The Rise of the European Emperor

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Marin suddenly blamed himself for not remembering this earlier. If he had thought about it earlier, he could have sent a ship to deliver a batch of artillery to the Persian Safavid Empire.

Now, less than 5 months before the Turks sent troops, he could only send someone to report to the Persians in advance. But God knows whether Ismail I believed in the great power of artillery.

But Marin still responsibly gave the best way to deal with artillery - to avoid frontal attack...

The artillery of this era did not have the mobile gun mounts that Marin learned from later generations. They all lifted the barrels from the car and placed them on the ground, and Turkish artillery was no exception.

In this way, the artillery position cannot be easily moved. It is also very simple to avoid the coverage of Turkish artillery-go around to attack on both sides...

After all, the Turks' artillery is fixed and does not have wheels. It is very time-consuming to disassemble and install it on the car and then transport it to the side. When the artillery is transported to the side, it may be over long ago.

However, Marin is still worried that Ismail I, who is only 27 years old, will underestimate the enemy. This guy was so smooth before, it is inevitable that he will underestimate the enemy, and even think that he is invincible.

After thinking about it, Marin still asked people to bring a few matchlock guns over, and first let this guy see the power of firearms. The matchlock gun has a small target, and it is not troublesome to load it in a box and travel by land. Unlike artillery, land transportation is extremely difficult. Maybe, after seeing the power of muskets, this guy will be more sober...

In short, Marin's Middle East strategy is to find ways to encircle Ottoman Turkey and prevent it from successfully annexing Egypt and defeating Persia. Once this is the case, the suffering of Europe will come...

You know, in this era, Turkey is not the mighty empire that later generations dispatched 200,000 to 300,000 troops to besiege Vienna. In the war against Persia in 1514 and the war with the Egyptian Mamluk Dynasty in 1516, Turkey only dispatched more than 60,000 troops. Although there are already a lot of people in the eyes of Europeans, compared with the more than 200,000 troops in the period of Suleiman I, Turkey is obviously not strong enough now.

But if it is allowed to annex Egypt, Turkey will soon have the ability to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops. Therefore, Marin is not happy to see a too strong Turkey appear.

However, at the same time, Marin also worried that the Persian Safavid Empire was too powerful, replacing Turkey as a threat to Europe. Therefore, he was very contradictory. He hoped that Ismail I would listen to his opinions, but he did not want the other party to listen to them all. Better yet, listen halfway, and then Persia and Turkey are tied, both with heavy casualties...

But this matter is beyond his control, the only thing he can do is to wait for the news...

Although the Persian side may not have time to help, but the Egyptian side still has time to help. After all, the historic Battle of Dabik Prairie did not take place until 1516. Two years is enough for Marin to provide enough Lumi guns to the Mamluk dynasty of Egypt...

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This era can be described as turbulent and turbulent, especially in Europe and the Middle East, where wars often broke out. In the Kurdish region in the east of Asia Minor, Turkey and the Persian Empire are already at war. And Italy is even better, they have been fighting for more than half a year...

The French and Spanish armies seemed to be at a stalemate in Naples. All day long the Spaniards shouted at the city of Naples:

"If you have the guts, come out!"

And the French in the city shouted obscenely:

"Come in if you have the guts!"

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This kind of unnutritive yelling has lasted for several months, but both sides are very restrained, and no one is willing to take the initiative to attack.

But in general, the French are more anxious. Because the supplies of the French have been cut off, and they can only rely on the food hoarded in the city.

Although the city of Naples was filled with grain by looting many areas of the Kingdom of Naples, there were also many French soldiers. Great consumption. According to the forecast, it is estimated that food will be cut off in half a year...

Therefore, the French very much hope to have a decisive battle with the Spaniards within half a year,

To get rid of this costly war as soon as possible. After all, the French aren't rich either...

But the problem is - it seems that the old fox Gonzalo de Cordoba also seems to know the difficulties of the French, but he refuses to fight decisively, so he is so exhausted.

Backed by the huge profits from the spice trade, Spain is naturally not afraid of consumption. France, on the other hand, is in a miserable situation. Relying only on domestic territorial output and scarce industrial and commercial taxes, it is not as good as the Spaniards in terms of protracted war capabilities.

