A large bumpy ship looms over the surface of the sea from time to time in the face of the blowing wind and waves, and the ship sometimes falls into the deep troughs of the waves, and sometimes is thrown to the summit of the waves, and as the hull rises and falls, the mast that has lowered the sails also rises and falls from time to time.

The people on board were all veterans who had been on the sea all year round, and they were not so worried about the bad weather in front of them, although it was inevitable that they would have to go through all kinds of disasters and even lose their lives in order to make a living at sea, but the rich reward still made these people willing to take risks.

After all, there are still a few people who are driven to the sea purely by the spirit of adventure, and for most people, they are only eager for the reward of being able to live after this adventure at the cost of their lives.

But there are people who really don't seem to be afraid of the rough sea, a man with a thick beard and thin cheeks seems to be very interested in this chilling scene, he clung to the rope on the boat, every time the sea water swells and smashes his head and face, he will excitedly let out a "oh roar" cry, and then when the sea water falls, the wet man will keep shouting at the sea, as if he is provoking the sea.

"That guy is crazy!" A sailor tugged at the rope of the sail pole and shouted to his companion, "Though he is the owner of the ship, he will kill us all!" ”

"But we all have to listen to him, and he has ordered him to be thrown into the sea to feed the fish," the companion advised the sailor, "and we will pray now that he will not let us all bury him, and God willingly return to shore alive this time!" ”

"Don't worry, you'll make it back to shore alive!"

I don't know when the man appeared next to the two sailors, he didn't care about their ugly faces, he held on to the sail rope with one hand, and shouted to the sailors on deck with the other hand to his lips, "Hard, each of you can get an extra 4 florins!" ”

The men's shouts clearly encouraged the sailors, who shouted their trumpets and pulled the sails with all their might, and the hull of the ship was tossed higher as the oncoming waves rose horizontally.

"It's a great day!"

The man ignored the icy sea water that hit his face, and he just stared at the faint light that fell from the dark clouds in the sky ahead, and kept shouting, "Don't stop, we're going to rush out!" ”

The waves were still raging and the wind was still blowing so fiercely, but the bumpy ship kept moving forward until it finally broke out of the sea ruled by the wind and waves.

The man stood on the deck, his whole body wet, his hair lying on his forehead, the corners of his hair still dripping, and when he finally took a step, his boots filled with sea water made a popping sound, but this did not affect his much lighter pace.

The man walked down the open ladder down the bottom compartment, sniffing the faint stench of the cabin he frowned on, and then walked to a corner.

There had been a small partition with bags of grain, but by this time the grain had been scattered everywhere, and only two men were leaning against a recessed spot in the middle of the sacks, and one of them was lying there vomiting, just looking at his retching appearance, he should have nothing in his appetite anymore.

"It's okay, speaking of which, we didn't expect to encounter this kind of bad weather on this little road." The man said and stretched out his hand to the man who had been vomiting, and when he pulled the man up, he felt that his hand was sticky, and the man only frowned secretly but did not say anything.

"That's why my father has always been against me being a sailor, and he said he would rather be a mercenary, so that even if I am killed, I will have a chance to recover my body." The man who couldn't stop vomiting wiped his dirty hands on his clothes casually, and then reluctantly gestured to his entourage.

The attendant immediately handed over the cowhide wine jug he had brought with him, and after drinking a few sips and finally suppressing the disgusting breath in his heart, the man nodded: "So we are safe now?" ”

"Of course, General," the emaciated man smiled, "and we will be ashore soon, and I assure you that the rest of the journey will be easy. ”

"I hope so, even though you promised me that the trip would be easy."

Hearing this implicit sarcasm, the emaciated man did not appear angry, he smiled and made an inviting gesture, and then took the lead up the ladder to the deck.

By this time, the ship had indeed left the frightening sea, and the dark clouds overhead had dispersed, although the cold and bright sunlight cast down on the face, making people feel a kind of brightness that could not be opened.

"We're almost in Genoa, General Gompati, and I can't wait enough for your army." The shipowner said to Gompati, who was looking up and squinting, with a hint of curiosity in his eyes, which he had heard of before, but now he was more curious about what he would do with the French.

After all, now the Montina army is facing an unprecedented crisis.

Montina's entry into Lombardy was somewhat cleverly timed, or in some people's opinion, just right.

After the Battle of Varese, both Franco-Austrian sides chose a temporary truce, believing that one side had been served in Italy and the other side had to stop for a while because of the casualties in the previous battle.

For whatever reason, the whole of northern Italy was calm at the beginning of November, and it was at this time that Montina's army entered the Lombardy region.

