The siege, where those outside the city want to enter and no one knows what those inside the city desire... but one thing is certain—they do not wish to let those outside in.
After weeks of attrition warfare, Winters set foot within the city walls for the first time.
He encountered no adversaries, nor did he step into any traps. The soil underfoot was exceptionally muddy, saturated with a red liquid.
Limb fragments were strewn everywhere; the six-round barrages had not only shattered the spirits of the Tanilians but also destroyed their bodies.
Venetian soldiers who stormed the breach had slaughtered all the Tanilians still alive—they wouldn't have survived much longer anyway, and a swift death was a special kind of mercy.
As Colonel Volbon had anticipated, the defenders had packed thick mounds of earth behind the city walls. However, not all sections of the wall were reinforced in this way, and it seemed only those targeted by heavy bombardment were buttressed with earth.
