Vol 7 Chapter 166: Queen and Grand Duke

From the top of Messina's hill to the opposite side of the strait, you can clearly see the coastline on the other side. If the weather is good, you can even see the outline of Chore Calabria on the other side.
The Strait of Messina is a very strange place. The seabed here has complicated terrain and many reefs. It has been regarded as one of the most dangerous seas by navigators in the Mediterranean since ancient times, but this is not the most strange place, Messina. What the Straits really do is the strange and magical scene of the strange mirage that often appears here.
Whether on the shore or on a sailing ship, many people passing by will see that dreamlike illusion. In ancient times, this was once considered by many people as the magic released by sea monsters to lure travelers, And there are indeed countless ships that have sunk on the reef and buried themselves under the sea in anticipation of the illusion that will never be touched.
Therefore, the Strait of Messina was once a nightmare for voyagers, but as the main route from the Mediterranean Sea to the Tyrrhenian Sea, this strait has always shouldered an important mission.
Whether it was the Roman invasion of the other side of the Mediterranean Sea or the Carthaginians coveted the richness of Italy, both sides regarded Sicily as an important springboard for invading each other, so ascending from the Italian peninsula to the Sicilian Strait This is where the two sides are competing.
Sophia was wearing a thick robe and stood on a large balcony, which was located in the back garden of a huge hilltop villa built on the mountain. The balcony was very wide, and the light-colored marble railings were slightly inclined inward, so as to protect People standing on the balcony will have no surprises even if their feet are steep cliffs.
The balcony is semi-circular, almost half of which protrudes outside the sloping cliff. A few thick and strong stone columns below support the bottom of the balcony. Standing here looks down as if it is suspended in the air. It is said that this was also the original construction. The original intention of the Roman guardian of the hilltop villa.
Sophia is in a good mood now. The unexpected surprise of seeing her old friend eased her attitude towards the people of Messina. She even seldom reasonably agreed that the Wallachia fleet allowed port officials after entering the port of Messina On board the inspection, although this is a rule that has remained since the Black Death era, but without Osborne's persuasion, Sophia is likely to have taken her directly to the checkpoint.
The sympathetic rationality of the Grand Duke of Wallachia made the Messina secretly relieved. After learning that the Wallachia army was coming to ally with the Queen of Sicily, the Messina had already done well and might have to deal with it. Ready to criticize the wicked.
Sophia was not in a hurry to rush to Palermo, she was waiting, waiting for Ruo Sha to come and ask her.
Similarly, she was waiting for the nobles of Palermo to bow to her.
Sophia's eyes are small, she can't forget the embarrassment when Alexander and Alexander were driven away from Sicily, and she can't forget the glory that Alexander once promised to her when she returned to Sicily again.
Now Alexander was not around, which made Sofia very sorry, but this did not destroy her desire to regain the place from the Sicilian.
What's more, the thought of that sister, Sophia, felt that her request was not excessive.
The Messina, or Osborne's accommodating arrangement of this hilltop villa, made Sophia very fond of her. She remembered the happy time after meeting Naples and Alexander again.
At that time, they were in the villa opposite the port of Santa Lucia and enjoyed the happiness after the reunion leisurely. At that time, Sophia naively thought that the two of them would never be different again.
With a soft sigh in the bottom of her heart, Sophia turned back to the hall with a low mood, and she thought of Alexander a little.
Bodped came in from the outside, and the Grand Duke could throw away everything to relieve her fatigue after a sea trip at the hilltop villa. But as a former adviser, Bodped had to deal with the Messina without hesitation.
What surprised Bodped was slightly that the Messina seemed to be less interested in the war that might come. Their cautious attitude towards the arrival of the Wallachia was surprising, which made the old Greeks For a while, I didn't know how to deal with it.
Obviously the Messina did not want to be involved in the dispute between Aragon and Naples for Sicily. For them, no matter who became their monarch, they are part of the Sicilian kingdom, so they will take the initiative to stand at this time. Those who came out and declared support for either side were either adventurers or simply stupid.
But when Bodped told Sophia that Messina's indifferent attitude, he was surprised to find that His Highness was not only angry, but seemed quite happy.
Sophia felt that she had finally grasped the shortcomings of Ruo Sha. When she thought that the isolated Ruo Sha had to condescend to plead for her help in this situation, Sophia even laughed in her sleep.
Because of the uneasiness caused by the coming of the Aragonese army, it is not so strong in the city of Messina. Whether it is a noble or a civilian, many Messina people regard the battle between the two Sicilian royal families as their own private affairs, at least because Staying away from Palermo's sense of security makes them feel that this possible war has nothing to do with them.
If not a large number of Wallachia suddenly appeared in the city, the Messina sometimes even forgot that there was a war approaching them.
As Sophia wondered in Messina how to make Zuosha and Palermo bow their heads to her, new information about the movement of the Aragonese army had been sent to Zuosha.
