Chapter 992: Caesar. Borgia Death (Part II)
It was Sunday, and it was the hottest time in Spain. Early in the morning, Caesar. Borgia rode slowly to a nearby chapel with five guards as strong as oxen.
Tell the truth, Caesar. Borgia was not so devout in his faith. Once upon a time, when he was still a cardinal in Rome, he was known for his unruly life. For him, believing in God was just a cover for his sinfulness. Although he was born in the family of a religious tycoon, the family has produced two popes. However, his father, Pope Alexander VI, was not a dogmatic man in his own right.
But in any case, the influence of the Holy See is still very strong. If you want to mix in this acre of land in Western Europe, you have to pretend to be pious. You know, Caesar. Borgia offended too many people back then, and many people were looking forward to his death, how dare he make a mistake? If he seems to be not devout enough to God, perhaps Pope Julius II, who had promised to spare him, will find an opportunity to clean him up.
So, going to church every Sunday is not for Caesar. Borgia himself willed, but he had to do it. Otherwise, it is tantamount to giving the handle to the enemy.
On the way to church, Caesar. Borgia's party reached the small bridge. However, at this time, a man-powered grain cart pushed by the porters from the countryside who had met before happened to overturn on the small bridge, and a lot of oats were sprinkled on the ground.
At the same time, there are some locals on the side who come to watch the excitement. After all, it's a rarity for food to fall from the ground. You know, the price of grain in Spain is very high, and the price of a pound of oats is more than 3 pfennig. And the overturned grain truck had at least five or six hundred pounds of oats, which was worth a lot.
When Caesar. When Borgia's team arrived, the five men in charge of the grain cart were scrambling to clean up the grain that had been spilled on the ground......
"What's going on? Why are you in the way of the Duke? Untouchables, don't you want to live? "Caesar. One of Borgia's guards asked in Spanish.
At this point, the porter in the lead nodded in a voice that he was not very proficient in Spanish (Basque is popular in the Navarre region, but Caesar. Borgia and his men were mainly proficient in Italian and Spanish) Answer:
"Dear lord, I'm so sorry, our car is too broken, and there happened to be a problem on the bridge, please forgive us for our mistakes, we don't want to ......" After speaking, he bowed several times in a row.
But the guard did not relent:
"Do you know what you did? You are hindering the way for the Duke to worship, which is disrespectful to God! Bastard! After saying this, the guard was still angry, and raised his horsewhip and gave the porter leader a whip. The leader of the porters did not look up, and received a whip. But a grim look flashed on his face with his head bowed. But when he raised his head, he quickly put away his grim look, and replaced it with an infinite panic look:
"Yes, yes, sir, I understand, we will pack up the car as soon as possible and vacate the road as soon as possible!"
"Hurry up, then!" With that, the guard went back impatiently.
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At this time, the leading porter casually glanced at the distance, feeling that the distance was a bit far away and uncertain. So, he shook his head at his companions covertly, and then continued to instruct everyone to gather the grain and straighten the grain cart.
Then, after a while, the car was finally packed. And 5 porters, pushing grain carts, crossed the bridge and stopped on the side of the road. And the man in the lead nodded and said:
"Gentlemen, it's okay, please cross the bridge!"
And as he spoke, four of his companions, while holding the grain cart, inadvertently reached under the grain bag. If someone were to stand next to them and look closely, they would see the end of the dart......
When Caesar. When Borgia and his five men came down to the bridge, they found that there seemed to be a broken grain bag on one side of the bridge, and a lot of oats were sprinkled on the ground before they could be cleaned up......
Why oats? When Caesar. Borgia's team went up to the bridge, and the effect immediately came out - several war horses couldn't help it when they saw oats, the most common ingredient eaten by European war horses. The six greedy war horses lowered their heads and began to eat the oats on the ground......
It's just that these poor Andalusian horses don't know that the oats on the ground are all poisonous oats with added ingredients, and they are very poisonous. However, there is no pungent smell. It was a poison made by an Italian alchemist to poison horses.
The reason why these poisonous oats are used is to prevent Caesar. Borgia and the others took advantage of the chaos to flee on horseback. Especially Caesar. Borgia, if the assassin runs away, their mission fails......
The poor horses didn't know that they were not far from death while they were eating oats with their heads down......
The porter who took the lead looked at the horses openly eating oats there, and his face showed a look of great reluctance, as if he had been cut with a knife.
Caesar. Borgia was a little puzzled at first, but when she saw the reluctance of the porter's leader, she was relieved. If the leader of the porters had a smug smile, he would have drawn his sword in no time......
