King of German Mercenaries

"How could this be? The enemy doesn't want to stop us?" Charles VIII was puzzled.

"Maybe, there are not many people on the other side. Or, they dare not fight against the powerful French knights?"

"Maybe..." Charles VIII paused his thinking and began to observe both sides...

After observing for a while, he also discovered that there didn't seem to be many enemies...

"Matthews, there seem to be only two or three thousand enemies..." Charles VIII speculated. In fact, he still overestimated the number of Marin's men. After all, according to common sense, there are no two or three thousand people who dare not provoke 8,000 French knights.

"That's good, Your Majesty, let's get rid of these gangsters, shall we?" said Earl Matthews excitedly.

"Idiot, where do we have enough time? You don't even think about it. When the fight starts here, can they not notify the Italians? If the Italian reinforcements arrive, we will not be able to escape! Besides, God knows the more than 10,000 Germans. Where is the man!" Charles VIII didn't want to fight recklessly. If the Italians came over, it would be difficult to get away. What shocked him even more was, where was the main force of the Germans?

"Then, Your Majesty, what shall we do next?"

"Matthews, you take 2,000 knights, dismount, and open a safe passage ahead! Remember, at any cost!" Charles VIII gritted his teeth and said.

He didn't want to be captured. If he was surrounded by enemy troops, he would definitely not be able to escape the fate of being captured. Just imagine, if he was captured, where would he put his face? In the future, who will take his words seriously? Besides, after being captured, being humiliated is certain. Maybe, he will be forced to be imprisoned for a year or two like King Richard I of England, and then he will have to pay a huge ransom (Richard I paid a ransom of 150,000 marks to Henry VI, the emperor of Shinra), maybe he will have to be forced to leave before he leaves Allegiance to a certain emperor (Richard I was forced to swear allegiance to Henry VI)…

All this was unbearable for Charles VIII, so he decided that this time he had to run away no matter what. Even if they abandon the army, they will not hesitate. After all, when the army is gone, it can be recruited again. If he's gone, the fun will be great.

Matthews also felt the determination of Charles VIII, so he took 2,000 French strong men, holding two-handed swords, against the stones that fell from time to time on his head, and began to cut those dead stumblings. At the same time, using the two-handed sword as a shovel, began to dig soil and fill the hole...

However, how can a two-handed sword be compared with a sapper? That efficiency is far from the old nose... So, Matthews' efficiency is very slow...

An hour later, Charles VIII became impatient, and he summoned the Count of Tours:

"Matthews, how's it going?"

"Your Majesty, the speed is a bit slow, the speed of filling the hole with the two-handed sword is too slow..."

"Then don't think about getting the whole road right, and focus on a narrow passage first."

Charles VIII didn't want to wait any longer. In his opinion, the enemy on the hillside must have notified the Italian camp. If he waited for an hour or two, the Italians might come over, and he couldn't wait.

After receiving the order, Matthews changed his method and began to dig a passage that could only pass the width of a horse. In this way, the speed is indeed much faster...

Marin looked up and saw that this would not work. So he began to shout:

"The reinforcements are here, the reinforcements are here, we are going to capture Charles VIII alive and chop him to pieces!" This sentence is also said in French. Many of his men had gone to work in France and could speak French as translators for him at any time.

After Marin finished shouting, the stick man below also shouted. Charles VIII was taken aback - Nima, this mob, want to hack the king? Don't you know that Europeans are not allowed to kill nobles? However, if you accidentally kill yourself on the battlefield, it is not a violation. The rules in Europe are—you can't kill surrendered nobles, but you can't kill nobles in battle. Can surrender, Charles VIII will not choose. Because that's so insulting...

2000 French Knights brought by Matthews,

Desperately filling the hole and pulling the stakes. Even though 300 people were killed, he still refused to stop. Marin had already seen that the French were determined to escape.

So he waved his hand and summoned Kahn:

"Kahn, take someone to move more big rocks!" Marin decided to use big rocks to block the narrow passage dug by the French...

Speaking of which, because everyone in the French wore thick plate armor, and the bow and arrow strikes were average, they shot a lot of unarmored draught horses. Seeing this, Marin simply asked the archers to slow down their shooting frequency.

Through the telescope, he observed and speculated that only five or six hundred French people were stoned to death. In addition to the people who were smashed to death and injured before climbing the slope, the number of French people was reduced to only 700 or 800 people. Like a small stone hitting a French knight, it hurts a little bit, or gets hurt a little, but it won't kill anyone.

