Conquer the Dawn of Heaven

With a muffled sound of "bang", the heavy springboard fell on the dock.

People who had been waiting impatiently began to flock to disembark.

A young man in a black travel jacket walked in the crowd. He looked a little tired. Like most people who don't like life on the sea, the bumps on the sea are about to exhaust him.

Fortunately, there are two entourages beside him carrying luggage for him, which makes him a lot easier.

Walking on the springboard, the young man's body instinctively shook back and forth with the vibration of the springboard. In order to keep his balance, he opened his arms, which looked very ridiculous.

The funny appearance of the young man caused laughter from the prostitutes waiting on the dock. They laughed and waved to the young man, which made the young man even more nervous.

The entourage who followed immediately freed up a hand to support the master, so that the young man could continue to walk forward, until his feet were on the ground, and he breathed out.

The young man standing on the pier looked at Si curiously. This is the first time he has been away from home to such a remote place. Whether it is people’s clothing or the unique style of house construction, they are all familiar to him before. Everything was completely different, which made him somewhat nervous.

Those prostitutes came over like him. Their rich experience made them the best money for wealthy and wealthy young masters. They were away from home and unfamiliar with their lives. Sometimes he obviously needs a "broad-minded" woman. They take care of them personally, so he shouldn't refuse their kindness.

It's just that the prostitutes hadn't walked to the young man's side, and his two entourage had already blocked him.

They looked at these prostitutes with alert eyes, and they didn't seem to relax because they were women.

This made the prostitutes realize that this young man did not seem to be a good business target, so they stayed in place very cleverly just looking at him, waiting for his response.

The young man looked up like the prostitutes, then greeted the entourages and walked outside the pier. This made the prostitutes very unhappy, but looked at the entourage holding the hilt of the knife even when he left. Hand, the women swallowed their complaints cleverly.

"Don't be too nervous, it will make us look more conspicuous."

The young man ordered his entourage so, but he couldn't go where he could go. After all, this was his first real journey, and what he had to face next was something he had never experienced before.

When Offley set foot on the land of the Iberian Peninsula, mid-September had passed.

The reason why he was late was because he did not go directly to his post after leaving Pisa, but took a detour to Sicily and then took the boat to Iberia.

In Sicily, Offley hurriedly reviewed the Sicilian army remaining in Sicily. After listening to the reports of some wounded officers and soldiers returning from Castile, he also had some general idea of ​​the army that was about to take up his command. impression.

The Castilian army is an armed force full of contradictions. This army has not only the shadow of new soldiers, but also the traces of old-fashioned soldiers. It is precisely because of this that Castilians often fight bravely. At the same time, it is inevitable to expose the fatal weaknesses of the old military.

Offley thinks this is a real challenge, so since leaving Pisa, he has been thinking about how to train and reform the Castilian’s existing armed forces, and the reports he heard from the Sicilian also made He gradually had some thoughts in his heart.

It's just that in order to reorganize, train, and nurture such an army completely according to his desires, all of this must be fully supported by Alexander.

At the same time, Offley also knows deeply that his duty is to be an army chief rather than an army chief, so he must clearly understand what he is responsible for and what he cannot touch.

This is somewhat difficult for Oblay. After all, unlike the Roman Theesian army, Alexander is the direct commander of the Roman Theesian army. Both he and Gompati are only Alexander's deputy in the army.

The Castilian army is different. Strictly speaking, as a courtier, Ovolei only needs to be in charge of Alexander in the court, while his chief officer is Gonzalo in the army.

In other words, in terms of grand strategy, he can do exactly what Alexander intended, but once it involves specific military affairs, Offley has no right to cross Gonzalo and contact Alexander.

No military will tolerate an officer who likes to leapfrog, no matter how deep his background, for such a person, once this taboo is violated, no one will be willing to continue to cooperate.

Offley knew that such a situation would make him somewhat awkward in the army, and he was also worried about whether Gonzalo would be able to cooperate happily with him.

But he also knew that because of so many kinds of problems, Alexander moved him from Italy to Castile for a long time, and even for this reason he did not hesitate to withdraw from the Po defensive line.

Thinking of this Offley was a little melancholy. In fact, after crossing the Po and Mincho Rivers, although Offley’s own actions were somewhat hesitant to move forward, he has already done a good job with Gongpati. Venice is ready to attack.

For this reason, he has even formulated a rather positive plan, and he has also begun to make various logistical preparations for this plan. Once Gompati is ready, he is even sure that it will not take long to ask Winnie. A large-scale annihilation attack was launched in the hinterland of the Tuo area.

