Compared to the stones for which the impact points need to be calculated using geometric shapes and trigonometric functions, Beamon's pendulum-style stone throwers require no ballistic skills at all when launching "basket rounds" — just targeting crowded areas and smashing them into a rolling mass.
After the Temple Knights' Phantom Beast Knights were mobilized, Witherspoon's attack and defense battle finally reached a fever pitch.
This is due to the inaction of the Summer Palace Guards, who haven't even lifted a finger yet. Along the approximately three-mile-long city wall on the western side, the Summer Palace Guards weren't standing at the parapet, but were instead positioned inside the battlement walkway, at least twenty paces from the crenels. At such a distance, attacking the Mulanese was out of the question, let alone even seeing them.
