Conquer the Dawn of Heaven

Louis XII is a person who knows the opportunity well and does not hesitate to start, so as to seize the greatest benefit.

In the country, from the beginning of his enthronement, he began to accumulate power in the name of following the first kingdom policy. In the name of re-collecting Italy, he quickly gathered many nobles who were loyal or unfaithful, voluntary or unwilling to his castle in the Loire Valley. In the court, Paris at this time was still a big scented pit, a city full of human and livestock feces, it was not convenient to gather so many nobles and knights, otherwise it would only make the city even more smelly. smell.

The beautiful scenery of the Loire Valley and the remote castles seem to be suitable for gathering such a large group of people to discuss major events. The most important thing is that from here, you can quickly get the support of the Orleans territory that is fully loyal to him.

The result of the discussion was to invade Italy again in the last year of the end of the 15th century, while Louis XII also inquired about the current embarrassing situation of Maximian through various means.

The fiasco in Switzerland, the retreat from the supporters behind it, and it is said that Venice has clearly expressed its dissatisfaction with the emperor's frequent intervention in Italian affairs.

In view of this and so on, Louis XII believed that this was probably the best opportunity to solve the Italian problem precisely because of this, when Varese came to hear that the Austrian army first launched an offensive and quickly occupied Lake Como After the position, Louis XII did not hurry to face the battle, but while ordering the Count Provence de Bowenken to return to Turin to monitor the movement of the main forces of the Austrian army, he ordered the whole army to launch in the direction of Varese Violent attack.

For a while, the two armies began to chase after me like two snakes trying to bite each other's tail.

For the first launch of Emperor Maximilian, the prince was not surprised. When he heard about the financial difficulties of the emperor, the prince had already guessed that his fear of a long confrontation might make his situation worse. Maxi Mian should be destined to attack soon.

So Louis XII decided to scare Maximilian away with a complete decisive battle.

He knew that under the current situation, Maximian could not bear huge losses, even if the loss after a victory was too heavy, it would not be able to bear the debt-ridden emperor now, just as the Venetians defeated The French army commanded by Charlie, but Nicolo Piti Liunuo, the commander of Venice, was also severely reprimanded by the Venice ruling regime for his heavy loss of the army. In fact, the Venetians only lost Fewer than 1,000 people, and most of them escape because of cowardice.

So much loss can Maximian bear. Under the embarrassing situation that the big money master Fugel ’s family can no longer afford to pay for his greedy ambitions, what kind of casualties and costs can the Austrian Duke accept? The army had a head-to-head battle?

Louis XII accurately grasped Maximian's mind, so his decisive posture was determined and unreserved, and he did not just pretend but actually put all his strength into During the attack on Varese.

The purpose of this is obvious. Louis XII, holding the risk of being cut off from the back by the Austrian rather than the Austrian, would also force Maximian to fight him.

Although this bold and almost crazy plan was opposed by many generals, Louis XII insisted on his opinion this time.

In Louis XII ’s view, although the reasons for his generals ’opposition were correct, they obviously only focused their attention on the battlefield, and for the French King, the reason he would make this bold decision was to see Various favorable factors outside the battlefield.

It is unclear how long Maximian can persist, but the emperor is at a disadvantage in terms of strength, but he is eager to launch an offensive before the arrival of reinforcements. Louis XII accurately judges the bad situation he is facing.

Louis firmly believes that Maximian is bluffing, just like his, the emperor also put on a posture with a broken fish net, but his armor that looks like a fierce giant is actually a scarecrow that will fall apart with a slight push , Then let yourself strip off the emperor's final disguise, and then fled him back to Vienna.

In mid-September, after mutual temptations, provocations, and small-group forces fighting and fighting, in Aosta, not far from the south shore of Lake Como, a large-scale battle took place between the two armies. Later, as the troops of both sides kept increasing their aid, the French and Austrian armies, which had always maintained a tacit understanding of confrontation, finally launched a decisive battle in Ostato.

The French army is about 30,000, while the Austrian army is about 18,000.

Early morning on September 14.

In the early morning when it was already slightly cold, a faint haze floated on the outskirts of Ostato. With the looming sound of drums, a team of both parties gradually entered the battlefield.

Louis XII wore bright and gorgeous armor. What is interesting to say is that his style of armor is still the famous Maximian armor designed by the enemy opposite him, the Grand Duke of Austria and the Holy Roman Emperor, almost completely covering the whole body. It is not as bloated as the old armor. The armor provides enough protection for the wearer, but what really makes the French king worry about his safety is that his 30,000 troops and the nearly 100 people who are nearby are armed to the teeth. Knight.

Although the French knight masters were ravaged by British longbowmen during the Battle of Crecy, the mighty French knight is still terrible.

When launched as a moving fortress like a rolling fortress, the French army of knights is still a nightmare for all enemies on the European continent, especially in the flat northern Italy, the powerful knight assault group is a symbol of death and fear.

