Vol 7 Chapter 78: The Great War (Part 2)

Le Havre, a city on the Atlantic coast of France.
This is a place located on the east bank of the La Manche Strait. Not long ago, many people did not know about the existence of this small coastal town. However, since the last two years, it has not only become lively, but also because of the wealthy rich man A bay that bends inward like a hook has fallen heavily, and it is gradually becoming the most promising harbour city on the west coast of France.
Like the famous city of Caen, Le Havre is across the sea from the UK across the sea, so in ancient times it was one of the important coastal fortresses of the French against the British invasion. Here you can see the establishment along the coastline. A long list of beacon towers. During the Hundred Years' War, the French once lit the bonfires on these beacon towers to warn the British invasion. Nowadays, although most of these beacon towers have gradually been abandoned, they are still somewhat preserved.
The two soldiers wearing loose and half-hull armours yawned out of the beacon. Neither of them wore a helmet. The weapons were simply put in the house without being taken out. After all, the war with the British has passed for too long. After driving the British out of Calais from France 43 years ago, the land of France has never encountered threats from the other side.
So this day is no different for these soldiers stationed at the beacon.
Stretching again, a French soldier looked at the distant sea with his forehead rubbing a little.
Then he suddenly froze.
A large ship is slowly showing its head from behind a promontory that protrudes into the sea. The already half-falling sail and the front spinnaker swelled by the sea breeze set off the ship. The ship gradually showed its whole body from the back of the cape, and the two layers of porthole covers on the ship's side were clearly open, and then the soldier was horrified to see that a door artillery was being opened from those. The portholes are pushed out in order, and the dark muzzle is facing their direction!
"Enemy ~"
The soldier shouted in horror. His voice just fell, accompanied by a thunderous roar from the sea, and then a roar of sound swarmed towards the beacon!
"Bang bang"
A huge continuous explosion sounded on the coast in an instant. A burst of smoke pillars accompanied by the splattered mud emptied into the air. The soldier even felt the tingling heat of his scalp when a shell passed over his head. He only felt that the ground beneath his feet could not be shaken. There was even the illusion that this rather steep might be torn apart at any time and slip down the coast.
The French yelled in horror. In the great danger of blasting a crater around him or being plowed into a deep ditch by a terrible iron ball, he ran away regardless of turning around, completely unable to see the shadow Companions.
The soldier kept running towards the heights, and finally fell to the ground until he finally couldn't move. At this time, the terrible shelling finally stopped.
The French climbed up dumbly and looked down. He saw the coast that was blown up in an instant, and the front one looked and was hit by the beacon, and the other was not far away. A companion running over with a crawl.
After bombing for a long time, nothing was exploded?
The soldier stared at the sea boat still slightly smoky, and for a moment his mind couldn't turn away.
And the ship didn't seem to intend to continue firing, they began to slowly turn, cruising towards the deep sea area.
The French soldier suddenly screamed as he watched the flag flying on the tall ship's stern at the back of the ship, "British! The British are calling! Go and report!"
In Le Havre, a businessman is smiling and counting the gold coins in his purse. Le Havre has been in a good climate for the past 2 years. I heard that this is entirely because the Portuguese discovered a new route to the East. Many pepper ships from the East will stop at the port of Portugal for a while, and then there will be several ships going north along the coast. They will unload at Le Havre, and gradually Le Havre has become the largest pepper distribution center in France.
This soon made Le Havre rich and people in the city could clearly feel that the days are getting better day by day. Those arrogant Paris businessmen are now politely talking with locals on the street, only Hope to find some way to buy more pepper.
This makes Le Havre very proud. They feel that as long as they have a good relationship with the Portuguese, Le Havre can continue to thrive, so Le Havre can also be said to be the strongest call for troops to intervene in the Iberian Peninsula Area.
The businessman flipped his money bag and was about to stuff it into his pocket. A rapid horseshoe suddenly rushed across from the opposite side, before he looked up to see clearly, a figure had passed him, and the speed brought this person a fast Staggering, the purse in his hand fell to the ground, and the Ladia gold coins in it immediately rolled over the floor.
The businessman yelled and immediately squatted down to pick up the gold coins in a hurry, and at the same time he kept screaming in the mouth. When he and a guy who wanted to secretly pick up a gold coin and ran away to compete for the last Ladia, far away The sudden ringing of the bells made them stop and looked towards Le Havre City Hall in the distance.
Soon, news of the British attacking the coastal beacon near Le Havre spread throughout the city.
In an instant, Le Havre boiled.
Although the Hundred Years War has passed half a century, the 116 years of unrest have become the pain and shadow that the French have never been able to erase. Now the British are actually taking advantage of the French king ’s expedition to foreign countries to bombard the French coast. Le Havre caused a strong reaction.
