Conquer the Dawn of Heaven

Barendi stood by the carriage and inspected the people again.

The appearance of Maria de Luna, Duchess of Gandino, standing with Tiego made her look quite relieved.

In fact, she was worried about what Alexander might think of the Duchess of Gandino. After all, although this woman was a little older, she still had some charm, and Alexander seemed to be more interested in those special women.

But fortunately, Tiego's intimate behavior with the Duchess made her know how much she thought, at least even if Alexander was really interested in this woman, he probably wouldn't do anything anymore now.

Barendi knew from a very early age that Alexander had an inexplicable exclusivity towards women. Because of this, she was very careful with the men she frequented, and she did not forget to write to remind people from time to time. Lucrezia uneasy.

Barendi actually hopes that Lucrezia will have some romantic affairs, so that she can get rid of a "strong enemy" effortlessly.

But this is just thinking about it. Barendi knows exactly how Alexander is obsessed with Lucrezia, not to mention that they have a pair of children.

Estreis is Alexander's favorite daughter, perhaps because it is too far away, Barendi believes that Alexander may not be as close to Sophia and his daughter as Estreis.

Because of this, Barendi didn't intend to offend Alexander about this matter. On the contrary, she wanted to restrain Lucrezia as much as possible so that the stupid woman should not do things that embarrass everyone because of her recklessness.

Barendi would naturally not only want to maintain "family harmony", she has her own plan, or she has to consider if God is really stingy with giving her a child before she has her own children. One must consider finding an heir of his own from among Alexander’s existing children.

And she would never choose the child of the bohemian wild girl. As for Ruosha's child, she didn't want to think about it.

After all, it is impossible for that pesky sister to take up all good things.

Valenti didn't want to stay in Valencia for too long. She rushed to Madrid, but O'Fleyi asked her to need the support of the chasing guards, which made Valenti have to stay temporarily.

Offley was very pleased with the timely arrival of the 2,100 hunting guards. He organized a very bold plan in this way, but the Valencians were either not interested in his plan, or thought he was too bold or even crazy.

Offley eyes Barcelona in the north.

The reason why he had such a bold idea was because he knew that in Ferdinand's long list of titles, there is a very prominent title, that is Count Arcelona.

Offley believes that the Barcelona people are unreliable, and even think they may become a trouble in the future.

As for whether the Barcelona people will really become the royalists, he doesn't really care. What makes O'Frey really interested in is Barcelona's unique position.

Barcelona is located on the west coast of the Mediterranean Sea close to France. Its advantageous geographical location and environment have made this city a pivotal port in the northwestern Mediterranean for a long time.

Because it is adjacent to the southern coast of France, Barcelona has been greatly influenced by France a long time ago, and even this coastal city was once ruled by the French in history, so Barcelona and the French have extremely close ties .

It is precisely because of this that after Alfonso I of the Astamara family became king of Aragon, Barcelona was the first to conquer.

According to Alfonso I, the relationship between Barcelona and the French is the biggest hidden danger of the Kingdom of Aragon, compared with the separatist nobles around Aragon.

For this reason, after conquering Barcelona, ​​Alfonso I simply put the city under his own direct rule to strengthen Barcelona's control.

This is about half a century ago, and Barcelona is now the back garden of the Aragonese royal family, and it is precisely because of this that Offley feels that the possible threat from Barcelona should be resolved as soon as possible.

And his idea and the original choice of Alfonso I have quite a bit in common.

Barendi agreed to Le Obley’s request. She knew that it was indeed important to Alexander, so she handed over the command of the Chase Guards to Obley, and then in Maria de Luna Escorted to her castle at the Duke of Gandino.

Maria de Luna knew that she must have a good relationship with the future queen at this time, especially after hearing from Tiego that the queen did not seem to have a very good relationship with her sister-in-law, Maria De Luna thinks maybe this is a good opportunity.

Gandino is a place located on the southeast coast of Valencia. Because of the criss-crossing rivers, the land is fertile, especially the fruits produced here, which are much sweeter than other places because of future reasons. .

There is a place called Cape Nao not far from Gandino to the south. The scenery here is very beautiful and the climate is very pleasant. It is in a small valley facing the sea in Cape Nao. A luxurious castle-style villa was built intensively.

The stone, glass, copper and all the decorations used there are the best, and the famous Michelangelo who designed this castle-style villa.

Now Michelangelo, who has already become famous, has been worrying about a work that he has been conceiving, but has never been able to start construction. For this reason, when he received Alexander's request for him to design a villa, he refused.

But then when he saw the heavy purse sent to him by Alexander, he reluctantly agreed.

This exceptionally beautiful villa was prepared for the Pope. It was a place for him to rest and retire in the future. When Alexander made this promise, Alexander VI did not expect that the villa would start construction so soon, and from the drawings When the materials can be prepared in such a short time, it can be seen that Alexander has already prepared.

