Vol 6 Chapter 67: Who is in charge of Romagna

No one thought about the sending of troops to Montina.
When he heard that the Montina had actually sent troops to intervene in the battle of Ferrara, Caesar initially thought it was wrong or that the rumors were wrong.
But soon he knew that to what extent his speculation about the female regent of Montina was wrong.
All the military in Montina is between 8,500 and 9,600. The gap is mainly between the Balkans and the Bohemians, because those Balkans are sometimes ordered to temporarily leave the army to work in the countryside.
After all, Montina ’s territory cannot supply nearly 10,000 more food and drink at once, so when the army ’s training period is empty, Alexander does not want to let those mountain farmers be idle all day. If so, they may want to Nothing is wrong.
So there are always about 1,000 Balkans who will not work in the field every few days. At this time, in Montina's defense plan, these 1,000 people are not counted.
This is a special arrangement by Alexander. In his view, only such a plan is true and reliable, otherwise if you only literally confirm the number of your army, it is likely that someone will mobilize on the map many years later. The farce of the shell troops who looked at the numbers but were actually wiped out by the enemy.
So when Gumpati led the three Montina regiments to Ferrara, he actually led only 3,500 people, and the other 1,000 people, after being recalled by Barenti from the field, Gompati was sent to another place.
When he heard that a Montina army of about 1,000 troops was marching towards Bologna, Caesar almost doubted that he had really heard it wrong.
Bologna is the protection of the Pope. This small city has beautiful streets and brown-red buildings that are full of unique style because of the local geographical characteristics. The city is warm and unrestrained, and you can feel it here. The great influence from the Vatican, and the pope-protected city that has formed the atmosphere for many years, can be said to be one of the most docile cities in the history of the degenerate popes.
Because of this, when Caesar dispatched Ferrara, he put a lot of his supplies in Bologna. He knew that although the Bolognese would not send troops to help him attack Ferrara, he would be able to protect his due diligence. Logistics supplies.
But now when he heard that a Montina army was marching towards Bologna, Caesar was surprised to find that he had really miscalculated the reaction of the old Rovere ’s daughter. The woman not only unexpectedly dispatched troops to intervene in his actions, and even wanted to intercept him Retreat.
"What does that woman do?" Caesar yelled at the messenger who brought the news. "Did she want to destroy me?"
He said that he walked over to the map and looked at the possible directions of the Montina people marked on the rudimentary map. When he noticed that it was said that the army commanded by a powerful general under Alexander did not seem to go directly to Ferrara, But first appeared in the direction of the lower Reynolds River not too far south of Ferrara, Caesar couldn't help but look at his officers with some incredible eyes.
"Look at what this person is doing. He is trying to cut off our retreat. This person is not just trying to defeat, but trying to eat me."
Caesar annoyed that he began to use his sword handle to knock away his head. He guessed that no one would assist Ferrara at this time. The speculation so quickly proved to be wrong, which made him not only surprised, but also felt face. There is no light, but compared with the face, he thinks that the woman of the Rovere family is more abominable.
Obviously, whether it was Barrendi ’s advice or the personal decision of the general called Compati, the Montina ’s army did not want to interfere with Ferrara ’s actions at all, or simply to destroy Ferrara ’s wedge. Entering Romagna is so simple.
The series of activities of the Montina can only prove one thing, that is, they want to destroy his army!
Caesar couldn't help but wonder if Alexander's not in Montina's claim was a scam. Perhaps he had sneaked back quietly and then hid in his big castle that was waiting to be hooked?
Repeated accidents made Caesar a little cranky, before he made a decision to suspend the move to Ferrara. After all, I do n’t know how determined the Montina are to provoke a full-scale war that may be on both sides. He ca n’t It is easy to expose your back and retreat to the enemy, so everything must first solve the problem of the Montina army.
Just when Caesar had to mobilize the army to face Gompati, the movement of Montina's army caused a lot of sensation in Rome.
While amazed by the determination and determination of Baronti, Alexander VI couldn't help worrying about Caesar's situation. He knew more about the Montina army than Caesar, especially after working with Alexander several times. Know how terrible this army is backed by Alexander ’s strong financial resources.
"Perhaps this is the only army that can fight against the French." This was the private evaluation of the army of Montina by Alexander VI, although he knew that the Montina army was clearly at an absolute disadvantage in quantity. But this does not affect the pope ’s fantasies.
