There is a very powerful and terrifying force in the world called association.

Although it may seem casual, Kotschach was actually very careful with Alexander.

After hearing about Alexander's successful prediction of the war between Poland and Moldova, like Alexander VI, Kotschach first disbelieved it, and then instinctively believed that there must be some force behind Alexander.

It was this force that revealed to him information that no one else knew, and allowed him to know about the impending war before anyone else.

So Kotschach did not hesitate to personally go into battle to test Alexander, and it was necessary to know who was behind him.

Kotschach thought that the force behind this might be Bohemia, so when Alexander revealed the ambiguous relationship between the Queen of Bohemia and Nashan, he was surprised but still had the idea that "it was so".

It's just that when he continued to think deeply, he suddenly found a problem that he had ignored before.

That is why the Bohemians were so clear, or so concerned, about the movements between Poland and Moldova.

Thinking of this and thinking of Poland, which is now fierce and incomparably powerful, the palace minister suddenly felt that things were not simple.

There is a country in the history of Europe that has terrified the whole of Europe with its warriors and the staggering number of armies.

Whether it was the Teutonic Knights, who once dominated the stormy Holy Land, the Holy Roman Empire, which claimed to be the king of kings in Europe, or the descendants of the Kievan Rus' from the eastern steppes, they all bowed down to this country, and when the Ottomans stepped into Europe, the country confronted these heretics with a fierce attitude of not fearing death.

This country is the Commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania, which has been established for almost a century.

From the very beginning of the establishment of the state, the Poles showed a fanatical desire for expansion, and under this tendency, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was in fierce conflict with Bohemia to the west and Russia to the east.

In these conflicts, sometimes the Pole won the victory, and sometimes his enemies won the victory, but no country dared to despise Poland, a two-nation federal kingdom, for the sake of victory.

As a Polish knight said in a proud tone, "At any time, at the slightest call, tens of thousands of knives will serve the king", and the country of Poland and Lithuania possessed a terrifying fighting power.

Because of this, Kotschach's expression suddenly changed.

This is because he came up with a very terrible, but very probable, hypothesis - did the Bohemians decide to participate in the war between Poland and Moldova because they realized the threat from Poland?!

If so, it would be a very bad outcome for both the Empire and Europe as a whole.

As a court minister, Kotschach knew very well how bad the situation of the empire was now, while facing the huge shadow from the Ottomans, the empire had to be on guard against the threat from France at any time, facing strong enemies from both the east and the west, as the Austrian archduke and the king of Germany, Maximian was already a little exhausted, and even worse, not only his enemies were staring at him, but even those German princes were always hoping that the emperor would do something stupid, so as to find an opportunity to rub his sharpness.

If the Kingdom of Bohemia were to clash with Poland, not only would the entire East be in turmoil, but it would even be possible for the Ottomans to take advantage of the conflict between the two countries.

If that were the case, it was really possible that the Ottomans would invade from the Balkans they had already occupied, and then march to Vienna.

In addition to this obvious threat, Kotschach had another unsettling suspicion, namely the same bitter conflict between the current King of Bohemia and the Emperor Maximian.

This gave the court minister reason to believe that although the King of Bohemia seemed to have a very weak reputation, he was still willing to take the opportunity to get the Emperor Maximian into trouble if he wanted to.

The intricacies of the relationship were a headache for Kotschach, and he didn't know if he was thinking about it or if it was really what he had guessed, so when he heard the news from Alexander, he was at first unimpressed, and then he couldn't help himself.

Alexander did not expect Kotschach to think of things so complicated, and it was important for him to find a reason that could explain his prophecy, at least not to make people suspect that he had ulterior motives, and the next step was to convince the Roman nobles of everything he said.

But Kotschach's suddenly changed look, and after he was stunned, he also realized something that he had ignored before.

That is, there seems to be a feud between the current King Vladislas II of Bohemia and the Emperor Maximian.

Alexander didn't know exactly how the feud between the two men came about, but he remembered that Nassan had said that King Vladislas II of Bohemia had publicly cursed Maximian of Germany more than once at court, and that his words were so vulgar that even Nassan had to carry his daughter behind his back to say a few words.

