The Rise of the European Emperor

At this time, there was chaos in the city of Florence, and the fierce shouting and killing from the east gate was so harsh in the silent middle of the night. As a result, the entire city of Florence was shocked.

Seeing a lot of Florentine citizens running out, Stade was nervous. Because, he remembered that bloody night in Emden City. On that night, the citizens of Emden went to fight with Marin's army one after another. Many people died and still moved forward bravely, which brought a lot of trouble to Marin. If it weren't for the absolute superiority of troops, there could be major problems.

At the moment, the number of Stade's army is only 2,000 more than the mercenary army of Florence City, and the strength of the army is not too much.

However, what surprised Stade was that many citizens of Florence came out, but most of them were watching the fun. Although their eyes were full of indignation when they saw the army of Stade carrying the flag of the Papal State, there were not many who really dared to stand up and work 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 if they don't like you. The Italians, more like mouth cannons. Those Italian citizens with resentful eyes can't wait to rush up to debate with Stade for 300 rounds...

It's a pity that these soldiers are all German and can't understand Italian...

Of course, Stade's army has a clear goal and strict discipline, which is also an important reason why the citizens of Florence did not resist. Under the guidance of the leading party sent by the Medici family, Stade's army first attacked the mercenary camp and three gates of Florence. At the same time, part of the soldiers and horses were separated to capture the top officials of the Republic.

You must know that although the Republic of Florence is large, the core high-rise buildings are all located in the city of Florence, and they live together. Therefore, Stade sent 800 people to block off all exits in the residence of the powerful and powerful, and only waited for the end of the battle at the barracks and the city gate, and rushed in to get people.

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

The progress of the four-way army was smooth, although the mercenaries in the large camp put up a brave resistance. However, there were fewer than 2,000 people in the battalion. Those mercenaries who went out to pick up girls, seeing the danger, simply changed their clothes, pretended to be passers-by, and stopped showing their faces. In this way, only less than 2,000 people in the main camp confronted the 4,000 veterans of Stade, and the outcome was already doomed...

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

The 800 people who controlled the noble district successfully blocked the exits of the noble district and blocked the top officials of the Republic who were trying to escape. As for the teams to control the other three city gates, Nanmen and Ximen had already succeeded.

There was only the North Gate. It seemed that some Italian mercenaries were trying to escape from the North Gate. They happened to start a fierce battle with the 400 people who were going to capture the North Gate, and they were deadlocked there for a while.

Stade hurriedly dispatched elites to the North Gate, defeated and captured the group of Italian mercenaries who were trying to seize the city gate and run away.

Just when Stade thought the overall situation was set, something went wrong in the elite area...

It turned out that many civilians in the powerful district were agitated by a certain high-level republic, and clashed with the army blocking the streets...

Stade hurried over with the army, only to see a group of Florentine citizens, armed with kitchen knives and wooden sticks, shouting "For the Republic!" "Fight with them!" confrontation.

Before Stade rushed over, the soldiers guarding the block had already repelled a wave of citizens' onslaught.

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

"Citizens, we built the Republic for the sake of freedom and the people. Now, the evil Papal Army wants to take our power and turn us into slaves again. Are you willing to do this?"

"Not reconciled!"

"Not reconciled!"

"We want freedom!"

In the street, the excited citizens raised kitchen knives and wooden sticks, raised their arms and shouted...

At this time, the sky was already bright, and Stade felt that it must be a big fish behind the incitement of the people to resist. So he asked for an Italian translation provided by the Medici family:

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

The Medici family interpreter with a mid-parted hair paused for a while and said:

"It looks like Machiavelli, Secretary of State..."

"Who?"

"Machiavelli, secretary of state, head of the Second Office of State, in charge of diplomacy and military..."

"I wipe, I almost forgot the big thing!" Stade patted his head and suddenly remembered that Marin asked him to tie a man named Machiavelli in Florence back to East Frisian. And, the claim is that Machiavelli is intact. At the same time, Marin demanded that this person and his family be treated kindly.

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

Thinking of this, Stade said loudly:

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

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

Then, thousands of soldiers attacked the group of resisting 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 resistance of the citizens, they did not see the man named Machiavelli...

"It's okay, let's go look for him at his house." At this time, the Leading Party stood up again, expressing its willingness to lead the army to Machiavelli's house to get people.

Machiavelli did run home. Before, he encouraged the citizens to resist, but it was actually his last effort. However, he could see that the fighting force of the army on the opposite side was too strong. Moreover, from their conversation, it can be heard that the other party is using German. Because, he served as a diplomat of the Republic of Florence for several years, not only can understand German, but also speak. Obviously, it was a group of German mercenaries, not something the citizens of Florence could resist. So, when Stade ordered the attack, he sneaked home...

However, just when he told his family to pack up and planned to change out of noble clothes and pretend to be a commoner to infiltrate the commoners, Stade had already led people to surround Machiavelli under the guidance of the Medici Leading Party. Family.

Machiavelli's home was clearly not a fortress, and the soldiers rudely smashed the gate with a large stone, and then crowded Stade and broke in. The two bodyguards that Florence officially arranged for Machiavelli were so frightened that they didn't dare to resist, and they just obediently captured them.

Then, Stade saw Machiavelli, who was carrying luggage with his parents and wife and preparing to go out...

At this time, Machiavelli had changed into aristocratic clothes and looked like a commoner. Obviously, this guy wanted to infiltrate the civilian area first...

Stade called the interpreter in the middle division, pointed at Machiavelli and asked:

"is it him?"

The interpreter looked at it and nodded:

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

Stade nodded with satisfaction, and suddenly remembered the famous plot that Kahn told him about "stunned and taken away" Da Vinci. So, he turned back and instructed several of his guards:

"Stun this thing and take it away!"

"Huh?" Several guards looked at each other. They are also aware of the plot of Kahn's "stunned and taken away" Da Vinci. However, they are not familiar with the business of knocking people unconscious...

"Excuting an order!"

"Yes!"

Several guards gritted their teeth and came to Machiavelli, who was terrified, and held Machiavelli. Then, according to the legend of Kahn, a hand knife hit Machiavelli on the back of the neck...

"Ouch—" Machiavelli didn't faint, but cried out in pain.

"Why can't you squeeze it? Second child, you come..."

Then, the guy called the second is another hand knife...

Machiavelli cried out again, but didn't faint...

"Cha! You bastards, it's so hard to knock out a person? I think Kahn is so easy..."

Machiavelli can understand German too. It turns out that these guys beat him on the back of the neck to make him faint... Could it be... the other party has a habit of knocking people unconscious and taking them away?

When the third guard stretched out his sinful hand, Machiavelli, who was afraid of being beaten and did not believe in the "professional level" of the guards, said quickly:

"Stop hitting, I'm dizzy!" Then, Machiavelli let out a scream inexplicably, tilted his head, as if he had really fainted...

A few guards were stunned - ah, we haven't done it yet, why is this guy dizzy... But don't worry, let's tie it up first...

After tying up Machiavelli pretending to be dizzy, one of the guards asked:

"What about this guy's family?"

Stade hadn't spoken yet, but Machiavelli "woke up" from pretending to be dizzy and pleaded in unfamiliar German:

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

"Don't worry, I won't treat your family badly," Stade assured. Stade has already affirmed that this guy will become his colleague in the future, how could he bully his family?

"Then I'm relieved!" Then, Machiavelli fainted again, as if he hadn't spoken a moment ago... That performance, if you don't give a Golden Horse Award or an Academy Award, you can also get a Golden Donkey Award... …