The Malaga's magistrate was executed at noon on the second day.

At the time of the execution, many Málagans rushed to watch the news, and they did not express any anger, sorrow, or any bad mood about the death of the magistrate, but simply stood there indifferently and watched as a man's head moved from his neck, although he was allowed to make an impassioned last speech before the execution at the request of the magistrate, but this did not impress the Malagase in the slightest.

People just regarded this execution as an after-dinner conversation for a long time after, after all, the execution of an official and nobleman was more straightforward than the execution of an ordinary commoner.

Killing an enemy on the battlefield is completely different from cutting off someone's head on the execution table, and she agrees that she will not hesitate to sign the execution warrants of a few or even dozens of people, but she is somewhat uncomfortable with seeing these cruel acts with her own eyes.

And she did not think it necessary, the attitude of the people of Málaga had proved her decision right, the locals did not have a strong sense of resistance to the atrocities of the Sicilian army, or rather, the rivalry between the nobles and kings had nothing to do with them, this attitude was too normal in this era, and as for the magistrate, his allegiance was really nothing more than his own honor.

Josa suddenly remembered what Alexander had done in Romagna-Tuscany, and that he had done everything in his principality to make everyone feel that they were connected to him, whether it was war or any other event, even if it was only a self-righteous conjecture, but it did work very well.

After the beginning of the Italian war in the early days of the French invasion, the people of the Duchy of Rome Thessia seemed to be suddenly stimulated to have a strong interest in the fate of the country, and the discussion of war became the most fashionable topic at that time.

Thinking like this, she suddenly felt that she missed her brother very much, but now she needed to march into Seville, and according to the agreement with Alexander after the occupation of Sicily, the timing of the Sicilian army's participation in the Iberian War could be said to be just right.

From Málaga, take a boat north along the Covones River, which takes only three days to reach Bingolola, where it joins the Guadaville River.

And now at this confluence, there is a rather strange situation.

Bingolola, located on the north bank of the Guadaville River at the confluence of the two rivers in a similar "T" shape, was now in the hands of the royal army, who sent a small but well-equipped force to defend the formation, and on the left of the "T", on the west bank of the Covones River, the coalition of Andalusian nobles vigilantly monitored the movements of the royal army on the opposite bank.

Strangely, however, they withdrew the troops they had sent to the other side of the Corvones, and the royal army did not take the opportunity to cross the Guadaville River and occupy the southeastern part of the Corvones, which seemed to be a better position for someone else.

Several battles had made the coalition forces fearful of the royal army, especially the model army trained by Gonzalo himself, which was much more difficult to deal with than the other royal armies, and even a little terrifying.

They were disciplined on the battlefield, and they fought boldly and boldly, especially the new tactics that had already begun to show their might on the battlefield according to Gonzalo's vision, which really caused the coalition forces to suffer a great loss.

If this is not Andalusia, the coalition forces have a certain advantage of convenience, and under this series of setbacks, perhaps the coalition forces have collapsed.

But even so, the coalition forces were generally demoralized at this time, and even when they had been defeated by Gonzalo before, there was not as much despair as they were now.

Of course, the ordinary soldiers didn't know why, but the nobles, big and small, knew more or less the reason.

Many of them were secretly complaining that it was all because Don Bavi had pushed the inexplicable woman out, and that they could have bargained with Barriedot, but with Don Bavi's introduction of a contender for the throne, the only chance to negotiate was gone.

The soldiers may not have any sense of whether or not to get a new queen, but the nobles are well aware that if they support either of the sisters, the loser will face a tragic end.

Therefore, in such a war that has evolved into a struggle for the throne, there is only victory and defeat without compromise, just like the war between Isabella and Juana at the beginning, it must be divided into high and low.

And what is different from the beginning is that Juana has the support of Portugal behind her, so even if she is defeated, she can run to Portugal for refuge, but for the Andalusian nobles, defeat not only means that they will lose their titles, territories, and noble titles, but also may lose their lives, Ferdinand of Aragon is definitely not more tolerant than his wife, which many old people who have participated in the Reconquista are very clear.

And now there is an accident that the warring parties did not expect, the sudden landing of the Sicilian army has made the situation in the south of Castile extremely strange and complicated, although they know that the Sicilians must not be good, but at this time both sides are very tacitly decided not to take the initiative to provoke this outsider for the time being.

When he heard of the arrival of the Sicilian army, Gonzalo immediately mobilized his troops to fortify and quickly sent someone to report the news to Vallaridus.

