Vol 6 Chapter 65: The wind rises in Romagna

In May 1499, in a castle in the beautiful Loire Valley of France, a pair of young people joined together happily.
Among the young people, the male is 23 years old and the female is 19 years old. It can be said that this age is just youth and youth. Then they should enjoy their wedding life for a long time, perhaps because they are addicted to this kind of Too sweet to forget everything around me.
But in fact, the young couple separated in less than a week together, and even the young wife didn't even know what kind of person the husband, who was found by her cousin and elder brother, was her.
The couple were Caesar Borgia and his wife, Charlotte, the cousin of French King Louis XII and sister of the King of Navarre.
Caesar is eager to return to Italy to build a career, which everyone knows, but there is an unknown secret in his heart that no one can tell.
Even during the newlyweds, whenever he was intimate with his wife, Caesar thought that his sister Lucrezia was as charming and considerate and intoxicating as the current wife.
But when he thought that it was the Gombre who enjoyed all this, Caesar was envious of the fire and could not hold it.
So when he heard that the French King decided to invade Italy, he immediately ignored Louis XII and asked Louis XII to ask him to return to Italy to fight.
This proposal of course made Louis very happy. Although it seemed a bit confusing to cousin to do so, but seeing Caesar so stubborn, he could only accept Caesar's suggestion on the grounds that the boy was aspiring.
So only a few days after marriage, Caesar Borgia secretly left the Loire Valley castle with his small team, and quietly returned to Rome with the French invasion army.
Caesar did not expect that his decision made him almost fulfill a wish, that is, to kill Gombre!
But in the end this wish was only "almost fulfilled".
When he unexpectedly appeared in front of Gombre, and then imprisoned him, Caesar's excitement was not so calm as it seemed on the surface, when he confirmed that he had mastered the man's destiny. While wondering whether Cantrera poisoned his opponent, whom he hated most, Caesar accidentally learned from his father what was behind the victory that he thought had been a winning ticket.
At that time, Caesar's mood was indescribable. He suddenly felt like a clown. When he tried to perform and thought that the drama was about to reach its climax, others suddenly told him that the scene had already ended.
Caesar even had some complaints about his father, Alexander VI. He felt that Alexander VI violated the concept that he had been proclaiming that Borgia was a family, which gave Caesar his first father. Grudge.
But then Alexander ’s sudden departure from Rome made Caesar seem to see hope again. He was thinking of taking advantage of this opportunity to restore his relationship with Lucrezia. After all, he almost hijacked her move in Pisa last time and let them brother and sister There is a gap between them.
However, Lucrezia did not stay in Rome for a long time. On the fourth day after Alexander left, Lucrezia hurriedly left Rome to return to Pisa. At the same time, news about the French sending troops from Nice Barracks to Lombardy also spread coming.
This made Caesar no longer care about other things. He immediately asked his father to give him the power to mobilize the pope's army. He needed to take advantage of this opportunity to send troops immediately.
Caesar's idea is simple but practical. His eyes have long been on a very valuable place. If it was before then, he might not dare to act rashly, but now he believes that no one can stop him from achieving his. Ambitious.
Caesar took a fancy to Catalina Sforza's territory, Foley.
He coveted the land long ago. He thought it was a springboard for his conquest of a larger territory in the future, but compared with the tigress, his strength was very thin, even if he spent a lot of money to form it. A self-satisfied army, but Caesar still knew it would not be so easy to win Forli.
But now he feels he can do it, because the French invasion can't help making Foley lose an important supporter of Milan, and more importantly, the French King gave him generous support, which made Caesar believe that with his own strength it can be achieved Purposeful.
With regard to his son ’s ambitions, Alexander VI showed enough support. It can be said that in addition to the Pope ’s defeat of Caesar ’s wishes in dealing with Alexander, Alexander VI gave him nothing hesitated to give. he.
Caesar's army was quickly organized, and the result of a large amount of money was that a sturdy army composed of quite experienced mercenaries was quickly established, although the number was not large.
Although such an army and Caesar had a certain gap with the Montina army who showed strong fighting power in Livorno, Caesar believed that this should only be a matter of time.
He has enough money for the soldiers to be loyal to him, and can also provide them with excellent weapons. Although he vaguely heard that the money his father gave him seems to have a variety of relations with the gombroke he hates, this has not affected it at all. Caesar used them to build an elite army.
Caesar's army left Rome after learning that Louis XII had won a crucial victory in Lombardy.
According to the description of the person who sent the news, the French army almost easily defeated the Italian noble coalition mainly dominated by the Milanese. After killing and capturing a large number of enemies, the French army trimmed slightly and began to march in the direction of Milan.
Caesar was ecstatic about the news. He knew that Louis was a great king, but his achievements on the battlefield still made Caesar envious and jealous.
When the news of the Milan army was hit hard, many people couldn't help but pay attention to the attitude of the old Rovere, because people know that the Rovere family has a deep relationship with Milan's Sforza.
