Conquer the Dawn of Heaven

The weather was still so hot, standing on the banks of the Tagus River, the cool river breeze made Alexander want to scream.

Schell stared at the surroundings closely. He was a little nervous at this time, because the news from Vallitod showed that the situation was becoming more and more tense.

At the end of June, a small but well-equipped army set out from Zaragoza.

The commander of this army is a famous nobleman. He has a cousin of the same name, who was very popular with Ferdinand at the time. He used to be the governor of Sicily, called Fromenza.

General Flamenza Jr. led a well-known Aragon Axe Infantry.

Among the Aragonese army, the largest number also forms the basic combat effectiveness, it is this kind of axe infantry.

Their equipment is simple and effective. A fish-shaped helmet, a half-length or greave armor, a saber or a short musket equipped by a small number of people, and finally their main weapon, or a The pole halberd is either a long-handled axe and a cross-barbed spear.

If such an army is well-trained, it is still terrifying, especially when it is competing with an equal number of enemies. With good equipment and training, it is enough to defeat a larger number of opponents than theirs, even against a certain number of cavalry. If the terrain is favorable, they can also make the enemy suffer a lot.

The number of this army is about 400 people. Because of its small size, although they are very disgusted with these Aragonese, the Barri Dodds did not care too much.

Ferdinand mobilized this army in the name of strengthening his own guard, which somewhat attracted the ridicule of the Castilians.

They thought that Ferdinand was a coward. When the queen was there, he might be proud of his identity. But Isabella died shortly after. He was afraid to offend the nobles who opposed him and wanted to hide himself in the guard. Behind our bodies.

At that time, no one thought that such a small number of Aragonese army could play any role, until a few days later, the Castilian court suddenly changed.

Juana was awakened by the sound of footsteps suddenly breaking into her living room at night, and she immediately got up vigilantly. The first thing was to see her husband who was lying on the bed on the other side of the room, covered by a thick tent.

According to the doctor's instructions, Juana had people lit a lot of incense mixed with fish oil on Philip's bedside, because it was said that this would allow the smoke to penetrate the prince’s ulcerated skin.

Although the result of doing so only made the smell in the room more unbearable, Juana clearly believed in this.

However, the doctors who took her large sums of money were not useless. Someone among them did not know who provided the hypnotic soothing potion, but Philip temporarily got rid of the pain and fell asleep for a long time.

The soldiers who broke into the palace suddenly made Juana very angry. While shouting her captain of the guard, she denounced the brutal behavior of these soldiers, but whether it was the captain of the guard who should have appeared immediately or the seemingly humble Aragonese soldiers , Did not respond as they should.

Under the control of the soldiers who were polite but extremely arrogant, Juana was taken away from the palace of Vallaridou.

During this period Juana was horrified to find that they seemed to be trying to disadvantage her husband, so she tried to resist, but was stopped by the soldiers, and could only watch them put Philip on a stretcher and moved out of the room.

Fortunately, Ferdinand did not intend to separate the couple. In fact, when he saw Philip's terrible appearance, Ferdinand was only secretly happy.

Juana's obsession with Philip became an excuse for Ferdinand to take the opportunity to take over power. He asked the young couple to send the young couple to the Highland Castle on the other side of the river again overnight. This time Ferdinand did not intend to let them come out again.

The sudden change of the court spread to Vallariddo almost that night, and the nobles of Castile were at a loss because of the sudden accident, even until the next day was almost noon. , The nobles finally made the decision to confront Ferdinand's theory in the palace.

This time, the Vallidos lost their precious opportunity.

When the nobles finally rushed to the palace surrounded by their respective family guards, waiting for them was the closed palace gate, and they had been prepared. Ferdinand ordered them to be arranged in the most important part of the palace defense. local,

These Aragonese soldiers quickly occupied many important places in the palace, and at the same time they began to arrest those in the palace whom Ferdinand considered a threat.

When the nobles tried to question Ferdinand, they faced the Aragonese who were waiting in line and could only curse out of anger.

