Vol 3 Chapter 142: Interesting herald

Along the left bank of the Tiber River, we walked on the bank of the slope-filled young flowers that had just been drilled out of the ground. Although it was still very cool, a hint of spring was already coming.
The city of Rome is close at hand, and you can already see many people coming out of the city and see the troops coming. Most of those people moved to the side of the road, or they hid in the wilderness far away, Alexander knew, Those should be French.
Charlie had great ambitions when he first entered Italy, which can be seen from his not only winning the crown of Naples, but also claiming the ownership of Milan.
In addition to these, he also carried a large number of businessmen and French artists in his army. However, instead of taking these people for economic and cultural exchanges, he asked them to help him plunder this early. The coveted land.
Charlie certainly hoped that he could gain a foothold in Italy, but he did not arrogantly think that all this would be so easy, so while strengthening the military invasion, he borrowed merchants and artists to take advantage of the opportunity to quickly plunder throughout Italy. A large number of wealth and various artistic treasures were transported back to the French mainland by his fleet filled with one after another. Especially after feeling that the defeat has been determined, the French have unscrupulously plundered a large number of things.
When the main force of the French army retreated to the north, the civilians who had followed the army had to stay in Rome and were protected by the French army that occupied Rome. Although they could no longer run wild as they started, at least safety was not a problem.
It ’s just that the coalition forces have now launched an offensive, and after the French are clearly frustrated, those civilians have to think about their own way. Almost everyone has followed Charlie and ransacked. If you think about it, you know that if the French fail, they will definitely not There will be good results.
The victims of the French plunder, of course, hated, but they did not dare to resist before. Now the coalition forces have begun to attack the city, and it seems that the city can be liberated soon. The long-brewed anger of the Roman citizens finally broke out.
The French began to flee from Rome hastily. Most of them ran west along the Tiber River, hoping to catch a boat to France, even if they could not go to France as long as they could leave here.
Alexander signaled the team to go slower, noticing the fear on the faces of the French who saw them unscrupulous, especially the slow-moving carriages. Alexander just passed by.
He did not sympathize with the Romans. In fact, many of the treasures in the Roman city that were regarded as human treasures were also taken by the Romans or later popes from other places. Compared with the French, they also did Where is not clean.
The reason he ordered the team to slow down was because he knew that someone should pick him up.
Sure enough, there were soots on the road in the distance. Looking at the vaguely cavalry figure, Alexander waved to his side.
Paul Busako shook the prepared flag firmly, inserted the end of the flagpole into the saddle sleeve and fixed it, then he gently led the horse to the front of the team.
The team on the opposite side has slowed down, and then stopped a short distance away. They are led by a knight who looks not too young, a distinct rosacea is embedded in the center of the face, and the beard with no decoration is messy. The dotted face is like the land just plowed.
When he saw Paul Busako standing in front of the team, the knight also urged the horse to the open space between the two teams alone.
"In the name of an order meeting, you must go with me," although the knight looked at Paul Busako, he said to Alexander in the back with a slightly helpless tone. "For God's sake, we all Do n’t trouble everyone, so I can go home as soon as possible.

Alexander smiled. He knew the knight, a person who could be said to be not very conscientious. As a herald of the order meeting, in Alexander's impression, this person seemed more like a porter with no sense of responsibility.
He took the horse forward to the other side and smiled: "If I refuse to listen to your message, do you want someone to force me away?"
The knight looked back at the men behind him, then at the team behind Alexander, and then pouted: "Whoever wants to take you away, as long as you do n’t look for me, I think if I was at my house at this time Is the best in my bedroom, but I still have to execute it since I have such an order. "
"Nice to meet you, Knight Skop," Alexander took another step forward, slightly intertwining with the knight's body. "Does Caesar want to see me?"
"It should be said that the Order meeting asked you to make a representation," Cavaliers first corrected it, and after seeing the sight of Alexander, he finally gave up the explanation. "Okay, what does Caesar mean, is this not all the same?" Caesar, order meeting, order meeting, Caesar, I don't see any difference. "
To the blunt truth of the Skop Knight, Alexander did not succeed.
Speaking of Skop, he was not only a famous figure not only in the order meeting, but also in the city of Rome, but his fame came out a little strange.
Skop was a mercenary before. In today's era, although mercenaries are hard and dangerous, but because of the years of war, they are the most worry-free occupations, and as long as they are smooth and lucky, maybe in the end Not only can he survive, but he may also save a fortune.
Skop has a small team of mercenaries of his own. Relying on his opponents' generosity and generosity, Skop quickly became known in the mercenary world.
At the time, Skop originally thought that maybe he would be a mercenary leader all his life, but maybe God really regarded him as pleasing to the eye. When he worked for a young employer once, he encountered a change in his life. Woman of fate.
When I first heard the rumors about Skop, Alexander ’s first reaction was that the mercenary leader wore a green hat to his employer, but after hearing it, I learned that he was actually the father who died for many years. Wearing a green hat.
Suddenly he changed from an employment relationship to his own dad, and the employer certainly would n’t agree. When he heard the news, he immediately rushed to his mother ’s castle to prepare for the rape, but maybe it was too shameful and angry. On the way to the castle, the young employer suddenly fell into a horse unexpectedly and broke his neck in a sudden.
This sudden accident made the employer ’s mother very sad, not to mention that this was her only son, and the thought of her vast territory and no one would eventually be cheaper, those poor relatives who had been jealous, the lady People are reluctant, so they put all their hopes on their lovers.
