Pope Alexander VI may never have known that his harshly worded letters had provoked Caesar. Borgia's rebellious mentality. On the third day of the capture of Faenza, he launched a lightning-fast attack on the castle of Bolonis, despite the Pope's request to "stop" - but his actions have made a laughing stock of the excuse that the Pope has given him - Imola, Forlì, Pesaro, Rimini, etc., can be said to have recaptured the territories granted by the Pope from the lords who had been stripped of their membership, but Bolognes belonged to Bologna, a region that had been a free city-state since the eleventh century, This act made many people feel bad for him, but when Caesar took the flag from the guardian of Bolones Castle, he felt that it was nothing more than a small victory.

Thus he was enveloped by the storm of vanity, ignoring the urgent call of the Pope, and he was like a young beast that had really tasted the taste of flesh, indulging in the pleasures of war, and even the most beprising prostitute could no longer attract his attention—and what awakened him from his dream of fighting and winning all the way was a letter from King Louis XII of France, who, according to his agreement with Borgia, were to echo each other and aid each other as allies.

Louis XII's plans were ruined by the damned Spanish artillery dealers, Ludovico. Sforza fought him tenaciously for months, leaving him with a battered Milan and then fleeing, to which the King of France had nothing to say, and his soldiers were exhausted and exhausted by the long war, and the loss of artillery was considerable, so he sent a letter to the Pope asking for Caesar. Borgia helped, and in the letter, Louis XII boasted about Caesar's "unparalleled military prowess", but even the satisfied Caesar could see that the ambitious king needed nothing more than his soldiers and artillery.

But according to the agreement, Caesar would have to lead his army to join Louis XII's army in mid-July, and it was the beginning of May, leaving not much time for Caesar, and to everyone's surprise, he announced that he would lead his army through the Apennines to Florence!

This command was so surprising that even Paul. Orsini also cautiously reserved his personal opinion, you know, the Orsini family was once sentenced to excommunication for disobeying the will of Alexander VI when Charles VIII invaded Italy, and they almost emptied the family's treasury before they were finally forgiven, and this time, they went to great lengths to join Caesar's army, but also to regain the favor of Alexander VI, for Caesar's decision, they never disobeyed, and even often helped to abuse, but the conquest of Florence, this was really a rash decision- Caesar had only captured Bologna's Castle of Bologna before, and now he was going to invade another free city directly, and he wanted to be the ruler of the whole of Italy...... Or is it an enemy?

"I know that the Orsini family was married to the Medici family," said Caesar, and in fact the marriage was not very far from the time they were made. The Medici's wife was from the Orsini family, and in terms of seniority, Giulio was named after Lorenzo's three sons. Medici or Paul. What about Orsini's cousin, Paul. Orsini hurriedly retreated and bowed, showing that he had no intention of favoritism, "But you must remember that your current master is me, the Duke of Valentino. Caesar pointed to his chest and haughtily left, Paul. Orsini's face flushed with exasperation, in fact, he was very interested in Giulio. The Medici did not have any feelings, and a woman, could not shake the decision of the family, but Caesar. Borgia's contemptuous but merciless lashed out at his dignity and left a deep mark.

But as Caesar warned, Paul. Orsini had to discourage the idea of warning Florence in advance, and the army marched day and night, and along the way, all the villages were burned and plundered at Caesar's beckoning and indulgence, and only a few escaped, but they did not walk as fast as the army, and Caesar had his soldiers burn all the grain and livestock that could not be taken with them, even the immature ones, who were afraid to try not to starve to death first.

About three days and nights later, Caesar. Borgia's army was stationed only thirty miles from Florence, standing on a hill and looking out at the black shadows of the city in the distance in the light of the setting sun. Julio. What the Medici did in Lucca, he already knew from the Pope's letters and from his own Assassins, asked him to say that Giulio. What did the Medici think of his temperament, as indecisive as ever, cowardly and amorous? It is better to feed 20,000 vagrants than to raise 2,000 soldiers, who will be very respectful to him, but also to others, who will be driven out of Forlì and so on, and he will drive them away from Lucca, Florence, or elsewhere, like a flock of bleating sheep.

And Florence and Lucca, who did not even have their own armies, might only have to intimidate them, threaten them, as Charles VIII did, and they would open the gates of their own accord and welcome themselves in as they had welcomed Charles VIII.

