When Caesar Borgia heard about the events in the town hall square, he was working in his room in the Vatican Palace.

As Archbishop of Valencia, although Caesar never really served a day in the diocese under his jurisdiction, he not only had a special office in the Vatican Palace, but this room was not far from the Pope's living room.

While Caesar was being told the news, the pope's favorite illegitimate son was writing letters to his mistress.

Although he was young, he inherited Alexander VI's love of beauty, so his lovers were always changing, and often when a woman thought she had charmed him, he had set his sights on a new target.

The mistress was a new prey that Caesar had just hunted, and his power as the pope's son allowed him to do almost anything he wanted in Rome, but perhaps because of this, Caesar had some rather evil preferences, such as his preference for deliberately hooking up with other people's wives.

Hearing the news, Caesar's hand holding the quill paused slightly in the air, and the purple ink that had just been dipped in it condensed a large drop of ink on the tip of the pen, and then fell on the paper and splashed a few dark ink marks.

Caesar put the pen on the pen holder, then picked up the letter on the table, pondering what he had just heard, and unconsciously crumpled the unfinished letter into a ball and threw it into the paper basket next to him.

When the paper ball made a soft "pop" sound, Caesar seemed to have come to his senses from his contemplation, he immediately picked up the brass bell on the table and shook it, and then instructed the attendant who had heard the sound and came in to obey the order: "Go and ask your majesty's secretary if he is free now, if there is no important appointment, please ask him to cancel the appointment, I have something very important to report to the pope." ”

The retinue bowed and left, while Caesar changed his clothes and continued to wonder about the possible impact of the news just now, and soon the retinue returned to report that the Pope did have a very important meeting arrangement.

To Caesar's surprise, the person who was summoned was actually a Rovere.

Although the Rovere family was somewhat depressed after the death of Sixtus IV, and Giuliano della Rovere even had to flee to France to escape the persecution of Alexander VI, the Rovere family was still a prominent family, except for Genoa, even in Rome, there were still people from the Rovere family, which is why Giuliano de la Rovere dared to let his children return to Rome at this time.

The Rovere that Alexander VI is now summoning is one of Giuliano's half-brothers, and as the representative of the Rovere family in Rome after Giuliano's escape, Rafort de la Rovere did his part for the family.

And interestingly, this cousin of Giuliano got along well with Alexander VI, and even established a kind of friendship between the two.

However, Caesar knew that Lafort's visit was definitely not a chat but something very important, so after listening to the report from his entourage, he decided to settle the news he had just heard.

He immediately sent a message to the Potico Palace, and at the same time ordered the protection of the Potico Palace to be strengthened, he also sent people to the Marino Palace, where the Neapolitans lived, to inquire about the situation, but when the messenger told him that Giovanni had sent someone to strengthen the vigilance of the Marino Palace, Caesar could not help but feel a surprise in his heart.

Giovanni's actions made Caesar a little dissatisfied, it is obvious that Giovanni does not seem to have given up on Joanna, although Joanna is now staying with Lucrezia, but Caesar does not think that this will stop Giovanni's actions, and speaking of Lucrezia and Giovanni's relationship is also very good, which makes Caesar feel that he has not taken much advantage of Joanna in this matter.

Caesar pondered as he walked down the semicircular corridor through the chapel, and as he was about to reach the antechamber, he saw a figure flashing behind several priests, hurrying in his direction.

Caesar stopped and looked at the man, and it was not until he came to a place not far from him that he spoke: "Who do I see, the Vatican Palace does not seem to be the place where a young master like you should come." ”

Caesar's words made the young, or rather a little immature, face turn red with anger, and the young man opposite, whose face was originally quite delicate, seemed to explode for a while, but the owner of the next face seemed to be trying to suppress his anger, and then after a long time the young man opposite him spoke: "I have come to tell you something very important." ”

"What can you do, Jeffrey, don't use your childish tricks with me, I have important things to do." Caesar waved his hand impatiently, like Alexander VI he didn't like his brother, and in his opinion Geoffrey was a completely spoiled furry child, and there was nothing serious to do except spend his days being angry with his wife.

"That Neapolitan, that is the Cambrai, who has just ordered a group of Bohemian cavalry that he left outside the city to enter Rome," and seeing Caesar's stunned expression at his words, Geoffrey's young face smug, "and, as far as I know, he has just rejected Giovanni's offer to protect him, and seems to have quarreled with Giovanni." ”

"Quarrel?" Caesar, who was already about to continue walking, stopped and turned to look at Jeffrey, "Why, why did he quarrel with Giovanni?" ”

"I don't know, but I think Giovanni said or did something that made him angry," Jeffrey said, smacking his lips, "and the Neapolitan doesn't seem to be going to eat Giovanni's set, so we got into a fight." ”

Caesar looked at Jeffrey with a gloating smile and shook his head: "Brother, if you don't want your father to scold you anymore, you'd better stop acting like this, don't forget that you're a Borgia." He paused and smiled again, "Of course, it wouldn't be strange if you weren't." ”

The smug smile on Jeffrey's face froze for a moment, his originally handsome appearance as an angel became a little distorted by anger in the next moment, looking at Caesar, who had turned and walked away, Jeffrey's hands were clenched tightly, and his mouth couldn't stop making meaningless whispers.

Caesar, who had left the Vatican Palace, immediately sent someone to continue to inquire, but he was not as relaxed as he seemed in front of Jeffrey, on the contrary, he was even a little annoyed.

When he first heard that the execution ground had been hijacked, a thought quickly crossed Caesar's mind, and he felt that this was a rare excuse, or that it was an opportunity given to him by God.

