Vol 5 Chapter 36: Alexander's temptation

Rona Pannoni was standing in front of Alexandria in a gruff manner. He ran all the way from another mountain. On the road, he did not have enough time to rest, so even the Balkans who were strong and able to cross the mountains because of this The whole way was panting, and there seemed to be a red burning coal in his throat.
When Pannoni appeared, Alexander was looking at a report from Gompati. In half a month, Gompati had called in more than 700 local mountain people. Although there are actually more people, Gong Patty strictly controlled the number of recruits and the quality of soldiers.
Viscount Hilva is actually a very talented person. His attempt to avenge his father and regain the status of Duke of Zagreb is indeed very strong, but this has always remained on the mind.
He hid in this jungle camp all day long and complained about his injustice, but he did n’t even want to step out of the camp to find a helper. Although he knew that there were still people supporting him in Croatia, the Viscount was still because of strong distrust. Make excuses for delay and seek help for yourself.
Alexander ’s appearance made Viscount seem to see hope, but also because of the strong sense of distrust and insecurity, even though he had accepted the fact of alliance with Montina, he was only willing when he really needed it. Provide only this level of help such as ordering the leaders to take orders.
Fortunately, there was some news from Viscount about the frequent attacks of Osmans by the people at the time. This news allowed Alexander to judge that the Ottomans might have retaliated against the locals. In fact, when Gumpatti took people to rescue those As the mountain people, there were several other Montina troops under the guidance of the Viscount dispatched in the mountain to find other mountain people who might be planning to attack the Ottomans again, and the orders they received must wait until the Ottomans started. Attack again.
Alexander admits that this may be a bit sinister. After all, it is necessary to wait for the sacrifice of the mountain people, but if not, he believes that he may not wait for the Ottomans to call, those mountain people will start with the Montina army.
The Balkans are group and xenophobic, which can be felt from the experience of entering Caniola to Bosnia, but Alexander is still very optimistic about these stubborn and stubborn Balkan people.
As far as he knew, the new Ottoman army has always maintained a strong combat effectiveness, which is closely related to the high-quality military sources obtained by the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans.
The stubborn perseverance of the Balkans is more reliable than those of the Italian master mercenaries. When the Italian soldiers often collapsed and fled just because a few more people died on the battlefield, the Balkans dared to risk the strong of the Sudanese Guards. The firepower fought against the sacrifices, and the army led by the magnificent conqueror Mohammed II was blocked by these sturdy local farmers and eventually had to retreat to Greece.
The Balkans are undoubtedly one of the best soldiers in Europe, of course the premise is that they can be trained well.
At least after recruiting such a group of soldiers, Alexander had learned from Gompati that the difficulty of organizing such a group of scattered farmers was no less than a fierce battle against a strong enemy.
Alexander set the report aside and looked at the company officer standing opposite.
According to the local environment and the actual situation in Bosnia, Alexander did not form the Balkans into a unified group as in Italy, but changed the situation slightly and set up different companies under the group according to the Ottoman way. One of the team leaders in the current three companies.
The Ottomans clearly had a keen and strong adaptability. Their army soon entered the Balkans and soon noticed that the large number of large-scale teams were not suitable for this kind of mountain combat, so they pioneered the establishment The earliest permanent company-level combat unit in the world, and this kind of army commanded by a group of low-ranking officers called Katub became the prototype of the later powerful Ottoman Army primary combat sequence.
Pannoni is such a "Katub". Of course, Alexander will not let his army use the Ottoman name, but in private, Pannoni's men call him this.
And the result of this kind of appellation is that every Katub is not only the team leader of those soldiers, but also their judge and executioner.
The people under Katupu have great power. They can punish any soldier at will, from whip lashing to playing military sticks, to the most severe death attack, the team officers are as cruel as their opponents. Their enemies.
Alexander is aware of this behavior, but he does not want to stop it, as Gompati said in his report, harsh training and punishment that cannot be used by the Agri, Montina, Pisa and Genoese Is the most useful tool for Balkans.
"Panoni, I need your help."
"Please tell the master!"
Just like the lord Viscount Herva, in the eyes of the Balkans, Alexandria was not their commander, but a lord like their landlord.
This made Alexander very happy. For this reason, he once privately told Gompati that if it were not to take into account their unreliable logistics supplies, he really wanted to recruit a few thousand more. This hardly cost much. Soldiers with money.
