Vol 6 Chapter 127: Armistice agreement

A sudden heavy snowfall came late in the night. When the window was opened, the cold wind immediately greeted him, which made Louis XII, who was still in bed, had a chill.
The snow was abrupt, and the gray dirty streets were covered with beautiful silver coats overnight, and the houses looked like cheese from a distance.
Looking at the snow outside, Louis XII first had some surprises, and then he could not help but sigh softly. He remembered his former territory Orleans. In his memory, Orleans was a wet and rainy place, and it would always stop there in winter. It ’s raining, the cold and humid climate makes Orleans ’castle not so comfortable, and sometimes it ca n’t sleep because of the uncomfortable humidity at night.
So seeing this snow, Louis XII couldn't help thinking that Genoa should not have such a big snow in his impression, but looking at the snowy scene outside, the French King felt a little magical.
"Your Majesty, I heard that the weather has been very cold in winter in recent years, and some places have snowed even in October." The entourage around the king helped the king to dress up and found a thick cloak for the king. After covering the outside, the attendant opened the door.
The generals who had been waiting outside the bedroom immediately stood up to greet the king and looked at Louis XII, who was wrapped tightly, and Count de Bowenken of Provence quickly took a few steps. There was a faint expression of concern in his expression.
"What happened?" Louis XII noticed the strangeness of the generals.
"Your Majesty, it's snowing," De Bowenken said first, seeming to be afraid that the king hadn't fully understood it, and then explained, "We have many soldiers who don't have enough winter clothes. We never thought of it. It will be so cold here in winter. "
Louis XII paused under his feet. He looked at De Bowwicken and several others, and after a little deep contemplation, he waved them and followed them towards the outside of the house.
The town of Tarot Valley is a place very close to Genoa. There is a fairly smooth avenue that leads all the way to Genoa. At a distance of less than 10 miles, the terrain is gentle and there is no place to keep it. Genoa is now under the French eyelids.
Because of this, Louis XII was not eager to launch an attack on Genoa. He sent people to propose the conditions for dedication to Genoa. The King hopes to occupy this important city on the west coast of the Mediterranean through this bloodless way.
The reason why Louis XII believed that the Genoese could be persuaded was that, as far as he knew, Genoa was facing a very bad situation.
Since the failure of several historical battles with Venice to compete for trade power in the Mediterranean, Genoa ’s national strength has already been as good as before. Although Genoa has also experienced a short-lived revival in recent decades, the overall days Very well received.
Especially a dozen years ago, a governor of Genoa, who was from the Calgino family, made a decision that surprised many Genoese after several failed attempts to quell overseas colonies.
The governor believed that as a colony of Genoa on the Mediterranean at the time, Corsica did play its due role, and Genoa also invested a lot of money for Corsica every year, which has been worsening in recent years. Genoa is a big burden.
For this reason, when the governor was in power, he sold Corsican to Aragon, who had just finished the war to regain the lost ground.
At that time, the Genoese did not say that it was right because Corsica was too close to Sardinia. Although it also seemed to echo with Genoa, the Genoese did not think that they could cope with Corsica ’s God. Tribute people.
So after careful consideration, the governor of the Calgino family at the time thought that Corsica was more of a burden to Genoa than a profitable place, so after some bargaining, Genoa took the Siga was sold to Aragon.
Genoa today, although still an important port on the west coast of the Mediterranean, has long since lost its keenness and strength to compete with any maritime power.
Louis XII believed that there should be many people in Genoa who are willing to accept his rule, which naturally made him the best way to peacefully occupy that city-state, because although several days have passed, He still felt painful about the damage caused by the previous war with Montina.
After investing almost twice as much power as the enemy and finally repeling the Montina, the French did not take advantage of their enemies, because the French found that they paid a much higher price than they thought.
Although the Genoese soldiers of the Montina retreated, they always protected the retreat of the entire army. This gave them the opportunity to escape from the battle, and although the French heavy cavalry who attacked the Agry Musketeers head-on, they finally defeated the enemy, but A shocking and painful price was paid.