After hearing about the Villa of Nao Point from Maria de Luna, Barendi affirmed Lucrezia's position in Alexander's mind.

Barendi did not think that Alexander did it purely because the pope played a very important role for him. In her opinion, his purpose of doing this may be more to please Lucrezia.

Lucrezia may be stupid. She is inferior to Ruosha, herself, or even Sophia in terms of status, but the woman who has nothing but looks is favored by Alexander with her unique charm.

This may be the skill of that stupid woman, Barendi commented in his heart.

While Barendi was stationed in Gandino, Offley had already begun to act.

His plan is simple and clear, and even a little rough. He directly uses all the Valencian troops that can be mobilized, and then uses the hunting guards as the main force to form a legion, and then quickly along the coastline to the northeast between Barcelona and Zaragoza. The inland city of Lleida advances and directly cuts off the traffic between Barcelona and Zaragoza!

Offley knew very well that the situation at this time was very delicate. Once Ferdinand learned that he had been betrayed, he was bound to be anxious and finally rescued by the kings of the nobles of his territory. At this time, the actions of the Barcelona people seemed particularly important. .

Those nobles will use Barcelona’s reaction as a signal. If Zaragoza can’t save Ferdinand more than the Barcelona in time, then nobles in other places may also follow suit. At that time, perhaps Aragón will fall into a situation. During the civil war.

The Valencian people obviously only want to be content with the status quo. They think that they are now the pope’s sanctuary, so they don’t need to care about things that have nothing to do with them. This kind of thinking seems correct, but Offley can’t. tolerate.

As for Tiego, he is very embarrassed in this matter.

Although he did not have any outstanding military talents, Tiego was keenly aware that Ofrei’s decision was correct, and the previous attempt by Maria de Luna to rule Valencia gave him a strong feeling. Warning, he doesn't know whether this matter will be known by the Queen, but if he can't prove his loyalty in the next action, then it is likely to leave a bad impression on the Queen.

This is something Tiego would never want to see.

Over the years, he worked so hard for the Queen’s brothers and sisters, and now he is about to end up suffering, he does not want to ruin everything just because of Maria de Luna’s greed.

It’s just that he also knows that it’s not easy to move Valencian people. The people in this place are too hug and xenophobic, even if he has integrated into the noble circle of this place, but when making such an important decision, those people Will instinctively exclude him.

But things are much easier now. When Oblay was inspecting the guards on the square in front of the town hall, watching the guards who walked neatly across the square at the beat of the snare drum, Tiegor Lost no opportunity to reveal his intentions to the Valencian nobles.

"Her Majesty the Queen will also become the Earl of Barcelona in the future, so the Barcelona people will still face us proudly, isn't it?"

"But we are the Pope's Asylum Territory," a nobleman glanced at Tiego dissatisfiedly. He felt that this foreign merchant, who had only become yellow after sleeping on the bed of the Duchess of Gandino, really hated "Even if they are directly under the king It's nothing too much."

"Perhaps, but I heard that the queen is really interested in Barcelona. You know that it is very close to France. Maybe the queen thinks that it is more convenient to deal with the French if it values ​​Barcelona."

Tiego’s words caught the attention of the nobles. They knew that even as a pope’s domain, there would still not be too many benefits if they did not get the attention of the monarch, and they had always competed with Valencia. If Barcelona became the queen's darling in 2016, then maybe Valencians will watch them arrogantly for a long time in the future.

"But they are not the Queen's territory yet," the other nobleman finally couldn't help but said. "Perhaps they still want to be loyal to Ferdinand."

"It's very possible, so if we can stop the Barcelona people at this time, it has a completely different meaning for the queen, she will know who is loyal to her, right?"

The nobles were lost in thought. They knew that Tiego was actually bewitching them, but that didn't mean that Tiego's words were unreasonable.

"About 2,000 people, it looks like a really powerful army." A nobleman stared at the guards who walked on the square, and wondered in his heart whether a person with such an army would fail in the future. may.

After all, announcing that he did not have a place for the Pope and taking the initiative to suppress the nobles loyal to Ferdinand are two different things. The former would have an excuse for the restoration of Ferdinand, while the latter would be a complete betrayal of him.

"Perhaps we should watch the Barcelona change in the future, and then step on Valencia again." Tiego said in an indifferent tone.

"Dream it, this kind of thing will never happen," a nobleman interrupted Tiego angrily. They were no longer in the mood to go to the military parade anymore. Instead, they gathered together and talked in a low voice. There was a quarrel.

O'Frei looked at the guard hunting guard walking in front of him motionlessly, with a slightly satisfied smile on his mouth.

After several years of hard work, he has finally trained such an armed force that he is proud of. Although the Roman Thesia and Sicilian armies have gradually separated from the shadow of the old army before, Offley still regards the hunting guards as real. It embodies the model of the new army that he has learned from Lord Duke.

