Chapter 209: Capturing Machiavelli Alive

At this time, there was a great chaos in the city of Florence, and the fierce shouts and killings that sounded at the east gate were so piercing in the silent middle of the night. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Thus, the whole city of Florence was shaken.

Seeing many Florentine citizens running out, Stader's heart tightened. Because, he remembered that bloody night in Emden. On that night, the citizens of Emden went forward to fight Marin's army, and many of them died and still braved, causing Marin a lot of trouble. If it weren't for the absolute superiority of troops, there might be big problems.

At the moment, Stader's army was only 2,000 more than the mercenaries in Florence, which was not too much of an advantage, if he encountered a group of fanatical and desperate citizens...... That's bad......

However, to Stade's surprise, the citizens of Florence came out in large numbers, but most of them were there to see the excitement. Although their eyes were full of indignation when they saw Stadd's army under the banner of the Papal States, there were not many who really dared to stand up and fight hard.

This is also the difference between the Germans and the Italians, the Germans are martial, and they will take up arms and fight you when they see that you are not pleasing to the eye. And the Italians, more like mouth cannons. Those resentful Italian citizens were eager to rush up to Stade for 300 rounds of debate......

Unfortunately, these soldiers were all Germans and could not understand Italian......

Of course, Staad's army was well-aimed and disciplined, which was also an important reason why the Florentine citizens did not resist. Guided by the Medici Leader, Stadt's army attacked the mercenary camp and the three gates of Florence. At the same time, part of the troops and horses were divided to capture the top leaders of the republic.

You must know that although the Florentine Republic is large, the core high-level leaders are all in the city of Florence, and they live in clusters. Therefore, Stader sent 800 men, blocked all the exits of the quarters where the magnates lived, and rushed in to get the men when the battle between the barracks and the city gate was over.

Stade divided the main force in two, and he himself led 4,000 soldiers and horses to storm the mercenary camp in the city. The other 1,200 men went to seize the other three gates to prevent anyone from escaping.

The progress of the soldiers and horses on all four routes was smooth, although the mercenaries in the large battalion put up a brave resistance. However, there were less than 2,000 men in the battalion. Those mercenaries who went out to pick up girls, when they saw the danger, simply changed their clothes, pretended to be passers-by, and no longer showed up. In this way, there were less than 2,000 people in the large camp and 4,000 veterans of Stadder against each other, and the end was already doomed......

When Stadder broke through the mercenary camp and captured the Italian mercenary leader, good news came from other directions.

The 800 people who controlled the elite district managed to block the various exits of the elite district and block the top of the republic who tried to escape. And to control the detachments of the other three city gates, the south gate and the west gate have been successful. There was only the North Gate, and it seemed that some Italian mercenaries were trying to escape from the North Gate, and it happened that a fierce battle was fought with the 400 people who went to seize the North Gate, and there was a stalemate for a while.

Stadder hurriedly sent his elite to the north gate, where he routed and captured the Italian mercenaries who were trying to seize the gate and escape.

Just when Stade thought that the big picture was decided, something went wrong in the elite district......

It turned out that many civilians in the elite district were instigated by the top brass of a certain republic, and clashed with the army blocking the streets......

Stade hurriedly led his army over, only to see a group of Florentine citizens, armed with kitchen knives and wooden sticks, shouting "For the Republic!" "Fight with them!" and other slogans, and are confronting the soldiers who are blockading the blockade.

Before Stadder arrived, the soldiers guarding the neighborhood had already repelled a wave of citizens.

At this time, a voice behind the citizens suddenly shouted:

"Citizens, we built a republic for freedom and for the people. Are you willing to do this now, when the evil Papal States army wants to take us from power and turn us into slaves again? ”

"Unwilling!"

"Unwilling!"

"We want to be free!"

In the streets, the enthusiastic citizens who were agitated raised their kitchen knives and wooden sticks, raised their arms and shouted......

At this time, the sky was already dark, and Stade felt that it must be a big fish that was inciting the people to revolt behind his back. So, he asked for an Italian interpreter provided by the Medici family and asked:

"Who is that guy who incited the people, and can you recognize it?"

The Medici interpreter, who had his hair parted in the middle, paused for a moment and said:

"It seems to be the Secretary of State Machiavelli......"

"Who?"

"Machiavelli, Secretary of State, Director of the Second State Office, responsible for foreign and military ......"

"I wiped it, I almost forgot about it!" Stade patted his head, and suddenly remembered that Marin had asked him to take a man from Florence named Machiavelli back to East Friesland. Moreover, the requirement is intact Machiavelli. At the same time, Marin asked that he and his family be treated well.

