Vol 6 Chapter 32: Goodbye Santa Lucia

The sea route from Rome to Naples was very smooth, but it was during this trip that should not have been very lively that I met several ships that seemed to be on the way to escape, but attracted Alexander's attention.
He soon guessed from the things transported on these ships and the faint expression of the other party that was outdated, that these ships should have come from Naples, and soon from the crew, he got a positive answer.
"Sir, you guessed it, these ships are from Naples, but the sailors are also wondering why we are going to Naples at this time," Aufrei said with a smile. "It is estimated that many people in Naples have already escaped. , These people are just some of them. "
"Yeah, but that's why we are going to Naples," Alexander looked at the other two ships that were far behind and behind his own ship. "Sometimes the harvest is when others think you are the same as they will not You only get it when you go to harvest. "
Aufrei smiled. He knew what Alexander was looking at. After all, he was more familiar with the matter of military mobilization as an army commander.
During the few days in Rome, Alexander seemed to be laid back, but in fact he was waiting every day until he was finally relieved after a letter was sent from the sea.
It was not long before Alexander led the Montina Guards to leave Rome and embark on the port. After going out to sea, the boat was joined with two sea ships that were already waiting at sea.
This is a fully loaded fleet, and the armor of the soldiers on the ship can be seen shimmering in the sunlight.
An army of Montina secretly set off from Pisa, which was not noticed by anyone before. In order to avoid possible eyes and eyes, this army was quietly separated from the main force on the way to Montina, and then Fast forward to Pizza.
This is why Alexander chose to delay a full two days in Ferrara when he was about to reach Montina. Everything was to buy time for the army that had advanced to Pisa in advance.
After receiving a report from Pisa's defenders, O'Freil knew of the presence of the army that suddenly appeared in Pisa. From that time on, he learned of an unusually bold plan that Alexander was brewing.
Stealing Naples, this is the last and most recent crazy step in Alexander's trip to Rome!
No one would have thought that the Alexandria meeting that accompanied the lover to his mother ’s home would choose to attack Naples in southern Italy at such a time, nor would he think of an elite he had sent before when he rampaged around Rome. The army had already boarded the boat quietly in Pisa, and then to prevent them from being discovered, the team headed deep in the west of the Tyrrhenian Sea before turning back south, then near the distant archipelago off the coast of Rome, and finally with Alexander. Rendezvous at sea.
In order to hide people's eyes and ears, this fleet selects all kinds of unremarkable merchant ships. If you don't look closely at it, it is at best regarded as a merchant team that is transporting goods.
The most important thing is that this fleet does not carry anyone's banner, which greatly confuses everyone who encounters them.
This was the first time Aufrei had seen the Balkans in a field march. Although he was on the ship, he had vaguely felt that these people were very different from the Balkan soldiers he saw in Montina, or It should be said that it is a more disturbing and tense oppression, which finally made Aufrei finally admit that Alexander said that these Balkans seem to be naturally suitable for soldiers.
"How to train them well is your job, and I want them to be the elites who are responsible for my staff, just like this time."
Alexander's command made O'Freui feel a little nervous. Looking at the Balkans, he suddenly had some envy and was only responsible for bringing them to Pisa, and then staying there in Compati.
Take these people to fight, I hope they do n’t get into trouble on the battlefield. Ofrei has some headaches, but he can also understand why Alexander chose the Balkans instead of other troops to participate in this operation.
The bravery and loyalty of the Agri are of course unquestionable, but after all, the Agri were once ruled by the Kingdom of Naples, and even now the title of Lord Agri in the name of Alexandria should also be loyal to the King of Naples. Doomed to lead the Agri people, this operation is likely to be regarded as a rebellion.
This is absolutely not allowed by Alexander, and compared to Pisa, Montina, and the Balkans are more suitable, because this time he is not trying to conquer, but "stealing" Naples.
The fleet dispersed again after meeting at sea. This time Alexander took only two ships to move on, while the other ships slowed down and followed far behind.
The news that the French were coming apparently terrified the Neapolitans, but the several sea ships that had escaped from Naples in succession along the way made Alexander a little worried that the fleet behind him might be discovered, so he ordered The forwards of the three ships speeded up, hoping to reach Naples before they could all be discovered.
