After the Heavenly Patrol Generals serving as scouts under Ye Zhen clashed in a small-scale, low-intensity conflict with the Devil Race's Shadow Demon scouts, the Zhenhai Army set up camp on the spot, three thousand li from Pingyi Military City.
Shadow Demons of the Devil Race appeared frequently around the Zhenhai Army to scout for intelligence. Clearly, the Devil Race army here had discovered the Zhenhai Army's traces long ago.
Not long after the army made camp, Feng Jiumo, the Patrol Inspection Division Commander left behind in North Sea Commandery, and Tang Biao, Left Commander of the North Sea Prefecture Duke's Mansion, came one after another to pay their respects to Ye Zhen.
After performing the formal rites, Feng Jiumo, who oversaw external intelligence and internal surveillance, immediately began reporting the latest military situation to Ye Zhen.
"Commander, the Devil Race general attacking Changling Commandery this time is Jin Zheng, the Twenty-First Grand Commander of the Army among the Devil Emperor's Thirty-Six Grand Commanders of the Army.
"This Jin Zheng is the only Grand Commander of the Army among the Devil Emperor's Thirty-Six Grand Commanders of the Army who was not born of high-ranking noble blood. He is an Ironclad Demon of the Devil Race.
"Jin Zheng's army is one of the few Devil Race armies skilled at storming strongholds, attacking cities, and defense. Its strength is extremely formidable.
"If not for his Ironclad Demon origins dragging down the ranking of the legion under his command, his legion could rank among the top twenty of the thirty-six main battle legions..."
Feng Jiumo's report was extremely detailed. Clearly, he had put considerable effort into it, though the intelligence surprised Ye Zhen somewhat.
Especially the military deployment.
The legion under Jin Zheng, the Twenty-First Grand Commander of the Army, had more