Chapter 1669： Officially open

The French became very nervous when they learned about the Spanish. Louis XII urgently ordered that a large amount of money be mobilized from the southeast to be transported by land to Naples City, ready for the Spanish siege.

But he didn't even know that Gonzalo de Cordova had no intention of attacking the city of Naples this time, but only to cut off the French's access to volcanic ash.

Because of the losses from the last war, the Spaniards now have only more than 30,000 main forces. The French left Naples City with 35,000 troops, including 5,000 martial arts French knights. As far as Gonzalo ’s army is concerned, the number is barely the same as that of the French. If you go to attack Naples City, you will die. After all, half of the siege side is much stronger than the defending side.

Gonzalo de Córdoba also knew his family, and the Spanish army was stronger in the field because of the power of the phalanx. If you really want to break into the city and fight street battles with the French, the phalanx will not work well. The narrow space pays more attention to personal force. At this point, the French are just a lot stronger than the Spaniards.

So, after thinking over and over again, Gonzalo decided not to actively attack the rugged city of Naples, but to sweep other parts of the Kingdom of Naples and collect food. At the same time, the French route to transport volcanic ash to the country was cut off. This plan was also approved by the two Spanish kings.

Of course, the two kings also proposed that-after cutting off the French route to volcanic ash, you might as well send someone to bring back the dug volcanic ash to Spain ...

Although there are many plains and few plains in Spain, there are still many cultivated areas. If you can use volcanic ash to apply fertilizer, it is best to increase production.

You should know that the price of food in Spain is the highest in Europe, because there is little cultivated land in the area, it is full of mountains and hills, but it has a large population. If the yield can be increased, it should have a great effect on stabilizing grain prices. Of course, the aristocratic families who obtained volcanic ash fertilizers can also obtain huge benefits by virtue of their high grain yield. As for who can get the most benefit? Naturally it is the Spanish royal family. In addition, it is those big noble families. After all, they have the most land. Moreover, it is definitely a priority to get volcanic ash.

In addition, because it occupies the northern part of Morocco, the Spanish royal family and nobles can also grow barley along several large rivers in Morocco. With the help of volcanic ash, it is also profitable.

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But these are secondary, and the most important thing is that the Spanish government and the public agreed that even if Spain does not get volcanic ash fertilizer, it will not be available to the French!

France and Spain are about the same size, but most of France is a plain, the most important part of the Western European plain. Therefore, France has always developed agriculture and has a large population. If the French get enough volcanic ash, then the Spaniards can't sleep. Therefore, Gonzalo ’s first task was to prevent the French from obtaining it, followed by obtaining ...

But anyway, destruction is much easier than seizing. For example, it is much simpler to attack the enemy's grain and burn the enemy's grain and grass than to capture and transport back the enemy's large amount of grain and grass.

Therefore, this time, General Gonzalo led the army to land in Salerno, more than 20 kilometers south of Naples. Then, quickly led troops to the Vesuvius volcano area, eliminating the local French defenders. Then, the volcanic ash mining production was resumed immediately.

It's just that the volcanic ash excavated is no longer transported northward by land, but instead transported to the seaside, and then shipped back to Spain.

At the same time, Gonzalo ordered the army to dig a lot of trenches on the road from Vesuvius to Naples City and construct a lot of fortifications to stop the French counterattack. As for the attack on the city of Naples not far away? Gonzalo never thought of it ...

Right now, the main source of volcanic ash from the French is Mount Vesuvius. Gonzalo knew very well that as long as he cut off the supply of volcanic ash from Mount Vesuvius and didn't have to attack Naples himself, the French would be in a hurry.

Therefore, Gonzalo is not in a hurry. After taking the army to take down the important Vesuvius volcano area, he began to dig trenches and build walls directly in the area, making every effort to resist the French counterattack. At the same time, he also sent Spanish halter cavalry to rob food, especially in the village in the north, to avoid giving the French the opportunity to get supplies.

In addition, the cavalry sent to the north to grab food must also be responsible for destroying all bridges leading to the north, avoiding the French's ability to reinforce Naples. Of course, a stone bridge that is too big cannot be destroyed. But the small bridges on the creek were destroyed by these cavalrymen.

