On the Primordial Continent, within the Haiyuan branch office of the Second Route Wind Patrol Office of the Heavenly Patrol Division in the Marquisate of Haiyuan.
Liu Feng, serving as deputy envoy and overseeing all affairs of the Marquisate of Haiyuan, had his head buried in a pile of official document jade slips, his face weary.
All manner of official document jade slips continued to arrive in the outer administrative office.
It had been nearly three months since North Sea Commandery received the War Ministry's order to send supporting forces to the Human-Demon Battlefield.
Although the man in charge of North Sea Commandery, Ye Zhen, the Third-Rank Earl of the North Sea, had yet to return.
As Ye Zhen's subordinates, however, whether Liu Feng, Gu Tieqi, Feng Jiumo, Commandery Governor Qiao Hong, or Commandery Lieutenant Tang Ao, all had immense faith in their lord, Ye Zhen.
Since Ye Zhen had said he would certainly return within five months, then he would certainly return.
Thus, although Ye Zhen himself was absent, preparations for supporting the Human-Demon Battlefield proceeded in an orderly fashion throughout North Sea Commandery, including all forces under Ye Zhen's command.
On the surface, supporting the Human-Demon Battlefield required only the most elite troops.
Yet beyond training and strength, sustaining an army's combat power also required vast quantities of military equipment and supplies.
Ten thousand soldiers armed with Peak Fire Repeating Crossbows could never defeat a thousand soldiers armed with Flame Spirit Demon-Exploding Crossbows.
Likewise, even when using Peak Fire Repeating Crossbows, the results of a barrage using standard-issue bolts produced by the Great Zhou War Ministry and bolts refined and empowered by priests of the Ancestral God Hall were worlds apart.
Therefore, aside from urgently training troops and selecting elites, the most important task was actually preparing every