The guy Shaskina raised her head and looked at Alexander on the horse in amazement, she felt that today was her lucky day, looking at this young man riding a tall horse and dressed in gorgeous clothes, Shaskina suddenly felt that she must have done something good before to meet Alexander when she was desperate.

Yes, it must be because I helped him in the first place, and it must be because I gave Sophia to him.

Shaskina was tempted to ask where Sophia was, but the soldiers who were chasing after her were already nearby, and she heard the scruffy shouts of tightening the reins coming out behind her, and the whispers that seemed to be nervous.

Alexander looked at the soldiers chasing Shaskina, and saw their slightly familiar blue and white attire, and he looked back at a Genoese who was about the same as he was following.

"Are they Genoese?"

"Yes, my lord," the Genoese officer who followed behind him asked aloud with his horse in his arms, "who are you, and why are you chasing this bohemian woman?" ”

When questioned, the Genoese officer tilted his head slightly to look at Shaskina, and when he saw that the bohemian woman seemed to look good, he glanced at Alexander a little strangely.

"We are the vanguard of General Cardino."

One of the soldiers replied aloud, he could see that these men were not enemies, but they were very unhappy that they were protecting the bohemian woman, after all, their companion had just suffered a loss, and was still howling behind him with a stinging eye.

So he looked at the Genoese officer and said, "We would be grateful if you could hand over that bohemian woman to us, she had just offended our captain and wounded him in front of a large crowd of civilians, and we must punish this woman, or our whole squad will lose face." ”

The officer looked back at Alexander a little embarrassed, he didn't know how this woman and Alexander met, but from the fact that the woman was immediately not afraid, it seemed that Alexander was able to support her.

Sure enough, hearing the soldier's words, Alexander walked over slowly.

Pagasus was tall and powerful, and even some experienced veterans did not consider him suitable as a war horse, because it was too conspicuous and a target to attract the attention of the enemy on the battlefield.

But at this time Pagasus showed his advantage, and with graceful but aggressive steps, Pagasus stared with haughty eyes at the opposite kind half a head shorter than him, and if it had not been for Alexander pulling the reins, it would have kept moving forward and then pushed the other man backwards with his long face.

"Where's General Kargino?" Alexander ignored the soldier's displeasure, but asked him the question that was more interested: "I want to see him immediately." ”

"My lord," the soldier was stunned, unwilling to say anything more, but looking at Alexander's eyes, he finally lowered his voice, "Who are you?" ”

"I'm Combrai, Count of Montina," Alexander said slowly, then smiled at the soldier as if remembered, "I'm General Calgino's cousin, to be exact." ”

Julián Calgino is the nephew of Rovere Sr.

The soldier's face changed slightly, no matter what Shaskina had done before, they knew that now was not the time for revenge.

The companion who was carrying the captain behind him was already whispering in the ear of the captain, who was still shouting, what was happening in front of him, and when he led the horse to the front, the captain was still angry, but he no longer scolded.

But he still felt angry, so he turned his head back and forth on the horse with a pair of eyes that were red and swollen like walnuts.

"My lord, this bohemian woman is plotting against me in front of so many people, and I hope you will give her to me."

Alexander frowned, he was not angry at the rudeness of the soldier in front of him, but at the sight that these Genoese people had the heart to entangle with women.

"What do you think I'm going to do for a soldier who has been plotted against by a woman? And was he plotted by a woman when he had so many companions? ”

Alexander's words caused laughter from the chasseurs and Bohemian cavalry behind him, who looked at the Genoese soldiers with mocking eyes.

The Genoese blushed, perhaps more shame or anger, but they did not dare to show it in front of Alexander.

The faces of the Genoese officers next to him were equally unsightly, and he felt that the soldiers had disgraced the Genoese, and Alexander's merciless ridicule made him feel secretly dissatisfied.

"Go back and tell General Cardino that I will be waiting for him in Oral," Alexander said to the soldiers, and then turned his horse to Shaskina, "We have really not seen each other for a long time, tell me how you have been doing?" ”

Several Genoese looked at each other, then at the Genoese officer, who was still standing still and staring at them angrily, some of them had already recognized him, and when they saw Alexander turn back, they cautiously leaned over and whispered.

A seemingly inexplicable farce ended like this, but only the people around Alexander noticed that his face was gloomy at this time.

"Go and tell our people, don't cross the center line of the town of Oral," Alexander ordered again, and he looked over the terrace outside the town, where he could vaguely see a figure busy, and he knew that it was Gompati's men who were building a makeshift artillery camp.

Alexander felt a little bitter in his heart.

"This battle may be more difficult than you think."

When he knew that the Vatican Confederation's troops were actually advancing towards Reialo separately, Alexander already had a very bad premonition in his heart, he thought that Pitiliuno would choose, but he knew that if it was him, he would never give up such a good God-given opportunity.

