Old Colonna, who successfully got the agreement he wanted, praised his daughter's lover very much, and promised that after seizing the city, all the properties of the churches under the gods in the city would be disposed of by Ladislaus, and the church itself would

It was also up to Ladislaus to decide whether to take or stay, and the old Colonna promised not to interfere at all.

However, these benefits are all based on being able to capture this city, and nothing will be done unless it succeeds.

In the next few days, the Roman army did not immediately launch an attack on the city. Instead, they first collected wood to build a ladder, expanded the size of the fortress, and strengthened the defense to ensure that it was difficult for the defenders to launch an assault.

Of course, the Florentine army was doing similar things, but in addition to the main camp in the northeast, part of the Florentine army moved to the west side of the city of Siena, and the "hand-and-half-sword" mercenaries were also sweeping in that direction, cutting off the port and the city.

Contact and a thorough cleansing of the port area were part of the agreement between the old Colonna and the Medici Cardinals.

Although the port area without the protection of the city wall must have been completely emptied, and the port residents will not be as reluctant to leave as the rural residents, but after a thorough "cleaning", they still have some belongings.

Those peasants who are reluctant to part with their land are really suffering. Ladislaus, with his "hand-and-half-sword" mercenary group and the Roman cavalry, has been sweeping through the villages around Siena in the past few days.

Unlike the cramped mountain villages, most of these villages are much richer and have a much larger population.

Although the Siena government received news in advance that the enemy was about to invade, and the big landowners hid in the city, the yeoman farmers were reluctant to part with their land and fled into the city. They did not have the money they needed to live, even though Petrucci was in power.

The officials have repeatedly announced that they will provide food rations to those who can serve as auxiliary soldiers after entering the city, but isn't that too dangerous? Moreover, the words of nobles have never been trustworthy. Who can guarantee that they will keep their promises this time?

What's more, even if the noble masters occasionally show mercy, their lackeys and stewards still want to exploit the peasants. To the noble masters, they always say that the summer tax will be halved.

This kind of thing is really too common.

Although the old people talk about the last war with lingering fears, after so many years, will the enemy this time be as cruel as last time?

So they put their hope in the kindness of their enemies, or just live a day-to-day attitude, letting fate decide everything.

Obviously, a non-positive attitude towards life will bring more terrible results.

The invaders are much more terrifying than the original owners.

All their property was taken away, and all their reserves became the enemy's supplies. Instead, they had to work hard to get some rations.

After seeing Siena's city defense system, Old Colonna gave up the unrealistic fantasy of occupying it as peacefully as possible in order to rule, and went all out to recruit civilians.

Yes, the Siena people who were unwilling to enter the city as auxiliaries to defend the city of Siena now have to contribute to the attack on the city. Their wives and daughters were not ruined, at least before they died. Old Colonna

To ensure the morale of the civilian husbands, all the women were gathered into a camp and the Roman army was strictly prohibited from humiliating them.

Old Colonna also promised that each peasant's family would receive a small but sufficient ration to survive, and the peasants could return to the camp at night, if they could survive until night.

These unfortunate people were organized to fill in the moats.

The first two days were fine. They just diverted the river flowing into the moat. In winter, the water flow was not large, so the river was successfully cut off. However, the next step was to create a passable piece of land on the moat that had become stagnant water. But

It's just extremely dangerous.

Ladislaus's mission was to squeeze out as much value from these farmers as possible before they died.

Old Colonna gave the opportunity to take the lead to his daughter's lover. This opportunity was also a reward for Ladislaus's performance in negotiations. Although Ladislaus had no experience at all, his status was high enough to give orders.

, and Machiavelli is an experienced commander.

Under the task "Conquer the City of Siena", there is a branch "Filling the moat within ten days". This kind of task with additional requirements must be very rewarding, but the difficulty seems to be a bit too high, unless there is almost no interference.

It is really unlikely that the wide moat will be filled in so quickly, and the threat of counterattack by the defenders with their backs against the city wall is very high.

Old Colonna gave Ladislaus two thousand soldiers and more than two thousand civilians to complete this task

Old Colonna himself commanded the main force to suppress the battle. Of course, most of the army was busy preparing siege equipment, and he only gathered 3,000 men.

In order to improve the working spirit of these poor people, Ladislaus organized a total of more than 2,000 civilians into five large groups and fifteen teams, with approximately 150 people in each team. Each large group was dispatched together.

That is, there are about four to five hundred people in the three teams,

Whichever team of 150 people can complete a turnaround faster will get one point. The five teams with the highest scores every night will get a drink in addition to hard-to-eat rations.

To a bowl of broth, there might be a few egg-laying hens that they could never bear to eat, or half a milking goat that they could never bear to eat.

The invaders will not be reluctant to kill, as the saying goes, take from the people and use them for the people.

In addition to rewards and penalties, the team with the worst performance among all fifteen teams will be killed in the eleventh round.

Some of these civilians occasionally go hunting in the mountains, so the stronger ones may be roughly equivalent to the level of a first-level warrior. These people are appointed as small bosses to be responsible for daily management, and they have meat to eat every day.

They were also responsible for conveying Ladislaus' "Rules of the Game" to other peasants.

As for the few hunters who are very strong and can be considered as second-level warriors, they can be immediately incorporated into the Roman army's archer team. The soldiers of the Roman city defense army are only required to be first-level warriors, and their families can also be truly protected.

The families of other civilian husbands can only get a mouthful of food before they die, but they have no choice.

After several days of preparation, on December 28th, after ensuring that every citizen understood the rules, they were about to start the competition.

Under the watchful eyes of two thousand Roman troops, the first group of three groups of civilians each carried a cloth bag containing thirty kilograms of soil. As Boss Sirica shouted "Let's go", they started from the moat about 800 meters away.

Set off from a distance and rush towards the city.

It is currently known that the effective range of the trebuchets equipped by Spanish battleships is about 600 meters, so the meeting that day was arranged about 700 meters away from the city. Ladislaus judged that the 800-meter distance was about 700 meters away from the turret.

The ultimate range of the giant trebuchet. Shooting at this distance will have no accuracy. Even the shooting at 700 meters should be just a matter of luck. This algorithm is indeed a bit unreliable, but even if the calculation is wrong, it will be unlucky.

They are just civilians, who cares.

His calculation was indeed not quite right. In fact, with the help of Alberto Masarani's "Tan Shuer Advanced Aiming Technique" and shooting at a distance of 900 meters, there was still a slight possibility of defeating the assembled civilians.

It would cause a lot of damage, but after considering the "Tanshul Advanced Aiming Technique" and the expensive stone balls, which were only available once a day, Archon Petrucci, who was also on the tower, finally decided not to use the trebuchet.

The nervous civilians ran all the way worried about the trebuchet, but it was not the trebuchet that really killed them.

After the civilians reached a distance of 250 meters, the rotating giant crossbows on the city wall began to speak. Six giant crossbows were gathered on the city wall and fired fiercely at the civilians.

Two of the six crossbow arrows hit the civilian husband lined up in a row. The civilian husband who was directly hit immediately lost a third of his body and was killed on the spot. What was worse was that the two people behind him were shot through, and they were shot.

However, they did not die immediately. Their wailing before death plunged the people into great fear.

ps: There is a map related to the work, which should be helpful for reading.
Chapter completed!