Tome of Blood

After the attack on the sea entered a stable stalemate, the battle on land also broke out.

The battle horn sounded, and the artillery units of the Boulder-Violet coalition launched an artillery battle with the Castell fleet in the Dorne.

In the loud noise like thunder and fury, white gunpowder smoke spread across the river and the battlefield, and from time to time, light blue ripples could be seen after the stone bullet hit the magic shield.

This is a competition between ammunition and extraordinary material reserves.

In Beigang, the towering Mage Tower shone brightly, and the unfolded magic shield shone brightly in the sun.

Among the coalition forces, the soldiers stuffed stone bullets with demon-breaking runes into the muzzle of the black guns, and fired them at the galley Castell in the Dorne River and the surrounding area of ​​the North Harbor Bridge with a series of loud noises. The outer wall shrouded in a magic shield.

"boom--!"

"boom--!"

The earth trembled, and the magic was restless.

Although it is protected by a magic shield, the stone-shooting guns carried by the Boulder-Violet coalition army are obviously stronger than Castel's artillery.

Even though the power of most of the stone bullets was weakened by the magic shield, some still penetrated the defense of Castel Fang, or hit the city wall, or hit the hull of the ship.

Especially the exterior wall of the Beigang Bridge.

As the first line of defense in Beigang, the ten-meter-high city wall was under the care of the Principality's coalition forces.

Dozens of giant stone-shooting cannons over seven meters in length sprayed white mist, and each shot meant a stone bullet weighing over 900 pounds (over 400 kilograms) roared past.

Even with the weakening of magic, this sharp weapon developed in the Star-Moon War to end the rule of the castle is still terrifying. The stone bullets that depict the inscriptions of breaking the magic still have terrifying kinetic energy after piercing through the shield. Leaving nasty cracks.

Finally, after an unknown number of rounds of bombardment by the coalition forces, the tall outer wall could no longer withstand the continuous artillery fire.

Accompanied by a loud noise, another magic-breaking stone bullet penetrated the crumbling shield and hit a section of the outer wall that was already full of cracks.

Amidst a series of exclamations, a section of the outer wall of the Beigang Bridge collapsed with bricks and stones scattered everywhere!

After the cloud-like dust churned, a huge gap with a width of four meters appeared on the city wall.

Through the gap, the principality's army has been able to see the bridge behind and the Castel army on the other side of the bridge.

The third prince Philip on horseback put down the binoculars and showed a satisfied smile:

"The city defense of Beigang... that's all."

Looking at the crumbling city wall, Earl Lint next to the third prince had a complicated expression and sighed softly:

"Times have changed since the introduction of the stone cannon."

Aristocrats rule the world around castles, and it has been so for thousands of years.

But now, no matter how strong the castle is, it will become history in front of the enchanted stone shooting cannon.

It can be said that with the development of the times, since the improvement of enchanting technology and the optimization of alchemy in the later period of the Star-Moon War, many methods of war in the world of Myria have quietly changed.

"The city wall has been broken, order the vanguard to launch an attack!"

The third prince narrowed his eyes and ordered.

The loud and vicissitudes of the horn sounded again, this time... it was the signal for charge and siege.

The vanguard troops of the principality's coalition forces, who had been waiting for a long time, raised their shields one after another, braving the arrow rain and artillery fire from Castel's side, and rushed towards the outer wall of the Beigang Bridge roaring.

There are gaps in the walls, as do the magic shields that envelop the walls.

The magic defense system connecting the entire North Port had a loophole, and soldiers from both sides soon broke out fighting at the gap in the city wall.

The first to fight is the conscripts.

As cannon fodder for the siege, these soldiers with the lowest combat effectiveness originally existed to consume the extraordinary power of the enemy army.

A tide of soldiers flocked to the gap, and the attacking soldiers set up ladders on the still intact city wall. The battle for the Beigang Bridge... officially began.

The gap in the city wall no longer has the advantage of defense. Facing the large number of allied forces of the Principality, the outer wall of the Beigang Bridge collapsed very quickly.

Castel's soldiers fought and retreated, and the fighting quickly concentrated on the bridge.

Arrows fell like raindrops, and the brilliance of magic was colorful.

The narrow Beigang Bridge became the most tragic battlefield, like a huge meat grinder, crazily devouring the soldiers on both sides.

Amidst the sound of continuous gunfire, fighting and shouting resounded through the sky, and the gurgling blood dyed the whole bridge red like a stream, and even the water of the Dorne River under the bridge turned crimson.

The third prince picked up the binoculars and watched the battle on the bridge.

After a while, he put down the mirror tube and frowned slightly:

"too slow."

"Send out an extraordinary army formation, capture the Beigang Bridge as soon as possible, and build a defensive formation, lest Castel be forced to destroy the bridge!"

Earl Lint hesitated for a moment and said:

"Your Highness, Beigang's magical defense system is still intact and can still protect the soldiers. At this moment, when we send an extraordinary army formation, our elite can easily be targeted..."

"Then we still have to fight. We don't have much time, and... we must beware of them destroying the bridge. This bridge is the gateway to Beigang. If they destroy it cruelly, it will cause big trouble for our attack."

The third prince shook his head and said.

As he spoke, he squinted his eyes and looked at the magic shield above Beigang:

"As for the magic defense of Beigang..."

"Hmph, inform the fleet, adjust the shooting angle, and no longer aim at the fortress of Beigang, and all warships will fight towards Beigang City!"

"In addition to the magic-breaking stone bullets, I also use the latest enchanting stone bullets made by the alchemy workshop I brought from the king's capital!"

"Hehe, doesn't our little earl want to protect the entire Beigang? Let's see, under the artillery fire, will she spend more effort to protect the city, or give up her own people!"

"Magic defensive shields, the bigger the spread, the easier it is to be broken... I don't believe that the Silver Moon mages in Castel who maintain the shields can withstand such an attack intensity!"

Following the order of the third prince, the gunfire of the principality's joint fleet quickly changed its target.

Amidst the bursts of roaring, stone bullets slid across the sky like pop rain and hit Beigang.

Unlike the city wall, which is engraved with inscriptions and is convenient for opening the magic shield, the shield covering the sky over Beigang is much weaker and requires more magic power to resist external attacks.

Facing the continuous attacks from the sky, the magic shield of the entire Beigang kept flickering and became indeterminate.

In the mage's tower in Beigang, Sir Layton, the president of the Beigang branch of the Mercenary Association who accepted the hire and personally presided over the operation of the shield, felt even more deeply.

After the principality's fleet covered the city of Beigang with firepower, and the raindrops of stone bullets hit the weakest part of the shield, the huge magic pressure and energy tide made the experienced Silver Moon mage change his face almost instantly, and couldn't help it. He spat out a mouthful of blood.

At the same time, the elite standing troops of the two duchies also deployed their magic arrays, marching in orderly steps, and launched an attack towards the Beigang Bridge.

The situation on Castel's side suddenly took a turn for the worse.