Europe in 1501 seemed destined to experience a turmoil.

The countries everywhere, with the atmosphere of war and turmoil, seemed to be waiting for the arrival of a certain moment in confusion.

This moment is obviously from the Italian Peninsula, where almost all the armies of all countries in the Western continent gather here, people are waiting for a result.

The French King Louis XII was so eager to prepare to continue to fulfill the unfinished cause of the former kings, although it was unexpected, but the huge power of the free trade alliance, which was previously regarded as a huge businessman organization, attracted even more attention from the whole of Europe.

In early June, after a hurry to prepare, the Austrian army rushed to the Italian battlefield finally met with the northern army of Romanesia in Casalmachi on the west bank of the Mincho River at the junction of Venice and Romanesia.

The arrival of the Austrians obviously caused subtle changes in the situation on the battlefield. Although the Austrians' actions were greatly hindered by Venice's cautious precautions against the Austrians, for the French army, a real threat from the left wing had already appeared.

Lucrezia's unexpected rejection in Pisa was beyond Louis XII's expectations. The idea that he could successfully eliminate and dismantle the anti-French alliance through diplomacy had encountered setbacks from the beginning, and the news from Rome was also unreliable.

Although the agreement reached with Alexander VI only allowed Constantine to command the Pope's army to ensure that Rome was not occupied by the Naples, Rovery Old certainly would not give up this rare opportunity.

Although it was actually a very corrupt reputation to let his son come forward to stop the Naples army, who were also a member of the alliance, Rovery Old cleverly used the name of Alexander VI to declare the Vatican in the name of the Pope rather than Caesar's father, and at the same time announced the appointment of Constantine as the commander of the Pope, asking him to protect the safety of the capital of Christ's world.

Constantine was of course happy to accept this appointment. The move of abandoning the city and running away had ruined his reputation to the point where he could not defeat. He still remembered what expression the locals looked at him when he hurriedly fled to Ferrara.

In those days he felt that he did not live in a palace of his own territory, but in a completely hostile place, and even the servants were mostly far away from him.

He knew that these people were not necessarily angry at his abandonment of Milan, but were more worried about what would happen to them if they were in such a crisis.

Constantine knew that something had to be done to get out of this awkward situation, so when he arrived at the Pope's camp in the town of Pecha outside Rome, the first thing he did was to see what happened to those troops.

Constantine had heard of Caesar's strange death, which made him much more careful. After he led a large number of guards and ordered the army that followed him to prepare secretly, Constantine entered the town.

Pesha is a typical suburban village and town. The large area of ​​land suitable for planting grapes nearby allows people in this place to live a good life by relying on the vineyard. Looking at the sturdy stone houses on the roadside, Constantine was thinking about how to take these unruly pope troops into their hands as soon as possible.

He knew that his father was very disappointed with his escape. This time, the opportunity of Lao Luowei highly recommended him to take over as the commander of the Pope Army was hard-won, and this might be his last chance. If he messed up the matter, even his father would probably be completely desperate for him.

And there is another meaning for Old Rovery to come to Rome, that is, this way, you can avoid meeting Barenti.

It is obvious that Barendi was extremely angry with Constantine, and with Lao Luowei's understanding of his daughter, it is unknown whether Barendi would really be angry because of his anger.

The town was a bit unexpectedly quiet. Constantine looked up at the scorching sun above his head. In his mind, shouldn't the Popes all hide from the sun in the town to escape the heat?

A soldier who was carrying several buckets came from afar. When he saw Constantine and his party, he drove his pack horse to hide aside.

"Soldiers, tell me where the army is." A follower next to Constantine asked condescendingly on his horse.

Hearing this inquiry, the soldier raised his head and smiled with a cracked mouth, revealing a bit of black and yellow teeth.

"Of course I'm going to do business, you guys must be new here."

"Do business?" Constantine asked in confusion, "Who did the business, where did you go, and what business it is?"

Perhaps it was because Constantine, who was full of armor, looked too majestic, or perhaps his question was too profound, listening to this question like a classic life problem, the soldier seemed a little confused. He pointed to the other side of the town in a daze, responded vaguely without knowing what he was saying, and then suddenly whipped the butt of the pack horse with a whip, and then hurried forward.

Constantine looked at the soldier who suddenly ran away in surprise. He could only vaguely hear the word "Naples", which made him feel a little nervous.

He knew the Queen of Naples, and he once wanted to marry Alexander, a beautiful and sighing half-sister, just like Caesar, but now Caesar is dead at the hands of this woman, and he wants to replace Caesar with this queen, which makes Constantine feel very nervous.

What surprised him even more was a scene I saw in the woods southeast of Peixia Town.