The ambiguity of neutrality made both warring sides very wary of this sudden intrusion of foreign troops, and even when the Montina suddenly sent troops to Pisa to drive away the French troops stationed outside the city, Louis XII did not immediately order an attack on the Montina army, which was dominated by Genoese regiments, and it was this short but precious stalemate that gave the Montina army a rare opportunity.

In those days, the Genoese suddenly found that the wharves had become busy, and ships were coming from Pisa, not far away, and instead of large quantities of goods were unloaded from these ships, weapons and armor, and batches of tightly sealed barrels of gunpowder, and formidable artillery.

Then came an army, one that would surely stand out everywhere it went, after all, the only soldiers in that attire were the legendary Agri musketeers of Montina.

The Genoese thought for a moment that the Count of Montina had arrived, and they were thrilled.

For Alexander, the feelings of the Genoese were mixed.

Previously, when Alexander cooperated with the Genoese to defeat the Venetians in the town of Oral, the Genoese praised and admired this "good son-in-law of Genoa", and many people talked about how brave the fiancé of the Miss Rovere family was at home or outside, and for many reasons, Cargino, who was in the limelight in that battle, also said a lot of good things for Alexander, which made the Genoese have a better impression of him.

Unfortunately, the Genoese parliament's decision to intervene in Monttina's affairs quickly pushed Alexandre to the opposite side of Genoa, and with Alexander's defeat of Cardino near Pisa twice in a row, Alexandria suddenly became an enemy in the eyes of the Genoese.

At the same time, the Genoese also hated Barondi, and people still talked about her betraying Genoa and her family for the sake of her man, and some people said that it was only because the man was able to meet her needs.

But then, things seemed to have changed a lot, and in the Balkans, Zagreb, and Bucharest, incredible news reached Genoa, and the Genoese were at first suspicious, then surprised, and then only inexplicable exclamations.

This man was a friend and enemy of the Genoese, a nouveau riche they despised, but also a hero of resistance to the infidels, and his supposedly disturbing entanglement with Barentia and Lucrezia became a perennial topic of conversation among the Genoese.

Now seeing the sudden appearance of Montina's army at the docks of Genoa, the Genoese were both surprised and indescribably excited.

Especially when one recognized them as the elite Agri musketeers in Montina's army, the Genoese were almost fascinated by the soldiers who looked like they were different.

The march of the queue set off by the dark red military uniform naturally produced a certain indescribable pressure on the street, and the Genoese who had been standing on the street to watch the excitement gradually involuntarily lowered their voices, which made the neat footsteps of the boots on the ground seem extraordinarily loud, and then Genoese were surprised to find that the queue of these soldiers was unsettling, it was a stereotyped and oppressive regularity and consistency.

This was what made Henry, Count of Champersant, feel that his enemy was clearly much larger than previously suspected, and the 2nd Northern Regiment of Montina, consisting of 1,300 Agri musketeers and 22 field guns, was transported to Genoa by sea from Pisa.

Not all Genoese welcomed or disliked the arrival of the Montinans, at least the Cargino family was vehemently opposed to it.

As the biggest opponent of the Rovere family in Genoa, Cardino would not give up any opportunity to discredit the Rovere family, so the councillors of the Cargino family immediately raised a strong voice through the influence of the family influence in the Genoa parliament, on the grounds that if the Montina army was allowed to use the port at will, it might completely anger the French, which was very detrimental to Genoa, which was already in a very delicate situation.

The opposition of the Cargino family quickly took effect, and after some heated arguments, Genoa decided to refuse to allow the Montina army to transport troops through the port of Genoa, and to leave Genoa immediately for the Montina army that had already arrived.

When this decision reached Pisa, Gompati, who was about to lead the third army across the sea, had to change his plan, and because the French army had already fought fiercely with the Montina army outside the town of Tarot Valley, Gompati could only order the rest of the army to march quickly by land to the Lombardy region, while he himself and his retinue sailed to Genoa in the name of merchants.

What Gompati did not expect was that before leaving, Lucrezia suddenly arrived at the docks, and she ordered an army in the name of Pisa to help the Montina army in Lombardy, so that Gompati could cross the sea to Genoa with a small number of troops under the banner of Pisa.

It's just that Gompati never thought that the sea route that he thought would be short would suddenly encounter such a big wind and waves, and when he saw the clear coastline of the land again, Gompati couldn't help but feel a sense of luck in his heart for the rest of his life.

