After the attack on the sea entered a stable stalemate phase, fighting on land also broke out.
The battle horn sounded, and the artillery units of the Bold-Violet coalition launched a cannon battle with the Castel fleet in the Dorne River.
Amidst the roar like raging thunder, white smoke spread across the river and the battlefield, and from time to time one could see pale blue ripples emitted by stone bullets hitting the magic shield.
This is a competition of ammunition and extraordinary material reserves.
In the North Port, the towering wizard tower was shining brightly, and the unfolded magic shield was shining in the sun.
In the coalition forces, soldiers stuffed stone bullets engraved with magic-destroying runes into the black muzzles of their guns, and with a series of loud bangs, they fired at the Castel galley in the Dorne River and the outer wall of the North Port Bridge that was covered by a magic shield.
"boom!"
"boom!"
The earth trembled and the magic power was restless.
Although protected by a magic shield, the stone-throwing cannons carried by the Bold-Violet coalition were clearly more powerful than Castel's artillery.
Even though the power of most of the stone bullets was weakened by the magic shield, some still penetrated Castel's defenses, hit the city walls, or hit the hull.
Especially the exterior wall of Beigang Bridge.
As the first line of defense of Beigang, the ten-meter-high city wall received special attention from the Principality Coalition Forces.
Dozens of stone-throwing cannons over seven meters long spewed out white mist, and every shot meant a stone bullet weighing more than 900 pounds (over 400 kilograms) whizzing past.
Even with the weakening of magic, this weapon developed during the Star-Moon War to end the castle's rule is still terrifying. The stone bullets engraved with magic-breaking inscriptions still have terrifying kinetic energy after penetrating the shield, and each shot will leave hideous cracks on the city wall.
Finally, after the coalition forces had launched countless rounds of artillery fire, the tall outer wall could no longer withstand the continuous artillery fire.
With a loud bang, another magic-breaking stone bullet penetrated the crumbling shield and hit a section of the outer wall that was already covered with cracks.
Amid a series of exclamations, a section of the outer wall of the Beigang Bridge collapsed with bricks and stones flying everywhere!
After a cloud of dust rolled up, a huge gap four meters wide appeared on the city wall.
Through the gap, the Duchy's army was able to see the bridge behind and Castel's army on the other side of the bridge.
Prince Philip, who was riding on horseback, put down his binoculars and smiled with satisfaction:
"Beigang's defenses... are just so-so."
Looking at the crumbling city wall, Count Lint beside the Third Prince had a complicated expression and sighed:
"Times have changed since the invention of the stone-throwing cannon."
The nobility ruled the world from castles, and it had been so for thousands of years.
Now, no matter how solid the castle is, it will become history in front of the enchanted stone cannon.
It can be said that with the development of the times, since the improvement of enchantment technology and the optimization of alchemy in the late Star-Moon War, many means of warfare in the Miria world have been quietly changing.
"The city wall has been breached, order the vanguard troops to attack!"
The third prince narrowed his eyes and gave an order.
The loud and vicissitudes of the horn sounded again, and this time... it was the signal for charging and attacking the city.
The vanguard troops of the Principality Alliance, who had been waiting for a long time, raised their shields and rushed towards the outer wall of the North Port Bridge, braving the rain of arrows and artillery fire from Castel.
Gaps appeared in the city wall, as did the magical shield covering it.
The magic defense system connecting the entire North Port had a loophole, and soldiers from both sides soon broke out into a fight at the gap in the city wall.
The first to engage in battle were the conscripted soldiers.
As cannon fodder for sieges, these soldiers with the lowest combat effectiveness exist to consume the extraordinary power in the enemy army.
Soldiers surged towards the gap like a tide, and ladders were placed on the still intact city walls by the attacking soldiers. The battle for the Beigang Bridge... officially began.
The breached city wall no longer offered any defensive advantage, and faced with the large number of Principality coalition forces, the outer wall of the North Port Bridge quickly collapsed.
Castel's soldiers fought and retreated, and the battle soon focused on the bridge.
Arrows fell like raindrops, and the magic light was colorful.
The narrow Beigang Bridge became the most tragic battlefield, like a huge meat grinder, madly devouring soldiers from both sides.
Amid the sound of continuous artillery fire, fighting and shouting resounded through the sky. The flowing blood dyed the entire bridge red like a stream, and even the water of the Dorne River under the bridge turned crimson.
The third prince picked up the telescope and looked at the battle on the bridge.
After a moment, he put down the telescope and frowned slightly:
"too slow."
"Send out the extraordinary army to capture the North Port Bridge as soon as possible and build a defensive formation to prevent Castel from destroying the bridge in a desperate situation!"
Count Lindt hesitated for a moment and said:
"Your Highness, North Harbor's magic defense system is still intact and can still protect the soldiers. If we send out the extraordinary army at this moment, our elite troops will be easily targeted..."
"We have to fight, we don't have much time, and... we have to be careful not to destroy the bridge. This bridge is the gateway to Beigang. If they destroy it, it will cause great trouble to our attack."
The third prince shook his head and said.
As he spoke, he narrowed his eyes and looked at the magic shield above North Harbor:
"As for the magical defense of Beigang..."
"Hmph, notify the fleet to adjust the shooting angle and stop aiming at the Beigang fortress. All warships, fire towards Beigang City!"
"In addition to the magic-breaking stone bullets, use the newly made enchanted stone bullets from the alchemy workshop that I brought from the capital!"
"Haha, isn't our little earl going to protect the entire North Port? Let's see, under the bombardment, whether she will spend more energy to protect the city, or abandon her own people!"
"The larger the magic defense shield is, the easier it is to break... I don't believe that Castel's Silver Moon mages who maintain the shield can withstand such an attack intensity!"
Following the orders of the third prince, the artillery fire of the Principality Combined Fleet quickly changed its target.
Amidst the roars, stone bullets slid across the sky like a spree and hit Beigang.
Unlike the city walls that were engraved with inscriptions to facilitate the deployment of magic shields, the shield covering the sky above North Port was much weaker and required more magic power to resist external attacks.
Faced with the continuous attacks from the sky, the magic shield of the entire North Port kept flickering and became unpredictable.
In the Mage Tower in North Port, Sir Lydon, the president of the North Port branch of the Mercenary Association who was hired to personally oversee the operation of the shield, felt it even more deeply.
After the Principality Fleet covered the city area of North Port with firepower and stone bullets rained down like raindrops into the weakest part of the shield, the huge magical pressure and energy tide caused the experienced Silver Moon Mage to change his face almost instantly, and he could not help but spit out a mouthful of blood.
At the same time, the elite standing army of the two principalities also opened their magic arrays and marched in neat steps, launching an attack on the North Port Bridge.
The situation on Castel's side suddenly took a turn for the worse.