Chapter 26: The Battle of Monte San Giovanni 5
Ruth bit her lip desperately, her mind was full of thoughts, her heart was full of thoughts, but she still couldn't think of a feasible solution. She can't commit suicide or disobey orders on the spot, so there really won't be a chance at all! Thinking of the end, Ruth suddenly found that she had to accept such a cruel fate, and she had to be happy with several men on the same night tonight, and the first one was an old man with a gray beard! This made her despair to the peak in an instant, and she could only obey indifferently, silently, biting her lower lip with her teeth tightly, but she couldn't let His Holiness and the rest of the people see the strong unwillingness and reluctance in her heart!
That night, how the commanders of them were happy with Ruth and how they insulted Ruth, not to mention for the time being, all in all, it was extremely colorful, so that the few commanders who had experienced this night on the spot did not know the taste of meat, and they never forgot to return, so that in the following time, even after the city was broken, they were not interested in insulting the rest of the women, and several people kept surrounding Ruth.
After receiving that her daughter had been rewarded by Charles VIII as a plaything as a commodity, Monlay was desperate to the extreme. At this point, he knew that no matter how much he begged to surrender to the French king, he would not waver in the slightest, and no matter how hard he tried, he could not change the fate of the French army to enter the city and ravage it. In that case, let's fight to the end with the last remaining strength! If the French army wants to enter the city and slaughter the soldiers and civilians all over the city, then they, the Monte San Giovanni, will let the French know that if they do this, they will also lose a few teeth! They couldn't just sit back and wait for the French army to slaughter them!
After making up his mind, Monlay asked the soldiers to summon all the high-ranking people in the city to the palace to discuss the matter, he wanted to tell them the actual situation, and he had to inform them to prepare, and now it was time for the fish to die!
In the city lord's mansion, everyone stood in front of Meng Lai with pale faces, no one could have imagined that the situation had deteriorated to such an extent, Meng Lai took the initiative to beg for death, and even the daughter of the country was only a meat bun and a dog - there was no return, and it did not bring any benefits to improve the situation.
Jerry broke the silence first, as the number one general in the city, he seemed to have been mentally prepared for today: "In this case, there is nothing to say, it is useless to think too much, let's let these French barbarians see if we Monte San Giovanni are not paper mud, since we are not given a way to live, then we will make them pay a heavy price for this stupid decision!" Far beyond their expectations, a terrible price that they could not bear! ”
Monlay's face was full of determination: "Since these French barbarians don't let us have a good time, we don't let them be happy." Then everyone obey my arrangement" Monlay looked at the crowd and said slowly: "First of all, propaganda, after everyone goes out, you must send your soldiers and generals to all parts of the city to publicize the atrocities of the French barbarians, and you must not say that they are coming to slaughter the city, just say that they have committed all kinds of heinous crimes in other Italian states, and publicize that they are the embodiment of evil, and God will punish them sooner or later!" In this way, all the forces in the city will be united in their hatred of us, and they will fight together against the French barbarians! ”
After hearing this, everyone nodded sadly and indignantly. Rabbits will bite when they are in a hurry, not to mention that living people are forced to a dead end! The power of this was staggering, and at least it mobilized the mood of the people to unite against the French army.
"As for the defenses of the city," Monlay continued, "because the French have that formidable artillery that can directly break through the walls, so you don't have to defend the walls anymore, you just need to ask some soldiers to hang more flags and bland on the walls!" Let's get ready for bloody and brutal street fighting! General Jerry knows better than me about these defenses, so please make proper arrangements for General Jerry," Monlay finished speaking, and turned his face to look at Jerry.
Jerry's face was heavy, but he also looked like he was dying, and said, "City Lord, please rest assured, leave this to me, I will let these French barbarians taste the taste of traps everywhere and enemies everywhere!" The defense strength of your major families is not bad, so please go home and organize the Ding family at home to prepare for battle! ”
The nobles also agreed in unison, and made arrangements when they were ready to return to the family.
Jerry said: "I will make unified arrangements for the defenders in the city, and deploy defenses everywhere in the city, so that the French barbarians will pay a bloody price for every step!" ”
"Well," said Monlay, "there will be General Lao for the defense of the city, and the main property, ordnance, grain and grass in the city, except for those to be used for resistance, will be concentrated in the city lord's mansion, and if there is any discord, they will be burned to the ground, so that the French barbarians will not get any supplies!" Since we are destined to be sacrificed, let us sacrifice more worthwhile and contribute to our future Italian counteroffensive! We still have several states in Italy that have not fallen, and the French barbarians are alone in the depths, and the rear is unstable, and they will definitely be driven out by us at that time! ”
After hearing this, everyone took the order and left, and hurriedly made preparations, preparing for a vigorous battle with the French army, and dying a heroic death! Although there are also those who are timid and afraid of death, in this situation where there is no way back, they can only follow others to work hard.
