Count Orgas and his men saw many people on fire running out of the stronghold. However, most of them were unable to extinguish the flames on their bodies and soon fell to the ground and burned into charred corpses. Many more people did not even have the chance to escape and were engulfed in the sea of fire in the town or died of suffocation due to lack of oxygen. After counting carefully, Orgas found that less than one-third of the people were able to escape, and most of them were agile people.
He didn't even see the commander of the other camp. Even for a fighting spirit warrior, it was normal to be stunned by the explosion or faint due to suffocation in such an environment. A strong man could be engulfed by the fire if he was not careful.
"I wonder if Lord Orgas is satisfied with the power of our cannons?" Xiao Chen asked.
"I saw a lot more shells in that picture than here. I guess you used a lot more artillery than today?" said Olgas.
Xiao Chen said: "There are about a hundred gates, some are bigger than these two, and some are smaller."
"More than a hundred?" Several officers behind the count couldn't help but shout, "Shouldn't Suero be burned to the ground?"
Xiao Chen said: "Suero is the city we want to take over, so we naturally cannot use this kind of fire elemental bullets, but ordinary bullets that will not burn like this. But the opposite imperial camp is different."
After the two pneumatic cannons had fired a basic number of fire elemental bullets, Huang Zheng had both gun crews switch to ordinary bullets and aim at the road leading to the outpost camp.
The Count saw the muzzle of the gun move slightly and immediately understood what they meant, "Are you going to attack the reinforcements?"
Xiao Chen said: "Let's see if the imperial people will give us a chance."
The camp filled with smoke and fire naturally attracted the attention of the camp in the rear. First, a few scouts on horseback came and took a walk outside, then they grabbed a few fleeing and crying soldiers to ask about the situation, and then hurried back to report.
During this time, people came over from the camp behind, but they could only watch from outside the burning city and were unable to do anything.
About an hour later, a large group of people came over, escorting a general-looking man and seven or eight mages. They pointed at Heimuguan, as if discussing what had burned the camp to such a state.
"That person's status should not be low. He is at least a general commanding thousands of people." Xiao Chen said.
“See that wyvern flag? Those should be members of the Davis family. They have the blood of the wyvern,” said Orgas.
"It looks like a big fish. Prepare for the bombardment." Huang Zheng ordered.
However, before the shells were fired, a shield appeared over there and enveloped the team. Two shells landed on their heads and exploded outside the shield. The flames from the shells caused some chaos below, but no one was hurt.
"These people react very quickly." Huang Zheng said.
"Some of Suero's Black Guards still escaped. I guess they have crossed the mountain and passed the checkpoint and reported to the camp. The other side is not completely ignorant of us. It's just that they didn't expect that cannons would be deployed to Blackwood Pass so soon." Xiao Chen lay on the battlement and cast a lens magic invented by Mao Kai. This magic uses magic power to form concave and convex lenses, which can be freely formed into telescopes or microscopes. He naturally combined the telescope mode at this time. He observed for a while and said, "This is a double shield of magic power and position. Let's try it with shield-breaking bullets."
The enemy general was very decisive. After realizing that they could only passively take the attack from this position, he immediately ordered a retreat. The team immediately turned around and moved away, but their mages maintained their shields and moved very slowly, which gave the artillery a chance.
Two shield-breaking shells were fired one after another. The first one hit the shield. The shield cast by an individual was far inferior to the city defense barrier. The shield-breaking shell directly punctured the shield like a bubble. Although most of the power of the explosion was blocked by the shield, a considerable amount of fragments still splashed into it, knocking down and injuring several people. The second shell immediately fell directly into the middle of the team. Although the power of the shield-breaking shell was slightly inferior to that of ordinary shells, its lethality in the crowd should not be underestimated. The explosion point of the shell was in the middle of the team, directly knocking more than a dozen people, including several mages, to the ground.
Most of the soldiers were frightened by the bombardment of the cannon. Some ran out, some went in to rescue people, and some were so scared that they stood still. The originally neat team was suddenly scattered. The noble general shouted loudly for a long time, but he couldn't get the whole team together. He could only command a few guards to protect the remaining three mages and evacuate in a hurry.
Huang Zheng did not let the artillery chase the other people who were running, but continued to let the artillery shells attack the original position until the subsequent artillery shells turned over that area, killing the fallen mages and dozens of soldiers around them before stopping.
"Great! They killed four or five mages at once. That old ghost Stuart must be heartbroken." Olgas slapped the battlement hard. In the past, mages were heavily protected and had many ways to protect themselves and escape. So even if they defeated the enemy team, it was difficult to hurt the mages. But today, the Chinese easily did it with two cannons. Those artillerymen were just doing what scholars do: calculating and testing. Then hundreds of people died helplessly in the distance. This power shocked and excited him.
It was already dark, and the burning fortress outside the pass was particularly eye-catching in the darkness. Xiao Chen said, "Your Excellency, by this time tomorrow, there will be only a charred ruin on top of the fortress. I wonder if our performance today is still in your and the people around you's eyes?"
"Of course, I sincerely thank you for coming here, showing the strength of the Chinese people, and teaching the imperial people a profound lesson. I now know clearly where your confidence in building a strong country comes from. I think next, we need to have a good talk with you about the next issues." Orgas said sincerely, "I have prepared a dinner party, and I hope to have a good chat with you."
Xiao Chen and Huang Zheng looked at each other, then nodded and said, "Okay! But I'm going to move these two pneumatics out first."
"Is it unnecessary?" Garriott said, "It's getting dark soon, and it's not convenient for you to leave the city now. I will provide a warehouse, and you can arrange soldiers to guard it. If necessary, I can also arrange my people to assist you."
"Of course I will stay, but there is no need for my companions to stay here."
"I just happen to have some questions about the pneumatic cannon for those who operate the cannon. Don't you trust me so much?"