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Chapter one hundred and ninety-fifth war

The Malaga administrator was executed at noon on the second day.

During the execution, many Malaga people rushed to watch after hearing the news. They did not express any anger, sadness, or bad feelings about the death of the administrator. People just stood there coldly and watched a person's head move from his neck. Although he was allowed to make a generous last words before the execution, this did not impress the Malaga people at all.

People just regard this execution as a topic of conversation after dinner for a long time. After all, executing an official and nobleman is more controversial than executing an ordinary civilian.

Ruosha didn't go to see the execution. Killing the enemy on the battlefield was completely different from cutting off other people's heads on the execution platform. Ruosha believed that she could sign execution orders for several or even dozens of people without hesitation, but she was somewhat uncomfortable with asking her to watch these cruel behaviors with her own eyes.

Moreover, she did not think that this was necessary. The Malaga attitude had proved that her decision was correct. The locals did not have a strong sense of resistance because of the atrocities of the Sicilian army, or to them, the dispute between the noble kings had nothing to do with them. This attitude was too normal in this era. As for the administrator, what he had allegiance to was only his own honor.

Ruosha suddenly remembered what Alexander did in Romagna Tuscany. He tried his best to make everyone feel that whether it was war or other major events, they were closely related to him. Even if this was just a self-righteous imagination, this method did play a great role.

After the Italian War began in the early days of the French invasion, the people of the Principality of Romethesia seemed to be suddenly stimulated and became very interested in the fate of the country. Discussion on war became the most fashionable topic at that time. This public opinion, which seemed to be nothing different from other chats, became different from Romanesia and other countries. Now it seems that Alexander's move to let the people join in was obviously carefully considered and has indeed achieved initial results.

When Ruosha thought about this, she suddenly felt that she missed her brother very much, but now she needed to march into Seville. According to the agreement with Alexander after occupying Sicily, the timing of the Sicily army participating in the Iberian War can be said to be just right.

Starting from Malaga, take a boat north along the Corvones River. Although it is traveling against the current, it only takes three days to reach Bingorola, which converges with the Guadavile River.

And now, a rather strange situation has emerged at this confluence.

Bingolora, located on the north bank of the Guadavile River at the confluence of this two rivers, which is almost a "t" shape, has now fallen into the hands of Wang Jun. Wang Jun sent a relatively small but quite well-deserved unit to defend this period. On the left side of the character "t", on the west bank of the Kovones River, Andalusian noble coalition forces vigilantly monitored the movements of Wang Jun on the other side.

But what is a little strange is that they retreated the troops originally sent to the other side of the Kovonez River, and the Wang army did not take the opportunity to cross the Guadavile River to occupy the southeast of the Kovonez River. This seemed to be why people left a better position.

Several battles have made the coalition army feel heartfelt fear of the Wang army, especially the model army trained by Gonzalo himself, which is much harder to deal with than other Wang army, and is even a bit terrible.

They were disciplined on the battlefield, fought resolutely and boldly, especially according to Gonzalo's new tactics that had first seen power on the battlefield, which really caused great losses to the coalition forces.

If this was not Andalusia, the coalition forces had a certain advantage in convenience. Under these setbacks, the coalition forces might have collapsed and collapsed.

But even so, the coalition forces were generally low at this time, and even when they were defeated by Gonzalo before, there was no atmosphere of despair everywhere as they are now.

Of course, ordinary soldiers don’t know what it is for, but the nobles of all sizes know the reasons.

Many of them complained in secret that this was because Don Bavi introduced the inexplicable woman, and that he could have bargained with Barrialido, and with Don Bavi launching a competitor to the throne, the only negotiation opportunity was gone.

The soldiers may not have any feelings about whether they have changed a new queen, but the nobles are very clear that no matter who supports the pair of sisters, the loser will face a miserable ending.

So in such a war that has evolved into a battle for the throne, there is only victory and failure without compromise, just like the war between Isabella and Juana, it must be divided into a high or low.

What's different from the beginning is that Juana has the support of Portugal, so even if she is defeated, she can still go to Portugal to take refuge. However, for the Andalusian nobles, failure not only means losing their titles, territory, and noble titles, but also more likely to lose their lives. Ferdinand's methods in Aragon are definitely not more tolerant than his wife. Many old people who have participated in the campaign to recover lost grounds are very clear.

Now there was an accident that both sides of the warring parties did not expect. The sudden landing of the Sicilian army made the situation in southern Castilla extremely strange and complicated. Although everyone knew that the Sicilians must have been bad, at this time, both sides tacitly decided not to provoke the outsider for the time being.