Naples is surrounded by an irregular small archipelago in the far sea to the north. After Alexander captured Caesar, he asked Uliou to imprison him on a small island belonging to the Earl of Modillo in the archipelago. Now he ordered Letting the fleet behind him temporarily stay in the islands, he took three boats towards the familiar port of Santa Lucia.
The morning sun casts from the distant land, against the light, the port of Santa Lucia looks like a beautiful woman in her sleep, quiet and sweet.
Standing on the bow of the boat, Alexander looked at the familiar harbor and could n’t help but think of the scene of wandering here with Uliu almost nothing. Now he is back, with a whole army, and a bold near Crazy plan.
The morning breeze was blowing, Alexander raised his hand and held the hat on his head. At this moment, he seemed to hear a faint voice, and then stood beside him. Sheer almost madly dragged him to the ground, and then Pressed desperately!
With a huge muffled "Boom!", A water column rose into the air, and the water column threw an old high into the air, then smashed down with the clatter of the clattering sound, and it seemed to smash the sea all over the surface Shallow water hole.
"Coastal artillery ?!"
Alexander, shocked by this sudden attack, couldn't help but blurt out. In his mind, Naples did not have such a powerful coastal artillery.
Why haven't you seen it in just a few years? Did Frederick equip his army with such a powerful gadget?
After all, there are nearly 3 miles from the port of Santa Lucia, and it is really difficult for him to shoot such a far artillery now.
"Sir, I don't think it came from the shore," Schell said to Alexander aloud. Obviously his ears were shocked. In fact, many people standing near the bow of the boat were shocked by this sudden shot. It must be a little ignorant.
"Not ashore, it's from ..."
Before he finished speaking, Alexander noticed the sloshing of a building on a reef protruding from the sea not far from his fleet.
"From there?"
Alexander asked unexpectedly.
"It should be. Hasn't there been any artillery here before?" Aufrei also looked at the small sea reef with some fear, and there were a few houses that didn't look very reliable, but this was not the point The key is that if you look closely, you can see that there are several artillery pieces on it.
"This is not a good thing, lord, these artillery completely blocked our fleet." Aufrei whispered as if afraid of being heard by the people on the reef.
"It used to be a lighthouse." Alexander said quietly. It was also a surprise that the Naples actually removed the lighthouse on the reef outside the port and installed the cannon. Alexander, but as O'Frei said, this is indeed a very bad thing. , Especially for the fleet behind it is not a small threat.
For the Neapolitans, this artillery also apparently frightened them. The whole port was awakened by the sound of the artillery suddenly. When Alexander ordered the fleet to slow down, he quickly drove out of the direction of the port. A small row boat.
The ship first carefully drawn a path towards the sea reef, and then stopped on the surface of the sea, which was estimated to be within the range of the artillery.
"It seems that we have to send someone to contact them in the past," Alexander signaled to Aufrei, and he ordered the other two ships to make them cautious. "Don't show it, after all, we are in the range of their artillery."
"Please rest assured, Master."
O'Reilly smiled and Lisuo jumped off the boat that had been lowered, and rowed towards the rowboat, while Alexander narrowed his eyes slightly towards the houses that were faintly visible on the island and the reef.
Alexandria did not expect that the Naples would actually place an artillery position on the islands and reefs off the coast. Although it seems that there can not be much artillery there, it is a necessary place to enter the port. In addition, the artillery on the islands and reefs is even more Most of them should be used to alert the shore, or to delay the enemy from the sea, so that the defenders on the shore can be prepared.
Alexandria didn't really care about the danger brought by this small island and reef. After all, the artillery above couldn't block the entire coast. Their more role was to warn the defenders.
What made Alexander care was that from this arrangement, it can be seen that Frederick, king of Naples, apparently did not want to sit still. Although he knew that the French were coming, he seemed to be much tougher than his invincible and short-lived nephew, even he Arrangement of artillery on the islands and reefs may be to let the French know his determination to resist.
Ofrei's time was not long, but he was not on the boat when his boat was back.
