Only a few live shells frightened the advance troops. Taking this opportunity, the König accelerated and docked at the edge of the pier.

The People's Army quickly disembarked from the battleship, occupied and controlled the dock, and then began to move combat equipment and supplies such as heavy artillery, heavy machine guns, and ammunition to the shore.

More than a dozen cement steamships arrived later, and soldiers from each team gathered in the open ground near the dock to line up.

After Viscount Jarvis assigned tasks to the captains of each team, the military operation to capture the royal capital began immediately.

…

Push time forward a little.

On the east wall of the royal capital, the knights and guards were busy preparing for the war, carrying the necessary supplies, pulling down the arm of the trebuchet, etc.

The person responsible for guarding the east city gate is the Iron-Blooded Knight, a veteran captain with long experience and high status in the Royal Capital Knights.

He walked over, pointed at a guard and said, "Go and bring more bags of explosive powder. These bags will be used up soon."

Explosive powder is the name given to black powder by the knights of the Royal Capital.

Ever since the Magic Stone Research Association of the Royal Capital developed the formula for black powder, they soon discovered that in addition to being used in muskets, it was also a terrifying weapon in its own right.

Otherwise, White would not have used the human bomb tactic when he attacked Roar City last year, which had a miraculous effect on the southern troops who did not know what black powder was.

After some trial and error, the knights of the capital have now learned to use trebuchets to throw explosive packets.

"yes!"

The guard nodded in response and then ran away quickly.

Bang!

Hearing the sound coming from far away, the Iron-Blooded Knight turned to look at the dock outside the city. The surface of the Weishui River shone in the sunlight, and a huge iron ship was slowly sailing towards the dock.

Is there already a war over there?

Due to the long distance, the Iron-Blooded Knight could not see the fighting at the dock. He just seemed to vaguely see a flash of fire at the front of the iron ship.

Several more roars were heard, and not long after, the large iron ship docked easily at the dock, and the soldiers on board disembarked one after another.

Seeing this scene, the Iron-Blooded Knight couldn't help but frown, feeling a little angry.

"What on earth are the advance troops doing? Why do they let the rebels take over the dock so easily?"

It stands to reason that the combat effectiveness of a musketeer team and a magician team is already strong enough. Could it be that the other party has more powerful weapons?

Thinking of this, the Iron-Blooded Knight felt a little uneasy.

Dawn City, which was called Border Guard Town last year, has become an increasingly mysterious existence. It is said that the muskets in the hands of knights are also made by imitating the opponent's weapons.

In just over a year, why did Dawn City undergo such huge changes? The Iron-Blooded Knight really couldn't figure it out.

"How are you preparing?"

At this moment, an old man's voice came from behind the Iron-Blooded Knight, which instantly eliminated his uneasiness.

"Lord Xander!"

Turning around, the iron-blooded knight saw an old man wearing a gold-rimmed magician's robe, holding a gorgeous staff, with white hair and wrinkles on his face, and hurriedly performed a standard knightly salute.

"Everything is ready and waiting for you."

"That's good."

Sander nodded with satisfaction, and then said righteously: "The bold traitor dares to invade the royal capital. I will go to the front line in person, and I will naturally use magic to help you repel the enemy."

He is the most powerful magician in the royal capital and even the entire kingdom. He was personally named the chief magician by the previous king. He has now served three kings and has a very high prestige.

The magic power in the body has three attributes, namely water, earth, and fire. It has created many famous magic spells in the past, such as water mist explosions, lava eruptions, etc.

Behind Sander were a group of young magicians, all of whom were outstanding graduates whom he had taught.

One of the magicians stood up and said with great pride: "With our great Teacher Sander here, the enemy will definitely not be able to touch the city wall."

"Of course."

The Iron-Blooded Knight echoed: "I believe in Lord Sander's magic. Defeating the enemy will be a piece of cake."

This is not flattery, but comes from the heart, because he has seen Mr. Sander and other magicians perform large-scale magic together, and he was deeply impressed by it.

Not only the Iron-Blooded Knights, but also many knights of the royal capital have the same idea.

Even though the knights of the royal capital have all used muskets and seen the power of explosives, they still agree with the past war principles, that is, large-scale magic can influence the victory of the war.

No one doubts this. They are stuck in their past thinking patterns and cannot change them for a while.

"Open the city gate quickly and let me in!"

At the foot of the city, a knight from the advance guard ran over with a face full of panic. His hands were empty and he even threw away his weapon.

Hearing the sound, the Iron-Blooded Knight approached the city wall, stretched out his upper body, looked down, and asked sternly: "What's going on with you? Why didn't you stop the enemy's warship from docking?"

"terrible!"

The knight was so anxious that he almost cried, and replied in a tearful tone: "The enemy is too strong! We are no match at all. I am so scared. I want to find my mother..."

"Asshole!"

Sander also came over and accused: "As a knight of the royal capital, how can you be frightened by the enemy? You have completely disgraced the knight!"

"Then I won't be a knight!"

"you!"

Anger suddenly surged into his heart, and Sander was about to continue scolding, when a roar suddenly came from the distance.

Bang! A cannonball flew over at high speed from the direction of the pier, hitting Sander from the front without missing a beat. He fell directly backward, and his body broke into several pieces on the spot.

"Ahhh!!! Help!"

The knights under the city were frightened by the sound of gunfire, turned around and ran away in other directions.

The Iron-Blooded Knight just barely saw a black afterimage passing through his eyes through his peripheral vision. He slowly turned his head and saw the chief magician of the royal capital, Mr. Sander, dying tragically on the city wall.

A strange cylindrical object was deeply embedded in the bluestone, and there were pieces of flesh and blood splashing everywhere around it. A lot of it was also stained on the nearby Sander students and the Iron-Blooded Knights.

They should be lucky, because it was a howitzer shell, but it was a dud, so it didn't explode.

At the same time, the artillerymen operating the naval guns on the battleship were wondering. They did not see the explosion and thought that the shells they just fired did not hit the city wall.

"ah!!!"

After being stunned for a while, they realized that Sander's students' bodies were shaking involuntarily, with expressions of horror on their faces.

"Teacher Sander is dead?!"

The Iron-Blooded Knight turned his head away in disbelief and stared blankly at the dock in the distance. The rebels were still far away from the east city gate. Why could they attack here?

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Immediately afterwards, several flashes of fire flashed across the field, which were shellings launched by ground artillery units.

Several cannonballs landed on the city wall one after another and successfully triggered the fuse, causing a huge explosion that shook the city wall to the point of collapse, and clouds of flames and black smoke rose into the sky.

Affected by the explosion, the dumb bomb was also detonated. The Predator Knight and Sander's students were killed before they understood what was going on.

Also detonated were some explosive bags carried to the city wall, blowing the nearby guards to pieces together with the trebuchets.
Chapter completed!