Vol 7 Chapter 104: 3-corner battle (5) Battle of the Two Kings

A roar of quite fierce shelling was still rumbling in the ear. Although the attendants around him repeatedly dissuaded, Louis XII could not wait to come out of the bunker and stood up high to observe the enemy.
A sweaty artillery shouted and waved his hand, but the king did not seem to see it.
The artillery of this era is very dangerous. This danger is not only to the enemy but also to yourself. It is not uncommon for a battle to send its own people because the artillery explodes the bomb, so many people feel that the king is so close to the artillery position. Secretly worried.
However, Louis XII ca n’t take care of it so much now that he needs to attack the enemy violently, especially after seeing the figure of the pope army appearing in the direction of Siena. The King realized that there might not be much time left for him.
Skop ’s letter reads:
In order to maintain the security of the Pope ’s territory and the Vatican ’s supreme authority over the city of Siena, with the power given to me by the Cardinals, I request that the two armies withdraw from Siena before noon on the 15th Near the outskirts, otherwise the Pope ’s armed forces will regard this act as an offense to the Vatican and declare war on this justified ground. "
Skop obviously played a small trick here. He revealed the consciousness of declaring war to the French army, but did not clearly declare the goal of war. This seems to be fair, but in fact, just think about Alexander before The exile of VI and the old Rovere became the Vatican who are now all the biggest people, you can know who this enemy who declared war is implying.
So when the battle started, the French King launched a fierce offensive against the Naples army. Although it seemed a little hopeful to completely defeat the enemy before noon, Louis XII hoped that through successive attacks, it would first occupy a more favorable battlefield situation, so that it might be able to deter Skop made him afraid to act rashly.
This idea is very good. Under the advantage of the military, the French army advanced very smoothly. Although the Naples army launched a fierce resistance, the Naples army had to repeatedly Retreat backwards from the pre-built work.
There is a wide range of hills outside the city of Siena, which still has a certain advantage in defense. Louis XII has also realized that the reason why the Naples will retreat here is to use this terrain to resist, so he decided to spare At all costs, the Naples must be defeated before the Pope ’s army enters the war.
The French artillery fired unprecedented fierce fire, and even soon after Louis XII hid in the bunker, he heard a blast that was very different from the shot. It was the artillery bomb that detonated the nearby gunpowder.
The tremendous shock at that moment made the attendants around the king start to look pale. Although the king himself was not light, he still clenched his teeth and insisted, and he walked out and watched the bombardment at the end of the bombardment. After the result.
In the short period of stalemate between the two sides and Siena, the Naples army built a few simple fortifications on the terrain, and now many of these fortifications have been bombed to pieces, and the French are also rushing towards these gaps. Continuous attack.
Saw that Louis XII's heart was slightly lowered, and only then did he have time to stand aside, and looked at Louis De Bourbon, who looked disturbed.
"So do you still think that the Roman Thesia wanted to defeat me?"
Hearing the king's inquiry, Louis de Bourbon's earthy face showed a little hesitation, and then nodded firmly: "Your Majesty, I still insist on my point of view, even if you think I am Failure makes excuses, but trust me that the enemies we face are more powerful than we think. "
"I don't doubt your intentions," Louis XII lowered his voice slightly to the Duke of Bourbon. "I'm asking if you think we should prepare ourselves for a retreat at this time, to know that there is an excuse to stop the pope's army. To participate in the battle, I must defeat the Naples before me at noon, so I have to put all the troops into the battlefield, then I do n’t have too much force for you to deal with an enemy that may just be your conjecture. "
"But this majesty is by no means conjecture," the Duke of Bourbon argued fiercely. "If you can't draw me enough troops, I can go back and reorganize the troops I command now, but then I can't guarantee that I can stop Rome. The attack of the West Asian army. "
The Dharma King groaned slightly, and it seemed that the Duke of Bourbon returned suddenly and brought a possibility that the French army would be annihilated. This seems to be an incredible idea. Many generals think that this is just an excuse for Louis Bourbon to shirk his responsibility in order to cover up the unexpected failure. The King thought so in his heart, but out of his always cautious character, Louis XII did not want to veto his thoughts so rashly.