Gathering superior forces to defeat each one is almost the only way for countless generals to win for thousands of years, and Alexander has no reason to think that a professional soldier who commanded the Battle of Fornovo would not even know such a simple way to win.

It's just that although everyone understands the truth, the key is how to use it.

Alexander did not know where Pitiiliano would have chosen the battlefield if he had decided to attack separately before the Vatican League had yet to meet, but he did try to prepare as best as he could.

When he heard that there was a road ahead called the town of Oral, Alexander vaguely guessed that perhaps this was the ideal place he had conceived for Pitigliano.

The town of Oral, many years later, became a famous place of ancient battles because of the many battles that took place here in history.

Countless people have come to this still prosperous town to pay tribute to those ancient heroes and warriors, but no matter how emotional, no one can really understand the feeling of standing on this land in person.

Now that Alexander was standing outside the town of Oral, the scouts he sent kept reporting to him about what was happening near the town, and he already knew that the 7,000 reinforcements from Genoa had finally left the camp in Tarogu, and had arrived at a short distance from Oroar after a slow journey.

Soon the scouts brought in a new situation, and about a dozen miles from Orla, they found traces of the Venetians.

When she heard the news, she watched as Shaskina grabbed the meatloaf on the table and stuffed it into her mouth, and she unceremoniously took a few sips of her wine glass.

"I didn't expect old Gurga to die." Alexander was somewhat surprised.

He had thought that the elder Gurga had died in the chaos of Palermo's bloody night.

It's just that compared to the fact that Old Gulcane survived, Shaskina was obviously more responsive to the news about Nashan.

"You mean you saw Nashan?!" Shaskina stopped suddenly, her eyes wide and stared at Alexander, "Where is he now, why didn't he come to us, doesn't he know what is happening in the tribe now?" ”

Looking at Shaskina's look of both excitement and obvious disappointment, Alexander seemed to understand why she was so nice to Sophia, but considering how Nashan was now in the Bohemian court, he didn't know how to explain it to Shaskina for a while.

Shaskina was obviously a little dissatisfied with Nashan, she couldn't stop chattering while sipping her wine, and she didn't stop even when the scout came in and whispered a report, and then she saw Alexander suddenly go out without saying a word, leaving her alone with the meatloaf in a daze, and then she continued to eat so delicious that she couldn't stop the meatloaf and continued to stuff it into her mouth.

Alexander walked out of the house quickly, where he was now in a courtyard near a mesa in the southwest of town.

All the Genoese and Agri had been placed in the town, but to the confusion of many, Alexander not only forbade them to go further into the town of Orar, but also ordered Agri to start expropriating some of the town's sturdy-looking houses.

"Maybe we're going to have a war soon that none of us have ever experienced," Alexander explained to the Agri, but he wasn't too worried that the Agri would be uncomfortable with the battle that might be coming, since most of them hadn't even touched any weapons a year ago.

The Genoese were more excited, and many of them were running around the town, and although few of them had reached the center of the town in flagrant disobedience, it was already a headache for Alexander.

Alexander didn't think that Pittiliuno would expose his intentions for his 2,000 men, so even though he was already near Oral, he waited patiently for Genoese reinforcements to arrive.

How many men will Pitiliuno send to snipe himself and the Genoese?

Alexander felt that they should not exceed 15,000 men, after all, Giovanni's Papal army was closing in on Reallo, and even if Pitiglino wanted to send more troops, the Milanese would not agree to give up the base that would allow them to gain a foothold in Romagna.

"15,000 people," Alexander felt bitter in his mouth.

The battles he had commanded before could not be compared to the upcoming battle of more than 25,000 men on both sides, and the fact that not only was his side clearly at a disadvantage, but even worse, the Genoese were not commanded by him, Alexander felt that this battle might become the greatest danger he would face since he entered the battlefield.

Glory or sink, he knew it would be when he decided to stir into the whirlpool of the battle for Romagna, and now the situation is developing as he had previously suspected.

It's just that this development is a little too unfavorable for Alexander.

In the distance, the laughter of the Genoese mercenaries could be heard in the town, and the slick ruffians were not willing to stay in the camp arranged for them, and many took advantage of the chaos to wander around the town, some simply went to find women.

This is the mercenary.

Alexander thought helplessly, mercenaries were synonymous with trouble in his memory.

In addition to the lack of military discipline, there are always contradictions between mercenaries and employers, and worse, no one knows what mercenaries will do on the battlefield.

It's just that in this day and age, it's really hard to change that.

Alexander was a little envious of Gonzalo, whose strong background and status allowed Gonzalo to implement his military reform without any worries, but it was an almost impossible problem for Alexander to do what Gonzalo did.

