Warlock Royal Family

Not only was Ladislaus saying a word, but Ben Sodoria, who had said what was on his mind, fell into a panic.

The Duke of Bourbon, who held a heavy army and had great power, was also in such a panic. The French army withdrew to the city of Novara without stopping, and continued to retreat west that day, all the way to Turin in the Principality of Savoy.

If the Habsburg army takes advantage of the victory to attack at night, the French army, whose morale has been shaken and has been dispersed, is likely to be defeated again.

However, this retreat was really a mess. All the precious materials that had been transported through hard work were thrown away. The Franco-Swiss coalition forces that still exceeded [-] just fled the Duchy of Milan desperately, just to get rid of the troops that were still far smaller than them. Enemy face to face.

The Habsburg army immediately swept across the entire territory of Milan and pulled out all the French strongholds.

The winning side did not rest easy in Milan for a few days. On April 4, the acting Grand Duke Ferdinand led the main force of the Habsburg army to pursue the French army westward, destroying a series of broken French troops and obtaining a large amount of supplies.

However, the acting Grand Duke did not choose to enter the Principality of Savoy, but went south to force the city of Liguria.

The reason why they chose to attack the city of Liguria was due to logistical reasons. The result of the land battle also changed the situation on the sea. The envoys of the Republic of Venice once again kept going, day and night through various relationships to ask to see the acting Grand Duke Ferdinand .

At the same time, the fleet of the Republic of Venice returned to the port of Venice, and even the port of Trieste in Austria was no longer blocked.

The Spanish navy once again firmly controlled the sea dominance of the western Mediterranean, and the Habsburg army could get sufficient supplies by marching along the coastline.

Ladislaus was not able to return home, but he was not disappointed at all, because he won a better task, and he led part of the servant army back to Florence to collect the debt.

Another reason for this southward mission was that Ladislaus deliberately avoided the conflict between Spain and Austria over the ownership of the Liguria region.

This time, it was not just a big victory, but a big victory almost unscathed (Note), even the most optimistic people could not imagine that the Habsburg army destroyed the menacing Franco-Swiss coalition almost unscathed.

It also made it possible for conflicts within the Habsburg family to arise, and the balance of power between Charles V and Ferdinand was closer.

Of course, the overall status of the Habsburg family must have risen because of this battle.

His Excellency Ladislaus, Archbishop of Liguria, representative of the House of Habsburg.He also received unimaginable courtesy in the city of Florence. Cardinal Medici traveled two hundred miles from the city to the border of the Republic of Florence to meet him.

You know it was just over half a month ago.His leg hurts so much that he can't even see the face of the mighty Kingdom of Spain, and he has to stay in bed.

As for all kinds of old cold legs, arthritis, gout, etc., he couldn't see the problems of Ladislaus and old Colonna.They all seemed to disappear at once.

Not to mention the vigor of this old man who is over fifty years old in front of Ladislaus, the two little Medici sons even waited on him, calling "Uncle Ladislaus" affectionately.

In the evening, in the Palace of the Consul of Florence.A grand "Celebrating the Great Victory of the Holy Roman Empire and Wishing His Majesty the Emperor Longevity and Boundless Cocktail Party" was held.

After a few rounds of Vienna's "Natural Beauty," Ladislaus teased the Medici cardinal over his drink.

"Your Highness Medici, how can you drink alcohol? Your health is much better? I hope that you, Cardinal Medici, have recovered from all your illnesses in the past few days."

Although Ladislaus suddenly received an interest-free loan of 30 talers on behalf of the warlock royal family, Emperor Charles V and acting Archduke Ferdinand were half of each other, and he personally had a big red envelope of [-] talers, but let this It is still necessary to look ugly for the old slippery head.

"That's, that's. It's all good. Hearing the good news that His Majesty's army has won a big victory, I feel like I'm 20 years younger, 20 years old. I just feel sad and regret not being able to lead Florence It is a pity in my life for the army to participate in this great victory, to serve His Majesty the Emperor and the warlock royal family. I am so sad." The Medici Cardinal immediately bowed down without hesitation, "Lady His Royal Highness, I am really envious of your great achievements this time..."

"Stop it. Stop it. I don't dare to call myself Your Highness. I'm just the archbishop of Liguria, and the city of Liguria doesn't welcome me at the moment." Honorific titles are also forbidden.

"Look at what you said, how dare the mere Liguria Republic dare to fight against the king. I have received accurate news that the Kingdom of France has returned Corsica to the Liguria Republic in order to keep this ally. Marshal Doria has brought The fleet went to Ajaccio, and the city of Liguria was in chaos, and His Royal Highness the Acting Grand Duke can last for a few days under the might of the tiger." This news Ladislaus did not know, "And this time you add the red robe and become Members of the College of Cardinals are already a certainty, and it is logical to be called His Highness."

