Chapter 249 - 246 Grim
The Star State Capital is only a few hundred miles away from the border of Yellow State.
Even though it took quite some time to gather troops from Lingxiao City to Yellow State, in just over a week, the army from Lingxiao City and various parts of Star State had already completed their assembly outside Starlight City.
In the recent period, the situation in Star State had stabilized, and it was no longer necessary to maintain an army of over three hundred thousand like during wartime. The troops of Star State gradually adopted the elite strategy, similar to Dragon Sparrow Manor.
The total force of three hundred and twenty thousand, after several months of reformation, resulted in one hundred and eighty thousand converting to local security forces. They no longer participated in external campaigns but were responsible for pursuing bandits and maintaining internal order.
Among the remaining one hundred and forty thousand...
Eighty thousand were elite troops, while sixty thousand were ranged units.
These were the real fighting force of Star State for external campaigns.
Since the weakest of the devil monsters had strength comparable to Qi Refinement, or even the Gang Condensation Realm, ordinary military units were virtually useless. Thus, for this battle, sixty thousand elite and forty thousand ranged troops were mobilized, totaling one hundred thousand.
Additionally, the newly expanded three thousand Demon God Guards, the original thirteen hundred Demon God Guards, as well as the Hugging Pill Masters and other experts in Qi Refinement, Gang Condensation who had defected from local forces, formed a special forces unit nearly six thousand strong.
Of course, among the newly expanded three thousand Demon God Guards, less than ten percent had managed to embody the Demon God Body, so at this point, they could only be considered as reserves.