Vol 3 Chapter 1: Encounter outside Rome

Rome, once a humble tribe by the Tiber River, everything started with the appearance of this tribal village that is no different from other villages.
From the small village originally built by the river, it gradually became a formidable huge tribe, and then gradually developed into a huge terrible empire. The city and country named after this place are both participants in and history of ups and downs. Witness.
Countless people have achieved fame in this city, but more people have finally disappeared and disappeared in the huge shadow of this city.
In this building made of boulders, there have been historical giants such as Caesar and Augustus, as well as legends such as Saint Peter who have had an unimaginable impact on future generations.
There have been too many heroes in this city, but there is more decay and depravity here.
For thousands of years, almost every street in the city of Rome has been washed with blood flowing for various reasons. Whether it is the blood of noble conspiracy or the blood of the struggle of slaves, the entire city of Rome can be said to use scarlet Its plasma is decorated with its glory again and again.
The Romans prospered, the Romans decayed, the barbarians came, the barbarians failed, the thick stone walls of the Roman city watched indifferently what happened around them, and the question of "Where are you going, man?" , But still let countless people flock to this city where all opportunities can be found.
When Rome finally became the capital of the entire God in the world, the eyes of the entire Christ world were involuntarily gathered here. People longed for God's revelation and redemption, so his agent in the world became the hope of all.
The bishop of Rome became the supreme pope in the eyes of all Catholics. His words were regarded as the preaching of God through his mouth. As time passed, the power of the pope became greater and greater, when his prestige authority reached At the peak, even those nobles and even kings with huge territories and numerous armies had to bow their proud heads toward the crown of the pope in Rome.
But despite this, the city still cannot escape the fate of being conquered.
For thousands of years, the conquerors have come and gone, and gradually many people have regarded marching into Rome as a symbol of their authority, from Attila, the whip of God, to all barbarians, and finally wiped out brothers with countless glory. From the special people to the red-bearded Frederick, it seems that everyone regards Rome as the best embellishment to show off their martial arts, so that the city has to play the fate of the conqueror again and again.
The last time to conquer the city was Charles VIII of France.
When Charlie suddenly entered Italy in 1494, the entire Apennine Peninsula was in an uproar. People were completely frightened by the powerful army of the French King. From Milan to Bologna, Charlie quickly advanced to the Lower Lombardy region with little resistance. Then, with the embarrassment of the Medici family who fled the wind, Charlie entered Florence as a conqueror, and finally one day, he strode across the Arc de Triomphe and entered Rome, the oldest city in Europe.
At that moment, Charlie was really fascinated by this city. Compared with this magnificent city that can be called the mother of European cities, Paris is an inconspicuous backcountry, even if someone tells him that Rome is already inconsistent today. The glory and brilliance of the ancient Roman era thousands of years ago, Charlie is still completely immersed in it.
And here, no matter whether it is intimidation or temptation, Charlie forced Pope Alexander VI to recognize him as King of Naples. At that moment, the French King was not only satisfied, but even kind of "there are many heroes in the world, but no one knows who is their The opponent's sigh.
However, this pride lasted for less than a year, and Charlie was defeated by the coalition forces. He even had to leave the army and return to France alone.
In Charlie's opinion, there is no chance in Italy for the time being, but even if he still refuses to give up Rome, the city's temptation to him is too great, even Milan and Naples will not make him so persistent. .
So when the situation was not good, he gave up Naples, Milan, Florence without hesitation, but he still insisted on sending people to stay in Rome.
Charlie hoped that when he made a comeback, the flag of Valois was still flying over the city, and he valued the city for more important reasons, or because as long as Rome was in his hand, Pope Alexander VI would not dare It was easy to declare the abolition of his title as King of Naples, and as long as he had this crown on his head, Charlie had enough reasons to continue to claim his rights.
Although the royal family of Naples has returned, and it has also publicly refused to recognize Charlie ’s claim to Naples, the French king is still confident. He believes that his setback in Italy is only temporary. As long as he returns to France to prepare, he can reopen Organize a more powerful army, and then sweep across the Apennines.
And at this point, even the nobles of Naples were not surprised.
No one thought that the Charlie would be so willing to admit defeat, especially when his army still occupied Rome, and no one believed that he would just go back to France so vainly and never return.
The only difference is when he will come back.
Most people think it will be the late spring and early summer of 1498, because the winter is coming, Charlie needs at least half a year to prepare well.
At that time, perhaps the French will cross the Alps as before, and then quickly invade the rich Lombardy region.
This war is not over. As long as you understand this, you know that the 1494 war may only be the beginning.
But no one will know at this time that the war will last so long, so that often a family of two or even three generations were born in the war, and then did not see the end of the war until death .
As for Charlie, no one would think of this young king who provoked a protracted war. Once he left, there would never be a chance to return to Italy.
"It seems that understanding the future is really the best cheater."
Looking at the city of Rome in the distance, Alexander riding on the horse stood on the top of the hill and pondered.
On October 8, after more than ten days of travel, Alexander's food delivery team finally came to the outskirts of Rome.
According to the agreement with James Columbus before, Alexander tied the camp of the team on the top of the Rocca di Pas, not far from the Diana temple.
