Chapter 247： Talk simple

Marin is not here for the first time. The last time he came here was to take Da Vinci out of the blue. So, the last time I came here was low-key, and it was "in a hurry, and in a hurry." But this time, Marin swayed into the city with the documents issued by the emperor, and swayed into the palace of Milan.

Ludovico Sforza is a dark-skinned middle-aged man. Because of his dark appearance, he is called a "Moor". Although black and earthy, Ludovico Sforza was one of the most promising lords of the era. Under his administration, the city of Milan was extremely prosperous, and of course, it also attracted the puppet of Louis XII.

"Welcome to you, Earl Marin!" Ludovico Sforza has received the official document that Marin was officially recognized by the emperor. He and Marin have no feud, so it is nothing to admit it.

谢谢 "Thank you Lord Duke, this time I am here to be warned by your emperor's commission!"

"Warning? What warning?" Ludovico Sforza was not a fool, and seemed to guess something.

"It's like this, the French may have traveled south. There is a great possibility not to prevent the emperor from going to Rome to be crowned, but to conquer the Duchy of Milan ..."

"Why do you see that?" Ludovico Sforza frowned, and he vaguely felt that Marin might be right. At the time, when Charles VIII entered Italy, Louis XII, Duke of Orleans, took more than 5,000 people to assault Milan, but was scared back by Ludovico Sforza led by 30,000 troops. Today, Louis XII has become the king of France, leading the army southward, not necessarily meaning to sacrifice the Duchy of Milan.

"Yes, Lord Duke, your emperor was assassinated in Graubünden and may not be able to enter Italy ... Louis XII attacked Milan in the past, but now with his army southward, he naturally refuses to be empty-handed. Facing the Duchy of Milan Fat, I think he most likely can't help but ... "

"What do you think I should do?"

"Recruit as many soldiers as possible to frighten Louis XII. This time in Italy, in addition to the Principality of Milan, he must also go south to fight for the Kingdom of Naples."

"What about the best Swiss mercenaries I hire?" Ludovico Sforza suddenly remembered that he could hire Swiss mercenaries. But Marin immediately denied:

"It's better not, Lord Duke, if you drink someone to fight, it's right to hire Swiss mercenaries. But to fight the French, it's better not to hire Swiss ..." Marin remembers, Ludovico Sforza After the first failed escape, he hired 10,000 Swiss mercenaries to return to Milan to clean up the traitors. But when the French army came with a large number of Swiss mercenaries, the 10,000 Swiss mercenaries who had been employed by Ludovico Sforza refused to fight their fellow Frenchmen. This forced Ludovico Sforza to escape with makeup, and was captured by the French ...

"Why?" Ludovico Sforza was puzzled.

"The Swiss have a tradition that the Swiss do not fight the Swiss. There are so many Swiss in the French army. What if you hire Swiss mercenaries that refuse to fight the French army then?"

"This ..." Ludovico Sforza hesitated immediately.

"Master Duke, you can recruit Italian mercenaries nearby and choose a better character. It is said that your generals Trivulzio and Count Caiazzo are somewhat dissatisfied with you, please beware of their surrender to France Ah ... "For the first time, Ludovico Sforza failed because the two surrendered to France, leading to the defeat of the Milan defence. Moreover, the surrender of Count Cayazo was even more deadly. Because Trivulzio is not in charge and is not harmful. Count Cayazzo was an important general under Ludović Sforza, and was the commander in chief of the Milan Army during the time when Charles VIII entered Milan. If such a person is rebellious, it is certainly not a single person, but a group of people, which is extremely harmful.

"Count Cayazo? Are you kidding me? It is an open fact that Trivulzio has opposed me. But how did Count Cayazo oppose me? Well ... we've only recently had some differences ..." Lu Dovico Sforza thought about it, and these two years have really not been in harmony with Count Caiazo.

"In short, send someone to check and see if Count Cayazo is with you. Don't let him lead the army against the French, lest the entire army fall to France."

"I will consider what you said ..." But in fact, Ludovico Sforza did not agree with Marin. And Marin, and the Duke of Milan, did have a "deep talk".

"By the way, Count Marin, I don't know if His Majesty can send troops to support me?" Ludovico Sforza suddenly thought, wouldn't Maximilian I have more than 10,000 men, could they be used? How about ...

"It's hard! Lord Duke, Your Majesty's army, because of His Majesty's assassination, has already occupied the entire territory of Graubünden. You know, Graubünden is so big, there must be a lot of resistance. And Graubin The Dengren once formed an alliance with the Swiss Union. His Majesty General Count Filstenberg needs to guard against the Swiss attacking Graubünden. Therefore, he can't find any help to help you ... and according to the latest information, the French are not only 20,000 people, Louis XII staying in Lyon, intending to hire another 10,000 Swiss mercenaries ... "

"So ... in this case, it will be very difficult for Milan to withstand the French attack ..." I heard that the French sent another 10,000 troops, or the most powerful Swiss mercenary. Ludovico Sforza began to lose confidence. .

