Vol 6 Chapter 82: Ferrara War

The Montina army began to attack Ferrara, which many people did not think of.
Even Caesar, when he heard that the Montina who had already evacuated a certain distance from the outside of the city not only re-entered the previously built position, but even started to place artillery outside the city, they were all surprised by this unexpected news. Was surprised.
Caesar's life in Ferrara was not very good. Although he conquered the city, he was immediately besieged and even cut off the escape route.
His only way back to Rome now is to risk retreating north. If he can enter the Venetian territory without being driven off and blocked, he can move to Lombardy and then join the French army.
Caesar believes that once he and the French Army will meet, all difficulties can pass. The Montina people should not dare to attack the French directly. Although throwing into the French at this time will inevitably offend many city-states, but this total Better than being besieged in the city of Ferrara.
But then the withdrawal of the Montina army made Caesar seem to see hope. Although it was not certain that this should be what his father Alexander VI did to save him, Caesar believed that his difficulties should have passed.
So although Ferrara was trapped in the later days, he was quite at ease, but he did not show what the conqueror wanted and what he wanted, which made him somewhat regretful.
But suddenly, the calm day was broken, and the Montina began to prepare for the siege without warning. When he first thought that the other party was bluffing Caesar and found that the enemy had set up the artillery, he realized Things may be really bad.
Caesar, while ordering increased defenses, tried to send someone to the opposite Montina to inquire about the news, but the person he sent was quickly rushed back. According to the messenger ’s report, the Montina had no signs of negotiating, They just "want to get into the city".
This statement not only surprised Caesar, but also terrified the Ferrara people.
Even Ferraras who do n’t know much about the military can see that the Pope ’s army is clearly not an opponent of the Montina Army. As long as the artillery that is set up outside the city is enough, people ca n’t eat because of the fear of the day.
When it comes to eating, there is news that makes the Ferrara people more uneasy. It is circulating in the city. With all the roads to the outside of the city blocked, especially Montana, an inland waterway leading to the Adriatic Sea After the military was blocked, all the channels that Ferrara received supplies from outside were blocked. If this continues, it will not take long for Ferrara to appear famine.
This is what makes the Ferrara panic.
Ferrara is not a remarkable place in history. In addition to being a gateway connecting Romagna and Venice in the northeast, even the only river connected to the Adriatic Sea can only pass through some small ships.
The Ferrara people did not want to stand out in this troubled world. They treated each person who wanted to conquer themselves obediently. Although the conquerors kept changing, Ferrara kept the original appearance.
The locals believe that this is the law of their survival and the magic weapon that allows them to escape from terrible disasters such as the slaughter city again and again, but this time they are afraid, because they are being forced to resist an enemy who can never be defeated.
"The Ferrara, take up your arms. This is the territory of the Pope, one of the places closest to God. Carving a cross on your arms will give you precious courage and conviction." Caesar's inspiration None of the Ferraras have the courage, on the contrary, some of them are already complaining about why they have to face this kind of thing,
Caesar did not understand what had happened that caused the Montina to suddenly decide to attack the city, but he was still prepared accordingly.
It was only when Montina's artillery made the first loud noise, and with a thick smoke rising from the walls of Ferrara, Caesar realized that the siege had really begun.
"General, negotiations with the Pope have reached a deadlock. At this time I can only make a bold decision to prove my determination by launching an attack on Ferrara, so this attack needs to be determined, decisive and brave, Let the Vatican see our determination. "
This is a letter written by Barendi to Gompati. In the letter, Barendi explained the reasons for the attack in great detail, which also gave Gompati some understanding of the responsibility he was shouldering.
A resolute, decisive and courageous attack, which was exactly what Montina's army was good at, but Gompati understood Barenti's intention from the letter.
Barendi did not want the negotiations with the Pope to completely break down, and it was because of this that she emphasized in her letter that this was the determination that the Vatican would see. Obviously Barendi hoped to exert pressure on the Pope in this way. Forced Alexander VI to compromise.