"Adult, the Neapolitans said that you can only have some people ashore, and others have to stay on the boat to wait for news." The boatman reported to Alexander. "In addition, the man you sent also let them stay. They said he should be a Nobles, otherwise it is impossible to wear so decently clean, so they left him as a meat ticket, saying that if you do not listen to them, you will tear the ticket. I said that I am adventurous enough for this trip, so see if you ... "
Listening to the rumbling black-teethed boatman whispering in front of him, he hinted at the money, and Alexander waved his hands helplessly to make the people next to him entangle with him, while he frowned and looked at the distant Sang. Port of Tarucia.
Obviously Frederick was a little panicked by the French, which also explains why many Naples who fled along the way, and whoever saw the king could not hold his breath first would also feel that the disaster was coming. .
But what made Alexander unexpected was that the Neapolitans had simply blocked the port, so do they really want to bring only a few people into the city?
Now the problem is not only him, even Aufrei was detained. If he followed them ashore, the Naples refused to release Aufrei. What could he do? He could n’t think of anything but himself and Aufrei. Who can command the entire fleet.
But if it refuses to let only a few people go ashore?
After a little thought, Alexander shook his head, and then his eyes fell on Schell.
"Sher, it seems that you need to use it now," Alexander said, beckoning him to take out a pen and paper and start writing. "Listen to you, follow them ashore, and if possible, give this letter to Orfrai to give it to him." Count Modillo, if Orflaire cannot get away you have to find a way to deliver the letter to the count. "
Cher took away the letter carefully. As he climbed down the ladder, Alexander whispered: "If the Neapolitan interrogates you about our origin, you can tell them where you came from, or directly say you are Wallachia. The mercenary sent by the Grand Duke may help us a bit. "
"Don't worry, I know what to say." Shearer smiled. He jumped awkwardly into the boat and sat down, which made one wonder if he might fall into the water next.
In fact, many Balkans in the entire fleet are seasick, which is what worried Alexander. After all, if he really wanted to compete with the Naples at sea, his Balkan soldiers would immediately change from a group of ferocious hungry wolves to slaughter. The lamb.
The rowboat was quickly heading towards the port, and it was faintly visible that the people on the lighthouse island reef were busy and busy, watching how they did not retreat with the rowboat, Alexander was right. These people have some interest.
After all, such an island and reef is a Jedi with no escape route. He did not believe that those people would die unreservedly for loyalty to Frederiksling. This made him wonder if these people were still dying for the piece that might fall at any time. Island reef.
The sound of the artillery was obviously not only the defenders on the shore, but soon some boats gradually approached the fleet of Alexander. The boatmen on those ships first circled around the fleet, making sure they would not attack After himself, he approached slowly, and then started shouting and selling to the ship.
"This should be Neapolitan."
Alexander whispered to himself. In his impression, the Naples hated the French invasion. It was not because of loyalty and patriotism, but because the greedy conquest of the French angered them. As soon as the Naples royal family was restored, it was short. Won the support of the people, that is just looking forward to continue to live a quiet day, but unfortunately the Aragonese royal family of Naples obviously did not meet these demands of the people, so soon restored and short-lived Ferdinand II and His uncle Frederick became a scum not much better than the French in the hearts of the people.
So it should not be difficult for Naples to get it. Alexander told himself in his heart.
The Neapolitan armed fleet is also cruising nearby, but they are not very close, but are only vigilantly monitoring this small fleet of three lesser-looking merchant ships.
When the sun had almost risen above the head, UU read books www.uukanshu. Another row of oars came from the direction of the port. Alexander ordered the soldiers to prepare while staring at the lighthouse island reef. He had already commanded that if the situation was not good, the Naples was not big but it was clearly dominant. When the siege came up, he quickly retreated, and then joined the fleet waiting in the open sea to wait for the opportunity to land in other places.
Only if that happens, the plan to "steal" Naples is completely defeated.
This time the paddle boat was very simply rowed over. Alexander walked to the bow of the boat. When he saw a familiar figure on the opposite boat, he froze for a moment and then showed a strange smile.
He knew it should be over.
The paddle boat opposite stopped slowly on the side of the Alexandria ship. Because the height of the ship was different, the man standing at the bow of the ship could only look up helplessly and look down at Alexandria with a smile.
"I didn't expect you to come back at this time, so what should I call you now, Count?" The man asked in a cold tone.
"I didn't expect to see you so soon, Your Highness Alfred." Alexander replied with a grin.