The Rise of the European Emperor

"What? During the pursuit, the French army suddenly turned around and attacked our army, and our army lost over ten thousand?" After receiving this battle report, Gonzalo de Cordova was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

But after the anger, there was fear in my heart. What he was thinking at the moment was—what happened, the defect of the Spanish phalanx was discovered by the French!

Gonzalo de Cordoba's phalanx is different from the original Marin's phalanx. Although they both have trenches filled with wooden pickets, they are different in other places.

Of course, this is not his fault. Because, when learning the phalanx with Marin, Marin's phalanx only had the trench as a bunker. Later, Gonzalo de Cordoba was still a genius in heaven, and invented the method of piling up the soil dug into a trench to fight against French shells.

It stands to reason that such a powerful phalanx is invincible. It is true, but there is a premise, that is-the Spaniard must be on the defensive.

In other words, once this policy moves to pursue the enemy, it will suddenly lose the cover of trenches and earthen walls, and will face the enemy's impact directly. In particular, facing the raid of the super-large heavy cavalry of a cavalry power like France.

In the previous battles, the Spaniard had always played the defensive side, so naturally he did not expose this weakness. Of course, with the eyes of the French of this era, they can't see it.

Only Marin, the "original creator" of the phalanx, knows the flaws of the Spanish phalanx-immobility, weak sides and back...

This is also impossible. Once the Spanish phalanx starts to move, the powerful bunker will be lost. Moreover, it is also the tradition of the European army for mercenaries to put the veterans with the strongest combat effectiveness in the front row, and put the old, weak and recruits in the back row and side rear.

But they did not expect that this time the French actually knew how to kill the carbine, and, after detouring to the side of the phalanx, they launched an attack...

This approach is too rogue, and it does not conform to the style of Europeans in this era. But as a famous player, Gonzalo de Cordoba quickly found the prototype in his memory——

"Mongolian cavalry tactics?"

That's right, this is the Mongolian cavalry tactics that swept across the Eurasian continent back then-pretending to retreat first to attract the enemy to chase. When the enemy was exhausted from chasing and the formation was in disarray, he suddenly turned back with his carbine and used the cavalry on the left and right flanks to suddenly outflank the enemy, attack the enemy's ribs, and insert their knives fiercely...

Of course, the Mongols cooperated with this set, and there is also a classic "Manguxie" tactic, which is to shoot arrows back while running away, which makes the chasing party very angry.

but,

It was also the Mongols who were lucky, facing European heavy cavalry in iron pots. Although European war horses have tall thighs and long legs, their explosive power is better than that of Mongolian horses. But the problem is that with heavy cavalry on their backs and heavy horse armor on their backs, they can't catch up with short-legged Mongolian horses. Therefore, Europeans were abused miserably at the beginning. If it weren't for the sudden death of the Mongolian Khan, and the Western Expeditionary Army was busy going back to fight for the Khan's position, maybe Germany and France would be flatly pushed away. After all, the Mongolian cavalry had already reached Hungary at that time. Further west is the German region.

Of course, the Mongolian cavalry is not really completely invincible. When they encountered Mamluk cavalry (Turkic descendants) riding Arabian horses, because the horses were no match for their opponents, Mangujae's kite tactics failed and they were defeated. No way, the Mamluk cavalry are all "sports cars" (Arabian horses), and the "drag racing" can't beat others...

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To be honest, Louis XII didn't want to adopt this very un-European tactic. However, John Rafi cited the example of the Mongolian cavalry back then, and cited the example of the "Battle of Saiyu River" where the European coalition forces were defeated by the Mongolian cavalry.

Louis XII had no choice but to feel that Gonzalo de Cordoba had no choice, so he agreed to try this tactic. As a result, it really received a miraculous effect, and tens of thousands of Spanish infantry were wiped out at once. Although most of them are recruits and the old and weak, this battle has already been regarded as a glorious victory. After all, the French cavalry only lost hundreds of people in this battle, but wiped out tens of thousands of enemies. It was definitely a brilliant victory.

After this battle, the Spanish army, which originally had an army of 60,000, lost tens of thousands of people. Had it not been for the rain to stop, it is estimated that several thousand more people would have been lost.

