In another moment of action (rashness even?) Castruccio allies with Uguccione to defeat the Guelphs in Lucca. Uguccione, unsurprisingly, then forsakes any promises to Castruccio and plans to raze the city. (Page 132). Castruccio uses public opinion to manauever into a position where he is able to prevent the worst of it. Not long after, Uguccione plots with Renieri to remove Castruccio. The have him arrested, but again the people rise up in revolt and drive them in the city, leaving Castruccio strongly in control of the town his family was once exiled from. Pictured below is the marketplace of Lucca.