Lords of Hegemony: Conquer from the Mermaids

Chapter 85 Personnel Arrangement
Meng Zheng stopped and his eyes fell on a newly installed defensive facility. It was a tortoise shell shield that looked ancient and mysterious, with complex runes engraved on the shell.

It emits a faint blue light, seemingly blending in with the surrounding water environment, yet exudes an unusually solid aura.

Cangmu Youjin smiled and said, "Chief, this is the 'Water Ripple Shield' that Elder Tang and I researched together. It can generate a flowing water ripple shield that has excellent defensive effects against both physical and magical energy attacks. After Elder Tang finished making it, I connected its rune nodes to the coral wall, connecting it to the spiritual energy source of the Water Spirit Shield formation. As long as it encounters a severe attack, it will spontaneously generate a shield to resist the enemy's attack."

Meng Zheng's eyes flashed with praise when he heard this: "Cangmu, you did a great job. This 'Water Ripple Shield' adds a strong layer of protection to our defense."

"Chief, look here." Cangmu guided Meng Zheng's gaze to another part of the city wall.

There, a group of craftsmen were busy installing rows of sharp coral thorns.

These coral thorns are sharp and hard. Once touched by a monster, they will cause considerable damage.

"This is another invention of ours," Cangmu explained. "We utilize the natural properties of corals, cultivate them into sharp thorns, and then install them on the city walls. This not only increases the wall's defenses, but also inflicts heavy damage to monsters that try to climb it."

At this point, Cangmu said proudly: "The most important thing is that this kind of coral thorns are regenerative. Once they are destroyed or broken, as long as enough blood is provided, the coral thorns will continue to grow."

Meng Zheng's eyes flashed with surprise when he heard this: "Not bad, Cangmu. Your innovation not only enhances the defensive power of the city wall, but also saves us a lot of materials and manpower."

He looked carefully at the sharp coral thorns and couldn't help but admire the wisdom of Cangmu and the craftsmen.

This method of utilizing the natural properties of coral is truly imaginative.

"Chief, please take another look here." Cangmu continued to guide Meng Zheng's gaze, pointing to a special device under the city wall.

It was a rotating mechanism composed of multiple giant shells, each engraved with intricate runes. When the mechanism was activated, the shells would spin rapidly, generating a powerful current of water that would sweep away any monsters approaching the city wall.

"This is the 'Shell Cyclone' device," Cangmu explained. "It's imbued with a cyclone spell. Whenever the shell rotates, it activates the cyclone spell, forming a powerful reverse vortex. This can impact monsters approaching the city wall, while also restraining them, restricting their movements and reducing the defensive pressure on the city wall."

Meng Zheng nodded with satisfaction: "This device is also very good, Cangmu. Your innovative spirit and ingenuity are the most valuable assets of our Canghai tribe."

The two continued to walk along the city wall. Meng Zheng stopped from time to time to ask about the defense of the city wall and the progress of the craftsmen's work.

Only by ensuring the strength of the city walls and the perfection of the defensive facilities can we provide the most powerful protection for the warriors of the tribe.

After Meng Zheng and Cangmu conducted a detailed inspection of the defensive facilities of the Coral City Wall, Meng Zheng decided to hold a city defense meeting to ensure that the tribe's defense was foolproof.

The strength of the city walls and the passive defense of the defensive facilities alone are not enough; close coordination and strategic deployment among the generals are also required.

In the conference hall, the mermaids sat together in a serious and tense atmosphere.

Meng Zheng stood at the head, his gaze sweeping over each general. His voice was steady and powerful, "I'm sure everyone has already visited our city walls, but this is not enough. We need everyone's close cooperation to ensure the safety of our tribe."

Jiang Tao, Ling Pu, and other generals nodded in agreement. "Jiang Tao, you and the Kuang Tao War Guards have a very difficult mission." Meng Zheng looked at Jiang Tao with a determined gaze and continued, "The Hailing Bamboo Forest is a vital resource point for our tribe. It's crucial for our weapons and resource supply. If it's breached by the enemy, the consequences will be disastrous. Therefore, I need you to lead the Kuang Tao War Guards to garrison there and work with Cang Jing to ensure its safety."

The Raging Wave Guards are an offensive-oriented legion, and defense is not their style.

Meng Zheng estimated that even if there were monsters attacking Hailingzhu, there would definitely not be too many of them. Jiang Tao could take the initiative to attack and wipe out all the monsters attacking Hailingzhu, and then rush to support the tribe. With the help of both inside and outside, it would be easier to deal with this monster siege.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Tao immediately stood up and bowed, accepting the order: "Yes, Clan Leader! I will live up to your expectations and defend the Hailing Bamboo Forest to the death!"

Meng Zheng turned his gaze to Ling Pu. "Your mission is to lead the hydraulic catapult troops to set up defenses at key locations on the city wall. Utilize their powerful long-range attack capabilities to deliver precise strikes against the enemy. Mu She will also serve as your deputy, assisting you with tactical planning and troop deployment."

Upon hearing this, Ling Pu accepted the order and said, "Yes, Chief! I will definitely go all out and lead the hydraulic catapult troops to fight this defensive battle!"

Mu Musk has good abilities, but he is just a gray-tailed mermaid after all, and his strength is really too weak. With the addition of Ling Pu, the overall strength of the hydraulic catapult soldiers will be qualitatively improved.

"Li Gen, you will lead 100 patrolling Yakshas to conduct guerrilla warfare outside the tribe, disperse the monster swarms, and reduce the pressure on the tribe."

Ever since he had acquired the sea clan's spirit, he could now summon all the patrolling Yakshas produced every day. After three or four days of accumulation, the number of patrolling Yakshas had finally reached 124.

Meng Zheng left 24 patrolling sea yakshas as messengers to deliver the message, and the rest of the patrolling sea yakshas were all handed over to Li Gen. With the patrolling sea yakshas' fast swimming ability, few monsters could catch up with them.

Even if there is, Li Gen has no need to be afraid with his strength.

Not to mention that Li Gen also has stealth skills, so it is very easy for him to hide with a hundred patrolling sea yakshas without being discovered.

"Tang Yu, you will lead one hundred mermaid shield spearmen and two hundred mermaids to guard the eastern wall of the territory. Cangmu and other coral weavers will assist you to resist the monsters' siege." Meng Zheng continued to give orders.

"Cangyue, you will lead one hundred mermaid shield spearmen and two hundred mermaids to garrison the western wall of the territory. Master Tang and other shell divisions will assist you to resist the monsters attacking the city."

"Gulugua, you take your tidal murlocs and more than 700 murlocs to guard the south city wall. Mu Yu and other murlocs will assist you." Finally, Meng Zheng looked at Gulugua and made arrangements.

Although the individual strength of the merman is relatively weak, they are inherently cruel and every merman can fight. Of course, Meng Zheng would not feel sad even if they died.

After being in the Canghai tribe for such a long time, some of the fishmen cubs captured earlier have grown up, so even if half of the fishmen were transferred to Hailingzhu, the number has accumulated to seven hundred.

With so many murlocs stationed on the southern wall, there should be no problem. Not to mention that yesterday, Gulugua had used the resources provided by Jiang Bin to transform the one hundred murloc guards into tidal murlocs.

Each of these tidal fishmen is over two meters tall, with broad shoulders and a strong waist. They possess the power of tides and have good combat capabilities.

As for the north, Meng Zheng was naturally stationed there personally, leading more than fifty mermaid shield spearmen and more than eighty mermaids, thunder unicorns, rock spirit silver-horned beasts and more than eighty earth beasts to assist Meng Zheng in defense.

(End of this chapter)