Chapter 2244: Chapter 2244 Fierce Battle and Training
Purple Flame God and other weapon-refining masters aided the demi-human army in crafting numerous pieces of equipment.
However, these half-beast were not fond of depending on equipements. There preferred direct combat.
So Ye Liuyun divided these fifty thousand soldiers into battalions of ten thousand, asking them to fight a outnumbered battle and launch staggered attacks on different enemy armies.
With the numerical disadvantages in play, they had no choice but to rely on their equipment to alleviate their pressure.
Once the battle began, Ye Liuyun did not give them anytime to rest. He ordered them to continuosly advance and battle. All the high-spirit half-beast were eventually worn out.
He even let them be encircled by the enemy and watched them had a fierce battle. This was to train these demi-humans’ patience.
Gradually, the demi-human army suffered suffered heavy casualties. By the time Ye Liuyun regrouped them, only thirty thousand remained.
This had taught them a bitter lesson which was to minimise their losses. Hence, they began to utilise their equipment to fullest according to Ye Liuyun’s tactics. It made the army capable of withstanding an encirclement of a hundred thousand soldiers and even turning the tide in their favor with only thirthy thousand men.
"Have you learned your lesson? Being brave and warlike is not bad. B it should be done when you have absolute dominance, not just going in headlessly. Otherwise, your race will only walk towards annihilation!" Ye Liuyun imparted some wisdom to the Tiger King and some tribe leaders.
After suffering some losses, the half-beast learned quickly. They started learning combat strategies from Ye Liuyun and adjusted their tactics accordingly. Though their numbers had decreased, their fighting strength had increased.
Their own strength had also increased rapidly through endless battles.
Ye Liuyun started leading them to wrest control of various mineral vein resources after he felt that they were ready.
They had learnt to conceal their presence and avoid direct confrontations after multiple occasions of infiltrating the Devil Clan and the Demon Demi-Human armies.
Even the twenty thousand half-beast slaves who followed them had learned a lot from Ye Liuyun.
Thus, Ye Liuyun’s subsequent combat tactics were carried smoothly. They seized over twenty Devil Crystal mineral veins and over thirty cities, plundering countless resoucres.
Every city that Ye Liuyun conquered was ransacked by him before leaving. This had left the Devil Clan in a tough position. Invariably, the cities were utterly dismantled by Ye Liuyun by the time the army returned.
They were always a step behind Ye Liuyun’s forces. Even if they managed to catch up, they could not defeat him but to only take the beating from Ye Liuyun.
Gradually, Ye Liuyun managed to devastate the two half-beast forces under Devil Clan. He then put them under his command and put them to work in the mines.
Later on, he managed to subjugate the entire Devil Clan as well.
It was not until that moment that he realized he had unified the entire Devil Clan in the southern part.
The Devil Clan consisted of scattered small tribes everywhere except for the south, which he unified.
Only their Central Empire boasted the most formidable army. According to the Devil Clan, this army was equipped with armor and high-quality weapons.
Ye Liuyun had no intention to go a war with their Central Empire, so he stopped the army.
After the Central Empire of the Devil Clan failed to receive tributes from the southern part, they sent out poeple to investigate. They quickly discovered that the sourthen part had been seized by Ye Liuyun. The Central Empire immediately dispatched a fully equipped two hundered thousand army to kill Ye Liuyun.
In fact, the total number of Devil Clan and Devil Clan half-beast under Ye Liuyun’s command far exceeded two hundred thousand. Just that Ye Liuyun had not expended much effort in equipping them.
Facing them head-on would surely result in a disadvantage. Therefore, Ye Liuyun ordered a full retreat.
Furthermore, he opted for a strategic withdrawal without engaging in any battle, luring the Central Army further into the southern regions.
Whenever the Central Army showed signs of hesitation and wanted to halt the advance, Ye Liuyun would dispatch a small, weakest unit of several thousand men to harass them.
Sometimes, this small group could escape. Otherwise, they would be annihilated by the central army if they could not escape.
Thus, Ye Liuyun’s forces were essentially a pushover in the central army’s point of view. This led the army to plunge deeply into the inner part of the south to pursuit Ye Liuyun.
That day, they received news that a large army from the Devil Clan was preparing to evacuate from a city not far away. Upon hearing this, the central army immediately dispatched thirthy thousand soldiers to wipe them out.
However, they found themselves surrounded by Ye Liuyun’s half-beast army when they arrived.
The central army thought Ye Liuyun’s strategy was suicidal with the similar amount of thirty thousand troop. Assuming that Ye Liuyun only wanted to distract them and hadn’t taken any real defensive measures, they were caught off guard by Ye Liuyun’s unexpected attack.
Ye Liuyun led his army to launch attack, catching them completely by surprise. By the time they reacted, their formation was in chaos. Their leading general was killed by an arrow shot by Ye Liuyun, leaving their soldiers unable to launch any effective counterattack.
In the end, the entire thirty thousand soildiers were eliminated. Their armors and equipments were seized by Ye Liuyun and distributed to the twenty thousand labourers who had been following him all along.
These twenty thousand laborers had become Ye Liuyun’s personal battalion.
With over ten thousand sets of armor to spare, Ye Liuyun selected some powerful individuals among the Devil Clan half-beasts and formed a large army of thirty thousand Devil Clan half-beasts army.
The general of the Central Empire’s army had not expected such a defeat and he personally led a troop of one hundred fifty thousand soldiers to pursue Ye Liuyun.
Instead of confronting them head-on, Ye Liuyun dispersed his Devil Clan, dividing them into five routes and continued to flee to the south, luring the Central Army into chasing them.
Meanwhile, he led his sisty thousand fully armed soldiers to launch a surprise attack on the Central Empire’s military camp. The twenty thousand defending soldiers were wiped out, yielding another twenty thousand sets of equipment.
He then immediately retreated after succeeding in his attack, leaving the army of the Central Empire Devil Clan frustratedly tailing behind.
Along the way, they were ambushed by troop units consisting of ten to twenty thosuand poeple, targeting their rear. Each ambush was a hit-and-run, wearing them out extensively.
Suddenly, they realized that Ye Liuyun had stopped running and had taken hold of a piece of high ground and begun to hunker down instead. Exhausted yet determined, they prepared to capture Ye Liuyun once and for all.
However, their commander insisted on annihilating Ye Liuyun in one fell swoop and ordered the soldiers to keep attacking.
The Central Empire’s army equipment was indeed far superior to those of the South. However, they were still at a disadvantage compared to Ye Liuyun.
Facing Ye Liuyun’s repeating crossbow, their losses were substantial.
However, their commander insisted on annihilating Ye Liuyun in one swoop and ordered the soldiers to keep attacking.
Having struggled to reach the front lines of Ye Liuyun’s army, they encountered simultaneous strikes from dozens of chariots.
The imperial army of the Central Empire was routed. Ye Liuyun, on the other hand, pursued relentlessly, having his half-beast tribe and Devil Clan half-beast tribe alternately encircled their slower escaping troops.
At the same time, there were still squads of the Devil Clan tribe and Devil Clan half-beast tribe blocking their way relentlessly all the way. With each intercept, it resulted in a loss of thousands of their troops.
