Chapter 1400: Chapter 1400: 1385: Imperial Guard of Great Zhou?

Chapter 1400: Chapter 1385: Imperial Guard of Great Zhou?

With a roar from the human-bodied, fish-headed Water Monarch, the hundreds of thousands of Water Demons surrounding Shanyang County began to move.

The hundreds of thousands of Water Demons, according to their respective races, started to swiftly approach Shanyang County.

Originally, these Water Demons remained encamped ten miles away from the city to avoid being targeted by the city defenses or covered by the garrison’s Fire Crossbows.

The Fire Crossbows of the garrison have a range of only five miles, but the heavy Earth-Shaking Crossbows on the city walls have a range exceeding ten miles.

One must admit, this human-bodied, fish-headed Water Monarch does have some skill. When commanding with full force, the Water Demons under his command take on the semblance of an army.

For example, currently at the front are Water Demons with strong defensive capabilities, wielding shields made from tortoise shells and crab shells, followed by ferocious and large Water Demons in the center, and those capable of long-range attacks at the rear.

The organization is quite orderly.

As they approached just over seven miles from the city walls, those Water Demons capable of long-range attacks began shooting various types of skyward Water Arrows and Water Cannons from afar, even some in a variety of colors. All these multicolored Water Arrows and Water Cannons were laced with poison.

They poured onto the Guardian Light Screen of the City Defense Grand Formation of Shanyang County, causing its protective light to flicker intensely.

It must be said, although the military equipment in North Sea County isn’t outstanding, their City Defense Grand Formation is quite formidable, not inferior to the defense of central cities.

However, there are so many Water Demons firing Water Arrows and Water Cannons, at least thirty thousand Water Demons launching long-range attacks simultaneously. Especially those poisonous Water Cannons, making a sizzling sound as they hit the Guardian Light Screen of the City Defense Grand Formation.

“Sir, the City Defense Grand Formation can withstand at most two more volleys!” reported Gao Xingji, the commander of the Sixth Army, in a tense voice beside Ye Zhen.

Ye Zhen showed no intention of ordering a counterattack.

In the mere span of a breath, a vast barrage of long-range attacks from the Water Demons poured down again. This time, the protective light of the City Defense Grand Formation fluctuated violently, dimming by at least half compared to initially.

A breath of time allowed the distance to the county city walls to shrink to less than four miles.

Ye Zhen stood expressionless, while Commander Gao Xingji grew anxious, “Sir!”

“Prepare!”

Ye Zhen shouted softly, and Gao Xingji quickly made a series of hand signals.

When the bizarrely shaped Water Demons, humanoid but monstrous, were less than three miles from the county city, the Water Demons launched a third wave of synchronized long-range attacks, filling the sky once more.

“Fire!”

At that moment, Ye Zhen gently waved his hand, and the anxious Gao Xingji roared mightily.

Swish, swish, swish!

Over twenty thousand Wind-Fire Crossbows unleashed their furious roars, and more than two hundred thousand crossbow bolts rained down like a storm onto the opposing Water Demons.

The Water Monarch with the human body and fish head momentarily froze, his large eyes wide with shock, as screams erupted among the Water Demons.

These massive Water Demons were practically sitting ducks, almost every Wind-Fire Crossbow bolt hit its mark.

Amazingly, after piercing into the Water Demons’ bodies, the crossbow bolts infused with spells from Ancestor God Temple Priests erupted madly.

Every kind of toxin, curse, explosion, and negative effect unleashed in full force.

Those Water Demons lucky enough to be hit by just one bolt suffered a significant drop in strength, severely wounded, while those unlucky enough to be hit by five or more were mostly killed on the spot, with the survivors gravely injured.

In one round of shooting, thousands of Water Demons were annihilated, leaving many in panic.

“Deserters and escapees will be executed on the spot!”

The Water Monarch with the human body and fish head issued a murderously cold military order, then roared again, “Charge! All of you, charge!”

“The human clan’s weaponry needs time to reload; take this opportunity to storm the county and massacre it! Once inside, whoever seizes something keeps it!”

Following this command, the previously hesitant tens of thousands of Water Demons immediately howled and charged toward the county, their eyes red with fervor.

But simultaneously, the sound of arrows piercing the air resounded once again.

A dense volley of arrows descended once more, this time striking with greater lethality due to concentrated Water Demon attacks, killing nearly ten thousand Water Demons on the spot.

In truth, the Wind-Fire Crossbows don’t typically have such power, especially against these massive Water Demons.

However, the bolts Ye Zhen stole from the nobles’ arsenals were all enhanced with various curses from the Ancestor God Temple.

Some Wind-Fire Crossbow bolts had explosive power comparable to ordinary Flame Spirit Burst Demon Crossbow bolts.

This scene stunned the human-bodied, fish-headed Water Monarch, but it wasn’t a time for hesitation. The Water Monarch unleashed a thunderous roar by activating his Spiritual Power.

“Charge!”

“Break into the county; their weapons will be useless then!”

“The first to enter the county will be immediately promoted to Water General by this Water Monarch!”

In response to the Water Monarch’s morale-boosting call, the relentless swish, swish, swish of Wind-Fire Crossbow fire continued.

