Vol 6 Chapter 43: Enticement

The presence of artillery caused a lot of panic, but after seeing a burst of guns at the intersection, the Montina army had to retreat, and the rebels couldn't help but cheer with a mockery of the enemy.
"See, they are not invincible," Normec took the opportunity to shout, "or even if they are as powerful as legend, this monastery will protect us."
Normec's words caused another burst of cheers. The rebels were obviously inspired by his courage and fighting spirit. They began to shout loudly to the Monti man in the distance, and some simply pushed most of his body out of the window. Shaking his hat loudly provoked the enemy.
"This place is damn!" A Barr twitched his soft cap off his head and threw it on the ground. "We couldn't get close to the monastery. We couldn't even reach the place where we could see it. Could it be that my shells would be turned? ?"
"The intersection is too close to the monastery. At such a short distance, even a group of blind people can make us into a honeycomb." Another Balkan soldier said angrily. "Maybe there are other ways to get us close, but this It doesn't work hard. "
"What are you talking about?" Aurei, who was approaching, strode in front of the soldier and stared at him "I repeat your words."
The Balkans looked anxiously at the angry marching commander across from them. They said that they did not follow this person for a long time, so it was not clear what kind of person this young officer who always seemed to be smiling, but now looking at him It seemed that the Balkans realized that they might be in big trouble.
"Pull up the artillery, now!" Aufrei yelled at the soldiers, his neck was red, his face was stirred by dust and sweat like a small mud pit "You are ready to fight soldiers, you are not Did the Ottomans fight, or did you all brag before? "
The Balkans were irritated. They swear loudly and pushed the gun car towards the junction with vulgar words that only they could understand. When they just saw the corner of the monastery, a crazy gunshot had swept their ears. .
"Those rebels are crazy, don't they know how to save bullets?" The Balkans were cursing and pushing the gun car carefully. "Hurry up, aim, let's teach them a little."
The small muzzle of the eagle was barely protruding from a protruding stone corner and aimed at a tower on the far side of the monastery, from which you could directly see most of the hillsides around the monastery.
"That's that," Orfrey ordered, and he carefully looked out and looked at it, then made a gesture to the gunner "If you can shoot the first shot, I will reward you."
"It's not easy, Master Captain," said the gunner, raising his right hand and raising his thumb to look at the front of his eyes. At the same time, he also said a few words in his mouth. "From the wrist to the finger is a number, then the length of the arm is eight fingers Well, the elevation angle is ... "
Aufrei looked a little curiously at the gunner who kept talking. He knew that Compati had studied a simple but practical artillery shooting method, but he did not expect Compati to teach them these things. These Balkans.
"Okay, there are three No. 2 bolts under the gun," the gunner who finally finished calculating shouted, and someone immediately pulled out a few pieces of the marked wood from the wooden box he carried with him and stuffed it up. Under the eagle gun, looking at the raised muzzle, there was a malicious smile on the gunner's face. "That's all."
Two more gunshots came from the direction of the monastery. Although no one knew where the bullets were going, people could not help but retreat.
"Don't move," the gunner scolded his assistants dissatisfiedly, and then lit the twist with a torch.
The smelly medicine line burned with sparks, and people could not help holding their breath and waited.
"Bang ~"
A dull sound poured into people's ears, and the gun barrel suddenly jumped, and then the gun car began to slide down.
With the sound of "Boom!", The stone wall in the far corner of the monastery suddenly burst into a large piece of gravel, accompanied by a loud clatter, and the large stone rolled down the mountain with thick smoke.
The whole monastery was like a beast that was angry after being hit. The flying bullets screamed towards the intersection. Some lead shots even directly hit the barrel of the eagle gun that was protruding. ring.
"Pull back the artillery!" The gunner shouted loudly, shouting at the rope, and the artillery was slowly pulled back behind the stone.
"This is a good fight," the gunner of another eagle gun chuckled, but the look on his face became ugly after seeing the bullet marks on the gunshot, and then he tentatively said to Aufrei "The captain is here too, it seems nothing to me."
"Relax, it's your turn soon," Aufrei patted the gunner's shoulder. "Be careful, put the gun a little further away and shoot from the right of the intersection!"
Hearing Orphei's words, the gunner's face looked more ugly.
Obviously, compared with the first artillery that only hides behind the stone corner and shoots, their danger is much greater. The rebels are likely to give them a head-on attack when they first appeared, but watching the Olympics With Frey's unwholesome look, Barr had to greet his companion and carefully approached the intersection along the right side of the road, slightly open.
"This time it's better to hit the monastery's courtyard wall directly," Aufrei told the gunner, and watched the black holes in the thick stone wall.
The artillery was pushed to a place where a section of the courtyard wall could already be seen. After seeing Alfred nodded slightly, the gunner sighed with relief and then quickly ordered his assistant to fix the gun wagon with a wooden wedge.
Oflai stared closely at the direction of the monastery and looked at the nervous artillery, he opened his mouth slightly but said nothing.
