Amid the thundering war drums, Zhi Li's siege army quickly entered within a 500-meter range!
"Fire, fire..."
At Suo Lun's command!
"Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh..."
Hundreds of catapults and countless giant crossbows on the Fenglei Fort Defense Line went into a frenzy of firing.
At this distance, Suo Lun did not use cannons!
Though cannons could shoot further and with a higher accuracy, firing them in volleys took a whole six to seven minutes,—time enough for Zhi Li's infantry to charge across the hundreds of meters to the wall.
Moreover, Suo Lun only had gunpowder, not the highly explosive dynamite, so even with canister shots, the lethality was minimal.
Using solid shots to strike infantry was effective, but not as much as a catapult, and even less compared to using catapults to hurl gunpowder packs.
Thus, unless there was high explosive, Suo Lun would definitely not use canister shots against infantry—it was just too ineffectual.
