Chapter 208： Capture Florence

A few days later, Julius II tried his best to gather 14,000 horses for the army. Among them, most of the horses were pulled horses, which were forcibly bought from farmers' houses around the city of Rome.

Because of the urgency of the war, Julius II could not manage so much, and directly adopted the means of forced buying. Of course, the money is not a lot. After all, Julius II is not bad money, especially after copying the Borgia family, it is a lot of money. Of course, in fact, he didn't use the money to get it himself, just take it directly from the treasury's treasury.

Over the city of Florence, intelligence from the Medici family soon came—that was ready there. According to the agreement, the army of Stade will arrive at the east gate of Florence, and there is a follower of the Medici family near the east gate. There is a large mansion here, suitable for ambushing soldiers. According to the agreement, as soon as the army arrived and fired two artillery battles in the air, the opponent began to **** the East Gate and put in the army.

At this time there were 5,000 Italian mercenaries in Florence. However, according to information from the Medici family, this group of Italian mercenaries is loose, often disturbing the people, and the Republican official Machiavelli threatened to fire all mercenaries and establish a national army.

In fact, Machiavelli's proposal was indeed realized. However, that was only realized in 1505. At present, the official of the Republic of Florence is arguing about whether to give up mercenaries and establish a national army instead. The governor of the Republic of Florence, Piero Sodrini, supported Machiavelli's proposal to establish a national army. He also felt the lax discipline of mercenaries and the harm to the people in the city. However, Florence is a republic, not an authoritarian country. Despite being Governor-General, Piero Sodrini can only support Machiavelli's proposition and try to win as many parliamentarians as possible, without being able to assert himself. Therefore, this matter cannot be solved temporarily.

However, Machiavelli's remarks annoyed the mercenaries responsible for defending the city. After all, Machiavelli was going to smash their jobs. Therefore, mercenaries have no good face for Machiavelli. If Machiavelli was not a high-ranking official, the Italian mercenaries would have beaten him.

The mercenaries still do their own thing, continue to disturb the people in the city of Florence, and from time to time scourge big girls and wives. Of course, Italian mercenaries are not as savage and rude as the Toyo Devils. This group of Italian mercenaries came by means of collusion.

In this era, even in the bustling city of Florence, there are still many poor people. This group of Italian mercenaries had money, so they bought a lot of food, or bought some cloth, to hook up with the big girls and wives in the city.

Not to mention that this method really has women fooled, after all, Italian women are not good at it. Slap together to wipe out such a broken thing, a slap can not beat. When both men and women are coquettish, some large scales are staged ...

The City Hall continued to receive complaints from ordinary citizens (mainly men with green hats) demanding severe punishment for the wandering mercenaries. These men are not lacking in courage, but in the face of organized soldiers, revenge is futile, and the command makes one more unlucky. Therefore, complaints became the only way. However, there are also divisions within the Republic. Some Florentine gangsters believe that these breaking things are short-lived for parents and are not worth the official effort. Moreover, as long as those mercenaries are not useless, they are not illegal ... With the support of the official gangsters, those mercenaries are even more arrogant ...

According to the information provided by the Medici family, every night, of the 5,000 Florentine mercenaries, it would be nice to have 3,000 people in the barracks and on the city walls. The remaining two thousand people all went to pick up girls ... So, if a raid is launched, the success rate is still very large.

Stade is nervous. After all, this is the first time he has led an army alone to complete a very important task. Before, he followed Marin or Schwartz, everything was under command.

Of course, Stade is also very excited. He knew the opportunities brought about by this war. If the city of Florence is successfully won, then he will become a hero of the Papal State. Where is the Papal State? That is the center of European religion. Lord Pope is the leader of Christians in the world, and God's spokesperson in the world.

Stadt can be sure that as long as he has won Florence for the Papal State, his master Marin can certainly get huge benefits. But at the same time, as the main commander of this battle, he will also be famous for a long time and won the Pope's award. Therefore, Stade is very attentive to this raid.

Because it was a raid, the army did not carry any weight this time, and everyone brought only a small bag of dry food. If it fails, the army will immediately be in trouble.

Moreover, this attack was too long, and along the Roman Road, the total distance of the march reached about 280 kilometers. Although the straight-line distance between the two places is only about 230 kilometers, the terrain of the Italian peninsula is complicated, and some places need to detour. Therefore, if you take the Roman Road, the total distance reaches about 280 kilometers.

If a horse rushes on the road, if you love horsepower, you can run up to 120 kilometers a day. However, in this way, it takes more than two days.

After thinking about it, Julius II decided to let Stade go all the way, even if some horses ran to death. Compared with the huge gains of the Republic of Florence, dying some horses is not a big deal.

So, Stade, with his army of soldiers, started his journey at a speed of 150 kilometers per day ...

Two days later, when the army rushed to the vicinity of Florence, the count ran and killed 4,000 horses. The 10,000 horses alive are also mentally depressed.

Fortunately, each of the soldiers brought a small bag of oats. After feeding the horses some oats, Stade quickly let everyone rest. At the same time, release the riding whistle, ride a horse with good physical strength, patrol the surroundings, intercept all people who go to Florence, and avoid leaking news. This good habit is always emphasized by Marin. Every attack is based on confidentiality.

