According to the order sent from Valladóde, the conscripts from all over Andalusia were required to send at least one person to Seville before they could be recognized as having responded to the queen's orders.

Although only one person was required, it was often a large group of people who came to Seville, and some of the closest were simply the nobles who came directly with their armies to join the royal army of Seville and prepare to go north together.

So Seville is very lively during this time, and every day a large number of people often enter the city, these aristocrats from all over Andalusia fill the streets of the city, everywhere you can see the dung of their horses, and you can see those who gather in taverns or brothels to make a lot of noise, and you can get into trouble at any time**.

Carolet was concerned about the trouble caused by the soldiers of the nobles in the city, and he knew that this could be the source of the unrest that Don Bavi took advantage of, so he ordered the nobles to restrain their subordinates, but after hesitation, decided to order the troops of Castle Philip to enter Seville.

February 19, 1501.

Very early in the day, soldiers on the walls of Seville began to patrol.

Because the city was not so peaceful during this time, according to the orders of the consul, the number of troops deployed on the city walls increased considerably, and near the city gate, two powerful artillery pieces were added.

There was still a faint mist on the river in the distance, slightly cold and damp air, and it was slightly suffocating and dull to breathe, and the soldiers guarding the watchtower of the city wall looked at the river habitually, and was about to turn around and walk away, but a dark shadow in the distance suddenly caught his attention.

The soldier climbed on the rampart and looked closely at the river in the distance, and as the dark shadow drew closer, the soldier finally realized that it was an army rapidly approaching from the bridge connecting the two banks of Gwadar in the direction of the city gate.

The soldiers immediately shouted to the officers under the walls, and when the officers who heard the sound ran up the walls, the army had already crossed the bridge over the Gwadar River and came not far below the city.

Looking at the banner in front of the procession, the officer immediately recognized that it was the royal army of Philip's castle, although he was surprised how the royal army could suddenly enter Seville at this time, but the officer knew that this was not his concern, so after seeing the origin of the other party, the officer immediately ordered the city gate to be opened.

The appearance of the royal army was very sudden, which made the city defense army on the city wall curious and couldn't help but talk about it, some well-informed people had vaguely guessed that this might be related to the aristocratic army that had been in the process of this time, but more people felt that maybe they thought that it would be the same as before, and that the day of sending troops would be delayed for a while this time might be mentioned this time.

The gates opened, and the king's army, guided by the banner, quickly poured into the city along the gates.

Somehow, watching those unusually silent Wang troops pour into the city from under their feet, the officers standing above the city gate shivered inexplicably.

The royal army was a new army founded by Isabella during the Reconquista, and this army formed by the up-and-coming queen of the time was different from the armies of the nobility in many ways, the most obvious of which was that these armies were loyal only to the queen.

The number of royal troops stationed in various regions varied, and these troops remained in the local area after the end of the revival war, which became the first step of Isabella's infiltration into the local noble realms, and it was at that time that some reactive nobles became aware of Isabella's intention to take power and reduce the domain.

The nobility felt a great threat to the nobility by having a special position in the localities where the new army was assigned by the queen to the local consuls, who were well-equipped and well-trained throughout the year when necessary.

It's just that Isabella thinks that the establishment and command of the royal army probably needs so many places that are different from the aristocratic army, so in addition to the elite of the royal army called the model army commanded by Gonzalo herself, the queen's concern for the royal army in various places is whether the training and quantity can reach the level that she thinks is necessary to quell any noble rebellion, and as for the logistics and supply of the royal army in various places, Isabelle completely handed it over to her consuls.

Compared to the other consuls, Carolet was one of them who paid more attention to the royal army, because he understood the queen's intentions better than the others.

But even so, Carolet didn't know exactly who these royal armies usually interacted with, and how they spent their time in Philips Castle.

The soldiers of the royal army quickly vented into the streets of the city like a raging flood, and soon the shadow of the royal army appeared in major places such as the Cathedral of Seville, and some citizens who had risen earlier looked at the sudden appearance of the royal army in the street, and could not help but stop and talk with curiosity and nervousness.