Even when De Bowwicken ordered the pursuit, in addition to a few heavy cavalry who could execute orders, most of the rest were either already dead in front of the front line regarded by the French soldiers as hell, or even by chance. However, he was injured and could not continue to fight, or because he was beaten so badly that he could not be organized at all when he pursued.
The huge casualties of the French army once made Louis twelve worried that he may no longer be able to bear the Austrian army that may appear next. He knew that if that was the case, the only thing he could do was to simply give up Alexander and then quickly west Retreating, perhaps his only option then is to flee back to France like Charles VIII and plan again.
But what the French did not expect was that the Austrians did not take the opportunity to attack.
In fact, starting from Turin, the Austrian army that first arrived in Alexandria stopped moving far away from the French army. They built fortifications to build the fort, which was completely prepared to be consumed by the French.
The French obviously did not waste time. After realizing that the Austrians did not seem to have the intention to attack, Louis XII quickly mobilized enough troops to launch an attack on the Montina.
The defeat of Montina ’s army gave the French army in a disadvantaged situation a breather, and perhaps because of the fear of being beaten in Varese before, the Austrian army still tried in a situation surrounded by almost three sides. I want to wait until the two armies of Turin and Milan meet before fighting with the French.
Louis XII seized this opportunity accurately. While the Austrians were still in a slack, he first repulsed the Montina with superior strength, and then quickly mobilized all forces to advance to Genoa. Now the French are almost soldiers. Under the city of Genoa, if the Genoese can be persuaded to lay down their weapons again, then the French can completely occupy Genoa before the arrival of the Austrians.
And to make Louis XII have greater confidence in being able to occupy Genoa, it was the secret contract that Alexander brought to him by Normezi.
The King of France clearly had some confusion about the purpose of Alexander ’s request for the French to defeat the Austrian army before the arrival of 1500, but Louis XII was very pleased that he was willing to take the initiative to lift the siege of the French army in Naples.
The Austrian army ’s nearly 50,000 troops have always been a mental illness in Louis XII ’s heart, so if the Montina can be kept neutral at this time, and the thousands of French troops under siege can be rescued in time, this is for Louis. Twelve is of course no better.
While Alexander proposed neutrality, he was even willing to pay for the French to teach the Austrians. Louis XII believed that this was Alexander's revenge on Maximian.
Obviously, the Austrian's unreliable actions at a critical moment angered Alexander.
As for Alexander ’s emphasis on requiring the French to defeat or severely damage the Austrian army before the advent of 1500, this is more of a deadline agreed by both parties.
There is no treaty with no deadline, and Alexander ’s request made Louis XII realize that the agreement with the Montina could only be maintained until the end of 1499, which is only one month.
Beyond this time, it is possible for the Montina army to intervene in the affairs of Northern Italy again.
Louis XII's answer to Alexander's conditions was an attack on the Austrian army.
On December 1, 1499, a total of about 33,000 French troops launched an assault on the Austrian army in the direction of Turin.
For the French attack, the Austrian army seemed somewhat at a loss.
With the addition of about 10,000 people mobilized from Kotschahza Austria, the strength of the Austrian army has reached nearly 50,000. This not only gave Maximian confidence but also allowed all countries concerned about Northern Italy to win the Austrian army. With great hope.
Even Alexander VI had to admit that the French situation seemed a bit bad. Although the Montina army seemed to have avoided the French because of cowardice after the defeat, the Austrians had an overwhelming strength. Still many people are not optimistic about Louis XII.
But on December 1, the French army launched an offensive in the direction of the Austrian Turin.
The French first fired fiercely at the Austrian army with artillery.
This is a tactic that the French have never used before. The French abandoned the previous artillery against the enemies that first approached after the battle began, but concentrated all the artillery on the Austrian army first after the Austrians just entered the battlefield. In the densest place, preemptive pours out of rainy shells.
At a close enough distance, the French artillery even straightened the muzzle and aimed at the enemy opposite. As the artillery shells swept through the open space between the two sides, several Austrian army formations immediately appeared. The strips were filled with scarlet blood mist and flesh and blood residues.
