While the acting Grand Duke easily obtained a large amount of rights and interests, Ladislaus had to fight tooth and nail for his own small interests in Siena.

After the moat was filled in for a period, the city of Siena finally lost its outermost layer of defense, but this was only the first step. The city still had very reliable walls.

Next, the Roman army and the Florentine army attacked together.

On January 6, 1522, tens of thousands of troops, including Cardinal Medici, gathered in the southeast, and the attack on the city wall was about to officially begin.

There are a total of twelve thousand-man phalanxes, divided into three columns, each column has four phalanxes, and each phalanx has two ladders with a length of more than ten meters.

All the cavalry also came to the scene to suppress the formation.

In addition to the temporary ladders built by military craftsmen, four trebuchets also appeared on the battlefield.

Although the trebuchet on the turret of Siena City obviously has the advantage of range and power, the frequency and accuracy of its shooting in the past few days convinced Old Colonna and Cardinal Medici that they were almost all finished that time.

Accurate shooting is just a matter of luck. The specially marked red stones have been thoroughly inspected and have been processed. Without these targets, they can be suppressed through numerical superiority.

Although Ladislaus had reservations and thought it was too risky, it was most economical to use infantry ladders to siege the city. Italian city-states often tended to directly build large city walls that could wrap all residential areas, while major powers such as France, Spain and most

German princes tended to build professional small military fortresses to protect metropolitan areas.

City-type castles are difficult to defend and can easily be broken through by the siege force by concentrating their forces. They also have the disadvantage of needing to accumulate a large amount of food. Therefore, professional military fortresses established in key locations seem to be the current development direction of Europa's military.

Of course, the core cities of big countries also have all-inclusive city walls, but there are often small satellite fortresses on the periphery of cities like Paris and Vienna. Such fortresses often have large slopes, making it difficult for soldiers to directly attack the city with ladders, and trebuchets also

There was no way around these elaborate fortresses, but the sheer size of the city of Siena made such structures too expensive, so the city wall was directly behind the moat.

Therefore, as long as you are determined to make sacrifices, you can attack the city directly.

But since the trebuchets are all the property of Cardinal Medici, and they have been shipped, and the Florentine Republic has a lot of money, then Ladislaus can naturally let the rich do whatever they want. But if it breaks this time

Success, even if "Protector" Tony did not play any role, these trebuchets gave Cardinal Medici a lot more say in dividing the spoils.

For Ladislaus, although he had doubts, it would be the best thing if the trebuchet outside the city could really suppress the trebuchet on the city wall. It would be difficult for the defenders to gain a foothold on the city wall.

, if it can blast across a section of the city wall, it will be even more of a nightmare for the defenders.

When the officer on the tower informed that the smoke from the military camp outside the city had appeared an hour and a half earlier than usual, Consul Petrucci went to the tower early, and all the auxiliary personnel in the city, including mature women, were mobilized to prepare for a fight to the death.

Not only for the common people, but also for the nobles, the gains and losses of the city are at stake.

Even the Siena nobles, who are usually lazy, all rushed to the city wall in time today to do their part to defend their homeland.

Consul Petrucci did not go to the city wall alone. More than a dozen men from the Petrucci family, as well as two wives with warrior rank, also went to the city wall together.

However, most members of the noble families were organized into several small elite groups and gathered under the city wall as an elite counter-assault group to attack enemies who climbed onto the city wall.

Only the members of the consul family climbed onto the city wall to boost morale.

Only high-ranking nobles can climb the turret.

Today, all the high-ranking nobles on the turret, including Chancellor Yeyou-Fei, are wearing fighting uniforms. Most of the nobles generally have warrior ranks, and a few are rogues. Archon Petrucci himself is an eighth-level mage, who is on the city wall.

The third-highest level spellcaster after his son-in-law and another big family who worships the mage. Today he is holding the magic missile staff that has not been used for a long time instead of the archon staff of the past. Siena City has a total of

Five mages, three of whom are above level eight, which is a lot for a small country.

Everyone on the city wall is very nervous and serious. The first large-scale attack on the city wall is the most dangerous attack. It can be said that there is a one-third chance of breaking the city today.

The nervous Siena people still had to endure the stench. Several large pots were burned on the city wall, and the dung juice in the pots was already boiling. A large number of people in the city fled. Their houses could be demolished, and the wood they obtained could be used as fuel.

Although the power of boiling oil is greater and the stench will not affect the morale of the defenders, oil is a material needed for urban life after all, and "golden juice" is more economical, not to mention that the siege party also has to endure this smell.

odor.

There are also a large number of long arrows required by the revolving crossbows on the city wall. There are no longer restrictions on rationing. Use them carefully. Each revolving crossbow has been allocated enough inventory. Today, there will be an unlimited supply for the attackers.

Waiting in the darkness, Consul Petrucci was convinced that today would be a long day.

However, sometimes life can surprise people.

The moment the sun rose, Consul Petrucci saw clearly the twelve thousand-man phalanx concentrated at the bottom of the city. However, the expression on his face suddenly relaxed, and at the same time, there was a cry on the turret.

The chants of "God bless" and "the glory of the dark sun".

Not only was Consul Petrucci no longer nervous, but all the Siena nobles and senior officers on the corner tower were relieved.

Because they all saw four siege trebuchets pushed up from the gaps in the phalanx.

At this time, old Colonna was riding a war horse, escorted by the city defense cavalry, and galloped past the square, accepting the enthusiastic cheers of his own soldiers.

Our four huge trebuchets gave the soldiers a lot of confidence. This kind of weapon is expensive and cannot withstand bumps. After a long march, it will basically need to be overhauled. It will be naturally scrapped after only a few uses. The only way to rely on the Medici

The Medici family in Florence, which brought huge wealth to the Bank of Rome, was able to take out four of them with such lavishness.