The sun had come out, and a few ** who had drunk too much and mixed up in the tavern all night the night before were wandering around the street with the smell of alcohol, and they were still pouring rum into their mouths, while talking about the women they met in the tavern the night before.

Just as they were chatting passionately, there was a sudden sound of chaotic and heavy footsteps across the otherwise quiet street.

These people stopped and looked into the distance suspiciously, they could hear that there were a lot of people on the other side, but when they saw a whole group of soldiers appear on the street and quickly meet them, these ** were stunned at first, and then immediately hid on the side of the road, ready to make way for this army that suddenly appeared.

But they didn't take a few steps before they felt strange, perhaps because the experience of fighting on the battlefield had made them have an unusual sensitivity to danger, and these people suddenly had the feeling that this army was coming at them.

But when they sensed the danger, it was too late, and the few people at the front of the rapidly approaching army had already raised their crossbow bows hidden under the shields, and with the sound of a crossbow arrow breaking the wind, those ** were instantly shot into hedgehogs by the oncoming crossbow arrows.

The troops did not stop, they hurried through the blood from under the few men who had been shot down, and their boots left scarlet footprints on the ground.

Carolet woke up a little late that day, and it was the most restful night he'd ever had in the day.

He had long thought about whether or not to order the royal army into the city, for he hesitated for fear that it might cause a conflict between the royal army and the noble army, and Carolet was well aware of the queen's desire to take power from the nobles by as gentle means as possible, and because of this, although he thought that Don Bavi had shown his treachery, he had been secretly planning everything in order not to stir up greater contradictions among the Andalusian nobility.

Even if he had already figured out that even if he found Don Bavi's whereabouts, as long as it was not a last resort, he was still willing to secretly solve the biggest trouble in the queen's mind by preserving dignity.

However, the situation eventually made him give up his efforts, and he realized that the matter had to be resolved before the war with the Portuguese began, so the previous way of trying to minimize the impact was obviously not working.

Carolai, who had finally made up her mind, gave the order to let the king's army enter the city, and then the consul, who suddenly felt relieved, had a rare good dream.

A glimmer of light leaked through the cracks in the thick curtains, and Carolet lay down in the warm bed, moving, and he wanted to sleep a little longer, but the sound of hurried footsteps outside disturbed him.

The door was unreasonably pushed open, and several men hurried to the consul's bed, and one of his men reached out and pushed him the shoulder before Carolet could speak.

"Okay, I'm awake, what's the matter?" Carolet asked unhappily.

"My lord, the royal army has entered the city." The subordinate said excitedly.

"Isn't that good, those noble lords should be much more honest now," Carolet leaned on the pillow and looked at a few of his subordinates, seeing them looking at each other silently, he stretched out his chubby arm from the impatient quilt and waved his hand, "What's the matter with you, is something going on?" ”

"My lord, the royal army has clashed with the nobles' armies in the city," one of his subordinates finally spoke, "Now that some nobles are gathering their armies, things seem to be going wrong. ”

"What? Did Don Bavi do it? Carolet immediately lifted the quilt and jumped off the bed, he ignored his own slickness while letting the servants who were in a hurry to help him put on his coat, and hurriedly asked his subordinates, "Where is he, immediately order the royal army to go out and arrest him, by the way, if he resists, don't have any scruples, the queen is already tired of this matter, so you must solve this trouble as soon as possible." ”

Listening to Carroll's barrage of orders, the men had to watch him cautiously until the consul sensed that something seemed wrong with the atmosphere.

"What's the matter, what are you still doing in a daze, or is there anything you haven't said?"

"My lord, it's not Don Bavi, it's the nobles, the royal army and their people clashed in the city, and now there are riots in many parts of the city, and the nobles have begun to gather their troops."

Carolet paused in a daze, he looked at his subordinates in disbelief, and then he suddenly understood and asked with a face full of surprise: "Wait a minute, are you saying that Wang Jun took the initiative to provoke the dispute?" ”

"Yes, my lord, or maybe not, some people say that they saw the nobles' guards attacking the royal army, but others say that the royal army killed their people, but these are not important, and now the city is in chaos."