When he heard that the Sicilian army had landed, Gonzalo immediately mobilized the troops for defense, and quickly sent people to report the news to Valladod.

Gonzalo was indeed an arrogant and domineering soldier, but he was not stupid. Sometimes he was much smarter than anyone else. This kind of shrewdness was not just a keen sense of smell on the battlefield, but even in the court where many people thought he was very slow, Gonzalo was not as stupid as others thought.

He was the best disguise for him to protect himself, and he was not ignorant of the sensitive relationships between countries.

He was able to listen to Alexander's advice to support Venice because he knew that doing so would not really anger the Queen's and his wife. But now facing the Sicilian army that suddenly landed, Gonzalo knew that he had to be careful, because if he was not careful, the Iberian Peninsula could have the most tragic melee after the self-recovery of lost lands.

In addition, it is precisely because of the lack of any contempt for the Sicilian army that Gonzalo is so cautious. Although he does not believe that the legendary wonderful battles in Italy were commanded by the queen, he feels that there should be at least a few soldiers in the Sicilian army that should not be underestimated.

Moreover, taking the initiative to give up the east bank of the Kovonez River is also a more favorable choice for Gonzalo today. From the same cautious and cautious action of the Andalusian coalition, it can be seen that they and the Sicilians obviously did not meet any conditions, which was enough to make things very subtle.

Besides, Gonzalo will not forget that the Queen of Sicily and Alexander are half-siblings.

When the Romanesian duke suddenly announced that he was the blood of the Astamara family and then challenged the Castile throne with the support of Juana, who had publicly announced the abandonment of the throne, the Sicilian army suddenly landed in Iberia. Gonzalo felt that what might happen in this situation was already dazzling.

However, although we knew that both sides had given up the east bank of the Kovones River, the Sicilian army was still very cautious in their actions.

The vanguard of the Sicilian troops headed north along the river and stopped about half a day from the intersection of the two rivers to build a position. According to the report after the scout's observation, Gonzalo immediately confirmed that there was at least one general in the Sicilian who was very skilled in defense and combat.

As one of Spain's five largest water systems, the Guadavile water system has more than one tributary that meets the Guadavile River. In addition to the Corvènez River, another one forms a parallel north-south direction and injects into the Mediterranean Sea in the upper reaches of the Gernier River and the Corvènez River.

The Sicilian army built a defense line between these two rivers. Relying on the defense line, both wings are protected by turbulent rivers. When the Sicilian army suddenly appeared, it was already in a vague place of invincibility.

Gonzalo felt that his judgment was indeed correct. There was a scheming opponent among the Sicilians. At least the other party's cautious formation method made him feel that the war became more and more interesting.

Valliaridod's reply could not have arrived so soon, but the situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly.

So Gonzalo decided to send someone to contact the Sicilians first. Although it is unlikely that they will find out their true purpose, they may at least temporarily delay the time.

Gonzalo was not a desperate warrior. If possible, he hoped that the conflict with the Sicilian army could be delayed as much as possible, at least before he rearranged the front line, he did not want to have a head-on conflict with the Sicilians.

When Don Bavi's messenger came to visit Ruosha again, Ruosha was about to lead her Royal Grenadiers to set out along the Vornes River.

The harvest in Malaga is great. In addition to receiving 4 large ocean-going ships, the Sicilian army took away more than 200 sailors in Malaga.

Many of these sailors are experienced maritime experts, some of whom have traveled to and from the European continent and the New Colonies many times, while others have visited the Persian Gulf and India.

It is obvious that these people are rare talents in today's era, especially when they know that there are a few navigators among them, Ruosha smiled as if she had eaten a cat that had eaten a dried fish.

Ruosha knew that Alexander's dream was to build a navy that was powerful enough. For this reason, he began to use the wealth he had accumulated before to build his maritime power a few years ago. The size of the navy he imagined was enough to shock any monarch who thought he was rich.

However, compared with the ability to build a batch of warships with just spending money, it is much more difficult to recruit and train a group of competent naval talents. Therefore, Alexander described the Maritime Agency used by the Portuguese to cultivate maritime talents more than once in his letter in an envious tone. This made Ruosha wonder that even if it was just for that maritime agency, her brother might have to make a plan for Portugal.

In the letter brought by the messenger, Don Bavi clearly expressed his neutral attitude towards the dispute between Aragon and the Kingdom of Sicily, and also revealed that he hoped that the queen would not interfere in Castia's affairs.

