After coming to the southwest wall of Siena, Marin did not order an attack, but came to the yard where the two teams of digging tunnels were dispatched before.
"What? The tunnel has not been dug yet? When I came last time, didn't you say it was about to dug it?" Marin was furious at the leader of the leading tunnel excavation team.
"Duke, when you came last time, we did dig near the city wall. But... but who knew that the bottom of the small hills under the city wall were full of granite! I couldn't dig it!" The leader of the tunnel excavation team in charge of the team was almost crying. The digging along the way was smooth, but unexpectedly, the bottom of the small hills under the city wall in the southwest section of Siena was full of granite geology, so I really couldn't dig it...
It’s not that I can’t dig at all, but I can continue digging with a professional mine pick used for quarrying. However, the stone is so hard that it’s too slow to dig. It’s probably going to take two or three months to dig through...
When he told Marin this idea, Marin almost spit out an old blood - Damn, two or three months... My army was starved to death and didn't need the enemy to take action...
However, Marin also knew that this was not the case with the authentic excavation team. Because he didn't know that the "base" of the hill surrounding Siena was full of granite. From the outside, the hillside was lush on the outside, which made him think it was a mountain of earth...
Marin sat down dejectedly. Needless to think, the other city's tunnel excavation team must have failed. Because the directions of the two teams were opposite, or even opposite, so that the tunnels of both sides could be connected head-on. But now... the other party must not be able to dig the granite at the root of the hill...
"By the way, I have another insurance measure!" At this time, Marin suddenly remembered that he still had a third team in Siena, who was responsible for cooperating with the strong attack on the city gate.
There were 40 people in charge of siege the city gates inside and outside. They were all strongmen hired by Marin, who ordered the spies from the Italian branch of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce to spend a high price to hire from all over Italy. They were led by spies from Italy sent by Marin and lived in three small courtyards near the northwest gate of Siena. Moreover, Marin specially spent a high price to bribe the city guards and transported a batch of swords and shields to equip the 40 people. 40 strongmen attacked the city gates with swords and shields. Generally, Italian mercenaries couldn't stop them...
Marin's army lurked quietly, so the Siena defenders in the city should not have filled the city gate hole with debris. Because that was the approach that was only taken during wartime. After all, once the city gate hole was blocked, the city gate could not be opened. The city city is the key traffic of the Republic of Siena, an extremely important three-way intersection. If the city gate is not opened, the traffic of the Republic of Siena would probably be paralyzed. Therefore, unless it is absolutely necessary, the other party would not pile up bricks and stones in the city gate hole...
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In order to rule the suicide squad in the city, Marin sent his men to the northwest gate of Siena, took out double firecrackers, and set off three in a row as a secret code to contact the city... The secret code means - three hours later, the door will launch an attack...
The reason why the attack was launched three hours later was because the firecrackers were so loud that many Siena defenders must have alarmed at this time. Even some Siena officers would be suspicious and be vigilant. If they launched an attack at this time, they might just hit the gun...
If an attack is launched after three hours, it will be different. Even if the Siena defenders are curious, they should be tired after three hours. Moreover, they are very tired in the middle of the night and do not sleep for 3 hours. Do you want to sleep to death? Even if the defenders with strong curiosity are on guard for an hour, they should relax. After relaxing, they will naturally continue to sleep... At that time, it was just right to seize the city gate...
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At this time, in the city of Siena, near the northwest gate, three spies in the Italian branch of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce scattered in three small courtyards, scattered and hidden in three small courtyards, were shocked at the same time - they knew that the time they were waiting for was coming...
During this period, the three spy leaders slept during the day, and at night, they sat there and listened to the sounds - waiting for the sound of firecrackers... Their mission was also after hearing the sound. Three hours later, they led three teams of 40 dead soldiers, holding swords and shields, and rushed to the inside of the northwest gate of Siena...
After hearing three "double guns", the three of them immediately stood up and began to prepare for the attack three hours later. While their subordinates were still sleeping, the three of them solemnly took out a hanging key from their chests and quietly walked towards the basement in their small yards...
After opening the basement, the "goods" in the three basements were revealed before my eyes - this was a batch of single swords, wooden shields and leather armor...
Single sword and wooden shield are both ordinary goods, of course, there is no need to be too high-end goods for these dead soldiers. As for leather armor, it is not rhino leather armor, but ordinary cowhide leather armor. There is no way, the main rhino leather armor on Marin is not enough, so how can it be sent to the city to use for these hired "outsiders"? Only three leaders are their own people, and the leather armor they wear is all double-layer special leather armor...
At about two o'clock in the morning, the three leaders woke up their subordinates in their yards and sent their swords, shields and leather armor. Then, two people in the yard were fully armed and followed the leader to the yard closest to the northwest city gate, squeezing inside, waiting for the final launch time...
At 2:50 in the morning, only 10 minutes away from the agreed time, the three leaders began to give each person a (ceramic) bowl of strong liquor to drink it to enhance their courage. Of course, after these people finished drinking, they did not smash the bowl like in the TV series. Because there was a possibility of alarming the defenders. Therefore, after drinking the strong liquor, these people silently put down the bowls and lined up to the gate of the courtyard...
At the same time, outside the northwest city gate, Malin also lurked near the city gate with his army on time, waiting for the city gate to open...
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At about three o'clock in the morning, suddenly, a shout of killing suddenly broke out on the inside of the northwest city gate of Siena. Then, waves of swords and guns collided and screams came. Obviously, the suicide squad in the city took action...
Marin was happy, so she waved her hand and sent a sword and shield soldiers to lean towards the city gate...
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However, half an hour passed, and the shouts of killing in the city continued, but the city gates were not opened...
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Let us look into the city gate...
At this time, in the city gate, there was a very "Schwarzenegger" man, who was also holding a knife and shield, and carrying a group of defenders, striving to resist the attack of the suicide squad... The suicide squad rushed forward many times, but was blocked by this unpretentiously strong defender...
Speaking of which, Marin was unlucky. If he didn't launch an attack tonight, he might not have encountered this "Schwarzenegger". Because this guy was not responsible for defending the northwest gate at all, but came from the south gate.
The reason is very simple - this guy has a good friend stationed at the Northwest Gate. Tonight, this guy happened to be on duty, so he came to find a friend to play. And his friend happened to be responsible for guarding the gate of the Northwest Gate tonight, so this guy also lived here...
That is, the military discipline of Italian mercenaries is average. If it were the Beihai Army, even colleagues would not allow them to move into the barracks at will...
But it was this accident that caused Marin to be in great trouble. This ancient copycat version of "Schwarzenegger" actually brought a group of weak Italian mercenaries to block the repeated attacks of 40 dead soldiers and guarded the city gate for half an hour... This fully confirms the Na's theory that "a group of sheep led by a lion can defeat a group of lions led by a sheep"...
Although the Italian mercenaries are of average quality, half an hour is enough for the city's defenders to react. So, the 40 suicide squad warriors in the northwest gate were surrounded by the Siena defenders in the city...
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Chapter completed!