Warlock Royal Family

The size of the enemy army that came down from the ship in the night greatly exceeded the expectations of the true elect Pope. Although Marshal Doria reminded him that there might be enemies in this direction, he only thought that Ladislaus might send a small force. Attack from the south.

Only small troops can pass through the Liguria-Siena coalition blockade in the Siena area. Although the combat effectiveness of that army is relatively poor, Marshal Doria also admitted that his son's army can only fight Taiping, but as long as it is not The dead can't let the enemy's army come over like this.

However, the enemy army advancing towards the Roman walls clearly exceeded 5000 men, far exceeding the sea transportation capabilities of the United Kingdom.

The appearance of such a large-scale enemy shows that the troops in Siena City either defected or perished. The true election Pope believes that the possibility of Marshal Doria's defection is unlikely.

The chosen Pope had seen this man's eyes, and he could see in them a firm will and a noble conviction.

"I think it's not the flag of His Majesty the United Kingdom, but the flag of His Majesty Spain." A cardinal suddenly shouted.

Although it is difficult to see the color of the enemy's cloak in the night, the content of the banner is even more difficult to see.

But these cardinals still distinguished in the dark that the army under the city was Spanish. Although none of them came from Spain or the United Kingdom, the cardinals of these two countries can only stay honestly in their own In the mansion, at this time, the cardinals of Italy and France really shared life and death with the Church of Rome.

The slight differences between the flags of Ladislaus and Ferdinand were found out one by one, and there were many experts in heraldry among the cardinals.They have the ability to find all the differences between the two flags.

Of course, even if you are not an expert in heraldry, you should be able to see most of the differences between the two.Because this family is so important.The difference between the coats of arms of the various branches of the Habsburg royal family cannot be regarded as professional knowledge, but common sense of the nobility.

The most important difference is that the double-headed eagle on Ferdinand's coat of arms bears the purple dragon seal of the royal family of Trastamara, while Ladislaus' double-headed eagle has several leaping dolphins under it.

This image from the old enemy of the Medici family does not appear in the night.

"Is it the Spanish native army brought by the emperor himself? How many people are there?" Although the Spanish Kingdom's known as the elite Naples army was defeated in the morning, the native army has stricter training and better equipment. It is said that it is better than the Naples Corps, and it will not be much worse under the premise that the emperor personally holds the line.

"Look! They removed the giant trebuchet from the ship!" The red-clothed archbishop with particularly good eyesight saw the weapon that Spain relied on to command the world to come to the city of Rome, and his nervousness made his voice fluctuate. of.

"Where did they come from? Hasn't the Spanish fleet left the home base?" This cardinal couldn't accept the reality.

Whispers of doubt escaped from the ramparts.Although they were mentally prepared for the siege, they all only expected one Ladislaus. No one, including Marshal Doria, thought that the emperor's fleet would go straight to Dyle without stopping in Seville. Nian Sea, which in turn directly threatened Rome.

In the night, more and more troops were dropped from the fleet on the Tiber and spread out along the walls.

"Haha, hahaha." In the midst of fear, the pope's calm voice sounded. "I didn't expect that His Majesty the Emperor would travel thousands of miles to give me gifts. The silt in the estuary was getting deeper and deeper, and the impact on Rome's business was getting bigger and bigger. I have wanted to clean up the Tiber River for many years. But in order to fight against heretics and heretics There has been no funds available for combat, but this time someone actually digs mud for me for free.”

"That's true. His majesty's kindness is amazing." Tony immediately teased his master. "This is really a simple matter, and their big ship can come in in just a few days, it must be done with all your life."

It is said that big ships are actually only relative to Roman merchant ships. No matter how impossible it is for a real Spanish battleship to enter the river mouth, it is impossible to clean up the channel that has been filled with sand for hundreds of years after a few days of dredging.

Even if it could come in, the emperor would never dare to let his fleet go deep into the Tiber River in the dark. Once this fleet commanding the world is lost, the great cause of the Spanish Empire will immediately be greatly threatened. Failure can be repeated. Once the Navy suffers a defeat, it will be difficult to recover in a generation.

The ships that appeared on the river beside the city of Rome were at most two or three hundred tons of secondary warships.

But Tony was right. In the past few days at the mouth of the river, the Spaniards really dug day and night, clearing a little of the silt at the mouth of the Tiber River, so that their sails and boats could enter the river.

But after arriving near the city of Rome, the Spanish fleet inevitably fell into trouble, and their speed of releasing troops was very slow.

Of course, although it is very slow, if it is in normal times, with the help of the northern army and the emperor's banner, it is still possible to plunge the city of Rome into chaos.

But today, after the Pope Zhenxuan spoke, the mood on the city wall immediately stabilized.

"Since His Majesty the Emperor has so generously cleared the river for the great church state, I will allow him, his unfortunate subordinates who came from afar, and their comrades-in-arms to see the supreme treasure bestowed by God." Compared with those The hostile cardinal, seen with mortal eyes, sees the scene much more clearly in the eyes of the Chosen Pope, who has the blessing of Cyric.

He was able to pinpoint the shadowy spot in the night where Ferdinand was surrounded by his men.

However, even if the emperor personally held the battle, the Spaniards did not go ashore very fast.

The slowness of the Spaniards gave the Roman defenders time to move enough cannon to the southern walls.

"Don't worry, we have the protection of the city wall, just take it step by step like in training." General Ferrucci eagerly hoped that his subordinates could quickly load the ammunition, but he knew that the more critical the moment, the more he had to tell himself Don't be in a hurry. "You are all well-trained elites, you can do it, don't be nervous, don't rush."

The stable mood of the supreme commander will permeate layer by layer, the middle-level officers will not panic, and the lower-level officers will not panic, and the soldiers will also display their training level.

In the steady voice of the commander, most of the artillery crews only took a little longer than the training to complete the loading, and the slightly flustered artillery crews were only delayed for a short while.

When the Spaniards entered the effective range of the cannon, the Pope was satisfied to see that the various batteries were ready to go.

He nodded to General Ferrucci with satisfaction, even if Siena's army was wiped out by the Spanish landing force, as long as he still has this wall and these cannons, then the victory still belongs to God and the true Pope .

Then he raised his hand under the eyes of the crowd.

The cardinals on the city wall recited Cyric's statement silently in their hearts, while the soldiers stared at the scepter in the hands of the True Elect with bated breath.

"Let them see the endless wrath of God!" (To be continued...)