The Rise of the European Emperor

"What the hell!" Louis XII stomped his feet angrily. So he ordered aloud:

"French cavalry, attack and kill these bastard Spanish cavalry!"

However, at this time, tens of thousands of French farmers were blocked at the north city gate, unable to advance or retreat. Although the French knights were ready to go, they couldn't go out at all.

In desperation, the French knights had no choice but to detour through the east gate, trying to attack the Spanish cavalry who blocked the French farmers. However, as soon as they left the east gate, behind the fortifications of the Spanish earthen wall + trench outside the east gate, there were intensive gunshots - the Spanish musket guns fired...

French knights are very tough, but that is for cold weapons. Facing the musket gun with a 50-gram super-heavy bullet, the French knight could only flee back to the city in embarrassment, leaving behind dozens of corpses...

Then, an embarrassing scene appeared - tens of thousands of people blocked the north gate of Naples, in a dilemma. In the city, the French knights desperately prevented the peasants from turning around and not letting them go back. Outside the city, the Spanish backless cavalry stared fiercely at the French peasants, and those who dared to run out would draw their swords and hack to death.

As for driving the peasants into the city? The Spanish backless cavalry tried, but they were beaten back by the French musketeers on the top of the city...

The French also brought a lot of musketeers this time. In order to prepare for the war, Louis XII sent people to Nuremberg, Germany and other places to buy a lot of German matchlock guns. Although the power is not as powerful as the Mushiket big musket, it can be used to defend the city, but there is no problem. What's more, there are even more terrifying small French cannons on the top of the city...

As a result, the three forces of the French army, French peasants and Spanish cavalry were deadlocked at the north gate of Naples...

In the next few days, the three forces were deadlocked at the North Gate, and no one could move. In the honor of knights, the French knights are unwilling to attack the peasants of their own country, so they can only block those French peasants and prevent them from turning back. And those peasants dare not go out because the Spaniards will kill them...

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At this time, the French army was in a hurry and didn't know what to do. After all, such a stalemate is not an option.

So, John Lafite couldn't bear to release the pigeons secretly in the middle of the night, and asked Marin for help...

The homing pigeons flew very fast, traveling hundreds or even thousands of kilometers a day, and Marin received the news very quickly. Marin was not happy to learn that Gonzalo de Cordoba was so shady. After all, Marin intends to make Spain and France desperate, not to let Spain abuse France. So, Marin quickly wrote back to John Lafite, giving advice...

"What? Let tens of thousands of peasants starve for a few days,

Then throw bread out of town? "Louis XII was a little surprised.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the reason why these peasants dare not go out is because they are afraid of death. However, starving them for a few days will make them jealous and thirsty for food. At this time, we throw bread from the top of the city, and these hungry peasants will go out of the city Picked it up..." John Lafite said respectfully.

"Okay, let's do it!"

Then, the French army stopped distributing food to these tens of thousands of farmers. Three days later, many French farmers were already dizzy with hunger. At this moment, news came suddenly—a lot of bread was thrown outside the city wall!

So, for bread, these hungry French farmers squeezed desperately out of the city, and even had a stampede accident. When they successfully squeezed out of the city and picked up bread outside the city wall, they were shocked to find that the city gate behind was actually closed...

Then the French peasants cried out and wanted to go back. However, the French soldiers in the city all shrank their heads back, pretending not to see...

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"There are tall men in the city!" Gonzalo de Cordova sighed. Originally, he thought that those peasants were staying at the city gate, making it impossible to close the city gate. As a result, the French used a simple strategy to let the hungry and dizzy farmers run out to pick up bread by themselves...

After thinking about it, Gonzalo de Cordoba sent people to capture those French peasants who had left the city and used them as cannon fodder for the siege. Although it is useless, it can always be explained to the country, proving that Gonzalo de Cordoba is not a coward...

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Of course, Marin's strategy is far more than a "bread strategy". Along with the bread plan, there is another trick...

"What? Return the carbine? What do you mean?" Louis XII was a little confused after hearing this.

John Lafitte rode on his horse, and performed the tactic of "returning the carbine" with a knight, and then explained:

"'Backing the carbine' means that we pretend to run away, and the opponent will chase us. But if we suddenly attack them back, they will be unexpected and easily defeated..."

"Specifically?"

