!

For Grand Governor Ji Yuan, accustomed to witnessing life and death at the Human Demon Battlefield, 500,000 soldiers are merely a number.

Simply a number.

Compassion doesn’t command troops.

As a Grand Governor commanding tens of millions of troops, although the death toll of the soldiers was high, it’s genuinely just a number.

Ji Yuan was angry because, until now, the Grand Governor’s Mansion had not issued any strategic military orders.

Each military unit operated individually.

Specifically, many military units, based on Ye Zhen’s prophetic guidance, followed Ye Zhen’s twelve-character strategic policy for strategic maneuvering.

What’s more, Ye Zhen’s twelve-character strategic policy was yet again proven correct.

It wasn’t only correct but also prophetic.

On the battlefield, situations change in an instant; opportunities vanish quickly.

Those army leaders who trusted Ye Zhen made instant tactical adjustments to contract their defensive lines, concentrating their forces to withstand the sudden attack by the Demon Clan army.

For example, a military fortress with 30,000 troops stationed and one with 10,000 troops is entirely different concepts.

A fortress with 10,000 troops, facing around 100,000 Demon Clan soldiers due to a command error, might be overrun.

Under a strong attack from the Demon Clan army, they couldn’t sustain for long.

However, a fortress with 30,000 troops, even facing an attack from 200,000 Demon Clan soldiers, can withstand for a prolonged period.

Although the Demon Clan’s invasion involves nearly 20 million troops in mobilization.

The crucial points for defense and attack are numerous, dispersing their forces.

Essentially, as long as the defensive lines are contracted according to Ye Zhen’s strategic policy, they can efficiently handle this wave of offensives.

However, those who didn’t contract their lines according to Ye Zhen’s strategic policy or hesitated, upon hearing the news of their strongholds being overrun and all soldiers slaughtered, were dumbstruck.

This realization is as painful as it can get.

More shocking was that those encircled sectors that received Ye Zhen’s strategic policy decided to make an unparalleled, enormous choice.

Breakout!

Sending only elite squads to assist, urging the surrounded troops to break through at any cost.

The result of the breakout was tragic.

The fatality rate in the breakout process was as high as 80%, the least being a casualty rate of almost 50%.

However, compared to those encircled units waiting for rescue, this outcome was far better.

None of those encircled units waiting for rescue received reinforcements, nor did anyone escape alive; they were completely annihilated.

As the bloody battle unfolded, with the news spreading of the three crown princes of the Demon Emperor personally commanding the war, the entire Human Demon Battlefield was shocked.

This was an unmistakable millennial warfare, and its scale was far beyond any previous ones.

This not only confirmed Ye Zhen’s previous theory about millennial warfare but also showcased Ye Zhen’s twelve-character strategic policy’s brilliance.

Half an hour after the Demon Clan army invaded, Ye Zhen issued the twelve-character strategic policy.

Half a day later, Ye Zhen’s strategic policy was verified correct by facts.

Meanwhile, the Human Demon Battlefield Grand Governor’s Mansion had yet to issue any clear strategic directives beyond collecting intelligence.

Whether someone is foolish depends on whether they have a reference point and who that reference point is!

Without Ye Zhen, the Human Demon Battlefield Grand Governor’s Mansion wouldn’t be reproached by anyone.

But with Ye Zhen’s prophetic predictions and strategic policy suggestions, the Grand Governor’s Mansion looks like a fool.

A sluggish fool.

Moreover, if the first prophetic theory about the millennial warfare was coincidental, then the accuracy of the second strategic policy proves it’s not coincidence but wisdom.

It demonstrates the incredibly visionary insight, far-reaching foresight, and incredibly precise strategic capability of Ye Zhen, the Chief of the Heavenly Wave Army of North Sea.

Within half a day, Ye Zhen’s influence on the Human Demon Battlefield rose to an unprecedented height.

More than one-third of the commanders who received Ye Zhen’s advice have, through various channels, sent Jade Scrolls to consult Ye Zhen.

Consulting Ye Zhen on how they should fight next on their local battlefields.

In other words, if Ye Zhen issues another strategic or even tactical advice, these commanders who send inquiries will definitely execute it faithfully.

And the remaining portion of commanders who haven’t sent inquiries, unless having extremely rich independent combat experience, on the foundation of the first two prophecies being fulfilled, will follow Ye Zhen’s strategic and tactical advice as long as they aren’t foolish.

This situation seems simple, but it represents an extremely frightening consequence.

That is, through these two incidents, Ye Zhen already possesses influence akin to some extent of power within the command authority of the Human Demon Battlefield Grand Governor’s Mansion.

Because the most important and battle-impacting even determining power of the Human Demon Battlefield Grand Governor— is strategic command authority!