Chapter 948: One Is Enough

"How many troops should I bring this time?" Qin Peng confirmed the numbers with Ye Liuyun.

"Bringing twenty thousand new troops will be enough. There, the main task is to maintain order and take over Yi Cheng." Ye Liuyun said confidently.

"Twenty thousand? New troops?"

Qin Peng, hearing Ye Liuyun say he would only bring twenty thousand new troops, couldn't help swallowing his saliva.

Twenty thousand new troops basically have no combat power; they can only serve as a deterrent by numbers.

When it comes to actual combat, the new troops will collapse at the first touch!

"Should we bring our elite troops as well?" Qin Peng asked.

"Bringing them to gain real combat experience would also work!" Ye Liuyun thought for a moment and also felt it would be good to let these elite troops drill.

"Alright, I'll get ready." Qin Peng immediately set to work preparing.

Seventy thousand soldiers, except for the twenty thousand troops stationed on Bravefierce Island who are veteran soldiers from previous battles, the thirty thousand stationed at Marquis Ningyu's garrison and the twenty thousand he intends to take with him are all newly conscripted soldiers.

In this battle, their total fighting strength essentially amounts to that two-thousand-strong elite troop.

"Reporting to the Marquis, the troops are ready and can set out."

After Qin Peng had made the arrangements, he then asked Ye Liuyun for the departure time.

"You can set out tomorrow!" Ye Liuyun was quite casual about it.

"Yes!" Qin Peng immediately went to convey the order.

Ye Liuyun also instructed Qin Peng: "On the way, reduce your sailing speed and train the troops as you go. Try to have them presentable by the time we reach Moyu."

"I'll do my best! But the sailing speed will have to be much slower!" Qin Peng replied.

"No problem, slower is fine! You also don't need to rush to Moyu right away." Ye Liuyun didn't mind his speed.

"Marquis, from what you're saying, you're not coming with us?" Qin Peng finally realized Ye Liuyun was letting him follow behind.

"Hmm, I'll first subdue the Demon Cultivator Alliance. You can set out after tomorrow." Ye Liuyun confirmed.

"But what if there are people of Hu Tianyang inside the Moyu Alliance?" Qin Peng worried about Ye Liuyun's safety.

"No problem, Hu Tianyang's people couldn't possibly be a majority in the Moyu Alliance, so they're easy to deal with! Subduing the Moyu Alliance, I alone am enough!"

After Ye Liuyun confirmed with Qin Peng, he directly rode the Dragon Eagle and rushed ahead to the Moyu Alliance.

He wore a black robe, covered his head, and was suffused with Demon Qi, so no one could recognize him.

The scouts stationed around Bravefierce Island, as if they hadn't seen him, had grown accustomed to it, allowing him to come and go freely, and never reported to the alliance.

The people of the Moyu Alliance have also been speculating these days about Ye Liuyun's intentions. m.

"What is this kid up to? Maybe he won't dare to come?"

"I think he doesn't dare to come! With such a big commotion, he couldn't possibly not know! Based on his meager forces, even if he came, it wouldn't be enough for us to split!"

"Should we attack Bravefierce Island?" one person proposed.

"No way! It's said that a ferocious beast guards Bravefierce Island. Prince Xiao's fifty-thousand-strong army went there, didn't even lift a finger, and were all wiped out by that beast!" Someone voiced opposition.

"I think those are just legends! Who has ever seen that beast?"

Most people aren't aware that there is a Heaven-devouring Beast on Bravefierce Island.

The chief of the Moyu Alliance is a clan chief of the Demon Race.

At this point he decisively said: "We cannot launch an attack. If we strike Bravefierce Island, that would encroach on the dynasty's interests, giving the dynasty a reason to send troops. We only need to hold Moyu."

After he said that, everyone settled down and continued to wait quietly for Ye Liuyun's news.

Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun's Dragon Eagle was flying swiftly toward them.

Before reaching the Moyu Alliance, Ye Liuyun, to avoid drawing attention, retracted his Dragon Eagle beforehand, also did not use a warship, and directly shuttled through the Void.

The alliance's management was lax. Seeing him emanating Demon Qi, they didn't even ask questions and just let him in.

So Ye Liuyun swaggered straight into the alliance's Grand Hall, whereupon an Elder inquired of him.

"Who are you? This is no place for you to come!"

He could see that Ye Liuyun's cultivation level was low, and thought the Grand Hall was not where he ought to be.

Ye Liuyun, without a word, directly began to play the Nine Nether Prelude via his Divine Sense.

Whenever he takes action, he rarely has the habit of chatting with people.

Whenever there is an opportunity, he goes straight in for the attack.

Talking too much is pointless, it only invites changes, and is less solid than a direct attack.

Soon, the three Elders on duty inside the Grand Hall were all subdued by Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun directly took the seat of the alliance chief and questioned the three people kneeling on the ground.

"What is the situation inside the alliance? How many non-Demon Cultivators are here?"

Not long after, Ye Liuyun confirmed the information he had previously received.

Ye Liuyun ordered the three: "Alright, go summon the other senior experts, the alliance chief, the Elders, etc. Just say Ye Liuyun has made a move and has personally come to the alliance."

"Yes!" The three replied in unison and immediately went to notify.

Ye Liuyun waited quietly on the spot, intending to subdue these Elders first, then the others.

Soon, senior experts came in one after another; seeing a Demon Cultivator seated in the place of honor, they were somewhat surprised.

But immediately, they were all controlled by the Nine Nether Prelude, becoming Ye Liuyun's servants, standing obediently to one side awaiting orders, not even daring to sit.

Even the Moyu Alliance chief who came running was no exception; as soon as he entered, Ye Liuyun subdued him, and he stood to Ye Liuyun's left to attend.

Soon, all the Elders of the alliance were subdued.

Ye Liuyun also began assigning them tasks: "Go kill all of Hu Tianhai's subordinates quickly, don't give them a chance to pass on news. Then kill all Martial Cultivators who cannot emit Demon Qi."

"Yes!" The Elders inside the Grand Hall replied in unison and went out together to carry out the mission.

Soon, these Moyu Elders all returned, also bringing back the corpses of Hu Tianyang's subordinates to report.

Outside, many Demon Cultivators and members of the Demon Race were clueless, thinking that traitors had appeared in the alliance and had been eliminated by the Elders working together.

"Good!" Ye Liuyun took their storage rings, then ordered the Alliance Leader: "Gather all alliance members aboard the warship, prepare to depart."

The Alliance Leader immediately went to relay the order.

After all these people had boarded the warship, Ye Liuyun then released the Nine Nether Prelude on each warship, subduing all the alliance members.

The whole process also took up most of the day.

Ye Liuyun continuously released his divine sense, and also felt it was overly draining.

He first took a pill to restore his soul, rested a while, then gave the orders to everyone.

"You split off half the people, each bringing your strongest subordinates, infiltrate Yi Cheng, prepare to coordinate inside and out with me, and breach Yi Cheng."