At dusk on June 25, 1524, despite the humidity and heat, the Ligurian nobles gathered on the "horse's face" on the tower to watch their troops leave the city.

This is a battle that will determine the fate of the city of Liguria. This battle is very dangerous. Ten thousand Ligurian warriors will challenge 50,000 Habsburg troops. At least this is what the so-called "well-informed people" close to the top leaders of the Doria family say.

Tell it to other Ligurian nobles.

At first, many nobles thought that there would be no need to fight again this time. After all, the commander of the Austrian army outside the city wall was the nephew of the Doria family. There were quite a few people here who could have a relationship with Ladislaus.

Maybe the nephew can give his uncle a break.

But in military and national affairs, it seems that the kinship relationship is of little use.

In addition to leaking vital military intelligence, those "well-informed people" also leaked the emptiness of Liguria's treasury. Several transfers and rebuilding of city walls had depleted Liguria's once-full treasury.

Nowadays, there are no special expenses for the soldiers who go out to fight to the death in the city, especially since the French are unwilling to fight to the death without money.

There are many people who can have a relationship with Ladislaus, but there are also many people who offended him when Ladislaus was not doing well. Now the ruthless Ladislaus is determined.

After opening the city and taking revenge, this is not the time to save money.

In order to feed these damn French guys, the Ligurian nobles spent a lot of money, especially those who had neglected the Habsburg Cardinal Archbishop, but refused to pay just the life money for their own soldiers.

Out. Anyway, according to "well-informed sources", they are only responsible for diversion and attack tasks. The tough battle still has to be fought by the French.

So in the end, Marshal Doria had to dig into his own pocket and give each of the soldiers two talers.

It’s not that there are no prudent nobles in the old city who believe that the military action that has spread all over the city before it has even begun is actually a smoke screen by Marshal Doria, and may be a precursor to another large-scale retreat. Although Marshal Doria organized the retreat in a very orderly manner last time,

But leaving one's hometown will always result in loss of a lot of benefits, so it would be best if one could not escape.

By the morning of the 25th, all the information was very clear. Marshal Doria did not run away this time and was indeed going to fight a decisive battle.

The nobles who didn't want to escape were a little worried now. There were 50,000 Habsburg troops within a few miles of the city. Although the Spaniards might not have arrived, there were at least 20,000 who had experienced hundreds of battles and were extremely elite.

The Austrian army.

But this time I heard from my family members who served in the military that Generalissimo Doria was very determined. He slammed the table with several French officers who opposed the war and used the style of the French Navy Marshal to force them to go to war.

Since the last retreat, this group of shameless Frenchmen have not entered the city and directly set up camp in the dock area outside the city wall. They say that the French elite does not need the protection of the city wall, and why they are at odds with the city to protect each other.

In fact, we have not made up our mind to retreat by sea and land if something goes wrong.

Marshal Doria is still tough.

Nowadays, it is impossible to temporarily change the military strategy. They can only gather on the city wall to pray for their troops. Although this may be suspected of leaking military plans, Milo Doria does not care about them.

Since noon Ladislaus had received reports from Frundsberg. Sentinels observed people praying on the Ligurian walls.

"Don't give up your guard. My uncle is not the kind of person who sticks to the past and doesn't know how to adapt. If he seizes the opportunity, he won't mind swallowing us up with the French." Although Ladislaus has already met Doria

The marshal wore a pair of trousers, but he was still careful to guard against the other party, just as the other party was also guarding against him.

"Is Colonel Li Anye really preparing to attack?" Marshal Doria asked Lurna, who was in charge of surveillance work.

"It's true. The soldiers all received double military pay, and he didn't take all the benefits." Lu Erna's judgment was based on a strong basis. If he planned to preserve his strength, Colonel Li Anye would definitely not give out the money.

"It's just that your Excellency, the French Ambassador, has been asking for an audience for days. He wants you, Father, to remain calm and not fight. Do you want to meet?" Milo has been dealing with the French Ambassador who is getting angry these days.

"No." Andre Doria rejected his son directly. "You just have to be careful with him."

There is another thing that bothers Lurna, that is, in the past few days, there are voices within the French army saying that Colonel Li Anye is a member of the Duke of Bourbon, and his insistence on going to war is actually to find an opportunity to sell the city to Ladislaus.

She was hesitant to report this unfounded rumor. She knew about Marshal Doria's plan. Seeing that Marshal Doria didn't care about the whole story and only considered his own plan, she decided it was better to keep silent. Anyway, the Doria family

The elite have already been deployed in the dock area. Even if the French colonel really made some changes, there would be absolutely no chance of success.

Marshal Doria had a plan, and Ladislaus naturally had a plan too.

After the sun went down, it was time for the "feint attack" agreed between Marshal Doria and him to begin.

"Your Highness the Archbishop, the enemy troops have left the city through the north and west gates as agreed." Boss Sirica's subordinates and rangers have long occupied various commanding heights outside the city, and are currently traveling between the front line and the center.

The military post delivered the news. "As promised, all the soldiers wore Ligurian cross flags, and no lilies were seen on the blue background."

"They have rushed into our empty camp, are cutting down the flags, and cheering loudly."

In fact, Milo Doria was quite well prepared and even obtained some corpses of dead prisoners from the prison to increase the realism of the "set".

The Austrian soldiers also cheered under the command of their officers and pretended to support the friendly forces in the camp at the gate of the city.

When the Ligurians cheered, Colonel Li Anye also led the French troops out of the dock area. In front were about 700 trusted troops who he still had complete control over, and behind were those who had doubts.

The deputy controlled more than a thousand people.

What was left in the dock area was not an empty camp. There were hundreds of Ligurian civilians in the camp who were temporarily brought in from several surrounding entities. When they rushed into the camp, Li Anye and his men relaxed when they found that they were civilians with no fighting ability.

In other words, although Ladislaus had taught him how to cooperate through Shar's church, how could he be completely at ease with this matter?

Now that he saw that panicked civilians were everywhere as promised, Colonel Li Anye was somewhat relieved. However, although he remembered Ladislaus's request and tried his best to restrain his subordinates from killing civilians indiscriminately, this army was originally a Bourbon force.

As for the Duke's troops, after the Duke of Bourbon's betrayal failed, the team's popularity dispersed. Of course, this team was not easy to lead.

There were still some soldiers who hacked and killed randomly, but this had an unexpected effect and successfully paralyzed the French army behind them.

The chaotic and noisy camp allowed the French army behind them to rush in without warning. In their opinion, the mobile forces of the Austrian army should have been deployed to deal with the Ligurian army.
Chapter completed!