As the letter says, Bishop Tony della Rovere is in trouble.

After Alexander's departure from Montina, Bishop Toni came and went frequently with a number of "business associates", and through some merchants, locals and even churches along the way, he established a simple but effective network of information between Montina and Florence.

From time to time, the news network would bring him something about what was happening in Florence.

Originally, this was nothing, but just half a month ago, Bishop Tony, who was originally honest and responsible, seemed to think that the time was ripe, so he decided to make a move on Florence!

At first, Alexander did not know what was happening in Florence, only that Machiavelli had suddenly appeared in Pisa, and it was not long before he heard that a coup plot had taken place in Florence against Savonarola.

But not only did the conspiracy appear unprepared and hasty from beginning to end, but worst of all, the putschists were not able to incite the ordinary people of Florence at all.

When they decided to attack the residence of Savonarola and kill the Florentine consul, the conspirators, armed and shouting, swaggered through the streets without even approaching the street of the consul's small house.

Enraged, the Florentines taught the self-proclaimed brave conspirators a hard lesson with short swords, clubs, and women's laundry hammers, and when a few of them managed to break free from the crowd and flee the terrible city with their lives, the Florentines soon learned the true nature of the coup d'état.

The Pope Alexander VI of the Vatican was identified by the Florentines as the mastermind of this disgraceful conspiracy, and although Alexander VI repeatedly denied it, there was evidence that the Pope himself was very closely involved in the conspiracy.

And the bishop of Montina, Tony della Rovere, was also implicated in this matter.

When Alexander received a letter from Bishop Tony, he was eager to return to Montina and teach the bishop a good lesson.

Although there is no direct evidence, the Florentines apparently believe that Montina appears to have been involved in the conspiracy against them.

It was only then that Alexander understood why Machiavelli had suddenly come to Pisa, and he kept asking what his attitude towards Florence was.

The bishop seemed to know that this was a bit of a problem, and he was finally compelled to write to Alexander to tell him the news, and at the same time he told Gompati, who was stationed in Montina, what had happened.

After hearing all this, Gompati reacted with a slight groan, and then ordered Montina's defenders to train more.

So while Bishop Tony was thinking carefully about how to tell Alexander the not-so-good news, Gompati was crouching on one of the castle's towers and looking into the distance.

He had been like this for some time, and although the tingling on his thighs was really uncomfortable, he still insisted on looking in the direction in front of him motionlessly, until a small red flag with a prominent sign in the far clearing moved forward some distance again.

"That's it," said Gompati, using a black charcoal pen in his hand to make a deep mark on a wooden board, and then a number among the marks that had already been made.

Based on repeated tests, Gompati knew that this was the farthest distance his cannon could shoot.

During this time, the inhabitants of the small town near Montina had some things to complain about to the new lord, such as the horn that began to blow every morning at dawn, which made the Montina people, accustomed to not ringing church bells until noon, find it a torture.

It was strange to wonder how the soldiers in the castle had come to be, and after the horn sounded, it was not long before the inhabitants heard a melody of neat footsteps passing through the streets.

Not only does this disturb people's good dreams, but it also indicates that a bad day has begun.

The inhabitants found that the Agri from the south seemed to have an inexhaustible spirit, that they were energetic and somewhat stubborn, and that the Agri soldiers were like a bunch of stones compared to the much more sleek natives.

They seemed to be busy all day, and one could always see groups of soldiers practicing on the threshing floor, and although most of the time they only trained with spare spear shafts and halberds at the head of the spearhead, their constant practice of rehearsing the same movements over and over again made the Montinas gradually feel a certain uncomfortably oppressive feeling in them.

It was an instinctive antipathy to discipline, and the Agri's uniform behavior gave the Montinas an indescribable sense of oppression that grew stronger with time, so much so that even their teacher, Ashley, felt the discomfort of that oppression.

She no longer saw helping to train soldiers as a pleasure as she had at first, for she felt that when the soldiers did the tune she had sung, marched, and then raised their weapons, there was a serious and vaguely suffocating oppression coming over her.

