Chapter 1427： Louis 12 stunned

The Spaniards are busy dividing up the gold that has not been obtained, and they are not afraid of the seemingly harmless French army. However, the French act terrified Emperor Maximilian I.

Maximilian I was more suspicious. He did not believe that the French were just fighting for the Principality of Milan. In particular, when the French used Lyon as a meeting point for the army, Maximilian I was even more nervous.

Originally, the 35,000 troops of Frensberg and the 25,000 of the Swiss Resistance Army (the French withdrew a large number of elite French troops after the return of 10,000 Swiss mercenaries and used them for the Italian war) were able to fight offensive. But after the French army assembled in Lyon, the suspicious emperor immediately ordered Frenzberg to contract strategically, retracting the 35,000 troops to the fortresses of Lucerne and Basel.

The reason why Maximilian I did this was that he was afraid that 30,000 French troops would enter Switzerland by the way and help a Swiss resistance army. By then, the Franco-Swiss Allied Forces with absolute strength will easily defeat Frensberg's army. If you are fighting in the wild, this possibility is even greater. Therefore, Maximilian I retreated Fritzberger's army soldiers into several strong cities. In this way, even if there are many enemies, there will be no solution for a while.

But His Majesty the Emperor was obviously over-considered. If in general, Louis XII naturally did not mind doing so. This is because it is easy for the French army to go to Switzerland from Lyon. If he could take the opportunity to destroy the main force of the Habsburg family army, Louis XII would definitely be willing.

It's just that this time His Majesty the Emperor made a wrong guess. Because Louis XII was busy going to Naples for volcanic ash this time, and he had no chance to ignore the Habsburg family army.

John Lafite has made clear the stakes under Marlin's instruction-if the Spaniards have the reaction time and ammunition is prepared, the city of Naples guarded by the musketeers is difficult to overcome.

Only by taking advantage of the Spaniard's ignorance, quickly going south and surrounding Naples, will I be able to overcome this strong city.

The city of Naples is the strongest city in the Kingdom of Naples, and the gates are made of iron, which is very difficult to overcome. If the Spaniard is fully prepared, it is really difficult to attack.

However, according to intelligence provided by the agents, because of the huge consumption of gunpowder on the battlefield of Morocco, the gunpowder reserve in the city of Naples was seriously insufficient.

If the French move fast and surround Naples early, the gunpowder reserve of the defenders of Naples can take up to one month. A month later, the musket became a fire stick. Then, it was time for the French to play. On martial arts, who is the master of the French Knight?

As long as there is no such thing as a musket that restrains the martial arts of the master knight, by the traditional method of siege, the French can also win the city of Naples. As long as the city of Naples is captured and the Spanish main force of the city is eliminated, it will be very smooth.

Even if the Spaniards reacted and gathered troops to fight for it, who would the French fear?

For the Spanish's advantage of the fire wall, the French have also come up with a method of restraint—impacting the enemy's musket array with cannon fodder, while bombarding the enemy musketeer line array with artillery. The plate knight, from the flank without a rifle, charged ...

Even if it is a Marin phalanx (Spanish phalanx) that is good at using muskets, the proportion of musketeers is only a quarter. The remaining three quarters are mainly infantry. For those infantrymen, French knights armed to their teeth are not afraid.

what? You said that the opponent's spearman would stab the French knight's war horse? This is not a problem!

As early as in the Hundred Years War between Britain and France, the French encountered the problem of the English Longbowmen shooting and killing the French Knights. Later, the French came up with a solution-knights dismounted ...

The knight's horse is indeed a weakness. If the pikeman slams the horse, it can indeed interfere with the knight. However, as a knight in plate armour dismounted, your spearman is still useful?

Knights wearing a full set of plate armor are not afraid of the sting of the enemy's spear, only the musket. As long as the French knight uses a two-handed sword to strike the enemy formation before he strikes the enemy spear formation, it is still a good chance.

Although the two-handed sword is not as long as a spear, the French knight is wearing a plate armor and is not afraid of the enemy's spear piercing him. As long as the enemy can't stab himself, his two-handed sword can slash and kill the enemy. Even, can cut off the enemy's spear spear. With the martial arts of a French knight, as long as you do n’t encounter a musket, you can easily kill a few spearmen ...

In addition, on the frontal battlefield, the French also brought hundreds of artillery this time. Although they are light guns such as one-pound guns and two-pound guns, the largest is the three-pound gun. However, the range of the artillery is much longer than that of the musket. Shooting with a musketeer is definitely an artillery win.