Gonzalo was indeed an arrogant and domineering soldier, but he was not stupid, and sometimes he was even more shrewd than anyone else, not only with a keen sense of smell on the battlefield, but also in the court where many considered him dull, Gonzalo was not as stupid as others thought.

Flying and domineering became his best disguise to protect himself, and he was also not ignorant of the sensitive relations between countries.

He had been able to heed Alexander's advice to support Venice because he knew that doing so would not really anger the queen and his wife, but now in the face of a sudden arrival of Sicilian troops, Gonzalo knew that he had to be cautious, because the slightest mistake in the Iberian Peninsula could lead to the worst war of the kingdoms since the Reconquista.

In addition, it was precisely because he did not have the slightest contempt for the Sicilian army that Gonzalo was so cautious, and although he did not believe that the legendary few wonderful battles in Italy were commanded by the queen, he felt that there should be at least a few soldiers in the Sicilian army that should not be underestimated.

It was also a more advantageous option for Gonzalo to surrender the east bank of the Covones, and the fact that the Andalusian coalition had been equally cautious showed that they had clearly not agreed to any terms with the Sicilians, which was enough to make things very delicate.

Moreover, Gonzalo would not forget that the Queen of Sicily and Alexander were half-siblings.

At a time when the Duke of Rome Thessia suddenly declared himself to be of the blood of the Astamara family, and then challenged for the throne of Castile with the support of Juana, who had already publicly renounced the throne, the Sicilian army suddenly landed in Iberia, and Gonzalo felt that what might happen was already beginning to dazzle.

However, despite the fact that both sides had abandoned the east bank of the Covones River, the Sicilian army was still very cautious.

The forward of the Sicilian army marched north and stopped about half a day's distance from the confluence of the two rivers to begin to build up positions, and according to the reports of the scouts, Gonzalo was sure that there was at least one general among the Sicilians who was very good at defensive warfare.

As one of the five largest river systems in Spain, the Guadaville River has more than one tributary that joins the Guadaville River, of which in addition to the Corvones River, the other river is further upstream, the Henier River and the Corvones River, which form an almost parallel north-south trend, and empties into the Mediterranean Sea.

It was between these two rivers that the Sicilian army built a defensive line, and relying on the fact that both flanks of the defense line were protected by the rushing water, the Sicilian army was already in seclusion as soon as it appeared.

Gonzalo felt that he had been right, that the Sicilians had a scheming opponent, or at least that the war's cautious approach made the war more and more interesting.

Barriaride's reply could not have come so quickly, and the situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly.

So Gonzalo decided to send someone to contact the Sicilians first, although it was unlikely that he would find out their true intentions, but at least for a while.

Gonzalo was not a desperate war maniac, and if he could, he wanted the conflict with the Sicilian army to drag on as long as possible, at least until he rearranged the front, and he did not want to have a head-on confrontation with the Sicilians.

When Don Bavi's emissaries returned to visit Josa, she was preparing to set out with her royal grenadiers along the banks of the Vones.

The harvest in Malaga was great, in addition to receiving four large ocean-going vessels, the Sicilian army took more than 200 sailors with them in Málaga.

Many of these sailors were seasoned seafarers, some of whom had travelled extensively between the European continent and the new colonies, while others had traveled to the Persian Gulf and India.

Obviously, these people are rare talents in this day and age, especially when she knows that there are still a few navigators among them, and she laughs like a cat that has stolen a small dried fish.

Knowing that Alexander's dream was to build a powerful navy, he had begun to build his maritime power years earlier with the wealth he had amassed, and the size of the navy he imagined would be enough to stun any monarch who thought he was rich.

However, it is much more difficult to recruit and train a group of competent naval talents than to build a number of warships for only money, so Alexander described in an envious tone in his letter more than once the navigation office used by the Portuguese to train seafaring specialists, which made Jisha think that even if it was only for that seafaring office, his brother might have to fight the Portuguese idea.

In the letter brought by the emissary, Don Bavi made it clear that he was neutral in the dispute between Aragon and the Kingdom of Sicily, and at the same time expressed his hope that the queen would not interfere in the affairs of Castile.

"On behalf of my fiancée, I assure you that she is content only with the crown of Castile, so that her title will be Alft of Castile, and I can assure you in the name of her future husband that she will never bear the title of Aragon."

This letter, which was tantamount to a renunciation of his claim to the throne of Aragon, surprised him with Don Bavi's boldness.