"Aren't the Aragonese ready?" Ruosha asked slightly unexpectedly, which was much faster than she thought. Although the Aragonese Expeditionary Force is still in Valencia, it seems that the entire Expeditionary Force is ready to go. And as long as they got on the boat, they would appear in Sicily's open sea within a few days.
As for where the Aragonese army will land, the trade coalition is still very divided because of their differences of opinion. Many people think they will directly attack Palermo, and some think that the Aragonese might land elsewhere on the island. Then they cooperated with the returning Aragonese fleet to march to Palermo from both land and sea.
These two opinions are diametrically opposed, and it is difficult to see the heights for a while, and in the city of Palermo controlled by the coalition forces, there are also various rumors.
Ruosha knew that this was a critical moment for her. If the opinions could not be quickly unified to form an effective command of the coalition forces, then perhaps the enemy would not wait for the arrival of the enemy, and the coalition forces would be severely divided because of these differences.
"It is of course the best to have a single army in the war and obey the command, but sometimes we have to choose to establish an allied army, so that because of the different purposes of participating in the war, the various forces of this allied army have different commitments to the war , "Ruosha looked at the" Yu Zhushu "in her hand and rubbed some painful white foreheads with her fingers from time to time. Therefore, when arranging and planning, you must consider how many obligations the coalition forces can assume, It must be stated that any idea that the secondary warring party assumes primary battlefield obligations is dangerous, and every qualified general must keep this in mind. "
"So I have to deal with the Aragonese on my own." Ruosha said to herself a little helplessly. In fact, she already knew this before, but now she is reading the content of this book , Luo Sha couldn't help being proud of her brother's wisdom.
A gentle footstep came, and the waitress walked over to the queen. After a little pause to see the book you put down, the waitress delivered the letter that had just been sent from Messie.
Ruosha did not rush to open it, but looked at the light letter in the palm of her hand as if holding something rare, and after a while she suddenly smiled and looked at the waitress beside her. : "Ma'am, can you guess what was written in the letter?"
Although some signs can be guessed, the waitress shook her head carefully and silently.
"I can imagine that the uncultivated Bohemian woman must have arrogantly asked me to go to Messina in person to greet her, or to propose various conditions that she considered to be humiliating me," Rusha laughed. He said,
She always thought that I broke up the marriage between her and my brother. I suspect she might even hate me more deeply than Barenti, although she did not think wrong.

The waitress stood aside and listened silently. She knew that the Queen was not really trying to say anything to her, but she was talking to herself, so she only needed to be a loyal listener.
As one of the people who knows the secrets of the Queen ’s brothers and sisters, the waitress knows what she should do. The Queen does not mind sharing with her about the things between their brothers and sisters, which even includes the Duke ’s love affairs.
The queen is obviously not so generous on the surface. Sometimes when you hear some rumors from the Duke and his wife or a lover, they always look calm in the presence of outsiders, and sometimes take these Rumors as a queen of jokes, behind the scenes also complained from time to time of her brother's ill-behaved beauty.
At this time, the waitress, who is a loyal listener, will listen carefully and quietly, but she knows that this is actually the queen ’s warning to her. As the queen ’s most trusted person, she can listen to the queen ’s complaints about her brother, but It is destined to bury these secrets in my heart forever.
"Maybe she thinks I won't accept these conditions, and then I can take the opportunity to make things difficult for me," said Ruosha, using a paper knife to cut the wax seal and opened the letter. After reading it for a while, she covered her lips and issued Gently laugh, "Listen to this passage. In order to express gratitude, Her Royal Highness asked the Queen of Naples to use her own boat to greet the arrival of Her Highness on the sea. His seat should be tied with the Queen instead of being at the head. It is necessary to formally acknowledge the gratitude to Wallachia ’s reinforcements in the form of a declaration. I think these must be the ideas given to her by her Greek consultant, and what the person called, it seems to be called Bodped. "
The waitress seemed to say something, but immediately closed her mouth and looked at the queen's expression as if she was joking. The waitress who knew that she had a good understanding of Ruo Sha's character knew that the queen must have been very good at this time. Angry.
Luo Sha continued to look at the letter, and she smiled on her face throughout the process, so that people could not see what she was thinking.
After reading the letter, Ruosha slightly raised her eyebrows, and her right hand clenched her elbows on the armrests, holding her beautiful chin in deep thought.
The waitress stood patiently, and she knew that the queen was thinking about important things.
Sometimes the waitress was really surprised by the wisdom shown by the queen and her brother. The correspondence between the brothers and sisters was frequent. Sometimes the letters came every few days, sometimes even one day.
The contents of these letters are very important secrets. The two of them will keep telling each other the problems and ideas they have encountered. It is not known how many times. The queen who receives a letter from the Duke in the middle of the night will be excited. I have to sleep all night.