It was just the threat of the Pope that made him have to think carefully. This is more important than the reasons on the battlefield. He wants to avoid the conflict with the Vatican as much as possible.
It is ideal to force the Pope ’s army to remain neutral, otherwise they should not dare to act rashly, and direct military conflict with the Vatican is the most necessary result, because it may lead to France being further isolated in the Christian world.
In the end, Louis XII made a decision: "You can go back and make preparations, I will try to draw a batch of troops to support you, but you don't have too much hope. The most important thing for me now is to defeat the front. This incredible queen. "
Louis de Bourbon passed a trace of disappointment. Although he already knew that it might be the result, he still hoped that he would get enough support.
His soldiers were exhausted, and the loss of the weight and supplies was heavy. Many people were injured. More importantly, the morale was low. The unexpected bravery of the Roman Thesias made the French army frightened of them. The Duke of Bourbon did not I will forget to see those soldiers who abandoned their wounded companions and escaped their lives just because they heard that the enemy was chasing them. Even if they would be ridiculed afterwards, no one accused them of such bad behavior at that time.
"I will do my best to Your Majesty," Duke Bourbon grabbed the dirty hat on his head, took off the feathers that had been twisted together, and after a little hesitation, pulled a piece and handed it to the king. "But Your Majesty, I beg you, If I send someone to send you such a feather again, I hope you believe this is because the situation has reached a critical moment. For France and you and your army, I ask you to believe me once. "
Louis XII pondered the dirty feather slightly and looked at the back of the Duke Bourbon who turned and left after bowing. The gloomy expression of the Dharma King stopped silently and turned his back to look at the battlefield.
Another French offensive started. This time the Swiss mercenaries who rushed to the front played a huge role. These professional soldiers from the mountains were not affected by the hills. They were clever but in line. Crossed the obstacles and rushed towards the enemy not far in front.
The full fighting spirit and the sturdy mountain style are vividly displayed at this moment. Even in the face of the intensive oncoming rain, the Swiss barbarians quickly approached the enemy position while shouting the battle number.
The Napoleonic army was finally shaken, and many soldiers began to retreat involuntarily. The front line showed undulations. At this time, the rigorous training of the grenadier and the rich experience of the fierce battle with the Ottomans showed the preciousness. The role.
Even though the Swiss had rushed to a close place, facing the forest-like spears in their hands, the grenadiers stood still and stood still. When they heard the command to shoot, they calmly took up their weapons and aimed Every target that may be hit, then firing uniformly under the command, turning, retreating, and reloading.
All the movements are simple and mechanical. The loud gunshots and the pungent smell of gunpowder can also make young soldiers feel a little excited, while some veterans are calm, it seems that all this is just participating in the usual training, as for the opposite ones Many of the enemies who were shot down one after another did not even take a look.
"That Skop what he is waiting for," Omo said anxiously behind the position. He glanced at the queen from time to time, as if he was unsure of what he wanted to suggest, but in the end he finally said with determination. Your Majesty, I can go to the Pope ’s side and ask them to attack immediately. "
Ruosha glanced at Omo and saw the young military attendant's anxious look. Her light-colored eyebrows moved slightly and seemed to want to smile: "Don't you think this might be better, do you think Louis is to prevent the pope How many people will he mobilize to monitor their attack? "
"People?" Omo thought for a while and said indefinitely, "But even if your majesty, it is not better if the Pope ’s offensive is launched now, now our situation is not very good."
"It is true that if they attack now we will have less pressure, but Louis will run away."
Ruosha finally laughed, her innocent smile lighted up the attendants next to her. At this moment the majestic queen looked like a naive child, but her words made everyone's heart suddenly. shock!
It turns out that the Queen did not just want to defeat the enemy, he even wanted to completely destroy the French army commanded by the French King himself!
"This is a very rigorous plan, maybe you will not believe that someone could have arranged all this one year ago, and for this he even gave up the handy Milan."
Said when she was here, Ruosha's eyes were a little confused.
