Continental Warriors Yoo Ma

Chapter 360 Seven Unexpected Backstabs

While Garmont was full of ambitions for the new ship and new members, Ambroise, who had quarreled with him many times, fell into a kind of impotent rage.

In order to please Her Majesty the Princess of Burgundy, he decided to make a 180-degree change in attitude, from secretly obstructing Ma Youfu's shipbuilding industry to full support.For this reason, Ambroise did not hesitate to break with most members of the "anti-marquis despotism", and the loss was not small.

Unexpectedly, in a blink of an eye, not only did the Serisian get a huge ready-made fleet, but Princess Mary also helped Cherbourg Shipyard to solve the problems of raw materials and manpower.

In this way, wouldn't all my planning and efforts be useless?

Thinking that he was the only one who suffered losses in the whole incident, and thinking of Garmon's mocking expression before, Ambroise felt that he was like a clown who was trying to please others at a banquet, Sad and ridiculous.

This kind of emotion magnified the unwillingness in Ambroise's heart a hundred times.He was never willing to just give up.

Although the first plan to curry favor with Princess Mary failed, Ambroise still believes that with her own charm and means, she can win her heart.He found Armand, his capable attendant, to discuss the next move together.

In the mansion in the city of Caen, the two sat on soft benches, enjoying the warmth of the fire while drinking mead.

"Sir, our last failure was not due to any problem with the plan, but luck was not on our side. Who would have thought that England, the sworn enemy of France, would be so weak, stupid, and short-sighted that she would sell her precious fleet to What about the Marquis of La Manche? You know, that Siris is the chief culprit that caused England to lose the war!"

After hearing Armand's comfort, Ambroise felt better.He said: "Armand, I don't want to give up on the pursuit of Her Royal Highness. After all, love that has experienced setbacks is sweeter. However, Princess Mary's time in Normandy will not last forever, we must hurry up. I don't know. Is there any good opportunity recently that can make me approach the princess and win her favor?"

A confident smile appeared on Armand's face, and he said: "Sir, your question is very good. In fact, on the morning when the English fleet arrived in Harfleur, after I knew that your efforts failed, I began to arrange the next action. At noon that day, at the welcome banquet held for Miss An Wen, do you remember what happened?"

"Well... those elf women are really beautiful. If I have a chance, I would also like to taste them and see how they are different from human women..." Ambroise had a look of recollection, and then he reacted and said , "Forgive me, Armand, I was in a bad mood at noon that day and didn't notice many details."

"It's okay, sir. This is human nature." Armand took a sip of the sweet amber wine gracefully, and said, "At that time, Princess Mary asked everyone what attractions were worth visiting in Normandy. There was a priest Tell her that she can go to Bayeux City to visit the Basilica of Notre-Dame, where the famous Bayeux Tapestry is kept, which tells the story of William the Conqueror's victory over King Harold at the Battle of Hastings. It is a precious cultural relic , It is said that it has also been blessed by Tangus, the god of war, and has magical powers, it is definitely worth seeing."

Armand paused, and then said: "Princess Mary is very interested in this, so she decided to visit Bayeux, and Caen by the way to visit the church where William the Conqueror was buried and the castle where he once lived. "

"Oh?" Ambroise finally came to his senses, "That priest, did you arrange it?"

Armand smiled without saying a word.

"Armand, my friend, you are as indispensable as my brain!" Ambroise laughed triumphantly.

As long as Princess Mary is on her own territory, many things will be easy to do.

Of course, he was not bold enough, or foolish enough to do anything wrong with the little princess of Burgundy.

What Ambroise wants to do is to seize this rare opportunity and create an opportunity to win the favor of Princess Mary.

After an afternoon of discussion and planning, the two came up with a brilliant plan.

Near the city of Caen, the most suitable place for Her Royal Highness to stay is a holiday palace built by the Duke of Bedford in the northeast of the city when he was alive.Now the palace has become the nominal property of the Valois royal family and is used by Ma Youfu to entertain various distinguished guests.