With Joanna's assassination, Caesar had taken the opportunity to give his army control over almost the entire Vatican, and even took the opportunity to eliminate a number of former enemies in the city of Rome, which caused the anger of the French, but Caesar felt that it was worth it.

However, Charlon's reaction was not slow, although the assassination of the Archbishop of Frankfurt immediately caused a lot of trouble for the French, but the French immediately mobilized their troops to prepare.

This made Caesar somewhat regretful, believing that if he had been given a little more time, he would have had a chance to take Rome under complete control of his own hands.

I didn't expect this opportunity to come so soon.

The idea of rearming the Roman aristocracy through the negligence of the French made Caesar feel that it was a godsend.

But he never imagined that Cambrai would actually do it before him.

To his annoyance, Giovanni apparently had no intention of telling him what Cambrai was going to do, and if it hadn't been for Geoffrey's deliberate ostentatious arrival to tell him the news, he might not have known until the Bohemians had entered the city.

Caesar knew all too well what that meant, or he knew better than anyone else the far-reaching implications of it.

Caesar waved his whip in annoyance, and the horse's hooves made a dense noise in the street, and he was about to go to the Gilpitz Palace to ask Giovanni face to face, but he didn't care if Giovanni was fooling around with their brother's wife at this time.

Suddenly several horsemen ran on the road ahead, and the guards around Caesar immediately urged the horses to overtake Caesar, and then stared vigilantly at the opposite side with their hands on the hilt of their swords.

"Get out of the way, it's little Mark," Caesar led the horse forward after seeing the people first, "What's going on, little Mark, you look like a donkey being driven with a whip." ”

"Oh Archbishop," shouted the young man on the opposite side, holding his mount hard, "I see you, do you know, the Neapolitan army has entered the city, and the French are in big trouble this time." ”

"The Neapolitan army," Caesar guessed the answer for a moment, his face turned a little purple from the galloping of his horses, "is it the man from Cambrai?" ”

"Yes, that's the man," the young man turned his horse and rode with Caesar, "and the group of Bohemian cavalry looked so fierce that it was no wonder that he was able to defeat the French in Bruini." ”

"What about the French, didn't they send someone to intercept them?" Caesar still had a hint of luck in his heart: "They are the army of Naples, aren't they?" ”

"By the way, it doesn't seem to be," said the young man, suddenly remembering something, "the banner of the Bohemians is not from Naples, and I remember that the flag has the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Bohemia." ”

Caesar's hand involuntarily pulled the reins hard, and the mount hissed to a halt.

"His men are flying the flag of the Kingdom of Bohemia, are you right?" Caesar asked urgently.

"No, my father was on a mission to Bohemia, so I know it, and it is indeed the coat of arms of King Vladislas."

"Bohemia?" Caesar shook his head in disbelief, he felt that things had gone completely unexpected, and this feeling made him dislike.

Caesar had become accustomed to everything going his way, especially in recent years, when he had been defeated by seemingly formidable opponents, and he felt that there was no one who could stop him from realizing his ideals, at least in Rome he was God's walking messenger like his father Alexander VI.

But a Neapolitan who suddenly appeared seemed to be starting to be a stumbling block in his path.

Even if it seemed that the stone was still very small, he could not care about its existence and walk over and continue his great journey, but Caesar could not let go of the unhappiness that this stone brought him in his heart.

"Check it out."

Caesar finally made the decision that he had to see the bohemians with his own eyes.

Caesar remembered the queen of King Vladislas II of Bohemia, the sister of King Alfonso II of Naples, and now King Frederick, which made him careless about the Bohemians.

Somehow, Caesar had a vague feeling in his heart that the Neapolitan might be a problem for him.

The Bohemians were fierce, or rather savage, and at least to the Romans, these men who seemed to keep all their possessions on horseback were no different from the Tatars.

But it was also true of the Bohèmes, who always liked to carry the loot with them, so that they always had a bulge on them, and they looked like the nomads.

As for the other reason why the Romans felt like pagans, it was their weapons, and looking at the curved sabers hanging from the saddle and clearly revealing the pagan atmosphere, some Romans couldn't help but think of the terrible Ottomans.

Not many Bohemians entered the city, less than 100 people.

And they were able to get the news so quickly, but it was because of Sophia.

After Alexandria and the others left, Sophia also disappeared after him, which was a bolt from the blue for Ulliu, although it was guessed that Sophia might have quietly followed into the city of Rome, but a day without a whereabouts was a torment for the Moors.

Ulliu could only send a small team of Bohemians to search and wait near the outskirts of Rome in the direction of Alexander's entry into the city, hoping that he might meet Sophia or meet the messenger they had sent.

It's just that no news has been heard for a few days, but the two armies that are facing each other have come to know the Bohemian cavalry who like to hang out all day long outside Rome.

Nathan met his Bohemians before he had even stepped out of the gates of the city.

When Nathan, as captain of the guard, announced that the army belonged to the Queen of Bohemia's guard, the French on guard did not know for a moment and became overwhelmed.

Nathan, on the other hand, shouted loudly to tell the French that blocking the queen's guard meant hostility and even insult to the Kingdom of Bohemia, which made the generals of the French defenders even more nervous.

Thinking of what they had heard about the plight of the main French army in Lombardy, and looking at the embarrassment of their own side in Rome now, the defending generals could not help but feel that even if they stubbornly prevented these Bohemians from entering the city, they would not make the current situation better, and maybe worse.

The French finally got out of the way under the orders of their generals, and looked at the backs of the Bohemians who were riding their horses wantonly and quickly blowing a gust of wind towards the city of Rome on the street, and the French couldn't help but have a thought in their hearts: This city of Rome is really going to be undefended.