Vol 6 Chapter 130: New Era

Contrary to Louis XII's desire to vigorously enable young people to try to change the decayed atmosphere of the French court, the Earl of Launcere in Brittany is an old man who is over half a year old.
In order to prevent Brittany from leaving France, Louis XII chose to divorce Jeanne, his cousin of France, and then married Anne, the wife of cousin Brittany, although this is a noble, but Brittany Nye did indeed become an important part of the Kingdom of France.
Louis XII chose Count Langserge to become the French wartime commander. Although this general has rich experience in war, it is more because this person is a prominent nobleman from Brittany, because some people have been in France Proclaiming that the king was preparing to seize the power of the nobility, this forced Louis XII to eliminate the bad rumors by reusing the principality of the Principality.
But this rumor obviously still frightened many people, especially those nobles in the country, who no longer actively provided soldiers, knights and food supplies to the king, and the idea of ​​keeping themselves safe began to make them look at Louis XII on the sidelines. Individual performance in Italy.
In fact, this rumor is not entirely directed against the current King of France. Some people say that from the beginning of Charles VIII and earlier Louis XI, this method of exploiting foreign countries to consume the power of the lord in order to achieve the weakening of the nobility has been carried out in secret. This made many nobles more suspicious of the kings ’stubborn intention to invade Italy.
The result was that the supplies that the French army was supposed to receive had been slowed down for various reasons. Louis XII eventually had to declare that he had launched an attack on the Austrians in the winter.
The reason why the French King was so impatient, in addition to the huge vacancies in reinforcements that he could not continue to consume with the Austrians, there is another reason is the scruples of the Montina.
The Montina army led by Gompati retired to La Spezia on the coast, but stayed on the spot, but these were just superficial actions. In fact, according to the report sent back, Louis XII But he knew that the Montina were mobilizing troops actively.
It is not very clear what the woman of the Rovere family, who had never held a wedding but had pretended to be the Countess of Montina, thought about the king, but because of this he had to consider under what circumstances the Montina would enter again. Lombardy.
Louis XII was able to understand the reason why Barendi did this. She was obviously worried that the war would affect the future Duchy of Romagna-Tuscany where the Gombré family had gradually formed, even if any army from the warring parties sent sporadic The soldiers entering their territory may attract other countries to take the opportunity to find an excuse to enter this land. The future unstable principality of the future may be involved in a long war without clues.
But understanding is one thing, but watching the Montina continue to add troops to La Spezia, Louis XII becomes anxious.
He will not forget that the armistice agreement between Alexander and him will only last until the last day of 1499, which means that if he does not want to give the Montina an excuse to intervene in Lombard affairs, he must at least use a favorable The battle forced Maximian to switch to a defensive position.
Therefore, after careful consideration, Louis XII decided to break the previous practice of the winter camp truce and launched an attack on the Austrians.
The French offensive was swift and sudden, which completely destroyed the practice of war for many centuries, and even when it was reported that the army moved to the northeast of Alexandria, it seemed that there was interception of continuous intelligence between the Austrian army and Milan. Mark Simian I did not believe it at first.
But the emperor soon discovered that he had made a mistake. Although the French army was not fast, it was indeed an unexpected move to launch an unexpected attack on the Austrian army that had entered the winter camp in the severe winter of heavy snow.
The Earl of Langserge had fought many wars, large and small, and he could not remember, from an ordinary noble knight to becoming a general of Brittany, and then to becoming a French commander. There is no doubt.
At the beginning of the battle plan, Louis XII wanted to force Alexandria in order to defeat the emperor. In the eyes of the French King, in addition to the headaches of the Swiss mercenaries, the Austrian army was actually vulnerable. .
But Count Langserge stubbornly rejected the king ’s suggestion. In the earl ’s view, launching a battle in winter is risky in itself, and it would be foolish to attack the enemy ’s winter camp at this time. After all, the winter camp It is different from ordinary temporary camps. A large amount of food and winter supplies are stored in the winter camp, and the winter camp is constructed more sturdy and comfortable. This is enough to allow the enemy to resist for a long time under favorable conditions. Cut off the enemy's supply line, so they don't have to worry about what may happen.
The Austrians can comfortably hide behind warm camps and sturdy fortifications, and the French army, who spends their time in the wild, consumes time. When the French can't stand it, they can wait to fight back.
Louis XII was not a stubborn person, at least on the battlefield he was very self-aware, so he quickly agreed to the suggestion of Count Langserge, after leaving 5,000 defenders, led about 40,000 French troops to the northeast of Alexandria The purpose of advancing is to cut off the connection between Alexandria and Milan.
