Vol 4 Chapter 97: Confrontation

Livorno is about 6o faraway from Rome. This is a fishing village, perhaps more lively than other places, but as a port, Livorno looks slightly smaller.
As one of the unique natural good ports on the east coast of the Leanian Sea, Li Pina should have become a bright pearl in the east coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea like Pisa. It has been favored by many people from a long time ago, but it is very strange It has always been an insignificant fishing village. No one is willing to use the superior conditions to build a port.
The reason for this is because of Liwo's unique ownership.
As early as 1277, Pope Nicholas III formulated a relatively famous rule of prayer for senior priests. In that rule, the then priest of Livorno voluntarily requested permission for Livorno as a pilot for this rule.
Whether it was out of piety or to slap the pope's flattery, the church in Livorno at that time strictly followed the rules of Nicholas III's daily lessons, and its rigorous attitude even exceeded the compliance with Benedict's canon.
This serious attitude of the Livorno Church was naturally greatly appreciated by the Pope. After giving Livorno the freedom to receive the sacrament and only need to make formal requests to Rome every year, the priest of Livorno suddenly A request was made that surprised everyone, even the pope.
The priest demanded that Livorno be dedicated directly to the Holy See, not by secular power.
This kind of piety, which was not inferior to that of Ping Ping, really impressed Nicholas III. The Pope immediately agreed without hesitation to this pleading, which was obviously good for increasing the strength and prestige of the church.
In 128o, the last year of Pope Nicholas III's reign, Livorno officially became the seat of the Holy See. Since then, the status of this promising seaside fishing village has become embarrassing.
Since then, the locals in Livorno, in addition to paying only the tithe to the Holy See, no longer have to pay taxes to any secular rulers, which at first made the locals ecstatic, and people praised the priests of Livorno. Wisdom, that he really did a great thing for the local.
But soon the person in Liwo did not seem to be quite right. At the same time as the taxation was reduced, the rulers seemed to completely abandon this place. No one was willing to build a port, and no one was willing to worry about local safety and well-being. Except for the priests sent by the Holy See and the bishops who were later stationed to improve the status of the parish, Livorno was certainly free of the harassment of noble lords, but it did not have the atmosphere that is flourishing elsewhere.
The bishops love money as well, but they will not run around to build a port. The Livorno can only watch the pizza that is not far away and the port of Genoa or Naples further away. However, they have always been a humble fishing village.
However, Livorno also has its own advantages, that is, it is the main road leading to or containing Rome and Pisa. If you want to travel between these two places from the 6th ground, then Livorno is not It may go around, otherwise it will have to go around and pass through Florence.
No one thought that when people thought that Caesar would march to Pisa, Alexander actually took the initiative to attack, and his first goal was actually Livorno in the Holy See.
This action precisely stopped Caesar's ambition to annex Pizza!
If Caesar insists on walking alone, he must run the risk of being cut off from the flank by Alexander, and then he will face the dilemma of being hit by the city of Pisa and Alexander.
Caesar really wants to take risks!
He firmly believed that as long as his army could reach the city of Pisa, the Pisa would not resist opening the city gate. As for Tomnio, he had secretly sent someone to contact him and promised that if he gave the city, he would guarantee his family And the safety of all property.
What kind of courage and courage can a cowardly noble nobleman think of, and Caesar believes that Tomnio should be hiding in his palace now, so as long as his army arrives in Pisa, he will not encounter any resistance. The city.
By that time, it was Alexander who was truly in a dilemma.
Just to complete this idea, you must pass between Liwo and a hilly area that is difficult to march through. It is a small corridor less than 2 miles wide, and if you do n’t pass here, you must bypass That hill passes through Florence.
Caesar didn't want to provoke Florence, because according to some fairly reliable news, he heard that Florence's army seemed to have received some external help not long ago.
The dumping trend that was born in Florence before seems to have gradually calmed down. It is not clear what impact the storm has had on Florence, but at least the Florence army seems to have benefited from this storm.
A group of equally cheap weapons invaded Florence along with the dumping forces. Obviously for the merchants, as long as they can make money, they do not care what they sell.
Therefore, the arms of the Florentine army is now much better than the previous embarrassment, which is probably the only benefit of Florence in this dumping wave.
Because of this, Caesar didn't want to touch the nasty guy in Savonarola. He remembered his father's admonishment that he might not need an army to conquer Florence.