However, it seems that it is still too early, and Alexander is facing a great crisis in front of him, and if he is not careful, not to mention building a new army of his own like Gonzalo, he may even die on the battlefield, becoming one of the many unfortunate ghosts who will soon be forgotten in this troubled world.

Seeing Alexander's slightly frowning brow, Paolo Busako asked in a low voice from the side, "My lord, do you want to send someone to summon those Genoese back?" ”

Alexander groaned slightly, then shook his head slightly.

For the Genoese, he was more concerned about reinforcements from Genoa.

For the possible enemy, Alexander clearly understood that it was impossible to resist with this amount of strength in his hands, and the only one who could really confront the Venetians head-on was the army from Genoa.

There was a hurried sound of horses' hooves, and several swaying figures on horses appeared in the distance.

Alexander looked at the men, and the corners of his mouth twitched when he saw a knight in ornate armor in front of him.

Although he had not seen it, he guessed that this person should be the commander of the Genoese army, Calgino.

As for this cousin of the Rovere family, Alexander had heard more or less about Barondi.

He knew that not only was Cardino a prominent family in Genoa like the Rovere family, but that the Cargino family had a long history as the head of the Republic of Genoa.

None of this mattered, though, and what Alexander knew was that the general should have little affection for him.

The reason why he said this was because he had heard that this Calgino had tried to propose to Barendi.

Whatever the reason, the elder Rovere ultimately did not agree to the marriage of Calgino and Barendi.

This was told to him by Constantine, who was quick to tell Alexander about the decision to send troops to Montina, because although it was not clear which general Genoa sent to command the army, Constantine had already made the assertion that "it must be Cardino".

Judging from the information obtained later, Konstantin's guess was undoubtedly correct, but it also shows the prestige and status of the Cargino family.

Calgino was draped in a full set of ornate armor, and when he dropped the helmet and face armor, there was no place left on his body except for a pair of twinkling eyes.

Alexandria had only seen one person, the former commander of the French army in Rome, de Charlon.

Looking at Alexander, Cargino's eyes were cold and contemptuous, he didn't want to have too much contact with a rural nouveau riche who easily rose to the upper echelons of Genoa by taking advantage of a lucky marriage, or he felt that Alexander standing in front of him was actually an insult to him.

"My army will be in charge of attacking the enemy together with Borgia's army, and you, Count, you can collect food and other supplies for us," Calgino said indifferently, and then did not forget to sneer at Alexander a little, "I heard that you were driving a grain cart into the city of Rome in the first place, and I think you must be good at doing these things." ”

Alexander listened calmly to Calgino's sarcastic words, although he knew that this man should not get along with him, but he was somewhat surprised that there would be such a strong hostility.

"I think it's necessary to warn you of the general," Alexander said, looking at Cardino, "my scouts have spotted the Venetian scouts a little further away from Oral, and I think it's possible that Pitilino will take advantage of the fact that we haven't yet joined up with Borgia and take various tactics against us." ”

Calgino's eyes, hidden behind the mask, flickered slightly, he paused, and then raised his hand with a little difficulty, lifting the armor to reveal his face for the first time.

Calgino is about 30 years old, but he looks older than he really is, because he has a sideburn beard that is rarely seen at the moment, which makes him look a little old.

His already tall figure was even more massive in armor, and when he leaned forward, Alexander seemed to be enveloped in his shadow.

"Listen, I've been on the battlefield with my father since I was 13 years old, I've been in almost all the wars of the last 20 years, and I promise to be at the forefront of every battle, and you, Earl, have you been there all these years, have you been in the countryside with your peasants doing farm work, so do you think a layman like you can command me casually?"

Cardino said and glanced contemptuously at the musketeers standing in the distance.

"Look at your soldiers, they don't dare to face the sharp spears, so they can only hide far away and sneak up on the enemy with muskets, you must know that true knights do not disdain to use the kind of weapons that cowards use."

Kargino's voice was so loud that even the Agri musketeers in the distance could hear it.

There was a dull commotion among the musketeers, and the soldiers stared at Cargino, which immediately aroused the vigilance of the Genoese, and for a time the men and horses of both sides were tense and angry.

Alexander raised his hand and waved it back, he looked at Cardino and whispered, "So I wonder what you will do?" ”

"I will have my army stationed to the east and in front of Oral, for that is the only way to Reial, and if the Venetians do come, they will have to pass through there, and I will show them the power of the Genoese."

Calgino said as he raised his foot and drew casually on the ground, the sharp thorns on the tips of his armor and boots cutting deep marks on the ground, and when he stopped, the Venetian looked up at Alexander.

"As for you, I just want you to see how I win."

Looking at the traces of dust still blowing on the ground, Alexander couldn't help but have a helpless thought in his mind: "Sure enough, ...... so"