Because of this, Ashley regretted that she had agreed to the Earl's job, she thought it was not fun at all, and when she thought that the soldiers were not using wooden guns for training, but real weapons for killing, Ashley was a little frightened.

In addition to these, what terrified all Montina people was the Montina guard Gompati.

The Montina had never imagined that they would hear the sound of the cannon, and what they did not expect was that the rumbling sound of the cannon would accompany them for a long time afterward.

Gompati was testing his "territory" with cannonballs.

In Gompati's view, anyone who came into the range of the cannon was challenging him, so he needed to know exactly the maximum range of the large bronze cannons, and the range of the small snake cannons and the clumsy looking mortars mounted on the roof of the tower.

And the most direct way to understand everything is to shoot a few shots yourself.

So the Montina people could always hear the sound of all kinds of cannons of different tones from the castle, and later, some of the more clever ones even knew which cannon the general was using only by the sound of the cannon.

The people of Montina had never imagined that there would be so many cannons in the castle around them, or how the seemingly enchanted general had conjured up the cannons.

However, Gompati ignored the complaints of the locals, and he carefully recorded the numbers from each shooting test, and then calculated again and again to find the best position and angle of view for those guns.

Train, train, non-stop training!

Gompati didn't know why Alexander trained these soldiers so harshly.

He had never seen a nobleman so keen to let his soldiers master these skillful combat skills, after all, for the noble lords, the mercenaries recruited at random only had to work for themselves, as for how to train the mercenary captain, and the mercenary companies that signed contracts with them.

And Alexander obviously didn't think so, and Gompati felt that Alexander seemed to want to build an army of his own, especially when Ofleiil returned to Montina with the hundreds of Agri mountain people, Gompati felt that he had not guessed wrong.

The idea of giving an army its own personal imprint thrilled Gompati to think about, and he could vaguely guess that in the future, in addition to being paid handsomely, he would probably be rewarded for his long service to the lord, which was definitely more exciting than being paid a large sum.

Who wouldn't want to be like Sforza, if one day there is a chance to become a nobleman, then for a mercenary, it is really a blessing from God.

Thinking of this, Gompati couldn't help but feel a little excited, so he worked harder to test his artillery and explore the best defenses in the entire castle.

As a result, the inhabitants of Montina were obliged to continue their daily lives, starting at the sound of the wake-up call and ending their days at night, often falling asleep to the hustle and bustle of the castle.

Gompati didn't have much thought about the Agri that Ofleiyi had brought back, he had enough gunners, and he only selected a few of them as assistants and guards for the gunners, and then he threw them all to Ashley and her "peacock army".

Of course, Ofleiyi was pleased with Gompati's arrangement, and he had decided to stay in Montina to keep an eye on Ashley, in case her pesky daddy suddenly found her an in-law.

Pomperny has now been promoted to overseer, and although the restoration of the castle is still far from the start of work, Pomperney, as the overseer, is already busy all day.

He spent his days running up and down the castle, sometimes calculating how much material it would take to reinforce a section of the wall, and sometimes collecting some sand to see if it could withstand the force of the wooden frames that were being dug in the trenches.

Pomperney felt as if he had suddenly become many years younger, and if it weren't for the fact that the pesky soldier had come back and started pestering his daughter, Pomperney would have felt that he had nothing more to live.

Anyway, everything seemed to be going well in Montina, until one day a group of people suddenly appeared in the small town of Montina.

These men had come to Bishop Tony, and from their arrogant attitude, the Montinas could perceive that they must have come from some large city.

Tony della Rovere entertained them with great hospitality, and they never came out after they had been in the convent.

He had no interest in these uninvited guests, and he just wanted to complete his vision for the defense of the entire castle as soon as possible, which included many things, in addition to the various enemy fire strikes assumed by the artillery positions he was keen on, and how to adapt the existing army to the entire defense system based on the castle of Montina as soon as possible.

