Alexander stood in a corner of the fortress and looked at the shadow of the Ottoman cavalry that appeared below, judging the current situation.

It is obvious that the Ottomans' previous plan had almost been completed. Bayesette II did not follow his father's previous methods, but instead planned to completely solve the Bucharest problem with a larger and more ambitious encirclement.

Judging from the current situation, Valesset did not hesitate to bypass Bosnia and Croatia, and even went deep into the border of Cagnola. It seemed that he had made a big circle, but if he was careful, he would find that when he really solved the problems of Valesque and captured Bucharest, he could take the entire Balkan region, including Bulgaria. Thinking about Moravia, who had to rely on the Ottoman Empire because of the war with Poland, Alexander suddenly discovered that this Valesset II, who was said to be not very enterprising in history, actually had a huge ambition that was awesome.

"Sir, are we going to defend the city here?"

Gompatti's questioning next to him interrupted Alexander's association with confusion. He looked back at the artilleryman who had once again become a cannon without a single cannon and smiled and asked, "So do you think we should defend the city here?"

"Sir, you said before you came that we came to this remote countryside for the copper mine," Gompatti's tone was a little resentful. "But now we are helping these people guard this city, which is a little different."

"Copper mine," Alexander laughed. He looked north and looked at the shadow of a mountain in the distance. Alexander turned around and waved his hand at Gompati. "Don't worry Gompati, it will be a fruit soon."

As he said that, he suddenly asked, "Gonpati, don't you think we've been out for a long time?"

Gompatti looked at Alexander in amazement. In fact, he had been thinking for a long time, and the homesickness was slowly spreading among soldiers and officers at the bottom. Although this was not enough to affect the entire army, Gompatti knew that this was a very dangerous signal. A powerful expeditionary force often collapsed due to the sudden outbreak of homesickness. This was not without trace in history. Even the great Alexander the Great had to finally compromise before facing this problem.

And can the Alexander in front of him avoid the danger caused by the army's homesickness?

Although he did not get an answer, the look on Gompatti's face already showed a lot of things. Alexander gently patted the stone pile in front of him and nodded: "I miss home too. I think we should be ready to go back to Montina."

"But here, sir? Don't you want a big copper mine?" When Alexander said what he wanted to go home, Gompatti seemed a little unwilling. "We have paid enough. If we go back without getting anything, then why are we here this trip? You must know that many excellent soldiers have died in this damn place."

"So if we want to go back, we have to be paid enough." Alexander slapped the stone pile hard again. "Send someone to find Prato, and now it's time to use him."

Prato walked on the street with a heavy face. His eyes were black, his cheeks were gray, and his lips were purple. As for his figure, which had already become a little fat because of his delicious food and drink, he looked a lot thinner.

The Greek princess was simply a devil. This was the conclusion Prato came to. He didn't know if the princess's brain was sick, or as the church said, it was actually occupied by the devil. Every time the princess sent someone to summon him, people around him would look at him with envy and jealousy, and some rumors had even come from the tavern. People said that the princess did not like the goods he brought, but fell in love with the little white-faced person from the West.

This even aroused the indignation of many locals. They believed that the princess was still too young and only looked at her appearance and did not know that she should like those warriors with some masculine spirit.

But only Prato knew that things were not the case at all. Every time the princess summoned was a torture for him, but he must be sure of him now that the princess and Earl Montina must have an extraordinary or wonderful relationship like those in legendary novels.

The atmosphere at the beginning of each summons was pretty good. Sophia would prepare some delicious food for him and a locally produced ale that could start a lot of bubbles, and then gesture to him to tell him something about Alexander.

But the bad thing is here. Every beautiful beginning brings a terrible ending. Often, Sophia will suddenly get furious as she listens, and then she pulls out something and starts chasing Prato. The things she puts around her are all life-threatening things, long swords, sticks, and even once, there are maces that I don’t know where to find!

Sophia's unusual strength allowed Prato to see the terror of the female Amazon warrior in Greek legend, and the princess's moodiness made him even more frightened. However, when he soon realized that the princess would lose control of her emotions only when she heard about women, Prato decided to wisely avoid it or vaguely perfunctorily.

But this is not possible. Sophia seems to have a very wonderful tendency to abuse herself. She obviously doesn't want to hear Alexander's entanglement with other women, but if she doesn't hear this, she will think randomly. Once she gets so blind, Parato will be in trouble again. She will pull up something beside her and chase and roar, "Ah! Ah!", forcing the unlucky businessman to ask if there is something hidden from her and refuses to say it.

