บท 268: Chapter 106: Final Assault_2

Cannons loaded with grapeshot roared and claimed more than a dozen lives with each blast, the walnut-sized iron balls capable of piercing one person's body before killing another.

Boiling oil, burning sulfur, and bubbling pitch were poured down from the city walls, immediately followed by a chilling chorus of agonized screams.

Atop the triangle fortress, the Venetians too were cleansing the city walls, their cannons and muskets shredding Tanilian soldiers into a gruesome spray of flesh and blood.

The siege troops extended ladders from the triangle fortress onto the battlements; heavily armored sword and shield bearers leapt onto the city wall, engaging the defenders in brutal melee.

The cacophony of cannon and musket fire, the warning bells of Tachi's church, the crisp sound of clashing weapons, and the desperate screams of dying warriors merged into a single horrific symphony.