The Demon Race's ten million "elite" troops, combined with the Northern Prefecture's three million "elite" rebel soldiers, attacked Jing Yun's three to four million "elite" troops. With several times their numbers, they naturally swept through them like a knife through bamboo, and the entire western front of the Central Province fell! Jing Yun's life or death was unknown. At least, when I sent him a communication talisman just now, I hadn't seen any reply from him.-79-
The Northern Prefecture had played a brilliant empty-city stratagem. Most of its supplies had already been sent to the border in advance. I had known that for a long time, so I bypassed Ruan Qiushui and sent only five hundred thousand elite soldiers to take the Northern Prefecture for myself!
Although I had occupied the northern lands with ease, the flames of war had already begun spreading southward. Even the central region around the Lesser Heavenly Court had suffered the Demon Race army's ravages. The entire northern lands were caught in an awkward position. As I had expected, the south and the central Lesser Heavenly Court had begun bearing the brunt of the rebel army's firepower.
That was the information I had received so far, and it had also become the reason for my haste. When I entered the southwestern part of the Central Province from Wan Province, the war's blazing flames had already reached this place. The cities were marked by the devastation of war everywhere. The blood of countless civilians had been spilled by the Demon Race, dyeing the yellow sands and buildings red. The carnage was horrifying to behold.
If this had been a natural disaster, it would still have been difficult for human strength to resist. But this could only be described as utterly deranged.
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