"Choose a rainy day. Our 20,000 cavalry and tens of thousands of elite infantry escort you out of the city, pretending to flee back to the country. The enemy will definitely send people to chase you, because your majesty is here. At this time, our knights suddenly turned back to attack. It is easy to destroy the enemy..."

"How do you know we will win? The enemy's strength is not weak..."

"Your Majesty, I know that the enemy is not weak, but their strength is based on the premise that there are a large number of matchlock guns to restrain our knights. The reason why we choose rainy days is because their matchlock guns are useless in rainy days. Ah! Besides, during the pursuit, the Spaniards must leave the cover of their rogue ditches and earthen walls? Then, when they are pursuing, it will be the opportunity for our knights to charge..."

After deduction by Louis XII and his generals, it turned out to be the case. On rainy days, the enemy's matchlock guns were indeed useless, and it was certainly impossible for them to dig trenches and pile up earth walls at any time during the pursuit of the French. Taking advantage of their unsteady footing, the French knights suddenly turned around and came back, indeed they were able to catch their opponents by surprise...

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But how do you convince your enemy that you really want to go home? John Laffey continues to contribute (as instructed):

"Your Majesty, you can secretly send someone out of the city in the middle of the night, and then bring a piece of false information from the country, deliberately captured by the enemy cavalry, and let Gonzalo see the information. As for the content of the information, it is said that there is a rebellion in Paris, and His Majesty is needed You lead your troops back to suppress... so, it is reasonable for your Majesty to rush out of the city and return home with 20,000 knights..."

"Okay, let's do it!"

Then, a few days later, on a rainy morning, Gonzalo de Cordoba's men intercepted an intelligence report from mainland France. Seeing the information, Gonzalo de Cordova was very happy. At the same time, he learned that one of the two messengers fled into the city...

Then, Gonzalo de Cordoba discovered that 20,000 French knights actually escorted King Louis XII out of the city through the north gate in a hurry...

"Is this going to rush back to the country to quell the chaos? We can't let them go back easily!" Gonzalo de Cordoba didn't have time to think about it, so he sent 30,000 troops to chase the French...

But halfway through the journey, in an open area, the French knights who had been rushing back suddenly turned around as a whole, split into two groups, and surrounded the Spanish army in pursuit...

The Spaniard was a little confused and immediately changed his defense. But at this time, they discovered that the mushket muskets they were proud of could not be used at this time. Because, it's raining...

The left and right outflanking charge tactics used by French knights made the Spanish infantry very uncomfortable. After all, European knights are popular in frontal charges. Therefore, the focus of the Spaniard's defense is also in the front row. However, this tactic of selecting the "waist" on both sides of the enemy to insert knives is really wretched. When John Lafite first proposed it, it was refuted by many French generals. But John Lafite said that this was the classic tactic of the Mongolian cavalry that once swept across the Eurasian continent, and everyone reluctantly accepted it. Moreover, it is really silly for the cavalry to mount the enemy's spear array on the front...

The Spaniard was obviously also stunned by the French "new tactic" of inserting knives on the "waist" on both sides. Before they had time to react, they were disrupted by the French.

As a result, Francis, the commander of Spain's battle, had no choice but to loudly order the elite troops in the front row that had not been attacked to gather and retreat to a high ground.

The French didn't have time to take care of them, but were busy massacring the Spanish recruits and the old and weak behind them. After Francis retreated to a nearby high ground with more than 10,000 remaining infantry, the French were helpless. After all, cavalry rushing to the high ground is definitely giving the opponent a head. Moreover, I can't rush up...

This is due to the rugged terrain of Italy. It is rare for the French to find such a flat land. It is simply unrealistic to find a large plain in the southern part of the Apennine Peninsula...

Therefore, Louis XII and his knights had nothing to do with the approximately 16,000 Spanish infantry huddled on the high ground for defense.

Moreover, there is little precipitation in the Apennine Peninsula in summer. After all, it's a Mediterranean climate with dry summers. After the war, Louis XII found that the precipitation was weakening and was about to stop. So, he changed his face and quickly ordered the army to return to Naples. Because, once the weather turns better, the Spaniards' muskets may be able to show their power...

But in any case, the "returning carbine" tactic was extremely successful this time, and it actually wiped out tens of thousands of Spanish infantry. Although most of them were the old and the weak and new recruits in the back row, it was also an incomparably brilliant and huge victory...

Therefore, when returning to the city of Naples, Louis XII and the French knights under his command were satisfied...

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