After some disputes and internal strife, no matter what, the army commanded by Colonna Sr. arrived at Siena on the morning of December 26.

The city of Siena has a very good city defense system for this era. The city itself is located between the valleys of two rivers, the Alcia River and the Alse River. The city is triangle-shaped with three hills, generally showing an irregular triangle shape.

The city wall completely surrounds the area where residents are concentrated. There is also a core fortress within the city wall, which is also the seat of the parliament and is located in the northwest corner of the city.

Outside the city wall, there is a moat that is more than two meters deep and three meters wide, and inside the moat is water from the Alsia River.

Although some Italian engineers have sold their professional military fortress design called "bastion" to the monarchs of several powerful countries in recent years.

For example, the acting Archduke recently reorganized the city's defenses. Ladislaus heard that several protruding fortresses were built outside Vienna, which are bastions. The Acting Archduke claimed that relying on such fortresses could pile the corpses of attackers as high as the city walls, but Ladislaus

Dislaus did not believe that the hostile German princes could pose any threat to the Austrian mainland, and Hungary was also an ally in the east. Even if Hungary became an enemy, this defense seemed a bit excessive.

However, this kind of purely military fortress was still too luxurious and expensive for Italian city-states. Even though Consul Petrucci was quite good at amassing money, he still did not choose to build such a fortress.

However, from Ladislaus's point of view, the current defense of Siena City is already quite a headache.

The city of Siena began to flourish from the time of the ancient Roman Empire BC, but the current city wall was roughly formed in the 13th century, and the last renovation was less than 20 years ago. The Siena people fought back the

After the Lorenza Republic's attack, the first thing to do was to rebuild the city defenses.

They no longer built urban areas anywhere that was not protected by city walls.

So this time, when the Florentine army came to the city again, they found that they could not rob the prosperous urban area before breaking through the city wall.

Looking at the strict city defense, many soldiers felt very worried, especially the veterans.

Many veterans came here under Machiavelli's command twenty years ago. At that time, they faced a much simpler city defense than now and finally returned without success.

However, they arrived a little earlier than the Roman army anyway, so some remnants were still found in several wealthy villages around the city.

Therefore, we can provide better food than in Rome.

While smelling the aroma of beef coming from the Florentine army, Ladislaus thought about how many benefits the Florentine army could get from the surrounding villages.

The Florentine army was stationed in the northeast of the city, and the Roman army's camp was due south.

The leaders of both sides did not want to go to the other side's camp, so they chose to conduct discussions in the southeast of the city.

In order to show ceremonial respect to the cardinal, Colonna Sr. and Ladislaus arrived at the scheduled location early.

Cardinal Medici didn't put on any airs and arrived at the meeting place almost immediately.

Cardinal Medici was accompanied by "Protector" Tony, and old Colonna also brought Baron Galliani with him. This could be regarded as some kind of competition.

Because it was on a battlefield, and the city of Siena had a tall turret and a city gate in this direction. Although the two "protectors" were present, in order to avoid possible surprise attacks, neither side dismounted.

When they met, Cardinal Medici first expressed his deepest condolences to the old Colonna, and repeatedly recalled the comradeship with Cardinal Colonna in serving Cyric.

Others watched as the killer joined the victim's father to express their remembrance of the deceased.

Old Colonna did not show any hatred, at least not to Ladislaus, and he even thanked Cardinal Medici for sending troops to punish the murderers.

Then he apologized to Ladislaus: "Archbishop Ladislaus, I should have visited you last time when I went to Rome, but I couldn't make an appointment with you because of my busy schedule. I heard that in Colonna Red

It was you who accompanied the Cardinal in his final moments. It was great that you were able to escape from the pursuit of the traitor in Jieyou-Fei. You know, it is very difficult to lose a colleague and friend like Cardinal Colonna.

Unfortunately, it would be really sad to lose you again. It is really unbearable for me to lose two friends in a row."

"Thank you for your concern, but I think His Majesty God does not need me to serve Him at the Supreme Throne for the time being. Besides, I am not very talented and knowledgeable. How can I dare to consider myself as your friend?"

Both Cardinal Medici and Ladislaus basically knew that the other party was aware of the situation.

Regarding Ladislaus's little attack, Cardinal Medici just smiled slightly, as if forgiving his youth, and did not respond. Instead, he discussed the siege with the old Colonna.

It's just that the negotiations with them didn't go well.

"Be careful." Tony suddenly yelled. He suddenly exerted force and stood up on the horse, suddenly pressing the tall and muscular black horses into the ground.

Ladislaus only felt a sudden darkness in the sky, and Tony struck hard at the top!

A tooth-piercing friction sound flashed with firelight. Tony lifted a huge object. Baron Galliani reacted immediately and also punched the sky. The two "Guardians" stabilized together.

situation.

Only then did Ladislaus come to his senses and saw that it was a stone ball with a diameter of more than one and a half meters.

Together, the two top warriors of Europe pushed the terrifying weapon launched by Siena City to the other side.

The horses ridden by the two protectors collapsed to the ground due to the impact of the stone balls. Tony's horse had even turned into a terrible mass of minced meat, and the horse's bones were pressed together.

Huddled together.

Both the old Colonna and the Medici Cardinal did not hesitate to immediately retreat to their own military camp, without even saying a polite word to each other.

After escaping all the way into the camp gate, Ladislaus, who had recovered from his shock, discovered that Baron Galliani, who had lost his horse, could run no slower than a horse. He was worthy of being a "protector of the country".

If there is only one "Guardian" today, then at least a few people can be seriously injured. If Ladislaus, a warlock, hits directly, the consequences will be unbearable. Just look at the fate of that horse. It is a pity that both sides of the siege wanted to show off their force.

, all the best.

The raid was unsuccessful, but Ladislaus was still impressed by this powerful trebuchet. This guy would undoubtedly cause big trouble in the subsequent siege.

"The range of this trebuchet is really amazing." Ladislaus couldn't help but worriedly said to the old Colonna. He was very surprised that the old Colonna had been in battle for a long time, and it was impossible for him to go to dangerous places lightly, and the Medici red

The cardinal is also experienced in the battlefield, so why did he make a mistake together?

"There must be a platform on the turret in that direction that can accommodate a giant trebuchet. The kind of trebuchet that can be installed on the city wall has no such range. It should be the latest Austrian trebuchet designed by the legendary Lao Tan Shure.

Moreover, long-term test firing has accumulated a large amount of data, which can accurately shoot through landmarks. The red stone where we talked is very suspicious, and the flat ground where we met is also very suitable for attacking troops. They must have a lot of data to accurately know the trebuchet.

How much weight should be used to hit it? Seeing the possibility of our gathering, the general who defended the city wanted to try his luck."

Just one shot almost completely destroyed the enemy's core. This is not only sophisticated weapons, but also evidence of the well-trained troops defending the city. I never expected that there are such elite soldiers and generals in Italian city-states. This trip is not easy to handle, La

Dislaus looked at old Colonna's frown and did not express this idea.

Old Colonna also realized this and stopped discussing it. He just loudly announced to the soldiers that he was safe and sound.

There are already many officers and soldiers gathered around. We can no longer say such things that shake the morale of the army.

It was just that Ladislaus recalled the situation just now, and it seemed that Tony's reaction was slightly faster than that of Baron Galliani. I wonder if this was evidence that the other party was superior.

As if he felt the look in Ladislaus's eyes, Baron Galliani suddenly said: "Tony hit the first blow alone. He must have been seriously injured."
Chapter completed!