Thinking of this, Alexander's head was slightly bigger, he knew that he seemed to have inadvertently provoked something terrible, or rather, to make the already complicated situation even more chaotic, although this was really not his intention, but it seemed that things happened so inexplicably.

The human mind is a wonderful thing, especially when too much imagination is opened, which can make simple things extremely complicated.

Kotzchach didn't know if his thoughts were cranky, but he knew that even the slightest possibility had to be taken seriously.

The envoys who were with the palace minister also vaguely sensed something from the change in the palace minister's expression, and they came to Kotschach with Alexander casually and casually, hoping to know from him what was happening.

Alexander looked at the German aristocrats who had become nervous at once because of his nonsense, and he knew that it would be in vain for them to try to analyze anything useful from his words and the so-called situation now, but he had no intention of kindly reminding them not to waste time.

Perhaps the more this happens, the more people will believe everything he says, and only then will they really take seriously the "Ottoman threat theory" that he has spread before.

And this is what Alexander did not hesitate to waste a lot of words to convince the Romans.

His plan could only be realized if he believed that the Ottomans might attack Italy proper.

The fact that the land that had become cheap because of the fear of war and the depreciating shares of the port would have impoverished many people, and these were the great opportunities for Alexander to make his fortune.

As for the doubts that the Ottomans would actually attack Italy, Alexander was not worried.

After all, with the strength of the Ottomans today, probably even the Sultan himself thought that as long as it went well, his army could set off from sea or land at any time and take Vienna or even Rome in one fell swoop.

This is precisely what the Europeans thought, trembling with the intimidating might of the pagans that swept Eastern Europe with an unstoppable momentum.

And only Alexander knew that such a thing did not happen in history.

Although the Ottoman army even attacked the city of Vienna several times, it was never able to invade Italy itself even after centuries.

Knowing this is Alexander's greatest capital!

There was a slight commotion, and Alexander saw Gonzalo's tall figure, and beside him, Orgala was smiling and whispering to several noblewomen who seemed to be stammering her.

Alexander believed that the noblewomen must have felt that this was an insult in their hearts, and their self-righteous arrogance made them look down on this high-ranking prostitute, but in order to curry favor with Gonzalo, the emperor of Rome, he had to put down his body and deliberately curry favor with the women around him, which made Alexander suddenly feel that this might be Gonzalo's prank and deliberately humiliated these noble Roman nobles in this way.

Seeing Alexander, Gonzalo immediately casually threw down the people who had just gathered around him before he had time to say a few words, he rudely interrupted a nobleman who was talking to him, and then ignored the man's reddened and humiliated expression, passed directly past him, and strode towards Alexander.

"I've heard about those battles you fought in Romagna." Gonzalo waved his hand nonchalantly to stop Alexander's attempt to say hello, and then pulled him towards a nearby room, "Go get all the tinkers from the palace, hurry up young man, or I'll kick your ass." ”

Gonzalo roughly instructed the servants next to him, and then greeted a few coalition generals he knew: "Come here, don't get tired of the girls, or just let them strip naked and wait on your bed, and now come to my side." ”

The Roman nobles turned red, and some even stared at the man who embarrassed them with righteous indignation, but in the end they all chose to remain silent.

Not a single person stood up to protest against such a blatant humiliation.

Alexander's brow twitched slightly, and he looked at Gonzalo to meet a pair of eyes that looked at him with a smile that seemed to be not smiling.

Alexander's heart skipped a slight beat, and he vaguely felt that Gonzalo's almost arrogant arrogance might not be as simple as it seemed.

Perhaps, Gonzalo wanted to use this way to slowly polish the edges and corners of Rome and the Holy See, so that they gradually lost their sharpness in this continuous setback, just like Ferdinand, the king of Aragon did to Naples, the constant blows have made the royal prestige of Naples completely lost, so that Gonzalo openly seized the command of the Neapolitan army, and the end was just a small reprimand that Ferdinand did not feel painful.

