Bows had their drawbacks, but in the hands of demon beasts, those flaws could be made up for.
The Chi Mang people's archery was vicious and tricky, yet against the Snake Demon Soldiers, whose archery was equally superb, they were completely outmatched. Range decided everything, especially when the demon soldiers' feathered arrows were works of art with even finer craftsmanship. The quality of one's equipment concerned victory and defeat.
The Chi Mang people seemed pinned five hundred paces from the demon soldiers, unable to advance. The occasional lucky survivors who passed through the rain of arrows discovered that their handful of men faced a neat wall of shields...
The foes fearlessly continued their fierce assault as the arrow rain persisted. The ground was densely carpeted with arrows like grass.
Tieqiu caught the scent of Demonic Beasts in the air.
"Pah! Trash!"
After handing command of the archers to other demon generals, Tieqiu took charge of the spearmen and shield bearers.
Black clouds constantly streaked across the sky overhead with a mournful whine. The Chi Mang people suffered grievous casualties, yet even more of them still roared as they risked death to cross the line of death and charge straight at the demon army. They had no formation, a chaotic, scattered mob in twos and threes, practically committing suicide.
With too few numbers, they simply could not pass through the dense spear formation. They crashed into the shield wall, bursting into red blossoms of blood.
In the distance, the trebuchets that had originally been aimed at Yue City were turned around by Southern Wu craftsmen. Chi Mang people waved whips and cleavers, driving craftsmen and laborers to load enormous boulders into the sling nets...
Tieqiu's mouth twitched when he saw those massive trebuchets.
"Defend the sky!"
Within the ranks, the shield