Warlock Royal Family

"The security tonight must be strengthened and strengthened."

"Yes, yes, it must be strengthened."

The Prince of Orange replied slowly.

Twelve hours had passed since the morning siege, but the Prince of Orange still felt in a trance.

The scene of the Duke of Bourbon's body being smashed to pieces in a loud noise was still repeated in front of his eyes. Although he was never a baby on the battlefield, although the war in the Netherlands was fierce, the rhythm of offense and defense was relatively fast. Slowly, the recent series of battles gave him the illusion that the war with the Italians was not dangerous at all.

Today's situation is obviously beyond the scope of his knowledge. The enemy used some kind of weapon with powerful sound and light effects on the Roman city wall to kill the Duke of Bourbon, who should be at an absolutely safe distance.

No magic has such a distance.

This kind of shock made him unable to think. Fortunately, His Royal Highness Fugger's performance was much better. All kinds of magic can also achieve similar effects, and the dissociation technique can even make people's bones disappear.

Relatively speaking, Fugger's performance is much better.

Although the weapons used by the enemy today have a distance advantage that no magic has, and the number of one-time attacks exceeds the total number of "township" mages on the Europa continent, Fugger was also greatly shocked.

But as a mage, his ability to accept new things is finally much stronger than his colleagues.

He finally arranged the organization work, so that the defense of the Spanish army was fairly orderly, and there was no situation where the army collapsed when the artillery came out on another plane for the first time.

Of course, most of the officers and soldiers were also nervous by today's scene. They witnessed that even the companies blessed with "the tenacity of the group bear" and "the power of the group bull" were directly hit by shells, and there were many casualties.It is inevitable that the morale of the whole army will be shaken.

Although the casualties caused by the siege in the morning are not very outrageous.But the Spaniards retreated a full ten kilometers in the end.Just set up camp again.

The only thing that reassured Fugger and Prince of Orange was that the [-] cavalry of Kessell-Witting did not participate in the siege, and they did not witness the chaotic scene where tens of thousands of Spanish troops fled in embarrassment after being hit hard by the shelling.

Part of this cavalry is now monitoring the various gates of Rome to ensure that the enemy does not launch a night attack.

The other part is gathered together with the Arcane Corps as the general reserve team to deal with the very likely battalion roar tonight.

"The body of the Duke of Bourbon has been collected, do you want to go and see it?" The chaplain who accompanied the army tried his best, and finally found the cloak of the Duke of Bourbon, and the remnants wrapped in a ball inside the cloak.It is the remains of the Duke of Bourbon.

"No need, I have other matters with the Prince of Orange." Although His Royal Highness Fugger has seen many unlucky people who have been blasted to slag by magic, he will not be afraid of this death, but the mood is also the same. No.

He also really needs to think about another issue with the Prince of Orange.

"How can we persuade His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom not to go to Rome?"

They no longer had any hope of conquering the city of Rome. The commander died in battle and took the breath away. At this time, they could only take a step back and reorganize before thinking of a solution.

They just wanted to bypass the enemy's fortified cities and retreat to Naples.

It was Kessell-Witting who insisted on camping where it stood, although after a concerted effort by the Prince of Orange and Fugger, a compromise was reached.They retreated ten kilometers, but Kessell-Weiting would rather take over the burden of night defense than retreat any further.

They worried that Ladislaus would insist on going to Rome to see the incredible weapons.This would bring unnecessary danger to both Spain and his troops.

"When we meet, let's stick to it together. At most, we will take a few people to go to the city with him. We'd better keep our vigilance first. The enemy is indeed likely to attack at night tonight."

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There is no night attack organized in the city of Rome. Although the low morale of the enemy tonight is a good opportunity to launch a night battle, both the Pope and Tony think it is unnecessary.

To the south they had [-] reinforcements, made up of a mixture of Ligurians, French, and Sienese.

To the east of them was the [-] troops led by Marshal Doria himself. Cardinal Fonnese and Little Goriti might not want to fight, but once Marshal Doria arrived, he would definitely be able to control the situation.

There is no need for them to launch an attack now. Although the Naples Army retreated a certain distance to the north today, they will inevitably come to Rome after the United Kings behind them meet. The siege of the large army can completely injure the Habsburg coalition forces, and then destroy the rule of the Habsburg family in northern and southern Italy in one fell swoop.

The True Pope and the others originally planned to relax tonight, but at midnight an informer from the Orsini family brought them exciting news.

This informer, who can be regarded as an offshoot of the Orsini family, claimed that an elite detachment of hundreds of Habsburg families was lurking in the city of Rome, intending to launch a rebellion with the private soldiers of the Orsini family and lure the enemy into the city. city.

"Lord Tony, we really don't have any spies from the Habsburg family here." The head butler of the Orsini family explained in vain to the private soldiers of the Medici family who surrounded his mansion outside the door.

"His Royal Highness Orsini, don't be stubborn. His Majesty the Pope has ordered that as long as you hand over the spies of the Habsburg family, he will definitely protect the Orsini family." The people outside the door still called Orsini Cardinal Sidney is "Your Highness," but Orsini himself knows that the current situation is different from the past.

If they surrender now, the Orsini family's hundreds of years of foundation will be over. Maybe some people will survive, but the Orsini family will inevitably disappear from the political puzzle of the Roman Church.

After relying on "God's Wrath" to repel the Spanish army, the truly elected pope already has authority that more than a dozen generations of truly elected popes did not have. He can do things that his predecessors could not do.

"I will not hand you over." So he said to Misrella. "Our family's mansion has a five-meter-high wall and a well-equipped light and dark fortress. We will definitely be able to hold on until the Habsburg army comes to relieve the siege."

It's just that Misrella didn't feel relieved at all because of this, and Cardinal Orsini's hands were trembling nervously as he spoke.

Misrella knew that she was also afraid. The "God's wrath" this morning not only made traitors appear within the Orsini family, but also made the most determined people feel afraid.

Misrilla knew that the enemy was dragging that kind of weapon over. Once it was in place, although the Orsini family's mansion was strong, it couldn't be defended at all.

It's just that the bronze cannon is not so easy to drag, and the Orsini family has been strengthening the fort all night, and waits for the arrival of that weapon with trepidation.

This kind of waiting is the most painful.

Shortly after midnight, there was a desperate cheer outside the door for Mystrella and Orsini. (To be continued..)