บท 236: Chapter 95: The Engineer Lieutenant Colonel and the Pot Repairer

On the day following the minor skirmish at the moat, both the attacking and defending forces sent people to collect the bodies, with neither side taking any further action.

The second day, the defending army sent men out to dig the moat again.

However, this time they were not working under the cover of night but openly during the day, with clanging and banging.

Clearly, the defenders had keenly sensed the Venetians' weakness: no artillery, too few expendable troops, and a lack of cavalry.

Therefore, there was no need to work at night like thieves trying to muffle the bell, which would just allow the Venetians to approach under the cover of darkness.

So they brazenly worked during daylight when those on the city walls could have a clear view of the Venetians' every move from above.

The defenders were as if spreading their legs open and taunting the Venetians, "Come on, you come now. Don't you not come."