Vol 6 Chapter 69: Conqueror Caesar

Ferrara surrendered.
Watching Ferrara's flag slowly fall from the city wall, Caesar's heartbeat leaped beating uncontrollably.
Even at the last minute, Caesar did not expect that things would be so simple. When he heard that the emissaries sent back Ferrara to accept the letter of persuasion, he even suspected that this was a trick played by Ferrara.
However, as the two Ferrara nobles left the city as negotiators to discuss the specific surrender, and the battle flag on the castle fell, Caesar only believed that his enemies had succumbed to him.
This makes Caesar really both surprising and surprising. He really needs this victory too much, or he really needs it to prove his existence in Romagna.
From the time when the soldiers came to the city to accept the conditional investment, Ferrara only symbolically resisted for less than 2 days. Among them, not only did they not pay a little casualties, but they did not even have a formal battle.
Caesar did not think that this was Ferrara's weakness, but because his enemies knew that he could only be forced to surrender if he could not compete with him. Because of this, Caesar's confidence in his army could not help becoming stronger.
Even if he knew that he might face the Montina army head-on, he wouldn't feel as worried as before.
But these are not the most important things. What makes Caesar really happy is that he knows that the Montina people have no excuse to continue to interfere in Ferrara's affairs. The only thing they can do now is to clean up. Roll back to their Montina.
Caesar is not a person who does not know the interests at all, nor a warrior who does not consider the consequences as long as his mind is hot. He knows the reason for the Montina intervention, and he knows how to block the mouth of the Montina.
Because of this, he was anxious to occupy Ferrara before the arrival of Montina's army. Obviously God heard his plea, so Ferrara could not wait to cast his arms so quickly.
Caesar decided to enter the city as soon as possible. Although he had sent people to intercept on the south bank of the Reno River, he had little confidence in whether he could actually block the Montina army.
The negotiator sent by Ferrara is a very cautious person, even when he has clearly stated that he will lay down his arms, he still hopes that Caesar will recognize the conditions promised to Ferrara through a formal ceremony, but this is already an impatient Caesar seemed a bit too troublesome.
So he simply proved himself to be Ferrara ’s conqueror in a straightforward way, that is, let the person tie the negotiator to his gun car, and then drove the rumbling gun car to the gate of Ferrara go with.
Even in the brief moment before entering the city gate, Caesar was still worried about what might happen, but this time God seemed to really care for him, until his army entered the city, everything was so smooth.
Caesar hastily held his surrender ceremony in Ferrara's House of Government. Until then, his heart was hanging slowly.
Is there anything else that can change this fact, Ferrara has become his possession, whether it is the Venice and Genoese who have always had great ambitions for Romagna, or Alexander, who has almost become the ruler of this land, they Could not but admit his power over the city, unless they really intended to risk a full-scale war with the Holy See, and at this time fighting the Vatican would undoubtedly be an indirect enemy to the French, because Fiesar was sent at Caesar On the day of the pull, Pope Alexander VI made a very rare statement. He welcomed Louis XII's "armed assistance" to Italy in the name of the pope, because the land is now "in a terrible situation of disorder and chaos." in".
Caesar believes that the Pope ’s so clear statement on the side of the French will soon spread throughout the peninsula. By that time, anyone who tries to stop and resist him will be regarded as the culprit of the Italian situation. The armies of the French armed intervention can completely crush all the enemies that stand in front of them without hesitation.
Caesar was pleased with this prospect. At random, even if the surrender ceremony was not completely over, someone fled from the Renault Line to report to him that he thought he could resist the Renault Line for at least two days or maybe longer. Less than half a day, it completely collapsed under the strong attack of the Montina army. According to the reporter ’s description, the Montina army did not even use any tactics to cause the enemy to pretend or cover up the illusion of which bridge to attack. After a while of seemingly useful resistance, as the Montina showed a slightly more intense desire to attack, the Pope was shaken before the enemy's second round of artillery attack began.
"Everyone started to escape, and no one knew how it was caused, but the whole army started to escape like the hares who were chased and ran around in the autumn hunting. Everyone just wanted to leave the others behind. "
This description panicked everyone who heard it, until Caesar reminded his officers with a firm voice: "You are standing in the conquered city of Ferrara, no matter what, the pope has risen here. The flag, unless it is officially an enemy of the Vatican, there is no doubt that it belongs to the pope. "
Caesar's words calmed down his panicked men. When they heard the young Duke of Valentino announced the dedication of Ferrara to the Pope, the officers were stunned for a while and then awakened Cheers.
They suddenly realized that there was no smarter than this method!
Once Ferrara became the direct territory of the Pope, anyone who tried to get involved in Ferrara would no doubt be officially declaring war on the Pope himself.