"I'm confident enough that I can take Barcelona only with the hunting guards," Offley's eyes swept across the soldiers. "If it's just to block the traffic between Barcelona and Zaragoza, I don't even need to use everything. the power of."

"Don't be too anxious friends, don't be too anxious," Tiego walked to him and murmured comfortingly, "Believe that they will have results soon."

Offley nodded and didn't say anything. In fact, he knew that he was indeed too anxious at this time.

Not being able to get to Valaritod as soon as possible, which made him miss the battle between Roma Town and Gahel, which annoyed Oblay.

He had heard that Gonzalo was in charge of the battle, which made O'Fley aware that this Castilian star might become another Gompati competing with him.

Gonzalo's reputation, status, or authority in the Castilian army is definitely not comparable to him.

This made Offley, who was about to take up his post as Minister of Military Affairs, had to be cautious, so he was eager to prove himself with actions, and at the same time let everyone know the difference between him and Gonzalo as Minister of Military Affairs.

The difference is that Gonzalo is the commander-in-chief on the battlefield, but in the strategy of the direction of the war, Offley hopes that everyone can have more confidence in him.

Finally, after some arguments, the Valencian nobles finally agreed to send troops to Barcelona.

However, their condition is that no matter what privileges the queen gives to Barcelona in the future, Valencia must have the same rights.

Such conditions are of course not something that Ofley and Tiego can negotiate, but they still agree to serve as witnesses in the capacity of the Minister of Military Affairs of Castile and the Queen’s Special Envoy, and when they make a petition to the Queen in the future Report truthfully the contributions of Valencians.

The final force of the Valencian army was 4,300.

Except for the main force of 1,700 people composed of the Balkans and Agri Musketeers, the rest are composed of the Valencian militia.

It's just that such an army certainly don't talk about the rapid advance, even they had to stop and camp shortly after they were born.

But what the Valencians didn’t expect was that while they were pitching their tents arbitrarily, the Romantesian hunting guards were already on the road again after a short rest, and this time they simply threw the Valencians away. In the back.

"I just want the Barcelona people to know that Valencia has sent troops."

Looking at the stunned Valencian militias standing on the side of the road at a loss, Offley smiled slightly.

From the beginning, he had no intention of marching into Barcelona with the Valencians, because he knew that acting with such a half-hearted army would only be dragged down.

His real intention is only one, and that is to make the Barcelona people be cautious because they heard that Valencia sent troops, so that he can quickly occupy Lleida when the Barcelona people do not react.

Before leaving the city of Valencia, he told Thiago of his intentions.

But he also asked Tiego to give him enough help.

"I need the Aragonese fleet stationed in Valencia to block the port of Barcelona, ​​so that I can better intimidate the Barcelona people."

Although Offley made this plan very bold, he was very careful in implementing it. It is because of this that he wanted the support of the Aragon fleet, and did not want to command what he saw was not much better than a mob. Valencian Civilian Army.

In early December, after the Barcelonaians who received the definitive news were surprised to learn that Ferdinand was seriously ill, an argument began in the old palace.

Many aristocrats demanded to send troops to the king to rescue them immediately, while some people wanted to take another look with the attitude of waiting for changes.

But before their argument came to an end, someone had already brought them bad news about Valencia.

The Valencian army suddenly sent troops to advance north. Although they don't know what their intentions are, it is clear that they are not good.

Barcelona was in an uproar. Some people still insisted on sending troops to Zaragoza immediately. Their intention was very clear. When they rescued Ferdinand and quickly controlled Zaragoza, the situation would be reversed at that time.

Others think that defending Barcelona is the top priority, and sending troops rashly may give the enemy a chance.

The two sides couldn't argue for a while, and even almost shot a fight when it was fierce.

It was not until the arrival of a fleet of Valencia flags that suddenly appeared off Barcelona, ​​that the dispute was completely ended.

Barcelona people began to panic building fortifications, UU reading www. uukanshu.com They pushed the best artillery on the walls of the coastal castle, ready to start a battle with the enemy at sea.

However, the Valencia fleet did not attack Valencia, and a news that made them completely desperate came from the interior.

The Valencian army that should have been halfway there suddenly appeared under the defenseless city of Lleida.

A war for the city ended quickly in a staggeringly short moment. When the Lerida people finally woke up, they realized that the city had been occupied.

The traffic between Barcelona and Zaragoza was completely cut off!

On 112th, 1503, a letter sent from Zaragoza via Alexandria of Ghaal was delivered to Ruosha who was resting in the warm room of the Palace of Valaridod.

Looking at the letter, Ruosha's face showed a smile.

The queen of Sicily, Ruosa Cosenza Astamara, Countess of Cosenza, is about to become the regent of Aragon.