Apart from the regular soldiers and reserve teams quickly finding their positions before and on top the wall or platforms the number of war machines were much greater than before. Even if they were damaged they were brought into the fray as a single successful shot could mean the death of one more monster.
Ballistae lined the top of the northern wall with skilled marksman standing behind them, preparing to launch the last of the town's bolts without restraint. Vats of boiling oil were not only placed beside the ranger corps for their fire arrows but also at various strategic crenels allowing the boiling liquid to be dropped onto the battlefield below, scalding any monsters that dared to climb the wall.
