The Rise of the European Emperor

In the country villa in the eastern suburbs of Rome, although Caesar Borgia saved his life, he was also tossed by the domineering "Cantrella" poison and lost his hair, and his face became as terrifying as a ghost. . Moreover, Caesar Borgia stayed in bed for three whole days before he had the strength to speak.

After being able to speak, Caesar Borgia immediately called the attendant:

"Quick, go back to Rome and see how my father is doing!" At this time, Caesar Borgia's eyes were full of fear. He suddenly thought that he had been hit by Cantrella, whether his father also...

He didn't dare to think about it anymore. The reason why the Borgia family has its current glory is entirely because his father became the pope. If his father died, he would struggle even if he survived. Unless... he can, like Archbishop Rovere, the mortal enemy of the Borgia family, support Innocent VIII as a puppet after the death of Pope's uncle Sixtus IV, and continue to dominate the Holy See. Moreover, this road seems to be very operational. Because, Caesar Borgia now controls all the troops of the Papal State. This can be achieved as long as the cardinals are forced to submit by force.

So, after Caesar Borgia woke up, he immediately sent his men to rush back to Rome to inquire about the news...

In the evening, Caesar Borgia waited for the news that made him hopeless-his father Alexander VI failed to resist the toxicity of "Cantrera" and had died...

Fortunately, in the army in Rome, except for a few who were drawn by some cardinals, most of the officers still obeyed Caesar Borgia's orders. Because, these people were all drawn up by Caesar Borgia. The original old officers were either killed or expelled by Caesar Borgia.

After learning of his father's death, the strategist Caesar Borgia made a decisive decision - to find an agent to be the Pope, and to act as the mastermind behind the scenes, like Archbishop Rovere, who secretly controlled the Holy See .

Therefore, early the next morning, Caesar Borgia continued to send troops to contact the cardinals who were close to the Borgia family in the city of Rome and asked them to cooperate with him.

However, because the toxicity of "Cantrera" was too violent, even if Caesar Borgia saved his life,

In a short period of time, the body cannot recover. At least, for a month, he couldn't get down and walk freely.

Therefore, he is now unable to return to the city of Rome in time to take command in person. To make matters worse, the person Caesar Borgia sent to Rome, on the way back, found a piece of information that made Caesar Borgia almost urinate...

It turned out that on the fourth day after the death of Alexander VI, the Archbishop of Rovere sent his cronies to lurk outside the gates of Rome to observe whether Caesar Borgia returned to the city. Once Caesar Borgia returns to the city, it means the net can be closed. At that time, the 7,000 soldiers and horses hidden in the village of Doromia, 20 kilometers northwest of Rome, will be able to go straight to Rome.

But unfortunately, the cronie sent by Archbishop Rovere outside the east gate of Rome was accidentally caught by Caesar Borgia's who had just returned from Rome to the villa outside the east gate when he was changing shifts with another person. A confidant finds out...

As two hostile families, their cronies also have some understanding of each other. And the cronie arranged by Archbishop Rovere outside the East City Gate happened to be known by Caesar Borgia's cronies.

So, Caesar's cronies quietly followed the cronies of Archbishop Rovere. Behind a wall, Caesar's cronies heard a very important message - Archbishop Rovere, hiding seven thousand troops in the north of the city of Rome, just waiting for Caesar Borgia to return to Rome, and immediately attack the city...

Caesar's cronies quickly returned to Caesar Borgia and reported the information. Caesar Borgia was taken aback and almost urinated. Before, he also suspected that the servants in the family made mistakes that poisoned their father and son. But now, he's sure - that's the handwriting of Archbishop Rovere. Moreover, they even have the army ready, just waiting for their own return to Rome to throw themselves into the net...

Seven thousand troops! If there are two or three thousand people, Caesar Borgia still has confidence. But now, there are only 2,000 soldiers and horses in the city of Rome, and his father is dead, and morale is at its lowest. At this time, there is absolutely no chance of winning against the army of Archbishop Rovere.

So, Caesar Borgia made a decisive decision:

"Lucrezia, hurry up and pack up your valuables, take your cronies and run away together!"

"Okay, by the way, do we want to inform our younger brother Geoffrey?" Geoffrey is the younger brother of the two and has the same name as the East Frisian Palace.

"I'm afraid it's too late. Geoffrey is in Squillace, and we don't have time to inform him. Besides, he has little involvement in father's affairs, and he is a French vassal. I think the Archbishop of Rovere is It won't embarrass him."

Geoffrey Borgia is currently the lord of Squillace and Alberto, both of which are within the Kingdom of Naples. They belonged to Geoffrey Borgia's marriage to Sanxia, ​​Princess of Naples, who was from the Aragon family. dowry. Of course, the Kingdom of Naples gave these two places to Geoffrey Borgia, and Alexander VI also made corresponding compensation politically.

Today, the French occupy the northern half of the kingdom of Naples, which happens to include Squillace and Alvito. Seeing that the French were powerful, and that Alexander VI and Louis XII were also allies, Geoffrey Borgia simply joined the French.

The most important thing is that Geoffrey Borgia has always had a tense relationship with his father, Alexander VI, and Geoffrey has hardly participated in the bad affairs of Alexander VI. It was Caesar Borgia, who was the absolute protagonist in Alexander VI's broken affairs. As for Lucrezia, she also participated more. Therefore, Caesar Borgia directly planned to run away with his sister...

"Our property in Rome?" Lucrezia was obviously reluctant to part with the Borgia family's property in Rome's mansion.

Caesar Borgia was also very reluctant to part with those staggering amounts of wealth at the moment, but he knew better that the Borgia family's mansion was definitely being watched. At this time, go back and get the money, and it will definitely be delivered to your door. Even if you send your subordinates, as long as you dare to move things out of the mansion, you will definitely be followed, and then you will find yourself... If you die, what is the use of those wealth?

Therefore, Caesar Borgia, a heroic figure, made a direct decision:

"Let's circle from the south of the city to the sea, take a boat to Sicily, and seek the protection of the Kingdom of Aragon!"

Once, Alexander VI spent 50,000 gold coins to buy a territory from Spain. Even if he couldn't take most of his property this time, relying on that territory, Caesar Borgia would not have to worry about food and clothing in the future.

In the end, Caesar Borgia persuaded his sister, emptied the valuable things in this country villa, took his entourage, and detoured directly from the south of Rome, and went to the sea to board the boat to Sicily...

But before he left, Caesar Borgia left a few cronies behind and asked them to go to other cities in the Papal State to inform the local garrison generals that they should not surrender to the new Pope. Caesar Borgia's plan is to use the control of those cities in exchange for the new Pope's pardon... Otherwise, if you want, go and attack...

In addition, Caesar Borgia also sent someone back to Rome to tell the Roman Cardinals something - Archbishop Rovere came back with the army and was hiding in the north of Rome...

This move by Caesar Borgia is very powerful, because he knows very well that although there are people from Archbishop Rovere in the current cardinals, but after the purge of his father Alexander VI, there are absolutely not many, only one of them. small portion. Others, and Archbishop Rovere is not the same. Many people, especially the cardinals of Alexander VI's faction, would certainly not want to see Archbishop Rovere in the pontificate.

Caesar Borgia reminded the College of Cardinals that it was actually forcing the College of Cardinals to end their differences as soon as possible, preferably before the army of Archbishop Rovere captured Rome, to elect a new Pope. In this way, even if Archbishop Rovere occupied Rome, he would not dare to take the new Pope. Stumble...

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