For General Ferrucci, the situation is still unclear, but he has somewhat gained some clues.

Judging from the few clearly visible flags, the attackers should be Austrians.

The only flag they carried had both the Cyric cross and the Habsburg double-headed eagle was Ladislaus Habsburg.

Although the forces represented by these two symbols have not officially declared war publicly, in fact, they no longer tolerate the existence of people who ride in two different boats.

The number of enemies is still unknown, but it shouldn't be many.

So far, only the north gate is being attacked by enemies, and other parts of the city wall are quiet.

And even the enemy's offensive at the north gate was not very effective.

Although the enemy's offensive was unexpected, it was obvious that in order to pursue the suddenness of the attack, the opponent also faced organizational chaos and insufficient intelligence.

After General Ferrucci observed for a few minutes on the city tower, he gradually felt relieved. The enemy had obviously pinned their hopes on a surprise attack to seize the city gate. We raised our vigilance in time and their wishful thinking completely failed.

Although the cost of cleaning the moat has been too much, and the silt has accumulated in several places with water only knee-deep, General Ferrucci was aware of this problem. He had already known the city's weaknesses during his patrols.

However, the forces that control the cleaning of the moat are traditionally important allies of the Medici family. General Ferrucci has discussed with the leaders of the family many times to solve the siltation points on the moat one by one, but this process is too slow.

The head of the family, like all heads of the family, entrusted the project to his son, who in turn contracted the project to his mistress's brother. Even if the engineering team was caught cutting corners, they would not be punished, and their speed of correction was naturally astonishingly slow.

The head of the family believed that General Ferrucci was causing trouble for his family and was determined not to interfere directly. He wanted to show his status in the city through this slow progress.

Today these dirty soils have finally borne evil fruit, and the Austrians have seized on the weakness.

So much so that the Austrian army spread some branches and crossed the river directly through the silted area. However, the maintenance fee for the steel gate was finally put to practical use under the personal attention of General Ferrucci.

Moreover, our own gatekeepers received the alarm in time, conducted inspections and raised their alerts. Although they were cutting-edge figures who participated in the heavy losses to the French army in Bicca and Pavia, they could only shout in vain when facing the solid steel gates of Florence.

Nothing to do.

Now they can only use ridiculous improvised ladders to attack the city. General Ferrucci saw that most of the ladders that were rushed to the city fell apart before they could be transported to the bottom of the city. Most of the ladders that were barely put up were not long enough or were broken several times.

It will fall apart completely,

Even if the opponent is the elite Austrian army, it is impossible to show its strength in this situation. At the same time, more and more militiamen are rushing to the city wall.

Several of the bravest mages also appeared on the city wall. Although they were all young and low-level mages, all the mid- to high-level mages must have gone to the Archon's Mansion. But even for young people, their first- and second-level arcane spells are not enough for them.

The soldiers climbing the wall are also strong enough.

The city wall showed no sign of distress, and General Ferrucci had already controlled a reserve of more than 300 people. This reserve had no militia and was composed of the Archon Guard as the core and 200 city defense troops. This was extremely powerful.

reserve team.

In this situation, urging soldiers to attack the city will not achieve any results at all. Isn't this a waste of soldiers' lives?

What is the use of this attack?

From time to time there are messengers on the east and west walls to confirm that everything is safe. The journey to the south is a little longer, but the latest report that everything is safe is normal.

What are the enemy generals doing?

Is it a feint attack? General Ferrucci thought about this problem, and he sent messengers again to confirm the situation of other city gates.

‘That’s probably not the case. Young people think they are invincible after winning a few battles.’ General Ferrucci didn’t think that his opponent could make too many plans after being discovered in advance during a night attack.

General Ferrucci looked at the soldiers who fell into the moat after being repulsed and felt angry at the enemy commander. Even though he was an enemy, he couldn't treat life so indifferently.

He secretly decided to organize manpower to rescue the wounded and salvage the dead as soon as possible after the enemy retreated at dawn.

With such chivalry, General Ferrucci is worthy of being a noble man widely respected in Florence. However, magnanimity has always only belonged to the successful.

Only winners are entitled to magnanimity.

Just when the situation in the north is calm, danger is emerging in the south.

A bloody soldier walked through the city and finally sent back the unsafe information, "My lord, my lord, there are enemies in the city. They attacked the south gate, and they also know the password."

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The disguised sneak attack made all the members of the Austrian special service team extremely nervous. The city gate officer's question about weapons touched their nerves, which were already stretched to the limit.

Boss Sirica and his men attacked almost at the same time. They inserted their short weapons into the bodies of the Florentine officers and soldiers around them.

In fact, the Republic of Florence was an extremely wealthy commercial city-state, and its militia had very limited combat capabilities. Soldiers from wealthy citizen families were naturally undisciplined.