This move can be said to be bold and even dangerous.
After all, although the power of the pope is not as powerful as before, it can even force the emperor to kneel for mercy, but the influence of the Vatican is still not comparable to any secular forces.
Even when the French openly confronted the Vatican, it was the establishment of another pope in the name of the pope, but this time Barrondi was directly fighting the pope ’s army, which made Gompati help her some. Decided to worry.
But Gompati is a soldier, or a member of a new military group called Gombray who has been with Alexander because of various experiences.
When he launched a riot in Pisa and joined Alexandria ’s army, Compatiti became a member of this group without retreating. As a pizza, his only way out is to support Alexander ’s daughter Estelle It is precisely because of this that Barendi did not hesitate to hand him the important task of attacking Ferrara.
Gompati did not disappoint Barendi. After pondering for a while, he worked out a plan. According to the plan, he decided to use this time of stalemate to transfer the artillery from Montina and Pisa. Caesar's Pope Army had a great experience. As for whether to launch a violent siege next, it also depends on how the situation develops.
Gompati ’s decision was obviously very comprehensive. When the first artillery shouted and shoved the shells at Ferrara ’s wall, he saw the chaos of the pope in the wall far away.
Gompati smiled comfortably. He had noticed that some aspects of the Pope's army looked familiar when he was near the River Reno. Then he confirmed that Caesar should have plagiarized some of the characteristics of the Montina army. He did not disturb Gompati, but he remained cautious.
However, through the Battle of the Reynolds River, he discovered that the Pope ’s army obviously and really learned the essence of Montina ’s army ’s success. The teacher confronted, but he obviously didn't really understand the real reason why the Montina army still stood still when facing a strong enemy.
The artillery kept throwing deadly projectiles at the city wall. According to Gompati ’s order, the targets of Montina ’s artillery were concentrated on the city wall. At the same time, he strictly prohibited shooting into the city. 'S negligence flew over the city wall and flew into the city, but fortunately it was only something that didn't matter, and no casualties.
But even this still scared the Ferrara people. They yelled in horror and ran everywhere on the street. Fear was obviously contagious. The panic-like appearance caused more panic in many places for a time. Uneasy, if it were not for the Montina artillery to be strictly prohibited from firing into the city, there would certainly be people among the panicked Ferraras who were hit by shells because they were running around.
Those nobles who had surrendered to Caesar gathered again, but this time they hoped that Caesar would negotiate with the Montina.
Caesar was also surprised by the power of the Montina artillery. He had seen the French artillery. In his opinion, if the artillery power is the same, the two may be even more destructive. , But the Montina ’s skill in using artillery made Caesar stunned, because he found that apart from a few mistakes, most of the shells had successively hit Ferrara ’s walls, although they were relatively long. The city wall is indeed a very easy target, but considering the shooting level of the French gunners he had seen, Caesar couldn't help but be surprised by the superb skills of the Montina gunner.
Ferrara ’s walls are still very strong, which is more due to the contributions of Ferrara ’s rulers to the city ’s defense in the early years, so although the Montina army came up with a violent bombardment of the walls, but It did not easily break through the city walls in the first time.
This made Caesar a little more relieved. He was worried that the Montina army would shoot at random in the city. Although he did not mind that this might cause Ferrara casualties, he worried that the Montina might take advantage of the chaos in the city. Opportunity to launch a siege.
Fortunately, it seems that the Montina people did not want to do this. Their main offensive target was only in the city, so although the wall that was continually shaken seemed to be crumbling, Caesar could still take the time to reorganize as soon as possible. Nearly collapsed army because of the first round of shelling.
But what Caesar did not expect was that the Ferrara would take the initiative to find him.
Although the Ferrara nobles who surrendered to him not long ago were careful, they finally made their intentions clear.
