The Rise of the European Emperor

"It's incredible!"

"It's really incredible!"

Not to mention other Spanish soldiers, even Gonzalo de Cordoba, who personally led all this, was also shocked. In this ambush, the more than 10,000 Spanish troops under his command, mainly recruits, relied on their terrain advantage to beat the fierce Moroccan cavalry without the ability to fight back. According to the final statistics, only 17 Spanish soldiers were killed and more than 70 were injured.

Among these casualties, except for 12 who died in battle because they were forcibly killed by Moroccan masters breaking through into the alley, the rest of the casualties were basically killed and injured by Moroccan soldiers picking up bricks and stones on the street and counterattacking. bad luck.

However, the result they achieved was-captured 6,850 enemy cavalry, killed 3,800 enemies, and wounded 4,350 enemies...

With such a high battle loss ratio, Gonzalo de Cordoba, a generation of famous generals, was also surprised from ear to ear.

"It's no wonder that Grand Duke Marin has always been keen on using conspiracies and tricks! It turns out that the effect is so powerful, and it feels...so cool!"

A devil's seed germinated in the heart of the gentleman Gonzalo de Cordoba...

Gonzalo de Cordoba knew very well that Marin, as the king of a country, often engages in conspiracies and tricks, which may damage his reputation. But he is different, he is just a Spanish courtier and does not need a perfect reputation. His greatest role to the Kingdom of Spain is to win battles, not to gain a good reputation as a gentleman. To a general, victory is everything, and nothing else matters.

After thinking through all this, Gonzalo de Cordoba seemed to have some kind of prison in his heart, and a little devil ran out by himself...

"Well, the French are powerful now. It seems that I have to use some unconventional means..." Gonzalo de Cordoba thought so when he boarded the ship to Sicily.

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And just as Gonzalo de Cordoba boarded the ship to Sicily, in Naples, Louis XII was also drinking parting wine with his men.

Louis XII must have understood that the Spaniards would not let it go. No, the proposal to buy the Kingdom of Naples with money put forward by the representative sent to Spain He Tan was rejected by the other party, no matter how much money was given. Therefore, there will be more battles in the future.

However, if he doesn't leave, he won't succeed. He is the king of a country, and he has been in Italy for too long. Now, there are already signs of instability within the Kingdom of France. Without him going back to sit in town, Queen Anne couldn't hold back those monkeys at all.

Also,

Two days ago, John Lafite reminded him that the marriage deadline given by King Edward in 1515 was not far away. In more than a year, if France has not given birth to a prince, the marriage with Princess Margaret of England will be annulled. After all, what Edward said also made sense, his daughter could not wait indefinitely for the birth of a new prince in France.

A woman's time is limited, and it is impossible to wait for her little husband to grow up slowly. In particular, this era is not a descendant of advanced medicine. In this day and age, it is very dangerous for a woman to have a child after the age of 30, and it is tantamount to suicide to have a child after the age of 40. Therefore, a woman cannot marry a man much younger than herself. Otherwise, the best childbearing age will be missed.

Therefore, Louis XII must go back. Not only to stabilize the domestic situation, but also to be able to toss out a prince.

The word "toss" is really not in the wrong place, after all, Louis XII is 52 years old. This age, among the European nobles of this era, is no longer short-lived, and they may die someday. As for Queen Anne, although she is much younger, she is also 37 years old. Men may be fine at this age, but women at this age, having children is definitely a life-threatening thing!

But Louis XII couldn't control that much anymore, anyway, he didn't have too much affection for Queen Anne. At the beginning, the reason why he abandoned his fiancée Jeanne of France and married Anne of Brittany instead was not for some bullshit love, but to ensure that the Principality of Brittany would not be split from France. After all, if Anne remarried to someone else, the Principality of Brittany would split from France. It would be even worse if it fell into the hands of Maximilian I.

Therefore, the marriage between Louis XII and Queen Anne was originally a marriage of political interests, and there was no emotion at all. As for whether Queen Anne is pregnant at the age of 37, Louis XII doesn't care, he only needs a male heir. Even if Queen Anne died in danger, maybe he would be happy. Originally, in history, after the death of Queen Anne of Brittany, Louis XII turned around and married Henry VII's daughter Mary Tudor, and died in disgrace on Mary Tudor's belly...

Of course, this is not to say that Louis XII was an old pervert, but because, for the European monarchs of this era, a male heir is too important.

Similar to Louis XII is King Ferdinand II of Aragon. Ferdinand II could hold the dead body of Prince Juan, who might be infected with tuberculosis, and weep bitterly, or imprison the poor crazy daughter "Mad Juana", just to obtain the Regency of Castile... …

In short, the change of the royal family in Europe can also be said to be a history of extinction - which king does not give birth to a son, the dynasty may be about to change...

However, the contemporary Eastern countries did not have this trouble. Who said that Europe can only be monogamous, but the emperors of the East can have multiple concubines. This is not to say that Eastern emperors are more licentious and immoral, but that Eastern countries pay more attention to their offspring.

There is an interesting fact - the higher the status of women, the lower the fertility rate. But in later generations, in regions like the Middle East and Africa where women have no status, children are born without money. In the 21st century, when Europe and the United States deteriorated, the status of women increased, but the fertility rate was greatly reduced... In the 20th century, when feudal ideology remained serious, the fertility rate in China was still very high...

In ancient Europe, the status of women was much higher than in the East and the Middle East. But it also caused a bad result-European monarchs who only married one wife and refused to divorce would die out at every turn...

In the Ming Dynasty at the same time, only Hongzhi Emperor Zhu Youtang, who only married one wife, finally became extinct after giving birth to Hu Lai's son Zhengde. Of course, there was also a carpenter emperor Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youxiao who died young. Because of his early death and the fierce struggle in the palace, he did not leave any heirs.

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At this time, Louis XII was actually close to madness. Before the war, he temporarily forgot about it. As soon as John Lafite reminded him, he immediately remembered - he didn't have a son yet!

Therefore, after he arranged the defense of the Kingdom of Naples, he decided to return home. He must have a good discussion with the queen about the issue of not having a son...

And the reason why John Lafite raised this opinion was also requested by Marin-if Louis XII was not allowed to go back and work hard, how could he be allowed to die in the belly of a woman like the original history?

Louis XII is still relatively shrewd and not easy to deal with. Therefore, Marin hoped that he would die as early as the original history.

As for his successor, François I, although the historical evaluation is good, Marin, who has read history, knows that this guy was reckless and impulsive when he was young. Otherwise, he would not have been captured by Charles V...

Moreover, when a new king comes to power, there is no foundation, and it will take years to establish prestige. And Marin just needed those few years to complete the annexation of England. Therefore, Marin hoped that Louis XII would die soon, preferably on a woman's belly as in the original history. In this way, for a few years, he would have time to plan for England. If this old guy didn't die, when he was annexing England, this old guy might send troops to make trouble in the North Sea country and interfere with his annexation of England.

Therefore, Marin secretly instructed John Lafite to remind Louis XII that it was time to go back and make a villain with the queen. Only if you go back to make a villain, can you die in a woman's belly...

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