"Swiftwind, do you have any scouts skilled in reconnaissance?" Wang Yao raised a hand to stop Lü Bu's tantrum, then turned to Swiftwind Ghost King and asked.
“I have ten thousand soldiers here, each one capable,” the Gale Ghost King nodded repeatedly. While the Netherworld Ghosts face numerous limitations in direct combat and don't have much of an advantage, they are highly effective at intelligence gathering, especially in the environment of another world.
The reason is that the ghost can conceal itself without launching an attack, making it the perfect choice to act as a scout.
"That's good. Send some scouts to investigate the area of the Divine Realm across the sea from us. What exactly is the Demon Clan's plan? Why are they delaying their attack? What are they busy with?" Wang Yao ordered.
The situation of the demons in the Divine Realm of Reclaiming the Sea is indeed too strange. Now that we have Nether Ghost spies at our disposal, it is certainly necessary to send them out to investigate the situation.
"Yes! I will make the arrangements immediately." The Gale Ghost King clasped his hands in acceptance of the order, then turned and left.
"Father, wouldn't sending out the Netherworld Ghost now alert the enemy?"
As Lu Bu watched the retreating figure of the Gale Ghost King, he whispered to Wang Yao that he was still worried that the actions of the Nether Ghost would trigger a reaction from the Demon Clan, causing their attack, which was originally going to be delayed, to be launched sooner due to their reconnaissance.
"As the art of war says, 'Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated.' We currently know nothing about the enemy forces on the other side, which is a major taboo in military strategy. How can we give up on learning about the enemy just because we are afraid of alerting them?" Wang Yao glanced at Lü Bu.
That's only because of Lü Bu. If it were Hui Shuo, he probably would have already lost his temper. As the commander of the Three Realms' reinforcements, I'm just issuing an order to send out scouts. What right do you have to nag?
As for whether the demon army would launch an attack prematurely because of this, Wang Yao was too lazy to explain. The demon army wasn't like cats, getting excited at the sight of a cat toy. Since they hadn't attacked yet, they must have their own plans. Why would they easily change their plans just because they saw a few underworld scouts?
The Gale Ghost King clearly also believed that Wang Yao's order was very necessary. He must have made careful arrangements, and several days later, all sorts of intelligence began to come in.
In recent days, reinforcements have arrived from the demon realm and the underworld one after another. In particular, the first wave of reinforcements from the Immortal Mouth Group has also arrived. Although there are only about ten immortals, each of them is at least at the Nascent Soul stage.
Even though Wang Yao arranged for some reinforcements to go to Qingyu Port, the strength of Bird Return Ridge was still greatly enhanced. At this time, the total number of Nether Ghosts had reached 20,000, and the number of Demons had reached 30,000. In addition, with the help of the immortals, even Lu Bu's courage had increased considerably.
"Lord Yue Lao, according to reports from our scouts, there are no signs of demonic troops stationed within a radius of 500 li around Bird Return Ridge, whether in the Sea-Reclaiming Divine Realm or the Decapitation Demon Realm. We have also discovered some small settlements of divine people in the Sea-Reclaiming Divine Realm, and they are working hard to eliminate the inferior demons near the settlements."
"Our farthest scouts have reached a place 1,500 miles away from here and discovered scattered traces of battle between the demon army and the god army. However, the battles were small in scale and there were not many clues left behind, but they were very recent and must have been fought not long ago."
The Gale Ghost King led several Netherworld Ghost scouts to report to Wang Yao.
"What? There are no demonic troops within a radius of 500 li around Bird Return Ridge?" Wang Yao, Wei Zheng, and the others were all quite surprised when they heard this.
"In fact, I believe that there are no large numbers of demon troops in the northern part of the Sea-Reclaiming Divine Realm at present, and the few demon troops that are there seem to be withdrawing one after another," a Netherworld Ghost scout added.
"Oh?" Wang Yao raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.
“Although I have only scouted this far, I have not found any demon camps along the way. Moreover, through my observation, the activities of the divine people and the divine army in the Divine Realm of Reclaimed Sea are very active. If the demon army were very powerful, that would be impossible.” The scout pointed to the map and explained to Wang Yao.
The map clearly marked the area explored by the Netherworld scouts. The area surrounding Bird Return Ridge was a circle with a depth of 500 miles. Not to mention the Sea-Filling Divine Realm and the Decapitation Demon Realm, even places related to the Unyielding Divine Realm were explored.
Next were several lines that started from Bird Return Ridge and went straight to the depths of the Sea-Reclaiming Divine Realm. The longest one was almost close to the Sea-Reclaiming Divine City. The Netherworld Scout's finger gently tapped the end of that line.
"We're almost at the Sea-Reclaiming Divine City. Could it be that the resistance in the Sea-Reclaiming Divine Realm is too fierce, and the demon army has all retreated into the major cities? Have you scouted the major cities in the Sea-Reclaiming Divine Realm?" Zhang Liang, the commander of the vanguard of the demon clan reinforcements, asked while looking at the map.
"I haven't seen a single divine city along the way. They... must have all been destroyed in the previous great battle, right?" the scout replied somewhat uncertainly.
“Very likely…” Wei Zheng was staring at the map, about to say something, when suddenly Wang Yao felt something move in his arms. He reached out and touched it, and found that it was the mark left to him by the God of Filling the Sea sending a communication request. Wang Yao hurriedly stuffed the little bird into his ear and left the room.
"Wang Xian, I need to set off immediately, but these crabs and ghosts insist on your orders. Please give the orders quickly!" The Lord of Reclamation said hurriedly as soon as the call connected.
"Set off? Where are you setting off to?" Wang Yao asked in astonishment.
"Go home! Where else can we go?" The God of Land Reclamation said impatiently.
"Hey, you don't even have 30,000 troops over there, including the navy, right? Sending them back to the Divine Realm now would be like throwing good money after bad. Let's wait until we have more reinforcements," Wang Yao said.
"I don't care. I've already explored the Divine Realm many times since I came to Qingyu Port, and I haven't found any sign of a large demon army. There are still many of my subordinates fighting on their own there. I have to hurry back, gather them together, and drive away those demon bastards!" said the Lord of Reclaiming the Sea.
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