A winter battle unfolded in the snow-covered land of Northern Italy.
"Winter camps and temporary camps are different ..."
It was a few days after Alexandria of Naples received the Lombard report, the rain had stopped, the weather was a bit cool but not sad, the most delightful thing was that after these days of busyness, the port of Naples was busy again .
"The winter camp is more like a long-term camp, because it can store a large amount of winter supplies, that is a temporary town, and during the truce of the winter camp, the two armies can even communicate with each other." When talking about these to Zuosha, Alexander With a slight smile, he didn't completely understand this wonderful war. In fact, even some centuries later, this seemingly inexplicable thing happened. During the temporary truce, the soldiers of both sides will temporarily put down your life and death. Hate and resentment live in peace. At that precious moment, it seems that everyone has forgotten the war, the cruelest human behavior in the world.
But now is clearly not the time for calligraphy feelings. Alexander looked down at Ruosha, who was staring at the command on the table in front of him, frowning frowningly. From this angle, Luosha's blonde hair spread out along her shoulders. , Completely blocking the skirt collar propped up by the towering mountains.
This made Alexander feel a little regretful, but he knew it was not time to pay attention to it. Obviously he needed to persuade Rusha because he was short of money again.
"So what do you want to do, pay for the French?" Zuo Sha frowned slightly and raised her head to glance at Alexander standing behind her. "Do you know how much money we need now? Just know that I just placed an order for 40 doors. Orders of artillery, these artillery are used to make up for the previous loss in Genoa, I hope to use them to strengthen the defense of Naples, and the other Jewish man named Joseph Buccini is negotiating with us about ordering warships , I think we need to strengthen our navy. "
"Dear sister, I think you are more and more like a queen," looking at Luo Sha's slightly more serious words, Alexander said half-jokingly and half-seriously, and then he gently tapped the top of his head with his chin. It attracted a little grumble from my sister. "But even then we still have to use the money to let the French live the day. We must know that we will face a real winter."
Alexander said that there was a deep reflection in his eyes. The 16th century is indeed the eve of the dawn. After a whole century of gestation, the subsequent world will enter a completely new era. A truly can be called a few An era of great changes not seen in a millennium.
But the 100 years of the 16th century were not completely full of sunshine. In addition to the countless killing and destruction caused by human beings, nature is also ruthless in this 100 years.
For a long time in the future, weather changes will completely affect the entire world. From the East to the West, the damage caused by the gradual bad weather during the Little Ice Age will increasingly affect all aspects. The most obvious change is one year. Not only does the winter become colder and longer, but the weather in the spring and autumn seasons will also be much colder than before. The result is that in many places there will be a large reduction in farmland production, and famine will become more and more frequent, which will lead to The unrest may even shake the roots of a country that seems powerful but can't help but look weak under this change in the natural environment.
This is the case in the East, and the same in the West. France will fall into domestic turmoil for a long time because of food shortages. Although this turmoil will not affect the rule of the French royal family, it will force Louis XII to be forced to stop. Adventure in Italy.
After two or three years, Louis XII will find that Italy is a quagmire that cannot be seen in the end, and then he will eventually choose to give up and continue to struggle in this abyss.
In a few years, the French will simply frown at the Ottomans, who were previously regarded as their natural enemies. By the time of Louis XII ’s good son-in-law, Francois I, these two countries would have been indestructible. I wore a pair of pants.
Alexander did not want to see this scene.
"Let the French match evenly with the Austrians in Lombardy to meet our purpose. Don't you forget that the French even invaded Pisa before, and that when the Compatti battled in Ferrara, the French also showed signs of intervention. , "Alexander explained to Zuosha patiently," So I must make sure that they all have something to do, even in the winter, do not idle, because the weather will become colder and colder in the future, if they all establish winter The battalion is not a good thing. It is in our interest to completely trap them in the war in the north, because I need them to be unable to escape from this war for a long time. "
Ruosha patiently listened to Alexander's words with her chin. Sometimes she frowned slightly confused, and sometimes she thought about Alexander's words in a sensible way. After a while, she kept her eyebrows open and asked, "You're real Do you think the French will continue to wage war in such a winter? "
Looking at Ruosha's somewhat disapproving expression, Alexander smiled and said nothing. He knew that although Ruosha had a nearly persistent trust in him, he also knew that Ruosha was smart and opinionated, so she would choose the least Unconditionally support yourself, but not so blindly as his creed.
In fact, this is somewhat troublesome for Alexander, because if you want to let Rusha fully support him, she must come up with a reason enough to convince her, and there are some things that Alexander can't understand.
