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Chapter 59 February 29

According to the order sent from Valladot, the conscripted nobles from all over Andalusia needed to send at least one person to Seville, and then these nobles were admitted to have been summoned to send troops in response to the Queen's order.

Although it is stipulated that only one person is needed, the ones who come to Seville are often a large family, and some of the closest ones are simply the nobles who come directly to join the royal army of Seville and prepare to go north together.

Therefore, Seville was very lively during this period. Every day, a large number of people often enter the city. These nobles from all over Andalusia are flooded with the city streets. The feces of their horses can be seen everywhere, and those who gather in taverns or brothels can be heard making noises anytime and anywhere.

Caroli was very concerned about the troubles caused by the soldiers of nobles from all over the country in the city. He knew that this might become the source of the riots that Don Bavi took the opportunity to cause the riots, so while he ordered the nobles to restrain their respective subordinates, he decided to order the troops of Philip Castle to enter Seville after hesitation.

February 19, 1501.

The soldiers on the walls of Seville began patrolling very early this day.

Because the city was not so peaceful during this period, according to the orders of the consul, the number of troops deployed on the city wall increased a lot, and near the city gate, two powerful artillery were added.

There was still a faint mist floating on the river surface in the distance, and the slightly cold and humid air breathing made people feel a little dull. The soldiers guarding the city walls looked at the river in a habitual manner and were about to turn around and walk away, but a black shadow from a distance suddenly attracted his attention.

The soldiers climbed on the city wall and watched carefully on the river in the distance. As the black shadow got closer, the soldiers finally realized that it was an army that was approaching quickly from the bridge connecting the two sides of Guadal to the city gate.

The soldiers immediately shouted loudly to the officers under the city wall. When the officers who came from hearing the sound ran up the city wall, the army had already crossed the bridge on the Guadal River and came to a place not far below the city.

Looking at the flag in front of the team, the officer immediately recognized that it was Wang Jun from Philip Castle. Although he was surprised by how Wang Jun suddenly entered Seville at this time, the officer knew that this was not what he should care about, so after seeing the other party's origin, the officer immediately ordered the city gate to be opened.

The appearance of the Wang army was very sudden, which made the city defense forces on the city wall discuss it while curious. Some well-informed people had vaguely guessed that this might be related to the noble army that had been going through during this period, but more people felt that perhaps they had thought that as before, they would have to delay some time in sending troops. This time, they might have mentioned it.

The city gate was opened, and Wang Jun quickly rushed into the city along the city gate under the guidance of the flag.

Somehow, watching the extremely silent Wang Jun pour into the city from his feet, the officer standing above the city gate inexplicably shuddered.

The King's Army was a new army established by Isabella during the regaining lost territory. This army formed by the then-breaking queen's favorite general Gonzalo is different from the noble armies of various places. The most obvious one is that these armies only serve the Queen.

The number of royal troops stationed in various places varies. These troops were spared from being disbanded and sacked after the end of the War of Resurrection and remained in the local army, which became the first step for Isabella to penetrate into the territories of the aristocratic territories in various places. It was also from that time that some keen aristocrats had realized Isabella's intention to acquire power and reduce the vassals.

The new army had a special position in various places. The queen who obeyed them sent local consuls to the locals. When necessary, these well-equipped and maintained strict training throughout the year could quickly gather and rush to anywhere in their defense zone to carry out tasks, which made the nobles feel a huge threat.

However, Isabella believed that the establishment and command of the royal army would probably require so many places that were different from the noble army. Therefore, in addition to the elite royal army commanded by Gonzalo herself, the Queen paid attention to the royal army in various places, namely whether the training and number could reach the level of the training and number that she thought could quell any noble rebellion when she thought it was necessary. As for the logistics supply of the royal army in various places, Isabella completely handed over to her consuls.

Compared with other consuls, Caroli was one of them who paid more attention to Wang Jun, because he understood the queen's intentions better than others.

But even so, Caroli didn't know very well who these Wang Jun usually interacted with, and how they lived in Philip Castle.

Wang Jun soldiers quickly vented into the streets of the city like a surging flood. Soon, the shadow of Wang Jun appeared in major places such as Seville Cathedral. Some early citizens looked at Wang Jun who suddenly appeared on the street, and couldn't help but stop and discuss it with curiosity and nervousness.