Seeing this, Marin simply stopped the archers and let them move the medium-sized stones. A medium-sized stone can smash people to death or move them. Unlike a big rock, it can only be pushed and rolled down, and cannot be thrown down by being carried. The kind that can smash and smash the enemy to death are at least stones the size of bricks.

Marin's toothache was also entangled with the French knight's tortoise-shell defense. He finally understood why the Spanish phalanx used muskets instead of bows and arrows. Bows and arrows are good for hitting infantry without plate armor, but for shooting plate armor knights, it has no effect at all. The archers shot so many arrows just now, and the number of casualties in the French army was definitely not more than 100, which was far less lethal than the stones.

Marin was certain that if it were on the plains, his team with no actual combat experience would definitely not be able to stop the French knights' onslaught at all costs. Fortunately, he sent people to ambush on the mountain, and it was difficult for the French to climb the mountain.

After another period of time, after losing 800 knights, Matthews finally opened a one-horse-wide passage in the dense array of traps...

"Your Majesty, I have finally opened a passage!"

"Are you sure there are no traps ahead?"

"Okay, the minister sent someone to investigate!"

"Okay, rush over!"

"Yes!"

So, groups of French troops gathered and rushed towards the very narrow passage...

However, the passage can only accommodate one person and one horse, so the efficiency of passing through is surprisingly low...

After a few hours, 1,500 French knights passed, including Charles VIII and Count Matthews and other trusted followers of Charles VIII...

But at this moment, the team led by Kahn moved a lot of large stones and piled them on the hillside...

At the same time, Marin released three artillery battles he made by himself:

"Boom--pa--"

"Boom--pa--"

"Boom--pa--"

"What is that?" Earl Matthews looked up at the sky curiously.

"No, that's the enemy calling for reinforcements!" Charles VIII's expression changed drastically.

Kohler, a few miles to the south, saw the signal and immediately ordered:

"Light two torches, one person takes two, spread out, but keep the formation. Brothers, you arrange their positions!" These torches are all wooden sticks that Kohler found in the village. A simple torch made of rags soaked in grease tied to the head won't burn for long, but it doesn't need to burn for too long.

After everyone's torches were lit and stood up, Kohler began to order again:

"Those of you who speak Italian, tell these Italian farmers to shout in Italian 'Catch Charles VIII and destroy the French'!"

Then, 1,000 Italian peasants, lined up in sparse formations, shouting words, walked slowly to the ambush site...

"Your Majesty, it's not good, the enemy's reinforcements have come to the south, I'm afraid there are thousands of people!" The scout who stayed in the rear of the south hall quickly ran to the front to report.

"Oops, who is that?"

"It seems like the Italians, from all the way, they are shouting 'Destroy the French' and... catch your Majesty you..."

"What..." Charles VIII's face was ashen.

But what made him even more angry was still to come. At this time, Kahn and other Hercules who carried the big stone in place began to push the stone down the mountain, in the direction of the narrow path where the French opened the passage...

Hundreds of large stones, whistling and rolling down, suddenly blocked the path of the French cavalry...

At this time, fewer than 2,000 French cavalrymen passed through this passage. The hapless Earl of Broken Leg, Flair, happened to be stuck in the valley...

"What should I do?" Matthews was a little panicked.

The French thought that the main force of the Italians was coming, and if they were surrounded, they would not be able to escape.

Charles VIII gritted his teeth and struggled for a while, then he sent someone to climb over the stone and told Count Flair, who had broken his left leg:

"I'll go first, you will take someone to the rear of the palace to block the Italians. If you really can't resist...you can surrender...I will pay to redeem you..."

Count Flair was stunned. He knew that he was abandoned by His Majesty the King... Although Charles VIII promised to redeem him, a captured noble would become a joke in the aristocratic circle in the future...

Watching Charles VIII and about 2,000 French knights go away, Count Flair's confidence collapsed. Coupled with the severe pain in his left leg, he has lost the confidence to resist... Moreover, Charles VIII has also allowed him to surrender...

Under his chaotic command, the knights left by the French in the valley became even more chaotic...

And Charles VIII, who escaped, ordered his subordinates to take off their plate armor and take off the horse armor of the war horse in order to go into battle lightly, just to make it easier to run away...

According to the guide's instructions, go further north and enter the plain area. At that time, he can avoid taking the road and not worry about being ambushed again. On the plains, it is very difficult for infantry to ambush cavalry. In particular, the French have taken off their plate armor and horse armor, and they can be considered light-packed, and it is not a problem to escape for one or two hundred miles in one breath...

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