Warlock Royal Family

Ladislaus finally stayed in Siena for more than a month. It was not until winter that he left Siena for marching considerations and embarked on the road back to Vienna.

The delay is not because of being obsessed with the gentle hometown of Marquise Facchetti. Although Ladislaus misses the old love, state affairs come first.

His stay in Siena was to wait for the Spanish envoy. For the emperor of Madrid, the development of the conflict between Austria and Rome was the limit he could tolerate. It is not good for the Habsburg family to defeat Austria.

For Ladislaus, this matter is not so happy but it must be done. The relationship with Spain must be reheated, and the Austrian army has not won the strength of Rome, which is guarded by the Pope himself. Most of the officers and soldiers There is also a lot of psychological pressure for attacking the Holy Land.

It was one thing to defeat a few cardinals in the wild, but quite another to lay siege to the sanctuary where the chosen pope lived. [

Ladislaus is very aware of the different psychological pressures on the officers and soldiers of the two. He has always paid attention to the proportion of various believers in his soldiers through Odd Kessler and Chief Jones, although the army has always been the focus of Barbarossa's priest activities. In key areas, the proportion of Barbarossa believers is a little higher than that of the general public, but the advantages of Cyric's faith are still enough to affect the morale of the army.

So Ladislaus decided to sell a favor to Ferdinand. Although the current diplomatic impasse between Spain and Austria was completely provoked by Ferdinand, Ladislaus had no choice but to try his best to ease the situation.This is Nye on the weak side of the diplomatic alliance.

As he expected, he has not seen the envoy of the true pope.And after the whole army prepared for war and made a posture of using Siena as the forward base to fight against the Church of Rome for a long time, Ferdinand's envoy finally came to the door.

When the Spanish envoy presented his credentials, he reiterated the special relationship between Spain and Austria, reviewed the centuries-old fighting friendship between the two countries against the evil ambitions of France, and finally presented the emperor's personal letter.

In his personal letter, Ferdinand blessed Ladislaus's soon-to-be born child and replaced the previous ambassador who could not speak or do anything.

Although all this is nonsense, Ladislaus accepted the mediation according to the predetermined plan.

Ladislaus also replied to a personal letter he had written long ago. He strongly urged the emperor not to make peace with France immediately, and suggested that Spain and Austria attack the French mainland side by side when spring and summer are suitable for war in the coming year.

It's just that Ladislaus also knows that this matter is unlikely.The Spanish fleet recently left the mainland for a strategic build-up in the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. His Majesty Ferdinand obviously intends to intervene in Danish affairs and restore the relationship with the former king who is related to the Habsburg family.

In Ladislaus' view, this kind of action has no benefit other than making enemies for Spain. Even if the former king is restored, he will only give Spain limited benefits for a limited time.

But this kind of thing is very natural in dynastic wars. Denmark is now the largest country in Northern Europe, and after Norway, the population is not inferior to Austria, because it controls the Oresund Strait and clamps down on the trade of the entire Baltic Sea.In terms of economic strength, it has even been slightly better than Austria.

In any case, Ladislaus has done his best, and finally dealt a big blow to the Church of Rome.

Although the emperor intends to ease the relationship with the Roman Church, this defeat is still very costly for the Pope Elect. He accepts a high prisoner ransom and the contract is limited to Austria. The Principality of Siena is still in conflict with Rome. .

In the words of Ladislaus, he tried all means to dispel the anger of the Duke of Siena's aunt towards the Pope.

During the negotiations, several very key border strongholds were successively occupied by Ladislaus.And it was handed over to the Principality of Siena, which made Rome need to invest more border troops to ensure safety.

After Ladislaus restrained Rome's strength and was compensated, he led the main force of the Austrian army back to Austria through Florence and Mantua.

He left behind him a Central Italy in disarray.

The Pisa area is a three-way melee between the Ludvik Mercenary Group, the remnants of the Medici family, and the Duke of Modena.

The Romagna region is similar, except that the Duke of Modena is replaced by the Marquis of Mantua, and another powerful local careerist replaces Ludvic-Medici.But the whole thing is the same, that is, war has replaced stability.The lives of the people are precarious.