Only in this way, the only way to avoid Alexandria has also failed. As far as going directly to Florence from a farther place to enter Pisa, Caesar knew that it was not only unrealistic, but also too dangerous.
First of all, he could n’t risk tearing up the agreement he had just signed with the Venetians, and leading troops into the Romagna area alone. More importantly, even if the Venetians did not pursue this matter, he could not tolerate exposing his back completely. Just in front of Montina, south of Romagna.
If that was the case, Caesar believed that Alexander might actually have his ambitions in one fell swoop.
As for taking the advantage of taking Montina, Caesar still knows how to skip this unrealistic idea.
He knew very well that if he really did, he would n’t say whether he could successfully capture the supposedly fortified castle. The anger from Della Rovere ’s family would probably make the newly calm Rome turbulent.
Before turning into a lion that could eat all its prey, Caesar believed that being a cunning and fickle fox would help him achieve his goals.
So a few days later, Caesar gladly led the soldiers directly outside Livorno.
Standing on the low hill not far east, looking at the large fishing village below the hillside, Caesar took the hip flask from Cadron next to him and took a sip.
"Do you think he will come out?" Caesar asked the officers next to him.
"This is not good," an officer carefully looked at the calm-looking fishing village. "It is said that this Gumbre did not care about honor very much. During the battle in the village of Aural, he almost kept hiding in the village and refused to come out to fight the Milan. It was later that he relied on Genoa ’s Calgino ’s attack on the Venetian to save himself. "
"If he is willing to come out of the village, we can be sure that only one charge can completely defeat his farmers," another officer said confidently. "I have inquired that his soldiers are not real soldiers. Those people are farmers. Except for a few of them who have been trained, a large number of people have just laid down their farm tools for a short time. "
"But his men have a group of Bohemian cavalry. Those men are very tough, and they are particularly good at quick raids."
Caesar did not underestimate his enemies because of his optimism. He had never brought soldiers before, but he had seen how Giovanni commanded the army. This also made him learn a lot. One important thing was that he should not underestimate his enemies.
"Adult, so we have to set up positions here," the officer smiled and looked around. "The terrain here prevented his cavalry from moving quickly, and a cavalry who lost his degree almost meant wasted. Now. "
Caesar nodded with satisfaction. He felt that his officers still assured him. The deep impression of the bohemians before and after has always been Caesar's biggest concern for Alexander. Now that even the other party has this point The advantages can be effectively restrained. Caesar believes that he has more troops than the other party. Even if Alexander gave up his defense against Montina and brought him all out, Caesar was sure to teach the arrogant Neapolitan. .
Maybe I should put a rope around his neck after grabbing him, and then pull it all the way to Pisa, then Lucrezia will realize that this person is not worthy of her love at all.
As for the illegitimate child, he had already made plans to think about this Caesar's slightly disgusted frown, whether male or female, the monastery should be the best destination for that child.
Maybe the child will become a great monastery one day in the future. That would be an account of his unfortunate father.
Caesar thought not badly in his heart. He felt that now it is not difficult to realize this idea.
A strange horn sound came from the village. In fact, this distance was a bit far away. The sound of the horn alone must not be heard, so Caesar soon realized that it seemed that a team of trumpeters were blowing the horn at the same time.
The tune of the horn is very peculiar. It is not a simple long and short tone as a signal, but a tune with a certain rhythm.
Along with this tune, Caesar's unexpected emergence of an army from the village slowly but with a strange appearance.
The reason is strange, because neither he nor his officers have seen such a marching army.
Although they also appeared in familiar queues, the troops were walking forward slowly and firmly as if they were a group of puppets pulled by threads.
Their steps are the same, their shoulders are shaking, and even the direction of the feathers on the helmet seems to be the same.
When they gathered from the different intersections of the village on the open space outside the village, they did not get together as chaotic and noisy as other military forces, and then they needed officers to blame and even whip and drive with whips to rearrange. They are so silent that they are arranged in an orderly manner like the inanimate mechanical parts.
It wasn't until the frontal spearmen set up the sharp spears diagonally that Caesar seemed to see a familiar shadow from them.
"How is this going?"
Caesar asked the people next to him strangely. He felt that the military knowledge he had learned for many years before seemed a bit insufficient. The strange behavior of the army in front of him made him feel uncomfortable.
An officer narrowed his eyes slightly. In fact, he also felt that the army looked a little weird.
Too neat and too silent. It seems that every movement of these soldiers is just doing a matter of course. It is so simple and natural that they don't need them to think about what to do, let alone why.
