The Rise of the European Emperor

That night, the French first sent a group of homing pigeons back to the country, and agreed on a secret sign—the letter with a certain mark is a fake.

Then, the next morning, John Rafi deliberately sent a few people dressed as pigeon breeders to stand in the direction of the northwest corner of Naples, and first simply measured the wind direction and speed with cloth strips, successfully attracting the attention of the Spaniards.

"What are they doing?" A Spanish patrol in the northwest direction outside the city didn't know why.

But the face of the patrol captain who led them changed:

"I see, that person is holding a pigeon, and they will release the carrier pigeon later! Quickly, go to the camp and call some sharpshooters over!"

Then, within half an hour, the Spaniards sent a team of powerful hunter-born soldiers who were good at archery or shooting, armed with crossbows and matchlock guns, to ambush at the northwest corner of the city, surrounded by other Spanish soldiers for cover.

About an hour later, sure enough, two people dressed as pigeon breeders came to the northwest corner of the city, and each released a pigeon...

"Bang—bang—"

"Whoo—whoosh—whoosh—"

In the Spanish patrol below the city, the sound of gunshots and bows and arrows sounded at the same time...

In the end, one of the two homing pigeons made a sharp turn in the air after hearing the sound and escaped the blow, while the other homing pigeon was unluckily shot down.

At the same time, a dead man set out from the north gate with a letter, but was stopped by Spanish cavalry halfway. The dead soldier resisted desperately and was finally killed by Spanish patrol cavalry. A bloody letter was found...

On the gate tower of the north city gate, Louis XII saw with his own eyes that the brave French light cavalry and 20 Spanish patrol cavalry fought to the death, and were finally hacked to death...

"Don't worry, Mr. Descartes, I will keep my promise, canonize your son as a knight, and give him a manor!" Louis XII whispered in a voice that he could only hear, and went down the gate tower...

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Then, the two letters were sent to the main tent of the Spanish Central Army for the reference of several Spanish commanders.

It's just that something happened to the letter tied to the pigeon's leg—the pigeon's leg was hit by two lead bullets at the same time, and the letter was broken. The translator could only find a few limited words such as "food" and "mobilize as soon as possible" from the smashed letters.

On the other hand, the blood-stained information found on Mr. Descartes, a cavalryman, was ambiguous. It says:

"Carmeri, Governor of Provence (a province in southwestern France close to Italy), please contact Paris to gather the 'things' we need as soon as possible and send them to Italy. Specifically, they will be sent to the border between the Papal State and Naples. At that time, I will send an army to respond. Remember, you only have two months, no more than three months at the latest, or something serious will happen!"

"It seems that the French are still very cautious. They use carrier pigeons to deliver messages in the sky, and they also send knights to deliver messages on the ground. Moreover, the messages on the ground don't even say clearly what the 'thing' is, so as not to be intercepted by us."

"I think they are short of food, and they are afraid that we will know. That's why they rushed to notify the domestic. Well, this information is very important-'You only have two months, no more than three months at the latest'... Uh- —It seems that the food of the French can only last for three months at most..." One of the five big bosses, a brain tonic emperor, said by himself.

"It seems to make sense..." The other four also agreed. After all, the inference given by Naobudi sounds reasonable...

The next day, it seemed to be to confirm their conjecture. The French released two pigeons again, but this time the French deliberately avoided the pigeons released by the patrol, and the Spaniards failed to intercept the intelligence. At the north gate, the French suddenly dispatched 20 cavalry, each carrying a scroll, and took advantage of the opportunity of the Spanish patrolling cavalry to rush out, fled northward, and successfully broke through.

"It seems that our deduction is correct. Today, the French are desperately trying to deliver information. Obviously, they are in a hurry!" Naobudi gave another inference.

"Okay then, let's wait two or three months until the French run out of food, and then we will take action to destroy them. It would be best if we can capture French King Louis XII alive!" Another boss said with longing.

"Catch the King of France alive..." Several people fell into YY together, thinking of the scene of being worshiped by the monarchs, ministers and people all over Spain in the future...

In fact, they didn't know that Louis XII's order to deliver the letter this time was to put on a show and pretend to raise food. Then, a large amount of sand was packed in sacks and shipped to Italy, deliberately letting Spanish spies in France see...

This is also Marin's instruction to John Lafite. After all, it is easier for the Spaniards to believe that the show must be complete.

Later, it seemed that they were waiting for the French to collapse due to lack of food, and the five Spanish nobles, as Marin expected, began to seize the military power of this tens of thousands of troops. Moreover, the problem of multiple people leading the army has arisen-every one of the five people wants to lead the war. After all, it seems that Spain has won for sure, just wait for the French to run out of food...

As a result, the five people began to fight openly and secretly, and began to secretly win over the middle and senior officers of this army, in order to enhance their voice in the army.

As for the French? They ignored it for now. As long as we follow the original deployment of Gonzalo de Cordoba and try our best to intercept and contain them, there will be no major problems in the end...

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At the same time, on the remote island of Ireland, a war of conquest is also going on...

Ireland's rainy weather is not covered, and it was fine when attacking the indigenous territories of the O'Neill family and the Magnis family in the northeast. After all, the northeastern region belongs to Northern Ireland of later generations, with less rain, and the actions of the British army went very smoothly.

The large-caliber artillery of the artillery battalion provided by Marin successfully blasted open the gates of the two main cities and easily defeated the two armies.

But after that, things didn't go so smoothly...

The aboriginal leaders of other Irish families saw the unstoppable British army from the defeat of the O'Neill family and the Magnis family. Therefore, Fent, the leader of the O'Donnell family, the neighbor of the O'Neill family, took the lead in abandoning the city, led his elite men, and hid in the forests and swamps of Ireland with supplies, and began to fight against the handsome.

The west of Ireland has abundant rainfall and a warm climate. Therefore, there are dense forests and swamps here. When Edward led an army of 25,000 and Adler led 2,000 troops from the Wicklow Territory to attack the territory of the O'Donnell family, they easily conquered two small broken cities in the territory (they also voluntarily gave up. ), but wanting to wipe out Fendt’s resistance army is a headache...

In the beginning, the army entered the forest, using the brutal strategy of cutting down trees, and in just two weeks, Fint's army had nowhere to hide. But when they arrived in the swamp area, the British army was dumbfounded...

The army led by Fendt is a local, and he is naturally familiar with the local swamp area. Therefore, their fleeing resistance army easily bypassed the dangerous swamp and walked freely in the swamp area.

But the British army can't, they are not familiar with the local swamps. Especially the edge of some hidden swamps, these areas seem to have grass on the surface, but if you step on it on horseback, it is very easy to get stuck...

Because the British army was not familiar with the local swamps and had an absolute superiority of troops, they were overwhelmed by the swamps and lost some troops, and their progress was greatly hindered.

When Gonzalo was transferred from Italy, Edward and his army had just wiped out Fint's resistance. The reason why they were able to annihilate the opponent was because Fint's resistance army had run out of food, and was caught by the British army when they were going to the town to resupply...

However, this is just the beginning. Because of Fint's example, other aborigines seem to plan to do the same. Therefore, Edward's great cause of conquering Ireland has only just begun...

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