The Marquis of Mantua and the Duke of Modena had fully seen the strength and credit of Ladislaus, and they were more respectful and careful in receiving the transiting troops. [

The dominant position of the Medici family in Central Italy no longer existed after some management by Ladislaus.

Corresponding to the chaos of Central Italy is the well-developed city of Vienna today. When Ladislaus returned to Vienna in the winter rain, the city's outer walls had been completely completed, and the final celebration project had also been completed. Although Machiavelli wanted to wait for Ladislaus to preside over the ceremony, the war in Central Italy finally made him only allow Princess Catharina to enjoy this honor.

However, after Ladislaus came back, he immediately visited the home he had worked so hard to build with Machiavelli's company.

It is six miles long from east to west, four miles long from north to south, eight to nine meters high, eight to ten meters wide, and has more than four thousand shooting ports.

Because the funds were later more abundant than expected, a city wall along the river was also built in the north, and a strong river fortress was built on the island in the middle of the Danube to defend the gap where the Vienna River in the north city poured into the Danube. The south wall was not a straight line, and several Important hillocks also include the entrance walls, with many out-curves and bends.

Although the national strength is limited, the area protected by Vienna's new city wall is still not as good as Paris and Constantinople, and it is even inferior to the Nanjing city wall, which is the longest city wall in the world, but it costs a lot of money. According to Ladislaus Machiavelli planned many protruding acute angles on the city wall. These protruding acute angles are very long, but the area that can be protected is very small.

There are four protruding sharp angles on each of the three city walls in the southeast and west, which can protect each other. The gates on the three sides of the land are all opened at the bottom of the two protruding acute angles.

These acute-angled interior spaces are all military strongholds. Machiavelli canceled the scattered military stores and concentrated all the guards into a total of twelve acute-angled interiors.

Mrs. Reinhardt personally supervised the drainage works under these sharp angles. The drains saved the soldiers from the wet and dirty environment and made the walls more weather-resistant.

In addition to the densely packed shooting openings like other parts of the city wall, the upper part of these sharp angles also has 48 large trebuchets.

Of course, this is just a plan. Even if you count the twelve giant trebuchets that Ladislaus just successfully brought back from Florence, there are still a lot of vacancies to be filled. At present, the medium-sized trebuchets that Austria can produce can only be used to make up the number.

However, there are still eleven broken trebuchets that can be repaired. Land transportation is really a nightmare for these huge and delicate machines.

Justice Hohenzollern oversees the matter, and Ladislaus expects to fix at least half of it.

"Has the test been carried out?" was the main concern of Ladislaus, who was making his final rounds of a sharp-pointed fort.

"One round has already been carried out. The trebuchet on the acute-angled fort can protect the opposite acute-angled fort, but it needs to accumulate more parameters to exert its power." Machiavelli had long anticipated Ladislaus' problem. "Today is the second scheduled test launch."

Machiavelli had already personally checked the condition and maintenance of the trebuchet on this sharp-pointed fort, and he must leave a good impression on Ladislaus.

Before starting, Ladislaus thought of another question: "How is Master Masalani now?"

The mage, his wife and most of his wife's family failed to escape in the end but were caught up and captured by the Austrian cavalry. In order to save his wife, daughter and relatives from a tragic fate, he had to come to work for Austria.

This time, his wife and daughter were all closely observed by the intelligence agency, and their fate would be very, very bad if they changed camps.

"It's not bad. He has become familiar with the skills of the trebuchet in the past two days. Do you need to let him come?" Machiavelli's power does not involve the caster.

Generally speaking, it is impossible to use high-level magic during test firing, but in order to satisfy the monarch, it is okay to do it once in a while.

"No need, it's difficult to see the true level of soldiers with magic, so let's start like this." Ladislaus is not a monarch who grew up in the palace and didn't know the world. Of course he would not accept such an expensive test, let alone This also involves the sensitive issue of whether Machiavelli has the right to command the mage. Although he favors this confidant, his power is already great enough. Ladislaus will allow him to intervene in the issue of the caster. . (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to read.)[