Because the musketeer's bullets exceeded 70 yards, they basically flew around. The shells of the artillery, even if it is a post-installed Franco cannon, have a relatively stable trajectory within one or two hundred meters. In this way, the result of the mutual shooting is no longer necessary ... plus the French also prepared the cannon fodder to attract the attention of the opponent's musketeer, which is even more ok ...

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In fact, the French suffered at the Battle of Capitana because Gonzalo de Cordova hid the musketeer behind the fortifications and trenches, blocking the impact of the French cavalry and also blocking French cannonball attack.

This is just like the musketeer hiding on the city wall to shoot the enemy. With the musketeer under cover, the power is greatly increased. If they stood on a plain without cover, the French tried to lose some of the master knights, a total charge, and they could also defeat the enemy musketeers.

In short, the muskets of this era can not crush the knight. Only after having a bunker can the musketeer fear the plate knight's charge. The same Musketeers have different results in the hands of different people. Moreover, what made Louis XII happy was that Spain ’s first general Gonzalo de Cordoba was still suppressing the resistance of locals in Morocco at this time. The military commander of the city of Naples seems to be a straw bag nobleman in the Kingdom of Aragon ...

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After the assembly in Lyon, the French began to advance eastward, and crossed the Alps on a large scale. After looking at the size of the French army, the spies sent by the Habsburgs almost scared to urinate incontinence-where is the 30,000 army, there are clearly more than 50,000!

Then, the spies from the Habsburg family quickly released the pigeons to report to the emperor. This news also scared the emperor Maximilian I almost-50,000 troops, plus 25,000 people in Switzerland, can wipe out Austria ...

His Majesty the emperor had begun to think about the escape, but the last news came that the French really went to Italy, and they did not crook to Switzerland ...

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When 60,000 troops and 80,000 civilians appeared on the Piedmont Plain, Charles III, Duke of Savoy, who was a traditional ally of France, was almost scared to pee.

If there are 30,000 horses, Charles III, Duke of Savoy, will naturally not think much. Because, this is the normal configuration used to attack the Principality of Milan. After all, it is said that the Principality of Milan also recruited 30,000 Italian mercenaries in order to guard against death.

Although the Italian mercenaries have average combat effectiveness, they can be used to defend the city, but they can still withstand 30,000 French troops. However, the number of French troops appearing on the Piedmont Plains is clearly more than 30,000, and it is estimated that there are 50,000 or 60,000 regular troops ...

This size is enough to sweep across Italy. Can Charles III not be afraid?

Fortunately, the French seem to have little interest in annexing the Principality of Savoy, but continue to advance towards the Lombardy region to the east. The Principality of Milan is the Milan Plain in the middle of the Lombardy ...

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Then, it was Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan who was the next to be peeed ...

"What do you say? The French army came to more than 30,000, but to the army of fifty or sixty thousand?" Ludovico Sforza shook his hand and fell a porcelain teacup ...

"Yes, Lord Duke! We sent a lot of brothers to count the number. The result was that-the French had probably dispatched 20,000 knights and 340,000 or 400,000 infantry. In addition, there were 780,000 or so ...

"Twenty thousand knights? This is almost the limit of French mobilization ..." Ludovico Sforza took a breath.

Even in the first two wars, the French used 10,000 knights at most. And this time, actually using 20,000 knights is equivalent to betting on the national games ...

This battle, the French seem to be desperately ...

Faced with desperate France, Ludovico Sforza lost all his courage at this time ~ www.novelhall.com ~ On the national strength and heritage, the Principality of Milan is too far away from France ...

After a fierce ideological struggle in his heart, Ludovico Sforza reluctantly ordered:

"Bring all valuable assets and most of the food and retreat towards Graubünden!"

Ten years ago, when France and Spain fought in the Kingdom of Naples, Ludovico Sforza, with the suggestion of Marin, withdrew thousands of troops and a lot of money, and withdrew to the border between Graubünden and Italy. The Mistel Valley in the place has retained its vitality. Later, after the French army went to Naples and Spain to fight, the old boy took thousands of horses to the city of Milan and easily recaptured the Principality of Milan.

This time, it was clear that Ludovico Sforza wanted to repeat his old tricks. Moreover, this time the French army is still on the Piedmont Plain. Withdrawing troops at this time, there is an opportunity to take away most of the money and food of Milan City, including most of the Milan City ...

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However, Ludovico Sforza did not expect that the French did not want to attack the Principality of Milan this time ...

When Ludovico Sforza gave up the city of Milan and led his army to the Mistral valley in the Graubünden region, Louis XII was stunned:

"I never thought of really attacking Milan ... this ... how is this good?" ...

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