"Haha, you are being polite."

Ladislaus was very happy to be able to recapture the city of Liguria in a relatively peaceful manner.

After all, his income in Liguria City is the foundation for his continued development. The better the city is preserved, the more taxes he can get.

If we can completely capture this famous commercial city whose value is higher than Milan, it will be of great benefit to Ladislaus.

Unlike Milan, Liguria is barely within the reach of both Spain and Austria. After Prime Minister Sarzastan let the acting grand duke take all of Milan, it is unlikely that Liguria will be given to him.

At that time, Ladislaus, who is the archbishop of Liguria, is likely to become very important in the division of power within the Habsburg family.

Machiavelli fully analyzed the situation for Ladislaus, and predicted that he would avoid the conflict this time, and when the conflict between Spain and Austria emerged, he would become the number one figure in Liguria that both parties would naturally accept.

However, Machiavelli also advised Ladislaus not to go to Rome immediately to become a cardinal.

When the acting Archduke Ferdinand took Liguria lightly, and then led the army back to Rome, the true pope would have to pay a higher price to appease the Habsburg family and Ladislaus.

Life is wonderful.

Among the leading figures of the Republic of Florence, Ladislaus among the stars and the moon did not realize that the faces of the leaders of the Xibo family, including Anna and Cassano Cavaliers who were sitting next to him, were all extremely ugly. .

Acting Grand Duke Ferdinand did not take them to the city of Liguria. In fact, he had already expressed his attitude of abandoning them. This information from Cardinal Medici made them even more disheartened.

If the city of Liguria resists resolutely, then the Xibo family will naturally be more useful.

If it is like this, the days behind the Xibo family will be sad.

And Ladislaus, who was immersed in the joy of victory, didn't even notice the excuses of Anna and Cassano Cavaliers to leave.

In the next few days, Ladislaus was very happy in the city of Florence, and the city of Liguria fell into the hands of the deputy archduke as predicted by Cardinal Medici.

It's a pity that good days are always short, and a bad news was brought by the emperor's ambassador a few days later.

Margarita, the sorcerer's concubine concubine promised to Ladislaus by the acting grand duke, rejected the suggestion of the acting grand duke and refused to become the official mistress of the future cardinal Ladislaus.

If it's just that, that's all. Although Ladislaus is satisfied with the status of this woman who is actually his aunt, her bloodline is quite suitable for the inheritance of the warlock bloodline.

But if you don't want to, you don't want to. Anyway, the identity of Cardinal Ladislaus is there, and he is a powerful and handsome warlock. A concubine of an important royal family can always be obtained.

Damn it, the news spread quickly over the next few days.

Then several noble heads of the Florentine family came to sell their daughters and express their comfort.

Although they still had flattering smiling faces, Ladislaus always felt that he could see schadenfreude in their eyes.

More and more people knew that this was supposed to be a secret arrangement, and Ladislaus was really embarrassed.

A few days later, the emissary of the female ship owner Lasilis brought back a relatively complete version of Margarita's rejection of Ladislaus.

The merchant fleet belonging to Ladislaus recently sent a batch of rum to Algiers under Spanish rule, and a batch of almonds to Valencia. It is said that "the story of the Italian prostitute was divorced by the Spanish Bai Fumei"

It is said that this lady, who was the senior aunt of the emperor and acting grand duke, publicly and contemptuously called Ladislaus "a poor relative of Italy" to several foreign ambassadors on diplomatic occasions, and said that he wanted to eat swan meat like a toad.

It's not that Ladislaus didn't suspect that the female shipowner wanted to put eye drops on the possible future mistress.

But it was obvious that the female shipowner would definitely not be the official mistress of the future cardinal. She had no position and no qualifications to wrestle with Margarita, who was of royal lineage of warlocks.

So Ladislaus was forced to accept the fact that the story was true.

The envoy then hinted at a piece of news that made Ladislaus irritated: "This Mrs. Margarita seems to have a very close relationship with His Majesty the Emperor, very very close."

The emissary was overly excited by the bullshit relationship among the warlock royal family. He was considered capable among Laciris' subordinates, but this time his performance was really poor. He got the enraged Lardy Slaughter rolled out after a slap in the face.

Taking this unlucky guy as a punching bag, Ladislaus didn't get better, and he was still in an extremely bad mood.

'Could it be that the emperor Charles V ordered the spread of this news, slapping me in the face? '

'And why did he embarrass me so much? '

At the beginning, Anna fell in love with the Duke of Bourbon's past, and it came to mind again.

Ladislaus, who was burning with a vicious karma, couldn't help himself. . .