Probably for the Holy See, they did the same.

Alexander suddenly felt a little understood, why Alexander VI and his son would suddenly turn over to the French.

It was probably this constant humiliation that made the Borgiana family completely fall to the French.

Always rude and impatient, Gonzalo urged his servants to move all the pewters, marble carvings, and various crystals, gold and silver vessels of Helen's palace to the large table in the adjacent room, and then under his command, a group of officers began to form a shouting formation.

"You've done a good job in that town of Oral," Gonzalo took off his wide hood and tossed it aside, then rolled up his snow-white sleeves to reveal his swarthy arms covered with thick hair, "I've heard that you've taught the Milanese knights with just a group of infantry, and that's exciting." ”

As he spoke, Gonzalo kept tapping his hand on the table, pointing to the empty table and scolding an officer: "Do you think you can do the same with your poor infantry, here, yes, build a trench and a breastwork, it must be strong, so that your soldiers can use the trench to avoid the cavalry charge, and at the same time stand safely behind the breastwork, use those unlucky ghosts as targets, and shoot at will." ”

After saying that, he went around the table and began to instruct the others to arrange the formation according to his intentions, and when he saw the queues on the table gradually take shape, he simply jumped directly onto the table, fiddling with those "soldiers" with his scabbard, while constantly issuing orders one after another.

"No, the formation is too small, it must be larger, knowing that you may be dealing with a large enough number of combat brigades, so in order to avoid being surrounded by the enemy, you must make sure that there are enough soldiers on the front of your formation," Gonzalo scolded one of the officers, and then he looked back at Alexander, "Tell me, how many troops do you think is needed for a 'large formation' with the main combat mission?" ”

"Do you mean my Agri phalanx?" Alexander unceremoniously gave the phalanx a name he was happy with.

"Well, that's your Agri phalanx," Gonzalo said a little helplessly, but the frustration of not getting the naming rights didn't seem to have much effect on him, and he soon asked in a hurry, "You have used this method against cavalry more than once, tell me how large a formation do you think can be useful on the battlefield?" ”

Looking at Gonzalo, who was full of impatience, Alexander was in a slight trance for a while.

He never thought that one day he would discuss these things with Gonzalo, especially as he looked at the criss-crossed formations on the table, and Alexander couldn't help but mutter.

He didn't know if he would meet Gonzalo on the battlefield one day, and thinking about this man's near-genius military talent and incomparably sharp battlefield instincts, Alexander couldn't help but ask if he was helping a future opponent complete his destined military transformation.

"...... as much as you can"

Alexander spoke, knowing that even without himself, Gonzalo would have found a very different path in the history of cold weapons warfare that had lasted for thousands of years, and that it would be better for him to "guide" him in a direction that he wanted him to go in than to let him figure out the path that had already been proven.

"The frontal spearmen should form a front and rear defense with the sword and shield soldiers, so that they can play a stabilizing role in a head-on battle with the enemy, while the musketeers can look for opportunities in the gaps of the spearmen to strike at the enemy." Alexander also unsheathed his sword in Gonzalo's example, and pointed to the puppets on the table with his scabbard and explained, "My experience outside Oral and Rome has taught me that if there is no mutual support between the phalanx, then the enemy may be surrounded, and in this case you must consider the safety of the flanks of the formation, then ......"

"Then I must keep thickening the whole formation, so as to prevent the danger of breaking through soon if the flanks are threatened," Gonzalo quickly took over, and as he spoke, he thrust a large number of "soldiers" originally divided into other phalanxes into the phalanx in front of him with a clatter, and then urged the servants next to him to quickly set up the formation.

At the large table, a group of men were discussing how to kill more effectively, and at the door of the room, Orgala looked at the men with interest.

Finally, her gaze fell on the young man who seemed to be as engaged as the others, but if you looked closely, she saw that there seemed to be a playful smile on the corner of his mouth.

Alexandre Giulian Gombray, keep an eye on this man.

Looking at the young man, Olgala couldn't help but think of the words that Grogenen had specially told her in the letter.