Mario has always been a strong man, and Ezio and Petruccio only spent one day in Monteriggioni.

The next morning, Mario forcibly pulled Ezio out of his warm bed at the sound of his wails.

As for Petruccio, he still has some privileges to sleep until 7 a.m. and get up for training.

When Ezio cried and shouted for his mother under the training of Mario's rough mercenaries, Lu Xiao and Mario led the troops to leave the castle in a hurry.

Before dawn, the group marched quietly across the fields of the Tuscan plain, and finally arrived at the foot of the city of San Gimignano before dawn.

"Boom!"

As soon as the formation was lined up, Mario immediately pushed the cannon dragged by the horse all the way to the front line, and first fired at the gate that San Gimignano had just closed urgently.

This cannon was like igniting the powder magazine in the city, and the soldiers of the Patch family who defended the city hurriedly adjusted the firing angle of the cannon defending the city.

Due to the sharp increase in the number of cannons, the Patch family had to urgently train a group of artillerymen, and one of the reasons why Mario chose to attack at the east gate was because the recruits assigned to this side were the most dish.

"Boom, boom!"

Several cannon shells were fired one after another, but none of them fell within 20 meters of the mercenary position, which was very outrageous.

"Hahahaha!"

The mercenaries deliberately shouted a loud laugh at the castle as Mario ordered his own cannon fire again.

There is no harm if there is no comparison, and the well-trained mercenaries fire their cannons with far more accuracy than the recruits of the Patch family, and one of them even blew up one of the city defense guns with an accurate very city head, and the soldiers guarding the cannon were also bombarded on their backs.

Under Mario's arrangement, the rude mercenaries began to shout insults into the city, firmly attracting the hatred of a large number of soldiers.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lu Xiao moved quickly along the shadow of the corner of the south side of the city wall, avoiding the soldiers of the Pache family who were focused on the east gate, and quietly came to the west side of the city wall of San Gimignano.

Sure enough. ’

As provided by Mario, there is a small collapse in the southwest wall of San Gimignano, and the wooden scaffolding erected by the construction workers responsible for the repair remains in place.

Because of the sudden start of the war, the entire city wall repair site was empty at this time, and the soldiers did not have time to dismantle the scaffolding, which was just convenient for Lu Xiao to climb into.

The attack on the east gate drew most of the city's defenses to it, but a certain number of defenders were still retained at the head of each gate to prevent the enemy from attacking the west.

When Lu Xiao climbed up to the top of the city along the scaffolding, most of the defenders near the battlements focused their attention on the east gate, and one by one they stood on their feet to check the situation in the direction of the battlefield.

Pulling up the hood, Lu Xiao half-squatted down and began to move, and the leather boots with a small amount of silence barely made any sound.

"Bang~"

The slight sound of the blade popping out did not arouse anyone's alarm, the eyes of the soldier who was stabbed into the heart from behind widened, and the scream that should have been out was covered by Lu Xiao's left hand wearing hand armor, and he unwillingly lost his whole body strength and fell backwards.

Gently placing the corpse behind the arrow stand to hide, Lu Xiao continued to act unnoticed, assassinating five soldiers who were standing relatively far apart in almost the same way.

After kicking these corpses into the grass under the inner city wall one by one, and clearing the surveillance eyes of the city heads, Lu Xiao did not continue to stay, tightened his hood and blended into the crowd of San Gimignano.

The roar of cannons inside and outside the city made the city's residents very uneasy, fearing that the flames of war would burn into the city and destroy their otherwise peaceful lives.

Moving in the direction of the crowd's walking and discussion, Lu Xiao's vigilant gaze under the hood looked around.

Even with the reinforcement of the city's defenses thanks to the money and supply channels provided by Rodrigo, San Gimignano is still a small city.

Although it was much larger than Monteriggioni, Lu Xiao, who was standing at the top of the fortress tower, could easily see the structure of the entire city.

As for the soldiers of this fortress tower? Naturally, it was cleaned up by Lu Xiao one by one.

Unlike Monteriggioni and Florence, the design of San Gimignano seems to be in the direction of a fortress city.

There are many towering surveillance towers in the city, the most striking of which is the fortress tower, known as the Grossa Tower by the locals, and the most heavily defended, that is, the tower that has just been cleared by Lu Xiao.

Standing at the highest point of the city, using the passive skill of clairvoyance, Lu Xiao's eyes swept around the city like electricity.

"Found it."

Contrary to Lu Xiao's expectations, Rodrigo Borgia did not live in the luxurious mansion of the Pache family, but chose the famous building in the city, the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin, as a place to stay.

Of course, the perimeter of the church was heavily guarded, and a large number of tin cans dressed in heavily armored armor blocked the entrances to the church.

'How do you get in......

Lu Xiao stood at the top of the Grossa Tower in annoyance, using his powerful long-distance vision to monitor Rodrigo's every move.

Rodrigo Borgia was also wearing a hooded outfit at this time, and he was accustomed to a life of luxury, even if he hid his identity, he was not willing to wronged himself, and he could be recognized at a glance by the magnificence of his clothes.

Rodrigo, who was wearing a hood, and a man dressed as a monk were talking in a low voice in the atrium of the Church of the Assumption, but unfortunately Lu Xiao did not have an ear and could not capture the content of the conversation between the two.

Although Lu Xiao made some cover up for the soldiers who were assassinated by himself, it was only a matter of time before the soldiers who changed guards found that someone had infiltrated the city, and he had to complete the task before the guards could raise their vigilance.

Anyway, let's get started and scout around the Church of the Assumption, and maybe there are hidden holes in the defenses. ’

Seeing a pile of straw in the hidden courtyard downstairs, Lu Xiao opened his arms and jumped high, and the passive skill of Leap of Faith was activated, and it only took a few seconds for Grossa Tower to climb from the top to the bottom in a few seconds.

"Huh~"

Crawling out of the straw pile, Lu Xiao slapped the remaining straw on his body, slowed down and pretended to be a passing passerby, and slowly approached the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in the direction of the flow of people again.

"Huh?"

When passing by an uninhabited corner of Glosa Tower, Lu Xiao keenly noticed something unusual and turned away from the crowd into the alley.

With a wave of his hand, he brushed away the dusty unidentified bulge on a moss-covered wall, and the familiar skull appeared in front of Lu Xiao's eyes.

'Assassin's Crypt? Over here? ’

Lu Xiao observed the distance between Grossa Tower and the Church of the Assumption, and suddenly moved in his heart, 'Should it be?' ’

Confirming that no one in the vicinity noticed him, Lu Xiao pulled the skeleton mechanism and jumped into the secret passage exposed underground.

After landing, Lu Xiao looked around vigilantly.

The damp, foul-smelling air stimulates Lu Xiao's sense of smell, which seems to be one of the city's sewers.

There was a sealed gate opposite the wooden platform where Lu Xiao was staying, and there was a tomb general mechanism that Lu Xiao had opened several times hidden by the door.

Through the first gate, Lu Xiao was presented with an underground wine cellar full of a large number of wooden barrels.

Several guards were patrolling back and forth in the cellar, and this unnatural security aroused Lu Xiao's suspicions.

'The cellar still needs to be guarded?' Which ruined landlord built a wine cellar...... All the gold in the barrel? Or ......

Lu Xiao thought of a possibility, and his eyes flickered slightly.

'The Catholic Church prohibits alcoholism, but does not restrict priests from drinking in small amounts, and this level of garrison is justified if this is the underground cellar of the Church of the Assumption. ’

This is to eliminate any possible uneasiness around Rodrigo...... That old boy is quite afraid of death. ’