However, Louis XII did not intend to use these precious knights around him. He believed that he did not even need to launch a full-scale offensive. As long as the battle lasted for a long time, Maximian, who was originally inferior in military strength, would not be stubborn to insist The old books are all hard to fight.

There was not much suspense at the beginning of the battle. The two sides used the infantry to attack the opponent ’s position from different parts of the frontline. The reason for this was actually to hope to contain or attract the enemy ’s main force in this way. Look for opportunities.

Although Louis XII believed that the enemy would fail, he did not despise his opponent, so he transferred the specific command from the beginning of the battle to his trusted generals. As far as the military is concerned, Louis never He thinks he is better at commanding operations than his predecessor, so he will not arrogantly think that he can surely win the enemy by relying on more troops than his opponents.

The French king, who was not fooled by blind confidence, quickly paid off. Under the unfavorable situation that the military strength was obviously inferior to the enemy, the Austrian army finally showed signs of shaking at 3 pm. It is clear that although the Austrian generals are indeed brave and warlike Good at commanding, but the disparity in strength still gives the French an advantage.

However, this was enough to make Louis XII a bit surprised. He did not expect that Maximian could still bite his teeth to withstand such a large loss and still refuse to admit defeat and withdraw from the battlefield. This made Louis unable to help himself. Give some tips to the generals to slow down the offensive while ensuring the victory situation, and then lure the Austrians to launch a counterattack against themselves, so that the entire battlefield can be kept as a terrible bloodletter. Bleed the Austrians.

However, Louis did not give this order in the end. It was not that he suddenly became merciful, but his men reported to him that the camp of the Grand Duke of Austria seemed to be moving.

Louis was excited at once, and it was clear that Maximian finally could not bear the terrible loss and was ready to retreat.

Louis XII immediately ordered an attack. He hoped that the Austrians would be completely ousted from the battlefield of Ostato. It would be better to rush to Varese next, and then rush back directly to the Austrian territory.

The drums of the French army rumbling, accompanied by the sound of artillery fire from time to time, the situation on the entire battlefield was rapidly developing in favor of the French.

Louis XII did not think about capturing Maximian, nor did he want to kill him on the battlefield, which would cause a lot of trouble.

He only hoped that the emperor could honestly hide back to his court in Vienna to lick the wound, as for the next **** at the negotiating table, it would probably be a long time later.

Since he had nothing to do with himself, and it was impossible to really capture or kill his opponent, Louis XII felt that he had nothing to do with himself at this time.

So he officially handed over the command to his battalion chief, let him command the army nominally as an agent, and he himself was ready to return to Milan to wait for good news.

The King ’s Guard is ready. They are a group of elite Swiss mountain army. These Swiss mercenaries, although they are somewhat expensive, are absolutely good value for money. They have proved their bravery and bravery on a French battlefield a long time ago. Reliable professional ethics, and the recent record of directly defeating the emperor's disgrace in the Swiss mainland made Louis XII treat these Swiss mercenaries as treasures.

The happy Louis XII smiled and greeted the captain of the Swiss Guard who saluted him far, and then he turned the warhorse carefully with the help of three horsemen.

"Hopefully I won't have to wear armor on the battlefield anymore." The king casually said to a courtier serving next to him. "A good king doesn't necessarily have to prove himself with the martial arts on the battlefield. Sometimes the decisions in the court can affect one The well-being of all people in the country. "

The courtier's customary compliments applauded the king's wisdom. Of course he did not know that it was this kind of thinking that gave Louis the title of "Father of the People" more than twelve years later.

Although it is a plain from Ostato to Milan, the road is not very easy to go, especially in this era of inaccessibility, it is more difficult.

Fortunately, however, the road was not smooth, and King Louis XII of France did not become a captive of the Austrians.

In mid-September, just as Louis XII and Emperor Maximilian fought in Ostato, Count de Bowwicken of Provence was instructed to lead about 8,000 French troops to march in Turin. His mission was Monitor the main force of the Austrian army and prevent them from adding reinforcements in the direction of Varese.

Not many Austrian troops were originally sent to Varese. The main force of the Austrian army occupying Turin once reached nearly 29,000, just because the emperor went to Varese and took about 12,000 people. The main force of the Lingao Army is actually only about 17,000 remaining.

From 8000 to 17000, De Bowenken may not have the ability to compete against it, but it is enough to monitor harassment.

De Bowwicken did indeed faithfully fulfill the king ’s order. He did not rashly provoke Turin ’s Austrian army. Whether it is the number of troops or Turin ’s fortifications, he was cleverly aware that he could not eat. Such a big piece of fat.

When the French and the Austrians confronted each other in Ostato, De Bowwicken camped in a place called Torino Reya, not far from Turin, to monitor the movement of the Austrians nearby.

Torino Reia is a small city, located in the northeast of Turin. It happens to be the only road to Varese. Occupying this is equivalent to cutting off the road of the Turin Austrian army to support Maximian.

