Vol 3 Chapter 51: Awakening

The river is very wide, and it is at night, so although the musketeers shoot in rows, they only act as a deterrent. Even when they are shooting, the battle on the other side is still going on.
The Bohemians and the few remaining Aggris gathered as much as possible to resist and resist the enemy, and at this time the long-haired man was still standing on the shore shouting against the blurred back of Alexander who had climbed the river bank.
"Send someone to meet us in the past."
As soon as he stepped on the land on the other side, Alexander commanded Carlo aloud, and when he was about to turn around to look back, he suddenly fell soft and fell to the ground with a puff.
This immediately caused panic among the surrounding people. When they lifted Alexander, they found that his feet were bloody, and there were still broken branches protruding from the left foot.
"Save our people back," Alexander urged again in a gruff manner. Only then did he feel the pain in his feet, but he just asked him to bandage him up, sitting on the ground, staring at the waves and crying to kill The other side of the voice said, "They know what to do, they will be able to persist until we go back to rescue them."
"Sir, I will save them. Now you have to listen to me. Hurry back. Or your feet will be frostbitten." Carlo called out, and then grabbed a musket and commanded some of them who had fallen into the river before. The soldiers continued to move forward, commanding "Cross the river, cross the river!"
The soldiers began to advance along the steep river bank to the opposite bank, and at this time, the Bohemians who had been surrounded by the opposite bank rushed to the river bank desperately, preparing to meet their companions.
"Perimo," the short man did not know when he ran in front of the long-haired man. "We have to leave here."
"Just leave, just let go of that gombre?" The long-haired man asked unwillingly.
"We have to go, otherwise it may be troublesome," the short man grabbed the arm of a man named Perimo "don't forget that we are not here to fight."
The long-haired man exhaled fiercely, and looked again at the opposite bank. In fact, he also knew that he had failed, and watching the enemies running across the ice facing the river bank, he knew that the situation might not wonderful.
"Let's go, there will always be a chance." The short man dragged him. "Bring us, don't forget the news that the adult is still waiting for us."
The Bohemians, who were fighting desperately, suddenly realized that the pressure in front of them suddenly relaxed. With a whistle, the enemies who were attacking retreated, and they even took advantage of the opportunity to launch a counterattack on the enemy who had not escaped before. .
These enemies seemed to be familiar with this area. Once they decided to escape, they immediately separated and ran into the dark woods, and then got into the woods, and they were no longer visible.
The bohemians, who suffered heavy losses, pushed their exhausted bodies and could only watch their backs cursing loudly, but they had no strength to catch up.
When he heard the voice of his companions behind him, these people who had been bathed all over the body, who were almost spared the wounds, could no longer hold on. Some sat down slowly, some fell down suddenly, and there was no more movement.
The sudden attack caused Alexander a heavy loss. More than half of the 60 guards who had taken the river bank were killed and wounded. All the Agri Musketeers were killed in war. There were 31 Bohemians who were killed and all the others were killed. Some minor injuries.
Almost one-sixth of people were lost in a sneak attack, which made Alexander completely angry while mourning the casualties!
When his wounded enemies who hadn't escaped before were brought before him, Alexander, whose feet had been re-washed, sat in the living room of the village chief's house, looking at the trembling captive across from him.
Obviously, this man also knew that the cruel and terrible destiny was waiting for him, but he still seemed to want to fight for himself. He opened his mouth to say something, but was stopped by Alexander's hand.
"Carlo, how did you find me?" Alexander asked in a whisper, and only then did he have time to ask Carlo "Where did you go before?"
"Sir, I didn't find you, I found something strange," Carlo looked at the captive. "I was going to follow these guys and find out where they were in ambush, but I didn't expect that the people I followed were not at all. Meeting with their companions, when I found out that they led me too far to go back, I couldn't find you anymore. "Carlo said with Hao Ran's expression on his face, after all, he was too greedy this time Gong, he has heard of the fighting that took place on the shore of Lake Bracciano, which made him feel that his face has a fever. "This is my responsibility. I originally thought that I could find their base camp directly. Please forgive me for being proud. "
"All of us are smug," Alexander whispered, feeling the pain from his feet. "We have been too laid back during this time. This is a lesson for us. Okay, you continue."