After a long rest, it was almost 10 o'clock in the evening. At this point, Stade arranged for people to gather the horses together to look for someone. And himself, with his soldiers, quietly touched the east gate of Florence ...

At 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, in the silent night, two explosions suddenly sounded-that is, the people in Stade are firing artillery ...

The gangsters of the Medici family hiding in a large courtyard near the east gate of Florence were stunned, and then they realized that-the opportunity came ...

As a result, about 150 guards and family members with high military value sent by a number of followers of the Medici family, holding swords, took courage and rushed towards the gate of the east gate ...

However, unlike the professionals sent by Marin, these raiders contacted by the Medici family were all wearing plate armour and holding shields. They are all wearing ordinary clothes, just holding swords in their hands, not very professional.

Although, these people are also considered good martial arts people. However, due to the lack of protection, when the city gate was hit, it suffered a great loss.

Machiavelli paid great attention to the defense work of the city gate cavern after hearing about the Roman city. As an official in charge of military affairs, he repeatedly asked mercenaries to perform their duties at night. And, send enough people to protect the city gate ...

Originally, according to Machiavelli's vision, the number of soldiers and horses guarding the city gate should be increased from thirty to forty to about 200. This command, he was indeed conveyed.

It is a pity that half of the 200 mercenaries guarding the East Gate went to pick up girls in the city that night ...

If the 200 mercenaries were there, then the 150 dead who had hit the city gate would probably be finished. Fortunately, because of the poor military discipline of Italian mercenaries, only 100 people were on duty.

With the suddenness of the raid, the deceased of the Medici family beat Italian mercenaries by surprise. But the defenders occupy the ground after all. Since then, the two sides have been fighting, and they have alerted the defenders of the city ...

As soon as Stade was broken, an army ran down the city head, and it seemed that the raid was in trouble. Suddenly, Didi cold sweat trickled down his forehead. If this operation fails, it will be in trouble. Moreover, he will lose all his glory.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered a few claw hooks brought from Friesland. It is said that that is what Marin intends to use to form a "special force". But, the legendary special forces have no shadow. According to Marin's plan, the sturdy Dietmar Marshal Cage should be the most suitable special forces leader. However, Cage's loyalty is not enough at present, and Marin has suspended the formation of special forces. When Cage becomes more loyal, it is not too late to form.

Stade is more interested in the claw hooks used to climb the city wall, so a few came over and played with several of his own soldiers, treating it as an entertainment item.

However, the situation was urgent and Stade couldn't sit still. If the Medici family in the city fails to attack the gate, then everything is over.

So, Stade turned his heart and shouted to the guard:

"Take my claw hook!"

Several guards looked at each other, not knowing what went wrong with their boss. The claw hook is usually used for games, is it ...

"General, do you want it?"

"Climb the wall! The gang of Italians in the city is probably having problems. Now you have to climb the wall and move fast! Otherwise, no one wants to break into the city!"

"No, you are the general, you can't take risks. According to military law, you go to take risks and get hurt. We will all be executed!" Several guards were taken aback, for fear that Stade couldn't think of it. Marin's military law is very strict.

"Then you must go and seize that section of the city wall, and then support the battle in the city gate cave!"

"Yes!" Several guards gritted their teeth and were forced to help.

Coincidentally, the dozens of mercenaries on the section of the city wall facing Stade's army went down to reinforce the direction of the gate. So, some of Stade's guards ran directly over the claw hook ...

After trying a few times, the five claw hooks that Stad usually brought all hooked the city wall ...

Then, several guards took the lead to climb up ...

Then, Stad let another group of soldiers climb up the claw hook rope ...

After climbing a total of 30 people, the Italian mercenaries who were in a panic in the city found that someone was climbing the wall. So a group of Italian mercenaries rushed up.

However, the city wall was very narrow. Hundreds of Italian mercenaries rushed over were blocked by the desperation of 30 elite warriors who climbed to the top of the city.

Then, more elite warriors climbed up the rope ...

After the elite of hundreds of troops climbed up, they immediately crushed the group of Italian mercenaries on the city wall. Then Stade shouted under the city:

"Don't mind the waste on the city head, go down and reinforce the city gate hole, be sure to open the city gate!"

So ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Hundreds of elite people, directly down the city wall along the stairs, directly into the gate of the east gate ...

At this time, a fierce fighting is taking place in the doorway of Dongcheng Gate. Although the dead of the Medici family have eliminated most of the gate guards, there are still more than forty gate guards who are still struggling to rely on obstacles such as shields, tables and chairs to guard the gates.

At the same time, about 200 Italian mercenaries descended from the walls were attacking the dead of the Medici family from behind. At this time, it was a very critical juncture. Of the 150 dead in the Medici family, there are only 80 left. After a while, they will be finished ...

At this critical juncture, suddenly a group of soldiers rushed down from the city head and rushed towards the 200 Italian mercenaries who were attacking the deceased of the Medici family and quickly defeated them.

This was Stade's guards who arrived with a group of elites. After defeating the Italian mercenaries who attacked the gate, they did not hesitate and rushed in to launch a fierce attack on the last 40 gate guards ...

After a while, those guards were finally wiped out. Then, the Dongcheng Gate was opened. Stadt took advantage of this opportunity and led the army into the city of Florence ...