A disdainful expression appeared on Mario's face, and he twitched his mouth with a sneer: "Who else? The lackey of the Templar Knights, the clown of the Patch family."

"The Patch family?"

Lu Xiao felt that she had heard this name somewhere before, but she couldn't recall it clearly for a while.

"It's hard to say, let's talk as we walk."

Mario kept on stepping, beckoning to Lu Xiao to follow him, and on the way to the city wall, he briefly explained the origin of the Patch family to him.

The Pazzi family is also an aristocratic family rooted in Tuscany and Florence. Similar to the Auditore family, they also rely on the banking industry to make their fortune in Florence. The two families have long planted the seeds of discord because of the competition in the family business.

"Auditore's an Assassin, Patch is a Templar, and there's no way we'd get along without our banking conflict."

Mario said decisively: "Since the 14th century, the Pazzi family has had an indissoluble enmity with Auditore. When the Templars besieged Monteriggioni, the Pazzi family also contributed a lot."

"The group of idiots with lagging intelligence didn't know that the Shroud had already been secretly transferred. Since then, they would gather troops to attack Monteriggioni every once in a while, trying to take away the Pieces of Eden controlled by the Brotherhood from the city. To claim credit for their master."

Mario is rough and fine, and he is passionate about the practice of the Brotherhood's philosophy. He has been working outside for this all the year round, and he has dedicated great efforts to the cause of the Italian Brotherhood of Assassins.

But because Mario has been fighting outside all year round, he is not qualified as a lord.

The city of Monteriggioni has been in disrepair for a long time, lacks complete defense weapons, and the weak city wall has been damaged in many places under the artillery bombardment of the Paci family.

However, the Pazzi family is only one of many bankers after all, and the number of artillery they can raise is limited, even facing a dilapidated small castle like Monteriggioni, it seems that their attack power is insufficient.

It was not the first time that the Auditore family and the Pazzi family had fought. After Mario ascended the city wall, he skillfully commanded the archers to hide behind the battlements, waiting for the artillery to fill the ammunition gap and shoot arrows down the city.

Artillery was introduced to Europe by the Mongols in the 14th century. The artillery of this era was still very backward. It used the front bore filling method, and the loading process was extremely cumbersome. It took a certain amount of time to clean the barrel and load new ammunition after each shot. Destructive power is also more urgent.

"Fire arrows!"

Mario drew out the long sword at his waist and issued a loud order, and the mercenaries behind the battlements drew their bowstrings and shot down the city in an orderly manner.

The city of Monteriggioni has no moat, and the private soldiers of the Pazzi family pushed the siege cart, yelled and slammed into the solid city gate, and the rain of arrows from the sky killed or wounded many soldiers who manipulated the siege weapons .

Mario's well-trained mercenaries are obviously better than the Pachi family's private soldiers in terms of combat quality. Before the cannons were loaded, arrows rained one after another into the city, hitting the Pachi family soldiers accurately. , the screams below the city can be heard endlessly.

Lu Xiao had never participated in actual combat before, and seeing the tragic situation in the city, he hesitated a little.

Anyway, sooner or later, you will experience this day, so be mentally prepared in advance.

Gritting his teeth, Lu Xiao pulled out a hard-stringed longbow rarely used by anyone from the weapon rack on the city wall. With the muscles in his hands, he slowly pulled the bowstring to the full, aiming at an officer of the Paqi family who was riding a horse and commanding the battle. .

"Suck"

Take a deep breath and hold it in, to avoid the body rhythm caused by natural breathing from affecting your accuracy.

Clairvoyance doesn't just improve the sight distance, Lu Xiao's dynamic vision has also been greatly improved under the effect of this passive skill.

The commander rode a horse back and forth between the various teams, and the high-pitched command voice could be heard clearly even on the city wall.

This commander should have relatively rich combat experience, and the command position he chose exceeded the limit distance for most archers to shoot.

The special longbow used by Lu Xiao has a longer range than ordinary bows and arrows, but it takes a lot of strength to pull this bow.

Although the mercenaries are well-trained and powerful, there are no marksmen who specialize in ejaculation among them, and they cannot guarantee the accuracy of bows when they are fully drawn. bow.

"drink!"

Following Lu Xiao's soft drink, the feathered arrow resting on the bow was shot out quickly.

Under Mario's expectant gaze, just 1 second later, the commander who was still in motion was shot in the forehead, and before he could even make a scream, he fell headlong under the horse with his eyes wide open.

"Sorry!"

The panicked neighing of the horses woke up the sluggish private soldiers of the Patch family, and the sudden death of the commander caused panic among the Patch family's attacking team.

"Pretty!"

Mario clenched his fists excitedly, but he did not forget his duty as a commander, and immediately issued an order loudly: "Keep shooting arrows! The cavalry come with me, and get ready to chase after the city!"

"Oh!"

As expected, the Patch family whose commander was sniped fell into chaos, and many soldiers ran away on the spot, which triggered a series of chain reactions, and a large number of soldiers fled in a panic without command.

"Crench!"

The thick gates of the city of Monteriggioni opened slowly, and Mario himself led the cavalry to swarm out.

"Charge! Huge rewards are waiting for you!"

For mercenaries, bounty is the most realistic slogan that can inspire their fighting spirit.

Mario, who was in his prime, personally led his team to rush into the fleeing Patch family team and slash and kill. There is no suspense in this one-sided battle so far.

Lu Xiao still stood on the city wall and aimed his longbow at those Paqi family elites who still maintained their will to fight, killing them one by one with precision.

This was the case with the battles between feudal small lords in the 15th century. They lacked a systematic command system. Once the commander was killed, the end of the entire battle could usually be announced.

The city of Monteriggioni won a complete victory, and by the way, five artillery pieces brought by the Pazzi family were seized, and the harvest was quite rich.

Mario was happy and boldly fulfilled his promise, and the mercenaries cheered and rushed to the tavern in the city after receiving the reward.

The mercenaries who put their heads on their waists all day long are in danger, and no one can guarantee that they will survive the next battle. This makes them develop the habit of enjoying themselves in time, and the rewards they get are usually not in their hands Stored for too long.

"pity."

Mario looked at the mercenaries leaving with their shoulders crossed and sighed: "I'm not a qualified lord, and I can't bring prosperity to Monteriggioni. There is not even a brothel built in the city for the mercenaries to relax."

The corner of Lu Xiao's mouth twitched, he was a little uncomfortable with Mario's speech from a modern harmonious society.

But in Europe in the 15th century, brothels were very common facilities, and every large-scale city would have at least one brothel.

The problem in Monteriggioni is not lack of money. As a banker, Giovanni can provide Mario with sufficient funds. What Mario lacks is the energy to develop the city.

Monteriggioni, as a remote town and lacking in characteristics, is difficult to attract a large number of business travelers, and naturally it cannot prosper without trade circulation.

"Stop talking about that."

Mario shook his head, temporarily put aside his troubles, and patted Lu Xiao's shoulder with a hearty smile.

"The first merit of this battle must be on your head. Come with me, and I will show you something good."

Chapter 6 Auditore Sanctuary

For Mario, who has been fighting all the year round, the battle with the Pazzi family is nothing new. There are winners and losers between the two sides, but usually they don't reach the point of breaking the bones.

The capture of the opponent's five cannons this time was a complete surprise. The Pazzi family did not expect that Monteriggioni would suddenly have an extra sharpshooter, and they suffered heavy losses by being caught off guard.

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