Vol 7 Chapter 68: Barendi: Total war!

From Louis XII's point of view, the town of Taro Valley remained the same as before. When he saw the town at the foot of the mountain, Louis XII had the first battle with the Roman Thesia army, which was also called the Montina Army at that time. Illusion in front of eyes.
Despite the unexpected blockade in front of the defense line of Maggiolaska Mountain, the French army still quickly defeated the enemy by virtue of its huge strength advantage. After continuously destroying 4 defense lines built by the enemy on the terrain, The Roman Thesia army on Maggiolasca finally could not resist the powerful offensive of the French. Not only did they abandon the defense line of Maggiolasca, but even the town of Tarot Valley was directly thrown to the French, and then They retreated towards La Spezia.
This made Louis XII a little bit surprised. He originally thought that the enemy would continue to build a new line of defense in the Tarot Valley. If that was the case, he might have to spend more, but now it seems that the Roman Thesia army was scared by the French. They apparently retreated to La Spezia in an attempt to retreat from the sea by boat.
By this time, Louis XII had two options in front of him.
One was to hand Gomperti in Parma to Bowwicken to deal with it, while Louis XII himself led the army directly south, into Tuscany, and directly threatened Montina.
The other is to strike against Bowwicken first and foremost to annihilate Gompati ’s army, and then use the force of absolute superiority to press south to force the Principality of Rome Theseia to surrender to him.
It took Louis XII a short time to make a decision about this choice.
With Bowwicken nearly twice the strength of Gompati, it is clearly enough to be able to deal with the enemy in front of him. If he can invade the enemy's territory as soon as possible, Louis believes that only a little threat can force Roma Thesia to surrender.
He has an army of nearly 60,000 people. This is a powerful force that can make any European country fear, even the Ottoman Empire has to be cautious. Louis XII can't think of the courage of the Principality of Rome Theseia Against himself, even though the Duke of Rome Theseia seemed to have some surprising pioneering actions in the war, but in Louis XII's view, under the deterrence of his massive force several times that of the enemy, those pioneering actions would not What is too useful.
What's more, Louis XII is also confident in his skillful diplomatic skills. Although he heard that Caesar seems to be imprisoned on Elba, he believes that it was only Alexander VI who had to deal with his cheap son-in-law who controlled Rome As a last resort, as soon as the French arrive, he believes that there will be new changes in the Vatican.
So it only took a short time from outside the town to enter the town, Louis XII made a decision.
"Bowwicken has a total of 17,000 people, and his enemies seem to be less than half of him. I think if we go to help him at this time, maybe he will think that this is an insult to him. Duel."
The king's playful words caused a burst of laughter from the generals beside him, and he also understood the decision the king had made.
This makes those generals secretly excited. After all, it is clearer to eliminate an enemy army and become a force that forces the enemy country to surrender or even perish. In the face of such a good opportunity, no one wants to be a supporting role for others, but all want to be themselves. To play that protagonist.
Bowenken as the deputy commander of the expeditionary force is enough to make many people jealous of him, so it becomes natural for him to become the supporting role of this war of annihilation.
Some people even secretly thought that the king asked Bowwicken to deal with the Roman Thesia's Compati, so that he could not participate in this national annihilation battle. Is it because he did not want him to be too provocative.
The decision-making Louis XII immediately sent someone to convey the order to Bowwicken. As he said, Bowwicken had far more power than the enemy, so he did not worry about the threats behind his exposure to the enemy country. He believed that Bowwicken could not let this happen.
And he didn't think that the general Roman Thesia, who was said to have been quite eye-catching in the battle of Bucharest, would be so silly to wait to be encircled.
So now what he and Bowwicken have to do is invade into the Principality of Rome at the same time from two different directions.
Louis XII ’s guess was very accurate. When he heard that the Maggiolaska ’s defense was breached by the French, Gonzalo had no idea of ​​continuing to fight the enemy opposite. He knew that Louis XII would deal with himself first. Still approaching Tuscany means that he must retreat quickly.
So Gompati immediately retreated south with his army, trying to rebuild a new line of defense in the Principality before the French continued to penetrate at both ends.
"Ma'am, I know that it is very inappropriate to make a request at this time. After all, the French have threatened the mainland of the country, but the situation cannot help but ask me for assistance. We need soldiers, weapons and food. I think as long as we can resist The Count of Provence on the opposite side, at least in the north of the Principality, will not be directly threatened. Then I think that Aufrei can then concentrate on establishing a long and narrow area from the Tuscan coast to Montina. Resist the enemy's defense, so I ask you to send me reinforcements so that we can have enough time to delay the French attack and wait for the opportunity to counterattack. "
Letters of urgent help were sent out by messengers riding fast horses, and also brought all the hope of the northern army.
When Complementi's letter of help was delivered to Barendi, Barendi was meeting with the emissary from Venice again.