The French also realized the danger and sent a French knight to stop it. However, none of the Spanish horseback knights ’horses had armor, and between the heavy cavalry and the light cavalry, the French knight could not catch up. When sending light cavalry, you ca n’t beat those Spanish backless knights ... When the French were determined to prepare the French knights to remove their armor and plate armor pants, and then go after the Spanish backless knights, the Spanish backless knights Completed the mission and returned to the camp long ago ...

The French commander in charge of the Kingdom of Naples, Charles III, the Duke of Bourbon, was in a hurry. If the road is cut off, the grain and grass in the city is only enough for half a year.

But fortunately, beside him, there is a counselor named Charlie ...

As the former Duke of Geddes who was able to sling the Principality of Saxony, the ability of Charlie, the earl of Nantes, is beyond doubt. After carefully reviewing the topographic map of the Kingdom of Naples, he made a suggestion to Charles III, Duke of Bourbon-quietly transporting grain from the coastal plains ...

Charles III, Duke of Bourbon frowned:

"That's not right, Count Charlie. I remember that Mount Olangsi in the northwest of Naples cut off the seaside plains. So, the Roman Boulevard only went inland. That is to say, there were no roads along the coast. Moreover, the grain transport team was too By the sea, it is also easy to be shelled by Spanish warships ... "

Charlie, the Earl of Nantes, nodded and said:

"That's right, but Lord Duke, although Mount Olangsi has cut off the coastal plain, it's not completely dead."

Charles III reacted:

"You mean ... take the mountain road?"

But then he shook his head and said:

"Incorrect, our army needs a lot of food. I'm afraid we can't transport much food by walking alone. Generally speaking, the food of the army is transported by trucks. How can there be a mountain road? How much food can be transported? ? "

Earl Charles shook his head:

"No, Lord Duke, the mountain road is not incapable of transporting grain. It is only inefficient and difficult. But for our army, what is to be solved is not a difficult problem, but a problem of being able to. As long as it can be transported Food, regardless of the amount of traffic on other mountain roads. "

"Moreover, the subordinates have seen the topographic maps, and the entire west coast of the Apennine Peninsula, and the mountain ranges in several places close to the sea, cutting off the narrow coastal plain. Between the Kingdom of Naples and the Pope, in addition to the Olangsi Mountains, it is Tyra. The mountain beyond China is close to the sea. As long as the problem of overturning the mountains in Formia on the seaside of Olangsi and Terracina in the northwest is solved, the food can be transported. "

Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, listened to Count Charles and walked to the map again, looking at the mountains and rivers marked on the map, frowning and thinking. After thinking for a while, he said again:

"Okay, even if we send someone to find the mountain road passing through Formia and Terracina ~ www.novelhall.com ~ However, after crossing these two places, it is the Pope's country. We in France have no relationship with the Pope's country. Okay. What if the pope's country obstructs our military transportation? "

Earl Charles thought for a moment:

"This is not a big problem. There are also a group of cardinals of French nationality in the city of Rome. We can ask His Majesty the King to bribe cardinals of French nationality and bribery of bishops with French affiliation. Ask them to help cover it. You I know, the cardinals are all greedy for money, and they can do anything as long as they give enough money. "

After a pause, Count Charles said:

"Moreover, I heard that the man of Marin sent a lot of food to the Holy See as a" Tithing Tax ". This year, the Papal State has a bumper harvest. We can directly spend money to buy food from the Papal State. It does n’t matter if the prices are high. If you are willing to sell grain to us, it is impossible to stop us from transporting grain. It doesn't matter if grain is not transported. We drive the people of Naples to help them transport grain by mountain. "

Charles III nodded and asked again:

"What about the Spanish warships bombarding the grain transport team?"

Earl Charlie had planned to:

"The route close to the seaside transports grain at night and rests during the day. Those who take the mountain road transport grain during the day. Anyway, the Spanish gunfire cannot hit the mountains ..."

In this way, at the suggestion of Count Charles, the French opened up a coastal grain transportation route. Although the volume is not large, the victory can be endless.

Moreover, Count Charlie secretly bought the fishing boats belonging to the Papal State, hired them at high prices, and helped to transport grain around the two Jedi of Formia and Terracina at night, which was more convenient than taking the mountain road.

On the Spanish side, because the navy general was too confident to control the sea power, and there was no ship cruising at night, he was even taken advantage of ...

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