Gompati did not want to be a general who could only hide in the thick walls of passive resistance, he preferred to do what Alexander did in Pisa, and to deal a real blow to the invading enemy.

However, Bishop Tony's visit derailed Gompati's plans, and when he asked him to send troops to help the strangers, Gompati unceremoniously refused the bishop's request.

"I'm sorry Bishop, but I have no right to make the Count's army obey the orders of a group of strangers," Gompati explained to Bishop Tony as patiently as he could, "knowing that the vast majority of them are the Earl's subjects, and only the Count has the right to give them such orders. ”

"I don't need your soldiers to fight," the bishop persuaded with the same patience, "you know that I have written to the Count to explain our difficulties, and you must know that those people before us were not very good at handling things, so the situation is not good for us now, so I need your help, and I am sure that the Count would have agreed to me if he had known." ”

"But I have not received an order now, my lord," said Gompati, with a gloomy face, "and I beg your pardon for knowing that your previous actions were too hasty, and that you ought to be more cautious now, rather than just let our soldiers do something inappropriate. ”

"Are you teaching me what to do, pay attention to your attitude, and don't forget that you're talking to a bishop!" Tony della Rovere yelled angrily.

Seeing Gompati fall silent, the bishop shrugged helplessly.

"I know you're in a bit of a quandary, but you really need your help in this matter," said the Bishop, placing a heavy purse in front of Gompati, "I need someone to help me, and one of our friends is already in a bit of a hurry, so he's sent for me again." ”

"The friend you're talking about is the Pope."

Gompati muttered, he had heard what was happening in Florence, and thinking about some of the previous rumors, he realized who the bishop was working for.

However, Gompati felt that this had nothing to do with him, after all, compared to the Pope who was far away in the Vatican, the Count was the one who made him more awe-inspired.

"You just need to give us some ordinary soldiers," the bishop deliberately said very seriously, "all I'm going to do is to make some trouble for Florence, not to attack the city, you must know that your peacock army does not meet my requirements, they look too much like soldiers, but the new soldiers look good." ”

"I am glad to hear you, Lord Bishop," Ofleiil suddenly appeared at the door, bowing to Bishop Tony and then looking at the purse on the table, "Perhaps I can arrange all this for you, if you will." ”

"That's right," Tony looked at Oflair with some suspicion, and then at Gompati with a stunned face, "Looks like I got the wrong guy from the start." As he spoke, the bishop grabbed the money bag on the table and tossed it to Ofleiuil, "Well, it's up to you to take care of everything, as I said before, find someone who doesn't look like a soldier." ”

Bishop Tony looked at Gompati again, and then walked to the door, but soon he stopped at the door and looked back at Oflair: "Remember that I didn't come to you today. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency."

The bishop's figure had just disappeared outside the door, and Gompati, who had long been unable to help himself, had already bypassed the table, he snatched the money bag from Oflaiyi's hand, and poured all the gold coins in it on the table, and then he grabbed a gold coin that kept spinning on the table and held it up in front of Oflaiyi and said fiercely: "This is what you want?" Florin! You're going to betray your lord for this? ”

Seeing Gompati's angry look, Ofleiyi shrugged his shoulders.

"I didn't expect you to be so loyal to your lord," Ofleiyi said with a smile.

"I'm just doing my job, so what about you, why are you doing that?" Gompati looked at Ofleiyi suspiciously.

"Because it's an order from an adult." Ofreil also picked up a gold coin from the table and stuffed it into Gompati's hand, "Believe me, I did this with the permission of the lord, although I don't know what it was for, but according to the lordship, he 'wants the Florentines to move first'." ”

After saying that, Oflaiyi shook his head in confusion, and then stuffed a gold coin into his pocket.

At the same time, he secretly calculated in his heart that this gold coin could buy Ashley a nice dress. Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "Conquest of the Dawn of Heaven: The Age of Claw Bookstore" for free for the first time.