When Monte San Giovanni was so bustling and trying to fight to the death, the French army finally began to attack the city, they deployed all the artillery, and then began a fierce bombardment, the wall of Monte San Giovanni was thicker and stronger than the wall of Fort Mordano, but it could not withstand the French army so mercilessly bombarded, so the people of the entire city were ready for the French army to break through the city and then rely on the geographical advantage to kill and injure the French army.
This time, the French bombardment was still the same as last time, the artillery kept reloading ammunition, and then bombarded the city walls almost non-stop, while the elite units of the French army were still Swiss spearmen, archers, crossbowmen and knight guardians outside, so that the people in the city would not have the slightest opportunity.
The people of the city waited for the last moment with a grim face amid the incessant roar of artillery. They nervously clutched their weapons, constantly keeping an eye out for the collapse of the walls.
After a long and powerless wait, at last, after six or seven hours of bombardment, the French army had blown down the walls, and after another loud noise, the French army desperately carried away all kinds of broken walls, and then the French army began to advance into Monte San Giovanni.
Tiger had the happiest time in the whole war, because he liked to bully his opponent when he had the advantage, and then capture the peerless beauty of the opponent to his tent for fun, and the feeling of comfort was indescribable. Therefore, Tiger entered the city this time, it was the impact on the front line, faster than Ryan, he wanted to enter the city as soon as possible to loot the treasure, and then be the first to go back and be happy with the great beauty Ruth, whom he was deeply infatuated with.
However, what he didn't expect was that it was different from what he imagined, and this time when he entered the city, he encountered great resistance, and those people in the city were fearless to rely on the location to fight them to the death. Although these people were quickly wiped out by relying on the advantage of absolute strength, they still caused a certain amount of damage, which made Tiger quite annoyed. It wasn't much of a few Swiss soldiers who died, but the death of his own pro-army crossbowmen was heartbreaking, and God knows how much effort and time he had spent training them. However, to Tiger Tiger's annoyance, the Swiss Spearmen are clearly more adapted to street combat, so they are often easily able to deal with unexpected situations, so not many are actually killed. On the contrary, if you look at the soldiers under him, they are all long-range attack troops, and their defense is extremely fragile, and once they encounter a sudden attack, they often lack protection means, so they are killed by the resistance in the city for a while.
In the end, Tiger couldn't see his men being innocently consumed like this, so he could only order to distance himself from the Swiss spearmen, and when it was safe or needed to support the front, he would lead his troops to fight. In this way, the casualties of his crossbow archers were finally brought under control. He fought all the way to a certain big house in the city, which was obviously garrisoned by the elite of the city, who relied on the strong protection of the big house, and even the Swiss soldiers were killed and wounded, and his crossbowmen were useless at this time.
Tiger has a cunning personality, but his brain is very smart, he looks left and right, and thinks that it is not a matter to go on like this, and his brain turns, and he suddenly comes up with an idea. He asked the soldiers next to him to report the situation to the king, and then asked the king to send some artillery units under Angus into the city to attack the fortifications, knock out these strong fortress points, and then the whole city would be flattened, and the resistance of the whole city could be easily wiped out.
When the King heard Tiger's request for support, he asked Angus to send several groups of artillery into the city, escorted into the city by the Knights, archers, and Swiss soldiers, and divided into several groups to go to the city to bomb all the strong points of resistance, so that it would be much easier to flatten Monte San Giovanni.
Sure enough, under the escort of other troops, as soon as the artillery unit arrived at the place where Tiger was, they fired a few shots and blew the big house to pieces, dusty, and the people inside were scattered and scattered, and they were caught up and slashed by the French army, and they were wiped out in an instant. The rest of the city's recalcitrant resistance, including the city lord's mansion, was flattened by the artillery as soon as the artillery drove in, and then the resistance was quickly wiped out.
The French artillery was so powerful that even such a thick wall could be blasted through in a few hours, and no matter how strong the buildings in the city were, under the power of artillery, they were almost as good as tofu dregs, and they were flattened in two strikes.
The French army was entangled by the resistance forces for a whole day and a night, and when it was dawn the next day, the resistance forces inside were finally strangled, and finally only some old and weak women and children and young and beautiful girls were left, and then it was the time of the French army's carnival, and Tiger's heart trembled again at this moment!