The porter's leader, who pretended to be reluctant to observe the situation, saw that several of the horses had eaten poisoned oats, so he sensed that the time was ripe. Suddenly, he lifted his robe, pulled out two darts glowing blue from his leather belt, and shouted in a loud voice in English:
"Attack!"
Then, two poisoned darts flew quickly to the upper body wearing only a single coat, Caesar. Borgia ......
His four companions were not slow to react, and the hands that were originally holding the grain cart were quickly withdrawn, each of them holding throwing knives in their left and right hands, and two of them were still holding three darts in one hand.
At the shouts of the chief, about 11 darts flew towards Caesar Borgia and his guards, most of them towards Caesar. Borgia ......
"There are assassins!"
"Protect the Duke!"
Several knight-turned-guards reacted immediately, and rode their horses to block Caesar. In front of Borgia.
Caesar. Borgia had already been hit by a poison dart in his arm at this time, and his body felt a tingle. Seeing that the five Assassins were about to continue throwing darts, he immediately rode his horse back, leaving the guards in front. And he himself began to retreat......
Under the rain of darts, two guards were killed instantly. The three people who were alive also began to dodge. And Caesar. Borgia, holding his right arm, began to drive his horse backwards......
But he didn't expect that in the crowd of onlookers behind him, there was also an assassin......
After the assassination began, most of the onlookers on the south side of the bridge began to flee screaming, except for the two old men.
When Caesar. When Borgia retreated from the bridge to the south of the bridge holding his right arm, which was beginning to go numb, two old men-like people happened to feel out of their waists with a blue glow of quenched darts......
Coincidentally, at this time Caesar. Borgia had his back to them......
"Hey!" Four poison-hardened darts were stabbed into Caesar, who was very close to two assassins dressed as old men. Borgia's back......
"Oh no, I've been tricked in the back!" When two poisonous throwing knives were stuck in his back, Caesar. Borgia was taken aback - he knew that this time it was a big ......
And at this time, the three Caesars who were still alive. Borgia's guards had already drawn the knight's light sword they were wearing, and slashed at the four master darts beside the grain cart. However, this time, instead of a dart, the 4 darts threw a handful of flour......
Suddenly, the bridge was filled with white smoke, and the three guards were out of sight for a while. The 4 dart players continued to throw darts......
To prevent themselves from being hacked to death, they threw their darts on the horses ridden by the three guards......
The war horse was in pain, and immediately spread its legs and ran. And those 3 guards naturally can't cut the dartman. The dart player continues to throw darts from behind......
And Caesar. Borgia, on his side, immediately endured the pain after feeling the dart in his back, and as soon as his legs caught the horse's belly, he rushed out with a diagonal stab. But before rushing out, he was hit by another dart in his back......
However, at this time, six Andalusian horses that had eaten poisoned oats began to develop poison and foam at the mouth almost simultaneously. Then, 6 horses fell one after the other. And Caesar with three poison darts stuck in his back. Borgia, who also broke his leg by the war horse at the same time as the war horse fell......
And of the 3 guards he survived, one of them was hit by a dart, and only 2 people remained, but with the sudden fall of the war horse, he was also stunned, and one of them fell unconscious on the spot. The other one, I'm afraid he also broke his leg and couldn't get up for a while.
At this moment, several dart players immediately rushed towards Caesar. Where Borgia was, he called out to Caesar who was lying on the ground. Borgia is another rain of darts......
This time, Caesar was lying on the ground with his legs pressed on the back of a horse. Borgia couldn't hide if he wanted to, so he was directly stuck with darts all over his body, and he couldn't survive. After all, those darts are quenched poison......
"Withdraw!"
A total of 7 dart players immediately thought about a small courtyard not far from the small bridge and ran wildly. And in the small courtyard, there are 7 horses on a leash......
It didn't take long for the once notorious military commander of the Papal States to be met by Caesar. Borgia, after a poisonous attack on the darts, completely burped......
As for his five men, only one is still alive and sober. But he and Caesar. Borgia also broke her leg and couldn't get up in pursuit. Moreover, the horse has already died of poison. Even if he wanted to pursue, he would have no horses to ride...... The other survivor, on the other hand, fainted happily and didn't know anything......
Wait until Caesar. Borgia's corpse began to cool down, and Navarre's officers and troops were belated. And more than three hours have passed since Caesar Borgia was assassinated. No way, there is no mobile phone alarm these days. The officials and troops of the Kingdom of Navarre were able to come so quickly because the scene was relatively close to Pamplona, the capital of the Kingdom of Navarre......