At this time, Cardinal Medici was praying on a siege tower behind the army. His voice passed through the battlefield, and soldiers on both sides of the attack and defense could hear the vigorous and vigorous praise and prayer.

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The siege tower is at an absolutely safe distance, which means it is more than a thousand meters away from the city wall. This broadcast-like prayer consumed most of Cardinal Medici's spell slots today, but he would not have gone up to the siege tower in the first place.

On the front line, the battle formation is not a place suitable for spell casters. Even spell casters at the level of the country may be seriously injured or killed by samurai or rangers who specialize in archery at level ten, so it is really important for advanced spell casters to be willing to go to the front line.

There are very few, and it is more cost-effective to boost morale through such means.

After the prayer was completed, four trebuchets had arrived in front of the infantry square. Each trebuchet needed to be pulled by twenty horses and controlled by hundreds of soldiers.

However, these terrible war monsters had just stopped, and before the soldiers could load the stones on the ladles, the trebuchets on the Siena corner tower immediately struck back.

Although Ladislaus does not hope that the Medici family will perform too well in the siege, so that the other party will have a greater say in the division, it still sincerely prays to the dark sun, hoping that the stone thrown on the tower will

Don't miss the opportunity with one shot. After all, conquering the city of Siena is the top priority now.

However, his expectations did not come true. With a loud noise, a trebuchet that cost more than 10,000 thalers turned into a pile of rubble.

The soldiers who pulled the horses and controlled them also suffered heavy casualties.

Although the start was unfavorable, the trebuchet operators hired from Venice were still very professional. The officers controlled their men to continue working and began to attack the city wall.

Within twenty minutes, they completed all the preparation procedures and fired a shot. Three stone balls about one meter were fired almost at the same time. One shot fell into the unfilled part of the moat, stirring up a huge water column.

It landed closer in front of the city wall, and another shot hit the city wall, causing some damage to the wall.

There was one hit per round of shooting, which was not bad anyway. The trebuchet team specially poached from the Venetian Navy was indeed quite capable.

But their enemy was too powerful. After the siege launched a missile, the trebuchets on Siena also launched a second counterattack.

Both the offensive and defensive sides are praying. Although the Dark Sun claims to be omnipotent, it can only bless one side. The side with more advanced technology and better preparation will receive divine favor.

The above is of course what the Dark Sun believers say.

The old man who talks about Shu'er, a voter of Shar, the Lady of the Dark Night, will definitely laugh out loud, because what determines who wins today is not the so-called all-powerful Dark Sun, but the gift he received from Shar.

Since Alberto Masarani came to Siena, his understanding of magic has not improved. It is nothing to be stuck at level 13. After all, it is very common for a mage to be stuck at any level. In fact,

Recently, he felt a little unstable at level 13, and it was very difficult to feel the seventh level of the magic network several times.

The reason for this stagnation and decline is indeed as rumored, partly because his young wife made him spend too much time in bed looking for the feeling of youth.

But for the characters who have access to the seventh level of the Magic Network, which one is not mentally appraised? It is impossible for a beautiful woman to have such a big influence.

The real reason is that over the past few years, Alberto Masarani has copied several scrolls of "Talking about Shur's Advanced Aiming Technique". These seven-level scrolls are really too damaging to the mage.

However, this kind of damage proved to be completely worth it. The second stone ball accurately hit the siege's trebuchet again.

When Ladislaus saw the extra pile of flesh and blood mixed with wood and stone, he sighed. It was indeed not a coincidence, but a strength beyond imagination.

Finding the flash red stone as a target actually caused Old Colonna and Medici Cardinal to lower each other's strength. Once the siege trebuchet entered the effective range, the one on the city was already in an area with extremely high hit rate.

There is no need for a target, and you can go on a killing spree.

Old Colonna no longer had any hope at this point. His messenger cavalry went out in all directions and announced the order to retreat. The soldiers saw that the trebuchets they had placed high hopes on failed so miserably, and their morale was depressed. Even if they reluctantly attacked the city, it would have no effect.

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The soldiers operating the trebuchet also untied their horses and ran away in confusion.

Amidst the cheers of the Siena soldiers on the city wall, the remaining two trebuchets were also destroyed in the next hour, but this consumed five stone balls, and these five shots were only appended with "Tan Shu"

The fifth-level magic "Er Aiming" reduces the accuracy. Alberto Masarani memorized three of them, and there was a tenth-level mage in the city who also provided two.

After all, the morale of the attackers has been destroyed, so there is no need to waste precious scrolls.

The aggressive attackers organized and planned for several days. They only stayed under the city for less than two hours before returning to the camp in despair.

Although old Colonna worked hard and led two lines of cavalry to break up the rear, today was indeed a bad day.

The Siena army, which lacked cavalry combat effectiveness, did not leave the city to pursue.

However, they already won a big victory today.

Not only the soldiers on the city wall, but also the nobles and officers on the turrets were cheering and hugging wildly.

Even the nobles who had many conflicts over their interests in the past also participated in the joy of this moment.

They do have reason to be happy.

Although not many attackers were killed, for the attackers, today was undoubtedly a disastrous defeat. Not only did they lose the expensive trebuchet, but more importantly, the three armies fought for it.

This was a victory achieved by the foresight of Consul Petrucci. It was Consul Petrucci who withstood the pressure from all parties and purchased an expensive high-end trebuchet to achieve success in one fell swoop.

This is also a victory for Lao Tan Shure's genius and wisdom.

Although Telamante-Tennesur was thousands of miles away in Paris, it was able to severely defeat the enemies of the Kingdom of France.

This is the power of "governing the country".
Chapter completed!