A large area of ​​messy tents were randomly built on the open space near the woods. These long tents with no curtains and only one sunshade roof were not used for people, but looked more like a party.

This can be seen from the long string of tables in the tent.

In the tent, a large group of people were arguing about something. From the clothes on both sides, it can be seen that it was the Naples army and the Pope army. Although their weapons were not left, most of them were casually placed aside, and they were ready to confiscate the guys when necessary.

Now, while these people were noisy, they grabbed the wine glasses on the table and poured them into their mouths. Some of them seemed to have a result, and they hugged each other through the table, and then raised their glasses to celebrate what agreement they reached.

"What are you doing?" Constantine looked at the scene on the slightly low-lying clearing ground in shock. He waved his hand to stop the followers who tried to blow the horn to inform the Pope's soldiers, and then got down from the horse and walked towards the clearing ground.

As I got closer, I could hear the noisy content clearly.

Then Constantine unexpectedly discovered that the Pope Army, who had announced that they should try their best to guard against even if they had announced that they should be neutral, actually started a business with the Naples.

Salt, sugar, pepper and things called olive oil are bargaining everywhere, and people are shouting to fight with each other because they can't reach an agreement, but then a new round of disputes begins.

Constantine walked slowly in the crowd. Although the arrival of him and his guard also caused a lot of commotion, more people did not pay attention to them, but were still full of energy to argue about the price of a small bag of candy or a can of olive oil.

A soldier who was dressed slightly better came towards him. When he saw Constantine, he was stunned for a moment, and then immediately took a few steps and saluted respectfully.

"Sir, I didn't expect that you were here."

"Do you know me?" Constantine looked at the face, very strange, probably I have never seen it before.

"I should have been in your army," the mercenary replied, but he did not continue his resume. "Do you want me to report it to the team officials?"

"No, I want to see it myself," Constantine rejected the offer, but he asked the mercenary to accompany him in the camp. "What are you doing? What are the Naples?"

"We are doing business with them, and these Naples are so rich," the mercenary said in an envious tone. "We buy things from them that they don't need, and then sell them, so that at least we can supplement ourselves."

"Who allows you to do this?" Constantine's face turned slightly gloomy. He didn't expect to see such a situation. "Does the Queen of Naples care about it?"

"The queen doesn't seem to care about this," the mercenary shrugged disapprovingly. He looked at Constantine's gorgeous armor and swallowed, and said hesitantly, "Sir, if you can give me some rewards, I can find you some real and valuable sellers, all of whom are nobles of Naples, and some of them are said to have a lot of business at home."

Constantine waved her hand silently, and a follower immediately took out his wallet.

Because I knew that this was my few chances, Constantine wanted to know more about what was going on here.

Following the mercenary through this somewhat messy tent area, the first few tents that looked a lot neatly appeared not far away.

Several decent mercenary officers were in and out of the tent, and Constantine saw people wearing Naples army-style uniforms coming out of it.

"Those Naples are here, but I can't go in, sir," the mercenary said and stopped.

Constantine nodded and continued to walk forward. When he walked to the door of one of the largest tents, he happened to see several people coming out of it.

The Queen of Naples and the second commander of the Pope's army, the enemy who was supposed to be on the battlefield, met in an embarrassing manner under this situation.

Constantine looked at the young and beautiful queen opposite him with a look of indifference, but the other party's beautiful appearance did not attract much attention. His current attention was on the Pope's army.

But the situation he saw really couldn't make him optimistic. Thinking of the ridiculous scene outside, Constantine felt an indescribable bitterness in her throat.

"Duke, I may not be able to accept your request. Now is a truce. As long as the safety of the army is not damaged, I cannot stop my soldiers from doing what they are willing to do." Ruosha said to Constantine, who frowned and looked like he was provoking a crime. "Please let me remind you that your army has not paid any salary for a long time. If you cannot guarantee that they can get their own money, then you must be prepared for the worst."

Constantine's cheeks twitched, and he knew what Ruosha meant.

Mercenaries are indeed a very useful military force. The reason why many countries like to use mercenaries is that they can save a lot of money to support a standing army. This money is often something that those city-states cannot afford at all, or even some big countries are willing to hire an army to fight for themselves because they cannot afford the huge military expenditure.

But there are many problems with mercenaries. In addition to the most troublesome loyalty issue, there is also the poor discipline of mercenaries.

There are too many countries that were robbed by mercenaries because of their arrears of military pay, and countless mercenary commanders who lost their lives due to mutiny.

Although Ruosha's words now made Constantine feel an obvious threat, she had to admit that what she said was indeed reasonable.

It just made the Pope's young man who turned the Pope into a Naples, and this made Constantine feel unacceptable.