Suddenly, there seemed to be a figure swaying in the dark of the window, and then just before O'Freilly was too late to warn, a mess of gunshots had sounded.
The gunner, who heard the gunshots, was hit by a lead shot before he could raise his head. His body shook and he lay prostrate on the artillery, and blood flowed to the ground immediately along the barrel.
"Go back, go back!" Aufrei shouted loudly, and the few soldiers holding the gun car ropes did not even care about the body of the gunner who was wheeled underneath, and desperately dragged the artillery in the direction of the bullet. The artillery car crashed back and forth, and the unreliable body suddenly broke up. The sound of the eagle cannon crashed on the stone. The flying wooden wheel first flicked, then broke into pieces and fell down the hillside. .
The shouting came from the direction of the monastery, which was also mixed with a loud whistle and rude and vulgar local language that only Naples locals understood, which made several Agri soldiers next to Aufrei angry. As soon as they made their heads, they were immediately hit back by violent shooting, listening to the clamoring of the rebels in the monastery, and the Aggri soldiers couldn't help but get helpless.
Ofrei looked at the dead body of the gunner lying on the ground not far away, but when he heard the screams in the direction of the monastery, there seemed to be signs of calm, he suddenly waved to the remaining gunner Waving: "Push up the artillery. Both guns are under your control this time."
"But Master Captain, we can't hit it like this. If we want to hit, we have to push the gun to the front, which is equivalent to death." The gunner looked at his companion who was still alive and shook his head. Looking worriedly at O'Leary, he could see that Captain Master was not in a good mood at this time.
O'Leary closed his eyes slightly and remained silent, as if trying to restrain his emotions as much as possible, and then he opened his eyes and looked at the gunner in distress, then suddenly smiled: "Relax I won't let you die, I don't need it Whatever you hit, all you have to do is fire the gun. "
Looking at the gunner's suspicion, Aufrei leaned slightly against the corners of the stone and glanced at the monastery where people were constantly flashing.
In the offensive team, only he knows the purpose of this attack. In fact, he does not expect to be able to capture the monastery head-on. All he has to do is try to attract the attention of the rebels.
The Balkans are natural mountain people. Although the mountains of southern Italy are steep, for the Balkans, fighting here is like returning to their hometown.
At least for Shell.
When you raise your head, you can see a very steep slope. The reddish brown stone that is exposed because of the annual wind erosion sets the monastery on the mountain unusually tall. This purely visual impact brings people to stand The people under the mountain felt that the monastery was built in the sky.
In fact St. John's Abbey is not very tall, at least a lot shorter than the other two peaks that are less than half a mile away from it.
Alexander now stands on one of the peaks and looks into the distance to the roof of St. John's Abbey.
In a few centuries, a beautiful cable bridge will be built here, from which people can walk directly to the monastery, but if you want to challenge your courage, there is a very exciting game to try, then It was from this mountain that the rope was used to slide directly into the monastery.
As for the braver game, you can climb up to the monastery directly from the foot of the mountain.
Alexander looked carefully, and finally saw a group of people slowly climbing down the hill opposite, which was a group of Balkan soldiers led by Schell.
At this time, Sher had replaced the crimson hunting guard uniform that he was proud of. As for the breastplate, the shadow was missing. He was wearing a gray shirt and Ottoman-style pants, and had no waist. Short swords and muskets, while a saber is carried on the back. The other people are similar to his dress. These Balkans are wearing soft-soled shoes suitable for climbing. When they start climbing up the hill, a few wild The goat suddenly appeared not far from them.
The wild goats first watched these intruders alertly. When they found that they did not seem to be dangerous to themselves, they were attracted by these uninvited guests to climb the mountain. They began to climb up nearby and stopped from time to time Looking at the opponent, some will scream a few times to express provocation.
"Stay steady, Cher, stay steady." Alexander looked at the seemingly slow-moving black spots on the opposite hillside if he didn't look carefully, and he looked up at the monastery on the hill from time to time.
Suddenly, several figures appeared on the roof of the monastery. Those people first ran back and forth on the side near the gate, and then wandered around. Looking at those people, everyone around Alexander stopped. The involuntary depression of his body is afraid of being discovered.
"Come on, Aurei, hurry up and make some noise." Alexander hurriedly urged, although those rebels who stood on the roof of the house might not deliberately run to the direction of the back slope, but if the time is long It may not be possible to find Sheer who is climbing up, especially at this time the sun just happens to be on the back slope. If someone looks down, although sher has changed into earth-colored clothes that will not attract attention , But there is no guarantee that it will not be exposed.
"Look, sir." A hunting guard whispered like he was afraid of disturbing the opposite rebels, while he pointed to the opposite roof.
A rebel pulled his belt and stepped on the roof to the corner of the monastery, and just down the from him, a few wild goats were provocatively sulking towards Shell who was almost catching up with them. Cries.
"Damn it!" Alexander cursed, and he ordered without looking back, "Ready, they shot when they found Schell."
"Adults are so far away that we can't hit." A guard said puzzled.
