Chapter 35 Forward! The goal is Venice
The Eastern Romans shot wolf and beasts so much that they completely angered the Venetians. The entire Venetian city has now begun a fire with Eastern Rome. At the same time, many gangsters began to muddy waters and the situation was in chaos. The entire Venetians were about to be destroyed. At this time, the Venetians naturally did not forget their "wise" Governor. Hundreds of Venetians gathered and blocked the door of the Venetian Governor's Mansion, yelling to ask the old Ncrodandoro to step down.
Of course, who should succeed the Governor of Venice after Ncrodandoro stepped down, and what should Venice do in this situation? Should he surrender to the Normans or maintain his status as an independent city-state regardless of it. People in Venice did not think about these things at all. No one cared about it. It was as if all problems had arisen. People didn't care much about how things should be solved.
Instead, pay attention to: whose responsibility is this? Who should be held responsible? Who should be punished?!
This way.
Therefore, since the decision to unite with Eastern Rome was made by Icredandoro, then the responsibility will naturally be borne by Dandoro. Venice has become this virtue now, and it is all Dandoro's fault. It is not an exaggeration to kill him!
Under such thoughts, it would be no big deal to do something that would hit the Governor's Mansion. Especially some guys, crying and shouting loudly, defeating the traitor Nkridandoro, such a slogan. It seemed that if it wasn't like this, it wouldn't show that they were patriotism.
"Sir, Father! Make a decision early in the morning!" Xiao Dandoro looked down from the rooftop. He saw that there were people underneath, shouting loudly and keeping pushing forward. He saw that the Governor's Guard was almost unable to stop him.
Thinking of the consequences of the mob rushing in, a lot of sweat suddenly appeared on Xiao Dandoro's forehead. The voice anxiously shouted to his father, Old Dandoro.
"Decision? What to decide?" However, Old Dandoro seemed to be fine, still smiling, as if he didn't know that he could be killed by a mob who rushed in at any time.
"Please" Xiao Dandoro couldn't continue to say this, because to be honest, he had the idea.
"Sir, please come up with your ideas." So Xiao Dandoro changed his statement.
"Idea? I didn't pay attention." Old Dandoro sighed: "Take one step, look at three steps: one step wrong, step by step
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After saying this, Old Dandoro seemed to have his spine removed. While sighing, he collapsed directly on the chair. Then he reached into his pocket of clothes with a trembling hand and took out a pampering roll.
"I originally wanted to hand this over to you when you took over as the Governor of Venice. But it seems that I can't wait for that day..."
"This, what is this?" Xiaodandoro asked.
"This is some secrets of the influential families in Venice. They are their handles." Old Dandoro smiled like a prank: "There are some people who believe that this thing will help you in other families in northern Italian city-states."
"This is such a thing?!" Little Dandoro, who has been trained by Old Dandoro for so many years, naturally understands how precious such a thing is.
"Do you think I have been the governor of Venice for so long and I am a vegetarian?" Old Dandoro chuckled, "In addition, I have basically told you about the family's property outside... With these two things, it is not impossible for our family to make a comeback in the future..." "Father. Are we going to leave Venice for the time being?" Little Dandoro asked.
"No, it's not us, it's you. You leave Venice." Old Dandoro said.
"What?! Father, in this situation, are you?!" Xiao Dandoro suddenly understood his father's plan. He was about to speak up and dissuade him, but was stopped by Old Dandoro.
"I'm old. I can hardly move anymore. I've almost all my eyes lost... How could I escape with such a burden like me? Moreover, I've been popular for so long and have enjoyed everything I should enjoy. I've been sitting in the position of the Governor of Venice for so many years. I have no regrets..."
"Father" Xiao Dandoro knelt in front of his father and cried in tears. This time he made the old man angry.
"Let's go!! Why are you crying?! You are in your forties or fifties! Why do you still feel so embarrassed as if you are a child?! How can you revive the Dandoro family like this?! Get out! Get out quickly!
Get out of Venice!!" As he said this, Old Dandoro pushed his son hard and pushed Little Dandoro away.