So during this period, Prato only had three things a day: eating, sleeping, and being chased by Sophia.

This bitter life finally ended with the arrival of a hunting guard. Prato felt that he had never been eager to do anything for the Count as he did now. So although he heard that the Ottomans had appeared in the suburbs, he still left the city very happily and rode his donkey along the suburbs to the fortress one quarter outside of Fali to meet Alexander.

Prato's arrival made Alexander happy. Although he felt that his appearance looked a little decadent, he didn't care much. Then, without waiting for the unlucky businessman to complain to him, Alexander gave Prato an unexpected "surprise".

"Wait, who do you want me to meet?"

Prato looked at Alexander blankly, and at this time he was thinking, "Should you go back to the city and continue to live a good life of eating, sleeping, and being beaten."

"Prato, you are a businessman. The Ottomans will not restrict your movements. Haven't you made a friend on their side?" Alexander walked slowly on the fortress with Prato's shoulders. Listening to the noise and noise coming from the Ottoman army that was building camps in the distance, Alexander comforted the shocked merchant. "I need you to see the Duke of Herva now and tell him my intentions. There is another person you want to meet, the Ottoman friend you had made before. I have a letter to bring to him."

Prato moved his throat hard, he wanted to argue, but when he saw Alexander looking at him, he suddenly lost his courage. However, just as he began to wonder if he would agree, he immediately found an opportunity to escape, Alexander came over and whispered in his ear. Prato's originally gray face turned red and full of energy.

"Sir, please rest assured, I will definitely get things done."

Prato almost clenched his fists and assured Alexander that he was still nagging when he left, but even if others understood, they didn't know what his "share... pricing power... big copper mine..." was nagging.

After sending Prato away, Alexander sent someone to send a letter to the city, and this time the recipient was the Patriarch of Bucharest.

After the Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church finally broke through in the early years, there were five major pastoral areas in the world of Christ influenced by the Orthodox Church. Just as the Catholic Church had the Roman bishop as the supreme leader, the Patriarch of Constantinople was regarded as the supreme patriarch of the Orthodox Church.

However, with the fall of Eastern territories, the Orthodox Patriarchal Area had already been in name only, and the fall of Constantinople made the Orthodox Church lose the crown of the Supreme Patriarch.

In today's Orthodox world, all parish pastoral capitals cannot claim to be the highest pastor, but they are all watching this title that they covet. However, whether it is the Patriarch Bucharest in the Balkans, the Patriarch Moscow in the East, or the Patriarch of the East with only false names, they know that it is extremely difficult to obtain the title of this Supreme Patriarch.

The Patriarch Bucharest was ambitious and he was more eager to obtain the title than anyone else, because only in this way could he call on Orthodox people everywhere in the name of the Supreme Patriarch to defend the city of Bucharest.

The Patriarch knew very well that under the pressure of the Ottoman soldiers, he would not be able to launch a jihad without such a name, and whether he could become the supreme patriarch would become the key to the fate of Bucharest and the entire Balkans.

So when he received a secret letter from Alexander to him, the Patriarch couldn't help but hesitate and nervous when he looked at the content above. Although he had already agreed with Alexander before, he was really worried and he was a little hesitant because of his concern.

The letter had been burned by him, but the contents of the letter were constantly emerging in the Patriarch's heart.

"...Dear Patriarch, I believe you must also know how important the suggestions I have made are. They are very important to you or me. A sacred marriage that can receive your blessing will become a good start for all of us. Bucharest also needs such a good thing, and the appeal of the Greek princess is also very important to you..."

The Patriarch repeatedly understood the contents of the letter, and admitted that he was indeed moved, not because of the benefits of a marriage to Bucharest, but because of the influence of the Greek princess' identity.

Some of the Balkan nobles were not only conflicts but very strong conflicts, and some were enemies with generations of hatred. Even if they had to be united temporarily in the face of the Ottoman invasion, they would not become real comrades, while Ladislas II would only consider his interests in Bohemia and Hungary.

Almost everyone knows these things in their hearts, so at this time the identity of the Greek princess became a link that cannot be ignored to everyone.

The identity of a Greek princess is unusually important at this time. If it can find legal evidence for a marriage that may have been controversial, and even become the proof of the marriage and give it a blessing in the doctrine, then this will not only obtain the friendship from the princess himself and the Earl of Montina, but also highlight the special status of the person who gave this blessing.

This reminded the Patriarch of the Patriarch of Leo VIII's crowning Charlemagne the Great.

