Cristoforo gathered about 800 men for striking the rebels down and taking they’re lands. First he sent a spy, Chimenti Bossi to investigate a rebel camp near the city of Milan. Cristoforo wanted to know how many men they had, and who their leader was.
Unfortunately Chimenti failed. The guards noticed him and he was executed. Now Cristoforo needs to attack without any info about their enemy.
Some good things happened also. Our diplomat had made an alliance with Venice. That’s one less neighbour to worry about. Hopefully they will help us in the hour of need.
Now it was time for Cristoforo’s first battle. Cristoforo wasn’t as good general as their enemy Roberto, but he had more men in the battlefield.
The infantry and archers were hidden in the forests. The Commander himself decided to be the bait for the enemy.
The enemy forces started to march towards Cristoforo. It was a horrible surprise when they saw the archers rising from the forests and starting to shoot their spearmen.
The enemy archers were out in the open. It would have been an easy target for Cristoforo and the rest of the cavalry. But rebels had put sharpened stakes on the ground that prevented them from attacking.
When the enemy infantry were close enough, the Lombard spearmen showed up from the woods and started running towards the enemy infantry. Same time archers changed their target to the rebel
archers.
When the infantry started to attack, Cristoforo decided it was time to move. They didn’t care about the enemy spearmen but decided to go behind their lines and charge the rebel cavalry down.
Lord Roberto saw that, and decided to go help his own men. He charged right the side of Cristoforos bodyguards. They had to flee and charge again.
Unfortunately Cristoforo was the first one to get hit from Lord Roberto’s charge. He was struck down from the horses back and trampled to death.
When the Lombard infantry saw that their own commander had died, they started to panic and flee. Defeat was almost certain. But the cavalry decided to make one last charge to the enemy General and it was a success. Lord Roberto was impaled and he died on the horse.
After that the battle was over. The rebels started to run. New general Noddo refused to chase down his own countrymen. The Battle was over and Cristoforo dead.
When the battle was over, messenger came to tell them the good new. Holy Roman Empire has accepted an alliance request. General Noddo ordered him to go straight to Signore Giorgio and tell him, that his son had died on the battlefield.
Right after the battle, the army moved forward and laid siege to a rebel fort. They had lost already so many men, that Noddo decided to starve the rebels to death. This was one of the cruellest methods of them all. But he saw no other option.
The Nobles have given a mission; our diplomat was too sent directly to the Pope and make diplomatic relations with him.
Dungeon has finished in Milan. Hopefully they don’t get a reason to use it.
Success! Pope has accepted to make an alliance with the Lombard League!