Perhaps by then, the attitudes of the two sides sitting at the negotiating table will change dramatically. Maybe the only thing the Venetian can keep is their poor islands on the lake.

It's just that such a grand plan can only stay on paper, which makes the chief of staff who has secretly named this plan "Project Overlay" somewhat lost.

A carriage came slowly, and the flag on the carriage caught O'Fley's attention. He vaguely remembered seeing the badge on the flag, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

It was the carriage that asked Offley to sell for the charity that stopped beside him, which aroused the vigilance of him and his entourage, but a person who got out of the cart immediately let Offley, who had first come to the place, finally breathed a sigh of relief. .

Tiego looked at Ofrei with some emotion, and the two of them had been gone for a long time.

Think about the young man who was a shy soldier when we met last time, but now he has become the chief of staff of the army of the Principality of Rome.

And his own identity has also changed a lot.

Valencia is now in a very strange look. The strange thing is that the local officials have announced that the merchant Tiego is wanted in accordance with the order issued by the king just now.

He was charged with colluding with foreign hostile forces and conspiring to subvert the Aragonese royal family.

Such a serious accusation was enough to make Tiego's head fall to the ground at any time, but it frightened a large number of nobles and merchants who had business dealings with Tiego.

Especially in the silk market in Valencia, all kinds of rumors spread for a while, and even whether it is a merchant who stocks a large amount of finished silk or a broker who buys low and sells high, all of them are panicked for a while, which also leads to the price in the silk market. The number of days changes and keeps rising.

And people soon discovered that the formerly prosperous "East India Company Valencia Office" had closed its doors, while the other "Catalan Defense Company" had long been gone.

But under this situation, Maria de Luna suddenly publicly held a grand banquet for Tiego in the land of Gandino, less than 20 fares in Valencia.

At the banquet, Maria de Luna kissed Tiego for the first time in full view. She even let her son and daughter hug Tiego and called him "the new father of my children ".

This move caused an uproar in the Valencia region.

Although people were surprised by Maria de Luna’s public declaration of herself as the mistress of others, they were also surprised by the fact that the Borgia family stood on the opposite side of Ferdinand, almost completely undisguised.

What makes people more puzzled is that the officials in the city of Valencia kept a weird silence about this.

This makes a lot of flexible minds vaguely aware of the anomaly.

Afterwards, a group of nobles, headed by the Archbishop of Valencia, went to visit the Duchy of Gantino, and people finally got a different taste from this weird one.

The price of the silk market gradually began to fall, but no one noticed that just a few days before the Valencian officials announced the wanted order, some strange brokers in the market that had appeared suddenly ate a lot of low-priced silk.

Then these people let go in large numbers when the price of silk was almost flying to the sky because of rumors, and shortly afterwards, the banquet in Gandino's territory was grandly held.

The city of Valencia seems to have returned to its original state. Only a slightly more careful person will find that there are more Catalans in the city, and it can be seen from the clothing of these people. , These people should not be doing farm work in peace and earning a living.

No owner of the Catalan Defense Company is wanted to give up their business. On the contrary, in a farm not far from the city, groups of Catalans are busy coming in and out.

Most of them looked hopeful when they went in, and smiled when they came out, their pockets became bulging, and they became powerful when they held the guy's hand.

All of this happened under the noses of Valencian officials who were cramping their hands.

Tiego greeted Ofrei in Maria de Luna’s carriage. The emblem of the Duke of Gandino went unimpeded in Valencia, even if he knew who was in the car, he was guarding the checkpoint. The guards didn't mean to stop.

"Remember, my friend, this is Valencia. The surname of Borgia can be tied with all the saints here."

Tiego’s words surprised O'Frey a little. He never expected that the businessman would dare to say such arrogant things, but soon he found that Tiego was right, not even a little exaggerated.

In many places along the way, he saw a wanted warrant for the arrest of the traitor businessman Tiegor, and even saw one or two portraits that were pretty cool, but even so, the carriage still passed the streets and alleys unimpeded. Finally, he passed through the seemingly heavily guarded gate and drove onto the road leading to farms outside the city.

"Is the relationship between the Valencians and the Aragonese royal family very bad?" Offley asked curiously.

"No, you should say that Valencia belongs to the Kingdom of Aragon." Tiego looked at the golden field outside, and his eyes flashed melancholy, and then he suddenly turned around and asked Offley, "Do you think if one day the duke becomes King of Aragon, how can he solve this situation?"

Ofley was taken aback, and he admitted that he had never thought about it, and at the same time he was surprised that Tiego had such a big ambition.

Then he might realize that this should not be Thiago's ambition.

