The Rise of the European Emperor

After drinking the farewell wine, Louis XII returned home with 15,000 French knights, leaving only 5,000 French knights and 30,000 infantry to stay there.

Before leaving, Louis XII also disposed of 16,000 captured German mercenaries, which were the remnants of the 20,000 German mercenaries originally hired by Spain.

In that night attack, the main troops who ran out were the soldiers of the Spanish headquarters, while only a small part of the 20,000 German mercenaries ran out. Most of the rest were blocked in the city by the French army. In desperation, the desperate German mercenaries had to surrender.

However, when Louis XII proposed to hire this group of people to guard against the counterattack of the Spanish army, the group of German mercenaries rarely refused. Instead of betraying their original employers like Italian mercenaries, they refused to fight Spain.

Gudendorff, the leader of the German mercenaries, believed that they were ashamed that they had failed to complete the commission from the Spaniards. It would be extremely dishonorable now to accept employment from the original enemy and turn your guns on Spanish employers. They would rather die than turn around and attack their original employer after losing the battle. Even if you accept the employment of the French, the opponent cannot be the original employer, the Spaniard...

Unexpectedly, the stubbornness of the Germans was highly praised by Louis XII. Louis XII believed that if these German mercenaries accepted the employment happily, he would not be at ease. Because, maybe they will join forces with the original employers, the Spaniards, to plot against the French. After all, an unscrupulous mercenary cannot be trusted.

This era was not the era when mercenaries completely lost their integrity in the middle and late 16th century. Right now, except for Italian mercenaries who have a lower integrity value, mercenaries from other countries still attach great importance to honor.

Of course, Louis XII did not waste the value of these 16,000 German mercenaries in the end-Louis XII decided to take them north to reoccupy the Duchy of Milan. Then, let them be stationed in the Principality of Milan.

In any case, the Duchy of Milan is the most important agricultural region in Italy. At the same time, Milan City is also the largest city in Shinra. Louis XII was not satisfied with just annexing the Kingdom of Naples, and it would be great to annex Milan along the way.

Then, the 16,000 German mercenaries were hired and followed Louis XII's 15,000 French knights to the north.

It’s impossible not to accept it, they have become prisoners of war of the French, and they have to redeem themselves at a high price, or be killed as useless prisoners of war...

They don't want to die, and as mercenaries who can't save money, they don't have the money to redeem themselves. In exchange for freedom, I can only accept the employment of the French, and fight against opponents other than the original employer, the Spaniard...

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As for John Laffey,

He also went north with the large army of Louis XII. Originally, Louis XII also hoped that he could stay and assist Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, the supreme commander of the remaining troops, to deal with the Spaniards. After all, John Lafite's "resourcefulness" left a deep impression on Louis XII.

But why would John Lafite stay? He still has an important mission. His mission is to return to Paris, find out the whereabouts of Margaret of the Tudor family, and then send someone to kill her to prevent future troubles.

Therefore, John Lafite finally tried his best, rejected the arrangement to stay in Naples, and returned to China with Louis XII. Of course, before going back, he recommended Charlie, the former Duke of Guedes who was really capable, and now the Earl of Nantes, to stay and assist Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, to guard the local area. John Lafite is self-aware. He knows that all his strategies were taught to him secretly by Marin, not his ability. And Charles, Earl of Nantes, is the one with real skills. He was also worried that Earl Charles would become an obstacle to him when he returned to Paris, so he simply suggested that Louis XII keep him to assist Charles III, Duke of Bourbon. And Louis XII also felt that it was necessary to leave a capable person to help Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, who lacked resourcefulness, and agreed.

When the army left, Earl Charlie was very unhappy. As a great aristocrat, he knew very well that whether the great French aristocrats were doing well or not depended on whether the king took them seriously. Only by dangling in front of the Dharma King all day, will he be reused...

Now, he is staying in Naples, obviously lost the opportunity to accompany the king, and it will be difficult to have a chance to be favored in the future. Therefore, he wished he could tear off John Lafite's bad mouth—who made him make random comments?