It is natural for the militiamen to be in chaos when they are mobilized in an emergency. If they are fully equipped with weapons, there will be trouble. It is normal for them to be unarmed.

If Boss Sirica's subordinates were neatly dressed and equipped with uniform weapons, they might have been spotted long ago.

The city gate officer just made sure that these "reinforcements" didn't have the most practical long weapons in war, and then wanted to distribute them to them. Although the arsenal in the gate tower was still poorly managed, there were still hundreds of long guns.

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It's just that Silica doesn't need a spear. In an environment where the enemy and ourselves are mixed with each other, a dagger is much more useful than a spear.

After cutting the city gate officer's neck, Boss Sirica ignored the exclamations and screams and rushed straight up the stairs toward the city tower.

The cables of the suspension bridge have been cut and can no longer be pulled up. The only thing that can prevent the Austrian army from entering the city is the steel gate.

The winch on the tower controls the steel gate. Once the noose is cut off, the tens of thousands of kilograms of the gate will fall.

Once the gate falls, even Anna or Old Tanshur's siege golem can't do anything about it.

Although they were at a disadvantage in numbers, the Austrians who suddenly attacked successfully suppressed the surrounding Florentine soldiers. Sirica's attack was not disturbed in any way, and he jumped up and crossed the last two steps.

When they arrived at the city wall, Boss Sirica did not see the situation on the city wall clearly at the first time. A long-awaited magic missile was approaching him. In addition to the first magic missile, there were also several bows and arrows flying towards him. They also shot

It's quite accurate.

Although the young mage guarding the winch is as timid as the other mages, he is quite loyal to his duties.

After he fired the magic missile, he had to push the mechanism to break the chain.

He and the archery soldiers were both people with the most sense of mission and responsibility. General Ferrucci carefully arranged these people who could fulfill their duties to important positions. For example, they were responsible for guarding the door winches of various city gates.

Just doing your job faithfully may not always lead to good results.

The lapis lazuli brooch on Sirica's boss is also a trophy from the Battle of Pavia. Although it can only activate the "Shield Technique" once a day, it does not require lion materials and can be regarded as a valuable treasure.

The transparent invisible shield inspired by it blocked the magic missiles and the bows and arrows. Boss Sirica's final leap was not blocked at all, rolling through the air and passing through the crowd guarding the winch.

Taking advantage of the momentum of his fall, he smashed the wooden mechanism to pieces with his legendary arm.

Several soldiers turned around as quickly as possible, abandoned their bows, and attacked him with long daggers or short swords.

Boss Sirica's hands were flying, and the weapons and strange arms in his hands killed two soldiers in a few rounds. Florence's high-quality iron armor also had limited effect against the legendary arms.

"Master, hurry up and use other magic to deal with him." A soldier urged, although they also knew that the young man did not have any powerful magic. But there must be one or two magics that could help.

However, until Boss Sirica killed another soldier, the waiting magic support still did not arrive.

The team leader who was forced into danger by Silica cursed: "You coward, people who are afraid of death will die faster at this time."

"He is not a coward." Sirica's boss continued to attack as he spoke.

The team leader knew something was wrong when he heard this, so he took the risk to look back and saw that the young mage was already lying on the ground, with a bloody hole opened on the back of his head by a dagger.

It turned out that Boss Sirica had already killed him when he flew by.

At this time, Keilar also followed. The resistance on the tower was quickly eliminated, and then more and more Austrians boarded the tower.

The raiders were not only Austrians, but also several people from the Austrian Embassy in Florence, as well as a mage hired by the ambassador.

The officials in charge of surveillance in Florence should have discovered an abnormality when Boss Sirica secretly communicated with the ambassador. Unfortunately, this unsuspecting bureaucrat did not notice any abnormality in the Austrian Embassy's increasingly large procurement activities.

Of course, the situation is very optimistic, even though it was a surprise attack, two special service members died in the melee just now.

Including the mages, there were only about twenty people on the tower. They had to deal with the Florentines attacking from under the stairs and from other sections of the city wall at the same time.

The enemies under the stairs are not a big threat, but the troops rushing from both sides are very troublesome.

Although they had already grabbed the spears, the number of people was too small. Fortunately, Kelal had just grabbed a few bottles of wine. The city defense officer liked Russian spirits.

These Molotov cocktails made of spirits turned into a wall of fire on the city wall, blocking one side of the city wall and greatly alleviating the pressure on the Austrians.

Boss Sirica and the hired mage defended the stairs together.

Although his most powerful magic is also magic missile, Boss Silica can block a large number of enemies in this terrain with his help.

Although there were many people in Florence, there was nothing they could do for a long time.

However, when General Ferrucci arrived and personally led his troops to rush up the stairs, the combination of the two of them could not stop him.

General Ferrucci also had a shield that could invalidate the magic missiles of the mage. He tried his best to let Sirica give him a hammer and finally rushed to the city wall.
Chapter completed!