"I will settle the military pay," Constantine said dumbly. "Before this, I think we should probably talk about Rome carefully."

Ruosha didn't speak, but just stared at Constantine silently for a while, then she nodded silently.

"Since the battle has been truce, we are now talking as relatives rather than enemies, so I feel it is necessary to convey my father's kindness to you to you." Constantine said as she looked at Ruosha carefully, wondering if it was an illusion, he felt that the young and beautiful queen in front of him had become more charming than when she was just Miss Cosencha.

If the beauty and liveliness of the Count of Cosenca at the time were still the beauty and liveliness of a young girl, then what the Queen of Naples now shows is the most intoxicating charm of a woman.

This made Constantine suddenly feel a little jealous of the short-lived Alfred of Naples.

Constantine shook her head secretly and told herself not to think about the messy things. If the embarrassing situation he is facing now cannot be changed as soon as possible, then his Pope's army may become a large group of armed brokers who are reselling.

If that is the case, then he will really become the biggest laughing stock on the Italian Peninsula.

"My father hopes we can sign an armistice, after all, our common enemy is the French."

Constantine reposted Lao Luoweire with confidence.

He believed that Ruosha would eventually agree with the suggestion because as he said that Louis XII was their common enemy, and based on their understanding of Ruosha, the queen obviously cared about her mother-in-law.

Then in order to help Roman Thecia, Ruosha will definitely agree to this agreement that will not harm both of them.

"The Naples army can enter Rome in a symbolic way, you can even pass through the Arc de Triomphe and then go to see the Pope, but you can only lead 200 soldiers, and other Naples army cannot enter Rome."

Constantine said as she secretly paid attention to Ruosha's expression. He saw Ruosha raise her eyebrows in dissatisfaction, but said nothing, which made him feel a little relaxed.

Although I believe my father's judgment, after seeing the performance of the Pope, Constantine had no hope for whether he could stop the Naples.

Seeing Ruosha's reaction now, Constantine couldn't help but feel a little excited.

He tried to say in a calm tone: "Of course, because of your previous war with Caesar, I think it may not be a good idea to meet the Pope, but you can still be received by the Cardinals, and I promise you will definitely get the courtesy that matches your identity."

Ruosha listened quietly until Constantine finished speaking, she raised her hand and gently brushed the golden hair falling from her temples, and then slowly asked: "Does my brother's father-in-law think I don't have the courage and cannot occupy Rome?"

Ruosha used a strange saying to Lao Luoweire, and then looked at Constantine with a more subtle look, which made Constantine feel a little nervous. He didn't know what was wrong here, at least in his opinion, wouldn't this be a good opportunity for everyone to step down with a decent amount?

But now Ruosha is like this, Constantine is a little confused.

But Ruosha ignored what he thought, but continued: "My army can enter Rome at any time, and I can guarantee you that even if you can organize the Pope again, there is no way to compete with me. If I can defeat Caesar Bogia, I can defeat you as well, and I believe this process must be easier than defeating Caesar."

Constantine's face turned red in an instant. He never expected that if he would mock him so mercilessly, what he didn't expect was that Ruosha seemed to have no concern about the war that broke out in Rometheia.

When Constantine left, she even felt like she was dreaming. He never expected Ruosha to reject the suggestion he made, which made him ride on his horse and immediately escape from the outdoor trading ground with no life as soon as he left the tent where the two had negotiated.

He remembered Caesar's strange way of death, which made Constantine feel that even with the guards, he could not guarantee his safety.

After returning to his military camp, Constantine told him Ruosha's reply in his heart to Rovery. At the same time, he had to make a request to his father, hoping that he could try his best to raise military funds for the Pope's army, because if it was delayed, he was worried that "the Naples might have thousands more mercenaries."

But before Old Luo Weire's reply was waited, Constantine received a letter that made him panic.

A riot occurred in the city of Rome!

Many people also began to sell Ladia because they heard rumors about the run from France about Ladia, and some of the Fulgher's stores in Rome were surprisingly quick this time.

They directly exchanged gold coins from the Holy See's Church that had previously received low prices from other regions and other dioceses that were circulated in Rome. The wealth that was quickly accumulated during this inflow quickly dwarfed the treasury of the Holy See's treasury.

Just one day ago, Alexander VI ordered a ban on exchange with Ladia, and in this way, an inevitable storm arose.

Listening to the anxious report from the visitor and thinking about the Pope Army that he could not control at all now, Constantine suddenly remembered the strange words Ruosha said before.

"Does my brother's father-in-law think I don't have the courage and cannot occupy Rome?"

At that time, he just felt strange, but now Constantine seemed to have understood that Ruosha must be questioning, but was telling him with certainty: she was going to occupy Rome!
Chapter completed!