Short flashes of fire burst out from the muzzles, accompanied by the smell of gunpowder. Spherical lead bullets streaked through the air, shattering shields one after another, sending iron pieces and wood chips flying, and painful wails continued to ring out in the streets.
Faced with this new weapon, the tough armor of the past seemed useless and was penetrated by bullets like paper, flesh and bones were blurred, and a large number of casualties began to occur.
When Loran Hill stood on the tower and saw the round poles extending from behind the shields, her heart tightened. Then, fires rang out, smoke filled the air, and rows of her own people fell down, making her clench her fists.
It was as if a voice told her this in her ear.
"My Lord, times have changed."
No, it hasn't changed yet, she thought to herself, and then she walked down the stairs, her red dress swaying rapidly with her steps, her mind racing to think of a solution to the problem.
The flintlock rifles of the early years had a slow loading speed, no rifling, and low accuracy. They basically could not hit people beyond 200 meters. Moreover, the technology of gunpowder had not yet developed to its full potential, and the shooting power had not reached the level of penetrating steel plates like in later generations.
While Loran Hill was consoling himself with his thoughts, he was also very shocked in his heart. He had not expected that the technological development in this world would be so fast. Guns had already been deployed and had impressive combat capabilities. Or, was this the inevitability of history?
After walking out of the tower, she immediately issued an order, asking the people outside the Chamber of Commerce to retreat back inside, close the door, and defend the tower.
The Carites Chamber of Commerce took certain defense needs into consideration in its early days. The outer perimeter was a circle of low walls, about 6-7 meters high, and there were some watchtowers inside for observing the enemy and for shooting.
The armed personnel of the Chamber of Commerce quickly retreated after receiving the urgent retreat order. Fortunately, the flintlock rifles were muzzle-loaded and had a slow loading speed. After the first two rounds, the people behind them had already started to move away and retreat, and the number of casualties suddenly decreased a lot. After all, its accuracy was too poor.
Tisiphone's team did not rush to catch up because they had not finished loading the explosives. In addition, the formation would be easily dispersed after running, and their physical strength would be greatly consumed, so they could not kill more people, so they continued to maintain the original speed.
The teammate of Carites who had been shot before was quickly dragged back by the people behind him, and then all the members began to retreat, the gate was lowered, and some crossbowmen hid in the shooting holes on the city wall to fight back.
The shieldmen of the Tisiphone family easily blocked the returning arrows and crossbow bolts. The team continued to advance. They gradually approached the wall of the Chamber of Commerce and could even see long ladders carried out from behind the team. The situation became more and more critical.
The spacious hall within the Chamber of Commerce had been temporarily converted into a medical facility. A small number of herbalists began urgently tending to the wounded. Wailing and wailing filled the hall. In the courtyard stood over two thousand armored warriors. Together with some stationed on the Chamber of Commerce walls, these comprised the bulk of Carites's fighting force.
These people have all received certain military training and are relatively combat-ready and determined, but the others are mostly ordinary personnel without any experience or preparation. They can be auxiliary and assisting, but if they go to the battlefield in such a difficult time, they will probably flee on the spot.
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On the other side of Hopeland, the Helis family and the Anemi family were fighting fiercely.
Thanks to Melu's reform measures some time ago, in order to eliminate the accumulated problems and strengthen the control of the main family, the Helis family has expanded its armed forces a lot compared to before, and also purchased a batch of new weapons from Lurna. Although they are not as powerful as the muskets of the Tisiphone family, they are much better than before.
Apart from being a little confused at the beginning, which caught Anemi off guard, the Helis family quickly fought back. As the earliest large chamber of commerce in Hopeland, although it was a bit bloated, it still had accumulated a lot of strength and treasures.
Arborists dressed in clothes made of dead leaves walked out from behind the team, and one dusty wooden box after another was opened, filled with dried and yellowed camellia flowers.
An ancient ballad was sung by these arborists, with a slightly desolate sound and melodies of different styles overlapping each other.
Accompanied by these tunes, the dry yellow camellia flowers floated up out of thin air, layer upon layer, flying into the sky like a waterfall of flowers, and then began to fall down piecemeal.
The scattered camellias began to spontaneously combust without fire and fell silently on the enemy. Seeing this, the Anemi family immediately found buckets of water to put out the burning companions, but unfortunately, even after being soaked, the camellias still burned, and their flames were like a thorn in the flesh, piercing through leather and iron armor, making the enemy roll on the ground in pain.
Whoosh——
Whoosh——
A subtle sound cut through the night sky and hit the arborists wearing clothes made of dead leaves. The arborists who were hit by the arrows fell to the ground on the spot, their faces turned blue, their bodies trembled, and then their pupils widened as they died of poisoning.
The Helis family was shocked and angry, and immediately organized their dense shields to protect the remaining arborists. However, without the aid of visual observation, the speed at which the camellia flowers fell from the sky began to slow down significantly.
Facing the falling fireworks of the Helis family, the Anemi family also began to use their own trump cards. As a fresh and pleasant fragrance drifted in the wind, many armed personnel of the Helis family began to become paralyzed and lose consciousness, and then were chopped down by the rushing enemies and broke through the formation.
But the camellias in the sky began to fall again, and the scattered camellia fires ignited the enemies, streets, and debris below, and the streets were blocked again.
The flames burned the air, emitting a strange fragrance that filled the street. Both sides stopped temporarily and confronted each other across the flames.
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