Princess Mary would definitely live in this new Renaissance-style building, not one of those old and worn medieval castles.

In the forest on the banks of the Orne River not far from the holiday palace, a group of bear goblins appeared recently.

These goblin-like creatures are stronger and bolder than ordinary goblins. Although their intelligence is weaker than that of humans, their combat effectiveness is not bad.

They appeared on the earth because of the convergence of the celestial spheres.It's just that compared to the undead pirates who are seriously threatening the countries on the northern shores of the Mediterranean Sea, these bear goblins pose very little threat, and few people pay attention to them.

So far, only some local snakes in Caen, including Ambroise, know the existence of these goblin bears.

With a little manipulation, these bear goblins can be lured to attack the holiday palace.Then, when Her Royal Highness is in crisis, it's time for the handsome and brave Knight Ambroise.

This little trick of deliberately creating a crisis for the woman and then saving the beauty by the hero is actually not complicated to say.But in practice, there are many things to pay attention to.

Those bear goblins are stupid and greedy, and now they are trapped in the riverside forest. As long as they are lured with food and property, they will attack the holiday palace without hesitation.

However, if the defense force around the princess is too strong and all the goblin bears are wiped out, it will not be Ambroise's turn to appear.

However, after some arrangements by Armand, this problem was also solved.

He spent a sum of money and hired a group of merchant guards, pretending to be bandits, to haunt outside Rouen.In order to hunt down these bandits, the city of Rouen sent a large number of people, and Princess Mary also took the initiative to divide half of her guards to maintain law and order in the city.

When Princess Marie travels to Caen, she will only be accompanied by half of the guards, about 50 people.Although this well-equipped and well-trained guard, it is no problem to deal with hundreds of bear goblins.However, if during the time the princess stayed in the holiday palace, the young men of the guards received warm hospitality, and they could get whatever they wanted, such as wine, food, and women, their combat effectiveness would drop a lot, and they would not be able to withstand the attack of a large number of bear goblins.

In addition, Armand also found out that the only lady accompanying Princess Mary on this trip was the mistress of the Marquis, Mrs. Marguerite.The other two women with important positions around the Marquis, the forest elf Anwen Yexing and Vera of the Medici family, will not be traveling with her.

Anwen Yexing is a good shooter. If she alone can't repel the goblin bear, she can still protect little princess Mary from escaping safely.And the woman from the Medici family, although she didn't show it usually, is said to be a powerful warlock.

Without these two people, in Ambroise's view, Princess Mary's side is as undefended as between the legs of a slut.

When Princess Mary set off for Bayeux, Ambroise was busy.

Two days after the little princess checked into the holiday palace, Ambroise's plan reached the final step.

Late at night, he and Armand came to the river bank less than one kilometer away from the holiday palace, and found the sewer exit leading to the holiday palace.

The Holiday Palace is a new type of palace that the Duke of Bedford invited Italian designers to build, so there are new architectural facilities such as sewers, which greatly improve the sanitation of the Holiday Palace.

"Sir, as long as a few iron gates in the sewer are destroyed, the goblin bears can follow this passage, enter the holiday palace, and launch a surprise attack." Armand said.

Ambroise covered her nose and frowned.

Even in winter, the smell from the sewers is very unpleasant.Ambroise, who claims to be noble, is extremely resistant to entering such a dirty place.

But for the sake of confidentiality, he can't ask others to do the last step of the plan, he can only do it himself.

Imagining the happy life after seducing Europe's No. [-] Bai Fumei in his heart, Ambroise gritted his teeth and walked in with his sword named "Frost Bite".

After walking a dozen steps, Ambroise felt something was wrong.He turned around suddenly, and found that his loyal servant, Armand, did not follow up as promised, but stood outside the sewer, looking at him leisurely.

Realizing that something was wrong, Ambroise retreated immediately, but before he could get out of the sewer, he was blocked by an invisible energy barrier.

"Armand!" Ambroise's eyes were burning with anger, "What do you want to do? How dare you betray me?"

