Prince Chris's Army began its assault on the Minisia camp.
The first fighting broke out at the northern Ridge Watchtower. The Mountain Wolf Battle Group, three smaller player battle groups, and a number of unaffiliated players eagerly climbed toward the Jagged Peaks. There was not even a probing attack-they opened with an all-out assault.
As they climbed, the half-company of infantry stationed atop the ridge fired down at them with matchlocks, bows, and crossbows.
High ground made shooting the idiots below a breeze.
Even though the players had superior numbers and firepower as they climbed, and had even brought bulletproof shields, they still took a beating in the first exchange of fire, losing seven or eight men.
By contrast, not a single Minisian hiding on the ridge died. They lay behind rocks, safely tucked out of sight.
Enraged, the players attacking uphill brought over the four Crouching Tiger Cannons pooled by their four battle groups. They fired at the two-hundred-meter-high ridge, sending over a hundred pieces of shot up the slope and briefly suppressing the Minisians on the summit.
The Minisians had artillery too, but even their lightest Three-Pound Field Guns were Bronze Cannons that fired apple-sized cannonballs. Even removed from their carriages, they still weighed more than a hundred and twenty kilograms.
By comparison, a Crouching Tiger Cannon-particularly one made by Chris-weighed only twelve kilograms. A reasonably strong man could carry one in his arms while running or climbing a mountain.
Thus, halfway up the mountain, the players brought out four light cannons at once and unleashed a furious bombardment, while the Minisians could only field ten Swivel Guns and were pinned down.
These Swivel Guns were ultralight cannons that the Minisians mounted on the deck rails of their seagoing ships. Their barrels were about as thick and long