It was the improvisation of the Pope's improvisation that brought about earth-shaking changes in the status of the Catholic Church. If the church was a dog in front of the monarch before this, then after Leo VIII was crowned, the dog not only completely freed from the shackles of the king, but also became a giant that secular monarchs had to take seriously.

Although the Patriarch knew that he could not compare with Leo VIII, he felt that doing so would at least make his status more prominent among all Patriarchs.

The marriage blessing for the last blood heir of the Eastern Roman Empire is an honor in itself, and the current situation has given this honor a special meaning.

Unless they make peace with the Ottomans, everyone has to admit that Sophia is the only one who allowed them to get together.

Alexander's previous battle on the Alger River had completely closed the door to peace between Bucharest and the Ottomans.

Thinking of this, Mushou suddenly felt a hint of shock in his heart.

Could that count have planned all this long ago?

Is it the final result behind the seemingly reckless actions of Bucharest and the Ottomans who fought to the death?

The Patriarch felt that it was entirely possible now, at least in Bucharest, no one could propose peace with confidence.

The Ottomans launched a siege against Bucharest after the battle of the Arge River explains everything. At this time, both sides could only end everything with one side's victory or a crushing defeat.

"A sacred marriage that is blessed," murmured to himself. "If blessings can make a filthy union sacred, then what can be used to wash the blessing itself with filthy."

Alexander didn't know the slander of the Patriarch, but he didn't care about it.

Alexander VI was able to publicly admit that he had many illegitimate children and could publicly use his power to seek envious benefits for his children, just because he had the power of the pope.

Alexander now does not have the great authority of his father-in-law, but the wonderful situation in Bucharest gave him a rare opportunity to be so "involuntary".

Becoming Sophia's husband is what Sophia needs, and becoming the Greek princess' husband is what Alexander needs.

Montina's army suffered a considerable loss in the battle with Sisugu. In addition to Gompatti's re-dumping of all artillery, the Genoese also suffered major casualties due to fierce attacks.

However, this also made Alexander have some new views on the Genoese. Although these veterans did not seem to be very likable, when he learned that after suffering such a large number of casualties, Genoese was broken through the flank, Alexander felt that perhaps these people were not that bad.

In fact, the performance of the Genoese was enough to be called brave enough, especially when they were forced to retreat. Perhaps stimulated by the fierce and fearless Balkans who were reinforced, the Genoese sword and shield soldiers even mustered up the courage to rely on the favorable terrain they occupied and took advantage of the enemy's exhausted space to launch a counterattack against the Ottomans, although it was not large, but it really scared the Ottoman commander.

When the thought of being driven back to the waist-deep mud, Ottoman Commander immediately gave up the idea of ​​pursuing victory and ordered the troops to turn to defense, firmly and firmly secured the position he had just captured.

Although this was short, it had already bought precious time for the retreat of the left wing of the Montina army. So when the troops of Sisu Valley finally walked out of the swamp, he faced the Montina army, who had retreated into the suburbs of the city and were preparing to fight a defensive battle.

Although this situation did not happen to Su Gu's expectations, it made him very dissatisfied.

In Xisugu's view, even if the Montina army can successfully retreat under the same attack with the Ottoman army on the Denbvica River, it should be the result of paying a heavy price.

In addition, Xisugu was also prepared to take advantage of the enemy's foothold and fight against the enemy without firmness, and take advantage of the opportunity to sweep the entire Bucharest outer fortress with the troops on the river.

"A tenacious enemy," Xisugu felt that it was not an exaggeration to comment on the Earl Montina, but then he said with a little regret, "but if he is smart enough, he should leave the city as soon as possible."

There is certainly a reason for Sisugu’s “advice”. As the Ottomans completed the encirclement of Bucharest on the north and south wings, Bayesette II finally issued a general offensive order against Bucharest on April 25.

It was also on the same day that the Ottoman army, which had completely controlled the lower reaches of the Denbvica River, quickly transported batches of soldiers across the river. The Ottoman right-wing forward first launched an attack on the city area with weak defenses on the east bank of the Denbvica River.

While sending troops to closely monitor the movements along the river fortresses, the left wing of the Ottomans also launched a fierce attack on the city of Denbvica.

For a moment, smoke filled the Bucharest Plain and there were battlefields everywhere.

However, these had nothing to do with Prato. On the night before the Ottomans launched the attack, Prato quietly left Bucharest with two letters written by Alexander. He didn't know what was written in these two letters, but he knew that the content must be very important.
Chapter completed!