Obviously, his boss Marin has taken a fancy to this man named Machiavelli. Just like when Karn followed Marin and brought back an old Italian man named Leonardo da Vinci. Now, that old man is very favored......

Thinking of this, Stader said loudly:

"All the soldiers obey the order and find out the guy who spoke, but don't hurt him!"

"Yes!" The soldiers shouted in unison, instantly suppressing the momentum of the rebellious citizens.

Then, thousands of warriors launched an assault on the rebellious citizens. However, the purpose is to disperse the opponent, not to kill.

When the regular army got serious, the citizens with kitchen knives and wooden sticks were obviously no match. As a result, the ranks of citizens were quickly dispersed.

However, when the soldiers broke up the ranks of the townspeople, they did not see the man named Machiavelli......

"It's okay, let's go to his house and look for it." At this time, the party that led the way stood up again and expressed its willingness to lead the army to Machiavelli's house to get people.

Machiavelli did run home, and before he had incited the citizens to revolt, he was actually making a last-ditch effort. However, he could see that the army on the opposite side was too strong in combat. Moreover, from their conversation, it can be heard that the other party is in German. Because, for several years, he was a diplomat of the Florentine Republic, and not only did he understand German, but he could also speak it. Obviously, it was a group of German mercenaries, not something that the Florentine burghers could resist. So, when Stade gave the order to attack, he secretly ran home......

However, just as he was instructing his family to clean up and intend to change out of his aristocratic costume and disguise himself as a commoner in order to blend in with the commoners, Stader had already led his men to surround Machiavelli's house under the guidance of the Medici Lead.

Machiavelli's home was clearly not a fortress, and the soldiers brutally smashed open the gate with large stones, and then crowded Stader to break in. The two bodyguards officially arranged by Florence for Machiavelli were so frightened that they didn't dare to resist at all, and they were directly and obediently arrested.

Then, Stader saw Machiavelli, who was carrying his belongings with his parents and wife......

At this time, Machiavelli had already changed into aristocratic clothes, and he looked like a commoner, obviously, this thing wanted to blend into the civilian area first......

Stader called the interpreter at the head of the central division, pointed at Machiavelli and asked:

"Is that him?"

The translator looked at it and nodded:

"That's right, it's him!"

Stade nodded in satisfaction, and suddenly remembered the famous episode that Kahn had told him about "knocking Leonardo unconscious" and taking him away. So he turned back to some of his guards and commanded:

"Knock this thing unconscious and take it away!"

"Huh?" Several of the guards looked at each other. They also knew about the plot of Kahn "knocking Leonardo Da Vinci unconscious and taking him away". However, they are not familiar with the business of knocking people unconscious......

"Execute the order!"

"Yes!"

Several of the guards gritted their teeth, came up to a terrified Machiavelli, and held Machiavelli down. Then, according to Karn's legend, a hand knife struck Machiavelli in the back of the neck......

"Whew-" Machiavelli didn't faint, but he cried out in pain.

"Why can't you pinch it? Second, you're here to ......."

Then, the guy known as the second one was a hand knife again......

Machiavelli let out another cry of pain, but he didn't faint......

"Bang! You shit, it's so hard to knock a person unconscious? I see Karn coming so easily......"

Machiavelli also understands German, so it turns out that these guys hit him on the back of the neck to make himself faint...... Don't...... Does the other party have a habit of knocking people unconscious and taking them away?

When the third guard stretched out his evil hand, Machiavelli, who was frightened and did not believe in the "professionalism" of the guards, hurriedly said:

"Stop fighting, I'm dizzy!" Then, Machiavelli let out an inexplicable scream and tilted his head as if he had really fainted......

Several of the guards were stunned - boom, we haven't done it yet, why is this thing dizzy...... But whatever, tie him up first......

After tying up the faint Machiavelli, one of the guards asked:

"What about this guy's family?"

Before Stade could speak, Machiavelli "woke up" from his pretense of faintness and pleaded in German, which he was not very proficient in:

"Don't hurt my family, especially my wife!" Obviously, Machiavelli was afraid that the big men in front of him would give him his young and beautiful wife.

"Don't worry, I won't treat your family badly." Stader assured. Stade was already sure that this thing would become his colleague in the future, how could he bully his family?

"Then I'm relieved!" Then, Machiavelli "fainted" again, as if he had not spoken a word...... That performance, if you don't give a Golden Horse Award or a Golden Image Award, you can also win a Golden Donkey Award......