"God was able to let me survive such a storm at sea, and I am sure that he will give me even greater grace in the future." Gompati said to the owner of the boat next to him with some excitement, and when he saw the owner's seemingly disapproving look, he couldn't help but ask, "Isn't that the case, you know, I thought I was going to die this time, but I survived, this is God's miracle." ”

"The general may be so, but I must tell you, such a storm is nothing, and you must know that the wind and waves in the Tirenian Sea are still too small compared to the great winds and waves in the whole Mediterranean, so I think it might be good for you to thank God a little bit for my ship and my sailors."

Listening to the shipowner's words, Gompati couldn't help but look at the sailors around him, and seeing that they also had a look of "you really don't know", Gompati shrugged helplessly: "Well, thank you for sending us safely to Genoa," Speaking of this, Gompati looked at the shipowner with a deep gaze, "Thank you for letting my people on the ship." ”

The ship's owner smiled, he knew that the adventure he knew was not wasted, and it was clear that Gompati knew he knew very well who the so-called Pisan soldiers on the ship were.

"Calgino is a prominent family in Genoa, but they are all focused on how to defeat the Rovere family, and even because of this, they can't see or don't care about the safety of Genoa, but our Doria family doesn't think so, the French have long had ambitions for Genoa, and many people know this but don't want to admit it. They only wanted to rely on the relationship between the Roveret family and France to maintain the status quo, not to mention that the relationship between the Roveret family and the French was already very bad, even if they were still allies of France, they could not prevent Louis from annexing Genoa. ”

Gompati looked at the shipowner surnamed Doria with some surprise, he knew that like Rovere and Cargino, Doria's family was also a prominent Genoese family, so he didn't think that this Genoese surnamed Doria was willing to help him conceal the transportation of the army, which in his opinion was originally just a trivial matter for the nobles, and now listening to this Andrew Doria's words, Gompati was a little surprised to find that it seemed that not all Genoese people were so short-sighted.

Before he was ordered to set out, he received a letter from Alexander, disguised by Barondi.

In the letter, Alexander explicitly told Gompati that the French might occupy Genoa, and although Alexander did not seem so sure of this judgment in the letter, Gompati did not dare to take this idea as child's play, because according to his previous experience, Alexander's almost child's play assumptions and conjectures later became almost all true.

What drew Gompati's attention was that Alexander seemed to remind him, consciously or unconsciously, in his letter not to tell anyone about his speculation, and at that time, seeing Barondi's casual appearance, Gompati suddenly felt that perhaps it would be wisest not to have a daughter in the future.

"Would you like to take a break in Genoa or leave immediately?" Andrew Doria asked, the Genoese nobleman had a great interest in Gompati, and even soon after his voyage to sea, he had tried to test this important figure in Montina's army, but unfortunately from the conversation he could sense that the artillery officer, who was said to have made a name for himself in the siege of Bucharest, seemed to be very loyal to the count, or rather more interested in being able to get ahead beside the count: "My family would be more than happy to entertain a hero who drove out the infidels." ”

"Thank you very much, but I have to go to the battlefield, my soldiers and my artillery are waiting for me."

Gompati was a little impatient, he had led the last part of his army on the third day after the departure of the Agri musketeers, and by that time they had already known that the French army seemed to be marching south, and now that it had been two days since the news, he needed to know at once what had happened.

The arrival of the "Pisan army" also attracted some attention from the Genoese, and in fact anyone who knew a little about the relationship between Tuscany and the three young rulers of Romagna knew what was actually going on with this army, so Gompati was not at all surprised to see Cargino on the docks.

"A Pisan army, eh?" Kargino tilted his head to the soldiers who were lining up on the deck, and he looked at Andrew Doria with a gloomy expression: "I can even consider your behavior treason. ”

"I think that the only one who puts the safety of Genoa aside should be treason," Andrew Doria countered without hesitation, "Now that Genoa is in danger, it is really incomprehensible that you are still fighting each other for the good of the family." ”

"Aren't you the one who put Genoa in danger," Calgino took a step closer and lowered his voice, "We all know that the French have always wanted to annex Genoa, but now you are making excuses for them. Listen, if I can stop the French, I can even kneel in front of the people of the Roveres, but even the Roveres can't stop them now, because the French have defeated the Montinas in the town of Tarot Valley, and they are almost to Genoa. ”

"What do you say? Did the Montina lose? Andrew Doria's expression changed drastically, and his voice couldn't help but be a little high, which immediately caught the attention of Gompati, who was not far away.

"Yes, lost," Calgino took two steps back, he looked at the coming Gompati with a strange smile on his face, and then he exclaimed, "Just yesterday, the French attacked the Montina again, and they used nearly 10,000 troops, so the supposedly undefeated Montina army was defeated." ”

Listening to Calgino's words, Andrew Doria's face couldn't help but be cloudy.

And Gompati, his face was completely gloomy.