Therefore, in the early conflicts, Marin would secretly side with the French and give them confidence. Moreover, in the early days, Marin hoped that the French would win some battles in order to retain their confidence in conquering Italy.

As for Spain, because of the wealth of money, it is not afraid that Spain will not be able to show its strength and fight against France in the future. If the French, who are relatively poor, can't win in the early stage, then don't even think about continuing later.

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At this time, a stunned thing was happening in the Spanish camp outside Naples—Ferdinand II sent someone to announce the decree. Moreover, the content of the declaration is actually to transfer the commander of the Spanish army, Gonzalo de Cordova...

This is the countermeasure effect...

In fact, this matter has been arguing in Spain for several months, and there has been no result. Until recently, Ferdinand II fell seriously ill. There is a great fear between life and death, probably because I am afraid that I will suddenly belch, and then my son will be emptied or even replaced by Gonzalo de Cordoba, who holds the main force of the country's army and horses... Then, Ferdinand II After making up his mind, he replaced Gonzalo de Cordoba...

After Louis XII began to implement countermeasures in Spain based on John Rafi's suggestion, a large number of Spanish nobles who were jealous of Gonzalo de Cordoba's achievements were bought off one after another, and began to fight in front of the two kings of Spain. Talk bad about Gonzalo de Cordoba.

Juan III is okay. Although the young king has soft ears, he has a powerful wife who can dissuade him from making wrong decisions.

As for Ferdinand II, Ferdinand II actually didn't care about the slander of the nobles at first. Because, he understands that the best commander who can lead an army to defeat tens of thousands of French troops is Gonzalo de Cordoba...

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In fact, ten years ago when Gonzalo de Cordoba had just defeated the French army in Italy and annexed the entire Kingdom of Naples, Ferdinand II was even jealous of Gonzalo de Cordoba of great prestige.

However, because the Spanish phalanx in this life was not invented by Gonzalo de Cordoba, but "invented" by Marin, Gonzalo de Cordoba just learned it.

Therefore, Gonzalo de Cordoba's prestige in Spain has not yet risen to the point where Ferdinand II was dazzled by jealousy. Therefore, the fate of Gonzalo de Cordoba has changed. Instead of being transferred to idle positions by Ferdinand II, he gained the trust of Ferdinand II.

However, the rumors spread by the French in Spain were too cruel. The deeds of the short Pepin are very classic. Moreover, the reason why Ferdinand II reused Gonzalo de Cordoba was helpless. After all, Spain lacks such famous players...

Therefore, after several months, Ferdinand II did not shake his trust in Gonzalo de Cordoba, which made the French almost desperate.

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The turning point came in spring. When Ferdinand II went out for a spring outing in early March, he contracted a cold, which made him seriously ill and almost died...

This serious illness terrified Ferdinand II. He was afraid that he would die of illness suddenly, and then, like the slander made by the nobles of Aragon—Gonzalo de Cordoba supported himself and emptied his son Juan III. Even, learn from Pepin the dwarf and replace Juan III...

To be honest, Ferdinand II was a cold-blooded man. However, he did not cool down on his son, but placed great hopes on him. After all, sons are the continuation of the family dynasty, not daughters.

Originally in history, when Prince Juan died of illness, because it was suspected that he had lung disease, which was an incurable disease in Europe at that time, it might be contagious. Queen Isabella I, the mother, did not dare to approach the dead Prince Juan. Dinan II, a usually cold-blooded father, wept bitterly while hugging his son's body.

Of course, this is a typical European aristocrat, who pays special attention to male heirs. In history, the famous Henry VIII married and divorced several times just to have a son, and even turned against the Holy See for this. In the end, he did give birth to a son, Edward VI. However, the child was in poor health and did not live to adulthood, and died at the age of 16. Later, there was the history of his two half-sisters—Bloody Mary and Elizabeth I successively becoming Queens of England...

It was precisely because he was worried that his son would be emptied or even replaced by Gonzalo de Cordoba. After recovering from a serious illness, Ferdinand II finally made up his mind—in the name of the tension in the Moroccan battlefield, Gonzalo de Cordoba would be replaced. Córdoba is transferred to the Moroccan battlefield. As for the tens of thousands of Spanish troops in Italy, Ferdinand II ordered several Spanish noble generals to be in charge together to avoid a situation where one family dominates...