Chapter 34 The Bohemian Gale
When Caesar Porgia heard about the incident in the town hall square, he was working in his room in the Vatican Palace.
As Archbishop of Valencia, although Caesar never really served one day in the diocese under his jurisdiction, he not only had a dedicated office in the Vatican Palace, but also this room was not far from the Pope's living room.
When those around him told Caesar the pope's favorite illegitimate son was writing letters to his mistress.
Although he was young, because he inherited Alexander VI's romantic personality, his lovers were always changed. Often when a woman thought she had already fascinated him, his eyes were actually on a new goal.
This mistress was a new prey just captured by Caesar. Her power as the son of the pope allowed him to do whatever he wanted in Rome, but perhaps because of this, Caesar had some kind of evil preference, such as he prefers to deliberately hook up with other people's wives.
When Caesar heard the news, his hand holding a quill paused slightly in the air. The purple ink that had just dipped ink condensed a large drop of ink on the tip of the pen, and then fell on the paper and splashed a few dark ink marks.
Caesar put the pen on the pen holder, then picked up the letter paper on the table, and while thinking about what he had just heard, he unconsciously crumpled the unwritten letters into a ball and threw them into the trash can next to him.
When the paper ball made a gentle "bang", Caesar seemed to wake up from his thoughts. He immediately picked up the copper bell on the table and shook it, and then ordered the follower who came in to obey the order: "Go and ask your Majesty's secretary if he is free now. If it is not an important appointment, please cancel the appointment. I have something important to report to the Pope."
The follower bowed and left, while Caesar continued to understand the possible impact of the news just now. After a while, the follower came back to report that the Pope did have a very important summoning arrangement.
What surprised Caesar was that the person who was summoned was actually Rovere.
Although the Lovere family was somewhat depressed after the death of Sixtus IV, and Juliano de la Rovere even had to escape to France in order to avoid the persecution of Alexander VI, the Lovere family was still a prominent family. In addition to Genoa and even in Rome, the Lovere family was still active. This is why Juliano de la Rovere dared to let his children return to Rome with confidence at this time.
The Lovere, whom Alexander VI, is Juliano's half-brother. As the representative of the Lovere family in Rome after Juliano's escape, Laford de la Rovere has done his best for the family.
And what's interesting is that this cousin of Juliano got along well with Alexander VI, and the two even established a kind of friendship.
However, Caesar knew that Laford was definitely not a reminiscent of the past, but something important was to do, so after listening to the follower's report, he decided to resolve the news he had just heard.
He immediately sent people to deliver a letter to the Palace of Potico. While ordering to strengthen the protection of the Palace of Potico, he also sent people to the Palace of Marino where the Naples lived to inquire about the situation. However, when the person who came back to report the message told him that Giovanni had sent people to strengthen the alertness of the Palace of Marino, Caesar couldn't help but feel a sudden blow.
Giovanni's actions made Caesar a little dissatisfied. It was obvious that Giovanni seemed to have not given up on Joanna. Although Joanna stayed with Lucrezia now, Caesar did not think that this would stop Giovanni's actions. Moreover, Lucrezia and Giovanni had a good relationship, which made Caesar feel that he had not actually taken much advantage in Joanna.
While thinking about this, Caesar walked through the chapel along the semicircular corridor. When he was about to reach the vestibule, he happened to see a figure flashing behind several pastors and hurried towards him.
Caesar stopped and looked at the man. He spoke until he walked not far from him, "Who did I see? The Vatican Palace doesn't seem to be where the young master should come like you."
Caesar's words made the young, or a little tender face turn red because of anger. The young man opposite seemed to burst out with anger, but the owner of the face seemed to be trying to suppress his anger. After a while, the young man opposite said, "I'm here to tell you something very important."
"What can you do, Jeffrey, don't use your childish tricks for me, I have very important things to do." Caesar waved his hand impatiently. Like Alexander VI, he didn't like his brother. In his opinion, Jeffrey was a completely spoiled child. He had nothing serious to do except be jealous of his wife all day long.
"That Naples, that is the Gombree, who had just ordered a group of Bohemian cavalry who had stayed outside the city to enter Rome," Geoffrey's young face looked sluggish when he saw Caesar's expression stagnant. "And as far as I know, he had just refused Giovanni's suggestion to protect him, and seemed to have had an argument with Giovanni."
"Arguing?" Caesar, who was about to continue walking forward, stopped and turned to look at Jeffrey. "Why, why did he argue with Giovanni?"
"I don't know, but I think it must be Giovanni's words or done something that made him angry," Jeffrey said with a smacking lips. "That Naples doesn't seem to be planning to take Giovanni's trick, so it started a quarrel."
Caesar looked at Jeffrey's gloating smile and shook his head: "Brother, if you don't want your father to scold you again, it's better not to be like this anymore, don't forget that you are a Borgia." He said that, he paused and smiled again. "Of course, it's not surprising if you are not."
The smug smile on Jeffrey's face froze. His handsome face, which was originally as handsome as an angel, became a little distorted by anger the next moment. Looking at Caesar who had turned around and walked away, Jeffrey's hands were tightly clutched together, and his mouth kept making meaningless murmurs.
Caesar, who left the Vatican Palace, immediately sent someone to continue inquiring. He was actually not as relaxed as before Jeff. On the contrary, he was even a little annoyed.
When he first heard someone hijacking the execution ground, a thought flashed through Caesar's mind. He thought it was a rare excuse, or it was an opportunity given to him by God.
