"What?"
Upon receiving the urgent plea for aid, Demon Emperor Second Crown Prince Zhui Ri shot to his feet. "The Winged Demon Legion we sent out has been surrounded and annihilated?"
"They were besieged by an army of more than three hundred thousand?"
"Didn't the entire Blood River Fortress defensive line only have five hundred thousand troops? How could Yangmen Fortress possibly have an army of three hundred thousand?"
One question after another surfaced in Demon Emperor Second Crown Prince Zhui Ri's mind, making his face grow increasingly pale.
With his insight, how could he fail to see that Ye Zhen had outplayed him?
Ever since launching this campaign, he had guarded against every possibility and advanced steadily, yet he had still been calculated against by Ye Zhen.
At the very least, the troop numbers were completely off.
The forces they had already known about exceeded six hundred thousand.
"Report! Your Highness, the Great Zhou Fire Swallow Army has appeared at Kairo Fortress and is attacking fiercely. The troops at Kairo Fortress request reinforcements!"
"The Fire Swallow Army? Isn't that the elite force under that old thief Ji Yuan of the Human-Demon Battlefield Grand Governor's Mansion? Why are they here too?" Demon Emperor Second Crown Prince Zhui Ri was utterly shocked.
Then Demon Emperor Second Crown Prince Zhui Ri's expression became increasingly ugly.
The Winged Demon Legion was the fastest mobile force under his command. Now that it was trapped at Yangmen Fortress, he had to save it.
But even if the other troops rushed at full speed toward Yangmen Fortress with only elite units, it would still take two shichen.
And after two shichen...
Left with no choice, Demon Emperor Second Crown Prince Zhui Ri slightly adjusted his offensive against Blood River Fortress. He personally led one hundred and