"Betrayal?" Armand smiled, "I think you have misunderstood, Mr. Ambroise. The object of my allegiance has always been the Duke of Orleans. When I came to you, I also obeyed his orders. I have been doing this for a few days. To do it is also to follow the order of the Duke."

"You mean, Charlie betrayed me?" Ambroise could hardly believe his ears.

He was actually stabbed in the back by his brother-in-law, who was regarded as his biggest backer. This cruel fact made him start to doubt his life.

"You can also say that." Armand said unhurriedly.

"What's the reason? Give me a reason!"

"Mr. Ambroise, you think that the Duke and the Marquis of La Manche are enemies. This is a very serious misjudgment. You did not have the correct information, which is the root cause of your failure today."

Chapter 360 Eight Capacity Issues

After the imperial meeting to deal with the wool soldiers, except for the more stubborn Duke of Bourbon, the other dukes chose to show their favor to Ma Youfu.The Duke of Orleans is no exception.

Although the duke is not as good as it used to be, and his status in the French political arena has become less and less important except for his poetry creation, Ma Youfu still agreed to the request of the Duke of Orleans and sold some South French trade Company stock to him.

This is because this Mr. Duke has a good ability to gnaw old gnaws.

His mother, Valentina, was from the Visconti family that ruled the Duchy of Milan.If Ma Youfu remembers correctly, the current ruler of the Duchy of Milan, Filippo Maria Visconti, will be the last ruler of the Visconti family in Milan.Historically, after his death, the Principality of Milan fell into a succession crisis. In the end, the mercenary leader Sforza launched a coup with powerful force, coupled with marrying Filippo's illegitimate daughter, and finally succeeded in taking over Milan.However, King Louis XII who ruled France at that time happened to be the son of Charles I, Duke of Orleans.He believed that he inherited the blood of Visconti from his grandmother Valentina Visconti, and that he was the real heir to the Duchy of Milan, so he led an army to invade Milan.

Like the succession dispute in Naples, the succession dispute in the Duchy of Milan was also the trigger of the Italian war that lasted for more than 50 years, and it was also the core issue in the competition between the Spanish Habsburgs and France for European hegemony in the [-]th century.

As an old player of King's Wind and Cloud, claiming rights, no matter how strong or weak they are, whether they are needed or not, it's always good to have them in hand.

Although the Duke of Orleans is not capable, who told his father to marry a good wife?

Since Mayouf changed the world and the boundaries, it is hard to say whether Louis, the son of the Duke of Orléans, will become the king of France in the future, but judging from the performance of Louis XII in history, he is at least an excellent one. Aristocrats of royal blood.It is not wrong to establish a good relationship with this kind of character in advance.

It is worth mentioning that because Ma Youfu changed the course of the Hundred Years' War and caused the Duke of Orleans to be released early, so he and his second wife, Bonnet de Armagnac, did not live as they did in history until His wife died and has been separated in two places.The husband and wife reunited ten years in advance. When the Duke of Orleans was at home, he was not only pondering court poetry but having sex with his wife. He gave birth to his heir Louis 30 years in advance.

Otherwise, the Duke of Orleans, an old cow, would not bear fruit on his third wife until he was 68 years old and gave birth to his son Louis.

From the perspective of the reproduction of descendants, the Duke of Orleans must thank Ma Youfu.

Because of the above reasons, Ma Youfu let the Duke of Orleans, who had followed the Duke of Bourbon against him, board the Clippers of the South France Trading Company.

Because of the common interests, coupled with the persuasion from the wife of the Armagnac family, the Duke of Orleans completely let go of his dissatisfaction with Ma Youfu, and he was unwilling to participate in politics anymore, and completely switched the focus of his life to above the family.

So when the cheap brother-in-law Ambroise came to the door and invited him to oppose the Marquis of La Manche, Charles I immediately notified Ma Youfu of this matter.Then, according to the latter's instructions, he dispatched Armand to Ambroise, ready to backstab at any time, to help the Marquis deal with these restless Norman nobles.

