Prato tried to make himself look calm, at least on the surface.

He felt that he could deal with these barbarians from the East. In his opinion, these Ottomans had no other skills except using swords and guns. However, given that their lives were in the hands of others, Prato still showed a decent expression on his face.

The reason why Prato fell into the hands of the Ottomans was purely because of greed.

When he first arrived in the Balkans, Prato was completely stunned by the "richness" of the locals.

This is not to say that the Balkan farmers are really rich, but because the rich copper mines here make the copperware that are regarded as treasures in other places very cheap here. Even if there are better families, there will be one or two items to take advantage of. In Prato's opinion, these Balkans simply sit on the gold mountain all day but don't know how to use it.

So while he was eating and drinking in Bucharest, he even mingled on the king's dining table, he also sent people to the countryside to collect all the bronze objects that he could receive.

Prato was actually not very clear about Alexander's idea, but he could vaguely guess that it should be related to the increasingly popular copper price transactions throughout Europe.

Prato has always been obsessed with his crushing defeat in buying and selling bronze ware, and now he has the opportunity to participate in the huge vortex of copper prices in Europe, which has been stirred up in the entire European market. He feels an indescribable sense of accomplishment.

Because of this, Prato was finally not satisfied with the little fights nearby, and his eyes were set on every town and village in the Balkans.

War is good, and this is the conclusion Prato came to after taking a group of men through the villages and towns.

Because of concern for the future, many people began to sell their property to avoid war, and the bulky and useless bronze ware became items sold everywhere. As long as you walk into some decent villages and towns, you can see someone selling their belongings for free and changing money to prepare to escape. Prato is like a fly that appears early in April and is looking for prey to be taken everywhere.

The result was that the closer he got to the Ottoman-ruled area, the greater his gains he gained, so he went further and further, not only entering the Ottoman-ruled area, but also entering it.

The emergence of such a group of people quickly attracted the attention of the local Ottomans, but Prato acted very quickly. Because he tried hard to practice the truth that time was money, the Ottomans always found his traces and the lost people, and his actions attracted greater suspicion.

Finally, Prato's actions caught Elyup's attention.

Erup's life was not so smooth during this period. Herva, the Duke of Zagreb, caused him much more trouble than he had thought.

Especially after April, Herva's actions became more frequent, and Erupp felt that Herva's methods seemed to be more powerful and more planned than before, which made him wonder if Herva had received some help.

Perhaps it was because of people coming from Hungary that Erupp speculated.

Although Hungarian King Ladislas II was in Bucharest, Hungary never publicly stated that he was an enemy of the Ottoman Empire, and so far the Balkan nobles only fought with the Ottomans in the name of an alliance rather than Ladislas II himself, so at least in name, there was no war between the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary.

Because of this, Elupp felt that things were even more difficult to handle.

There were several times when he accurately judged the direction of the main force of Herva, but when he led his army to press forward step by step to annihilate Herva's resistance army in one fell swoop, the cunning Duke of Zagreb led his army to the north and then crossed the Carpathians and entered Hungary.

Ailup could only sigh helplessly. It was not that he did not dare to enter Hungary, but that Herva had already contacted the Europeans in Hungary. So there were several times when Ailup had just entered the Hungarian grassland and encountered a large number of local cavalry not long after he entered the Hungarian grassland, which made Ailup realize that things were really difficult.

Obviously, Herva used the camps in Hungary as their logistics and permanent camps, and then after every rest, he waited for an opportunity to cross the border and harasse the areas occupied by the Asmans. Although the steep mountain border did somewhat restrict the Herva army's roads to Croatia, the complex mountainous terrain also provided natural protection for the duke.

Erup was very annoyed. The Sultan had urged him to try his best to solve the annoying "Darius of Croatia". Judging from the current situation, it would be difficult to eliminate the resistance in Croatia.

Moreover, Elup was vigilant to discover that the actions of the Croatian resistance army have become very sharp and dangerous recently. Sometimes they even seized the opportunity to actively attack some Ottoman small units that were not too late to meet with the main force. Moreover, from all the signs, it seemed that the "Darius" was no longer willing to be in Croatia, but showed signs of harassment towards Northern Bosnia.

This forced Erup to change his original plan. While he ruled the vast majority of people in a fair and open manner, he used the most cruel means to punish the locals who still refused to bow to the Sultan. After a series of bloody suppression, he ordered all the Ottoman troops in the occupied areas to concentrate their forces with their respective main towns as the center, and then the troops from all over the country set out from their own areas in an irregular straight line and advanced towards the north.

In Erup's view, the camps in Hungary should not be the main business of Herva. Because the terrain of the Carpathian Mountains has restricted the roads, it is safer to retreat to Hungary, but there are many risks that may be taken during the retreat.

Erup believed that Herva should have a main business in Croatia that could provide supplies and rest for his army, while Hungary chose to protect the main business from being discovered.

Therefore, Erup decided to concentrate his troops to march north. His purpose was to find out the base of Herva in Croatia and destroy it, so that he could shake the resistance of Herva's army, or simply force him to completely withdraw from Croatia's desperate Hungary.

For this reason, Elup even prepared that Helva might pass through the gap between the troops in various places and enter Northern Bosnia behind him.

What made Elup make such a great decision was an order sent by the Sultan.

Bayeset ordered Erup to prepare for the invasion of Ryu's in Hungary, and in the order, the Sultan gave Erup another task, which was to send people to contact the Grand Duke of Karniola.