But he couldn't do anything in the end, who made this war the most brilliant is John Lafite? Right now, because of his great contribution, John Lafite's favor with Louis XII is much greater than that of Earl Charles...

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Similar to the last time, seeing the 30,000-odd French army coming aggressively, Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan, was so frightened that he took his family and thousands of men and retreated to Milan again with the gold and silver treasures in the treasury. Steyr Valley.

The French army took the city of Milan effortlessly again. Although they still didn't get much treasure this time, the food in the warehouse of Milan city was cheaper for the French.

In any case, the Po River Plain in the Principality of Milan is also the largest plain in Italy and the most important granary in Italy. Although the volcanic ash in Naples is very fertile, there are not many plains in Naples, and only a small number of valleys can be cultivated. Unlike the Po River Plain in Milan, with an area of ​​46,000 square kilometers, it is the most important granary in Italy. Moreover, the Sforza family has paid great attention to the construction of water conservancy in the local area for many years, and has dug many irrigation rivers. Now, it's completely cheap for the French. Most of the grain harvested last year was looted by the French army...

Then, Louis XII continued to set off home with 15,000 French knights. The 16,000 German mercenaries were left behind by Louis XII to guard the Duchy of Milan. After all, the Principality of Milan is the number one granary in Italy. In the future, if France explodes again, it will definitely need a lot of food. As Italy's first granary, the Duchy of Milan can obviously provide a lot of food. Therefore, Louis XII simply left Gudendorff's 16,000 German mercenaries to guard the entire Duchy of Milan. They refused to fight the Spaniards, but they had no problem fighting Ludovico Sforza of the Duchy of Milan. After all, Ludovico Sforza is not a Spaniard...

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While Louis XII was on his way back, Marin, who had long known that Louis XII had returned home (after all, John Lafite was there to respond), also sent someone to send pigeons to Dublin, and sent an urgent notice to the army who was leading the siege The last aborigine on the island of Ireland - King Edward of the remnants of the O'Brien family.

At this time, Edward's army had captured Ennis, the capital of the O'Brien family territory (later County Clare), and was now looking for the remnants of the guerrilla O'Brien family. The main force of the British army had already reached the Shannon River, and it was short of the more than 2,000 guerrillas who surrounded and wiped out the O'Brien family.

But Marin's letter still shocked Edward. After knowing the news of Louis XII's return to Paris, Edward couldn't sit still. Because, Edward knew that if Louis XII returned to Paris and learned that Edward was leading the army in Ireland, he would definitely not miss this opportunity. He will definitely make trouble, and even arrange for the remnants of the Tudor dynasty to take the opportunity to return to England to start a rebellion. Without the past to hold the line in the country, this kind of rebellion is easy to grow...

After thinking over and over again, Edward had no choice but to temporarily give up his plan to wipe out the remaining resistance forces of the O'Brien family before returning home. Moreover, before Edward even planned to take the opportunity to destroy several earl families conquered by the Normans, such as the counties of Ormond and Desmond, who were no longer obedient. These descendants of Norman nobles have been emperors in Ireland for too long, and they don't listen to the greetings of the English royal family much. At this time, Edward happened to lead the army here, and it was a good opportunity to clean them up...

However, in comparison, homeland security is more important. In desperation, Edward had no choice but to announce to the public that England had completed the unification of the island of Ireland, and now it is officially triumphant...

Of course, Edward was not stupid enough to withdraw all the troops. Anyway, the resistance army of the O'Brien family only has more than 2,000 people. Therefore, Edward simply left Adler's army of more than 1,000 Wicklow territories, as well as 5,000 soldiers and horses from the Fourth Army, and 1,500 Cossack cavalry supported by Marin later. In this way, it is enough to deal with the more than 2,000 remaining resistance troops. Moreover, it can also allow the ally Marin's brother Adler to experience it.

And Edward himself, of course, returned to the country with England's most important Guards, so as not to be stabbed in the back by the French...

Of course, when publicizing to the outside world, they will naturally not tell the truth, but will say - His Majesty Edward has wiped out all the resistance of the Irish barbarians, and now he has led his army back home in triumph...

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