The point is that the person who owns such a powerful army is his own "son-in-law", which makes the pope feel relieved and at the same time produce some subtle changes in his heart,
It is unclear what will happen to the relationship with the French in the future. Although Caesar married Louis XII ’s cousin, this does not prove anything. After all, Alexander VI had already killed a son-in-law, so this kind of marriage How long the maintained alliance relationship lasts is actually unclear to both parties.
Because of this, the Pope valued his relationship with Alexandria, but Caesar ’s attempt to invade Ferrara did get his support. The reason is very simple. As Caesar guessed, the Pope also thought that the daughter of Rovere ’s family should not be in At this time, there were a lot of troubles. As for the Venetians, as far as the Pope knows, their attitude towards the French invasion of Italy is quite ambiguous. For the help of Milan, they have always been deaf and dumb. Think about the Venetians that Alexander revealed before. Involved in the insider looting of the Fugger family, which gave Alexander VI a reason to believe that the Venetians should not easily offend the son who is now playing very hot with the French.
This series of speculations determined the choice of the Pope's father and son, but it was precisely because of this speculation that Alexander VI was surprised when he heard that the Montina not only sent Ferrara to intervene, but even sent troops to Bologna. In addition, Alexander VI had to decide to have a good talk with the old Lowere.
The two sides met in a cold and stiff corridor in the Sistine Chapel. After the slight salute, the old Luo Weilei looked at the Pope indifferently.
The relationship between the two is a bit strange. Before Alexander did not appear, they were simply representatives of two families and authorities who had fought each other for many years, so the relationship between them was much simpler. Maybe they can die without hesitation.
But the emergence of Alexandria made their relationship subtle and complicated, especially with regard to the appointment of Tuscany and Romagna ’s Bishop Mahimo, they even cooperated happily. return.
It just does n’t seem to alleviate the deep-rooted contradictions between the two sides. For example, now that the old Rovere has no expression in his eyes, Alexander VI has realized that he will have to pay to keep things from getting messy The price is not only high, but even unacceptable to him.
But even then he couldn't walk away, because it might make things completely unmanageable.
How strong the Montina army is, although Alexander VI has not really seen it, but he can still guess about some things, including the trophy that Alexander brought him from the Ottomans. .
"It is not necessary to have another war," the Pope finally spoke first. Although it should be reasonable that he spoke first to comply with the etiquette, Alexander VI was still a little depressed in his heart. He knew that this actually proved He was even more restless in this matter. "I can consider preventing Caesar from conquering Ferrara, but Ferrara must be under the protection of the Pope."
Old Luo Weilei was a little surprised. He knew that this should be the last chip that Alexander VI could accept. What he did not expect was that the pressure of Alexander VI actually threw the chip directly at the beginning.
Is this an atmosphere of affairs, or is it anxious?
Old Rovere did n’t want to delve into the difference. He knew that Alexander VI would say that it meant that no concessions would be made. If he still refused to compromise, then there would only be war.
But at this time, a war is launched, regardless of the size of the two sides is actually not a good choice for both sides.
Alexander VI did not want to consume his strength too much, which would make him insignificant in front of the French.
Old Luo Weilei also did not want to do this. At this time, the army has everything, and when the pope is so sure, he has to make a compromise. This is already a very good result.
In addition, Old Rovere was very satisfied with this result.
Alexandria ’s increasing influence on the Romagna region made Old Rovere somewhat unhappy. Now that the pope ’s presence has made the situation subtle, he has the opportunity to infiltrate his power into Romagna In the region, sending Constantine to Montina is the beginning of this series of activities. Then the old Rovere intends to take advantage of this rare opportunity to let the Rovere family's forces quickly penetrate, and may also take root in Montina.
Nodded silently, old Luo Weilei bowed to salute and then turned away, without saying a word from beginning to end.
Looking at the back of Old Loweley, Alexander VI pondered a little, then waved his hand and called the personal secretary who was standing far away in the corridor.
"Write a letter to Nomelo, do your own words, but I hope you can describe the cardinal's attitude more clearly, I think you know what I mean," the pope said, his lips stretched and his eyes actually showed A hint of naughty "The letter is to be written sincerely, and we can also talk about our thoughts. This is nothing, but the key is the cardinal's efforts in Ferrara, which is very important."
"So, Your Majesty, who will this letter be written to?"
Although I guessed it, the private secretary asked in a slightly confused tone.
Sometimes being a shrewd man may not be a good choice.
"Alexander," the Pope smiled. "Write the letter to Count Montina."
Nomelo nodded slightly to understand that he had begun to conceive a convincing letter in his mind at this time, and the content of the letter was to try to use the description of the small actions of Old Rovere to impress the Earl of Gumbre.