The sun had already come out. A few people were drunk the night before, swaying in the streets all night, covered in alcohol. While they were still filling their mouths with rum, they whispered to each other about the women they met in the tavern the night before.

Just as they were chatting enthusiastically, a messy and heavy footsteps suddenly came across the originally quiet street.

These people stopped and looked into the distance in confusion. They could hear that there were many people coming from the opposite side, but when they saw a whole team of soldiers appearing on the street and coming quickly, these people were stunned at first, and then immediately hid to the roadside, preparing to make way for the sudden emergence of the army.

But they felt strange before they took a few steps. Perhaps the experience of fighting on the battlefield made them look strange to danger than ordinary people. These people suddenly felt like this army was coming for them.

But when they noticed the danger, it was too late. The people in the front of the army that were approaching quickly had raised the crossbow bows covered under the shield. With the sound of a broken wind brought by a crossbow arrow, the oncoming crossbow arrows were shot into hedgehogs in an instant by the oncoming crossbow arrows.

The troops did not stop. They hurriedly walked by the blood from the men who were shot down, and their boots left scarlet footprints on the ground.

Carolai got up a little late this day, and it was the night he had been relaxing and sleeping the most fragrant these days.

He had considered whether to order Wang Jun to enter the city for a long time, because he was worried that it might cause a conflict between the royal army and the noble army, and he was hesitant. Carolai was very clear about the Queen's idea of ​​using gentle means to seize power from the nobles. It was precisely because of this that although he believed that Don Bavi had shown his rebelliousness, in order not to arouse greater conflict among the Andalusian nobles, he had been planning everything secretly.

He even thought about it that even if he found the whereabouts of Don Bavi, as long as it was not a last resort, he was still willing to secretly solve the biggest trouble in the queen's mind by retaining her dignity.

However, the development of the situation made him finally give up his efforts. He realized that the matter must be resolved before the war with Portugal was launched. Then the previous way of trying to minimize the influence was obviously not possible. The reduction of the vassal states was not to treat guests to a meal, nor could it be gentle. The reduction of the vassal states was to make people roll and blood flow into a river.

Finally, Carolina made up his mind to give the order to let Wang Jun enter the city, and then the consul who suddenly felt relieved had a rare dream.

A trace of light leaked from the gaps in the thick curtains. Carolai was lying in the warm quilt and moved. He wanted to sleep for a while, but the rapid footsteps outside disturbed him.

The door was unreasonably pushed open, and several people hurried to the consul's bed. One of his subordinates even reached out and pushed his shoulder hard without waiting for Carolai.

"Okay, I'm awake, is there anything?" Caroli asked unhappily.

"Sir, Wang Jun has entered the city." His subordinate said excitedly.

"Isn't that good? Now the nobles should be much more honest," Carolai leaned against the pillow and looked at several men. Seeing them looking at each other silently, he stretched out his chubby arms from the quilt, and waved his hands. "What's going on with you? What happened to you?"

"Sir, the Wang Jun clashed with the nobles' army in the city," a subordinate finally said, "Now some nobles are summoning the army, and things seem to be a little bad."

"What? Did Don Bavi take action?" Carolai immediately lifted the quilt and jumped off the bed. He asked his servants to put on his coat without caring about himself. "Where is he and immediately ordered Wang Jun to go out and arrest him. By the way, if he resists stubbornly, don't have any scruples. The queen has begun to get tired of this matter, so we must solve this problem as soon as possible."

Listening to Caroli's series of orders, the subordinates had to look at him carefully until the consul realized that the atmosphere seemed to be something wrong.

"What's going on? Why are you still standing there? Or is there anything you didn't say?"

"Sir, it's not Don Bawei, but the nobles. Wang Jun and their people had a conflict in the city. Now there are riots in many places in the city, and the nobles have begun to gather their troops."

Caroli paused blankly, he looked at his subordinates in disbelief, and then he suddenly understood and asked with surprise with an unexpected look on his face, "Wait a minute, do you mean Wang Jun took the initiative to provoke a dispute, right?"

"Yes, or not. Some people say they saw a noble guard attacking the Wang army, but some people say that the Wang army killed their people, but these are nothing more important. The city is now in chaos."

