The next day, when the first light of dawn appeared on the horizon, the soldiers on the city walls looked into the distance with surprised expressions.

The earthen wall, which had been shattered by a burst of artillery bombardment yesterday, now stood there tenaciously again, and it was even thicker and larger.

At this moment, there were also Belan soldiers pulling a cart of earth and stones from the rear to the side, and piled the earth and stones on the second mound.

They quickly pulled the empty cart back, and at the same time someone helped to slowly tamp the new earth, which seemed to be preparing to build a second earthen wall.

An artilleryman tried to fire a shot at the first earthen wall with a mountain cannon, and the huge earthen wall was hit with one shot.

But the shells hit the earthen wall, and instead of being easily broken as it was yesterday, it was bounced up, and the earthen wall collapsed only a small piece.

Luo Ming got the news as soon as possible, and quickly came to the city, carefully observing the earthen wall with a telescope.

Perhaps because they didn't think it was necessary, the Beran army hadn't lit a fire in front of the earthen wall at this time, so the view was still unobstructed.

Luo Ming tried to get his men to open fire a few more times, and in the process, he could see through his binoculars that the earthen wall was nearly a meter thick, reinforced with some wood and stones, and had been tamped.

If it is bombarded from close range, Luo Ming believes that it will not be long before it will still be able to shatter it, just like yesterday.

But at a distance of three hundred and fifty meters, the power of the shells is greatly attenuated, and the accuracy of the shells is reduced, and it is impossible to ensure continuous bombardment of one point, and the power is dispersed.

Simply bombarding with solid bullets stupidly, maybe not as fast as the other party's repair.

I really didn't expect the people of Belan to do so much work in the dark at night...... Luo Ming did not feel much emotion, and immediately ordered some of the artillery to fire at the second earthen wall first, interrupting its construction.

At this moment, the mine-running cart that had hidden behind the first earthen wall at some point in the night finally began to shoot.

A huge stone projectile pierced the sky and flew across a distance of more than 300 meters, but because it could not aim directly, it could only rely on other people's observation data to aim indirectly, and it crossed the earth wall to carry out a large-angle projectile, and the accuracy dropped a little bit.

The stone projectile smashed directly on the ground more than 30 meters outside the city, and although the momentum was huge, it killed and injured at most a few insects or a mouse.

On Luo Ming's side, although the stone bullet was not smashed, the sound of landing still made the artillerymen's hearts tighten, and the movements in their hands also accelerated a lot.

The design speed of the mine car is several minutes per shot, during which time the artillerymen have already adjusted the angle of fire of the gun, and then start firing.

Artillery is not just a direct fire, it can also be projectile, and it can also shoot not only solid bullets, but also shotguns.

A mountain grenade raised the elevation angle and fired a shotgun, and there were people on the top of the city to observe, and at the same time, there were people on the cliff next to it to transmit the message of the retreat point by relying on the telecommunication tower, and then quickly calculated based on this data, so that the next gun adjusted and began to shoot.

Although it was still quite laborious to calculate this kind of thing, Luo Ming and Aya still managed to simplify the formula as much as possible and drew up a rough cannon table.

Although the results calculated by the simplified formula are not particularly accurate, at least Luo Ming's artillerymen can already do this level of calculation after a long period of study, and in practice, they can also rely on calibration to further increase the accuracy.

The fourth shotgun ejected and landed about six meters next to the earthen wall, making the Belans nervous, and some of the operators of the thunder cart simply began to flee.

Soon, Beran's mages began to set up an anti-aircraft shield.

"What do you think?" Luo Ming called out to Aya directly in his heart.

"Protective shotguns are enough, after all, the shotguns themselves have scattered energy, and their storage speed is poor, and when they get there, they have been weakened a lot, and it is not surprising that the Belan mage group cooperates with some magic weapons to block for an hour or two. Aya said bluntly.

"Then I'll mix it with a projectile of solid bullets...... I'm going to see how much mana they can spend on my gunpowder. Luo Ming sneered and passed on the order.

Although the people of Belan didn't know that Luo Ming had a new idea, they still knew that they would lose if they defended it for a long time, and with an order, many cavalry rushed towards Iron Fire City.

Of course, this is not some kind of cavalry storming game. If the Belan mages dared to get close to the city, they might really be able to cast a spell together and temporarily create an uphill slope for the cavalry to rush up the wall, but they themselves had to be prepared to be confused by the guns.

These cavalry were not well-armed spear-wielding shock cavalry, although they wore armor and carried some melee weapons, they were basically just sabers or war hammers and flails that could be used with one hand.

Outside the city, they did not approach the moats and moats, but from this distance, they galloped their horses and fired arrows at the city.

The accuracy of the mounted shooting is relatively poor, and the power is also small, and they are riding horses, and the density is also very low, so when it comes to lethality, they are not enough at all, just hoping to harass Luo Ming's artillery.

According to common sense, those who can operate a powerful siege weapon such as artillery must be professionals, and the number of people will not be too many, and if you shoot down a few, you will make a lot of money.

However, after Luo Ming saw the archery skills of the Beran people, he asked the rear to urgently build a batch of wooden plank artillery shields covered with thin iron sheets to protect the artillery.

This material was originally used as a regular shield, and it was basically impossible for a bow and arrow to penetrate unless it was fired directly at close range. And the strength of the riding bow is worse than the foot bow, and it makes no sense to shoot even if you are dozens of meters away.

The soldiers at the head of the city put their guns and arrows under the cover of the breastwork, and some people launched tiger squat cannons and began to bombard them with shotguns, whether they hit the war horse or the shooter himself, they could cause effective damage, and soon the people of Belan found that this was even more than worth the loss.

A heroic horse, riding a galloping horse, with the strength of his arm alone, pulled out a composite rib recurve bow that was too hard for an ordinary foot archer, and shot a heavy arrow, directly through the cannon shield, and then through the cuirass of an artilleryman, piercing nearly an inch deep.

Although he did not see the scene behind the cannon shield, he also believed that his arrow was not missing, and he could not help cheering, turned his horse, and drew the arrow with his bow again.

However, the hero was shot with a musket in the next instant and fell off his horse.

"What kind of power is this!" he staggered to his feet, his heart shocked.

He was brave and arrogant, but he also knew that there was always a risk in the battle, so he honestly used his extraordinary physical strength to put on plate armor and chain mail, and there was a layer of thick cloth armor underneath the "three-layer armor", and his war horse was also carefully selected to carry such a weight and gallop.

The three-layer armor is almost real invulnerable on the battlefield, even if a sword master comes with a sword, he may not be able to successfully break through the armor and cause damage, but at this moment it is pierced - although the wound is not deep, but a lot of blood still flows, and the wound is faintly painful.

Even if he is asked to shoot an arrow himself, it is not easy to cause such a kill, what is the other party using?

Just when he was a little skeptical about his life, his life came to an end.

After being knocked off his horse by a shot, he could still stagger and stand up, no matter how he thought about it, the two soldiers in the city continued to shoot at him, and the gunshots rang out almost simultaneously, one projectile hit the ground next to him, and the other hit him in the neck.

Afterwards, the two soldiers fought for a long time, and this kind of trivial matter will not be repeated.