At the beginning of the second day, the French army adopted a new siege method. The Italian mercenaries, led by Pasto, forced the 4,000 captured local farmers with knives and guns to climb the city walls through ladders.

The so-called ladder is not a longer ladder, it was replaced by ordinary ladders in order to save money by the crew in later generations. Ordinary ladder siege, that's just a joke. If you really use an ordinary ladder to attack the city, the defending soldiers don't need to use their weapons, they just flip the ladder from above. Then, the person who climbs the ladder will fall over with the ladder and fall.

A real ladder is actually a large chariot with wheels underneath. The main body is a sloping staircase, but there will be a movable secondary ladder on top. The ladder is about the same height as the wall, and when the ladder is pushed under the wall by the soldiers, the soldiers will turn the movable side ladder around and put it on the wall. At this time, the top of the ladder is basically parallel to the city wall, and the secondary ladder is like a board on the pier between the pier and the boats. This kind of plank side ladder is not as easy to knock down as an ordinary long ladder that is placed diagonally on the city wall. Because, this is horizontal, and if someone steps on the auxiliary ladder, they can't lift it. What's more, the theme of the auxiliary elevator and the ladder truck is connected by an axis, and it is difficult to move away.

In addition, there is a long ladder fixed to the body of the car. Because it was connected with the siege engine, the defenders could not overturn. However, this one-piece ladder has a fatal flaw - as long as the defenders roll stones or logs down from the top, they can light all the siege soldiers on the ladder at once. Therefore, it is still a little safer with a secondary ladder. The inconsistent slope can block the integrated blow of the rolling wood and the stone.

And for the ladder with parallel side ladders, the defender of the city generally has nothing to do. The rolling wood stone was not very useful, so I had to shoot the enemy on the ladder with a bow and arrow. Also, stab the enemy who dares to approach with a spear. Moreover, you don't have to stab your opponent to death, you just need to stab them and fall them down the ladder.

Of course, it is also possible to smash the secondary ladder on the city wall with a sledgehammer to destroy the secondary ladder. In addition, the oil is poured and the ladder is lit to make it burn. However, the besieging side is not stupid, and there are archers on the ladder to prevent you from destroying the ladder. If you dare to show your head, I will shoot you.

However, that was the tactics of the Cold Weapon era. If the sword and shield soldiers were holding large shields and charging on the gentle side ladder, the defenders at the head of the city would be helpless and could easily be attacked on the walls. Because, in the face of the big shield, the archers looked very weak. At this time, it is only up to the warriors to kill or push off the wall of the enemy sword and shield soldiers who accidentally rush up the wall.

However, in the era of muskets, it was much more difficult for sword and shield soldiers to rush from the ladder to the city wall. In particular, the Mushkert musket, a large-caliber musket, was a particularly great threat to the sword and shield soldiers. The huge impact of 50 grams of lead bullet can knock the sword and shield soldiers charging on the secondary ladder off the secondary ladder even if it can't kill you, and they will be disabled......

In front of the musket of Mushket, whether you are a sword and shield soldier or a plate knight, you will have to fall down if you are bombarded. Therefore, the French army did not use the precious French knights at the beginning, but first let the Italian mercenaries go on to consume the ammunition of the defenders......

However, Pastto and other Italian mercenary generals are not fools, how can they be willing to die easily? So, they captured 4,000 local farmers and asked them to carry the broken door panels up the ladder and rush forward......

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"What's going on? Who are these people? At the head of the city of Naples, Torres, the general of the defending army, was a little puzzled. Because, the people besieging the city today don't look like some kind of army. Because, these people are carrying the broken door panel, and they are holding the door panel with both hands, and they don't even have a knife in their hands......

"Report to the general, these people seem to be villagers in the neighborhood...... "A junior officer who often interacts with locals said. He still recognized the outfits of the nearby villagers.

"That'...... To kill or not to kill? The adjutant asked.

Torres hesitated:

"I always feel wrong, what are they doing with the villagers? Don't...... By the way, they're trying to drain our bullets! ”

"Do you still shoot?"

"Stop firing, but send spearmen and sword and shield men to stop them from going up the wall. If they rush to the wall, order them to immediately crouch down with their heads in their hands, otherwise they will be killed immediately! Torres ordered.

"Hold your head and squat down, throw away the door panel! Otherwise, there will be no mercy! The Spanish officer in charge of the defense shouted in Italian. They have been living in Naples for a few years and still know some of the local language.

However, things are not that simple......

Most of the local villagers who were forced to rush up the city walls, after hearing the shouts of the Spanish officers, honestly threw away the door panels and squatted on the head of the city.

However, these people are not all local villagers. Inside, there were also some mercenaries under Pasto's command. Although these people were dressed in ordinary clothes, they hid short knives in their clothes......

Taking advantage of the negligence of the Spaniards who thought that the overall situation had been decided, among the Italian peasants who were originally squatting on the head of the city with their heads in their hands, a group of people suddenly rose up, took out short knives from their clothes, and quickly rushed towards the defenseless defenders of the city......

The Spanish soldiers at the head of the city were taken by surprise and a number of people were killed. Then, a group of Italian mercenaries saw an opportunity and quickly rushed up from under the corresponding ladder in an attempt to take control of the city controlled by those men......

The Spanish defenders were taken by surprise at first, but General Torres reacted quickly:

"Reinforcements! Reinforce that section of the wall! Get those bastards off the walls! ”

Then, some of General Torres' most elite men were sent over and engaged in a fierce battle with the Italian mercenaries who began to pour into the city.

The elite group under Torres is basically a heavy infantry. It's just that the armor they wear is a castrated version of plate armor that exposes the back and PP and the back of the legs. The advantage of this plate armor is that it is much lighter, and as for the problem of no defense in the back? That's nothing, only those who run away will show their backs, and this kind of person is more than innocent......

In this way, relying on this group of elite Spanish warriors wearing "backless suits" plate armor, who were originally personal guards, the attack of the Italian mercenaries was finally repulsed......

"Oops, what a pity! If it was a French knight who rushed up...... I won't lose at all......"

Seeing this scene, Louis XII in the distance was so depressed that he jumped to his feet. If you had changed to a French knight with strong martial arts just now, you would definitely be able to gain a firm foothold on that section of the city wall and take over the follow-up troops. It's a pity that the Italian mercenaries are too poor in combat......

But he didn't want to think about it. So early, is he willing to send the French knight as a hole card early? Moreover, this attack was clearly a test by the Italian mercenaries, and no one could guarantee its success......

In this way, the clever plan that Pastto came up with was a failure because of the problem of the combat effectiveness of the Italian mercenaries......