She remembered the incredible feeling when she heard that Alexander had given up on Milan, after all, it was a rich city where almost all the monarchs would not hesitate to meet each other.
As the center of Lombardy, Milan has an indisputable important position, but it is such a city that is piled up with wealth, but Alexander has not extended a finger to it from beginning to end, even if he has arrived in Pavia Even once occupied Monza, but in the end he stopped in Milan.
At the time, including Ruosha himself, many people could not understand Alexander ’s decision. After all, occupying Milan meant having a significant impact on the Lombardy region, and his abandonment of Milan can only be understood as his own. No confidence in strength.
Zuosha certainly did not believe that Alexander did not have that guts. For this reason, she once wrote a secret letter to Alexander to express her full support for him if she wanted to get Lombardy. For this, she even promised that Naples could send troops to support it if needed.
But Alexander rejected her.
"This will be a very hard battle," Zuo Sha put down her memories and said to the officers, "We are in the hinterland of Rome Theseil, and now the French have gone deep into here, all around them are enemies, the only thing we have to do It ’s just that the French ca n’t escape because they get too deep in the end. "
Along with Ruosha's falling voice, several sharp whistling sounds came from far and near, and the attendants immediately hurriedly guarded the queen to hide behind the bunker, and the dull roar and shells came from the front position. The scream of the unfortunate soldier who was hit.
"His Majesty, the French started to attack again! You should probably retreat to the back!" An officer shouted loudly.
"Oh, I'm standing far enough back," Ruosha stood up and motioned to the waitress to sort out some messy attire for her. Looking at the waitress's pale face and trembling, Ruosha was very serious. Comforted her that the shells were far away from them, and there was no threat at all, then she said to the officers, "Please do n’t forget that I am your monarch, since Louis can stand opposite, then I must also stand In my position, if you do n’t want me to be in danger, do your duty. "
Fierce shelling, uninterrupted volleys and brutal spears and cold weapons of swords fighting, the battle that started from dawn on July 15th gradually entered a white heat, although he had to separate troops to monitor Siena because of fear of the Pope ’s intervention. The direction of the city, but the French army still relies on the great advantage of the Naples army in terms of strength, and gradually took the initiative after paying a huge price.
The sun has slowly moved towards the middle of the head, which has gradually anxious the Fawang who originally hoped to develop his advantages through steady and steady development.
The frequent activities of the Pope's army in Siena City made him unable to ignore. Although he believed that even if the Pope's army joined the battlefield, as long as the blocking army could successfully stop the enemy in Siena's direction, he could win, but Louis knew that if he did, even if he achieved After the victory of this battle, then he is likely to fall into the dilemma of all enemies.
Louis XII can even imagine that this is probably the situation the Vatican wants to see, and he can take the opportunity to drive him out of Italy without taking the initiative to be against him, so because of this, when he received Louis de Bo When there was another feather stained with blood on the side, after hesitating for a while, the French King categorically rejected the request of the Duke of Bourbon.
"It's the key to defeat this Zuosha Kosenza Astamala now," Louis XII gave orders to the generals who were also aware of the situation. "I want to say that your eyes only look at The present enemy, and what I see is the enemy in the future. If I ca n’t defeat the woman opposite, we will not only add a Vatican to our list of enemies, and maybe even Aragon, not that Naples is also the Kingdom of Sicily. "
The king ’s words left the generals puzzled, but at this time the king had no time to explain to them about the battlefield. After a short hesitation, he ordered an additional 1,000 troops from Siena City. Into the battlefield, in order to deter the pope, he ordered the remaining French army to approach Siena.
A man and Ma's gasping messenger broke into the yard. If it was not for him to wave his strange flag in his hand to prove his identity, he might have been shot before he rushed into the city.
There are not many people who know this flag, but it is because of this that the identity of the person will not be doubted. When he saw the cavalry who broke into the yard, Kurash first snatched the flag from his hand and took a closer look. After confirming that this was indeed a sign of his hometown, Kurash dragged the person from the horse and poured a scoop of cold water on his head.