Carlo continued secretly, "I met some guys on my way to find you, and I heard about the battle of Lake Bracciano from them, so I wanted to continue to follow them again to find their camp, But I didn't expect to find that they were hijacking a group of children in this village into the woods. "
"Did you threaten them with the children in this village?" Alexander asked the captive across from him and saw the trembling nod. He waved his hand. "Say what you know, I won't kill you."
"My lord, I don't know anything. I followed my captain to work for others," the man's tone was a little weird, and it sounded quite pleasant, as if a series of singing nightingales kept singing, but this time He looked pale and trembling. It looked very embarrassing. "Please forgive me. I really do n’t know anything. I only know that two people hired us. One of them is Perimo, and the other is a short man. I know that. too much."
"You know so much, and then I lost nearly 40 people."
Alexander's voice was calm and gloomy, and his face was extremely ugly. He really blamed Carlo in his heart, but at the same time he blamed himself. He knew that he was indeed a bit smug. Although he began to struggle in Rome, but what happened next caused him After a certain illusion, he knew that he was a little too indulged in the entanglement between Rome and Naples. He gradually forgot that this was the end of the 15th century, an era still remembered by future generations in turmoil and war, and even more so It is Italy in the future where there will be continuous wars for decades.
How long will the Italian War be fought? 60 years or 70 years?
Some people, even if they live a long time, will not see the end of this war from birth to death, and some families will spend three or four generations in a row in this long war.
And now is just the beginning of this battlefield, and I will probably spend my life in this long war like many people in the future, or if I am as proud as I am now, maybe not only will I have no chance to see the end of this battlefield It may even die so quietly in this protracted war.
Just like now, if you die in battle, you will soon be forgotten. Who will remember yourself? Maybe Sophia will be very sad, but he can guarantee that even Nashan will not care too much about his life.
"Let him go," Alexander looked at the captive, and saw Carol looking at him in amazement. He continued, "Stripping his clothes and letting him go out like that."
"Oh no," a terrified look appeared on the prisoner's face. "Please don't do this, I will freeze to death, please send mercy to you!"
"This is my compassion, everything depends on whether God will forgive you." Alexander said after closing his eyes, he was very tired, and his feet began to get hot. He knew he was still frostbitten.
The captive was taken out, and the sound of struggling and begging could be heard from outside, but soon he calmed down, and after a while Carlo came in.
"How is it?" Alexander asked.
"That guy ran into the woods, and our people were following him. If he wouldn't be frozen to death halfway or let the wolf eat, he would take us to find his associates." Carlo whispered, and then he slightly Hesitated and knelt down slowly. "Please forgive my lord, I know all this is my fault. If it is not my greed, I should immediately report to you. If that happens, we might have discovered their conspiracy, This is all my fault. "
Carlo reached out to hug Alexander's feet to kiss, but he stopped him by raising his hand.
"I said this was a mistake for all of us, all of us," Alexander strengthened his tone. "You remember Carlos, those who died today, it was my carelessness that caused them to lose their lives, it was your self-righteousness. We owe them, so we must compensate them back in our own way. "
"Yes sir, I understand sir," Carlo whispered, burying his head in the ground, and then he looked up at Alexander. "Sir, what shall we do next, we have so many casualties Go ahead? "
Alexander frowned slightly. He didn't expect a seemingly ordinary mission to fight the road, but he was so hard hit, which not only hurt his morale, but also his confidence.
"Sure enough, no one is easy to deal with."
Alexander pondered, whether Caesar or Rovere ’s family would choose him to cooperate, that is, he valued the strength in his hand, but now he lost a lot, he can guess without guessing what will happen to those people who have heard of his recent situation. Even Joanna might change his attitude towards him.
"How many of us are there?"