Although De Bowenken ’s army did not make contact with the Austrian army, he remained vigilant enough, although he could not make a contribution on the battlefield of Varese, but as long as he guaranteed that the Turin Austrian army could not pass, his achievements were equally inferior With other generals.

Everything went smoothly, even until the two days before the French and Austrian sides started the war, they all went well together.

But suddenly, the Turin Austrian army began to act.

They set off from Turin City, and while De Bowwicken planned to use harassment and delay tactics to prevent them from marching, he unexpectedly discovered that the Austrian was not approaching Torino Reya, which he occupied , But march to a place he never expected.

Milan, the Austrian army directly launched an attack on Milan.

De Bowwicken was taken aback. When the scout brought back the news, he began to suspect that it was an Austrian conspiracy. But two successive scouts sent back brought the same information. The Austrian was marching towards Milan. .

Continuously waiting for the scout information to determine that the timing of the Austrian movement has delayed De Bowenken has no time to report to Louis XII. He immediately ordered the whole army to pursue the Austrian army.

As for the number of enemies nearly twice as many as himself, De Bowenken can no longer take care of these, he told himself that he must stop the Austrians at all costs, at least to delay to Louis XII who rushed back Reinforce yourself.

But De Bowenken's attempt failed.

According to Louis XII's estimate, the Austrian army, which was unable to fully exert its strength because of financial difficulties, was unable to send enough reinforcements to threaten him at this time.

In other words, the Austrian army of about 35,000 people in northern Italy is all the forces that Maximian can use today. Even if their position is not far from the homeland of Orly, the emperor has no ability to transfer from Austria. One soldier died.

This should be the case, and only in this way, Louis XII will calmly confront Maximian until he is forced to attack first.

But something happened.

On the afternoon of September 13, after finally confirming that the Turin Austrian army was indeed marching towards Milan, De Bowwicken quickly ordered the 8000 French army to intercept, but did not wait for his army to leave Torino Reia, scout However, he reported an unexpected situation to him. Another Austrian army suddenly appeared not far from Turin. Seeing the direction of their march, it seemed that Varese.

This caused De Bowwicken to fall into a daze that was almost rigid because of shock.

Although according to intelligence, the strength of the Austrian army seems to be similar to him, Cod Bowwicken knows that this is not a problem of the enemy, but it means an extremely serious and terrible thing. Austria has sent reinforcements!

With a convenient route from Austria to northern Italy, if there is a real reinforcements coming, then all plans of the French army will be completely disrupted. Even the half month that Louis XII deliberately procrastinated before, it is equivalent to providing the Austrians with a calm transfer precious time.

"Send someone to send a letter to your majesty, be quick!" De Bowenken immediately realized the danger of the situation, and he ordered people to send the situation to Louis XII while embarrassing the next decision.

Whether to continue to pursue the Austrian army marching into Turin, or to intercept the enemy trying to reinforce Varese, De Bowwicken fell into a dilemma for a while.

But the Austrian quickly helped him make a choice.

The Austrian army that appeared suddenly did not choose to reinforce Varese, but quickly found De Bowenken's troops during the southward march, and then they launched an attack on De Bowenken.

De Bowenken knew that he could not prevent the Austrian army from marching into Milan, because if he continued to pursue the Austrian army trying to occupy Milan, then he might be in danger of being completely wiped out by the superior enemy.

The Count of Provence, who had no choice but to face the battle in place.

What made De Bowenken surprised was that this army had many Swiss mercenaries in addition to the Austrians, which made him wonder whether the news that Maximian was hurt by the Swiss barbarian not long ago was true or not, no matter what His top priority now is to repel the current enemy, because he finds that this enemy army is not many, but because of the unusually tough performance, this makes De Bowenken worried that if they have the opportunity to reinforce Maxi Mian ~ www.ltnovel.com ~ may affect the situation on the battlefield of Varese.

Compared with the eagerness of the Earl of Provence, the commander who led the suddenly appearing Austrian army seemed more calm and happy.

When the two armies were actively preparing for a battle near Torino Reia, the commander had not forgotten to write a letter to a friend who was far away in southern Italy: "Count, I ’m so glad you were here. When you extended your hand of friendship to your majesty, I believe that the emperor will never forget the strong support you gave him in such a difficult time. I can be sure that you will get enough rewards. As for the timely help you have provided In addition to the 5,000 reserve troops quickly mobilized in the country, we also paid for the hire of an almost equal number of mercenaries from the Swiss. What is interesting is that the two of us used the transaction issued by you called Ladi Asia ’s gold coin, now this kind of gold coin has become a guarantee of credibility in Switzerland, which has just settled the war. The count will write it here. If I can be lucky to survive after this war, I hope to meet you as soon as possible. Discuss our next exciting plans, your loyal friend, the prime minister of the Austrian court, Kottschacher. "

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