High-Martial World siege warfare was not much different from that of ordinary worlds.
That was because most important cities were equipped with some sort of anti-air device.
The imperial capital of the Tianwu Dynasty and Water Capital, for example, both had such equipment.
Life and Death Fortress represented the Elemental Kingdom's determination and confidence in taking Douluo Continent.
Either live and claim victory, or die in utter defeat.
They had left themselves no room for compromise, nor had they prepared any retreat.
Likewise, Xiao Tianyang shared their resolve to fight to the death.
He simply had not renamed the Frozen Plains Battlefield to the battlefield of life and death.
After all, the meaning behind such an act was not particularly significant.
Therefore, Xiao Tianyang had no good solution for the anti-air device suppressing Life and Death Fortress through the Elemental Gate.
Of course, forcibly breaking it was not impossible.
However, doing so would only strengthen the enemy's determination to defend.
To avoid provoking them, Xiao Tianyang could only adopt a more conservative method of siege warfare.
Once the distance between both sides closed, siege towers combined with the equipment of Regular Soldiers could unleash formidable combat power.
After all, their angle of attack changed from looking upward to level firing, while their own shooting accuracy was further aided by the correction systems built into their Power Armor.
They could not guarantee every shot would hit, but taking down an enemy with three shots was effortless.
Most importantly, as long as the firepower atop the enemy walls was suppressed, the siege ladders behind them could serve their purpose.
It was hard to say how many men could charge up.
However, units led by officers often received a boost in morale.
For example, the first wave of their own men had already