This hill is a main road leading from the east to the city of Rome. Looking down from the hill, the temple of Diana, the moon goddess in the distance, is vaguely visible. I heard from locals that if the weather is good, it can be seen even at night The moonlight reflected on the open-air marble columns of the temple.
But the reason why Alexander left the team on this hill was not only to meet with James Columbus, but also had a lasting reason.
The road ahead is blocked.
The city of Rome has the famous Seven Hills and the Tiber River, but the Rocca di Pass is far from the center of the city of Rome.
The Temple of Diana is located not too far from this low hill. Although it seems a bit remote, it is undoubtedly a very dangerous place on the east side of the city of Rome.
It is not unreasonable to say that all roads lead to Rome. As the birthplace of the ancient empire, Rome's extensive and thoroughfare avenues are a sign of pride.
Although as the Goths conquered Rome, the originally magnificent Roman Empire fell into the abyss of the dark ages, but the precious wealth left by ancient Rome, even for a thousand years of transition, still embodies this city that carries too many things.
Rocca di Pass is a long way from the city of Rome. From the mountain, you can see not only the temple of Diana, but also an irregular cross-shaped road not far from the temple.
The road from Rocca di Pas continues to extend from the in front of the temple to the other road, forming a traffic route from the southeast to the city of Rome.
The cross-shaped road leads longitudinally to the city of Rome, while the horizontal one follows the downhill of the temple, and leads to the bay to the west and the depths of the hilly jungle to the northeast.
On the side of the slightly closer to the Rocca di Pass, a chest wall reinforced by a wicker fence is extending diagonally to the side of the Rocca di Pass.
Nearly more than 300 yards across from this chest wall, another nearly parallel chest wall was also built against the mountain, blocking the other end of the intersection.
Valois' golden yellow iris king flag and coalition flags with different colors and patterns are opposed to each other across the chest wall, and on the road crossing the east and west between the two armies, merchant vendors are coming and going in a hurry Two opposing troops.
This scene may seem a little weird, but there is indeed a war between the French and the Holy Alliance formed against Charles VIII, and the French have been blocked in the city of Rome for more than three months.
The French in front of the Temple of Diana were French troops stationed on the front line in the southeast of Rome.
On the hillside, although it is not clear to see, but the shadows are enough, Alexander can see the French army in the far chest wall and then return to patrol.
The coalition forces did not attack the French in Rome, but as the fall progressed, the French became worse and worse.
After several battles, the road to the west coast has been completely cut off by the coalition forces, and the links with the main French forces that have entered the Lombardy region of Upper Italy have been intermittent, which has already disturbed the French. To make matters worse, just a few days ago, the French defenders in the Bruini Valley, southeast of the city of Rome, also lost contact.
What it means to lose contact at this time is very clear.
The French defenders of the city of Rome had to send troops to the Bruini Valley. Although they did not think that the coalition would really completely surround the city of Rome, they still needed to figure out what happened.
But what the French did not expect was that their army had encountered the obstruction of the coalition forces just after leaving the city of Rome. What was unexpected was that although the one was temporarily built, it was obviously trying to block their chest wall. On the road to Rocca di Pas.
Faced with this sudden chest wall, the only way for the French was to immediately build a chest wall against it to prevent the coalition forces from launching an attack from the east of the city.
"Rome is surrounded."
Alexander stood on the top of the hillside and looked down with surprise. The news he heard before did not mention that the coalition forces launched a siege on the city of Rome. On the contrary, Gonzalo did not seem to intend to attack the city at all.
According to Gonzalo, as long as he defeated the main force of the French in Lombardy, the French defenders who refused to defend Rome would naturally collapse without a fight.
This is also Alexander's grasp that can be less noticeable, so that this batch of grain quietly fell into the hands of the French.
But now everything has completely changed. Looking at the small number of people who have built the breast wall that blocked the road to Rome, Alexander feels that something is wrong.
A cavalry came from the plain north of Roca di Pass, and the already alert Bohemians quickly spread to both sides.
Alexander looked behind him and the team was still a little further away.
Knowing that Rome is approaching, in order to prevent accidents, the team's speed is much slower than usual, and according to Alexander's order, the team has made appropriate defensive preparations.
Following Alexandria ascending the Rocca di Pass, in addition to Carlo, there was a team of Bohemian cavalry. At this time, seeing the cavalry that appeared from the north, the Bohemians immediately quickly climbed to the top of the mountain. Controlling the highlands while monitoring the opposing troops on the west side, the other part began to pull away from the southeast along the slope.
"French!"
Seeing the other party's badge under the blue background, Carlo immediately became nervous.
Although he has also put on the armor that Alexander bought from the Bohemians for him ~ EbookFREE.me ~ but when he saw the knight on the opposite side gradually approaching, the armor on the body shone in the sun, the hunter was still Can't help being nervous.
However, the opponent seemed to be vigilant because of the discovery of Bohemian behavior. They slightly changed their speed and began to quickly change the marching queue. As the team behind accelerated to the two wings, the other quickly formed Column formation.
As they approached, Alexander narrowed his eyes slightly.
"That's not French." After carefully examining the approaching army, he shook his head slightly.
"They are holding the French flag, sir." Carlo quickly reminded.
"Although it has a blue shading, the coat of arms is the golden oak and the cross, not the French iris," Alexander thought thoughtfully. "Is he ..."
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