Caroli's face became difficult to look instantly

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In his imagination, the Wang army had a huge deterrent power. As long as they entered Seville, they could intimidate the aristocrats who were ready to move, and at the same time they could guard against the events that Don Bavi might have created.

However, the current situation has completely exceeded his expectations. The nobles were not shocked, but instead had a conflict with the Wang army. In his imagination, Wang Jun, who was supposed to be the ace in his hand, fell into conflict with the nobles as soon as he entered the city.

"Go and prepare horses, what are you waiting for? Let's calm things down as soon as possible!" Carolai took the lead in walking out angrily, and at the same time he kept giving orders "Help me find the General Wang Jun who entered the city. I want them to come to see me immediately, and summon all the city defense forces to defend the consul's residence, in case someone takes advantage of the situation to cause trouble."

Hearing the order, his subordinates immediately obeyed the orders. When they came to the yard, looking at the prepared horses, Carolai breathed a little and then turned over with the help of his servant.

"Listen, no one is allowed to approach the official residence after I leave, and anyone who disobeys the order will be executed!"

After giving such a harsh order, Carolai led a team of guards to quickly rush out of the residence and rushed towards the city where the noise could be vaguely heard.

Sevilla is crying. This Andalusia, also the most prosperous city in Castilla and even the entire southern part of the Iberian Peninsula, is now facing a disaster.

There was chaos everywhere, and there were citizens who fled panic because of the conflict. From the beginning, the conflict between the noble guards and the soldiers of the Wang army, to the rapid expansion of the situation after the bleeding occurred. Everything seemed so sudden and unimaginable. Almost no one knew where the chaos was caused by whom, but it seemed that in an instant chaos and riots swept through half of the city, and then the chaos quickly spread to other parts of the city.

Carolai led the guards to run along the street. On the road, he saw several people robbing the storefront. Under his order, the people were caught and hung under the eaves on the spot. This immediately shocked the other guys on the street with bad ideas. However, as the situation continued to move forward became more and more unfamiliar, Carolai had no time to care about the trivial matters of robbery and transactions and infringement of women.

He led the guard forward all the way. When he finally saw a team of pretty decent Wangjun, he immediately asked someone to shout loudly to the army, but the other party did not seem to intend to deal with them. After seeing the consul's flag, the Wangjun army immediately ran along the street to the distance, leaving Carolai with a confused look on his face first, then furious.

He ordered the guard to follow the Wang army and chase after him. At the same time, he was already surreptitious that once he found the commander of the Wang army, he would order him to hang the team at the gate of the city.

The noise outside became more and more intense, with shouts and curses mixed in, and later it turned into terrifying shouts and screams.

Alexander sat in the hall chair, wearing a gorgeous outer robe, and from the mouth of the robe you could see a corner of the breastplate that was wiped with unusually shiny. Beside him, Schell stroked the hilt of the saber around his waist, and on the chair beside him, James was checking the row of short muskets placed on the table in front of him.

This short musket between a long spear and a pistol is powerful. It can withstand shoulder shooting wooden stocks that effectively buffer the recoil during the musket shooting. Although it is only longer than the pistol but has a much thicker caliber barrel, it can shoot more deadly projectiles.

Compared with short guns with little power and long guns with inconvenient portability, James obviously prefers this kind of weapon that has both firepower and portability. Especially as an experienced pirate leader, he knows how skillful this weapon is in a convenient way to use in a narrow space.

A knock on the door sounded, and Schell glanced at Alexander and walked towards the door.

He was not worried that a group of thugs would suddenly break into the door, because almost the entire street had been blocked by the Hunter Guards and James's men.

Several officers surrounded Don Bavi in ​​a wheelchair and walked in. Seeing Alexander's outfit, Don Bavi showed a smile on his thin face.

He reluctantly raised his trembling hand and bowed to Alexander. "Duke, given that Sevilla is now in a mess and disorderly situation, and Fernando Caroli, as the consul, can no longer effectively control the situation, and the Archbishop is missing, I will take over the city in the name of Duke Buhalanthé, whom Her Majesty the Queen, and I need your help here."

Looking at the wrinkled face of Don Bavi, Alexander slowly stood up and reached out to him. "Duke, as you said, in view of the current situation, I will, in the name of the Vatican and His Majesty, declare your recognition of your power to take over the city."
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