And in Caesar's imagination, he has identified Julio. The way the Medici died, Caesar was not unsorry for the death of this friend and brother who had been by his side since he was a teenager, but he was tired of the repeated warnings of the Holy Father, and he was also tired of his own treatment of Julio. The Medici's uncontrollable jealousy and jealousy—the way to refute those naïve theories is simple, if the master of the theory perishes physically, his mind will inevitably disappear with it, and no amount of clever planning will come to an abrupt end.

He would plunge the dagger into Julio with his own hands. Medici's chest made him disappear forever with the memories of pleasure or pain.

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Unbeknownst to Caesar, the very moment his army turned to the Apennines, Paula released her doves.

In 1492, in the battle for the papal throne, the Borgia family used pigeons for the first time, and Giulio was his helper. The following year, the Assassins of Assasin also learned to use pigeons to transmit messages - it takes an hour for a dove to fly, and a human can travel for a whole day, so Paula released the dove in the morning, and at noon the Assassins in Florence received the critical news, and he told Constena. Medici, Constena told her husband, Tana. Inside, and then Pierrot. Carboni quickly convened a Committee of Eighty (an evolution of the previous Committee of Seventy) to discuss countermeasures.

Although it is said that it is a committee of eighty, the only people who really have the power to speak are the heads of a few large families in the city, and as Carboni expected, most of them still want to use the golden florin to send Caesar away. Borgia, "We can give him thirty thousand gold florins a year." One person said.

"Or fifty thousand." Another said that thanks to lanolin and cashmere, Florence was once again showing signs of prosperity, and they did not hesitate to shout the numbers.

Tana. There was a loud sneer inside.

"I think of a joke." He said, "There was a Roman who met a hungry wolf, and the wolf wanted to eat him, and he said, 'Well, I'll give you a finger today, a toe tomorrow, and a nose the day after...... So that I don't lose my life at once, and you can taste the flesh," he said, "Do you think the wolf would agree to his suggestion?"

"It's not the same." Someone grunted.

"It's the same." Pierrot. Carboni said he was no longer young and strong, but when he stood up, he was as big as a giant, and he had a pivotal position in the Committee of Eighty, and people wanted to believe him. "The gold is no longer enough to satisfy his appetite with the Holy Father, look at Imola, Forlì, Pesaro and Rimini...... To be able to get a whole of Florence, why should he be satisfied with tens of thousands of gold florins? ”

"That's exactly what we're worried about," said the congressman who claimed to be able to come up with fifty thousand gold florins. Borgia's army was invincible, not even Forlì's she-wolf and the young lord of Faenza could withstand his attack, but we were just merchants, and we didn't even have our own army. ”

Inside sighed silently, he remembered the young Machiavelli, for this young man, he was very optimistic, Machiavelli several times asked the parliament to allocate money to build the Florentine army, but was repeatedly refused, and some people ridiculed him for being too unfounded, they always felt that everything could be solved with the golden florin, even after the events that had happened, such as Charles VIII's attempt to add Florence to the territory, and once it was mentioned, they only put all the blame on Pierrot. on the Medici.

"We also have arquebusiers, and some artillery." There are also those who are willing to support Carboni and Neri. "Those are some good boys."

"Borgia also had arquebusiers," someone retorted, "and he had thirty more guns." ”

They discussed for a whole day, with both sides having their own supporters and arguments, hoping that Carboni would come up with a final result or a final verdict, but he remained silent, and the lawmakers left disappointed.

"Borgia's army is only two days away from us," Neri said, "but they're still talking." ”

"But someone must have secretly run to Caesar. Borgia flattered. Carboni said, with a strange smile on his face.

"yes." "I can almost imagine Borgia beaming," Neri said. He exchanged a look with Carboni, "We're going to do it too." ”

Carboni touched his chin and didn't respond, but said something else that seemed completely unrelated: "Inside, we've been good friends for a long time," he said sincerely, "If you think I've done something wrong, I apologize to you, can you please forgive me?" ”

Neiri looked at him inexplicably: "What crazy things are you talking about?" He looked at Carboni suspiciously: "It's not that I'm bewitched by the devil." ”

"Nothing." Carboni lamented: "It's just a feeling. ”