Carolet's face instantly became ugly, in his imagination, the royal army had a great deterrent power, as long as he entered Seville, he could deter those nobles who were about to move, and at the same time, he could also prevent the possible incident caused by Don Bavi.

But the current development of the situation was completely beyond his expectations, the nobles were not deterred, but on the contrary, they clashed with the royal army, and the royal army, which he expected to be the trump card in his hand, fell into the conflict and chaos with the nobles as soon as he entered the city.

"Go prepare the horses, what are you waiting for, you have to calm things down as soon as possible!" Carolet angrily took the lead and walked out, and at the same time kept giving orders, "Help me find the general Wang Jun who has entered the city, I want them to come to me immediately, and gather all the city defense troops to defend the consul's residence, in case someone takes advantage of the situation to make trouble." ”

Hearing the order, his men immediately obeyed the order, and when they came to the courtyard, looking at the horses that had been prepared, Carolet exhaled a little and then turned over on his horse with the help of the servants.

"Listen, no one is allowed to approach the mansion after I leave, and anyone who disobeys the order will be put to death!"

After giving such a stern order, Carolet quickly rushed out of the mansion with a group of guards, and ran towards the city, where the noise and chaos could already be faintly heard.

Seville is crying, and Andalusia, the most prosperous city in Castile and even in the southern part of the entire Iberian Peninsula, is now facing a catastrophe.

There was chaos everywhere, everywhere were citizens fleeing in panic because of the conflict, from the sporadic clashes between the noble guards and the soldiers of the royal army, to the rapid expansion of the situation after the bloodshed, everything seemed so sudden and so fast that it was hard to imagine that no one knew where and by whom it had started, but it seemed that in an instant chaos and riots swept over half of the city, and then the chaos spread quickly to the rest of the city.

Carolet ran forward along the street with the guards, he saw a few ** who were robbing a store on the road, and under his order, those people were caught and hanged under the eaves on the spot, which immediately deterred other guys with bad ideas on the street, but as the situation continued to get worse and worse, Carolet was too late to care about the little things that robbed and sold and violated women.

He led the guards all the way forward, and when he finally saw a decent royal army, he immediately shouted at the army, but the other party did not seem to intend to deal with them, and when he saw the banner of the consul, the royal army immediately ran down the street into the distance, leaving Carolet at first dazed, and then furious.

He ordered the guards to follow the royal army, and he was already thinking that if he found the commander of the royal army, he would order him to hang the team at the gates.

The commotion outside grew more and more intense, mixed with shouting and swearing, which later turned into shouts of terror and screams.

Alexander sat in a chair in the hall, his robe in a splendid tunic with a shiny polished corner of his breastplate, and beside him, Schell stroked the hilt of his saber at his waist, while in a chair beside him, James was examining a row of short muskets on the table in front of him.

The short musket, which was between a long gun and a handcuff, was so powerful that the wooden butt that could be fired against the shoulder effectively cushioned the recoil of the musket, and the barrel, which was only longer than the handcuff but had a much thicker caliber, could shoot more lethal pellets.

James clearly preferred this weapon to the less powerful and less portable one, especially as an experienced pirate leader, who knew how handy it was in confined spaces.

There was a knock on the door, and Schell glanced at Alexander, then walked to the door.

He wasn't worried about a mob breaking in from outside the door, as almost the entire street had already been cordoned off by the hunters and James' men.

Several officers crowded Don Bavi in a wheelchair and entered the door, and when he saw Alexander's dress, Don Bavi's thin face showed a slight smile.

He reluctantly raised his trembling hand and saluted Alexander: "Duke, in view of the fact that Seville is now in a state of chaos and disorder, and that Fernando Carolé, as consul, is no longer able to effectively control the situation, and that the archbishop has disappeared, I will take over the city in the name of the Duke of Buharanse, who has been canonized by Her Majesty, and I need your help here." ”

Looking at Don Bavi's wrinkled face, Alexander slowly stood up and stretched out his hand to him: "Duke, as you said, in view of the current situation, in the name of the Vatican and His Majesty the Pope, on behalf of the Archbishop of Seville and the Church, I declare that I recognize your authority to take over the city. ”

Alexander's words brought a smile on Don Bavi's face, and he knew that this first step had been successful.