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Chapter 871: An Extraordinary “Cannon”

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A thick tendril of dark gray smoke rose froe booms that shook the entire floor of the lookout tower After the loud noise subsided, a gale of cheer came fronificantly boosted their soldiers' spirits

But Wilion knew that was all that the first round of firing couldfrom the locations of mud splash in the field et Neither of them had hit the enemies, but they actually landed pretty far away fro spot set in the previous exercise The shell bounced up after its landing and rolled over for a few roove in the muddy battlefield

As it was a breezy day today, he had to have a few trial shots before he could accurately hit the target with the huge rock cannon

Wilion knew very well that the culverin in Roland's arh the latter cost a ton The gap between theeable than that between the flintlocks

The biggest defect of the huge rock cannon was its non-portability

The cannon barrel had cost all the bronze wares they could find in the city, and they even melted the ancient bell on the bell tower to prevent the cannon froed a cannon with a barrel wall as thick as a on could support its overwhelht They had no choice but to build a specific turret to place the cannon A strong rope was used to control and adjust its firing angle and direction, and it took them at least 15 minutes to load the weapon

What orse was that the spherical shell e as Roland's cannon had done when he had attacked the king's city Wilion had tried shells filled with snoder, but their performance fluctuated As the outer part of the shell was made of iron, the production rate was loell He wondered where Roland found so , to do their best to prevent his ene as they forced the enee to hit the to be shocked by Wilion's expected attack They started to retreat until they were about 100 paces away fro?" Galina asked, puzzled

Wilion raised the telescope, through which he saw the enemies, about 100 men, who had taken their equipround It seemed they intended to create an euess they anize the troops to have a prolonged battle"A viscount atched the battle at the lookout toith them said, "It's ruhts and has formed an army of uncivilized farmers He did not suffer any setbacks in the previous wars because of his fine firearms But now he must be very hesitant to launch an attack at our defensive line You turned soil into mud What a nice move, my lord"

"But our incomes have reduced drastically, and we lost"Many people fled in the Months of De half the workshops in the city I suggest it'd be better to negotiate a truce with Roland Wi into a negotiation Let's just win another battle first"

"Shut up, all of you," Wilion said agitatedly "I'll never bend to the kingslayer If you would like to sacrifice your noble titles and betray King Timothy, I'll lock you up with the nasty mob in the cellar first"

That silenced everyone instantly

Such a great price had Valencia paid to prepare for this battle The forhold, but Duke Wilion had also bent his rules as well However, in his opinion, all the sacrifices would pay off If Prince Roland had decided to form an alliance with nobles to rule Graycastle in the first place, he would have been defeated long before In fact, the prince intended to overthrow the entire feudal systedoh class This bold ave him a perfect reason to resist

If he could thwart Roland's are their ion Meanwhile, e in Graycastle He would say that it was not only a battle for King Tie rock cannons are loaded, ?" Galina asked

"No, hang on it was hard for our cannon to hit the enemies now unless we add snoder" Willian shook his head Now he regretted his proactive strategy a little He had thought that an early firing would help to finish the adjustment earlier, but he did not expect the eneht of the ene

The 100into a dozen teams, shoveled and created an empty space that could merely accommodate two people It was unlikely that it was prepared for careen long barrels

Through the telescope, Wilion could spy the ene barrel was only a component supported by a tripod beneath it and was padded with a concave iron plate at the bottoely attached to the barrel All the parts were separately carried by a different person, but it only took those men less than 15 enious the design was!