While 15,000 mountain infantry were marching from the village of Eric to the city of Siena, the officers of the 4th Army, under the command of Saqqara, launched a landing campaign on the coast of the province of Grosseto.

However, the landing site of the 4th Army Corps and the Mountain Infantry Corps was not the same. The landing point of the Fourth Army was in a large port near the city of Grosseto, Talamone......

Tarramone is the outlet to the sea in the province of Grosseto and the main outlet of the Republic of Siena. Generally speaking, the import and export of the Republic of Siena is through the port of Talamone, and then through the city of Grosseto, which is connected to the capital city of Siena by the only mountain road......

But at this time, because Maximilian I's army knocked on the border to attack Radicofani, all the troops and horses of Siena were transferred to the southeast front.

At this time, there were only 2,000 mercenaries in the province of Grosseto, most of whom were stationed in the city of Grosseto, guarding the only mountain road leading to the city of Siena. And the soldiers and horses left in the port of Talamone, there are only more than 100 people, and they are completely decorations......

Under the powerful attack of the Fourth Army, the port guards of Talamone were quickly defeated and surrendered......

After the capture of Talamone, the large army of the Fourth Army Corps began to land unhurriedly, and not wade through the landing, as the Mountain Infantry Corps did.

This is because the Talamoone Harbour Pier is sufficient and does not require wading to land. In addition, the task of the Fourth Army Corps is not in a hurry. Their task was to transport the baggage to the city of Siena. And Grosseto is only 80 kilometers from the city of Siena, and if it is a normal march, even if it is a mountain road, it will be almost three days. Of course, they had to take down Grosseto City, which was blocking the intersection......

In addition, the capture of Talamone by the Fourth Army is also of great significance. Because, as long as the port of Talamone was captured, it would be equivalent to cutting off the possibility of the French reinforcing Siena by sea. Because, Siena's main port of contact with the outside world is Tarlamone. As long as the port is controlled, there is no fear of the French sending reinforcements.

Even if the army sends reinforcements, it will be useless if they land in other areas. For, if they wanted to go to the city of Siena, they would have to take the only mountain road where the city of Grosseto was located......

After taking control of the port of Talamone, Saqqara left two thousand Frisian sailors to guard the port of Talamone. And he himself, with the main army and the people, and five thousand Frisian sailors, marched towards the city of Grosseto......

However, Saqqara's behavior is very strange. He first let the main force of 5,000 and 5,000 Frisian sailors escort the baggage and grain and grass to walk behind slowly, and then, he personally led the main army of 5,000 to go into battle lightly, bypassing the city of Grosseto by small road, as if he was going to attack the city of Siena, completely ignoring the 2,000 defenders in the city......

Pinaarti, the Sienese general guarding the city of Grosseto, was confused, but Pinaarti was cautious. Although, he was very worried that this army would lose the sneak attack on the city of Siena. However, he did not dare to rashly lead his troops out of the city to pursue. Because, he has few soldiers, and he can't beat the other party. After all, he had only 2,000 men, and the enemy troops passing under his nose were 5,000 people......

For security reasons, he first sent people to reconnoiter in the direction of Talamone. However, all the spies he sent were intercepted and killed. And the spies sent to the northeast reported that the enemy showed no signs of staying at all, and seemed to be in a hurry to rush to the city of Siena......

After much consideration, Pinaarti determined that the 5,000 men were going to attack Siena. Moreover, the other party is not worried about sending someone to report the news. Because, to Siena is such a mountain road......

Although no intelligence came back from the southwest, Pinayati couldn't care so much at the moment. If the city of Siena is really unprepared for a sneak attack, then the Republic of Siena is finished.

So, he resolutely made up his mind and personally opened the city gate with 2,000 mercenaries and chased it to the northeast. As for the city of Grosseto, he arranged for the city's people to be responsible for the defense...... If something goes wrong, you can send cavalry to chase after you and inform yourself...... Although those people have poor combat effectiveness, it is no problem to hold on for two or three days before their own army returns......

In this way, General Pinaarti, with 2,000 men and horses, launched a pursuit of Saqqara's army......

But he didn't expect that in fact, the spies in Grosseto City had already been monitored by the scouts of the Fourth Legion. The difference between the spies on the two sides is that the scouts of the Fourth Legion have a telescope, while the scouts of the city of Grosseto can observe with the naked eye......

So, shortly after General Pinaarti chased after him with two thousand mercenaries, Saqqara got the news......

Then, Saqqara set up an ambush on the mountain road, following the example of Marin......

As a result, it was naturally General Pinaarti, who was eager to rescue, who was ambushed......

Actually, Pinaarti is still more cautious. While pursuing, he kept sending cavalry to the front to reconnoitre. However, the whereabouts of his scouts have long been exposed to the eyes of the scouts of the Fourth Legion, who are expected to be helped by telescopes.

Then, Saqqara set up a game - Saqqara himself took 3,000 men to ambush on the slopes of the hills on both sides at night, but erased the traces of the ambush. The remaining 2,000 men continued to march northeast with great fanfare......

The mountain road is narrow and there is only one road. The scouts sent out by Pinaarti could not tell how many enemies there were on the mountain road ahead, so they reported that the enemy was still desperately rushing forward......

Then, the hapless General Pinaarti entered the ambush circle with his men......

When General Pinayati entered the ambush circle with 2,000 soldiers, for a while, rolling stones and arrows fell on the slopes on both sides of the road, making the Sienese army, who lacked armor protection, cry for their father and mother (they can't drive the mountain road without armor......

After just over an hour of fighting, Pinayati's Sienese army of two thousand collapsed and began to rout in the direction of the city of Grosseto......

And Saqqara, too, was not in a hurry and led the army to chase and kill in the rear. But what Pinaarti didn't know was that halfway through, a group of men, dressed in tattered Italian costumes (simulating a rout), also took advantage of the chaos to blend in with the rout of the Sienese army......

Because Saqqara was in hot pursuit, Pinaarti did not have time to stop and count the defeated army, so he could only flee with the defeated army all the way until he retreated into the city of Grosseto......

But Pinaarti didn't breathe a sigh of relief, and before he had finished dinner, Saqqara's army entered the city of Grosseto - it turned out that dozens of soldiers of the Fourth Legion, who had mixed into Pinayati's rout, had gathered together at the time of dinner, seized the gates northeast of Grosseto, and put Saqqara's army into the city......

That night, General Pinaarti and hundreds of his defeated men became prisoners of Saqqara. The next morning, the soldiers and men of the 5,000 Fourth Legion arrived at the southwest gate of the city of Grosseto with grain and grass......

At this point, the Fourth Army was in complete control of the only important road to the southwest coast of the Republic of Siena. At the same time, it also cut off the possibility of the Republic of Siena receiving aid from outside (not to the north of Siena, although there is a Francigo Boulevard leading to Florence, but Florence and Siena are mortal enemies and are still under the control of the Holy See)......