"At least this will attract the enemies and give Cher the chance to escape." Alexander scolded his men in exasperation. He did not expect that the attack on St. John's Abbey was unexpectedly difficult, although he did not doubt that it would eventually To win, the casualties caused by that may not have been thought of before.
The rebel had already reached the edge at this time, and then he seemed to be attracted by the cry of the wild goat, and he protruded slightly out of doubt.
While reluctantly admitting the surprise attack failed, Alexander raised his gun.
"boom!"
The corner of the monastery where the man was standing suddenly burst, and the gravel rushed directly into the sky with the body of the unlucky rebel, and then the "wow la la" collapsed down the hillside!
Alexander looked at the monastery suddenly missing a corner and a roof. Looking at the rebels on the roof shouting toward the main entrance, he paused and smiled suddenly. "It seems that our luck is not bad." . "
Normezi was also frightened by the shelling. When he saw the corner of the wall that was blown away, he immediately adjusted almost all the muskets to the window of the front wall. Finally, after a burst of non-stop shooting, he looked at the retreated Montina. The army, Normezi exhaled slightly.
"It seems that your defense is not invulnerable." Officer Aragon came over and said slightly sarcastically. "This is only the first day. I don't know how long you can keep it like this."
"How long can I hold it?" Normezi slammed down the stone wall. "Look at this stone, even the cannon can't collapse at once, and you can see that we just killed their gunners, and now they even have their heads up. Dare not, they may want to shoot at the monastery from the nearest mountain, but there is no road nearby. "
"It seems that you have the chance to win," the officer smiled unintentionally. "But I remind you adults, the king's army can only send troops after the French invaded Naples, so you now look forward to Louis's army hurry up Come on, otherwise I feel that this place is not safe for a long time. "
Normezi's eyes twitched, and he was a little tired of this arrogant Aragonese. He even wondered if it would be a wise move for him to turn to Ferdinand if all Aragonese had this attitude. It is doubtful, but now he has no choice. When he heard the dull gunfire outside, Normezi immediately ran to the window with his men.
Officer Aragon climbed the second floor along the narrow stairs. When he came to the corridor, he saw several Normezi and the women under him bow out from the queen ’s room, and the officer immediately hid in the shadow. Until those women leave.
"Dear Queen Sicily, I'm here to meet you."
The officer whispered and walked along the corner toward the queen ’s room. His gloved right hand pulled a handle from his waist silently, and both sides of the sword were sharp and jagged and hidden behind his arm. Come to the door and tap lightly.
"who is it?"
A still majestic voice came from the room.
"Your Majesty," the officer looked at the door quietly and said, "I apologize for your rudeness before. Please allow me to report an important matter to you."
"Are you the one before?" There was an unabashed disgust in the queen's voice. "I don't think I have anything to tell you, nor do I want to see you."
"Your Majesty this matter is very important, it is related," the officer said after he paused. "It is related to your safety, because as far as I know, there is a conspiracy against you, which involves Count Normezi. "
"What are you saying? It's impossible, Earl is loyal!"
Listening to the unexpectedly loud voice of the queen in the room, the officer slowly turned the short sword upside down in his hand and closed it in his sleeve.
"Your Majesty, please allow me to report to you, and I assure you that although I am employed with the count, I am a Sicilian, and I swear to God that I am only loyal to my king and queen."
It seemed to be touched by an outsider swearing in the name of God. The door slowly opened as the footsteps gently heard the door.
"Your Majesty." The officer standing at the door bowed respectfully to the queen, while sliding the dagger, which was wrapped in his sleeve, into the palm of his hand under the cover of his waist.
"What are you going to report to me?" The queen tried to make her look as majestic as possible, but from her anxious blinking eyes, she could see that her mood was actually full of anxiety.
"Please allow me to enter your majesty, this matter is too important." The officer whispered.
The queen hesitated, but at the thought of the officer, she immediately looked carefully into the hallway, and opened the door a little wider.
The Aragonese immediately flashed into the room and closed the door.
"What are you going to report to me, but I want to warn you that Earl Normezi is very loyal ..."
The queen's so-called warning hasn't been finished yet. With a powerful hand suddenly covering her mouth ~ EbookFREE.me ~ The dagger with a serrated blade has thrust into her belly!
a bit! Twice! Three times!
The dagger stabs quickly between the queen's chest and abdomen, and the blood oozes through the clean dress she just put on.
The queen ’s body shivered, and her mouth uttered a whine, but the Aragonese covered her mouth fiercely, and at the same time whispered in her ear with a low voice: "I swear allegiance My King Ferdinand of Aragon, respect Christ as my only Lord, and may your soul be saved. "
The queen had slipped to the ground, her eyes widened wide, she could no longer hear the nervous voice of the Aragonese, and finally her legs shook, and then there was no more sound.
"Let God decide your sin, and I'm just the sword of the king." The Aragonese slowly wiped the blood from the short sword, then took off their blood-stained coat and opened the window to throw it away.
Just when he walked out of the queen's room and closed the door, the window was suddenly pushed away from the outside.
Then, with a blood-stained coat in her hand, Schell crawled in from the window.