Marin looked embarrassed at Ludovico Sforza and decided to remind him:

"Master Duke, you should prepare for failure and retreat ..."

Although Ma Lin's words are ugly, they are very real. With the strength of the Principality of Milan, it is difficult to compete with France with the support of Swiss mercenaries.

"How should I prepare ..." Ludovico Sforza was already a bit lost. Hearing that the French wanted to gather 20,000 Swiss mercenaries, he was already very unconfident.

"Do you know the Mistel valley?"

"Ok?"

"South of the Mistel Valley, connected to the Telina Valley, which belongs to the Duchy of Milan ..."

"what do you mean?"

"Master Duke may leave some loyal men and retreat to the valley of Telina, and dormant first. After all, even if the French lay down the Duchy of Milan, they will continue to attack Naples south. When the main force of the French withdraws, Lord Duke you With loyal men killed back to Milan ... "

"Do you mean let me save my strength?" Ludovico Sforza now also has some six gods, and involuntarily consulted Marin.

"Fighting still needs to be fought, after all, it can consume a little French strength. In addition to leaving some soldiers and horses to withdraw to the Telina Valley, the main force is still to fight the French. However, you need to be prepared for defeat. It ’s a back road. Moreover, the terrain of the Telina Valley is steep. As long as a line of defense is repaired, the French do not want to break through. Not to mention, behind the Telina Valley, is connected to Graubünden controlled by His Majesty. With the horse as the backing, the French did not have the determination to storm the Telina Valley. Otherwise, they would have to confront the Emperor ... "

"It makes sense ... but if I send my soldiers back to the Telina Valley, it may cause an unstable army ..."

"You can send a trusted friend to build a passage in the Telina Valley and take thousands of people there, not to be noticeable ..." Malin once again committed the problem of being a dog-headed military officer, one after another to the Duke of Milan. Come up with an idea. Although the Duke of Milan may not obey Marin's opinion, he still listened carefully, but the implementation was not implemented, but he said otherwise. After all, the Duke of Milan was not emperor and didn't trust Marin so much.

"This idea is okay ..." The Duke of Milan did not have much confidence in the war with the French. It was indeed necessary to leave a trail. The Telina Valley is connected to Graubünden, Switzerland. Now Graubünden was controlled by Emperor Maximilian I. Even if the Duke of Milan could not stand the Telina Valley, it was easy to escape to Austria.

另外 "In addition, Lord Duke must bring enough money and food to the Telina Valley. Because if you evacuate there, you will need to spend money to hire the army to kill them in the future ..."

Ludovico Sforza nodded and agreed with Marin. These days, some of the mercenaries in Europe confess their money to others. As long as money is given, many mercenaries don't care who the employer is. If there is no money, the ghost will fight for you.

Marin's meaning is also very simple, that is, if Ludovico Sforza retreats rashly, it may be too late to take enough money. Without enough money, even if they fled with soldiers and horses, they could not afford to raise them. In the future, it will not be able to hire more mercenaries. Therefore, he woke Ludovico Sforzati and told him not to prepare money and food before running ...

After all, Ludovico Sforza, speaking of the same front as Marin, is on the Emperor's side. It's good to be more helpful.

Although Ludovico Sforza is the Duke of Milan, in fact he used to rely on his resourceful wife to give him ideas ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Strictly speaking, many of his previous good behaviors were in Made under the guidance of his wife. But his resourceful wife died in 1497. As a result, this year Doludo V. Sforza was somewhat inaccurate, and even his underlings used some fools, such as San Severino, his most trusted general, who was just a contestant and lacked a mind. . After the death of his wife, Ludovico Sforza even promoted a muscleless and stupid fool like San Severino as the main general of the Milan army, not only directly offending the more capable Trevulzio, Also offended Count Kayazo. If his wife were still there, he wouldn't let him be so arrogant.

And this time Marin came over and gave him an idea. Although he was a little bit vague, Ludovico Sforza seemed to remember the scene where his wife gave her advice, so she even listened to a lot of suggestions. Nor was Marin's painstaking effort completely wasted.

After this meeting, Marin's relationship with Ludovico Sforza has gotten a lot closer. When Marin said he wanted to hire a few craftsmen, Ludovico Sforza was not dissatisfied at all, and he also led someone to guide Marin and help Marin hire craftsmen. The reason for this is that there are too many artisans in Milan, with 10,000 or 20,000 people. Marin wanted to hire a batch, and Ludovico Sforz didn't care. At the same time, Ludovico Sforza sent people to follow Marin. In addition to helping Marin hire artisans, he also had the intention of monitoring to prevent Marin from hiring some of the great masters he valued most. For example, master Bramante, Ludovico Sforza would never let him be hired by Marin. If Da Vinci is still there, Ludovico Sforza will not allow Marin to dig. However, Marin had already started and took Da Vinci away in a brutal way of abduction ...