"Master, do I mean your Royal Highness wants to be the king of Aragon?" Offley asked carefully. He felt that he was really naive in such matters, whether it was the businessman in front of him or Uliu or Machiavelli. Li, they are far more aware of Alexander's intentions in this regard than themselves.

"I just said if," Tiego replied slyly. "Don't listen to my nonsense, and don't be influenced by me because of this. You must know that even for the throne, Her Majesty challenged Ferdinand. This is There is no doubt about it."

Offley wanted to say something, but when he saw Tiego's deep-sense eyes, he swallowed the words back. At the same time, as he recalled the meaning of Tiego’s words, Offley suddenly felt slightly slightly on his body. Some are cold.

The carriage became quiet suddenly, and neither of them spoke any more, looking at the fields passing by the window, each thinking about their own thoughts.

The Principality of Rome and the Kingdom of Sicily, these two countries are closely linked because of a half-brother and sister. These brothers and sisters are natural allies and the founders of the giant free trade alliance. , Their brothers and sisters have deep feelings, and sometimes make people feel more like lovers.

But this is only a matter of two people after all, and now there are two or more countries behind them.

The Duke of Rome Thesia will become the king of Castile, and the Queen of Sicily is also expected to become the monarch of Aragon. This seems to be a promising prospect that pleases everyone.

But if one of them is not satisfied with only getting everything now, then the Kingdom of Aragon is likely to become the fuse for this pair of brothers and sisters to have a huge conflict with these two countries, and even split.

It is very different for a country to be ruled by husband and wife and brothers and sisters, and neither the age nor the faith can allow Castile and Aragon to solve this problem like ancient Egypt.

As the situation changes, Alexander's men have gradually realized the seemingly unavoidable situation they may face in the future, and they believe that no one among the Sicilians has the same idea.

So will an inevitable "Iberian Civil War" happen again in the future?

Offley glanced at Tiego. He knew that this businessman had a close relationship with Ruosha, and at the same time he remembered the troops he had seen in Sicily.

According to Offley, the Sicilians, like the Castilians, still retain the heavy traces of the old army, but the grenadier regiment directly under the queen already has both training and more important connotations. A brand new look.

This army is more like a condensed or even upgraded version of the Roman Thesia army. This once made him feel refreshed, but now it makes him start to worry.

He wondered what it would be like to fight against such an army one day, or that at that time, after most of the Sicilian army had completed the transformation like a grenadier regiment, Rome Tesia or Castile would be like this. What is the result of the enemy’s fighting?

The habit of being a soldier forced Offley to make such assumptions, but the result made him feel that it is not optimistic.

This made Offley eager to see the Duke more eagerly, and at the same time he had a new understanding of how to carry out drastic reforms to the Castilian army.

"When can I set off?" Offley asked, "His Royal Highness wants me to see Vallido as soon as possible."

"Don't worry about friends," Tiego said. "You may not believe it. The situation in Valencia is very delicate now. Maybe something unexpected will happen next moment."

Seeing Offley’s incomprehension, Tiego explained to him: “Of course, Ferdinand wouldn’t be willing to despise Valencia’s orders so much, so he should be making various preparations at this time, even now You can't use force at this time, but he won't let it go so easily."

"So?" Offley took a deep breath, making his tone as calm as possible.

"So you may have to stay here for a while, maybe we still need your help." Tiego said, glanced at Offley, and noticed the unconcealed guard in Offley’s eyes, then asked him. Smiled, "Don't worry, I won't detain you, after all, who can explain many things in the future?"

Offley did not speak again. Although this trip to Iberia had just set foot on this land, the successive accidents made him realize that perhaps what happened during this trip was something he had not experienced in the past 20 years in his life. Over.

I don't know how your Highness is now? !

Offley couldn't help thinking of Alexander. He had already heard that Ruosha was leading the Sicilian army to march towards Ariaridoda.

If it were before, he would have been overjoyed when he heard this, but now he felt a gloomy cloud in his heart.

What will happen in the future?

Offley was confused. As a soldier, he was really not good at considering these issues, which made him even more confused.

And in the Babia Ridow Palace, Ruosa is also asking Alexander the same question: "What shall we do in the future?"

Seeing Ruosha's serious eyes, Alexander had to try his best to look away from some places that should not be seen as a brother, and then he said in the same serious tone: "I am so anxious just for our future. Want you to come to Vallitod, don't you think you need an heir now?"

Alexander’s words made Ruosha’s eyebrows slightly raised and bent into two beautiful arcs, and then she smiled softly, looking at Alexander and stepping back towards the bedroom door behind her: "Then, let me have one. Heir."