Chapter 123 Embers
Ladislaus was somewhat disappointed that he could not become a cardinal immediately.
This kind of loss can only be slightly recovered by Silver Taller in the city of Milan.
With a heart in desperate need of comfort, Ladislaus attacked the city of Milan with great force.
In the city of Milan, there are currently two main forces fighting each other.
One was the Venetian rebels of about 100 people. The acting Archduke Ferdinand was short of troops. After destroying the city defenses of Milan, he was worried about possible counterattacks against the French and Venetian forces and quickly withdrew to the north.
The defeated Venetian army, which the officers could barely control, withdrew to other fortresses in the Principality of Milan.
Most of the remaining Venetian soldiers spontaneously returned eastward to their homes, regardless of whether they found their officers or not.
The few Venetian troops left in the city were basically small groups of mercenaries, not native Venetians. After the acting Archduke's army withdrew from Milan, they realized that their wildest dreams had come true.
For the residents of Milan, they have been experiencing nightmares recently.
Not only were several nobles who were considered too closely connected with the original rulers, or potential threats with maternal lineage of the Sforza family, were completely eliminated.
The city of Milan is the headquarters of the Church of the Unfortunate Maidens, with the tacit approval of the Sforza family.
There were many nobles and civilians in the city who believed in the unfortunate girl Benshaba. According to the screening of the cardinals and several archbishops accompanying the French army, all nobles who were considered to have heretical beliefs were burned at the stake.
Those who were lucky enough to survive were also required to make humiliating public confessions and were deprived of most of their property.
Except for the fanatical believers, the common people all accepted the collective conversion ceremony honestly.
After the Venetians took over, there was another "Public Security Reorganization Tax", "City Wall Repair Tax", "Special Dues of Merchant Friends" and so on and so on.
But anyway, Wo'jin is much gentler than Sirik.
He only wants money, not his life.
And although there are many ways to scrape the land, the Church of Woking has always opposed fishing in the lake, so for the people of Milan, life can always be passed.
But now that they have lost control of the Venetian rebels, there is no need to restrain themselves. They have been happy in Milan for several days. The private force of the wealthy families in Milan has been severely damaged when the Duke of Bourbon attacked the city, and there is no trace left.
It was successively purged during several months of occupation force rule.
These insurgents killed innocent people indiscriminately, robbed and raped. There is no crime in the world that they dare not commit.
After this atrocity continued for several days, it was finally stopped.
Although the Church of the Unfortunate Maidens has gone through a great purge, there are a few particularly determined ones who have escaped identification by the French army.
The leader was the "unluckiest" Javier Zanetti. He was seriously injured and fell into a coma when the city was breached. He was treated by the residents and did not return to the Zanetti family, which was exterminated, so he survived by chance.
When the acting Archduke broke into the city, in the chaos, he also defeated and captured a Woking priest who was panicking.
After using this priest as a sacrifice to re-priest the unfortunate girl on the ruins of the Moratti family, the unfortunate girl now granted him the status of leader, and his priest level was greatly improved.
Of course, the unfortunate girl suffered heavy losses this time, and the sacrifice was of poor quality. Moreover, Woking and the unfortunate girl were not hostile gods, so they could only barely raise him to level 12, which was far inferior to the Massimo of the past.
Moratti.
Other remaining believers of the unfortunate girl who were lurking, after the priest, also realized that a new leader had appeared. Several priests and several wanderers also returned one after another, and reorganized with Zanetti as the core.
Before Moratti's death, he had planned to conduct a super-high-level summoning ritual to guide the unfortunate girl's messenger to fight against the French army. However, during the priest's process, Moratti's son-in-law, Ronaldo, suddenly loudly praised the holy name of Dark Sirik.
, blasphemed the priest.
Not only did the priests of all the unfortunate girls who participated in the ceremony suffer backlash from the ceremony, but the Soul Seizing Demon that was supposed to appear did not appear either. Instead, a divine servant from another generation came to the material world.
This costly sacrifice turned into a complete disaster.
The original reinforcements became enemies. Although Moratti managed to fight off the alien servants after a great battle, they were unable to fight against the French army.
They still insisted on climbing the city wall, but faced with the attack of the "Protector" Marquis Lautec and the Duke of Bourbon who were very close to the "Protector", the middle and high-level managers of the unfortunate girls below Moratti, who were extremely exhausted,
As if they were waiting to be killed, they were killed easily by everyone.
Except for Zanetti, who has newly received divine grace, the other believers are basically the lower-level members of the original church who are only in the third or fourth level.
Therefore, even though he received the support of the residents of Milan and quickly reached a size of nearly a thousand people, Zanetti was still unable to immediately expel the Venetian rebels from Milan. Among the Venetian rebels, there were many powerful enemies above level ten.
Therefore, when Ladislaus came to Milan, they each controlled part of the city and were still fighting.
"Restore order in the city of Milan and create convenience for the acting Grand Duke's rule as much as possible."
Anticipating that the city must be in a mess, Ladislaus did not rush into the city immediately after arriving. Instead, after driving away a group of rebels entrenched at the west gate, he first took control of the west gate, and then
We climbed up to the tower and observed the situation.
With the east-west avenue running through the city as the dividing line, there are basically no flags visible in the north, while there are several black antlered flags with a blood background in the south.
This is the holy symbol of the unfortunate damsel.
There are two branches of the mission, "Contact the leader of the Church of the Unlucky Girl, unite the locals to fight against the rebels, and restore order in the city."
"Contact the rebel leaders, try to hire them, and jointly attack the church of the unfortunate girl"
Without thinking much, Ladislaus said to Treasurer Fugger who came with him: "Your Excellency Treasurer, please bring your guards, contact the church of the unfortunate girl, and invite them to fight against the rebels. I will go from north to south."
, he marched from south to north, north to south, and severely punished these thugs."
Although Emperor Charles V sent more troops this time, the acting Archduke Ferdinand performed extraordinary feats, and the Principality of Milan is basically his territory. Milan is a big city that is not inferior to Vienna. If it is managed well, the acting Archduke's strength will be
Great help.
Treasurer Fugger's task is to ensure that Ladislaus does not mess up and retains the value of the city of Milan as much as possible. He is naturally a suitable candidate for this task.
It's not difficult to find the leader.
As soon as Javier Zanetti's troops in Ladislaus entered the city, they realized that they should be potential friends. The double-headed eagle flag on the city head indicated that the opponent should be the troops of the Warlock Royal Family, which was the former Sfor.
Duke Za's backstage.
The liaison officer he sent quickly brought Treasurer Fugger to his stronghold.[
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