The large number of copper coins and bronze objects confiscated by Luo Ming were not only used to forge artillery, but also some of them were made into muskets - copper was softer than iron and easier to process, and iron had to be saved to make steel to make cuirasses and spearheads.

Although bronze is not as good as steel in terms of small pieces such as muskets, there is still no problem in shooting at close range of thirty or forty meters, and even if you wear heavy armor, you can already be considered lucky not to be killed or seriously injured by a single shot.

Initially, the Beran cavalry shooters were able to rely on their psychological advantage of being in a galloping state and not easily being hit, and shoot at the head of the city.

But it soon became clear that something was wrong—the most intuitive problem was that the city was too accurate, the horse archers fell one after another, and very few people were wounded by the shooting.

In fact, the accuracy of the smoothbore gun and the bow and arrow at this distance are half a catty and eight taels, and even the rifle bow may have a slight advantage, but it can't stand a little - the speed of lead bullets is fast!

The muzzle velocity of the arrow at the beginning of the year is about one-sixth of the muzzle velocity of the lead bullet leaving the barrel, and some even only one-tenth.

Even if the muzzle velocity of the pistol is two or three times that of the arrow, this is the result of Aya herself using her powerful perception to help test it.

Of course, the arrow is subject to less air resistance, and the kinetic energy required to pierce the armor of a sharp arrow is much lower than that of a round lead pellet, but even this does not fully compensate for the total crushing in this regard.

All in all, it takes a fraction of the time it takes to hit an enemy with a buckshot than an arrow, and the amount of advance to be calculated is much smaller, which greatly reduces the impact of the archers' galloping.

Coupled with the fact that the shotgun sprayed by the Tiger Squat Cannon is a covering blow from the surface, it is even more difficult to dodge......

Although military law was strict, and a single deserter would definitely be severely punished, the law did not hold the public accountable, and at first only some of the archers slowly fled away, and then the whole team gradually began to move away from the city walls.

On the one hand, the warriors who dared to get close to the city wall were killed, and on the other hand, the hearts of the people could not be stopped even if the officers shouted, and the officers would be targeted because they gave orders, shot at worthy targets, and soon fell, without the restraint of the officers, they were not scattered even if they were very worthy.

At this moment, the horn of the Belan army sounded, the drums of war beat a special beat, and the archers retreated as if they had been pardoned.

Then, the shield on top of the Benlei's head was briefly opened for less than two seconds, and a stone bullet was thrown out, and the next moment the shield was closed again, blocking a wave of shotguns that smashed on it.

This time, Luo Ming could predict that even if the stone bullet did not hit the city wall directly, it might cross the city wall and smash a mess in the city.

"Thought you were the only ones with spellcasters?" Luo Ming couldn't help but yawn, and the next moment, a light rose from behind him.

Luo Ming does not have many mages, most of them are mainly priests, but the same is true on the side of the Belans, and the majority of their so-called "mage group" are also priests - the magic industry in this country is not particularly developed.

Dozens of rays of light converged and rose into the air under the guidance of Ariana.

The first few points of light quickly formed three structures like spider webs on the path of the stone bullets, and when the stone bullets flew closer, the three spider webs themselves could hardly produce any resistance, but produced huge fluctuations.

This is not an attack or defense, but a positioning function, which calculates the path, velocity, and rotation attitude of the projectile.

The next moment, the rest of the light condensed and landed on Granty's sword, and she let out a loud cry and shook it out in a motion that resembled swinging a bat.

These rays of light gathered tightly around one of Granty's sword qi, turning into a shuttle of light, which struck at a rapid speed and hit the stone bullet hard.

The stone bullet suddenly flew up with fragments, and the volume was almost cut in half.

And this is not the most critical, this light shuttle is not a hard hit, but grazed from the side of the stone bullet, and the stone bullet is suddenly forced, rotating and deviating the original trajectory.

Then, it slammed diagonally into a sloping section of the wall, then fell to the ground again, rolling for some distance before stopping.

But the walls were almost unscathed—the inside of the wall was a thick rammed earth with a moderate amount of sand and lime, with planks in the middle, and planks and double layers of bricks on the outside.

And on the outermost part of it all, an additional layer of rammed earth is laid as a buffer layer.

And the shape of the wall is not a vertical high wall, in fact the height is slightly shorter, but there are bevels on both sides, which actually greatly enhances the thickness and strength of the wall.

(To put it simply, the ordinary city wall is like this: ▇▎, and the wall of Lomin.)

Something like this: /▒▒\. By the way, there will be a 180 cm high breastwall on top of the far right, and then a 50 cm high stepping platform for soldiers to stand on and shoot their heads. ）

Even if a stone bullet hits the same part two or three times, such a wall will not be pierced or collapsed, let alone such a scrub bomb? It only scratches the surface of the rammed earth, and vaguely exposes the brick structure underneath.

If you want to destroy a certain section of the wall with such a weak attack, it is conservatively estimated that you will have to smash it a dozen times.

And Luo Ming's side will definitely not move all the stone bullets in that direction, some down, some to the right, and some to the left, so that before Luo Ming's caster power is exhausted, it is impossible for a mere thunder cart to form an effective fire.

Of course, he didn't deliberately guard against the powerful trebuchets when he built the city, and built it in this shape mainly to house artillery.

It's good to say that the gadgets of the Tiger Squat Cannon are a little larger-caliber artillery that will produce huge recoil and concussion when fired, and will gradually destroy the tall and thin traditional city walls, while Luo Ming's short and fat city walls like mounds are much more stable, but now they kill two birds with one stone.

Seeing the sight of the stone bullet being deflected and then easily bounced away, Zagmer cursed under his breath, and then ordered more soldiers to dig the pit and mounch the earth.

If only one or two places were piled up, Luo Ming could suppress them with artillery, and the workers would be unable to carry on the work.

But what if it's piled up in seven or eight places at the same time?

Moreover, it is also good to focus on piling out a small pile of dirt that can block the shelling, regardless of the width, and then let people hide behind the mound and dig slowly, stretching the mound little by little, and finally turning it into an earthen wall.

This is the first day of the official siege, both the attackers and the defenders still have a lot of energy, fighting spirit and means to come up with, and they are still far from separating the winner!