But what disappointed people was that Old Rovere did not seem to care about this at all. He even sent his son who was supposed to lead a group of mercenaries to support Milan back to Genoa. This made people talk about the old Rovere ’s indifference and selfishness. Can not help but secretly startled at the power of the French.
Caesar was ecstatic, the fact that the French gave the Milanese a hard blow with little effort, making him more certain that the Italian aristocracy was not as powerful as their appearance.
Think about everything that Gombre did, maybe you just need to take the risk like him, you can achieve his level, and maybe you can do better.
With such a thought, Caesar can't wait to lead his recently-formed army to set off, but his first destination is not Katerina Sforza's Forli, but one that surprised many people. The goal.
Ferrara is located northeast of Romagna.
When hearing the news of Caesar's march to Ferrara, many people couldn't help but think about it, but the most interesting of them was Old Rovere.
He first sent someone to catch the Clipper to catch up with Constantine, his son who was ordered to return to Genoa, and then sent someone to write a letter to his daughter Barenti in Montina.
Then the old Luo Wei Lei appeared in front of people with great joy, this cardinal who has always been unsmiling in people's minds not only watched a quite grand, not so elegant drama performance, even in front of many people The face openly sprinkled a lot of Ladia gold coins that had been circulated in many places in Romagna and Tuscany on the head of a pretty-looking actor.
Watching the gold coins fall like rain from the pretty young man's head and fall back and forth on the ground, people looked at the Cardinal's eyes a little bit ambiguous.
Obviously, Old Rovere was in a good mood, and it was all because of Caesar.
At the end of July 1499, Caesar's army passed the southern foothills of Mocine Mountain. He paused a little below the mountain to remember the experience of his brother Giovanni fighting here before he led the army forward.
After the Pope passed Mochine, Caesar received reports and their actions were monitored.
They were monitored by the Southern Patrol of the Montina Army.
This is a small force with a small number.
In Montina, there are no troops specifically guarding the border. According to the military regulations established by Alexander, all troops must take turns to take on the duties of this border patrol.
The emergence of the Pope ’s army clearly caught the attention of the patrol. While sending someone back to report, the patrol followed not far away from the Pope ’s army. According to the veterans leading it, it was like a group of hyenas staring There may be reindeer herds of cubs behind.
Caesar disregarded the vigilance of the Montina people. He knew that as long as he did not actively provoke them, these Montina people would not come to provoke him.
Alexander's fascination with Lucrecia made Caesar jealous, but it was this fascination that made Caesar somewhat dependent.
He believes that Alexander ’s tolerance of him is more because of Lucrecia, so as long as he does not do things that anger the person, with the status of his sister in Alexander ’s mind, he can take advantage of the opportunity to get enough benefits.
As for when he and Alexander will eventually clash, although Caesar still does not have a shadow in his heart, he believes that it should not be too long.
Caesar firmly believed that as soon as the French came, the Gombré would be finished.
All he had to do was take advantage of his current opportunity to nail as many nails as possible next to Gombré. When the time came, these nails would turn into a sharp arrow shot at Gombrecht.
Invasion of Ferrara is one of these nails.
As to whether the invasion of Ferrara would provoke the Venetian reaction, Caesar thinks this need not worry.
The French, the French, everything is because the French are coming. At this time, the Italian city-state people are panic. Unless they are directly threatened, no one will easily provoke a struggle with others.
Caesar saw this opportunity and decided to take advantage of the chaos.
In addition to believing that Gumbre, like others, will not take the initiative to find trouble at this time, another reason is that Ferrara's special geographical location allows him to have a great grasp of his adventures.
Ferrara happens to be located between Montina and Venice. For both parties, whoever occupies Ferrara means that this will become a bridgehead for invading each other, which is absolutely not allowed.
Under this stalemate, Caesar decided to be the third person to take advantage of the fire.
But the key to his decision to take risks was because he knew that Alexander was not in Montina.
This makes Caesar feel that it is worth the risk. Although the Venetians have so far been unsure of the arrival of the French, they believe that they should already know that the Pope and the French are now closely related, so how many Venetians may interfere with his invasion. What about Ferrara?
As for Montina, Caesar did not think that Barondi, who is guarding Montina for Alexander, is worth worrying about. If it were not for Alexander VI ’s repeated instructions, and the Montina army had left him with a deep impression, Caesar I even thought of taking advantage of Alexander ’s absence to invade Montina in retaliation for the humiliation of being captured in Livor.
But he knew that it was just a matter of thinking. After all, it is said that Alexander ’s army in Montina had nearly 10,000 people. Although Caesar did not think this statement is reliable, he was not crazy enough to verify whether this rumor was true. .
In short, Caesar thought that his adventure was safe, and that although he approached the Montina territory, but the Montina people were quite careful, he was even more certain that the tribute staying in the new castle of Montina Bray's woman is afraid to act rashly.
