In the last two months of the end of 1499, many bustling events occurred on the European continent on the northern coast of the Mediterranean. Some of them were like passing clouds and quickly forgotten, while others recorded a strong conclusion in the invisible book "Time".

At the end of October, General Gonzalo de Cordoba of Aragon led an Aragonese army of nearly 10,000 people to march towards Greece. A few days later, they first landed on a Venetian outpost island in the Ionian Sea. After two days of rest, they set out towards the Greek coastal area where the Ottoman Navy had appeared in the southeast.

The Venetians were very happy about the arrival of the Aragonese and were unable to resist the morale of the army. They sent a large number of warships to escort the Aragonese army. After some discussion, the coalition forces of both sides decided to march towards the archipelago waters located south of Kissirah Island on the Aegean Sea, which had been occupied by the Ottoman Navy.

For the Venetians, regaining the colony occupied by the Ottoman Navy is of course important, but stabilizing Crete is a more urgent matter.

The Second Venice and Ottoman War began like this.

On land, the battle between France and Naples in early November opened the eyes of Europeans.

Even after the battle was over, many people who learned the outcome still felt that what they heard was not true, because they could hardly imagine how the Naples defeated the French.

From the initial battle between the two sides to the French being surrounded in the palace of Naples, the whole process took four days. During these four days, the French army was said to have lost nearly 3,000 people, while the Naples seemed to have only a few hundred. Just hearing this number gives people a sense of unreality that they cannot believe in.

The French army is powerful and invincible. Even if Charles VIII just suffered a defeat in Italy three years ago, no one would think that the French were cowardly.

Just think about this when I heard that after the French came, many countries had to form a sacred alliance to dare to resist France. France could almost say that it was a one-on-one coalition to resist half of Europe, but it was still fighting very well. You can know how powerful the French army was.

Louis XII's almost invincible record along the way made him seem to have the momentum of overtaking Charles VIII, so when he heard that the Naples defeated nearly 8,000 French troops, not many people believed it at first.

But as time passed, people had to gradually believe that this was indeed true, because the French attacked the Montina Genoa regiment near Genoa.

This was a belated attack, because when the Genoese regiment advanced towards Alexandria a week ago, although they received the report, Louis XII seemed to hesitate.

The subtle relationship with Genoa, or simply the Rovere family made Louis XII slightly unsteady in how to deal with Montina's army. He hoped that Rovere could become his ally as his predecessor who supported him. Although this hope became a little slim due to his alliance with Alexander VI, the Dharma King still did not want to break with the Rovere family completely.

Because whether Genoa is in Lombardy or the Lovire family is in the Vatican, their weight can be said to be of great importance.

So even though the Montinas entered Northern Italy, Louis XII still did not want to have conflicts with the Montinas. After all, judging from the frequent exchanges between Alexander and Charlen, Count Montina seemed to be more concerned about his territory being threatened, rather than taking sides between France and Austria.

However, the Naples' attack on the French army stationed in Naples completely broke Louis XII's expectation of being neutral with Montina, so when it was determined what happened in Naples, the French king finally ordered an attack on the army of Montina on November 8.

Within a few days, the news spread throughout Northern Italy and to the Vatican.

Then, unexpected news came from Pizza.

After obtaining permission from Estres, a Montina army entered Pisa directly. Then, the Montina army, which was said to be the main force of the most elite Agri musketeers, expelled the French troops staying in Pisa with the cooperation of the Pisa City Defense Forces.

The two sides fought a short and small battle outside the city of Pisa, and then Montina's troops entered Pisa, while the French retreated along the river toward the port of Pisa.

No one can tell the outcome of the short battle, but from the French army's final withdrawal from Pisa, many people speculated that the French suffered a loss.

This speculation is surprising and even more unbelievable, because the French have not suffered a defeat so far.

So when I first heard this result, the Vatican caused an uproar, then there was a lot of discussion, and then the city of Rome fell into a strange atmosphere.

Montina and Pisa, Barenti and Lucrezia, Lovelle and Porgia, these people who seemed to be born with fateful enemies collided again, and people couldn't help but turn their eyes to the two father-in-law who can be said to be the most prominent in the European continent.

This time, the Pope and the Cardinal had to meet again, and this was the second dedicated separate meeting between the two Vatican masters in several months.

It was still that very empty room without any decorations, and it was still just a separate meeting between two giants who determined the fate of the European church, but this time their attitude seemed much more subtle.

"Pisa is very important." The Pope looked at the opponent opposite him, wondering if he was too careful, he felt that Old Rover seemed to be smiling.

"It's really important." Old Luo Weire remained silent. The meeting was a bit too subtle. He didn't want to be invited at first, but Barenti's several consecutive actions of sending troops made him worried that things might make things uncontrollable, which forced him to appear in this room unwillingly.

"Then it doesn't seem very suitable for the French to stay in Pisa."

Alexander VI's words surprised Old Lovere. Now everyone knows the hookup between the Bogia family and Louis XII, but now when he suddenly hears the pope say this, Old Lovere is a little confused about what the opponent is playing.

"It's not too happy that the French were in Rome for too long," Alexander VI looked at Rovery Old "or we can see what will happen in Lombardy before making a decision."

Old Rover looked at the Pope with some surprise. He did not expect Alexander VI to reveal another thought to the French to him so directly. Although he knew that even if he leaked the conversation here, Alexander VI would definitely not admit it, but for the first time he heard him express his attitude towards the French so unconcealedly, Old Rover still felt a little unbelievable.

