On August 25, Caesar. Borgia was carried, and his sister Lucrezia, with a group of loyal servants and few possessions, made a detour from the south side of the city of Rome to the western coast, and after bribing some fishermen with the money, they boarded the fishing boat and went to Sicily. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Caesar was afraid that Archbishop Rovere's people were monitoring the merchant dock, so he didn't dare to find a merchant ship to take on when he ran away, and directly rented a few fishing boats and ran away.

After he left, the cronies who had stayed behind to report to the city of Rome soon entered the city from the south of the city, found several cardinals close to the Borgia family, and told them that the Archbishop of Rovere had hidden in the north of Rome with 7,000 men.

Several cardinals were taken aback and hurried to gather the other cardinals to discuss countermeasures......

The College of Cardinals met all night and finally decided to seal the city gates and then hold early elections, electing the pope as soon as possible in a day or two. In this way, even if the army of Archbishop Rovere broke through the city of Rome, it would be of no avail.

Moreover, the defenders of Rome also had 2,000 people. Although there are more opponents, because of the support of the city wall, you may not lose. Taking a step back, even if Archbishop Rovere's 7,000 soldiers and horses were finally able to capture the city of Rome, it would be many days later. By that time, the new pope would have long since been elected and enthroned. Even if he gave Archbishop Rovere a few dares, he would not dare to do anything to kill the Pope. At most, it is to lead the troops to stay in the city of Rome and then take control.

Although Archbishop Rovere may be in control, there is a difference between being a pope and becoming a pope. Because of the improper name, even if you become the mastermind behind the scenes, you are subject to various restrictions. In this way, the bishops of the Cardinal Order still have a certain right to speak, and at most they are at a disadvantage. And if Archbishop Rovere is made pope, it will be different. Originally, the Pope was justified, and he entered the city with a large army. Then, in the future, other cardinals will not want to have a say......

The next morning, the gates of Rome were closed and not opened. Archbishop Rovere's cronies, who were inquiring outside Rome, immediately felt that something was wrong. They immediately reported back to Archbishop Rovere in the village of Doromia, 20 kilometers away......

"What? The gates of Rome are not open today? Archbishop Rovere was taken aback. He realized right away that the news had leaked......

So, he hurriedly found Schwartz to discuss countermeasures......

"Archbishop, let's send troops immediately!"

"But Caesar. Borgia hasn't returned to the city yet......" Archbishop Rovere hesitated.

"There is no time, Archbishop! Since the other party did not open the city gate today, it means that they must have taken precautions. It's still light. What I'm most afraid of is that they will pile up all kinds of masonry and wood in the gates...... If there is a pile of things behind the city gates, and the 100 that were previously placed in the city should be useless. Even if they killed all the defenders of the city gate, it would take half a day to remove the piled up debris, and when there was time, the enemy would have reacted and wiped them out! "Schwartz has participated in many sieges, and in this regard he is obviously more specialized than Archbishop Rovere.

In fact, Schwartz estimated well, and the defenders of the city did start to think about piling up debris in the hole in the north gate.

It's just that the Italian mercenaries dragged their feet. When the Roman cardinals ordered the city gates to be sealed, many Italian mercenaries were still lying on their mistress's bed, not remembering it before 10 o'clock......

Therefore, the lazy style of the Italian mercenaries delayed the operation of piling up debris in the hole of the north city gate......

When several officers arrived at the scene, there was also a dispute over where to obtain the raw materials for the bricks and logs used to block the gates. In this way, the operation was again delayed......

After Schwartz voiced his concerns, Archbishop Rovere no longer hesitated and directly agreed to send troops immediately. Although he failed to catch Caesar. Borgia bastard, however, the city is already on guard, and if it is delayed any longer, until the Roman Council of Cardinals elects a new pope, it will be over. After all, he is 60 years old, and in this era of underdeveloped medical skills, he has few years to live. If he hadn't become pope this time, he might never have had another chance.

So, at about 8 a.m., the army assembled and immediately marched towards the north gate of Rome......

Two hours later, the 7,000-strong army, in addition to the artillery and baggage troops of 1,000 men, the other 6,000 men had reached the north gate of Rome......

At this time, many of the soldiers in charge of the Roman city had just gotten up from the woman's belly......

At the same time, on the inside of the north gate, several allegiances were made to Caesar. Borgia officers were still arguing fiercely over which houses to demolish.

After all, if you want to block the gate of the city, because you don't prepare it in advance, you will inevitably have to demolish the nearby houses to get enough masonry and wood.

However, these Italian officers, looking for women everywhere, had quite a few houses near the north gate, where their mistresses lived. In order to protect the interests of their mistresses, they naturally argued, delaying the time to block the gates......

However, they are not in a hurry. For the gates of the city are shut. Even if the enemy went to ram or bombard the gates, it would not be effective for a short time. Generally speaking, they have time to find materials to block the gates......

However, when Schwartz arrived outside the north gate of Rome with 6,000 men, he did not give the order to climb the city walls immediately, but let the signal soldiers light a double cannon to signal the city......

"Bang-bang-"

In the courtyard of the city, near the north gate, where the "grain merchant" was, in fact, when he got up in the morning, the men and horses inside began to prepare. Because, they also discovered the anomaly of the defenders of the Roman city. Therefore, they had all the warriors put on plate armor early, took up swords and shields, and were ready to storm the city gate at any time......

At about 10 o'clock, the sound of "bang-bang-bang" suddenly remembered outside the north gate of Rome, and the 100 Frisian warriors in the compound were shaken - they knew that it was their turn......

As a result, 100 warriors wearing plate armor and armed with swords and shields rushed out of the courtyard and rushed directly towards the north gate of the city of Rome......

Several officers of the Roman garrison were arguing there when they suddenly saw hundreds of armoured warriors rushing towards the gates......

Except for one officer who reacted quickly and ran away immediately, several other officers were directly hacked to death by the sword and shield soldiers who rushed over......

In the cave of the city gate, although there were preparations, the 40 Italian mercenaries inside were obviously no match for these 100 elite East Friesian warriors. So, after a short time, the 40 Italian mercenaries were either cut down or fell to their knees and surrendered in fright......

The defenders on the Roman walls also noticed the anomaly and sent people down to attack the 100 sword and shield soldiers. However, the sword and shield soldiers have good defense, and they all wear full-body plate armor. The Italian mercenaries who came down from the city walls, although they were more numerous, could not break through the defense line of the sword and shield soldiers in a short time.

When the people inside cleared the defenders in the gate hole, they immediately opened the thick iron bolt and opened the north gate of Rome with a "creaking" sound......

Then, Schwartz immediately ordered the soldiers to rush in......

When breaking through the city gate, the army ran into some trouble. After all, inside the small city gate, hundreds of Italian mercenaries gathered. At the cost of a dozen casualties, Schwarz's army managed to storm the city and began to divide and besiege the defenders of the Roman city......

The defenders in Rome have a total of 2,000 people, plus many people have just gotten up and have not yet come to the barracks to report, where is the opponent?

Soon, Schwartz was able to take control of the other gates to prevent anyone from escaping......

In addition, a detachment, led by the cronies of Archbishop Rovere, went to the main residence of the Borgia family in Rome. Purpose...... Naturally, it is to rob the Borgia family of the massive wealth that they have accumulated by unscrupulous means over the years......