Taking advantage of Joanna's assassination, Caesar had taken the opportunity to let his army almost control the entire Vatican, and even took the opportunity to eradicate a group of previous enemies in Rome. Although this aroused the anger of the French, Caesar felt that it was worth it.
However, Charlem's reaction was not slow. Although the assassination of the Archbishop of Frankfurt caused a lot of trouble to the French, the French immediately mobilized the army and prepared.
This made Caesar somewhat regretful, and he believed that if he gave him a little more time, he would have the opportunity to completely control Rome in his own hands.
I didn't expect this opportunity to come so soon.
Taking advantage of the French's negligence, he proposed that the Roman nobles re-arm themselves. This idea made Caesar feel that it was a god-given opportunity before him.
But he never expected that Kombree would do this before him.
What annoyed him even more was that Giovanni obviously did not intend to tell him what Combray was going to do. If Jeffrey hadn't deliberately brought him a show of information, he might have to wait until the Bohemians entered the city before he could know the news.
Caesar was too clear about what this meant, or he saw more than anyone else the far-reaching impact this incident could have.
Caesar waved his whip in annoyance, and the horse's hooves made a heavy sound on the street. He was about to go to Gilpitz Palace to ask Giovanni in person. As for whether Giovanni was messing with their brother's wife at this time, he didn't care.
A few horse riders suddenly came to the front of the road ahead. The guards beside Caesar immediately urged the horse to surpass Caesar, and then pressed the hilt of the sword and stared at the opposite side with vigilantly.
"Go aside, it's Little Mark," Caesar first saw the person coming and then took the horse forward. "What happened? Little Mark, you look like a donkey driven by someone with a whip."
"Oh Archbishop," the young man opposite him slammed his mount and shouted loudly, "I saw you, do you know, the Naples' army has entered the city, and the French are in big trouble this time."
"Napalian army," Caesar was stunned for a moment and guessed the answer. His face turned red because of his horse running. "Is it the man from that Gombre?"
"Yes, that's the man," the young man turned his horse and rode with Caesar. "A group of Bohemian cavalry looked very tough, no wonder he could defeat the French in Bruyni."
"Where are the French? Didn't they send someone to intercept?" Caesar still had a hint of luck in his heart. "They are Naples' army, aren't they?"
"By the way, it seems not," the young man suddenly remembered something and said, "The flags that the Bohemians were not from Naples, and I remembered that the flags were the badges of the Bohemian Kingdom."
Caesar's hand couldn't help but pull off the reins with force, and the mount stopped with a low hiss.
"His man was fighting the flag of the Kingdom of Bohemia. You read that right?" Caesar asked urgently.
"No, my father had been on a mission to Bohemia, so I know that it was indeed the badge of King Vladislas."
"Bohemian?" Caesar shook his head in disbelief. He felt that things were completely unexpected, and he didn't like it very much.
Caesar has become accustomed to everything developing according to his will, especially as he has been defeated by his strong opponents in recent years, he feels that no one can stop him from realizing his ideals. At least in Rome, he is the messenger of God walking on earth, just like his father Alexander VI.
But a Naples who suddenly appeared seemed to have become a stumbling block on his way forward.
Even though it seemed that the stone was still very small now, he could not care about its existence and then move on to his great journey, but Caesar could not let go of the unhappiness that this stone brought to him in his heart.
"Go and have a look."
Caesar finally made the decision and felt that he had to see the Bohemians with his own eyes.
Caesar remembered that the queen of Vladislas II of Bohemia was Alfonso II of King Naples and the sister of Frederick, who was now the Bohemia. This made him care about the Bohemia.
Somehow, Caesar felt a vague feeling in his heart that the Naples might become a trouble for him.
The Bohemians were very tough, or a little barbaric. At least in the eyes of the Romans, these guys who seemed to put all their belongings on horseback were no different from those Tatars.
But the Bohemians did, as they always liked to carry the looted trophy with them, and in this way they were always bulging and looked similar to those nomadic peoples.
As for another reason that made the Romans feel like pagans, it was their weapons. Looking at the curved sabers hanging on the saddle, clearly exuding the pagan atmosphere, some Romans couldn't help but think of the terrible Ottomans.
Not many Bohemians entered the city, less than 100 people.
And they were able to receive the news so quickly, but this was because of Sophia.
After Alexander and the others left, Sophia also disappeared, which was a bolt from the blue for Uriu. Although it was guessed that Sophia might have quietly followed into Rome, not falling for a day would be a torment for the Moors.
Uriu could only send a team of Bohemians to search and wait near the outskirts of Rome along the direction of Alexander and his team into the city, hoping to meet Sophia or meet the people sent by Alexander and his team to deliver the letter.
But after a few days, the news was not found out. The troops on both sides who were confronting each other met the Bohemian cavalry who liked to hang out all day outside the city of Rome.
Nashan saw his Bohemian before he even walked out of the Great City Gate.
When Nashan declared as the captain of the guard that the army belonged to the Queen of Bohemia, the French guarding for a moment became overwhelmed.
Nashan shouted loudly and told the French that blocking the queen's guards meant hostility and even insults towards the Bohemia Kingdom, which made the French defenders even more nervous.
Thinking of the predicament of the French main force in Lombardy and looking at the embarrassment of his side in Rome, the defending generals couldn't help but feel that even if they stubbornly prevented these Bohemians from entering the city, the current situation would not be better, and maybe even worse.
The French finally made way under the command of the general. Looking at the backs of the Bohemians who were riding horses freely and quickly blew a gust of wind on the street towards the Roman city, the French couldn't help but think in their hearts: This Roman city is really impossible to defend.
Chapter completed!