Although the power of the Pope is no longer as powerful as that of Urban II, Clement I, or Innocent III, it is even impossible to even the most powerful monarchs on the earth during the heyday of the Holy See. Compared with kneeling down, but the pope is still the pope, the Vatican is still the Vatican.
Dedicating Ferrara to the Pope is a trick that Caesar had long dreamed of. He believed it was enough to prevent Alexander from interfering with Ferrara.
Even without Lucrezia ’s sake, Caesar could hardly imagine that the Alexander Conference was openly hostile to the Vatican at this time, and as long as there was a start in Ferrara, his penetration of Romagna would be difficult to stop. Too.
Caesar felt the warm gaze that his men cast on him. This is an appreciation of the wisdom and wisdom of a commander and leader. Perhaps it is only now, but Caesar believes that as he opens the situation in Romagna, his men will find them following. It is a general and commander who can make them proud.
The Ferraras have always watched what happened in silence. They are indifferent and silent. It seems that this has nothing to do with us. Whether they are forced to surrender or only last for a few hours, they are treated like goods again. It was exchanged to another host in general, and it seemed to have nothing to do with them.
Ferrara is too weak. In front of these powerful conquerors, they have no way to change their own destiny except silently accepting the arrangements of fate.
Caesar walked excitedly in the city hall of Ferrara. Of course, the scale here cannot be compared with Rome, but it did not affect his good mood.
Although people call the children of the Borgia family behind or face-to-face as princes and princesses in Rome, it is clear how many of them are compliments and how many of them carry malicious Caesar.
So even though he once held the power of that city as the ruler of Rome in a short time, he knew that it was not really his.
Ferrara is truly a land conquered by himself, and he believes that this is just the beginning, followed by Romagna, Tuscany, Naples, and even Lombardy!
Caesar's eyes have turned to places that others haven't thought of yet, and he has a strong hunch that he can achieve these things that seem too far away now, and may even have some funny ambitions in the eyes of others.
But Caesar didn't think it was funny at all. Just before he conquered Ferrara, no one would think that someone would dare to venture between Venice and Montina and reach out to the city.
Ferrara ’s seven-member ruling regiment did not participate in the surrender ceremony, which is the courtesy and respect that Caesar paid to these most prominent local aristocrats. He used this method to prove to people that he was not just an upstart who had satirized and slandered. The Pogia family, while possessing authority, is also a noble with respect for etiquette and elegant tradition.
Caesar ’s move was obviously not ineffective. Ferrara ’s ruling regiment had a much better attitude towards the Duke of Valentino than he had imagined, or these people already knew they would be here in the future The prince ’s men were working, and although the name of the pope ’s immediate territory was still in their ears, no one, including Caesar himself, doubted that Alexander VI would reject his son ’s request to accept Ferrara as his own.
So those nobles have waited in advance in the Rotunda of City Hall. They are now concerned about how the duke will rule the city in the future, or they are more concerned about how they will be arranged in the future.
No one is willing to go home so cleanly for a clean day, and they also believe that Caesar cannot stay in Ferrara for a long time, so if they get along with the duke, they may not have everything. What has changed a lot, of course, their power will certainly be weakened a lot, but they are still more willing to continue to stay in the new Ferrara government than to go home for retirement.
Caesar was also very clear about the thoughts of these Ferrara nobles, or when Ferrara surrendered unexpectedly, he had already guessed this possibility, even the act of the negotiator who seemed particularly stubborn. It might be another way to show him willingness to cooperate.
So he easily got along with these nobles easily. He even soon heard of the "atrocity" of the Montina army in Ferrara not long ago.
"Their soldiers are barbarians, and such people actually wear crosses, which is simply a blasphemy against God," Ferrara, the auxiliary bishop of the seven-man regiment, accused Montina in a slightly exaggerated tone. People ’s bad deeds, "Duke, you might not imagine that their people actually acted against ordinary people. At the end of the street, outside the residence of Count Montina, their soldiers gave suppression to the protesting people. They It is simply a crime to commit to those who wear the cross like them, and all these crimes were instructed by the Earl of Montina, who was conniving the barbarians to commit so badly to a godly city that believes in God Crime, this should be condemned! "
Several other former ruling parties stood aside and looked at the auxiliary bishop coldly. They somewhat felt that the bishop ’s performance was a bit too much. After all, he was also wearing a cross against the accused person, but it was the person who was still most of the time ago Threatening to open the gates of Ferrara with cannons, it is even more ironic that this man is still the son of the pope.
It seemed that the atmosphere was a little cold, the assistant bishop paused a little, and then he saw Caesar looking at him with a strange look.
"Duke ..."
At this point, the assistant bishop realized that he seemed to have said something he should not have said.
"Bishop, the man you said should be condemned is the daughter of my sister, the father of the Duchess of Estres, my niece, Pisa," Caesar's expression was calm, but the tone was chilling in his voice. "You're cursing a Borgia family, cursing my brother."
