Warlock Royal Family

After some disputes and internal strife, no matter what, the army commanded by the old Colonna arrived at the city of Siena on the morning of December 12th.

The city of Siena has a very good city defense system in this era. The city itself is located between the valleys of two rivers, the Arcia River and the Arce River. The city is triangular with three hills, which generally presents an irregular triangle shape. The city wall completely encloses the area where the residents are concentrated, and there is also a core fortress within the city wall, which is also the seat of the parliament, located in the northwest corner of the city.

Outside the city wall, there is a moat more than two meters deep and three meters wide. Inside the moat, there is river water drawn from the Arsia 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 Deputy Grand Duke recently reorganized the city defenses. Ladislaus heard that several prominent fortresses built outside Vienna were called bastions. Dislaus didn't quite believe that Germany's hostile princes could pose any threat to the Austrian mainland, and the east was also an ally of Hungary. Even if Hungary became an enemy, this defense seemed a bit excessive.

But for Italian city-states, this kind of pure military fortress is still too extravagant and expensive. Even though Petrucci Consul is quite good at making money, he still didn't choose to build this kind of fortress.

However, as far as Ladislaus is concerned, the current Siena city defense is already quite a headache.

The city of Siena began to prosper from the time of the ancient Roman Empire BC, but the current city wall was roughly formed in the thirteenth century, and the last renovation was less than 20 years ago. After the attack of the Rensa Republic, the first thing to do was to rebuild the city defense.

They no longer build city districts anywhere that are not protected by walls.

So this time, when the Florentine army approached the city again, they found that it was impossible for them to rob the prosperous urban area before they broke through the city wall.

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

Many veterans came here under the command of Machiavelli 20 years ago. At that time, they faced the much simpler city defense than they are now and finally returned without success.

But in any case, they arrived a little earlier than the Roman army, so there were still a few remnants in the wealthy villages around the city.

Therefore, it can provide a little better food than Rome.

While smelling the scent of beef wafting from the Florentine army, Ladislaus thought about how much the Florentine army could benefit from the surrounding villages.

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

The leaders of both sides were unwilling to go to the other party's camp, so they chose to discuss in the southeast of the city.

In order to show respect to the cardinal, the old Colonna and Ladislaus arrived at the scheduled place one step earlier.

The Medici cardinal didn't put on any airs, and almost reached the meeting place with both feet.

The Medici cardinal was accompanied by the "protector of the country" Tony, and the old Colonna brought Baron Galliani with him. This is also a kind of contest.

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

As soon as they met, the Medici Cardinal first expressed his deepest condolences to the old Colonna, repeatedly reminiscing about the friendship he had with the Colonna Cardinal serving Cyric.

Others watched as the murderer joined the victim's father in expressing his memory for the deceased.

Old Colonna showed no trace of hatred, at least not by Ladislaus, and he even thanked the Medici cardinal for sending troops together to punish the murderer.

Immediately afterwards, he apologized to Ladislaus: "Archbishop Ladislaus, I was supposed to visit you last time I went to Rome, but I couldn't make an appointment with you because I was really busy. You were with the Cardinal in his last days, and it is very good that you escaped from the pursuit of the apostate Jeyo-Fei, you know, it is very difficult to lose a colleague and friend like the Cardinal of Colonna Unfortunately, it would be very sad to lose you again, and I cannot bear to lose two friends in a row."

"Thank you for your concern, but I think His Majesty God doesn't need me to serve him on the Supreme Throne for the time being, not to mention my lack of knowledge, how can He De dare to consider himself your friend."

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

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

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

"Be careful." Tony yelled suddenly, he exerted all his strength, stood up immediately, and pressed those tall and fit black horses into the ground.

Ladislaus only felt a sudden darkness in the sky, and Tony hit the sky hard!

There was a tooth-piercing sound of rubbing and flames flashed by, Tony lifted a huge object, Baron Galliani also reacted immediately, and also slammed into the sky, and the two "protectors" stabilized together situation.

Only then did Ladislaus come back to his senses and saw that it was a stone ball with a diameter of more than 1.5 meters.

Together, the two top warriors of Europa pushed this terrifying weapon fired from the city of Siena to the other side.

The horses of the two national protectors both collapsed to the ground due to the impact of the stone ball. Tony's mount had even turned into a terrible mass of shredded meat, and the bones of the horse were all crushed together. huddled together.

The old Colonna and the Medici Cardinal both rode their horses and retreated to their own barracks without hesitation, and did not even say a word of politeness to the other party.

After fleeing all the way into the gate of the camp, Ladislaus, who had recovered from his shock, found that Baron Galliani, who had lost his horse, ran slower than a horse at all.

If there is only one "protecting the country" today, then at least a few people can be severely injured. If the warlock Ladislaus is directly hit, the consequences are really unbearable. Just see the end of that horse. Unfortunately, the attacking sides want to show off their force. , Jing sharp all to.

This raid was unsuccessful, but this powerful catapult still impressed Ladislaus. This guy will undoubtedly cause big trouble in the next siege.

"The range of this trebuchet is really amazing." Ladislaus couldn't help but said to the old Colonna worriedly. He was very surprised. 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 does not have such a shot at all. It should be the latest arcane trebuchet designed by the legendary old Tanshuer , and long-term testing has accumulated a large amount of data, and it can be accurately shot through landmarks. The red stone where we talked is very suspicious, and the flat ground we met is also very suitable for attacking troops. They must have a lot of data, jing Know exactly how much the trebuchet should be weighted so that it can hit there. Seeing the possibility of our gathering, the city defenders wanted to try their luck."

Just one shot almost completely destroyed the enemy's core. This is not only good weapons, but also evidence of well-trained defenders. I really didn't expect that there are such good soldiers in the Italian city-states. This trip is not easy. , Ladislaus looked at the old Colonna's frown, but didn't express this thought.

The old Colonna was also aware of this, and stopped discussing it, but declared loudly to the soldiers that he was safe and sound.

There are already many officers and soldiers gathered around, and this kind of thing that shakes the morale of the army cannot be said anymore.

It's just that Ladislaus recalled the situation just now. It seems that Tony's reaction was a little faster than Baron Galliani's. I don't know if this is evidence that the opponent's strength is superior.

As if sensing Ladislaus' gaze, Baron Galliani suddenly said: "The first hit, Tony pushed it alone, he must have been seriously injured."