Someone wanted to invade the palace, but they soon discovered that although the Aragonese army was small in number, under the cover of the strong defense of the palace, these Aragonese soldiers played a powerful role beyond their expectations.

The only tentative offense was quickly defeated by the Aragonese defending, and as the news that Juana might have only been put under house arrest by Ferdinand disappeared, the nobles quickly realized that unless It was a complete break with Ferdinand, otherwise they would send someone to storm the palace and they would definitely be labeled as a rebellion.

This made the nobles helpless and desperate. The only thing they can count on now is to find Juana.

What disappointed them was that there was no news about Juana's whereabouts. Obviously, Ferdinand had already thought that they might look for Juana, so he had secretly placed her in an unknown place.

It's not that no one thought of the Highland Castle, but it was already tightly sealed, and Ferdinand had ordered the army in the city to prepare to suppress the guards of the nobles.

As a result, those nobles who did not want to completely break with Ferdinand were caught in a dilemma for a while.

However, Ferdinand did not give them a chance to think about it. When he found that the nobles showed hesitation, he immediately issued more severe orders.

Looking at the nobles who chose to retreat in the end, Ferdinand, who stood in a fortress in the palace and watched all this, couldn't help letting go of his tight heart.

However, he also knew that the compromise of the nobles was only temporary. He had to win over those influential among those people as soon as possible and pull them to his side. Otherwise, once the situation was unavoidable, it would be difficult to guarantee that these people would not gather to oppose him again.

While considering how to win over the Castilian nobles, Ferdinand paid close attention to Toledo's news.

He has ordered the generals stationed in Madrid to send troops to arrest the Duke of Rome Thesia, but only Ferdinand knows that there is a secret order for the secret execution of Alexander.

For Ferdinand, a living prince of Castile is obviously a big trouble, especially if this person is the son of Enrique IV, regardless of whether this person is true or not, this identity is enough to bring a lot Troubled.

So Ferdinand hopes that the Duke of Rome Thesia can be solved in one fell swoop.

As long as he died, there would be no excuse for the Sicilian army to stay in Castile. At that time, if the Queen of Sicily did not withdraw his troops, Ferdinand believed that it would cause great dissatisfaction among the Castilians.

At that time, not only will the Castilians be on his side, he can even take the opportunity to send Aragonese troops into Castile to fight the Sicilians.

Once the Aragonese army enters Castile, it is not so easy to go back.

Thinking about it this way, Ferdinand, who had been extremely annoyed by Alexander's appearance in Toledo, suddenly felt that Alexander's reckless behavior had helped him a lot.

Just as the nobles of Valladolid passed on the many changes that occurred through various channels, the brewer of all these changes, the chief inquisitor of the Religious Inquisition, Thomas Tangomada, was waiting in his lair. Ferdinand's next arrangement.

To his disappointment, Ferdinand seemed to have forgotten him.

This makes Tangomada very dissatisfied, although Isabella's death caused him to lose his biggest backer for a while, but his unwillingness to the status quo character makes Tangomada ready to try to join the new owner again.

It’s just that although Ferdinand has provided sufficient reasons for imprisoning Juana, Ferdinand obviously does not intend to fully believe or count on him.

This can be seen from the fact that he had arranged the Aragonese army to arrive quietly in Vallitod as early as June.

Obviously, even without Thomas Tangomada’s allegations, Ferdinand would still take action against Juana, but the reason is now stronger.

When he heard that Ferdinand was trying to contact the nobles alone, and seemed to be trying to persuade them, Thomas Tangomada felt vaguely dangerous.

In Isabella's time, Tangomada became Isabella's tool to eradicate dissidents in order to please and gain her trust.

A large number of people were sent to the religious court. Although it was impossible to put everyone on trial, Tango Mada knew Isabella’s mind so he kept weaving charges, listing the charges, and giving the heads of those people. Put on heretics, hypocrites, and all kinds of hats that will cause them to be cruelly punished.