After returning to the city, Louis XII was very happy and held a big banquet to celebrate the victory. As for John Lafite, who offered the plan, Louis XII directly doubled his fiefdom when he was in a good mood. Moreover, Louis XII promised that if France finally occupied the Kingdom of Naples, the title could be promoted...

For a moment, John Lafite was thinking - I just messed with Louis XII...

However, he thought that if his true identity was exposed, he would definitely be disgusted by Louis XII, and he would even be imprisoned. Therefore, he could only suppress these unrealistic thoughts. Moreover, Marin promised to give him more fiefdoms than the French gave him afterwards...

Of course, Marin didn't say that those fiefdoms are in America...

Today's America is a barren land, and the land is worthless. Even if John Lafite was given one or two thousand square kilometers of land equivalent to the size of the Earl Country, Marin didn't feel bad at all. After all, the Americas lack nothing but land.

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In the days that followed, both sides fell into a calm, starting the Cold War confrontation mode. The French wanted to repeat the same trick, and went out of the city on a rainy day to lure the Spaniards to hunt them down, but Gonzalo de Cordoba ignored them. Anyway, as long as the large French army doesn't leave the city, he doesn't care.

Moreover, Gonzalo de Cordoba has been working on solutions to the flaws of his phalanx these days. After all, if you don't solve this major flaw, you will still suffer a lot when you meet the French in the future.

How to protect against the enemy's large-scale heavy cavalry assault from the side and rear during the march is indeed a big problem. Even for a famous player like Gonzalo de Cordoba, it is difficult to come up with countermeasures if he thinks about it. Moreover, this is also a world-class problem in ancient times.

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Of course, for the traverser Marin, it is not a problem at all. Marin's own ability is limited, but there are many great people in the ancient Chinese ancestors. Who... ahem, the famous general Qi Jiguang who was not born yet knows how to use a van to resist the sudden attack of the Mongolian cavalry on their march...

Moreover, this is not Qi Jiguang's first invention. In fact, as early as the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty expedition to Mobei in the Battle of Mobei. Wei Qing, a famous general of the Han Dynasty, did the thing of surrounding the ox carts transporting luggage in a circle to prevent the attack of the Xiongnu cavalry. In the end, the Han army won a big victory and defeated the Xiongnu.

Those who can come up with these methods are all super famous players in Chinese history. And he, Marin, was just standing on the shoulders of giants.

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In fact, this war itself was provoked by Marin, and his purpose was also to consume the strength of Spain and France. As far as Marin is concerned, unilaterally consuming Spain's strength is obviously not in its interests. It is best to weaken both sides together, which is in line with the way of balance.

Therefore, Marin had already prepared for this...

"What? An Italian businessman offered me a chariot?" Gonzalo de Cordoba, who was thinking hard about a countermeasure, was a little stunned.

Soon, an Italian businessman named Giovanni came to the door and offered Gonzalo de Cordova a high imitation Yu Dayou chariot commonly used in the Beihai National Army...

"General, please take a look. This is a kind of chariot equipped by the Beihai army that I saw in large quantities when I was doing business in Beihai. It is said that it comes from far away China. This chariot is very light, but it can carry a lot of cargo. And , the most important thing is that 4 spears can be inserted at the top of it. Once the car is parked and the direction is facing outward, if the enemy cavalry wants to charge up, it is easy to be stabbed to death by the 4 spears on the top of the chariot... as long as it is in the battle formation Put a large number of these light chariots on the side, so that you will not be afraid of the impact of the enemy's cavalry during the march..."

Gonzalo de Cordoba couldn't help nodding after hearing this, and finally said with emotion:

"Grand Duke Marin is a genius, I am not as good as him! You are very good, you are really a friend from Spain! Don't worry, I will ask His Majesty for your credit! Oh, why didn't Duke Marin tell me about such a good thing... "

The Italian businessman named Giovanni wanted to laugh, because he was actually a North Sea spy sent by Marin. Its task is to balance the French and Spanish armies. He doesn't care about any credit, because his name is a pseudonym. After completing this task, he should be out of the way... And the Spanish army has this kind of tank, so it is not afraid of the French's carbine-back tactics...

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