It is no secret that the Sudan's idea of ​​invading Hungary. As one of the close ministers of the Sultan, Erupu even participated in the formulation of a plan to invade Hungary. However, no one thought that Roye would suddenly surrender, so now Roye? As the main general of the invading Hungary, this is obviously the result of the temporary change of the Sultan's decision, but this burden on Erupu is much heavier.

After all, whether as a legendary hero or the current Bosnian king, Roe has an effect on suppressing local resistance forces. If Roe left Bosnia, then Erup would face more difficulties.

But Ailup could also understand the intention of the Sultan to make this decision.

The tacit understanding of the war with the Kingdom of Hungary made the Sultan more flexible in dealing with the enemy. After all, Ladislas II was born in the Jagevo royal family in Poland, and Sultan did not want to directly confront the monster of the Kingdom of Poland, Lithuania.

So the Sultan decided to send Roe to attack Hungary, which could not only restrain Ladislas II, but also avoid the possibility of angering one or even several more powerful enemies.

The order Sultan gave Elup was to help Roe's expedition as much as possible. This not only did Paul's Bosnian army need supplies, but also to try to consolidate the rule of the rear as much as possible. Otherwise, Roe's expedition would be difficult to feel at ease.

For this reason, Elupu did not hesitate to go into battle himself. He led his own personal troops to run between the troops in various places. According to the law of the invasion of Herva's army during this period, he judged that Herva's main business in Croatia should be somewhere southwest of Zagreb. This is not only because every time Herva's army takes action, it often retreats to the southwest. More importantly, Elupu has already found out that when Helva did not become a duke and went into exile, he had received the support of the nobles who believed in public religion in the southwest of Croatia.

At the same time, Elupp ordered a strict investigation of suspicious figures that appeared everywhere. He hoped to find the spy sent by Herva from among those people, so that the traces of the "Darius" might be discovered faster.

It is precisely because of this that Prato unfortunately crashed into the net set up by Erup for the spies of Herva. Because he found that he was not an ordinary "spionage", Prato was soon sent to the Governor's Office established by Herva in Zagreb.

Prato obviously had more knowledge of the current affairs than the Ottomans imagined, and there was no need for any severe torture. Prato happily told everything he knew.

"You mean you are a businessman?" Erupp looked at the Europeans opposite. In fact, the person's identity could be seen from the confiscated goods. Erupp also knew that it should not be the only ones confiscated, but he was not interested in knowing where the lost things went.

"A genuine merchant, I think you must know the noble King Ladislas of Hungary. I talked and laughed. I have friends in Rome, Pisa and Florence, and I even know an Ottoman noble like you."

Erup looked at Prato coldly. He did not believe this person because of Prato's words, but his subsequent words aroused Erup's interest.

"Who are you talking about the Ottoman nobles?"

Although I could vaguely guess in my heart, when I heard Prato say Ashulk's name, Erup was still slightly stunned.

"Do you know Ashulk?" Erup asked curiously "tell me how you know him and what he is doing now."

Prato opened his mouth, and he felt that his luck was probably that he had consumed all the low-priced bronzes collected. Otherwise, how could he just know the Ottoman nobles by casually speaking? Didn’t the Ottomans have much more Ottomans than Europeans? So didn’t their nobles also want more, but this person actually knew the Ashulk.

"You know I actually just know that noble man, no, I do know that noble man but I'm not particularly familiar with him," Prato tried his best to explain. Seeing the obviously high-powered Ottoman in front of him, Prato quickly said, "Actually, the one who knows that noble man is my master."

"Oh, you have another master now," Erupp stood up from his chair. He actually liked the furniture and various vessels of these Europeans, but he did not forget Bayesette II's hostility to alien culture. Thinking of the Sultan's even ordered the removal of his father Mohammed II's oil paintings. Erupp often reminded himself to be alert at all times. "This makes me not know what you say is true, maybe you are a spy."

"This is a misunderstanding. For God's sake, you must believe me. All I tell is the truth. My master does know that Master Ashulk, and I swear they are still very good friends." Prato said anxiously. He had noticed that the Ottoman warrior standing not far away holding a scimitar was waiting for the man to speak. If one of them was not able to deal with it well, he might have to move his head next time.

"Who is your master? I'll probably spare your life if I say something useful." Elupp was a little impatient. If he hadn't heard about his brother, he had ordered to torture the slut.

"Earl Montina, my master is Mr. Alexander Juliant Gumbre, Earl Montina," said Prato hurriedly, as if not important enough, and he added that "My master is the father of Miss Estreth of Pisa, and the mother of Miss Lucrezia, the daughter of Pope Alexander, and my master is still..."

Prato was impatient to tell Alexander a series of identities, but he did not notice that when he heard Alexander's name, Elupp's expression had changed.

"Gmbray?" Erupp asked unexpectedly. After seeing Prato nodding immediately after seeing that what he said had worked, Erupp frowned slightly and continued to ask, "Tell me, does the Gumbray you mentioned have an uncle who is the earl of Naples?"

"Yes, you're right!" Prato nodded as if he had caught a life-saving straw. "You should be talking about Earl Modillo, but that is the adult's uncle. The adult's mother now lives with her brother, and the adult has a sister, the Count Miss Cosenca, and the adult's Agri territory was inherited from her."

Erupp looked at Prato with a strange look on his face, and it was not until he found that the situation seemed to be different from what he thought that Prato stopped nervously.
Chapter completed!