The sound of artillery outside the city and the faint sound of fighting soon after, made the people trapped in the bell tower, already exhausted by hunger and fatigue, even more worried, and many dragged their weak bodies to climb to the top to see through the windows to see what was going on outside, but they had nothing to gain except more anxiety.

Zaroni was also standing among them, and he was as anxious as the others, but at the same time there was a faint excitement in his heart.

Unlike the other former Republican officials, he was a member of the Zaloni family, who was welcomed by the Republican government because of his sympathy for the rebellion, and in fact the Republic government needed his support in order to gain the understanding of the nobles, so that Zaloni could become a member of the new republican government.

However, Zoloni knew that the government actually didn't trust him, and his sympathy for the republican government was more because of the rebellion caused by the lack of ambition in the family, and with the flight of the Zaloni family, he had become an ordinary citizen of the Republic of Pisa, which made Zoloni, who originally had some longing for the republic, a little lost in his heart.

Now the sudden arrival of the Venetian seems to give Zaloni a glimmer of hope.

Of course, he knew that the Venetians' intention was to annex Pisa, but that didn't stop him from having his own mind.

In fact, in this day and age, any attempt to annex someone else involves a great deal of risk, and in addition to unpredictable military adventures, it is more important to bear all kinds of diplomatic surprises and blows.

Far from it, just look at King Charles VIII of France, who has just returned from the feather, to know that even if he is as powerful as the king of France, once he exposes too much ambition, he will be disgusted and even resisted by other countries, not out of righteous indignation, but purely out of fear and taboo.

No one wants to see others getting stronger and stronger, and if Venice were to annex Pisa directly, it would inevitably cause alarm among other city-states, and the Venetians were now at war with the Vatican, and they could not have the energy to annex a city-state, so their only way was to raise local puppets.

Zaloni considered himself to be of noble birth, pure blood, and more importantly, his status could be said to be just right, both a member of the aristocratic family in front and a member of the republican government in the back, once the Venetians conquered Pisa, there was really no one more suitable to be the person to rule the city for them.

"Duke Zoloni, Duke Giovanni Zaloni." Colony thought so secretly in his heart, he felt that his name was really born to foil the title of Duke.

There was a sudden commotion next to him, and Zaroni looked at the eyes of several people next to him with some excitement, and saw a young and beautiful figure slowly walking towards the leaning tower, from above, the legs of the young lady walking forward in the sun were slightly moving, as if shaking the long skirt out of the waves, and because it was from top to bottom, she could faintly see a ravine running through the two slightly raised peaks on her chest.

"Is this woman really the Pope's daughter?" Zoloni's heart suddenly moved, he felt that this was really a golden opportunity, you must know that after the Zaloni family fled, it is said that they fled to Rome to seek the protection of the Pope, if she is really the daughter of Alexander VI, then as long as she can get along with this woman, maybe she can get the support of the Pope, of course, this must be on the premise that her identity is indeed Lucrezia.

Zaloni hurried down from the tower, as the others did the same, as they saw a group of servants brought food behind Lucrezia.

These officials had been hungry for almost two days, and they had not rested for the whole night, and they were already exhausted by this time, and when they saw someone coming to deliver food, some of them had even begun to shout for the people outside to remove the blocked stones and let them get out of this damn bell tower.

Standing a little far from the bell tower, Lucrezia looked at the people who poked their heads out of the second-floor window and couldn't stop screaming, she frowned slightly, and looked at them with some disgust.

She really didn't want to believe that just two days of starvation made these people not only lose their reserve, but even seemed to have given up their dignity, she vaguely remembered one time because she was worried about getting fat, she and Julia decided to go on a diet together, and then the two of them did not eat a bite of staple food for three whole days, although on the third night the two of them ended this painful diet exercise because they were too hungry to stand it, but she never thought it was too uncomfortable.

But the men in front of them seemed to be too out of shape, and Lucrezia ordered the servants to put down the food, and then watched from afar as the people drooled but could only stare at the pitiful appearance of the fragrant food, and then couldn't help but sneer proudly.

Although the smile of the beauty was so beautiful and seductive, the meal was obviously more appealing to these who were already hungry, and some people had already shouted and took the few jewels they had from their bodies and threw them to the guards and servants outside, asking them to help them pass them in, and as soon as the head was opened, all kinds of jewels were thrown down from the bell tower like rain, and then even weapons and fairly gorgeous clothes were thrown down.

The guards and servants stooped happily on the ground to pick them up, and these things not only made them a small fortune, but also made them even a little grateful to the beautiful lady by seeing the ugly appearance of the old men who had been high above.

"Lucrezia Borgia, ma'am, please wait!"