What worries the Le Havre more is whether the British will invade next. After all, Le Havre and Portsmouth in the UK are only separated by a not-so-wide strait. 'S plan to invade France, probably waiting for reinforcements from other places to arrive, Le Havre city has already fallen.
These speculations caused panic among the people of the city, and Le Havre city officials sent people to report to Paris immediately, while ordering to strengthen the city's defense, if necessary, the port was blocked, ready to respond to the British invasion.
There was a tense atmosphere in Le Havre for a while.
Just at this moment when the whole city was uneasy, another accident made Le Havre completely panicked.
On the second day after the shelling incident, a person hurried into Le Havre, who claimed to be the agent of the big businessman Grogening, who had invested heavily in Le Havre, issued a After Groningen personally signed the power of attorney and the ring bearing his family ’s badge, the person announced that Groningen would withdraw all investments in Le Havre, and he specifically offered to pay the dividends that he deserved. At that time, all Ladia coins should be exchanged for Florin.
The news surprised the officials of Le Havre City Hall. After speaking the best words and bribing the agent, these officials heard an insider who surprised them.
It is said that in Italy, the French King Louis XII has formed an alliance with the Pope, and they are facing an anti-French alliance composed of a total of 7 countries and city-states, and the Pope ’s move has obviously angered the Roman Thesia and the The Naples-based Free Trade Union, under the call of the Queen of Naples, the Trade Union has publicly announced that it will completely block any trade with the Vatican and France, which has even been not harmonious with Naples for historical reasons. Of Sicily have agreed to sign the so-called largest trade blockade in European history.
"My employer is a major member of the trade union, believe me, and immediately replace all your Radia with Florin, you know that soon from the Netherlands to Venice, everyone will refuse to return with the French. There is a business in the Vatican, and because Radia is issued by the Holy See, but you think a blocked Holy See, how much strength do they have to guarantee the value of Radia, not to mention that in order to build an army for his son, Alexander VI has used the vault of the Holy See, and now the British have mixed in again. It seems that this situation is really not good. "
The drunken businessman finished talking to the Le Havre officials who accompanied him, and then he compared with the smoked fish in front of him, not paying attention to the ugly expression on the faces of the officials around him.
The words of this person quickly reached the City Hall, and those officials who had previously thought of it as an opportunity when investing in Le Havre at the Grogening began to be upset. They knew that if it was not the case, that Groningen It is impossible to lose a large sum of money but also to recover the capital, not to mention the current status of Ladia, but he deliberately made it completely convertible to Florin, all of which can only explain one thing. Issuing Ladi The Holy See of Asia Gold Coin may really be in big trouble this time!
The officials could not help getting nervous. They began to order people to exchange the Ladia gold coins into Florin, and once the officials started to do so, the wind immediately leaked out unstoppable.
The merchants first, then the wealthy families, and then the hawkers who could not earn a few Ladia gold coins a year later also became busy.
The Florin in Le Havre suddenly became tight. When people found that there were fewer and fewer Florin on the market, an inevitable thing finally happened!
Ladia gold coins began to depreciate!
Even if they have the same quality and weight, in order to get rid of it as soon as possible, some people started to change Ladia to Florin in a 1.5: 1 way, and as soon as the mouth opened, an unstoppable storm was like from The demons released in Hell quickly spread from Le Havre to the rest of France!
In late May, the hot weather gradually began to appear a bit damp with the monsoon blowing from the Mediterranean Sea. On the north bank of the Arno River, a group of French soldiers were and bathing in the river.
After taking Pesha, Louis XII did not continue to march, but had to stop advancing.
The troops of Venice and Ferrara are now advancing toward the French from the northeast. According to the latest information, the Austrians have sent troops from Austria again. Their direction is obviously Milan.
This made Louis XII suddenly have some kind of bad hunch.
He is worried that if he continues to go deeper, he may be cut off. If that is the case, unless he can wipe out all the enemies before the Austrians arrive, the best choice now is not to stay away from Genoa Asia Pacific. in.
At this time, for Louis XII, Caesar's importance was reflected.
If Caesar can go against him and meet at the center of Romagna, then with the strength of both of them and the area under their control, it is enough to be able to fight against any enemy, and maybe even take the opportunity to force Caesar to persecute the Roman dormant who has been hiding The West Asian army accepted the decisive battle, thus defeating this slippery enemy completely once and for all.
When Louis XII arrived, he already knew that the Gombré was not in Rome Thesia, which made him somewhat relieved. Although Gombré did have some generals, Louis XII believed that a coalition without joint command was actually better. Deal with.
