Chapter 216 The King's War Part 2

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!" Black arrows blotted out the sky, with metal tips glinting coldly. The Copper-axe Guards released their lavish copper arrows, which whistled as they plunged into the Mexica's center army. Even behind the protection of wooden shields, over a dozen gunners were killed instantly, while more than a hundred militia pierced through their paper armor, fell to the ground with blood-curdling screams.

The surviving gunners hastily dragged the wooden cannons towards the rear. They had completed their most important mission. The first-generation Teotl wooden cannons, loaded with stone grapeshot, had a range of just over one hundred steps—not even as far as the longbow—and took nearly a quarter hour to reload. With the initial surprise over and facing a prepared enemy, the next step was to reload the wooden cannons and look for another prime opportunity.