"In addition to the serious injuries and the need to stay to take care of them, there are 352 people we can take away," Carlo whispered. The loss was so heavy that he was breathless when he said these numbers. He said in a low voice. Maybe we should punish the people in this village, they are associates. "
"That's just an excuse for our own mistakes," Alexander shook his head gently. "We all know that what is really wrong is us. It's because I didn't expect the enemy to attack in this village, even if an anomaly was found, but I still ignored it. . And you Carlo, you have forgotten your responsibilities because you were blinded by your bravery. "
Alexander stood up slowly, his feet just touching the ground, and the pain and an unbearable itch like an ant bite made him take a deep breath before he stood firm.
"It's a lesson Carlo," Alexander said softly, looking at Carlo's ashamed bow, and Alexander reached out and pressed gently on his shoulder. "We should know what was facing. Those who died let us understand too. Many things, but these lessons are terrible. Only one time is enough, do you say yes? "
"Yes, this is really terrible," Carlo said with a slight trembling voice. He raised his head to meet Alexander's gaze. "I just hope I won't let you down again."
Alexander nodded gently, and he slowly walked to the door on Carlo's shoulder. When he opened the door, he saw the village chief standing outside the door, fearfully being held by the guards.
Alexander's gaze was calm. He just looked at the pale and terrified man in front of him, and then he waved to the guard.
"We have no way, we are forced to take the children from the village," the village chief said, "They said that you will definitely pass by here, and you will definitely stay here, we must do what they say ... … "
"I remember you said that this village belongs to the church?" Alexander interrupted the village chief's confession.
"Yes, it belongs to the church. We serve the church and the bishops here."
The village chief nodded as if he had caught a life-saving straw. He hoped this would make this terrible young noble have some scruples, but when he saw the look in Alexander's eyes, he immediately felt something wrong.
"Hang him."
Alexander ’s voice was calm, as if he was not deciding a person ’s life or death at all. The village chief did n’t even understand the meaning for a while. It was n’t until the two guards grabbed his arm and dragged him outside the house that he finally woke up. what happened.
The head of the village shouted loudly, while his wife screamed and rushed up to hug her husband tightly.
The two Aggri soldiers were furious. They dragged the village head struggling on the ground to the outside of the house mercilessly. One of the soldiers kicked the woman to the ground and then kicked fiercely on her stomach. Two feet.
Two Bohemian soldiers squirrelly hung a knotted body on a tree branch outside the house. When the village head was shoved and dragged under the tree, the villagers who had heard the news had been driven around. come.
People looked at the scene with fear and horror. When someone wanted to summon the courage to speak out, they looked at the tyrannical Bohemia and Agri people, and they finally made no sound.
"I believe in the Lord Christ, and may the Lord God save my soul so that I will not be afraid of death and hell," the village chief kept muttering. He was put on a horse, and the rope was hung around his neck. When he went up, his body shivered, "May the Lord forgive my soul and forgive my sins."
"Your sins can only be forgiven with death," Alexander waved slightly.
As the people around whispered and the village chief's wife cried, the horse whip lashed before, the village chief's feet suddenly hung in the air, his body began to shake violently in the air until the end Slow down slowly, no more.
"Last night, I died a lot of people," Alexander looked at the villagers who were frightened and angry but could only say nothing. "For whatever reason ~ EbookFREE.me ~ You must be punished, and I To keep the wounded soldiers in this village yesterday to recuperate, you must ensure that they receive the best care. When I come back, I will see my soldiers are very healthy, otherwise ... "Alexander looks at the crowd." You will know from How terrible the anger of Lord Agri is. "
The words of Alexander made the villagers frightened. No one dared to make a sound at this time except the wife of the village chief who still couldn't help crying.
Looking at the villagers who were shy and timid, the contempt of the Agrig soldiers showed contempt.
At this moment, it seems that for the first time they felt the difference between the original farmer and these villagers. That is the difference between the shepherd and the lamb, the difference between the hunter and the prey, and the difference between the party that controls life and death and the person who is in control. the difference.
Also looking at the villagers, Alexander's eyes turned to the distance outside the village. He didn't know who was going to calculate himself, but he had decided to fight back.
No matter who it is, I will let you know that waking up a beast is more terrible than hurting it.
Alexander vowed secretly in his heart.