At the Human-Bodied Fish-Headed Water Lord's shriek, the hundred thousand-plus water demons surrounding Shanyang County City in a tight ring moved at once.
Grouped by race, the hundred thousand-plus water demons began rapidly closing in on Shanyang County City.
Previously, to avoid being blanketed by the city's defensive works or the defenders' Fire Repeating Crossbows, these water demons had remained encamped in a ring ten li from the city.
The defenders' Fire Repeating Crossbows had a range of only five li, but the heavy Earth-Shaking Ballistas atop the walls could reach more than ten li.
It had to be said that the Human-Bodied Fish-Headed Water Lord had some ability. Once he commanded in earnest, the water demons under him actually took on something of a proper army's appearance.
For instance, those charging at the very front were water demons with formidable defenses, wielding shields made from turtle shells and crab carapaces. Fierce, massive water demons occupied the middle, while those capable of long-range attacks brought up the rear.
His deployment was fairly well ordered.
When they had barely closed to a little over seven li from the county city walls, those water demons capable of long-range attacks began spraying all manner of soaring water arrows and water cannons from afar. There were even water arrows and water cannons in every color of the rainbow, each of those differently colored projectiles carrying deadly poison.
As they poured down upon Shanyang County City's City Defense Array, its protective radiance flickered violently.
It had to be said that although North Sea Commandery's military equipment was not much to speak of, its City Defense Array was not the least bit shabby. Even compared with the City Defense Arrays of the commandery cities in the heartland, it was not inferior in the slightest.
However, there