"The people under your hands seem to be not very satisfied with the training. They always fail to complete the orders issued by the instructors. Some people even deliberately make troubles," stress mountain glanced at the report next to him. Some of the above contents made him headache. When Pannoni wants to open his mouth and wave his hand,
I ’m not saying that your people are lazy or not honest, but that they are sometimes overactive. What I need is an army that obey orders, not a group of people who see Ottoman. Only mad dogs that rush to bite, I want them to obey orders, you know? "
"My lord, I am not afraid of death," Pannoni showed a little embarrassment on his face. He glanced at the little Cacho who was translating for him. He was anxious to make Cacho also sound difficult. Anxiously said, "You don't understand many of the commands you know, just like you said, they only know that when they see the Ottomans thump, they bite, but isn't that the case with battles? Head, what else is there. "
Looking at Pannoni, who seemed to be aggrieved and seemed to have been swearing, Alexander rubbed his forehead a little.
The Balkans are brave, tenacious and loyal, but their faults are also outstanding. Think about how hundreds of people did not know how to line up in the most battle formations for almost half a month. On the contrary, they saw Posey The Mia Cavalry wanted to compete like a group of crazy wild boars. Alexander felt suddenly missing Nashan suddenly.
But Alexander also knew that Pannoni was not wrong.
The Balkans did not understand the orders given by the instructors.
Even the Viscount of Helva, if his father did not convert to the Catholic Church in his early years and studied at an early age, may not be able to use the current Latin so skillfully, let alone these local farmers.
As for speaking French, it is still so popular today.
"You must obey the order. There will be another officer to teach you in a while, but before that I want you to restrain your men well, and soon we will have action. I don't want you to become a burden by then."
"Please rest assured, my men are very obedient," Pannoni said to make Alexander look more ugly. "Of course, if they dare to blame me, I will not spare them. There are many trees outside the camp. Finding one can hang several people. "
"As you please, I only hope that someone can train Nashan when he comes." Alexander nodded helplessly. He knew that there were several brutal lynchings among the Balkan companies, some even from the Ottomans. Learned from it.
"Master, is the instructor you call Nashan?" Pannoni whispered when he saw Alexander nod, "It sounds like the name of a mountain man."
"Believe me, you will like him," Alexander Pan smiled strangely when he looked at Pannoni's disobedient look. He really wanted to see how Nashan would train these Balkan farmers. "Go with me now See Viscount. "
Pannon grabbed the leather hat on his hand and put it on his head, and walked out behind Alexander. When he saw Busaco who had been waiting, he looked at Busako's saber in some envy.
Aware of his look, Alexander couldn't help but smile: "Soon you will also have such a weapon, but it may be slightly worse than that unless you join the hunting guard."
"My lord, only Agry talents are eligible to be a hunting guard," Busako reminded softly on his face. "The hunting guard needs loyalty in addition to bravery."
"Aren't we loyal enough?" Pannoni's face changed.
"I just said that this is the right of the Agri people," Busako said disapprovingly. "Hunting guards are the honor that only Agri has."
After listening to the vague dispute between the two, Alexander did not speak. In fact, this was just casually said, but suddenly he had some other ideas.
Both the Agri and the Balkans are sturdy mountain people. It would be a good idea if these people could be organized into a special force. This force may not be a large number today, but with the size of the Alexander army The expansion of this unit can also expand the scale, and then can be used as the trump card in his hands at critical moments.
This thought lingered once he passed through Alexander's brain. He felt the need to put this idea into practice as soon as possible. Especially in this place, the role played by a special mountain army is difficult to estimate.
When Alexander came to the Camp of the Viscount of Hilva, the Viscount was meeting with his men.
Speaking of Helva's move to hold meetings, Alexander was somewhat familiar with it. As for the results of such meetings, most of the results were often not implemented at all, which made him feel somehow familiar.
The arrival of Alexandria interrupted the joy of the Viscount listening to his quarrel. He first ordered the meeting to suspend, then after a little more thought, he ordered someone to call his niece.
During this time, Aloxia found that her female companion suddenly cared more about her, even if Moorco had already gone, but the female companion still followed her incessantly.
This made Aloxia very helpless, and sometimes even felt that her side could only be more clean when she was with the Earl of Montina.
"Be enthusiastic Aloxia, be more passionate towards the count," Viscount Gerva whispered and led his niece towards the door. When he saw the pressure on the open ground, the count added a little footsteps to the past. "Count , It ’s really nice to see you again, tell me if you have brought me some good news. "
"Yes, it's indeed good news," Alexander accepted the Viscount's hug, and he said hello to Aloxia again. "I came this time to hope you can go to Zagreb with me." "
There was a strange look on the Viscount's face. His lips opened slightly as if to speak, but there was nothing but a vague "grunt" in his throat.
