At the same time that Saqqara entered the city of Grosseto with the soldiers of the Fourth Legion, Karn and Stader and others, with 15,000 mountain infantry, crossed the mountains and reached the small valley village of Yarani where Marin was hiding.

Although the local terrain is complicated, Marin specially selected an infantry army composed of mountain people, and walked on the mountain road as if it were flat ground. If it weren't for the big bag each person carrying, it is estimated that it would have arrived in less than two days. After all, the distance of the road is only 70 kilometers. Even with a heavy package, it took only 3 days for the army to arrive.

After the arrival of the army, Marin did not rush to attack, but let everyone have a good rest. Anyway, the Sienese defenders in the city did not know about the existence of this army, and the time was not short. Also, the mule team is still behind. The musketeers in the army also need gunpowder carried by the mule team.

Taking advantage of the time, the army was reorganized and counted. At this time, only 4,000 pieces of rhinoceros leather armor were made in this army. Marin gave all 4,000 pieces of rhinoceros leather armor to the veterans in the front row. Of course, the officers also had one for each, including Marin himself. As for the others, they wear wooden chips to pierce the armor, which is also known as the legendary mahjong mat......

There is no way to do this, and on the Senegalese side, Eschwein and Royce have done their best, but they have only hunted seven or eight hundred rhinos. Mainly, the territory of the black rhinoceros in West Africa is too large. The territory of a black rhinoceros in West Africa reaches 10 square kilometers, and 800 rhinos is 8,000 square kilometers, which is equal to the area of the Republic of Siena and twice the size of East Friesland. Moreover, the territories of these black rhinos are not close together, but scattered. In order to hunt these rhinos, Royce's men and horses were divided into more than 30 teams and searched tens of thousands of square kilometers of territory, only to hunt less than 800 heads and make 4,000 sets of rhinoceros leather armor.

In desperation, the other 11,000 people could only wear wooden chips to pierce their armor. Fortunately, a layer of iron is also pasted on the outside of the wood chips, although it is relatively thin, but the protection is okay, and the key is lightness. As long as it's not against a musket, it can be used improvised. It just so happened that the Sienese army did not have formed musketeers, and it was enough to wear this kind of armor. Of course, there were no musketeers in Siena, but there were artillery. If you're hit by artillery, it doesn't matter what armor you're wearing. However, there were not many artillery pieces at the head of Siena, and they were concentrated on the three gates.

This is so because of the layout of the city of Siena. The Old Town of Siena has a strange shape, resembling an inverted triangle. Three sharp corners, exactly three city gates.

This is because the city of Siena was originally built on three small mountain ranges. The old town is sandwiched between three hills: southwest, north and southeast. And the three city gates are exactly the gaps left when the three hills are wrapped.

Therefore, the city of Siena is a natural Jedi - the north, southwest and southeast sides are naturally hillsides, and the walls are built on the hillside, and the terrain is extremely dangerous. The three gates with the same gap are the only entrances and exits. Siena's army, as long as they guarded these three gaps and gates, could resist the enemy's invasion. Therefore, the artillery of Siena City was also arranged on the three city gate towers. With such a dangerous terrain, the safety of the city can be maintained by repelling the massive attack of the enemy army at the three city gates.

What the? You say that the enemy will climb the walls on the hillside? That's not a matter of worry. It is true that there are people in this world who can climb the walls on the hillside, but that is absolutely rare. If you find out, you can send more soldiers and horses to kill it. Besides, what if the enemy had a very small number of men, even if they climbed the walls on the hillside? Can you really get the army to climb with you? If the army can't climb up, that's equivalent to climbing in vain...... A few climbers will soon be able to drown in the wave of the defenders......

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While reorganizing the troops and horses, Marin also ordered the construction of siege ladders. It's unlikely that you'll be able to use it, but it's better to be prepared, and maybe you can use it......

The next day, the mule team finally arrived, and the team was complete. After another day of repairs, on the morning of the third day, the army moved again in the direction of the city of Siena to the east.

However, the army did not set off until after four o'clock in the afternoon. This is so because Marin wants to attack at night......

There is no way, a natural Jedi like Siena City is extremely difficult to conquer. If it is attacked, God knows how many people will die. Use these veterans of a hundred battles as cannon fodder to go to the ant-attached siege? Marin is not so extravagant......

Therefore, launching a raid at night is the wisest choice, although it is not dignified, but it is more affordable. Besides, Marin started by attacking Charles VIII at night, and his reputation has long lost his "integrity", and it is difficult to recover it. Therefore, Marin simply "went all the way to the dark". Moreover, sneak attacks are indeed very affordable......

As for the dignity? There will be in the future. When Marin is strong enough to walk sideways, and there are enough cannon fodder soldiers, he will choose to face the enemy head-on.

Why? That's the reality. Only those who are strong will hope to fight with others in a dignified and upright manner. Because, this is the most beneficial for those who are strong. And those powerful who manipulate power and public opinion will hype it up - uprightness and frontality are king......

In fact, only a fool would believe such nonsense. Why? Because being upright is only beneficial to the powerful! For a weak person, to pursue something upright is definitely a brain kicked by a donkey.

The real example is there - the Red Army opposed Chiang in the Hunan and Jiangxi regions in the early days, and when Taizu's guerrilla tactics were used, they were like a fish in water and frequently won. Because Taizu knew very well that his own army was a group of poor people who were not even short of bullets, and if they were just facing the bald army, they would have been wiped out a long time ago. And after Wang Yiming and Bo Yigu, who like to be upright, came to power, they listened to the nonsense of Li De, the second knife, and what kind of dignified position decisive battle to fight, and soon the 300,000 army was crushed by the bald million-strong army......

Therefore, for a commander, when you are strong enough to beat everything, dignified is the best choice. Because this is not only insurance, but also prestige. But you are not strong enough, but you like to speak uprightly...... I'm sorry, but the cemetery has already reserved a place for you......

Moreover, those ruling strata who hold the political power and the right to speak will also trumpet what is upright when they are propagandizing. For example, what chivalry was preached in ancient Europe......

Why are they so promoting? It's not that I hope those stupid rebels will just face them head-on. But how do the rebels compare to the rulers? All the rebels who came face to face with the rulers were defeated or hanged......

All in all, for a good commander, when you are strong, you should choose a decent tactic and fool those rebellious fools to fight you with dignity. That way, you'll be able to defeat or even wipe it out......

And if you're weak...... Don't hesitate, Taizu's guerrilla tactics are the truth you should follow...... If you want to win, you have to win by surprise. Because, just head-on, you can't......

Of course, there is a lot of risk involved in winning by surprise. Because, once it fails, it may be doomed. Just like Marin's attack, the plan he took at the beginning was too risky. If the sneak attack fails, the food is eaten again, and you can only starve to death. They didn't need the enemy army to attack, and they collapsed because of lack of food......

Therefore, later Marin transferred the Fourth Army Corps and took the main road to send supplies. In this way, even if the sneak attack fails, there is a way to retreat, and it will not be over......

It was getting dark early in winter, and it was getting dark when Marin climbed out of the valley with his army and a team of mules carrying grain. Before 7 p.m., Marin quietly arrived at the village of Clark, west of the city of Siena, with his army, which was the place where Marin had originally set a grain store......

For the sake of secrecy, the army did not light torches, but quietly rested on the ground in Clark Village, put everyone's packages down temporarily, deposited them in the village, and began to take out maple compressed biscuits and kettles, and began to eat dinner......

At about 10 p.m., seeing that the people were asleep (the ancients had no entertainment at night and went to bed early), Marin ordered the army to begin to concentrate and quietly touched the city wall southwest of Siena......