The French in history will certainly not attack in the winter of this year. They will temporarily truce with the Austrians like any war in the past, and then wait for the bear-like slow swallowing in the spring of the next year. Swallow activity.
But the result is that the French will encounter an unexpected setback because they have delayed a whole winter.
This setback will cause a huge crisis for Louis XII, so that he will have to temporarily withdraw from Italy like his predecessor.
This setback came from an opponent that the French did not expect before-England.
The failure of the Hundred Years War caused England and France to complete a complete split, and England, which abandoned the broken link with France, began their own history, but this does not mean that they do not want to regain their influence on the European continent.
Charles VIII's invasion of Italy showed the British the opportunity to re-engage in European affairs, but before they responded, Charlie withdrew with frustration because of the defeat.
The subsequent invasion of Louis XII allowed the British to see the opportunity again.
The engagement of the Prince of Wales Arthur and Ferdinand's daughter, Catherine of Aragon, made Britain and Aragon an ally, but this is actually just a step for the British to try to return to Europe.
Alexander knew that the British would join the Holy Alliance, dominated by Aragon and Austria, in the summer of 1500.
Afterwards, Britain and Aragon relied on their powerful navies to impose a strict maritime blockade on French-occupied Genoa.
Alexander did not want to see the French suffer such setbacks, because that would give Ferdinand a chance to breathe ...
It was Alexander ’s purpose to hold Ferdinand firmly in northern Italy, so that he had no time to care for Naples.
Alexander could not tell Ruosha that he could accurately predict that the British would join the Holy Alliance, let alone the exact time when the British would send troops, but he could still find some reasons.
"We have provided a lot of money to the emperor, but we are not philanthropists, and any investment needs to be paid back. Since we must ensure that our investment can reap huge returns, then my dear sister, what do you think we should do Request a return? "
"That's why you want money? Give the French another amount of money?" Luo Sha asked strangely.
"A sum is enough for us to recover all the money invested," Alexander lowered his head and tapped on Rusha's smooth, shiny blonde hair, feeling Rusha's head seemed to be slightly stiff, and continued against the top of her head: " In fact, the ports in France that I value, Rotterdam has gradually been able to compete with Amsterdam, but it is not enough, we need more ports to serve us, the Mediterranean is still too small, like a bath compared to the Atlantic, but Compared to the wider world, even the Atlantic Ocean is so small, so we need ports, and the more the better, not just one Rotterdam. "
Ruosha listened quietly. She felt that she could understand the meaning of Alexander, just as he had told her the Free Trade Union. She quickly understood the key, which made Ruosha think that she understood her brother best. .
But when did Alexander start to discuss with Barenti about a lot of things, Ruosha thought about it, and thought that it should be from Genoa to declare war on Montina, while Barenti left her father and arrived in Mongolia alone. Tina started after.
Ruosha actually admired Barenti, a woman who was able to make a choice for happiness although she was rational, but somehow, even if she personally admits to agreeing to Barendi to become Alexander ’s wife, her heart would still be feeling bad.
"Are you going to let the French sell the port?" Although Shao frowned, she had already begun to estimate in her heart how much money should be paid to get the ports that Alexander said from the French.
"No, France and Rome are different. Even if we wrap Louis's army in gold, the nobles who own the port will not voluntarily give up the port ownership because of a king's order ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Alexander stood up and walked to the bookshelf to take a map out of the marked grid. This map looks rough, but it is already the most detailed map of France that Alexander can get. "The ports we need Many are not under the direct rule of Louis, and some do not even recognize his dominance, such as here. "
Alexander's finger tapped at a point on the map near the Atlantic coast.
"Trust me, this can be the starting point for us to infiltrate the tentacles of the Free Trade Association into France, and the geographical location here can allow France and Flanders lowlands to be connected together, and even extend Rotterdam's influence directly to Mainland France. "
Listening to Alexander's confident words, Ruosha's eyes could not help condensing on the inconspicuous coastal city. Looking at the marked city name, she looked up at Alexander slightly, and then asked in a puzzled tone: "Antwerp? "
"Yes, Antwerp, believe me, this place will make us rich."
Alexander said that he bowed his head and touched Russa's silky hair again, while the rest of his eyes fell on Antwerp's name on the map covered by Russ's fingers.
Antwerp, where the Portuguese will establish the largest spice supply on the coast of Western Europe.
But this is not the most important. What is important is that this is an important military port in the future in which the Spanish Invincible Fleet will stop Britain in the north.
So Alexander thought it was worth the money.
With this in mind, Alexander lowered his head and touched Ruosha's forehead, whispering in a dreamlike voice: "Dear sister, the new century is coming, believe me this belongs to our time."
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