Alexander waited quietly until the Viscount seemed to understand what he meant after a while and asked, "Count, do you mean that I want to go to Zagreb with you?"
"Yes, our army should march to Zagreb immediately, and your arrival will declare the return of the orthodox heirs of Zagreb."
"Wait a minute, Count, is this a bit hasty, do I mean we have any plans?" The Viscount asked a little dryly. "To know that my father and uncle have been killed by the Orthodox, they occupied Zagreb, Although they have n’t elected an heir so far, it ’s obviously very bad for us, because we do n’t know who will help us, so should n’t we be careful?

"Master, you have been cautious for many years," Alexander whispered, not far from Hurvar's side. "Since the death of Sultan Mohammed and now Bayesett is ready to attack again, you have not been Are you preparing, or you can always find reasons for your cowardice, but please believe me, if you do n’t take this step, you may never have a chance. "
Herva's face flushed in an instant, and no one ever said to him timidly. Some were afraid and some could not bear it. This allowed Herva to find excuses for himself again and again.
But now a foreign earl finally said these words to him, which made the viscount who had been claiming to be a calm and wise observer of the situation instantly had the illusion that he was stripped of his clothes.
"You will become the Duke of Zagreb, then the Grand Duke of Croatia, and then if God cares about you, you may become the King of Bosnia," Alexander continued to whisper, he saw the blush deeper on the Viscount's face, but he knew this It should be the result of excitement "But all this requires you to go out of this camp instead of just listening to the discussion of various plans all day."
"Can you assure me, Earl?" The Viscount asked nervously. "Can you assure me that I will become a Duke and Duke, and then ..."
"No lord, I can only guarantee that if you stay here and wait for you, you will only be a prisoner of the Ottomans in the future. If you are lucky, they may still support you as a grand prince, but I believe you must be very clear about what it will be. A puppet governor and Pasha who were ordered by the Sultan were always worried that they might be punished for violating those people, "Alexander ’s soft description made the viscera of Hurva ’s slightly agitated face appear gray again. , Looking at him, Alexander paused a little and then whispered, "Viscount, what kind of mark do you want to leave in your family history, depends on whether you are a coward for a lifetime or an instant hero."
There was a strange red on the face of Viscount Hilva. He stared at Alexander for a while before slowly looking away.
"The Earl told me what you are going to do," the Viscount's voice shook a little, and his hands were shaking. "I know you are sent by God to save me, do you believe I still have the courage?"
"I believe that everyone has courage," Alexander bowed slightly to Hurva. "I apologize for your offense, but if this encourages your courage, I will be very pleased. I believe this camp is too easy. You have forgotten how to fight as a lion. "
"You said to the Viscount, I really forgot how to fight," Helva said while turning his head to look at the house behind him. "It makes me feel safe here. I have forgotten my mission for a long time. "
The Viscount whispered to himself incessantly, circling around in place and sometimes stopped and clenched his fists back and forth a few times, and finally he stopped to look at Alexander.
"Tell me what you want to do, I really can't waste time here, but I need your help."
"I came for this."
Alexander bowed to Hurva again, but when he saw Aloxia looking at him, he saw something strange in it.
Herva suddenly changed surprisingly, at least it was too strange for those who knew him.
He convened the meeting again, but this time he unexpectedly invited the outsider Alexander, in addition to this he also changed his previous habit of shirking ~ EbookFREE.me ~ directly announced that he would march to Zagreb, when some people questioned When he thought it was too risky to do so, the Viscount's attitude was firm and could even be said to be a strong rebuttal of this reason that had been used as the best excuse before.
"Nothing is not risky. If we are afraid of danger, then we never want to go back to Zagreb," Hirwa said loudly to his men. "Do n’t forget that our ancestors are watching us, my father and The souls of the brothers are looking at me in heaven. I believe they have given me the courage and the people they sent to help us. "
The Viscount's eyes turned to Alexandria, while the eyes of the Croats were full of anger and suspicion.
After the meeting declared with a tough attitude that Viscount Hilva had to march into Zagreb, Alexander walked out of the Viscount's house.
Then, not surprised, he saw Miss Aloxia who had already waited.
"What have you said to my uncle, count?" Aloxia asked suspiciously.
"I just let his inner courage burst out," Alexander smiled. "I believe anyone of me has this courage. Miss includes you."