The bolts from the Wind-Fire Crossbows used standardized arrow boxes. Although somewhat cumbersome, they could be reloaded in merely a breath and a half. Normally, for these powerful Water Demons, a breath and a half should be ample time.

However, the two segments of shooting organized by Ye Zhen successfully compensated for this time lag.

More than forty thousand county soldiers were divided into two batches, continuously covering fire to suppress the Water Demons.

However, in Ye Zhen’s eyes, these two segments of shooting were still insufficient. Only with three segments of shooting could a seamless coverage fire be formed.

Unfortunately, there were too few soldiers available for him to command at the moment.

Although there were more than forty thousand men, it was still too few compared to the forty-mile-long city wall. On average, a thousand men per mile, which is about four hundred meters with a thousand soldiers standing, still divided into two batches, essentially one person per meter, was far too few.

Nevertheless, the screaming Water Demons were completely bewildered by several consecutive rounds of Wind-Fire Crossbow covering shots. Those in the rear wanted to charge up, but those in the front had nowhere to retreat, making the situation incredibly chaotic.

The soldiers on the city wall, having ample arrow boxes, were reaping the lives of these Water Demons like mowing grass.

In the distance, watching this scene, the human-bodied fish-headed Water Monarch was getting anxious.

These Water Demons were his forces.

The North Sea Aquatic Race was different from the human clan officials, who, although all had conferring ranks, humans could govern a place once appointed by the Empire, no matter how weak their strength.

But it was not the same for the Aquatic Race; there were covetous aquatic forces from all directions. Once these Water Monarchs suffered great losses in strength, those guys would pounce and tear them to shreds, taking his position as Water Monarch.

Even if his strength declined too much, even his subordinate Water Generals would covet his Water Monarch position.

Hence, with the severe casualties among the Water Demons, he was getting anxious.

Especially with the absolute chaos among the Water Demons, the heavily injured could not retreat from the front, and those in the rear, unaware, continued to charge forward, becoming a mess.

As for the word ‘retreat’, he dared not shout it out.

The former county soldiers, although formidable, had poor equipment, but even so, they were very cautious. Now, if he ordered a retreat, it would only throw his Water Demons into more chaos.

If the garrison in the city pursued them further, more than half of the 160,000 Water Demon Army in front would possibly perish.

That way, after this raid, he might have to end his time as Water Monarch.

At this thought, the human-bodied fish-headed Water Monarch let out a roar, and the scales all over his body suddenly radiated a golden light. Leading three thousand elite Water Demons behind him, he charged towards the County City.

This was his only choice!

To change the current situation, he had to break into the County City!

As long as they broke into the County City, the rhythm of the soldiers’ covering fire would be disrupted.

By then, once his subordinate Water Demons broke into the County City and engaged in close combat, these garrison troops would have no advantage.

He would easily achieve victory.

At that time, apart from anything else, just the equipment seized would compensate for his losses and even allow him to make a significant profit.

Watching the charging human-bodied fish-headed Water Monarch, a cold smile appeared at the corner of Ye Zhen’s mouth, “I was just afraid you wouldn’t come!”

“Kill!”

“Kill with me!”

Amidst the roar, the human-bodied fish-headed Water Monarch suddenly threw a massive trident, hurling it towards the Guardian Light Screen of the County City.

Behind Ye Zhen, the Heavenly Patrol Divine General, Fengg Jiumo, moved to intercept the trident, but Ye Zhen stopped him.

In Fengg Jiumo’s puzzled gaze, the enormous trident fiercely slammed into the Guardian Light Screen.

The Guardian Light Screen violently fluctuated, and simultaneously, the three thousand Divine Communication Realm elites behind the human-bodied fish-headed Water Monarch launched their ranged attacks.

Amidst the rumbling tremor, the City Defense Grand Formation’s Guardian Light Screen of Shanyang County City emitted an unbearable stretching groan and shattered with a roar.

At the breach, more than a hundred soldiers were killed on the spot.

Ye Zhen’s expression had become extremely cold by now, resembling the Supreme Commander of the Eastern Expedition he once was.

For strategic goals, casualties were inevitable.

Almost as soon as the Guardian Light Screen shattered, the chaotic and screaming Water Demons cheered together.

The human-bodied fish-headed Water Monarch bellowed even louder, “The city defense army is broken, children, follow me to slaughter the city, anyone can take whatever they grab…”

“Those two thousand men, send them out!” Ye Zhen waved his hand!

In the next moment, a group of soldiers holding Flame Spirit Burst Demon Crossbows abruptly stepped onto the city wall. Under the command of Military Commander’s Army Gao Xingji, they lightly squeezed the trigger toward the human-bodied fish-headed Water Monarch.

When tens of thousands of Flame Spirit Burst Demon Crossbow Arrows, resembling fire meteors, blasted out, the human-bodied fish-headed Water Monarch was stunned.

His expression immediately turned incredibly desperate, “Flame Spirit Burst Demon Crossbows, and so many of them, damn it, stationed here, could it be the Imperial Guard of Great Zhou?”

In the next moment, the human-bodied fish-headed Water Monarch and his three thousand elites were completely engulfed by the exploding firelight of tens of thousands of Flame Spirit Burst Demon Crossbow Arrows.

Ye Zhen lightly waved his hand, “Fengg Jiumo, take people to check, bring some captives back!”