Across the six Triangle Forts facing Ladan Castle, twelve three-pounder falcon cannons and six six-pounder sand eagle cannons alternately roared.
The heavy, solid iron balls whistled through the air, landing on the sturdy grassland, sometimes skipping like a stone skimming water or merely kicking up a spray of dirt.
"Keep going!"
"Didn't you eat? Fill the dirt quickly."
The knights cowered behind the shield carts, wielding whips, and loudly commanded the soldiers and peasant soldiers to fill the pits and ditches on the ground or set up wooden planks.
Every time an iron ball hit the ground, it sent a slight tremor through their feet, and the soldiers and peasant soldiers flinched reflexively.
On the north side of Ladan Castle, in front of the densely packed fortifications, at least a hundred shield carts were advancing slowly.
On the morning of June 2nd, three knight commanders each drew the short straw and began the siege with their troops.