Subsequently, the heavy armor of the French heavy cavalry appeared on the position, accompanied by a banner with different patterns, the French cavalry launched the first attack on the Austrian army in the loud horn.
Louis XII stood on a high ground and looked at the front line in the distance. He is now very idle, because the French army was not commanded by him, but by the Earl of Brittany.
Louis XII inherited the crown of Charles VIII, the country and even his wife, but he was wise to know that he did not inherit the military talent of this predecessor.
Compared with all his peers, Charles VIII was the most capable general among European monarchs, and the most capable monarch among generals, while Louis XII was more adept at exerting his ability as a monarch in the court rather than on the battlefield. .
Therefore, the French king assured the command to the Earl of Langserge, the most reliable soldier in the wife ’s territory, and this battle was only the earl into the long Italian war as the French commander for many years. The beginning.
Louis XII shook his head slightly, listening to the rumbling cannons that sounded from time to time on his own position, and seeing the smoke rising from the enemy position.
He beckoned to the entourage next to him, and the entourage immediately handed a musket to the king.
This is a strangely shaped musket. The lack of a flaming rope and the appearance of the firing device composed of a bunch of seemingly complicated parts look quite conspicuous. The marks and numbers engraved on the handle indicate that this is a Monty Weapons used by the Agri Musketeers in the Namibian Army.
"Your Majesty, this gun fires much faster than the matchlock guns we use." A follower reported that "this is probably the reason why those Montinas will cause us a lot of casualties."
"Probably like this," Louis XII said, raised his musket and aimed at an enemy position that was clearly impossible to hit in the distance, and then pulled the trigger.
"Slap ~"
The sound of the crisp machine snapping on the fire board was faintly heard, and the king slowly put down the musket that was not filled with gunpowder and projectiles.
"We have to make this weapon immediately," Louis XII said, looking at the enemy in the distance. He knew that the battle should not end soon. After all, the enemy's strength on the opposite side was no less than his own. .
What concerns Louis XII is when the Austrian army in Milan will come.
Maximian obviously cares too much about Milan, or he cares too much about his influence in Italy.
After snatching Milan back from the French, Maximian immediately could not wait to publicly announce the recognition of Ludovico as the Duke of Milan in Milan, and his purpose was obviously to expand his influence in the Rome area.
Milan, as the most important city in Northern Italy, must not allow the French to take it away from him.
Because of this, Maximian became more and more frustrated. He wanted to find a decisive battle in Louis XII. Especially after receiving the reinforcements of the 10,000 people, the emperor wanted to take the opportunity to thwart the French plan to invade Italy.
But the fear of Milan ’s possible fall and the fear of Varese ’s defeat made Maximian unable to move forward, even if he heard that the French and the Montina army had a fierce battle in the town of Tarot, he also worried The sparse military strength of Montina ’s army could not contain the French army at all, so that when he arrived on the battlefield, he was likely to be destroyed by the French army on the opportunity, and he did not make the decision to quickly enter the army and attack the French army before and after.
On the contrary, Maximian hopes to meet the Austrian army in Turin as soon as possible, and then attack the French army with an absolute advantage.
After finally knowing that the French suffered heavy casualties in the town of Tarot, and even had to use 10,000 talents to defeat the Montina, Maximian had not had time to recollect the regret. The French had already launched the Torino Olympics first. Offense.
"Defeat the Austrian army before 1500," Louis XII, who stood high, looked at the musket that was a generation ahead of his army, and his eyebrows were slightly narrowed. "The earl of Montina is to intervene again after the arrival of 1500." Lombardy? "
Mindful of the possibilities that may appear at any time ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Louis XII looked at the Naples who was standing not far away waiting to be summoned.
After a while, he signaled his entourage to bring Normezi over.
"Go tell Count Montina, I promise his condition."
On December 5, after being under siege for a full month, about 7,000 French troops led by Charlene surrendered to the Queen of Naples, the Queen of Regency, Queen Rosa Cosenza.
According to the armistice agreement signed by the two parties, the French army, after all artillery had been surrendered to the Naples army, embarked on the ship from the port of Naples on December 6.
Destination, Genoa.
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