"Master, Demon Emperor Fifth Crown Prince Po Yue has personally taken command. He has led five hundred thousand elite troops under his maternal uncle—the Eighteenth Grand Commander of the Army—as well as one million elites from his own command, taking a detour by sea with the intention of invading your fief from the coast. The army has already set out."
This secret letter sent by Great Demon Master Yue Tao through a jade slip made Ye Zhen freeze. This was terrible news beyond terrible.
It could be called catastrophic.
One had to know that although the Twenty-First Grand Commander of the Army Jin Zheng had brought over a million troops, there were not many true elites among them.
Only Jin Zheng's five hundred thousand core troops could be considered elite.
And among those five hundred thousand core troops, only three hundred thousand were truly the elite of Jin Zheng's legions.
But now, although Fifth Crown Prince Po Yue had brought only one million troops, every part of that force was elite among elites.
Moreover, according to the Devil Race legions' rankings, the army led by the Eighteenth Grand Commander of the Army was absolutely several times more elite and powerful than the force led by the Twenty-First Grand Commander of the Army!
What was even more fatal was that they were coming across the sea.
Cross-sea warfare differed from fighting on land.
The advance of an army on land left traces to follow, and there were dangerous passes and fortresses to defend.
But when coming across the sea, they vanished into the vast ocean and struck upon emerging from it. It was simply impossible to predict.
Furthermore, there were many places along the coast where they could land, while the number of troops under Ye Zhen's Zhenhai Army was limited.