"What happened?" Ye Zhen was startled by Liu Feng, who had rushed over in a panic.
"My lord, two patrol units have lost contact—they've vanished!" Liu Feng replied.
Ye Zhen sprang to his feet. "Two units? Lost and missing? How long has it been?"
Under the Great Zhou military system, one squad had fifty men, five squads made one unit, and one unit thus consisted of two hundred and fifty men.
Within Blood River Fortress's entire defensive system, aside from the fortresses, strongholds, and Beacon Towers scattered everywhere, patrol teams organized by unit were dispatched daily from each fortress to inspect the conditions of the various strongholds and Beacon Towers on the ground.
This was to prevent a situation where the Devil Race destroyed or captured a Beacon Tower while Blood River Fortress remained completely unaware.
But now, two patrol units had disappeared.
The possibilities behind this were simply too horrifying.
The greatest possibility was that the Devil Race had infiltrated.
And the fatal thing was, if the Devil Race had infiltrated Blood River Fortress without being discovered, or had slipped through Blood River Fortress's defensive zone into the rear—
In the former case, Ye Zhen, as marshal, could be recorded with a major demerit. He would then have to offset it with merits; if he failed to achieve sufficient military accomplishments within ten years, he would either lose his title or have his fief reduced.
As for the latter, the consequences would be even greater. Once confirmed, Grand Governor Ji Yuan of the Human-Demon Battlefield would not even need to intervene. The Northern War Zone's Military Law Officer could directly use military law to behead Marshal Ye Zhen!
But no matter which it was, the repercussions would be extraordinarily severe.
"Immediately raise all North Sea Heavenly Wave Army forces