The waitress began to think that the letter should be all sweet words, but it was only later that she gradually discovered that the two brothers and sisters in the letter were discussing something that might determine the fate of countless people, because the queen often received the duke Immediately after the letter, the Yuqian meeting was held, and then a lot of surprising things happened.
As for the secret letters that actually wrote about the private relationship between the two, the waitress can gradually guess some signs, because after receiving this letter, the queen will look as cute as a little girl, even once she Seeing the queen looking at the letters might be ashamed by some of the words, so the whole person was on the bed and rubbed his face into a soft pillow.
"Go and recruit all the generals."
Suosha suddenly gave orders. At this time, she looked serious, unlike a young lady who was supposed to enjoy a comfortable and happy life at home. Now she is Queen of Naples, the commander of the trading coalition.
The generals rushed to the palace. They looked at each other with inquiries and provocations. The differences of opinion had caused the coalition to crack. The previous military action to punish Sicily ’s unfair trade has been achieved. Now it is naturally distribution. It's time for loot.
It's just that the Aragonese's unusually rapid response was unexpected by the coalition forces, and the threat posed by the Aragonese fleet on the Mediterranean Sea made them uneasy.
This even made some coalition generals feel that it was really a stupid choice to invade Sicily before. Now they are considering whether they should leave this land of right and wrong immediately while the Aragonese have not blocked the sea, so Rusha ’s sudden summoning makes these already fight The other generals were suspicious.
Ruosha didn't wear armor. In fact, she didn't really like the gorgeous looking armor, but she was a little too bulky armor, especially when I heard that a bohemian woman also purposely created such a gorgeous armor After that, she didn't want to wear that kind of useless thing.
But she vaguely felt that Alexander liked her to dress like this. She even remembered Alexander's almost fascinating look when she saw her armor for the first time in Cosenza Castle.
It's just that although she is in a gorgeous dress, Ruosha has a serious look, and she looks firm and majestic when she looks at the generals.
"We don't know where the Aragonese will land, so in addition to the army guarding Palermo, we must have an army that can always contend with the Aragonese landing anywhere," Ruosha glanced. After passing by the generals, seeing them show unexpected and uneasy expressions, Lu Sha ’s lips slightly curled up and the imperceptible smile flashed by.
You should already know that we can get help from the Wallachia, but this requires some effort. cost."
"But His Majesty Sicily was first occupied by us," Elliott, son of the Earl of Taranto, said slightly dissatisfied. "We all put everything on this opportunity not to make Wallachia take advantage. . "
Elliott's words resonated for a while. The generals or the agents of the merchants all expressed their dissatisfaction, and some even violently proposed to drive the barbaric Balkan barbarians out of Sicily.
Ruosha watched everyone's performance silently after she said that. She looked calm and even had a smile on her face. When those people shouted because of excitement, they wanted to talk to the tile before the Aragonese came. When the Latvian saw the chapter, she looked back at the waitress standing beside her.
The waitress immediately showed an admirable expression, and she did admire the queen's wrist secretly from the bottom of her heart.
Both the generals of the coalition forces and the Grand Duke of Wallachia tried to put pressure on the queen to get what they wanted.
Only after the little hint of the queen, it seems that they have to compete with each other before they can get what they want.
The generals kept talking until the officer next to him slammed the heavy instrument stick in his hand on the ground.
"Our common enemy is the Aragonese," at this point, Ruosha spoke. "And we must also consider the threat to us if the Aragonese might land elsewhere, so I have decided to accept the Varaji Asian conditions, but before that I need someone to be able to travel to Messina on my behalf. "
In this way, Ruosha's eyes have been turned to Elliott, and before the young Viscount is too late to refuse, she has said to Elliott, who has almost become her step-son, It ’s best for you to complete it. Please take me to say hello to Her Royal Highness and tell her that I am looking forward to her new army ’s performance on the battlefield. "
Elliott has something to say, but Ruosha has already begun to tell others what to do next.
Just two days after Elliott left Palermo by boat for Messina, the news of the departure of the Aragonese Expeditionary Force finally arrived ~ EbookFREE.me ~ It is just surprising that after leaving Valencia The Aragonese Expeditionary Force suddenly went unclear!
Hearing this, Zuosha knew that the most worrying situation had finally happened.
Obviously, as they had previously guessed, the Aragonese army did not intend to land directly near Palermo, but chose to land ashore elsewhere on the Sicilian coast.
This means that the long coastline of Sicily will be completely open to the Aragonese.
The coalition quickly dispatched scouts to investigate where they thought the enemy might land, but everyone knew that the move was obviously in vain.
On December 25, the Aragonese army, which had disappeared for a few days, finally had a whereabouts, and Zuosha, who received the report, looked at the content, but a strange look appeared on his face.
The Aragonese Expeditionary Force landed on Kalibo, a coastal port in southwestern Sicily, on December 22!
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