A cry caught the attention of Lucrezia, who was about to turn away, and she looked back to see Zaloni waving at her from a window on the second floor.

"Madame, I have something to say to you!" Zoloni shouted anxiously, he knew that there were not many opportunities, if he couldn't get Lucrezia's attention, the next thing was that these people in Tari wouldn't let him go, "I can help you, I can give up attacking Pisa!" ”

Zaloni's words were heard by everyone, and for a moment all eyes were on him, and Lucrezia under the tower was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but take a step forward and show a look of concern.

"Can you stop the Venetians?" Lucrezia asked suspiciously.

"Of course, madam, you forgot that I am from the Zaloni family," Zaloni never thought that one day he would be so excited and proud to announce his surname, because of his disappointment in the family, every time someone mentioned that he was a Zaloni, his heart often swelled up not with pride but with bitterness, "I can negotiate with the Venetians, please believe me, madam, this is the only chance for you and Pisa, it is impossible for Pisa to resist the Venetians, rather than wait for them to completely conquer the city, Why don't you let me negotiate with them, and maybe get a good position for Pisa! ”

Zaloni was running out of strength by the time he finished shouting, and he was sweating profusely as he stared at Lucrezia below, whose fate would be decided by the young woman.

Lucrezia looked up at Zaloni above and was silent for a while, no one knew what she was thinking, then she nodded slightly to Zaloni, but then ignored him and turned away.

Zoloni looked at Lucrezia who had left in amazement, not understanding what was going on for a moment, and when he finally realized that she had really left like that, Zaloni's face changed for a moment.

Then he saw the people around him staring at him with strange eyes.

"What are you going to do?" Zaloni asked uneasily.

"You're going to negotiate with the Venetians, aren't you?"

"Is this still the only chance?"

"So you've been thinking about letting outsiders take over Pisa and then restore the rule of your Zaloni family!"

"You shameful traitor, a spy hidden in the Republic!"

The people shouted angrily as they approached, some of them were already anxious because of the two days of captivity, some of them were irritable from hunger, their gazes were no longer gentle and even became murderous, and then a group of people pounced on Zaloni under the leadership of unknown people.

The screams from the bell tower behind her reached the ears of Lucrezia, who was leaving, and she stopped and listened slightly, then a slightly mischievous smile appeared on her lips, and then walked in the direction of the town hall.

Lucrezia's mood was slightly better because she heard the news on the battlefield.

The Pisan people unexpectedly struck first, which was considered a blow to the Venetians, who were originally full of confidence and were a little dazed by two consecutive rounds of shelling, although they immediately began to organize an attack, but whether it was due to the accident of the two blows or because they did not expect the Pisas to be prepared in advance and lacked enough siege equipment, the Venetian attack was unexpectedly met with strong resistance.

When Lucrezia heard the news, she was genuinely surprised.

Although she knew that even if she was captured by the Venetians, they would not do anything to her, but there were too many unexpected dangers on the battlefield at any time.

So when she heard the sound of cannons, Lucrezia's first thought was to regret that she had fled from Pisa early in the first place.

Now listening to the Pisa people actually resisting the attack of the Venetians, Lucrezia was pleasantly surprised, but she felt that Alexander was a little surprisingly capable of her.

Lucrezia's mood suddenly improved, so when she heard someone say that the officials trapped in the bell tower were shouting, she ordered some food to be made for them.

Thinking of that Zaloni, Lucrezia couldn't help but feel a little funny.

It was clear that the pisan man thought that the Venetian was about to win, so he thought his chance had come.

Lucrezia thought that he must have been taught a lesson by the people he was holding with now.

The Venetians are great, Lucrezia has heard many people say that.

It reminded her that even in Rome people thought the Venetians were difficult to deal with, especially the old Venetian man named Barbaregg, who seemed to have given her father a headache more than once.

Thinking about it, Lucrezia felt that Alexander was really remarkable, at least now that he had kept the Venetians out of the city.

"As long as reinforcements come, everything will be easy."

Lucrezia told herself that she had sent someone to leave Pisa by ship from the port with her handwritten letter, and that if Alexander could hold the Venetians back for a few more days, Alexander VI, who had received the news, would be able to send reinforcements to relieve them.

The thought made Lucrezia feel much better, the tension caused by being kidnapped by Alexander along the way was now gone, and sometimes she thought that the trip was a little strange.

Rather than allowing herself to sit in the town hall, Lucrezia began to meet the pisan ladies frequently, and although she could not figure out for a moment which of the nobles' husbands was aristocratic and which was republican, she felt that these were the things she should do.

Just as in Rome, as the wife of Giovanni Sforza, she had to associate with the noblewomen.

Nothing seemed to have changed, and the only thing that Lucrezia regretted was the sound of the cannons that could be faintly heard outside the city, and the atmosphere that was affected by the fact that the piscasts seemed to be becoming more and more agitated.