Caesar leaned forward and put his head on the ear of the assistant bishop whose face was gray. He whispered to him in a very low voice: "You know, I actually hate the Gombré more than you. I have always been fantasizing. One day he cut off his head with his own hand, because he robbed me of the most precious thing, but this is between me and him, but you openly cursed a person of the Bogey family, the bishop you committed a crime Big mistake! "
As his words fell, a crisp weapon sheathing sounded, accompanied by Caesar's arm hidden under the cloak, the Bishop's body suddenly stiffened.
He raised his hand as if he wanted to grab something, but he only held Caesar's cloak, and then his body slid down softly, and the cloak pulled from Caesar fell down, covering him and being pierced by the dagger The body of the chest.
In the nervousness of someone holding his breath, Caesar crouched down and wiped his peculiar armoured sword with his cloak. His movements were very careful until the last trace of blood was dried to reveal the inscription on the sword. .
"Sir Bishop suddenly has an emergency," Caesar looked at the other six people who looked like earth, and they looked at each other without daring to make a sound. Caesar was as beautiful as Lucrezia with a naive eyes. A smile appeared. "I believe you will rule the city fairly for the pope, that is, my father. You will also guarantee that the Ferrara people are as loyal to him as before, don't you?"
"Yes, we use our own lives to assure you that our loyalty to the Pope is completely tested!"
A ruling first could not resist the terrible oppression, or it was frightened by the smell of the ground, and he kept busy swearing allegiance.
Once a person takes the lead, the next thing becomes much simpler.
It was at this time that Caesar really seemed to feel that he had conquered the city. He listened to the consuls who had expressed their allegiance, nodded in satisfaction, and seemed to completely forget that he was being wrapped up in a blanket and dragged out from the side. Auxiliary Bishop, and then accompanied by several consuls, he stepped into the chamber, symbolizing the Ferrara Power Center.
There were already many people waiting in the Chamber. I wonder if the news of the death of the Auxiliary Bishop had been passed. When Caesar appeared, the original discussion hall was suddenly quiet, and all eyes were on the young man standing at the door. people.
He is very young, strictly speaking it will be another month before his 24th birthday.
But it was such a young man who was destined to receive attention because he was born as the son of the pope, and he obviously did not live up to the enviable family that God gave him. In this turbulent era, this has always been regarded as a playboy. The illegitimate son of Pope suddenly showed his extraordinary mind and boldness.
He conquered Ferrara!
Seeing that only six consuls appeared, there was another commotion in the chamber. Even people who had not heard of what happened had noticed this unusual situation. When Caesar walked through the crowd accompanied by the consuls By the time one of the seven seats lined up in a row in the meeting room sat down, everyone knew the news that the assistant bishop had "emergency."
People couldn't help casting Caesar's eyes of fear. If he could easily conquer Ferrara simply because of the local people's own weakness and timidity, now they have more reason to find an excuse for this timidity.
This man is really terrible and cruel. If he continues to resist, once the city is broken, it may be a terrible massacre, so they actually saved the entire Ferrara people.
"The nobles and civilians of Ferrara, I will rule mercilessly," Caesar did not say much nonsense. Although he really wanted to make some ferocious speeches, he felt that those speeches destined to be recorded in history should be After conquering those places that are more worthy of it, Ferrara is obviously still too small, and it is not worth wasting great chapters that will be passed on to future generations. "You are loyal to my father, the pope of all of us, and you will Protected by the Vatican, no one dared to provoke the power of the pope ’s territory, because this is an offense that spoke of God ’s walking on earth.
Speaking of this, the following people seem to be afraid but the reaction is not very intense. With a grin from the corner of his mouth, "or more accurately, it offends me, the Duke of Valentino, and the king of France and the French people who are allied with me!"
A commotion finally sounded in the crowd ~ EbookFREE.me ~ The Ferrara looked at Caesar in the middle chair unexpectedly. This was the first time Caesar publicly declared an alliance with the French.
Seeing people look surprised, Caesar smiled with satisfaction. He knew that he had successfully built a strong impression in the hearts of Ferrara people, at least it would cause them to be cold and ruthless and powerful. They could not Contend with the impression that it is impossible to overcome.
Looking at the people's expression with satisfaction, Caesar coughed again to attract everyone's attention. Although he didn't want to waste those moving speeches, he still wanted to make the Ferrara people have an unforgettable impression.
It was just when he opened his mouth that he was about to speak again, and an officer who hurried through the crowd and caused a commotion interrupted him.
In spite of people's dissatisfaction, the officer whispered and almost rushed in from the outside. When he came to Caesar, the expression on his face made Caesar's heart sink.
"Adult, Bologna, fall!"
As soon as the officer spoke, Caesar stunned!