The result of this is that many people have to take out their only property to redeem relatives, friends and themselves because they are afraid of being punished.

Using these people, Tango Mada succeeded in bringing the charges to their lords, superiors, and various sponsors.

How many people Thomas Tangomada sent to the terrible prison of the courthouse during these years, and how many people he personally ordered to be sent to the torture frame, even he himself can't even remember.

Thomas Tangomada knew very well that once Ferdinand decided to make him a scapegoat in exchange for the support of those nobles, then he was destined to have no escape.

He could even imagine that the person who was the Truth Society would not save him either.

So Tangomada decided to find a way to save himself, at least to withdraw from the immediate danger.

When someone reported to him that a group of heretics had been captured, Tango Mada did not fall into the frenetic trial of these people as before, but after the hastily interrogated, he ordered them to be sent to the trial house prison.

Then he declared benevolent punishment to these people in the name of the queen's prayer.

They were ordered to do hard work in a quarry far away from the city of Valarito to punish them for their crimes.

Tango Mada’s unexpected behavior caused too much sensation. Everyone’s attention was focused on Juana. Even if someone noticed his behavior, they just thought that the slippery priest was also at this time. Started to leave a way for myself.

Thomas Tangomada is very smart, he knows that Ferdinand does not trust him, and he is very dissatisfied with his control of the court.

In the past, because of Isabella backing him, Tango Mada could completely ignore Ferdinand’s anger, but now it’s not like that.

Tangomada knew that there was probably a spy sent by Ferdinand by his side, so he did not arrange for people around him to send letters to Alexander.

Thomas Tangomada intends to report what happened in Vallitod to Alexander. As for Ferdinand has sent someone to arrest Alexander, Tangomada is not very worried.

Because although there is not much contact with the Duke of Rometesia, in Tangomada's view, the Duke is not a person who will make foolish actions.

The person he arranged to deliver the letter did not know who he was working for. On the way to the quarry, the escorted guards cleverly let go of several people after being bribed.

Among them is the messenger of Tangomada.

The shock caused by Juana's imprisonment was obviously greater than expected.

The turmoil along the way made the messenger rush on the road overnight, but it was already four days later when he walked into Toledo tiredly.

A lot of things have happened in this day. One of the things that Tangomada and the messenger did not expect is that Alexander is no longer in Toledo.

Two days ago, Alexander received a letter from Madrid.

The letter was not from Gonzalo, but from the Mayor of Madrid.

In the letter, the Mayor of Madrid not only extended an invitation to Alexander in the name of all Madrid people, but also wrote this paragraph in the letter:

"Your Majesty, I was suddenly shocked to learn that Her Majesty the Queen had an accident in Vallitod. The nobles and civilians in Madrid are facing an unprecedented panic. The people are eager to save their queen from danger and darkness, and this needs someone Brave, upright, and talented people lead them, so here, in the name of all Madrid people, I ask you to lead us to save the queen. Madrid people look forward to your arrival."

At that time, I looked at this seemingly generous statement, but in fact it was deliberately ambiguous. UU reading www.uukanshu.com can explain the letter that makes sense. Schell heard a sneer from Alexander.

"Slippy."

This is what Alexander said of the mayor of Madrid.

On July 24, 1502, the Duke of Rome Thesia suddenly led his guards to appear outside Madrid.

Immediately, the mayor of Madrid ordered the gates to be opened.

After Isabella and Ferdinand came to Madrid. After 25 years, another member of the Castilian royal family entered Madrid as a winner.

After seeing Gonzalo, Alexander stopped the Santiago Cavaliers captain's salute.

Then in front of the many nobles who came to greet him, Alexander personally handed the scepter in his hand to Gonzalo's hand.

"Please take this, but this is not a commendation to you, but a responsibility to you," Alexander said to Gonzalo, then he lowered his voice and said in a tone that only two of them could hear, "Be prepared Alright, my friend, a new era is coming."