As for the Naples army led by Rosa, Louis XII did not take her seriously. After all, the Naples army defending Pisa now has to hide in the city because of the previous mistakes and cannot carry out operations. With only about 3,000 people missing, Louis XII believed that Caesar, who seemed to be full of confidence after the retreat, could deal with it.
So he decided to temporarily stop the army on the north bank of the Arno River, and at the same time wrote to Caesar again, telling him "It's time to prove your courage to everyone again."
Caesar's answer to the letter of Louis XII was that he decided to accept the proposal of Louis XII. He first decided to defeat the Naples army, and then immediately went north to meet with Louis XII in the hinterland of Romagna.
After nearly half a month of recuperation, Caesar once again saw hope. Although the unexpected movement of the Naples army to bring food supplies by sea and in time surprised him, it can be seen that not only has the previous quantity been restored, but also the performance of the army. Compared to the Pope's army, which was very different from before, Caesar felt it was time to see the chapter with the Naples again.
On May 26, the Pope began to move outside Rome.
To Caesar's surprise, the Neapolitans abandoned their camps on Rocca di Pas and built their camps closer to the coast. Caesar knew that this should be to make it easier to obtain supplies from the sea. It made Caesar quite envious of the powerful sea transportation of the Naples.
As for the actions of the Pope ’s army, Ruosha has been closely watching. In fact, she is clear about the actions of the Pope ’s army. Sometimes even Caesar does n’t know what happened in the army, but the information has been sent to the ruin. Sha's hand.
So when the Pope built their field camp in the town of Marno, 6 miles away from Rome, Zuosha understood Caesar's intentions with only a little thought.
"Caesar was smart this time," Ruosha was a little surprised. She looked at the generals in front of her and made a helpless gesture. "He seems to want to force us to the beach a little bit."
"Your Majesty, we are too close to the coast, which may deprive us of the opportunity to move," a general said worryingly. "Maybe we should retreat south now, at least not with our backs facing the coast."
"Then, Caesar will always force us to retreat, and then he may go north quickly after forcing us back. To know that the situation in Romagna is not optimistic, Louis may attack Florence at any time. If that happens, Roma Thesia The army ca n’t wait until the reinforcements arrive and must send troops to fight the French.

"But your majesty, the French can do the same now, so even if we rush, we may be too late."
Another officer said with some anxiety that he did not understand why the original wise queen would be so stubborn when it comes to the Duke of Rome Thesia, even if he puts himself in danger, although the Queen ’s brother and sister are well recognized, but When it comes to the destiny of the country, this impulsive performance because of emotional use is very worrying.
"No, Louis wouldn't attack at this time," Ruosha said in an unquestionable tone. "Without Caesar's meeting from the south, Louis XII would not take the risk of going deep into Romagna, because if that could not be quickly captured, then In Florence, he is in danger of getting caught in the quagmire of the Principality of Rome Thesia, unless Caesar has opened a path for him from the south, so that even if his offensive is frustrated, he can continue south and even occupy Rome again. "
"Your Majesty, after all, this is just your guess, in case the French attack in advance ..."
"No, Louis will wait for Caesar to make a passage for him from the south," Ruosha's voice increased. She glanced at the generals and suddenly smiled at them "because this is what my brother said."
Hearing the Queen's words, the Florence officers couldn't help but look at each other in amazement.
In the early morning of May 27, the weather was very good. The wind from the sea smelled a little bit salty. The Naples army entering the position was a little unstable preparing for the war.
The first Grenadier Company was arranged to the center of the position this time. There was a vineyard and a low stone wall along the undulating terrain extending from northwest to southeast.
The right end of the low wall is defended by a Taranto sword shield of about 400 people, these troops are personally commanded by Elliot, the son of Earl of Hossen, and the left side is by Cosen The spear guards guarded ~ EbookFREE.me ~ The vineyard is still blue, and several grenadiers who picked off the hard grape grapes and stuffed them into their mouths were immediately stimulated by the sour taste. mouth.
"That Caesar is still unwilling," a soldier spit out the grapes in his mouth, and carefully inspected the flint set on the musket. After confirming that it was really tight, he said to the companion next to him. How about it?
"I want to bet with you, but I think so too," the companion picked the helmet, and then shouted to an officer standing not far away from the wall and looking out into the distance, "Did you see anything, captain?"
The officer did not answer, but kept staring at the distance carefully. After a while, he suddenly grabbed the whistle hanging on his chest, and struck out the harsh, sharp sound with his full strength. Then he jumped off the wall and shouted: "Come , The Pope's Army is coming! "
On May 27, Caesar's reorganized pope army of about 3,700 people again launched an attack on the Naples army.
It was also on the same day that the news that the Ladia gold coin was being run crazy, finally reached Rome.