Antonio and his wife left the city of Milan that night, and after giving several Austrian officials a total of five hundred talers as kickbacks, they successfully received Shylock's purchased goods and his caravan of more than fifty people.

The life of this couple seems to be about to enter a period of great improvement.

Not only the goods and caravans, but also with the Gremani Consul's warrant, after returning to the city of Venice, and spending another 50,000 to 60,000 thalers in bribes, they should be able to successfully accept Shylock's total of more than 100,000 thalers.

Other industries.

They don't know yet that Sherlock has transferred part of his property to his daughter, but this is not the key. The total property has been reduced, and the kickbacks paid to officials at all levels have also been reduced. It is always a good deal.

Of course, they may still be disappointed when they find out about this in Venice, but now, the couple is really immersed in happiness.

Because they set off too late, they were unable to reach Brescia, an important town in the west of the Republic of Venice that day. In the evening, they arrived at the last town of Milan on the original border of Milan and Venice. This town was actually under the control of the Republic of Venice. Portia decided to

Spend the night here.

Although several of Shylock's senior employees chose to resign, the number of people in this caravan still exceeds 150 people, including the caravan that originally belonged to Antonio. Antonio hired quite a few people to drive the horses.

employee.

Such a huge caravan exceeded the capacity of the small town of Milan after the war. Of course, Portia had no intention of letting them all live in a comfortable hotel. Most of them could only camp overnight outside the town. Antonio and his wife brought a few attendants with them.

Stay at the best hotel in town.

Although there are many bandit gangs formed by rebels in the Principality of Milan, there is still no precedent for attacking a huge caravan based in a small town.

In this small town on a commercial thoroughfare, the Gremani consul has deployed more than 300 guards, plus the town's original 50 law enforcement team members who have not been affected by the national conflict. Such force will be used against any bandits.

The group is strong enough.

This does not include the fact that more than 200 defeated Venetian soldiers who escaped from Milan in recent days were taken into custody by the officers responsible for the defense of this town.

Unfortunately, what they have to face today is not a gang of robbers, but the Archbishop's Guards of Ladislaus.

All manpower was fully mobilized. The number of Ladislaus's men and the defenders of this town were basically the same.

This town had no walls, only simple wooden fences. This was a problem for bandits, and Ladislaus ignored it at all.

However, Ladislaus did not choose to attack the town directly, because the narrow streets would inevitably make it impossible for his own side, which was all cavalry, to exert its advantage.

At midnight, Old John's squadron launched a surprise attack on the caravan outside the town.

The caravan that had just been integrated was set up in a very sloppy camp with no defensive effect, and there were no security personnel.

When Mr. Antonio left, he was eager to hit Portia's belly. He did not arrange the affairs of the camp well at all. His housekeeper climbed up through pure nepotism. At this time, he was also hugging Portia in the hotel in the town.

A woman is happy.

Sherlock rushed into the camp and took control of the situation easily.

He shouted loudly while riding on his horse, eliminating most of the caravan guards' will to resist. Antonio's diehard loyalists were very limited and were quickly eliminated by Shylock's supporters and Old John's men.

When the Venetian officers in the town came out with their men to rescue, they found that the "robbers" had completely taken control of the camp.

The Venetian officer was surprised by the fighting power of these bandits and made up his mind to drive them away. He was also a businessman himself, and he was just waiting for the retreat order from Venice. He didn't have much motivation to maintain trade routes and fight against bandits.

In the Principality of Milan, this officer still made a fortune, and he just wanted to return to Venice to enjoy the wealth.

Of course, this officer is quite responsible. In fact, the fact that he is willing to crawl out of bed at night shows that the Gremani consul has chosen good people to defend this key point of the trade route. The ability of the hundreds of defeated soldiers to contain and reorganize also reflects

of his ability.

But this sense of responsibility and ability are not a good thing tonight.

After watching more than five hundred Venetian soldiers leave the protection of the wooden fence, another three hundred cavalry lurking in the night began to charge.

The Venetian officer realized that something was wrong the moment he heard the thunderous sound of horse hooves. He thought that the enemies were just bandits in the opposite camp, but this group of bandits actually carried out a trick of part raid and part ambush, which was really surprising.

Unexpected.

He hesitated about what to do. Even if the Army of the Republic of Venice had no martial spirit, it would be a great shame if such a large number of regular troops were defeated by bandits.

Fortunately, Ladislaus was not under the banner of a bandit. When he was the commander of the Venetian army, he found that the enemy was flying the double-headed eagle flag that symbolized the Holy Roman Empire. Although he could not see the details clearly, he did not need to worry anymore.

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He immediately made the decision to escape. The military law of the Republic of Venice was not a big problem for an officer with a little background. The officer's father naturally had a way to handle it.

"The Acting Grand Duke is here." "Run." "The Acting Grand Duke is here." "Run."

He was not the only smart person. In fact, the soldiers from the prosperous Republic of Venice were all quite smart.

Especially those Venetian soldiers who escaped from the city of Milan. When they saw that the other party was not the robbers they imagined, but a powerful enemy with that terrible flag, their minds were shaken. When they saw that the leading officer also ran away, they did not hesitate.

They dispersed without hesitation. The newly appointed low-level officers could not control the troops at all. In fact, those officers' own fighting will was also very questionable.

In short, Ladislaus destroyed the resistance in this town without much effort.

Some Venetians fled into the town and fled eastward along the streets, while most of them bypassed the town and fled eastward from outside the village. In short, they returned to Venice.

The Venetian officers among them were actually worth a lot of ransom, but Ladislaus had no time to chase them. He commanded the troops to quickly control the main streets of the town, except for a few who fled to the town and wanted to rob them in Milan.

Except for the guy who also took his belongings back, the others had no choice but to let them go.

Ladislaus had more important targets to pursue. Following the guidance of several caravan employees, he quickly surrounded the town's luxury hotel...)
Chapter completed!