The movement of Caesar's army also attracted the attention of the Ferrara. When they determined that the goal of the Pope's army was indeed Ferrara, the Ferrara immediately panicked.
As Caesar reasoned, Ferrara has not been annexed by strong neighbors around for a long time, mainly because of the mutual restraint between various forces.
Compared with Pizza, which is always under the shadow of Florence, Ferrara can be said to be a little lucky.
However, this luck seems to cease to exist, not to mention that the Duchess of Pisa Estelles has become the protector of Florence, and some even say that she may become the first to rule Florence as the Duke of Pisa The monarch, now that with the arrival of Caesar, the Ferraras also realized that their "good days" seemed to be over.
Caesar's army did not move fast, he was very cautious, although he guessed that his adventure would not encounter too much resistance, but he still decided to act carefully, which includes despite knowing that the south from the Montina territory can be reached faster Ferrara, but in order not to irritate the Montina too, he chose to follow a small and large distance along the southern foothills of Mozine before arriving at Ferrara.
However, in his view, Barendi received a very different meaning.
As Alexander's fiancee, Barenti has the most powers besides Alexander in Montina, and in terms of working style, Barenti and her fiance are also different.
The farmers are afraid of Barenti, because she is not only cold, but also has a smart head, so it is difficult to play tricks in front of her.
Many village headmen secretly said that they hope the Earl Lord will come back soon, and even some people who have been to Pisa will whisper from time to time, "If our hostess is the Roman princess," weird.
Although I have heard of these rumours for a long time, Barendi apparently dismissed it. She still gave her almost strict rule in Montina, and at the same time she brought Alexander ’s army back from the Balkans according to the instructions of Alexander before Placed in several directions in Montina.
But in this arrangement, Barendi was still a little surprised, because she found that Alexander actually arranged the Balkans who could fight the battle in the southwest of Montina, and that direction was facing Pisa.
Barendi did not believe that Alexander was guarding Lucrezia. The only thing she wanted to guard against the woman was actually herself, but the arrangement left by Alexander made Barendi feel baffled.
What's even more strange is that the Agrig, mainly composed of the Agri, regarded as the soul of the Montina army, was arranged in the village of Montina leading to Rome.
Alexander's series of arrangements made Barenti vaguely feel that he seemed to be guarding against someone.
In fact, because he was worried that the French might invade the Tuscan coast directly from the sea, and then invade Pisa, he would let Gompati inform Lucrezia to take Estrez to see him in advance.
In Alexander's view, the city of Pisa has no real meaning. Even if the city falls into the hands of the French, as long as his daughter still holds the title of Duke of Pisa, and the FTA alliance still exists, the city of Pisa Even if it is lost, there is not much loss.
But Montina is different. Montina is the root of his Count of Montina, and it is also a proof that he now affects the entire Romagna and Tuscany, so he did everything before leaving Montina. Prepared, whether the French invaded Rome from the direction of Pisa or directly from the sea, and then detoured from the south to Montina, he had decided to defend the border of Montina's territory.
When necessary, he even hesitated to fight another battle with the French in Bucharest.
It's just that neither Alexander nor Barendi, who arranged this just in case before going to Rome, thought that they would wait for Caesar.
What surprised Barenti even more was Constantine ’s sudden arrival.
Barenti was instinctively vigilant about his brother's arrival.
And these vigilances were quickly confirmed.
Constantine apparently knew of Caesar's invasion of Ferrara in advance, so he mentioned it to Barendi as soon as he arrived in Montina.
"Caesar wants to annex Ferrara, which should be a bad thing for Montina," Constantine said to Barendi. "Do you think the Venetian will stop him at this time, if the Venetian keeps silent?" , So what will it mean? "
"So what do you think should be done?"
Balenti bit her lip slightly, she is a very smart girl, even smarter than many men in some places, but as a woman, no one believes that she can face such a situation.
Thinking of Caesar's possible occupation of Ferrara, which would later become a dagger threatening Montina at all times, Barrondi's face became pale.
"Let me help you," Constantine said of his purpose to come to Montina. "At this time, you need someone to help you stabilize the territory, and to be able to command the army."
"Did your father let you come?"
Barendi looked at Constantine when he said this again ~ EbookFREE.me ~ suddenly asked.
Seeing Constantine's face passing unnaturally, Barrondi's face became more ugly. She slowly stood up and walked to the door. When Constantine started to call her, Barrondi stopped and did not look back .
"Alexander gave me Montina, and as his fiancee I knew what to do."
After finishing this sentence, Barendi walked out of the room without hesitation, and when she returned to the vault, she immediately closed the door tightly, and then slowly sat down on the ground weakly.
However, she soon stood up again.
Walking to the table, Barendi began to write letters on a piece of paper.
When she finally pressed firmly at the end of the letter with the seal that Alexander had left her, Barenti held the letter to her and looked at it carefully.
It was an order written to Compati, who was stationed in Pisa.
"In the name of Regent of Montina, General, I ask you to be prepared to send troops to Ferrara!"