"I understand. Father." Little Dandoro was stunned for a moment, then he became firm and finally glanced at his old father who had just passed away. Without turning around, he quickly ran downstairs and fled from the secret passage of the Governor's Mansion of Venice with a few sincere guards.
Not long after that, the Venetian mob outside the Governor's Mansion finally couldn't help but start forcibly attacking the Governor's Mansion. The poor dozens of guards in the Governor's Mansion could not stop thousands of mobs. They were knocked to the ground and punched and kicked. Those who were more lucky ran away while the chaos was run. They were not lucky and were beaten to death...
Then the mobs rushed into the Governor's Mansion, looting, setting fires, and searching for other people everywhere.
"Dandoro! Where is the old traitor of Dandoro?! Kill him!!" The mobs who were already in a state of fanaticism searched everywhere, of course, in fact, it didn't take much effort, because the Governor Dandoro didn't think about escaping or hiding. In just a short while, the mobs found him in the Governor's office.
The corpse.
After hearing (because he was blind) his son left, the boss nodded with satisfaction, and then took poison and committed suicide.
The mobs looked at the bloody corners of their mouths and faces with a mysterious smile. For some reason, they felt a little lost. However, in just a moment, the bad habits of human beings showed up again. The boss's precious rings, heralds, silk clothes and gem-inlaid hats were all the targets of people's competition. People who failed to grab them, or who had too few robbed them, vented their anger on Dandoro's corpse. They punched the believers in the poor old man's corpse. Finally, people turned their attention to the furniture made of precious trees and other small decorations.
The entire Venetian Governor's House was looted. Then it set fire and burned down together with the bodies that had been torn into seven or eight sections.
At this moment, in a small port in Venice, Little Dandoro successfully found a boat according to his family's route and then carried him out of the sea. Apart from a few guards, five hundred Florinian gold coins, a long sword and a herald of proving his identity, Little Dandoro did not get anything else.
No, or now, he should be called Dandoro. After all, his father is dead.
Looking at Venice, Dandoro clenched his fists and sweared in his heart: "One day, I will come back." At the same time, Egil also got the latest news about Venice through his spy network.
"An unexpected joy."
He completely ignored the disaster that the Venetians have suffered now. Egil said this very excitedly. Before, because his navy was insufficient, it took a lot of effort to attack Venice, so he didn't want to. However, this time, Venice suffered losses and was trapped in violent movements. This was indeed an opportunity.
Afterwards, Egil and Charlie discussed it, and the two sides hit it off and decided to lead the elite cavalry troops to attack overnight and quickly take down Venice. Let's talk about what happened next.
The elite cavalry under Egir had a total of more than 5,000 people, 4,000 light cavalry, and 1,200 heavy cavalry: some of the previous battle in Bologna were lost, but they could still get about 4,500 cavalry.
The knights under Duke Charles, including the knight entourage and light cavalry, had more than 1,500 people. In the previous Battle of Bologna, Charles' direct army basically did not move, and the deaths were all Swiss, and the spoils were all the Swiss.
Once the two sides pieced together, they had six thousand cavalrymen.
And they are all elite troops. It is almost the same to control a chaotic city in Venice, which has no intention of fighting.
Therefore, Egil no longer waited for the so-called five days of the mayor of Bologna. Of course, in order to prevent Bologna from repeating, the coalition forces still left 10,000 infantry stationed in Bologna. The remaining troops were also rushing to the city of Venice. After Egil captured Venice, he was able to completely control the city.
In this way, the war situation on the Apennine Peninsula repeated again! Forty thousand Eastern Roman troops died, surrendered or fled, collapsed, and Venice, the strongest city-state in northern Italy, was on the verge of destruction.
The expansion ambitions of the Eastern Roman Empire were temporarily suppressed. The morale of the Catholic coalition was strong!
After hearing this news, King Philip II of France, Emperor Frederick of the Holy Roman Empire, and Pope Innocent III of Rome wrote letters to congratulate him one after another. For a time, the Norman Kingdom Egil was unparalleled and became the most eye-catching among the kings of the Catholic world.
It was also the enemy that Basil II valued the most.
Chapter completed!