The Rise of the European Emperor

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It was too late to grieve for the doomed death squad members in the city. Marin quickly separated two teams and took a detour to the south gate and northeast gate of Siena City with the siege ladder, intending to steal it before the Siena people could react. once. As for the northwest gate, don't think about it, the city gate tower is already full of defenders at this moment.

But the news that came back before dawn was not optimistic. The teams that went to attack the other two city gates all failed. The army in the city seems to be ready. Obviously, after the incident at the northwest gate, the army in the city immediately sent people to the south gate and northeast gate to warn.

At daybreak, Marin, who stood on the high ground outside the city and looked at the city of Siena, also took a breath-I saw the city wall of Siena, built on a hillside more than ten meters high, counting the height of the city wall itself, It is estimated to be twenty or thirty meters high. At such a height, ordinary siege ladders are useless at all, because the length is not enough.

As for the gate tower of the three city gates, it is called a solid one. Moreover, many Fran cannons were erected on the top of the city. If you dare to storm the city gate tower, you have to take a wave of shells first... and if you storm the city wall, it will be even more difficult. The city wall is 30 meters high, and the hillside has a certain slope. If you want to climb the city wall on a slant, you need a 40-meter-long siege ladder... May I ask, how can there be such a long ladder... For a 50-meter sprint, it takes more than 7 seconds for the average person to run wildly...

Moreover, even if such a super large ladder is built, how heavy is it? Many people have to carry it to put it on the city wall. But the Siena defenders on the top of the city are not dead. If you dare to build a ladder, they dare to shoot arrows and throw stones from the top of the city. Moreover, even if the ladder is erected, it is easy to be pushed down diagonally by the defenders, or simply cut off or sawn off...

In short, the city of Siena, surrounded by mountains on three sides, is really too difficult to attack. No wonder that in 1555, Charles V sent a large army to join forces with Florence to besiege Siena, and it took 18 months to break through the city. It's really...too difficult...

Unwilling to give up, Marin took Kahn and others, rode on horses bought from nearby villages, and circled the city of Siena several times, but did not find any defensive loopholes. What broke Marin the most was that the people of Siena were so rich that the three city gates were all made of cast iron. Even if you bury a gunpowder barrel, it won't explode...

"What to do? What to do?" Marin was a little anxious. If it is a strong attack, it may not be able to fight for a year or so.

"Forget it, let's continue digging the tunnel!" In desperation, Marin could only let the previous tunnel digging team continue digging the tunnel. Moreover, he also sent a lot of people to help. Even if the granite is hard enough, I have many people digging, and each person works hard for a while, which is very efficient.

Of course, Marin also sent people to feign attacks every day, so as to dig tunnels as cover. It's just that, according to this progress, it won't work in a few months... Marin even thought of withdrawing. , otherwise, we will run out of food...

With the maple sugar compressed biscuits in everyone's hands now,

And the grain stored by Marin in Yalani Village lasted for up to 20 days. After 20 days, the army will run out of food. If there is no more food, it may collapse...

Fortunately, two days later, when Marin was in a dilemma, good news came from the south-the Fourth Army of Saqqara had conquered Grosseto and was leading the army towards Siena. Arriving in two days.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Marin breathed a sigh of relief. The arrival of the Fourth Army meant that he didn't have to worry about the food problem. Because, the transportation road from the direction of Grosseto to the city of Siena must have been opened. And Marin has stored a lot of food in the Papal State, which can be transported by sea to the port of Talamone at any time, and then through Grosseto to the city of Siena.

And on the third day, news came from the direction of the south gate - Radicofani sent 4,000 reinforcements to the southeast to rush back to Siena...

It should be pointed out that both the Avenue of Francisco and the mountain road leading to Grosseto meet at the south gate of Siena. Then, Franciscana Avenue passes through the city of Siena, exits from the northwest gate, and continues to the northwest...

Marin suddenly regained his spirits - I can't break through your city wall, and can't defeat your reinforcements? So, he also brought four thousand soldiers and horses, rushed to the south gate, and blocked the main road...

At this time, a word popped up in Marin's mind - "surround the spot to fight for aid"...

This is a classic tactic of our army during the War of Liberation, and its main purpose is to destroy the enemy's vital forces. Moreover, destroying the reinforcements under the enemy's nose is beneficial to the morale of the enemy.

The 4,000 troops Marin brought to the south of the city were all elite troops wearing rhinoceros leather armor. Of course, behind them, there are thousands of troops, watching the enemies in the city, preventing them from rushing out and attacking the reinforcements inside and outside.

However, although the Franciscan Avenue is known as the Avenue, it can only accommodate seven or eight people in parallel, which is not conducive to the display of the army. Therefore, the formation of Marin's army can only be very flat.

When the 4,000 Siena reinforcements arrived, the opponent did not show any weakness, and rushed up bravely to fight hand-to-hand with Marin's army. The main reason is that the other party mistakenly believed that Marin's army was sent by the Papal State...

Right now, the one that is in conflict with Siena is the Papal State. Except for the Austrian army of Maximilian I who went south to Rome to be crowned, the Sienese really couldn't think of anyone other than the army of the Papal State who would raid Siena. Moreover, even Florence, Siena's mortal enemy, is now under the control of the Papal State.

Therefore, the coach of the Siena Radicofani garrison, Salimoy, who was alerted, concluded that it was the army of the Papal State without even thinking about it. Because it is impossible for other countries' troops to come so fast.

His judgment is also in line with common sense, because recently the army of Maximilian I went south, and the people of Siena have indeed never heard of any troops from other countries coming to Italy. If it is the army of the Papal State, the Sienese are not afraid. Therefore, Salimoai sent 4,000 elites to rush back directly to the city of Siena.

In addition, the four thousand elites brought by Marin this time were all wearing black rhinoceros leather armor, and did not have the classic white-backed black cross vest of the Beihai Army. Therefore, the opponent's army didn't know how deep it was, and just ran into it like this...

But as soon as the battle started, the Siena reinforcements felt something was wrong—why is the opponent's fighting power so strong?

Because it was a narrow battle, Marin directly put Kahn, the beast, at the forefront. I saw Kahn wearing a rhinoceros leather armor, wielding a heavy mace, and rushed to the enemy first, starting the strong mode. And beside him, there are several fierce generals from the Spike Commando following him to cover him...

The heavy mace swung towards Siena's reinforcements with the sound of howling wind, while Kahn led a few mace commando fighters in the front row, defeating Siena's reinforcements.

In desperation, the Siena reinforcement general Karamossi ordered bows and arrows to greet him. However, the rhinoceros leather armor is not afraid of ordinary bows and arrows at all, and the Siena reinforcements did not bring heavy crossbows or muskets in order to rush back to the rescue. Therefore, Kahn and others don't care...

It's a pity that the road is too narrow. Although Kahn and the others have achieved brilliant results, the entire army cannot make a surprise attack, and can only nibble away at the opponent bit by bit. The battle continued until night before the Siena reinforcements were completely repulsed...

Marin didn't order the pursuit either, because fighting on the narrow mountain road was too frightening, and it was difficult to expand the results of the battle. So, he simply ordered not to chase.

Of course, Marin has another idea, that is - wait for the people from Saqqara to come...

The Fourth Army in Saqqara will arrive tomorrow. When the Fourth Army arrives, they can cooperate with the Mountain Infantry Regiment to surround and completely eat up the support army. If the pursuit is tight at this time and the opponent is chased too far, the Fourth Army will not be able to block the opponent's back. At that time, the mountain road will be narrow, and once the opponent retreats further south, it will be impossible to block this army, let alone destroy the opponent...