This feeling is really unpleasant, it seems to be facing an army with no life at all.
"Adult, I believe that Count Montina is bluffing. He wanted to use this weird move to delay time," the officer licked a little dry lips, which should have appeared a bit cold and cold autumn, but gave him an inexplicable heat "We just need to wait for his person to cross the open field. Please believe that our archers have enough arrows to expose the bluff guys."
Caesar nodded, and he still trusted his men. Some of these people had followed Giovanni and were rewarded, which made Caesar trust their abilities.
The troops on the opposite side are still arranging formations unhurriedly. Seeing that they still maintain the uncomfortable uniformity even on the uneven open ground, Caesar's army couldn't help but caused a disturbance.
"Those people, what are they doing?" A slightly younger mercenary asked the old man next to him, "It looks strange."
"They ..." The veterans who originally wanted to explain it also felt a little inexplicable. "Who knows what they are doing, looks uncomfortable."
"Don't you always boast about your knowledge and knowledge, haven't you seen such a thing?"
"Shut up, you little chick, there is much more you have to learn." Bingpi was very unhappy because he felt his authority was provoked, but then he knocked the crooked hat on the young man's head "Looking a little while listening to the fight, these guys look a bit evil. Don't be silly to die. Understand, I promised you to take care of you."
The young mercenary nodded and tipped his toes to look across the shoulder of the person in front.
At that time, the "strange army" had already formed a line, but they did not move forward as Caesar hoped, but stood there so quietly, confronting Caesar's army silently and openly.
Caesar frowned. He arranged the army on the low hills in order to occupy the favorable terrain from the top, trying to take advantage of the sharpness of the first confrontation to destroy Alexander's army.
But now it seems that Alexandria obviously did not want to take the initiative to attack him, but Caesar had to recapture Livorno, because whether it was for the purpose of entering Pisa, or because of Livorno's special status as the Holy See Allow Alexander to occupy this place.
Even Liwo is just a humble fishing village.
"Order our army to go down the mountain," Caesar finally gave the order, and then he reluctantly added a sentence "Remind the teams to be careful, this Gumbre seems a little weird."
The officers who originally wanted to stop a little hesitated or nodded their orders. They knew that Livorn must be recovered. This was not Caesar, but Pope Alexander VI ’s order.
Alexander VI did not show anger at the sudden invasion of Liwo by Alexander, but it is said that the pope in private was very uncultivated and yelled at his private secretary, "That bastard!"
In Rome, when the news of Alexander ’s invasion of Livorno spread, many people were a little too excited when they were surprised.
As for the upcoming departure of Gonzalo in Rome, he said to his friends without any scruples: "That Gombré is simply giving the father and son a color."
Obviously, Alexander clearly knew that as the commander-in-chief of the nominal papal army, he must not ignore the loss of Livorno, so he dared to give up the pizza boldly, and even left Lucrezia there, this is to let Caesar is really annoyed.
Caesar may not know this sentence, but he has to follow this principle.
"Montina's army has good discipline and incredible endurance. They can march in silence, and they will not complain when they walk more than a dozen pharis every day. When they start to line up, there will be a kind of The hypnotic music sounded, and then the army began to form their formation with a tacit understanding. The whole process was impressive and even daunting. It must be admitted that these soldiers from the Earl of Agri It ’s more responsible and disciplined than mercenaries who only get paid. "
A Florentine who was an envoy to the army stood on a relatively high roof in the village and watched closely while recording everything he saw in a diary.
"I can't say whether this unique training has an advantage in combat, because no one has ever done this before, but Earl Montina is clearly confident in his army because he even gave up the comparison for this. Sa ’s defense concentrated his troops on Livorno, and apparently he thought he was confident of defeating his beloved brother on the open ground of Livorno. "
Just as Machiavelli tried to record everything he saw, as valuable information for the future establishment of the Florentine Civil Army, a louder horn sounded from the open ground than before.
Machiavelli immediately looked up, and he saw a team of cavalry in half-breasted breastplates quickly passing through the gap between the teams.
These cavalry are obviously divided into two different parts. Except for the hunting guards that Machiavelli is already familiar with, the others are composed of a team of slightly bohemian cavalry.
The appearance of the hunting guard also attracted Caesar's attention. His eyes moved with the soldiers, trying to get out of Alexander's whereabouts.