"Attack, the attack has started!" The person just shouted and grabbed the kettle and poured it into his mouth. Even if Kurash kicked his thigh, he was still twitching. After drinking enough, he finally relieved his breath. "Sir Gompati's attack has started. Now he is beating the Louis de Bourbon. I want you to tell you to fight."
After hearing the news, Skop looked up at the top of his head, and the dazzling sunlight shining on his face made him unable to open his eyes.
"When is it now?" Skop asked the person next to him.
"Adult before midday." The entourage, who knew what Skop was about to ask, whispered.
An officer rushed in, his look looked strange, excited and nervous with a little overwhelmed: "French army, French army is approaching us!"
"What happened?" Kurash asked immediately.
"We noticed that the French army seemed to be mobilizing, and then they began to approach us," the officer hurriedly replied, "Adult, what do you think they are doing?"
Skop and Kurash looked at each other, and they both said, "Louis can't hold his breath!"
At this time, the French army, which should have tried to avoid friction with the Pope, tried to actively provoke it. This was very abnormal, and then think about the news brought by this messenger sent by Gompati. The answer lies in both. People are ready to speak out.
"What should we do, sir?" The officer asked nervously, "Are we holding on to the spot or retreating a little?"
"Retreat?" Skop asked back, and then suddenly said aloud under the watch of the surrounding people, "between the hostile attitude of the French army towards us, I announced the immediate abolition of the interim agreement with the French king. From now on we will Formally engage the French army! "
Skop's words made the officers stunned, and then the surroundings were in a state of hesitation.
"Tearing off such a treaty will make your reputation worse," Kurash shook his head. Of course, he was not worried about Skop, but he was surprised that the person had breached the contract so easily. "Or do you think Is this price worth it? "
"Someone once told me that the price to be paid for breaching the promise is only to see if it is worth the gain. If it is worth noting, it is not a shortcut to success." Skop smiled. "Now to me This is obviously worth it. "
"Can you tell me who said this to you? I hope this life will not meet him." Kurash frowned.
"His name is Nicolo, Nicolo Machiavelli." Skop turned and answered before turning his horse.
A French squad of more than a dozen men passed through a bush, and a soldier grabbed a red fruit from a barbed tree branch and bite hard. The sour taste made him tremble. If I wanted to throw away the fruit, I thought about it and stuffed it in my mouth again. It was an acid that stimulated his taste buds, but this time it was slightly better.
"Shoot ~"
The loud noise of the breaking wind greeted us.
The sharp arrow pierced the soldier's hand with two bites of fruit from the cracks of his fingers, drilled through the chewed pulp, poked into his throat, and drilled from a string of blood behind the neck.
The soldier immediately fell on his back, and blood and crumbs were sprayed out of his mouth. He could no longer hear the panic of the companions around him, nor could he feel the cavalry caused by the sudden rush The ground shook ~ EbookFREE.me ~ When the horseshoe that was hit hard stepped on the mud beside him, the soldier's eyes were staring straight at the sky and his body slowly stiffened.
The commotion in front aroused the vigilance of the French army. A horn rang one after another between the ranks, looking at the enemies holding the pope's banner coming in their own direction. How to deal with sudden changes.
However, this rush was only temporary. With the loud screams of the officers, the French soldiers woke up. When the cavalry in armor rushed away from the side like an enemy, there was a sudden cheer in the French army.
And these French cavalrymen were swiss mercenaries armed with spears. These men were elite troops that Skop spent a lot of money through the trade union.
Like the frontal battlefields of the French and the Neapolitans, the battle between the Pope and the French had been incredibly fierce from the beginning, and the strong fighting will shown by Skop made even the people around him feel big. accident.
No one knows why he behaved so fiercely, which is very different from his previous wish to maintain a subtle spectator attitude between French and Naples.
Only Skop himself knows, just as this war is of utmost importance to the Roman principality of Alexandria in Alexandria. For Skop, this is also the key battle for whether he can successfully become the Duke of Palma in the future.
Either sink together or be brilliant together!
The Pope's army commanded by Skop launched an attack on the French army in a nearly crazy way.