Although this promise can not be kept in the end, it has become evidence that has fallen into the hands of others, and whether or not it is reversed in the future, it is bound to become evidence that Alfurt himself or her descendants cannot refute.

"It's a surprise that the Duke got married at this time"

He looked at the envoy with a slightly strange tone on the other side, a young and handsome nobleman, with a generous and decent manners, except for a slightly peculiar accent, which he felt was a pleasing young man.

It was clear that Don Bavi had put a lot of effort into choosing the messenger, and he pondered in his heart.

Looking at the queen, who was dressed in an unusually gorgeous riding skirt, the envoy tried to suppress his excitement as much as possible.

Although too many rumors had been heard about the Queen of Sicily being an unusually beautiful woman, when he saw it with his own eyes, the young messenger felt that he had fallen in love instantly.

"Your Majesty has found your true love," replied the young nobleman a little nervously, while his eyes flashed with this scorching light staring at the young Queen, "Your Majesty, please forgive me for talking about Lord Duke, but I firmly believe that the Duke's affection for Princess Alfurt is the most precious and enviable in the world, but now I feel that I may not need to envy others, because God has finally given me love, I mean Your Majesty, I mean ......"

The young envoy stuttered a little because of his excited expression, and just as he was pondering what words to use to express his admiration for the queen in his heart, the young queen opposite suddenly said: "I think the princess you mentioned who is going to marry the Duke of Downbavi should be my relative." ”

The young envoy's face showed surprise for a moment, he didn't expect the queen to suddenly say such a sentence, and just when he was full of confusion and didn't know how to answer, Jisha had already continued: "I know that you don't know the relationship, but it's not complicated, because from either side of the princess's parents, I can be regarded as a member of her family, so I feel that I really should attend this wedding." ”

The messenger let out a blank "oh", and he had already remembered why the queen would say this.

As a member of the Astamara family, the Queen of Sicily naturally had the right to attend the wedding of Ferdinand's daughter, and as the half-sister of the Duke of Rome, she seemed to be completely related to her brother's "niece".

And the real point is that the queen is undoubtedly reminding him of the identity of the Duke of Rome Thesia when she says this.

And this is one of the reasons that annoys Don Bavi the most now.

The messenger had long since forgotten to pour out his affection to the queen, and he wondered how to respond to the queen's utterly unexpected request.

The landing of Sicilian troops in Malaga completely disrupted Don Bavi's plans, and he feared that the port of Malaga had fallen into the hands of the Sicilians, whatever their purpose, meant that Don Bavi's intention of evacuating from Malaga would be frustrated if necessary.

However, what made Don Bavi even more uneasy was that the Queen of Sicily, who was Alexander's half-sister, was involved in the chaos in Iberia at this time, which could have turned the troubles caused by Sister Alfurt into a complete disaster.

After all, Alexander's declaration in Portugal of being a descendant of the House of Astamira was already a huge blow to Dombawi himself and to the coalition of nobles, and if the Queen of Sicily explicitly supported her half-brother, it was likely that things would become unmanageable.

Because of this, Don Bavi did not hesitate to announce that Alft had renounced the rights of Aragorn, but now it seems that things are not getting any better.

In fact, it is not that Tang Bawei has doubts about the fact that he would have robbed Sister Alfurt so easily, but he also knows very well that he has no way out now.

"Your Majesty, are you saying that you are going to the Duke's wedding?" The envoy asked cautiously, and after seeing the slight nod of the affirmative from Jisha, he asked again with a little blue face, "Please forgive me, should I convey this idea of yours to the Duke as a formal request?" ”

"Of course, this is my official request, and as a member of the Astamara family, I also think it is necessary to confirm the identity of Princess Alfurt."

"Your Majesty!" The envoy's face turned red instantly, and he took a step forward angrily, although he was immediately stopped by the attendants next to him, but he still said excitedly, "You are insulting the Duke and his fiancée, I beg you to retract your inappropriate remarks, otherwise you will ......"

"Otherwise?" With a look of innocence, she looked at the beautiful young nobleman and asked, "What will happen to you, will you declare war on me because of this?" ”

"If you don't retract this obvious questioning of Princess Alft's lineage and identity, our relationship may not get worse, and of course I don't believe things will come to this......"

"Enough," interrupted the messenger as she spoke, "in that case, as you wish, now I declare war with Andalusia!" ”

As soon as Ji Sha's voice fell, the messenger was instantly stunned.