"On behalf of my fiancée, I would like to assure you that she is content only with the crown of Castile, so her title will be Alphite of Castile, and I can assure you in the name of her future husband that I will never be given the title of Aragon."

This letter that announced the abandonment of claiming the throne of Aragon surprised Rusha's courage to Don Bawei.

Although not many such promises can be kept in the end, they have become evidence that falls into the hands of others. Regardless of whether they repent in the future, they will inevitably become evidence that Alphon herself or her descendants cannot refute.

"It's really surprising that the Duke got married at this time."

Ruosha looked at the messenger with a slightly strange accent on the opposite side. She was a young and handsome nobleman with generous and decent behavior. Apart from a slightly strange accent, Ruosha thought this was really a pleasing young man.

Obviously, Don Bawei has put a lot of effort into selecting messengers, and Ruosha is thinking in her mind.

Looking at the queen wearing an extremely gorgeous dress, the messenger tried his best to suppress his excitement.

Although there have been too many rumors that the Queen of Sicily was an unusually beautiful beauty, when I saw it with my own eyes, the young messenger felt that he had fallen in love instantly.

"The Duke has found his true love," the young noble answered a little nervously, while his eyes flashed with this hot light and stared at the young queen. "Your Majesty, please forgive me for talking about the Duke's presumptuously, but I firmly believe that the Duke's feelings for Princess Alphate are the most precious and enviable in the world. But now I think maybe there is no need to envy others anymore, because God has finally given me love. I mean Your Majesty, I mean..."

The young messenger was a little excited and stuttered. Just as he was scrambling to think about what words to use to express his admiration for the queen, the young queen opposite suddenly said: "I think the princess you mentioned who wants to marry Duke Tangbawei should be my relative."

The young messenger's face suddenly showed surprise. He didn't expect the queen to suddenly say such a sentence. Just when he was puzzled and didn't know how to answer, Ruosha had already continued: "I know you should not know the relationship between this, but this is not complicated, because no matter whether it is from any of the princess' parents, I can be considered a part of her family, so I feel that I should indeed attend this wedding."

The messenger let out a "Oh" sound in confusion, and at this time he had already remembered why the Queen would say this.

As a member of the Astamara family, the Queen of Sicily naturally had the right to attend the wedding of Ferdinand's daughter, and as the Duke of Roman Thecia, she seemed to be able to have a connection with her brother's "niece".

The real key is that the Queen said this to remind him of the identity of the Duke of Roman Thesia.

And this is also one of the reasons why Don Bavi is most annoyed now.

The messenger had already forgotten to express his admiration to the queen, and he tried his best to think about how to respond to the queen's completely unexpected request.

The landing of Sicilian troops in Malaga completely disrupted Don Bavi's plan, and what made him even more worried was that the port of Malaga had fallen into the hands of the Sicilians. No matter what their purpose was, it meant that Don Bavi's idea of ​​evacuating from Malaga when necessary was about to fail.

However, what made Don Bavi even more worried was that the Queen of Sicily, who was Alexander's half-sister, was stirring up the chaos in Iberia at this time, which was likely to completely turn the trouble that had been caused by Sister Alphon and played its due role.

After all, the matter of Alexander's announcement in Portugal was a huge blow to Donbavi himself and the noble coalition. If the Queen of Sicily clearly supports her half-brother, things may become uncontrollable.

Because Don Bavi did not hesitate to announce that Alphot gave up Aragon's rights, but now it seems that things have not gotten better.

In fact, at this moment, Don Bawei has doubts about how he would have successfully robbed Sister Alphon so easily, but he is very clear that he has no way out now.

"Your Majesty, are you saying you want to attend the Duke's wedding?" The messenger asked carefully. After seeing Ruosha nodding slightly affirmatively, he asked again with a pale face, "Please forgive me if I should convey your idea to the Duke as a formal request?"

"Of course, this is my official request. In addition, as a member of the Astamara family, I also think it is necessary to confirm the identity of Princess Alphut."

"Your Majesty!" The messenger's face turned red in anger. He took a step forward angrily. Although he was immediately blocked by the servant next to him, he still said excitedly, "You are insulting the Duke and his fiancée. I ask you to take back your inappropriate remarks, otherwise..."

"Otherwise?" Ruosha looked at the beautiful young nobleman with a seemingly innocent look and asked, "What will you do? Will you declare war on me because of this?"

"If you don't take back this obviously questioning Princess Alphate's bloodline and identity, our relationship may not have become worse. Of course, I believe things should not have come to this point..."

"Enough," Ruosha interrupted the messenger. "Since that's the case, as you wish, now I announce the war with Andalusia!"
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