"Let me surrender to that gombre, this is impossible!" Caesar rejected the Ferrara's proposal almost without thinking. He angrily blamed those people for being cowards and clinging to the grass, and threatened to arrest them all I got up and outside the city hall to show the public. "My father is the pope. He is the only person in the world who can be inspired by God. I will let my enemies know what will happen to the offense of the son of the pope."
Just as Caesar angered the Ferrara, Lucrecia also wrote her first letter to the Countess Montina in rather harsh language.
"I can't tolerate everything you do to my brother. The people of the Pogia family will not watch their loved ones in danger without being indifferent, so please stop the attack on Ferrara immediately, otherwise I will have to Write personally to General Gompati and ask him to truce. Please do n’t forget that I am nominally the regent of my daughter, Duke of Estes, and I have the right to order the general of Pisa to obey my orders.

Lucrecia's wording is not only tough, but even with a strong smell of gunpowder, and the letter she subsequently sent to her to Alexander VI fully reflects that she is indeed a Borgia.
"Dear father, I proposed to you that you consider the proposal from Montina. This is the result of my own reasons, but please believe that your daughter cares about her relatives, so I have given the woman Write a letter to warn you, I want you to guarantee that if Caesar ’s safety is not guaranteed, I will personally go to Ferrara and stand with my brother, "Lucrezia assured Alexander VI in the letter, but then She changed her voice again and wrote in a pleading tone, "But I also ask you to treat all your children fairly, please don't be biased because of your expectations of Caesar, you know Caesar His behavior made me very angry. He tried to covet Alexander romagna, but you refused to make a fair ruling on his behavior. When you know this, can you imagine how sad I am, I am not yours Daughter, is n’t Alexander a Borgia, so why should you treat your other children like this while showing so much love to Caesar? "
Lukrekija ’s letter was very emotional and even a bit tearful, but when Alexander VI received the letter, what really moved him was the end of the letter.
"Dear Dad, if you feel that Caesar's victory can bring you honor and pride, then I can proudly say that your daughter can also get all the honor for you, although I don't like Barendi Della · Rovere, but I want you to make sure that I can solve the immediate problem for you. As she stubbornly emphasized, Romagna is and can only be Alexander, and I also ask you to pay attention to Caesar ’s actions. It ’s Montina ’s dissatisfaction. You know that the French just defeated Milan again in Lombardy, and this seems to have caused the emperor ’s dissatisfaction. So do you think King Louis would agree to cause unnecessary disputes at this time?

Alexander VI, who had previously ignored the actions of Caesar because of his greed for Romagna, was completely shaken by this passage.
The pope knew that this should not have been thought out by Lucrezia himself. Although he felt that his daughter was indeed very smart, the pope also knew that her beautiful little head obviously did not contain these things.
So who instilled these things in her?
That promising young daughter of Rowley's family?
Alexander VI rarely praised his old enemy in his heart, but then he overthrew the idea.
Valentina de la Rovere may be very smart, even better than many men.
But Alexander VI did not think that Barendi had this knowledge.
This is not because he despised Balendi's wisdom, but the Pope knew that to have such an insight, in addition to a clever brain, he also needed to have enough experience and experience.
And the girl who was just 19 years old at the Lowry family seems unlikely to have such a vision.
So was the idea given by Old Rovere?
Just thinking about it, Alexander VI immediately rejected this conjecture ~ EbookFREE.me ~ How ambiguous Rovere's attitude is in the affairs of Romagna, and how did Tony Della Rovere die? The Vatican couldn't be more clear.
The infighting of the Rovere family became the biggest joke in the city of Rome during this time.
"Hope that the letter has been delivered," Alexander VI remembered the black letter about telling the old Rovere that Alexander Nomelo had written to Alexander before. "Maybe this will alleviate this bad situation."
While Alexander VI was suspicious of Lucrezia's strange letter, in the vault of the castle of Montina, Barenti was humbly listening to the teachings of an old man.
"Obviously, Countess, you need to work with the French."
The smiling Master Fischer said this to Barendi.
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