An officer seemed to see the opportunity. He pointed to the constantly moving hunting guard and said to Caesar: "Master, if the Earl's guard continues to advance, maybe we can send troops to quickly surround his cavalry. I can guarantee that as long as the short We will be able to surround the count in time, and those farmers will definitely collapse immediately. "
This suggestion could not help making Caesar move, he believed that if he was besieged or captured, these trained mercenaries would also be shaken, and he did not believe that the peasants who had just entered the battlefield could be better than these professional mercenaries. More determined.
"Are you sure you can quickly surround Gomblay's guard?"
Caesar was a little excited, and if she was lucky, she might not need a negotiation to win.
"Those Montina's troops are a little weird, but they look slow," the officer carefully observed the enemy on the opposite side. "As long as the count's cavalry continue to move forward, I can be sure to surround him before they are in danger."
"go a head."
Caesar stroked the hilt, and there was a trace of excitement in his voice that he didn't even notice.
Unconsciously, Alexander was no longer the little person he regarded as a pawn. Instead, Caesar felt threatened by him.
Caesar's army began to move, and a cavalry under the cover of the front team and the high and low hills quickly moved northward along the front.
Before they were dispatched, the leading officers had noticed a thick bush in the north, which was a good place for them to make final preparations before charging.
And because further afield is the slightly rugged coast, the officer was sure that Montina ’s army would never have imagined that an enemy would suddenly attack them from the side near the coast.
As this man said to Caesar, as long as he was given a chance, he could completely surround those unprepared hunting guards in a short time.
The Montina cavalry opposite was slowing down, Caesar's heart could not help mentioning slightly, he had never thought that one day he would be so nervous for a conspiracy, especially when he saw that the front hunters were pulling the reins. As he was about to turn his head, Caesar's fingers clenched tightly against the hilt were already white.
At the same time he kept praying to God in his heart, begging God not to take away the victory he was about to get.
Perhaps God heard Caesar's plea, and the hunting guards began to spread out along the road ahead.
Caesar's eyes quickly passed over the cavalry and looked north to the left wing of Montina's army. When he saw that the left wing of the Montina on the coast was still calm, Caesar exhaled hard.
"If Gomblay was captured," Caesar whispered to Cardron. "I don't want to see him return to Rome, understand?"
Cadron's face changed slightly, and he knew what Caesar meant.
Then the attendant nodded.
Caesar looked back at the Montina army opposite him. He didn't show anything strange. At this moment, the rumble of the hoof hitting the ground suddenly sounded from behind the hill.
In the dusty sky, Caesar's cavalry jumped out of the back of the mound, down the gentle slope, from the wings toward the gap between the hunting guard and the Montina infantry!
"go ahead!"
Caesar ’s order almost came out at the same time as the mount rushed forward. He knew that the timing was fleeting, but he was sure that as long as those cavalry separated Alexander from the army behind him for a short time, he could surround Alexander. .
By that time, the Montina army who lost the commander will not defeat themselves!
Caesar rushed to the front without hesitation. He must use his bravery and courage to prove that he can completely replace Giovanni and become the heir to the Borgia dynasty.
The cavalrymen on the opposite side seemed to be a bit chaotic because of this sudden attack, and Caesar saw that many of them were pulling out their weapons.
Caesar shouted, and the heavy cone-shaped sword he gripped had been lifted forward, ready to pierce the first oncoming enemy.
Looking at the hunting guards who had lost the opportunity to recoil before slowing down, Caesar had seen the shadow of victory.
The opposing guards had raised their weapons one after another, and watching their movements, Caesar's heart shuddered suddenly. He understood what that movement meant, and that was not the position that the short soldiers should meet.
The distance of dozens of yards between the two sides suddenly made Caesar feel jumped at this moment, he yelled, "Rush up without thinking!"
Along with this cry, Caesar frantically clamped the belly of the horse, desperately trying to cross this short distance!
The sound of a violent rifle sounded at this time ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Caesar, who was running forward, suddenly felt as if he was punched by an invisible giant, and his body fell suddenly.
When he fell heavily on the ground, Caesar couldn't help but groan with pain as the back was struck violently and there were pains in his chest.
Suddenly, there was a more violent and chilling sound of ear blasting from a distance.
Caesar vaguely discerned that it was the sound of gunfire from farther behind the cavalry on the opposite side.
In that direction, it should be the Agri infantry phalanx.
Caesar tried to stand up, but a smell came from his throat suddenly, and Caesar passed out immediately. ...

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