And Skop did not disappoint his wife. After some efforts, the wife gave birth to a big fat daughter in the new year, and then worked hard to keep the leaves and leaves, and the lady was still able to produce smoothly at the age of nearly 50. Soon, the Skop family flourished.
It's just that such a person is destined not to be accepted by the nobles. Many people talked about whether Skop got the help of the devil. Otherwise, he could not be handsome or even ugly. The heart of a wife who has been widowed for many years.
What's more, the death of his "stepson" is too coincidental. If a "good thing" can be explained, then if the good things are repeated, it is not so simple.
Even the wife and her husband have only had one son after many years of marriage, but since they have followed Skop, they have been having a non-stop incident, and they have been taken out as evidence related to the devil.
But even so, Skop ’s status has always been very stable, and the love between him and his wife also looks very strong. It is said that he made his wife pregnant again last year. According to the skipping birth rule of the Skop family, this child Should be a daughter ...
Not only that, when the Order Conference was established, with the help of his wife and a mercenary who happened to be in his own hands, Skop successfully became the herald of this authority that had almost controlled the fate of the Roman city.
Speaking of which he can be so lucky, naturally has a deep relationship with his lady lover.
The lady's surname is Farne.
Compared with what later became one of the most prominent families in Italy, the Farnese family was not so glorious at this time. On the contrary, many people talked about the women of this family with various hidden hints, and used their scorn and contempt to mock their men.
But regardless of whether he is willing to admit it or not, thanks to Alexander VI, the Farnese family has gained enough benefits.
Because of this, although many people talked about Skop, he never encountered any trouble.
Although he had grieved with Farne's family, Alexander did not feel bad about Skop, mainly because he thought Skop was very interesting.
As a herald, Skop was actually very incompetent. He never actively fought for the interests of Farne or the Borgia family.
On one occasion, Alexander saw him grabbing a few citizens who reported the yellow tabloids about Alexander VI and his mistress. Then, in the fear of those people, Skop shattered the flyers and said disdainfully: "What is this, I have seen much more than this."
"Where is Caesar?"
"Where else, the town hall," Skopha laughed. "The French have run away, and now Rome has been completely controlled by the Order Conference, or is controlled by the Borgia family."
Skop's words made Alexander smile, and he always felt that this seemingly reckless mercenary was actually not simple.
Although he often said something that made other people dumbfounded, if he recalled it carefully, he would find that this person often said nothing.
"I said, you have to go with me alone," Skop watched the army behind Alexander "at most with a guard."
"Hunting guards will follow our lord."
Paul Busaco drove the horse forward, but he had just finished saying this, and with a very clear sound of sheathing, a sharp sword pointed at his throat!
Instantly there was a brief silence on the road, and then the soldiers on both sides immediately raised their weapons and gathered in the middle of the road.
Paul Busaco's face was a little bluish, and he could never imagine that the knight would suddenly move his sword at him. What was more terrifying was that he felt that he had no chance of resistance in front of this man.
The reliance of hunting guards on muskets and sabers makes them more suitable for exerting power on the battlefield, and when they face a highly skilled knight, they will find that they are incomparable with each other.
"You don't seem to have as many people as me."
Alexander tilted his head to look at the cavalry behind Skop, but although he already vaguely guessed from the look and manner of these people, these people should be the elite of Skop ’s mercenary team, or Skop ’s best. Dear soldiers, but Alexander did not care how powerful these people were.
As he said, Skop is far less crowded than his Agri and Bohemian people.
A few elites can certainly work miracles, but when on the battlefield, the side with fewer people always suffers.
"There are not many people like you," Skop looked back, and then proudly said, "But they are the best. They can kill you before your country gangsters and Bohemians rush over."
"Risk of all of you being beheaded here?"
Alexander looked at Skop in disbelief. Although he did not fully understand this person, but from the rumors he heard about him, Alexander did not think he was a person willing to take his own life for the mission ~ www.mtlnovel. com ~ Alexander's words seemed to poke Skop's weakness at once. His original tough attitude softened immediately, but when he withdrew his sword, he still tapped Busako's shoulder with the tip of the sword.
"My fourth child is about to be born. I don't want to have her father at the first word just for such a small thing, so you can take as many people as you want."
Skop whispered and turned the horse, and the angry look he threw at Busako left behind blindly, and then walked with Alexander in the direction of the city of Rome.
The Hunting Guard quickly followed, and in the further back, Carlo led the team to distance them and slowly moved forward.
"Your guards are actually good, but they don't seem to be good at personal combat," Skop pointed out the problem of hunting guards after watching for a while. "If I'm right, they are not your guards. At least you did n’t want to use them as simple guards. "
Alexander glanced at Skop in surprise, knowing that the mercenary leader was right again this time.
The Hunting Guard is not so much a guard as it is a battlefield reserve team trained by Alexander.
At a critical moment, in a critical direction, invest in critical forces.
Alexander had unimaginable expectations of the hunting guards.
"I think I should thank you," Alexander did not continue the topic of hunting, but suddenly said "I know that you are actually giving me a reason to lead the guard, but I want to know why."
"Why," Skoplar stayed on the reins and looked at the towering shadow of the Colosseum that was clearly visible in the distance, and then looked back at Alexander with a slightly interesting look "because some people don't want you to be used so easily."