With this in mind, and considering that securing the cities along the route in the later stages would take at least half a month to a month, the Sixth Prince, Hua Zhengzi, realized that a five-thousand-strong force of Greater Martial Masters and Martial Masters was absolutely essential. Naturally, they also had to be led by Martial Practitioners of the Martial General rank, whose cultivation levels could not be too low. Otherwise, if the cities they painstakingly captured were retaken by the enemy, it would be a devastating loss.
Having reached this conclusion, Sixth Prince Hua Zhengzi selected the military personnel to be dispatched to Xuhai City. The force would feature Ouyang Qian, a Peak Rank 5 Martial General; Zhao Huaiyu, a Tier 3 Martial General, who would lead a regiment of one thousand Greater Martial Masters; and Zhao Huaide, a Tier 2 Martial General, who would lead two thousand Martial Masters, supplemented by an additional three thousand high-level warriors. Such a powerful army would have absolutely no trouble marching toward Xuhai City even amidst the ongoing Beast Tide. In terms of military command, Zhao Huaiyu, the vanguard officer of the Eastern Route Army, would serve as the commander, with Zhao Huaide as the deputy commander. Ouyang Qian would be responsible solely for helping the army counter any enemy Martial Practitioners of the Martial General rank.
Deploying such a force was equivalent to sending out a third of the Eastern Route Army's current high-e…
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