Back when they first took the first city, Lynn had sent Gray to attack the second. The result was the same: they took it in less than an hour.
Two consecutive victories had given the soldiers a major boost in morale.
When the new troops arrived the next day, Lynn assigned them as reserves to guard the two cities, then continued onward with more than 3,000 troops to attack Deruowo City.
A big city was indeed a big city. Lynn bombarded it for an hour without making so much as a breach in the walls.
Only then did Lynn realize he had been far too confident in the 12-pounder Cannon.
Reality wasn't a game. No single weapon could do everything. He needed mortars for siege warfare.
So Lynn tried a different approach: he had the troops pile Explosive packs beneath the city gate.
They didn't detonate them right away. Instead, they frantically piled the Explosive packs in one spot.
The method was simple. When they advanced to within a hundred meters, some men would throw the Explosive packs while the others covered them.
Then all it took was one Fire Magic spell, and the wall came crashing down.
After that, the cannons roared and the infantry charged.
By the time the fighting turned to hand-to-hand combat, the battle was already one-sided.
With all that taken care of, Lynn began using the time he had left to win the people's support and secure his hold on power.
He waited until the Grand Duke of the Principality of Olexian's vanguard reached the battlefield.
"Grand Commander, the Principality of Olexian's army is here." Gray, the cavalry captain, returned to report. "Several thousand troops are stationed on the other side of the river."
"They're probably the vanguard."
"They've occupied a hill with high ground,