After drinking the farewell wine, Louis XII returned home with 15,000 French knights, leaving only 5,000 French knights and 30,000 infantrymen to stay in the local area.
Before leaving, Louis XII also dealt with 16,000 captured German mercenaries, which is the residual force of the 20,000 German mercenaries originally hired by Spain.
In that night attack, the main troops of Spain were mainly the soldiers and horses of the main unit, while only a small number of German mercenaries ran out. Most of the rest were blocked in the city by the French army. In desperation, the desperate German mercenaries had to surrender.
However, when Louis XII proposed to hire these people to guard against the Spanish army's counterattack, the German mercenaries rarely refused. Instead of betraying their original employers without any moral integrity like Italian mercenaries, they refused to fight against Spain.
German mercenary leader Gudendolf believed that they were ashamed of not being able to complete the Spanish commission. Now, it is extremely unhappy to accept the employment of the original enemy and turn the gun at the Spanish employer. They would rather die than turn over and hit the original employer after defeat. Even if they accept the employment of the French, their opponents would not be the original employer Spaniards...
Unexpectedly, the Germans' stubbornness was highly praised by Louis XII. Louis XII believed that if these German mercenaries accepted the employment happily, they would be uneasy. Because they might not join forces with their original employer, the Spaniards, to plot against the French. After all, a mercenary with no moral integrity is not trustworthy.
This era was not the era when mercenaries completely lost their moral integrity in the mid-to-late 16th century. At present, except for the Italian mercenaries whose moral integrity is lower, mercenaries from other countries still attach great importance to honor.
Of course, Louis XII did not waste the value of these 16,000 German mercenaries in the end - Louis XII decided to take them north to re-occupate the Principal of Milan. Then, they were allowed to station in the Principal of Milan.
In any case, the Principality of Milan is the most important agricultural area in Italy. At the same time, Milan City is also the largest city in Shinro. Louis XII is not satisfied with just annexing the Kingdom of Naples. It is also very good to be able to annex Milan by the way.
Then, the 16,000 German mercenaries were hired and followed Louis XII's 15,000 French knights north.
It’s okay if they don’t accept it. They have become French prisoners of war. They don’t redeem themselves at high prices or are killed as useless prisoners of war...
They didn't want to die, and as mercenaries who could not save money, they had no money to redeem themselves. In exchange for freedom, they could only accept the employment of the French and fight against opponents other than their former employer, Spaniards...
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As for John Rafi, he also went north with Louis XII's large army. Originally, Louis XII hoped that he could stay and assist the supreme commander of the remaining troops, Charles III, to deal with the Spaniards. After all, John Rafi's "resourcefulness" left a deep impression on Louis XII.
But where would John Rafi stay? He still had an important mission. His mission was to return to Paris, find out the whereabouts of Margaret of the Tudor family, and then send someone to kill him to prevent future troubles.
So, John Lafite finally tried every means to turn off the arrangement of staying in Naples and returned to the country with Louis XII. Of course, before going back, he recommended the truly capable former Duke of Geders, now Earl of Nantes, to stay and assist Duke Charles III of Bourbon to guard the local area. John Lafite was self-aware and knew that all his strategies were taught by Marin secretly, not his ability. Charles Earl of Nantes was a real capable person. He was also worried that Count Charles would be his obstacle when he returned to Paris, so he simply suggested that Louis XII keep him and assist Duke Charles III of Bourbon. Louis XII also felt that it was necessary to leave someone with ability to help the lack of wisdom, Charles III of Bourbon, so he agreed.
When the army left, Count Charles was unhappy. As a great noble, he knew very well that whether the French nobles were doing well depends entirely on whether the king attached importance to it. Only by wandering in front of the Dharma King all day long can he be valued...
Now that he was left in Naples, he obviously lost the opportunity to accompany the king, and it would be difficult to have a chance to be favored in the future. Therefore, he wanted to tear off John Rafi's broken mouth - who made him give his opinions?
