In the southern Mediterranean, on the island of Lampedusa, Archbishop Rovere and several dozen of his followers, as well as an army of 2000 led by Schwartz, had arrived. After Schwartz arrive www.biquge.info s, Steindorff, who was originally stationed on the island, and the original 5,000 troops, will be under Schwarz's leadership.

At the same time, outside the city of Rome, an unknown small fishing village, with the investment of Marin, actually built several long bridge docks, which could berth more than a dozen ships at the same time......

Even this small fishing village was bought by Marin's men in the name of an Italian merchant. And the purpose of the existence of this dock is to allow the army under Marin to land.

Although it is still some distance from Rome, once you land here, it will take you a few hours to get to Rome.

As for whether or not the city of Rome can be stormed, this is not a question either. For, under Coloe's arrangement, an Italian named Ramini had long since rented a large courtyard near the north gate of the city of Rome, and in the name of a great grain merchant, he had piled up a lot of rye there. In addition, in the name of recruiting coolies, 100 Frisian soldiers were sent in, and they all lived in that large courtyard.

At the same time, a batch of weapons and armor were also secretly transported into the city and hidden in the basement of the large courtyard. Once Schwartz led his army to the north gate, as long as he took out two double cannons and lit them as a signal, the 100 Frisian soldiers in the courtyard would quickly take the armor, shields and short knives, and go to capture the city gate, open the city gate, and put the army into the city.

These days, Archbishop Rovere has been a little uneasy. Because, according to the agreement, the time has come to poison Alexander VI. Archbishop Rovere was suddenly a little nervous, because it was about whether he could become the pope or not.

"What's wrong with you, Archbishop?" Schwartz asked with concern. As Marin's confidant, Schwartz certainly knew that his main mother, Angela, was the daughter of the archbishop in front of him, not the daughter of some Nelson knight. So, to Archbishop Rovere, he has a lot of respect. Moreover, if this operation is successful, the archbishop in front of him is likely to become the most honorable pope in Europe, and he naturally does not dare to slack off.

"Well, I don't know if things will work out in Rome......" Archbishop Rovere was a little worried. In the past few years, living in East Friesland, he has learned German and has no problem communicating with Schwartz.

"Of course it will work, I believe in the young master!" Schwartz said confidently. In his eyes, his young master, Marin, is omnipotent.

"If that vicious pope dies, your army will have no problem storming the city of Rome, right?" Archbishop Rovere asked uneasily.

"Of course, 20 kilometers northwest of Rome, we bought a small fishing village and built a couple of long bridges. Then, once the army had departed, we could land with a dozen boats in that small fishing village. 7,000 people, and the landing is also fast. ”

"What about the attack on the city of Rome? The city of Rome is a big fortified city! ”

"There are already people in the city ready to respond, as soon as we give the signal, they will storm the city gates, seize the gates, and open the gates to welcome our troops into the city. As for the 2,000 defenders in the city, where is the opponent of our 7,000 veterans? Schwartz said confidently. Moreover, German mercenaries have always looked down on Italian mercenaries who know how to drink and pick up girls.

"That's good, that's good......" Archbishop Rovere finally relented.

"By the way, archbishop, that, notify us when your people (poisoning) succeed, no problem?" Schwartz was also worried that someone on Archbishop Rovere's side would drop the chain. Because, if the news of Alexander VI's death had not come out in time, and the cardinals of Rome had elected a new pope, the daylily would have cooled down, and Archbishop Rovere would have no need to go to Rome. No, let Schwartz kill the new pope in public...... Even those powerful HRE emperors who played the march into Rome did not dare to kill the hostile popes......

"No problem, Cantarella has a seizure period of about seven days. As long as I am poisoned, I will lurk under the baton of St. John in Lateran, and the next day I will definitely leave a mark in the relevant place. At this point, Kohler's people will send someone to check it, and there will be no problem. ”

The sending of men into the city of Rome and the connection with Archbishop Rovere's men were all arranged by Kohler. As for Schwartz, he was mainly responsible for leading the army into Rome......

In fact, while Archbishop Rovere was chatting with Schwartz, Paul, who had been poisoned successfully yesterday, went out early in the morning, came to the vegetable market in Rome in the name of purchasing, and drew a few "$" symbols on a certain bridge pier with chalk.

No one in this era knows what this symbol means, so it was naturally made by Marin. In later generations, it can be said that everyone knows about it. Because, that's the code name for the dollar......