For this diplomat, who was originally the State Secretary of Venice, Barendi didn't really like that, because whenever she saw the Venetian, she couldn't help thinking of the time that Alexander and Sophia spent in Venice before.
She knew that the Venetian had obviously seen Sophia. Although he never mentioned it, but as long as she thought about the famous Venetian ’s fabulous interest and what she saw and said, she knew that this man was probably the same as complimenting her now. In front of the bohemian savage woman, there was no lack of flattery and diligence.
"The Duchess, none of us want to see Louis as the owner of this land, and we have the same idea in this regard," the diplomat said solemnly to Barendi, although the opposite was a woman , But the Venetian has never thought of seeing her as a child. This can only be felt from the willingness of her to be calm and conscientious to seriously consider his proposal. This woman ’s not simple "Your brother Constantine ’s escape from Milan is really Too bad and too stupid. Although this will definitely make you unhappy, we all know that his move has deeply hurt the Principality of Rome Theseia. At least now your Principality is facing the invasion of the French. "
Barenti listened silently, and the diplomat's words really made her angry, but not because he satirized Constantine, but because she knew that the person was using this to threaten her.
"We can send an army to support you, but in addition to giving up supporting your brother and returning to Milan to take power, there is a condition that you need to consider," the diplomat smiled slightly, knowing that it was just forcing Balendi to accept his proposal. A good opportunity for demanding conditions "We invite you to renounce the rule of Pavia and Monza in the name of your husband, and at the same time declare support for Venice's protection of these two cities."
"This is impossible?!"
Barendi refused almost without thinking, and she knew how important these two places were to Alexander.
Especially Monza, because of the iron crown, owning Monza is like the king of Lombardy!
It can even be said that it was precisely because of the occupation of Monza and the title of protector of the iron crown that Alexander was able to successfully become the duke of the Principality of Romagna-Tuscany. If Monza and the iron crown were abandoned, then not only Alexander The prestige of the country will be greatly affected, and even the existence of the entire principality will be shaken.
"I will not accept this condition, you can go back and tell your governor and the veterans of Venice, if they want to see the French appear on their borders, and they are willing to be neighbors with them from then on, they can not send a soldier The one-strike reinforcements, but I think they are also the last troubles. "
The diplomat listened calmly, while carefully observing the look on Barrondi's face. He did not know whether the Duchess, who had almost gone astray, was indeed determined to refuse to follow, or was bluffing about wanting to be the last rebellion, but Anyway, he felt that she would eventually have to succumb to accepting his terms.
Because as far as he knew, the French were coming this time, and even if the entire army of the Roman principality was sent to the front, they could not compete with the French in terms of strength.
Perhaps it should be more appropriate to "persuade" the Duchess when they have both suffered losses, at least when the losses are heavy.
This thought caused the diplomat to bow and salute with a smile immediately, and then he turned around and left without waiting for Balendi to agree without giving her the chance to stop.
Barendi looked at the back of the leaving diplomat with a somber look. Of course she knew what the person was thinking. But as soon as the person walked out of the door, she leaned back weakly in the chair.
With some trembling hands, he opened the drawer of the table in front of him. Gompati's letter of help appeared in front of him. Looking at the crumpled and dirty letters, Barendi could imagine how much mood Gompati was writing. Oops, now the French are constantly approaching the interior of Roma Thesia, but the Venetian at this time put forward conditions that she can't promise at all, which makes Balenti's heart like a big stone, always because of The unbearable tremendous oppression collapsed.
"Where is Aufrei, why hasn't he come yet?"
Balenti became agitated because of her bad mood. She knew that Alexander had trusted the army to Gumpati and O'Frei, but if they could n’t even do it now, then she would Completely desperate.
Do you really want to promise the Venetian conditions?
This thought was immediately thrown aside by Barenti just after passing through her mind. She knew that the Venetians only put forward this condition at this time, which shows that the importance attached to Monza and Pavia, which makes her even less able to agree.
Even after thinking about the importance of the Iron Crown, Barendi secretly made a decision. Even if he had to lead the Roman Thesia court in exile when necessary, he could never accept the blackmail by the Venetians.
"Madam, it seems that the captain is not in the castle."
A follower's answer made Barenti stunned slightly. She didn't know where Aufrei ran without organizing the army at this time. This made her secretly annoyed except for her accident, but she kept her face as far as possible Be calm, because she knows that if she panics, she may not be waiting for the French to call, and there will be a mess in the Principality.
"Aufrei, no matter what you are doing, I hope you are not doing stupid things."
Balenti prayed secretly in her heart, at this time she really couldn't bear more blows.
On a road that seemed fairly flat to the road, Alfred walked back and forth anxiously.