Ambroise has never been kept in the dark about these interest exchanges and secret operations, so his failure today is completely expected.

Knowing that he could not persuade Armand with words, Ambroise raised his sword and said sharply: "Armand, you are only an eighth-level mage, do you think the magic trap you set can trap me?"

Armand smiled and said: "Of course I don't have the ability to trap a powerful arcane knight like you. But this magic trap, my function is to inject magic power into the core and activate it. The real setter is the Bo Her Royal Highness the Princess of Burgundy."

"No...impossible..."

"I only found out when I was summoned by Her Royal Highness the night before yesterday. It turned out that this weak-looking little princess is actually a powerful dragonborn! Moreover, her power comes from the dragon god Bahamut, and her strength is stronger than ordinary people. Dragonborn is stronger. Her spellcasting level is comparable to that of my teacher. And when she set up this magic trap, she made a special arrangement for you who are good at frost spells." Armand made a gesture of invitation, " If you don't believe what I say, you can try it."

Ambroise roared, swung his sword and slashed towards the energy barrier in front of him.

As soon as the blade infused with frost energy hit the energy barrier, it immediately sparked a crimson light.After the two completely opposite energies of flame and frost collided, a small-scale explosion was triggered.

Ambroise was knocked into the air by the blast wave, and fell heavily on the ground of the dirty sewer.

The energy barrier that prevented Ambroise from escaping did not show any signs of weakening after bearing this blow.

He struggled to get up, he had lost the courage to resist, only fear and the idea of ​​surviving.

"Armand, please tell the Duke to forgive me for Anna's sake..."

"You don't have to worry about Mrs. Anna. The Duke has promised to marry her to me as a reward for my loyalty. Although she is an illegitimate daughter and a widow, I don't mind. Your wife will have a good life in the future Very happy, I swear in the name of the Seven Sages."

After speaking, Armand left amid Ambroise's desperate cry.

Ambroise continued to try to break through the magic trap and escape until she collapsed on the ground exhausted.

At this moment, the energy barrier suddenly disappeared.Ambroise was taken aback for a moment, and then his chest was filled with great joy.But soon, the smile on his face froze completely, and then melted into boundless fear.

A body odor unique to goblin bears came from outside.In the dark night, hundreds of pairs of red triangular eyes appeared one by one...

On the second day, bad news came from the holiday palace where Her Royal Highness the Princess of Burgundy stayed: Mr. Ambroise, a heroic knight, was attacked by a goblin bear while he was out patrolling at night, and unfortunately died.

Princess Mary was not frightened, but instead took the initiative to stand up, summoned militiamen and volunteers from Caen City, and brought half of her own guards to wipe out all the evil bear goblins.

The accompanying nobles praised Princess Mary for her bravery and intelligence, which gave her a wave of prestige in Normandy.

After the death of Ambroise, the anti-marquis despotism completely fell into a leaderless and fragmented situation.Juvenil discussed with Vera, and soon came up with a plan to defeat each one.

I believe that as time goes by, the entire Normandy will be completely brought into effective rule by Ma Youfu.

……

On the morning of January 1433, 1, the Castle of Tarascon.

Ma Youfu was awakened by the "beep" sound from the summoning circle.

"Master Marquis, there is a message... Do you want to get up? I will help you get dressed right away." Antoinette in Ma Youfu's arms woke up almost at the same time.

The girl propped up her shiny and fair body, while rubbing her sleepy eyes, she scratched to the side.

Ma Youfu pressed her down and said with a smile: "Janna was not here last night, you were tired all by yourself, you should rest for a while today."

Although it is a pleasure to enjoy the meticulous service of a beautiful girl, it is too easy to wear down the will if you always let others do even the trivial things like dressing and washing.

Ma Youfu has not forgotten that in this luxurious and comfortable castle of Tarascon, there are still believers of corrupt evil gods lurking.He needs to keep himself in an unrelenting state all the time.