Lucrezia did not know that Alexander was facing a great crisis when she thought that the Venetians were "nothing more than that"!

The Venetians did panic for a while after two successive rounds of artillery strikes, and even one company hesitated because it happened to be "taken care of" by the artillery placed on the opposite side on both occasions, but the confusion ended only a short time later with the sound of the drum beating again.

The Venetians were once again grouped at the urging of the officers, and this time they immediately advanced quickly towards the low wall without hesitation.

When a cannonball arced over the Venetian's head, but failed to hurt another person, the Venetians burst into cheers.

And looking at the muzzle of the cannon that had been raised as much as possible, the faces of many people among the pizza people had become heavy.

In the distance, the Venetian sword and shield soldiers began to slow down, they no longer had to worry about the Pisan artillery, they were now vigilantly holding their shields in front of them, overlapping each other, forming a tight line of defense, while keeping their eyes fixed on the low wall that was not too far away.

"Defend in formation, watch out for crossbows and musketeers!"

The officer in the middle of the line shouted a warning to the sword and shield soldier in front of him, and sometimes shouted at a soldier who was walking too fast or too slow to make a gap in the formation.

A horn sounded suddenly, and the sword and shield soldiers immediately got used to blocking their heads behind the shields, and almost at the same time, accompanied by a large scream of breaking wind, the soldiers only felt that the shields were being struck by something forcefully!

"Beware of the crossbow!"

A sergeant standing in the front row yelled, reminding those nearby to hold their shields tightly.

Suddenly, there was a loud "bang", and a crossbow arrow pierced the shield in the hand of a soldier, and the arrow with a barb flew backwards with the shield, and in a miserable scream, the shield rolled in the crowd and smashed to the ground.

"Plug the gap!"

The sergeant shouted at once, and he desperately pounced on it to pick up the shield with half a crossbow bolt still hanging on the ground, and the shield that had cut off the two fingers of the unlucky man, and blocked the gap that had just appeared with the shield before the enemy on the opposite side had time to take advantage of this opportunity to shoot continuously.

"Don't stop moving forward, do you want people to shoot you like hedgehogs?"

The officers in the back shouted angrily, and unlike the soldiers, although they were being attacked by the enemy, they already saw the shadow of victory.

"Attack, the Pisa have no heavy infantry!"

At this time, the captain who bandaged it briefly saw that the enemy was just shooting continuously under the cover of a low wall, and immediately keenly guessed the embarrassment of the Pisan people at the moment.

"Their heavy infantry has just expired, and these mercenaries can't fight us head-on at this time," the captain shouted to the people around him while waving his arms incessantly, "Let our men rush up, those low walls will be useful to us!" ”

The men around the captain were clearly encouraged, and they rushed to the front to deliver the order, and the Venetians seemed to become frantic at once as shouts rang out from the companies.

They roared and flocked desperately to the low walls under the cover of the shields of the sword and shield soldiers.

When they rushed to the wall, the halberdiers who had already prepared them poked their halberds with branches at the enemies hiding behind the wall.

At the same time, the spearmen in the back row also shouted and kept stabbing their spears forward from the gaps, whether it was the enemy behind the wall or the wall that didn't look solid, the sharp spear tips kept piercing everywhere.

For a while, with the low wall as a line, a terrible melee killing began.

Standing on the wall behind him and looking down, Alexander saw that several Venetians had rushed too hard over the low wall, and before they could stand up, they had been cut down by the rushing Pisans.

He also saw a few sailors blocking the wall, they obviously took the low wall as a boat gang, and the skillful cooperation of several people even blocked the enemy on the opposite side several times for a while.

But land was clearly not a ship, and the crew were not facing pirates or sailors like them, and their resistance lasted only a short time, and as several spears pierced one of the men at once, pushing him backwards, the fierce sword and shield men finally seized their chance.

They squeezed the sailors across them with their shields to make their slashing futile and then saw the opportunity to stab their swords through the gaps in their shields.

When the sword was withdrawn, it was already covered with blood, but the sword and shield soldiers did not stop, but kept squeezing and stabbing until none of the enemies on the opposite side were still standing.

Screams rang out on both sides of the wall, blood splattered on the wall at any time, and people fell on both ends of the wall at any time.

Suddenly, with a dull roar, a section of the low wall on the right finally couldn't withstand the squeezing and destruction of the two sides of the fight, and as a burst of smoke rose, the low wall fell in response!

Seeing this, Gompati let out an exclamation, and he stretched out his hand to point in that direction, and with his call, the people saw the Venetians swarming in through the gap in the torn low wall!

The last line of defense outside Pisa has been breached!