Chapter 964 - 417, Dongyuan battle situation, news came_3
Zhao Yulong’s arrangement could adapt according to Wanyan Cheng’s siege plans. If Wanyan Cheng gathered a large army to attack one location, the allied armies could also concentrate together. If the attack was scattered, he could use his five million troops to reinforce according to the enemy’s siege strength.
However, Zhao Yulong overlooked a critical point.
In a battle involving tens of millions of martial artists, schemes and plots hardly work. After all, the number of enemy forces, their marching routes, and the top martial artists on both sides are clear. In such close confrontations, using clever tricks is simply impossible.
It’s not entirely Zhao Yulong’s fault. He was the Grand Marshal of Soldiers and Horses of the former Great Yu Dynasty, and even at the dynasty’s peak, it had no more than tens of millions of troops combined, with no enemies on par with the Great Yu.
He had never experienced a battle involving tens of millions of troops.
But the Great Jin had...
Wanyan Cheng’s thinking was completely different from Zhao Yulong’s. From the beginning, he never intended to engage in a prolonged war with the alliance. With three million elite martial artists from three paths paving the way, twelve million troops advanced directly, targeting the northernmost Pingyuan City of Dongyuan Path, taking it by storm.
Zhao Yulong was caught off guard and led his army to reinforce, with the remaining four city armies following immediately. However, they were too slow to catch up. By the time their troops arrived, the Pingyuan City’s defenders had already been routed by the Great Jin army, with only half remaining. If not for his quick arrival, the fifty thousand would have likely been entirely wiped out.
Wanyan Cheng also expected Zhao Yulong’s arrival, giving no respite. As soon as Pingyuan City was captured, they immediately engaged the long-marching allied army, even before Zhao Yulong had a chance to assess the situation inside Pingyuan City.
No one anticipated that this great battle would start in such a dramatic fashion, with over twenty million troops clashing just outside Pingyuan City.
This involved over twenty million martial artists, ninety percent elite from Holy Lands, including Gang Qi Realm, Grandmaster Realm, Yuan Dan Realm, and even more advanced cultivations, not to mention Saints.