Boom! Boom! Boom!
One cannon after another spewed blazing flames, firing solid shot weighing dozens of jin.
From nearly five li away, they slammed heavily into Dongwang City's walls!
Before this battle erupted, the nations of the Cangqing Realm had warred and conquered one another. Attacking a city was undoubtedly the harshest and most brutal undertaking.
To capture a fortified city, one often had to pile up lives without end, or lay siege for a long time until the defenders ran out of ammunition and food. Either way, it consumed time and effort and posed an immense test to both attackers and defenders.
But now, beneath the cannons' fierce bombardment, gaping holes were blasted into Dongwang City's walls. Countless shards of stone flew in every direction, and the defenders' wails rose and fell.
The first batch of cannons Wang Chen deployed had been specially designed for siege warfare. Their bores were large, their charges heavy, and their shells several times larger than those of ordinary field guns. Their range and power far surpassed them.
Transporting these cannons alone had required five hundred packhorses, along with thousands of gunners and auxiliary soldiers!
At this moment, they unleashed their firepower to their hearts' content, announcing the arrival of a new age of war.
After one round of bombardment, Dongwang City's eastern wall was already covered in scars. One corner had even collapsed, while the cannons, ballista carts, and other weapons positioned atop the wall had suffered devastating losses.
The Yan Army guarding the wall also tried to return fire with cannons. However, their artillery was inferior even to Wang Chen's first-generation models. The solid shot they fired traveled only two or three li, posing no threat at all to the Xiliang Army.
Instead, hundreds of them were killed or wounded beneath West