So, for the Pope's suggestion that he obviously intended to be on the sideliness of what happened in Northern Italy, Lao Luowei only expressed cautious agreement with a very careful attitude, and then he left with great concern.

Looking at the Cardinal's back, which seemed to be suspicious, the Pope couldn't help but smile happily.

This was the only smile he had ever been full of joy since he came to the Vatican, and the last time he was crowned the pope.

Old Rovery returned to his villa with great worries, and did not even respond to the greetings of his children who had just come from Genoa.

Constantine noticed his father's strangeness, but he did not rush to ask, because he knew that with the character of Old Rovere, no one could ask anything if he didn't want to say it.

Since returning from Montina last time, Constantine has become much more steady. He has seen the changes in Barenti with his own eyes and the terrible scene of his uncle Bishop Tony burning to ashes. This has also made him feel something new in the changes in Barenti's transformation from anger to fear.

He began to reflect on himself and began to examine the honors of the Cavaliers he had pursued for 30 years. Then he was surprised to find that the championships, glory and the Golden Spurs seemed to become less meaningless, especially when compared with the brother-in-law whom he looked down upon from the bottom of his heart and did not take the honor seriously, he found that all the honors he had received before seemed worthless in front of that person.

"Constantine."

The voice of his father came from the room. Constantine, who was waiting outside the door, immediately pushed the door and walked in. He saw his father sitting in a chair, his fingers kept knocking on the armrest, as if he was thinking about something very important.

"You may have to go back to Montina," Old Rovery made Constantine's face pale as soon as he opened his mouth. He opened his mouth to say something, but was stopped by his father who had already guessed his reaction. Before he could express his opposition, Old Rovery had continued to say, "Listen to me, I mean I think there is something about the Pope hiding from us. I believe that this feeling is very accurate. I can be sure that he is planning a conspiracy."

"Is this related to Montina?" Constantine asked carefully. He knew that his father was a very keen person. Since early on, he had used his keenness to avoid the open and secret arrows targeting the Lovere family again and again. It was also with this keen sense of smell that a few years ago allowed their family to escape from Alexander VI, who had just ascended the throne, to a disaster that was almost exterminated.

Then my father said that the pope would have a conspiracy, and something bad is going on.

"I'm worried about what conditions Kombrey has reached with the Pope. If that happens, it will be more than just bad or embarrassing for us."

Constantine deeply understood what his father said. After returning to Rome from Montina, he could feel the sarcastic attitude towards him. After all, thinking about being expelled from his sister, it was unbearable.

"You go back to Montina, don't worry Barenti won't do anything to you, don't forget that she is Lovere."

Constantine, who originally wanted to refuse, finally did not object to this. He looked at his father very seriously.

Old Rover looked at his son with a little approval, and he knew Constantine had understood what he meant.

When Alexander faced such a situation, he reminded his son of the importance of family affection in their family when he said "she is a Borgia" to Caesar when facing such a situation, when Old Rovery said "she is a Rovery", there was a little helplessness in more pride.

Because they are all Bogia, Lucrezia can beg Alexander in front of the gun to protect Caesar. Also because they are all Rovere, Barenti can shake hands with the Rovere family again for the interests of Montina while being completely disappointed in the family.

"I don't know what they have been in, but don't you think the Pope's attitude is a bit strange. I doubt what Gombrey promised to the Pope. Remember if he really promised something, I think Barenti must know, so you have to go to Montina again, and this time you want Barenti to see the family's sincerity for her, and believe that she will not make things difficult for you as long as that."

Seeing his son nodding silently, Old Luo Weire sighed softly. He did not regret everything he had done before. If he had another chance, he would still choose to do it without hesitation. But this time he found that it was indeed necessary to have a good talk with the daughter who made him proud.

Alexander VI was very happy, or it was not an exaggeration to be proud of it.

Nomero is back and brings him news that makes him extremely excited.

Alexander's ambition surprised the pope. When he heard that he was trying to unify Sicily, even Alexander VI could not help but be stunned for a long time because of the accident.

But it was also after this contemplation that Alexander VI suddenly discovered that this idea was not only completely traceable, but even if you think about it carefully, it might not be possible to achieve it.

As the oldest descendant of Sicily, Count Modilo can be traced back to the Norman era, and Ruosha's marriage directly made her the heir to Naples among the two Sicily branches. As for whether this can really be made to make claims to the two kingdoms, the key is that all this makes Alexander VI seem to see an unbelievable prospect.

Normelo's own report to the Pope was a very simple sentence: "Count Montina knows what he is doing."

It was from that time that Alexander VI's attitude towards the French became subtle.

He still encouraged Caesar to actively rebuild the Pope's army, which was undoubtedly the most important for both father and son, but at the same time he sent someone to summon the Moorish who was said to have been jumping up and down in the city of Rome.

Then Uriu immediately left Rome overnight and rushed to Pisa. At the same time, Old Rovery sent Constantine to Montina again.

In mid-November, as Montina's army expelled the French army of Pisa, the French army, who had been monitoring the opponent's movements, finally began to attack the Montina army, which had been neutral after entering Lombardy. Almost at the same time, the Austrian army, which had been south of Varese, had entered Milan for nearly a week, began to advance westward. In the direction of Turin, the 5,000 Swiss and Austrian troops who had just obtained a loan from the new funder and expanded reinforcements began to approach south along the avenue between Turin and Alexandria.

For a moment, the situation suddenly became unfavorable to Louis XII.
Chapter completed!