However, Nomelo did not immediately go to the errands given by the Pope, but still looked at Alexander VI and waited. He knew that the Pope had something to tell.
Perceiving Nomello's inquiring look, the pope waved his hand as if he wanted to dismiss him immediately, but after a pause, the pope's expression revealed a little contemplation.
"Let Caesar pay attention to the Montina, but don't fight them easily, I think Rovere will solve this problem for us."
Nomelo frowned slightly, and although he felt that the Pope's decision seemed a bit inappropriate, he bowed again and then accompanied Alexander VI in the opposite direction along the corridor.
Old Rovere walked slowly along the corridor of the Sistine Cathedral. Everyone passing by first avoided the side and bowed respectfully to him.
However, the cardinal's face was a bit gloomy, and he didn't have the rare happy smile of not long ago. When looking at the people he met, his expressionless eyes made those who met his eyes slightly shudder from the bottom of his heart.
Old Rovere was very dissatisfied with Barendi. This was the first time he felt that this daughter had disappointed him so much.
Old Rovere did not conceal his desire for the Romagna region, and he always believed that Barenti should be the most supportive and understanding of him.
Even for Alexander's reasons, Barendi may gradually lean towards her husband, but Old Rovere never doubted that she would go against his will.
But Barendi's approach to Ferrara made Old Rovere aware of something that upset him.
Obviously, Barenti seems to put her husband's interests above the family, although such signs have appeared before, especially when Alexander expeditions to the Balkans, Barenti even took her cousin from Montina He was chased out, so that during that time, the Diocese of Montina was presided over by the auxiliary bishop, but the old Rovere still thought that it was just the willfulness of young people, and he also knew what his brother, who was Bishop Montina, was People, so Old Rovere did not take too much care.
But this time, he finally felt that things were different.
Old Rovere realized deeply. Balenti will still decide to send Ferrara at this time, and it can never only be seen as anger or prevention against Caesar's invasion. Her larger intention is obviously to issue warnings in this fierce way to warn those who try to People who took the opportunity to infect Romagna: "Romagna belongs to the Earl of Montina!"
Among those warned, it is clear that both the Borgia father and son also include his father.
This made Old Rovere somewhat frustrated, and although the pope's suggestion seemed to make a concession, he knew that it was not easy to do it.
Because he now vaguely feels that he can no longer influence Barenti as easily as before.
There are not many Montina marching into Bologna. Paul Busako, who commanded the second Balkan regiment, led the team.
Since leaving Alexandria, Busako has led the second Balkan regiment, which is a big change for him.
Busaco has always given the Montina officers more impression of the loyal hunting guard commander around the Earl, and although the hunting guard is recognized by everyone as the most combative core of the Montina army, it is even the whole army. A symbol of existence, but Busaco, as a commander, is less conspicuous.
In people's hearts, it is always believed that Busako is only the hand of the Earl Lord commanding the hunting guards, although he has led the hunting guards in the most fierce battles at critical moments more than once. Has saved Montina ’s army in crisis, but people are somewhat skeptical about Busako ’s personal ability to lead troops.
Even if he can be said to be the key to reverse the direction of the entire war in Bucharest, he has become almost a "dragon slayer" in European legend, but whether he can be competent as a regiment commander, this is still It's a suspense.
So when Gompati decided to let Busaco lead troops into Bologna alone, many people couldn't help but worry, even Barenti, who has always been very supportive of Gompati's arrangement ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Rest assured to find Gompati and hope he can reconsider this decision.
But Compatiti insisted on his decision very stubbornly.
"Busak is a good officer. It used to be a pity that he was only around Lord Earl. I said this by no means because he injured the Sudan with an artillery. Although it was indeed a very enviable feat, but I value it more. This is the advantage of being able to resolutely and decisively execute the Earl ’s orders when he was the commander of the hunting guards.

Facing Gompati's explanation, Barendi did not continue to insist, and before Busako set off, Gompati gave Busaco an order that surprised him slightly.
"Don't approach Bologna too fast, as long as you can keep your march to reach the outskirts of Bologna within 2 days."
For this very strange instruction by Compati, Busako still carried it out despite his doubts, so when Compati ’s army approached the road leading to Ferrara on the southern bank of the Reno River, 8 At noon on the 2nd, the outskirts of Bologna also welcomed the Second Balkan Regiment of Montina Army led by Busako.
The Second Romagna War officially began in southern Romagna.