Although the sea breeze blowing from the Mediterranean dissipated a little of the autumn heat, the night march and the hot weather still made Oder Kessler very uncomfortable. The road under his feet was too close to the sea and suffered a lot of erosion.

It's very difficult to get up.

But compared to the road that had been in disrepair for many years, the bamboo splinters in his mouth caused him more pain.

His saliva flowed uncontrollably, 'This invention of the Cardinal is too bizarre and disgusting.'

Although he wanted to reject this equipment on the grounds that "if the believers see the chief pastor's slobbering and ugly appearance, it will have a negative impact on the mission, and my self-control is absolutely no problem." However, Ladislaus refused.

The piece bit it and stared at him silently. In the end, he could only accept this strange piece of equipment.

Although compared to the soldiers without horses, his life was already much easier.

There were very few torches tonight, and the soldiers marched with their feet tied together with strips of cloth. This was the experience gained after many night battles.

After walking for most of the night, the team stopped.

A messenger came over and said in the lowest voice: "His Royal Highness Habsburg invites you to a military meeting."

In the past, Barbarossa's followers would salute him wherever he went, but today Oded Kessler did not receive the respect due to lack of torches.

However, at the military meeting, all the nobles respected him, even Austria's allies, the Duke of Modena and the Marquis of Mantua.

They are all believers of Cyric, and of course they are only pan-believers. Otherwise, they would not attack the Roman Church State together with Austria.

However, in the blueprint of Habsburg's grand strategy, promoting Barbarossa's beliefs was a key link.

Ladislaus's army now swelled to 4,000 men. In addition to the 3,000 Austrian troops, there were also 500 Modena troops and 500 Mantua troops.

The Duke of Modena's territory of Ferrara had always been in dispute with the Roman Church State. Under the background of the true electorate's active expansion of power, Ladislaus successfully persuaded him to join his camp.

Then the Austrian army was able to pass through the Principality of Modena, not to attack Romagna, which was actually very guarded, but to attack the Republic of Florence, which was not on the front line.

"Your Highness. The 'Wail of the Banshee' that His Highness Sazhastan did just now was so worth it. The Florentines were not prepared for our raid at all. Just climb over the hill in front and you will find the city of Florence." When we crossed the border in the middle of the night.

, the Duke of Modena had just marched at the front with Sazastan. When he saw a Florentine guard, he thought that the sneak attack plan was about to fail.

But Sazastan used a ninth-level magic worth tens of thousands of talers to bring this plan back to life.

This was the first time in his life that the Duke of Modena had seen level nine magic.

Even for the Duke of Modena, level nine magic was legendary. The power of magic that could kill twenty people with a single movement made him even more humble to Ladislaus.

He didn't know that Sazastan was considering whether to continue working so hard tonight. After all, it would be very difficult for Ladislaus to reimburse a ninth-level magic. If there was another large expense, then Ladislaus' signature

It's time for another migraine attack.

Although Ladislaus never paid the money he was due, it is not the way to be a minister to always give your monarch a headache.

"His Royal Highness Sazastan is the pillar of my Habsburg family. Of course he is extraordinary." It seems that Ladislaus will have little difficulty in reimbursing the expenses this time. After all, this magic has greatly increased the royal family's reputation in front of the Italian princes.

prestige.

After using Sazastan to increase the morale of his allies and subordinates, Ladislaus will begin to assign tasks, and the task of breaking through the door will naturally be given to Frundsberg.

"Frundsberg, you"

However, Ladislaus's words had barely left his mouth when several scouts came back eagerly to report the news.

"Your Highness, the city of Florence is on guard." A scout knelt on one knee and immediately reported the latest information to Ladislaus. "There are torches moving rapidly on the city wall. The Florentine army is approaching the city."

"Your Highness, it seems that there are some scouts that we haven't discovered yet reported our whereabouts to the city of Florence. A night attack has no chance of success." After the Marquis of Mantua realized that the situation was not good, he backed down and got to Brescia.

I am quite satisfied. It is not surprising that I have a conservative attitude at this time. "The city of Florence is one of the strongest cities in Italy. The Roman Church State army gathered in Siena can reach it in just one day by marching urgently. It is really too dangerous here.

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Sazastan felt a little disgraceful at this time, although this kind of thing would inevitably happen. But this time his "Banshee's Wail" was probably going to lose money even more, but he didn't know that Ladislaus still had it.

Are you willing to be reimbursed in full?

'Forget it, let this sum be my own.'

Anna's expenses have been really high recently. Although Anna from the Venetian treasury has also received a small share, Sazastan knows better than anyone the huge price Anna has to pay to become a razor boar in her current state.

After killing Woking's envoy, Anna was unable to continue fighting anyway, and the steel gates of Florence had to be dealt with by Ladislaus himself.

Not only is she unable to fight, Anna also needs a lot of supplies to maintain the stability of her body.

Even Sazastan, who had a wealth of money and wealth, felt the need to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. Kassusi was as kind to him as the ocean. No matter how much money he spent on revitalizing the church, he had no hesitation.

However, Ladislaus trekked the snowy mountains for him and defeated the winter ghost. The friendship was not unreasonable. Although it was inevitable to have some imperial methods, generally speaking, he focused on pulling, and his superficial skills were never enough.

few.

But Sazastan decided to take the responsibility himself, and Ladislaus gave up his idea as soon as he opened his mouth.

"His Highness Sazastan's magic must have succeeded in delaying the enemy's early warning. The Florentines must have just received the news. We have come to attack from afar. If they had left the city earlier to ambush us, they knew the terrain and we were exhausted. We would never be spared.

." Ladislaus's voice had no fluctuation, "I launched the night attack because

I have to take advantage of the enemy's paralysis and relaxation, but I have never placed all my hopes on the enemy's stupidity and incompetence. Like all the past days, tonight I rely on you and I trust you, Austria's elite in all battles, Your Excellency Vitting.

Your cavalry will try to guard all sides, focusing on the east and west sides, to protect the army from being surprised."

Ladislaus then continued to give orders.

"Frundsberg."

"I'm here!"

"Sazastan."

"I'm here!"

"Old Kessler."

"I'm here!"

"Slam."

"I'm here!"
Chapter completed!