As long as they see this mark, Kohler's people will naturally understand what it means......

Sure enough, at noon, Kohler's men saw several such marks here. Then, the man immediately rushed back to the compound near the North City Gate. Not long after, a man and a horse came out of the compound, and they hurried out of the city......

In the afternoon of the same day, in a small fishing village 20 kilometers northwest of the city of Rome, two speedboats set off one after the other and headed straight for the island of Lampedusa......

Rome to Lampedusa, about 800 kilometers away. It can take several days for the speedboat to get here. After the speedboat arrived, Schwartz had to organize a large army to board the ship and arrive at the small fishing village northwest of Rome. Back and forth, by the time Schwarz's army landed, I'm afraid Alexander VI would have been dead for a few days......

Of course, after the death of Alexander VI, the heirs will not succeed to the throne before the spirit, as is the case with the hereditary aristocracy. Because, the pope needs to be elected, and it takes a lot of time. Therefore, after the arrival of the army, even if it was a few days late, it was just in time. But that's all for later......

That evening, Archbishop Rovere took Schwartz for a drink. Schwartz asked worriedly:

"Archbishop, in what name should our army march into Rome?"

"Didn't you say it, in the name of the Blackwater mercenaries?"

"But, Archbishop, the timing of our presence was too coincidental. No sooner had Alexander VI died, and we were outside the city of Rome. This doesn't make sense...... Anyone who cares only needs to think about it to understand that Alexander VI's death has something to do with us......"

Schwartz's concern is very reasonable, even the Blackwater mercenaries should be operating in East Friesland, and should not suddenly run from the North Sea region to the Mediterranean.

As soon as Alexander VI died, Archbishop Rovere marched into Rome with a large army, and even a fool knew that Alexander VI was killed by Archbishop Rovere......

Thinking of this, Archbishop Rovere also fell into deep thought...... You have to come up with a plausible reason and explain it to the world...... Whether others believe it or not, this explanation must make sense......

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I had been thinking about it late at night, and Archbishop Rovere suddenly slapped his thigh:

"There it is!"

By this time, Schwartz had already fallen asleep on the table, and was awakened by a shout from Archbishop Rovere, and hurriedly touched the hilt of the knife on his waist......

After reacting, Schwartz asked depressedly:

"Archbishop, what's wrong with you?" For his master's father-in-law, Schwartz couldn't lose his temper.

"I've found the right excuse!"

"Oh? Come and hear it! Schwartz was immediately interested.

"Didn't you count you be canonized by Maximilian I with the title of Duke of Egypt?"

Schwartz nodded, though, who cares about that empty title......

"That's the point! Now that you count has the title of Duke of Egypt, will you think of 'recovering Egypt'? ”

"Reconquest of Egypt?" Schwartz was stunned - Nima, Egypt is so easy to recover? The Mamluk Dynasty can casually make up tens of thousands of cavalry, is it good? I took a few thousand people to "recover" Egypt? So can't you think about it?

"Yes, it's unrealistic, but it's a good excuse!"

Schwartz thought about it, and it really was. The island of Lampedusa is indeed on the route to Egypt, and it is not far from Egypt. Moreover, Marin also happens to be the "Duke of Egypt". It also makes sense to say that his army went to "reconquest" Egypt.

As for the Mamluk dynasty of 7,000 men who wanted to attack Egypt, it sounds like a joke, but what about him. To paraphrase a very shameless sentence from his own master Marin - "Whether you believe it or not, I believe it anyway!" ”

For Archbishop Rovere and Marin, it was just a matter of finding a plausible reason. As for whether others believe it or not, does that matter? Does it matter? Does it matter?

So, according to Archbishop Rovere, Schwartz was leading a large army to conquer the Mamluks in Egypt on the orders of Marin. Suddenly, on the sea, he met Archbishop Rovere, who was "vacationing" on the Mediterranean...... Under the influence of Archbishop Rovere, Schwartz decisively stopped the conquest of Egypt and instead "escorted" Archbishop Rovere to Rome to talk to Alexander VI...... Unexpectedly, the great Pope Alexander VI has actually returned to the arms of God...... Well, Archbishop Rovere "reluctantly" ran for the papal election...... And General Schwartz, who was "reformed", never left the archbishop's side, and by the way helped disarm the army of the original Papal States......

Finally, Archbishop Rovere summed it up in one sentence - "That's the truth, believe it or not, I believe it anyway!" ”