Pieces of smoke slowly floated in the air in the distance, and there was no moisture on the dry land. O'Fairy slightly licked his lips, pulled out a small pot from the leather bag on the belt, pulled out the plug and looked up to drink Take a bite of rum.
With a slightly sweet but slightly hot taste pouring into his throat, Aufrei's face showed a faint gloom.
Because only his own people were beside him, he didn't need to deliberately face his subordinates with a face that was young but deliberately majestic, and he didn't have to try to cover up his anxiety.
The situation in the north is a place where O'Lei has never been able to rest assured.
Although the Northern Legion of Gompati has an army of about 7,000 men, because of the need to defend a large area, his army is not enough. If at this time the enemy uses one army to contain Gompati, and the other The army took the opportunity to go south, so it would be a very bad situation to wait for the Principality of Rome Theseia.
Ofrei thought of this, he even performed a simple deduction on the map with a group of officers at the University of Florence in Bologna and Pavia, as Alexandria instructed, and the result was obviously very optimistic.
But even so, Aufrei, like Gompati, pinned his hopes on the alliance with Milan's Constantine. In their view, unless the French have the same attack on the border of Milan and Rome Thesia The size of the troops, otherwise any single attack on one side will inevitably be threatened by the other side.
But now, the worst situation has emerged, Constantine's escape makes the most worrying situation into reality.
O'Fairey raised his hip flask again and wanted to take a sip, but suddenly his hand came out slightly and immediately came out of the shade to stand in the middle of the road and looked carefully at the distance.
Then he simply asked someone to lead the horse, and could not wait to turn the horse over, stepping on the stirrup and standing on the back of the horse, looking out into the distance.
A shadow came slowly from the end of the road in the distance, looking at the moving team, Aufrei finally yelled "ha".
"Montina National Highway", this is the first road built under the command of Alexander by Machiavelli's Continental Development Company. The starting points of this road are Montina and Pisa.
When Alexander decided to spend a lot of money to build this road, even Barenti was somewhat difficult to understand. In private, she even thought that Alexander only had to build such a road for the convenience of being able to communicate with Lucrezia.
Machiavelli was obviously Alexander's confidant in this matter, or even if it was purely for the purpose of firmly grasping this right through this continent development plan, he still actively invested in it.
It was in this extraordinary enthusiasm that after more than half a year, the national highway was finally built, and with the smooth flow of this road, even those who were puzzled by such a waste of money, gradually understood Alexander's original intention.
This is a highway and a bridge between Pisa and the principalities of Rome Thesia. Now the bridge is sending an army from Pisa to Montina.
Nikolai Joe Mazzini rode afar and saw Aufrei standing in the middle of the road.
Although Aufrei did not follow the Alexandrian Expedition to the Balkans, this made the army, which was later collectively referred to as the Balkan Expeditionary Force, somewhat estranged from the commander-in-chief and chief of staff of the Roman Thesia Army, but no one doubted the staff Long position in the army of the Principality.
Mazzini jumped off right away, and he wore a not-so-chest breastplate. Compared with the knight armor wrapped in a layer of metal barrels, the standard armor of the Maximian armor is like this. The breastplate even looks a bit more pocket-sized.
"Sir, according to the order of the Duchess of Estelles, the pizza group was ordered to arrive." Mazzini reported to Aufrei aloud that this future master who would become a pioneer in modern statistical inventions in the future was from the Balkans After returning, he did not withdraw from the army. After the battle of Ferrara, he returned to Pisa and became the officer of the Pisa team who served as both Pisa and Roma Thesia.
"It's great." Although he knew that Mazzini's army would definitely come, it wasn't until this time that O'Frei really felt relieved.
"Adult, I may not bring you all the good news," Muccini said with a dignified expression when he looked at O'Fleui's smile. "A very bad thing happened. I must report this to the Duke. lady."
Seeing Macheney's look, Orfrey's heart jumped for no reason.
And the following Mazzini's report to Barendi also proved that the scourge is always a pair of old sayings.
"Caesar Pogia escaped from Elba ?!"
Listening to Mazzini's report ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Barenti fainted almost instantly.
"Yes, Caesar landed in the port of Pisa, but Mrs. Lucrezia only allowed his men to repair and replenish the supplies in Pisa, and then she drove Caesar out of Pisa City in the name of the Duchess of Estelles . "
"God, that stupid woman!" Balenti cursed angrily. "Don't she know what would happen if Caesar was returned to the Vatican, he would encourage the pope to openly oppose Alexander, and then organize an army and the French to We wage war! "
Balenti walked out of the table angrily, looking at the Principality officials who expressed their anxiety because of this news, she suddenly turned around and walked to the shelf where the crown was placed.
After carefully putting the Duchess' crown on his head, Barendi turned and said to the officials:
"Now I declare that, with the power given to me by the Duke to regent the principality of Romagna-Tuscany, I order the army of Roma Thesia to prepare for a full-scale war!"