But in the end he had no choice. Who made the most outstanding person in this war be John Rafi? Now, because of his great contribution, John Rafi's favor in Louis XII is much greater than that in Count Charles...
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As before, seeing more than 30,000 French troops coming over fiercely, Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, was so scared that he took his family and thousands of subordinates, and carried the gold, silver and treasures in the treasury back to the Mistyre Valley again.
The French army once again obtained the City of Milan without any effort. Although they still did not get much treasure this time, the food in the City of Milan was cheaper than the French.
In any case, the Po River Plain in the Principal of Milan is also the largest plain in Italy and the most important granary in Italy. Although the volcanic ash in Naples is very fertile, there are not many plains in Naples, and only a small number of river valleys can be farmed. Unlike the Po River Plain in Milan, which has an area of ​​46,000 square kilometers, it is the most important granary in Italy. Moreover, the Sforza family has paid great attention to the construction of water conservancy in the local area for many years and dug a lot of irrigation rivers. Now, it is completely cheaper for the French. Most of the food harvested last year was plundered by the French army...
Then, Louis XII continued to set off and return home with 15,000 French knights. The 16,000 German mercenaries were left by Louis XII to guard the Principal of Milan. After all, the Principal of Milan is the first granary of Italy. In the future, France will definitely need a lot of food. The Principal of Milan, as the first granary of Italy, obviously can provide a lot of food. Therefore, Louis XII simply left the 16,000 German mercenaries of Gudendorf to guard the entire Principal of Milan. They refused to fight against the Spaniards, but it was fine to fight against Ludovico Sforza of Milan. After all, Ludovico Sforza was not the Spanish...
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On the way back, Marin, who had already learned that Louis XII had returned home (after all, John Rafi was the Nesser), also sent someone to send a carrier pigeon to Dublin and sent someone to urgently notify Edward, the British King who was leading his army to encircle the remnants of the O'Brien family, the last indigenous man on the Ireland island.
At this time, Edward's army had conquered Ennis, the capital of the O'Brien family territory (the later county of Claire), and was now looking for the remaining forces of the O'Brien family who were fighting guerrillas. The main force of the British army had already reached the Shannon River, and it was almost impossible to encircle and annihilate the more than 2,000 guerrillas of the O'Brien family.
But Marin's letter still scared Edward. After learning that Louis XII had returned to Paris, Edward could not sit still. Because Edward knew that if Louis XII returned to Paris and learned that Edward was leading troops in Ireland, he would definitely not miss this opportunity. He would definitely make trouble, and even arrange for the remnants of the Tudor dynasty to take the opportunity to return to England to launch a rebellion. Without the past, this kind of rebellion would easily make a big deal...
After thinking for a while, Edward had to temporarily give up his plan to wipe out the remaining resistance forces of the O'Brien family before returning home. Moreover, Edward even planned to take the opportunity to destroy the Norman conquered Earl family, including Ormondb and Desmondb, which were no longer obedient. These Norman noble descendants have been local emperors in Ireland for too long and have no longer listened to the greetings of the English royal family. At this time, Edward was leading the army here, which is a good opportunity to deal with them...
However, in comparison, local security is more important. In desperation, Edward had to announce to the public that England had completed the unification of the Ireland Island and has now officially passed away...
Of course, Edward was not stupid enough to withdraw all the troops. Anyway, the O'Brien family had only more than 2,000 resistance troops. Therefore, Edward simply left more than 1,000 troops from Adler's Wicklow territory, 5,000 soldiers and horses of the Fourth Legion, and 1,500 Cossack cavalry that Marin later supported. In this way, it would be enough to deal with the more than 2,000 remaining resistance troops. Moreover, it would also allow Adler, the elder brother of his ally, to experience it.
And Edward himself naturally brought England's most important guard army back to the country, so as not to be stabbed by the French...
Chapter completed!