I, the Villain, Want to Save Myself, But the Yandere Heroines Disagree - Chapter 110

Giovanni was cunning. All the soldiers he used this time to suppress the citizens of Romulus were not locals. They were mostly soldiers from other areas of the Napoli Duchy. Thus, when facing these strangers, they were willing to firmly carry out orders and wield the butcher’s knife.

As for the soldiers who were citizens of this city, they had no opportunity to learn what was happening in the city. Their attention was completely drawn to the siege outside the city, and their commanders, citing the preservation of military secrets, would not allow them to leave the military camp even a single step.

This bloody suppression operation thus ended with minimal cost.

Among the tens of thousands of Romulus citizens who participated in the demonstration, fifty percent lost their lives. The remaining people, although they managed to escape back to their homes by miraculously surviving, after witnessing such a firm hand from the Duke, no longer dared to launch protests.

After all, the Duke truly did not treat them as human beings.

The besieging army outside the city did not know about the tragic events that had occurred inside. They were still carrying out the siege orders in an orderly manner.

After this incident, the security of Romulus City stabilized. In fact, because many people had died, even the previously scarce supplies became slightly more abundant.

This was not a bad thing for the Napoli Duchy, at least for Giovanni’s rule.

At this moment, outside Romulus City, siege equipment had already been set up.

Traditional engineering equipment such as catapults, siege towers, and ladders were all prepared. From today onwards, the walls of Romulus City would no longer know peace.

“Counting the time, it’s almost here,” This day, standing by the window on the top floor of the ducal mansion, Giovanni looked at the city wall on one side and sighed with emotion.

Romulus North City Wall.

The soldiers were still guarding the city wall as they had been in the past few days. There was a guard post every five steps, their positions were very dense.

Because since this morning, a large group of Imperial Army soldiers had gathered in front of the North City Wall, along with the siege equipment they had built these past few days.

Standing on the city wall, the soldiers with good eyesight among them could see the military camps outside the city building siege equipment every day. However, due to the disparity in the number of troops, Napoli dared not sortie to obstruct the other party. They could only watch helplessly as the other party assembled their deadly weapons step by step, calculating their own impending demise.

The soldiers below were clearly preparing to take advantage of the opportunity to capture the city wall after the first round of ammunition from the siege equipment was exhausted. The Napoli soldiers dared not relax at all. Although they knew it was dangerous on the city wall, at this moment, they could only obey their commander’s orders and guard the city wall.

At ten in the morning, under Scaloni’s command, the attacking side concentrated all their siege equipment at the North Gate. Then, dozens of catapults fired simultaneously.

The giant stones fired by the catapults would have their power enhanced by mages, and they would explode upon hitting obstacles, creating an effect similar to cannonballs.

Casualties immediately occurred on the city wall.

Although the accuracy of the catapults was not high, under the suppression of sheer numbers, they still inflicted considerable damage on the Napoli army.

Fortunately, Giovanni had painstakingly managed Romulus City for so many years, and the city walls had been repaired several times. After several rounds of bombardment, no breaches appeared.

The reserve of stones was used up after three hours of continuous firing. At this moment, although the walls of Napoli looked battered, not a single section had collapsed.

Therefore, the attacking force still had to climb the city walls using ladders and engage in close combat with the enemy.

“I didn’t expect it. Although Giovanni managed Napoli poorly, he didn’t neglect the management of the main base at all.”

In the military camp, Scaloni listened to the reports from the front line and couldn’t help but complain.

“If Giovanni were truly that incompetent, he wouldn’t have caused us so much trouble before,” Lucius said from the side.

“That’s indeed true,” Scaloni nodded.

Scaloni greatly respected this seasoned general. If he hadn’t been carrying His Highness the Prince’s orders when he came south this time, Scaloni would have preferred to hand over command of the army to Lucius.

But he also knew that to become the next General Lucius, he couldn’t just follow behind him. He had to surpass him.

“Let’s send five thousand men up the city wall first to test the enemy’s will to resist. If it is still very firm, we will besiege them for some more time, and then break through at one point later.”

After simply determining the strategy for this phase, Scaloni summoned a messenger and relayed his orders to the besieging forces in other directions.

…

Just half a month ago, Arthas used his military authority to hold a meeting of generals in the army without the Emperor’s participation.

“Everyone, the situation in the Napoli Duchy is still not clear. I am concerned that the Duke of Antica will not be able to capture Napoli in a short time.”

“And as you also know, Duke Giovanni of Napoli is very likely the one who planned the assassination of Duke Francois and sent people to assassinate my father. To apprehend him as soon as possible, we need to send troops to assist the Duke of Antica. It so happens that the situation at the border is not as tense now, and we can spare our forces.”

Upon hearing Arthas’s words, the generals present more or less understood his intention.

He was going to choose one among them to become the Duke of Napoli.

Thus, many people exchanged glances, starting to consider who should be recommended to lead the troops south.

Arthas looked at Scaloni and spoke:

“Last time, during the internal discussion about sending troops, General Scaloni was also the most resolute in expressing his intention to send troops. Therefore, I believe that the total commander of this southern expeditionary force should be held by General Scaloni.”

After saying this, many generals nodded.

Among this group of Imperial officers, besides Scaloni, either they were too old and had already been granted titles, making it inconvenient for them to occupy the title of Duke of Napoli, or their seniority and abilities were not yet sufficient.

After discussing the candidate to lead the troops, the generals then discussed how many soldiers to bring.

After the meeting adjourned, Arthas found Scaloni alone.

“General Scaloni, I have high hopes for you,” Arthas looked at the other party, his eyes filled with admiration.

“You are someone who can become a pillar of the nation like General Lucius. Therefore, for this battle, I ask that you please achieve a brilliant victory.”

“Please rest assured, Your Highness the Prince. Your humble servant will do his utmost.”

“Mm… Also, General Scaloni, your daughter is very capable. I admire her greatly. I hope to invite her out more often in the future. I heard you are quite strict about this kind of thing, so I specifically came to ask.”

Scaloni heard Arthas say this, was startled for a moment, then laughed heartily.

“Your Highness the Prince is joking. I do this simply because I don’t want my daughter to associate with questionable people. If Your Highness the Prince personally invites her, how could I refuse?”

“That is excellent then,” Arthas also smiled upon hearing the other party say this.

In this way, he had completed the task Rosalind had given him.