The Spaniards were also taken aback by the attack, but fortunately, the Italian mercenaries chose the assault point not far from the gate tower where General Torres was located, and he sent his elite warriors to support him in time to avoid the fall of the wall.

Next, General Torres no longer dared to be careless. He ordered that even if the other party was a peasant, as long as the other party dared to climb the ladder and rush this way, he would not hesitate to open fire......

But after a while, Torres felt that something was wrong again......

"No, if we continue to fight like this, won't all our ammunition be wasted on this group of farmers? But we don't have a lot of ammunition...... How to break it? ”

At this time, in front of a ladder, a Spanish soldier who had planned to smash the ladder with a war hammer suddenly swung a war hammer and swept down several Neapolitan farmers who were leaning up with a broken door, causing them to fall down the tall ladder and be injured instantly......

General Torres' eyes lit up and he said:

"This is a good solution, use the war hammer to deal with the broken door board!"

The local farmers who charged with their door-breaking panels had no weapons in their hands. The Warhammer is designed to deal with plate armor, and it seems that it can also smash them back in the face of farmers holding broken door panels, or even smash them down ladders. After all, the peasants were basically holding the broken door with both hands, and they didn't carry any weapons in their hands, so they didn't pose much threat to the defenders. Archers can't do anything with them, but warhammers can knock them back or send them flying......

So, General Torres, inspired, gave a loud order:

"All Warhammer Soldiers, assemble! Use the warhammer against the farmers who hold the door panels in both hands! Smash it for me, don't use a musket, save some ammunition! ”

As a result, hundreds of soldiers wielding war hammers were assembled. They were all in charge of the "Marin Phalanx" to deal with the fallen enemy Plate Knights. Ordinary swords can't deal with knights in full plate armor, even if they're roman. However, the exception is soldiers who wield a war hammer...... In the face of the heavy blow of the war hammer, even if you wear a full set of plate armor, you can't bear it......

In addition to the hundreds of soldiers who wielded war hammers, more than two hundred brute soldiers with two-handed axes were also sent to the walls. These two-handed axes, from the Basque Country in the western foothills of the Pyrenees in northern Spain, were mostly fierce Basque mountain people. They have long and narrow faces, high noses, dark complexions, and, clinging to tradition, refusing to assimilate themselves into the Iberian majority people. For example, the two-handed axes in their hands are the tools used by the Basques to chop wood in the mountains, and they are very skilled in using them.

It just so happened that the Spanish army also needed a group of melee warriors to deal with the enemy's plate armor. And two-handed axes, like two-handed hammers, are both sharp weapons against plate armor. The difference is that the two-handed hammer is a direct smash, while the two-handed axe, when facing plate armor and shields, the user will smash the opponent with the back of the axe. When facing an unarmored enemy, it will switch to axe and slash head-on......

It just so happened that Torres's army had a Tomahawk company of more than 200 Basque mountain people. So General Torres simply told them to cooperate with the Warhammer to smash the local peasants who were about to storm the walls with broken doors.

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Seeing that the Spaniards had stopped firing muskets and were using their hammers and tomahawks against the peasants, Pasto was in a hurry. So, he asked his men, who were mixed among the peasants, to draw their short knives, holding them in one hand to break down the door and the other to use them, intending to deal with those who wielded the hammer and the tomahawk.

At first, he really hurt a few people. However, the Spaniards soon thought of a countermeasure as well, with the musketeers pressing on the flanks......

If it were an ordinary farmer with his hands up, the musketeers would not shoot. If you find someone pulling out a dagger and trying to damage the Warhammer and Basque Tomahawks, they will fire and fly away......

Then, after a day of fierce fighting, Pastto found that his plan to use local farmers as cannon fodder to lure the Spaniards to shoot had failed......

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In the evening, Louis XII's face was very unsightly, and Pasto, who was present at the meeting, trembled. Finally, Louis XII:

"Pasto, don't be clever. So be it, tomorrow you will send your sword and shield men, and follow the peasants who are armed with broken doors. Even if the enemy musketeers wounded some of them, as long as they could get close to the walls under their cover. ”

Pasto's face was full of bitterness, so he had to agree. What's the solution? Now they've been kidnapped by the French. If you don't fight the Spaniards, the French will really take them for it......

So, starting the next day, the Italian mercenaries began their careers as cannon fodder again. It's just that this time the Italian mercenaries learned a little bit - they let the local farmers with their hands break down the door go in front and on the sides, so that even if the enemy in front of them shoots, they will hit the unlucky farmers first. And these mercenaries can also die a few fewer ......

Relying on the peasants as cannon fodder, the Italian mercenaries rushed over the city walls several times. However, he was killed by the Spaniards. In particular, those Spanish armored warriors who wore "backless suits" were still very skilled in martial arts. After all, most of those people are also the children of Spanish nobles, strongmen who have been practicing martial arts since childhood. In the face of such elites, the average Italian mercenary is really not enough......

What the? You ask if there are any such plate warriors among the Italian mercenaries who have been trained since childhood? Yes, but not much.

Why? Because many of the children of the Italian knight family who did not inherit did not follow the tradition of being wandering knights, but ...... Ran to do business......

That's right, most of the children of the nobility in Italy, except for the eldest son who has the right to inherit, have gone to business, and few of them are willing to be wandering knights or mercenaries.

No way, the Italian business atmosphere is too strong. Venice, Genoa, Siena, Pisa, and Lucca were all medieval commercial republics. Not to mention the merchants, even ordinary Italian farmers, they all know how to do some small business.

As for the children of the Italian nobility who are literate, of course they can also do business. Moreover, they have more money than ordinary people and have a higher starting point for doing business. Generally speaking, only the children of nobles who have failed in business will run away to become mercenary officers with a high risk factor.

This is the adverse effect of the strong business atmosphere, you see in Germany in this era, most of the children of the nobility went to work as wandering knights and work for their employers. Therefore, it is easy to find a wandering knight as an officer in Germany. Can be ...... in Italy, where everyone does business It's hard to find a noble kid who works hard......

Just like in later generations, if you go to a place like Wenzhou with a strong business atmosphere to recruit soldiers, it will be very difficult. People's families are all in business, and if the family has money, they will be willing to be soldiers when they are crazy...... In the same way, where the business atmosphere is too strong, it is difficult to recruit good soldiers...... Moreover, in Qi Jiguang's principle of recruitment, he doesn't want people from the city and the children of businessmen. Because, this kind of person is too cunning and easy to desert. Moreover, people have a worry-free life, and they don't look down on the drudgery of being a soldier......

Just like Pasto, he was a noble kid. In the beginning, he was also in business. It's a pity that it wasn't that piece of material, and after losing a lot of money, I had no choice but to join the army. After all, being a mercenary is also a business. For example, when robbing, the profit is still very high......

As for Spain, the business atmosphere is much less than that of Germany, but much less than that of Italy. Therefore, in Spain, it is still possible to recruit many noble children who are willing to join the army. Moreover, most of Spain is mountainous, and the soldiers are mainly mountain people. Although not as savage and brutal as the Germans, they were much more powerful than the shrewd and cunning Italians.

Therefore, in the next few days of fighting, Italian mercenaries rushed up to give the Spaniards heads......

It's just that these Italian mercenaries did a good job of fulfilling the task given to them by Louis XII - to consume the ammunition of the Spaniards......