Of course, Gonzalo was not satisfied with the French's request - I'll scare you to death, but I won't get any benefits?
Of course, Gonzalo was not willing to make excessive demands. This time he just scared the other party and did not dare to do anything randomly. Therefore, he did not dare to let the other party surrender unconditionally. Otherwise, once the negotiations fell into a deadlock, it would be more than worth the loss. After all, the Spanish army was not sure to defeat the French army if they did not dare to really use smallpox.
After thinking about it, Gonzalo thought of a solution - to let the other party hand over all the war horses as his own spoils. Then, let the other party leave.
There are 5,000 French knights in the city, and 5,000 war horses. Each war horse dedicated to each knight, especially the war horses of the French knights, are as expensive as hundreds of gold coins. If 5,000 war horses are seized, it means that the income is 500,000 gold coins.
As Gonzalo, who had studied in East Friesland, I clearly remember the reason why Marin became famous in that year - he seized thousands of French knights' war horses, including those French knights themselves. Because of their high value, Marin was suddenly enthroned as an imperial baron by the emperor from a little knight, and had an autonomous imperial baron.
Moreover, he also knew that Marin was very bold at the time. In addition to distributing half of the spoils to the Venetians, he also hid half of the war horses and sold them secretly. He eventually obtained huge amounts of funds, laying the foundation for forming the North Sea Army and annexing the East Frieslander Kingdom.
These Marin did not disclose them, but afterwards, the Spanish spies obtained the exact number in France and inferred that Marin only handed over some of the war horses to the emperor. Because there were 4,000 French knights captured, Marin only handed over 1,000 war horses to the emperor, which must have been damaged a lot. However, those prisoners of war Marin did not dare to hide his personal information. Because, Marin, a small figure, could not negotiate with France for the ransom.
However, that was the result of the French knights' defeat after being ambushed by Marin. He did not defeat the French army trapped in the city, and did not dare to ask for prisoners of war. Therefore, letting the French leave and blackmail a group of war horses on the other side was considered a big advantage.
When the conditions were passed to the city, the Duke of Bourbon Charles III was so angry that he felt so angry. That was a war horse! The most precious wealth of a knight! Generally speaking, the most precious wealth of a knight is a war horse, and most of the output of the knight's fief was used to feed the horses. The second was the complete set of plate armor, worth dozens of gold coins.
Charles III was a little reluctant, but what he didn't expect was that most of the 5,000 French knights in the city were willing to hand over their war horses to leave.
Many old knights clearly remember that the syphilis caused many French knights to die in the death of death. Smallpox is much scarier than syphilis. If the other party continues to throw the clothes and blankets of the deceased, they may really die. Although war horses are precious, human lives are even more precious. Because, in the manors of those knights, there is not only one war horse.
You should know that the wealth of the French Knights is famous in Europe. The Kingdom of France is vast, with an average fief of 1,500 acres, which is much more than the 1,000 acres of the German Knights and the 600 acres of the English Knights. Therefore, the French Knights have the confidence to bring out another war horse. Now, they cherish their lives even more...
Seeing that the knights were eager to return to their country to take refuge, the Duke of Bourbon Charles III did not say anything and was ready to agree to the other party's conditions. At this time, Charles Earl of Nantes spoke out and stopped him...
"Wait, Lord Duke, I have some ideas!"
"What do you think?" Duke Charles III of Bourbon was a little confused. At this time, what else can you play with?
"That's right. The other party asked us to hand over 5,000 war horses, but did not ask for those ordinary transfer horses, right?"
"That's how it is..."
Charlie explained:
"Dude, I found that some knights' horses look shorter, and they are not as powerful as some transfer horses. Therefore, we might as well displace some tall transfer horses as war horses and replace those looking short horses. In this way, we can also reduce some losses..."
The Duke of Charles was also a little moved, but he hesitated:
"What if the Spaniards see it? Moreover, we must swear. I dare not lie in front of God."
Earl Charlie smiled and said:
"In this way, when you swear with the Spaniards, don't talk about war horses. Even if you are willing to hand over the good horses of 5,000 knights to them. Good horses... Looking at Gundam's majestic transfer horses, they can also be called good horses... Moreover, some knights' transfer horses look very majestic. If they were not fully armed knights and charge themselves, they would not be able to see that they were not war horses... When they gave the horses to the French, these pretended war horses were mixed in the bottom, and the Spaniards could not see that they were in a hurry..."
"In addition, before we leave the city, we will hungry the replaced war horses a few times to make them feel more depressed so that the Spaniards will see..."
Charles III thought about it and it was really feasible. So he asked his knights to screen out the horses, and used 800 horses that looked very strong but actually had no explosive power (the war horses dragged the plate-armored knights to charge, which required strong explosive power), and replaced 800 horses that didn't look majestic. These 800 horses were hidden among 5,000 horses, and it was indeed difficult for the Spaniards to see the problem.
Before leaving the city to swear with the Spaniards, Charles III, according to the advice of Count Charles, hungered the 800 replaced horses a few times, and only gave a small amount of forage to barely starve to death. Therefore, on the day when the French army left the city, the 800 war horses lost their energy and looked like they did not look like good horses...
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! What is the main difference between a war horse and a horse-drawn horse? Because war horses are mainly used for war, the European war horses of this era are mainly used to support heavy armored knights wearing plate armor to charge. The main quality of a war horse is that they are strong and can carry knights wearing plate armor. At the same time, they must have strong explosive power to facilitate the attack of their opponents. As for endurance, it is the third most important.
Because war requires, war horses often accelerate very quickly. Just like later sports cars, they can maximize their speed in a short period of time. Therefore, ordinary people are actually not used to riding war horses because war horses look a bit nervous. If you simply drive them, the war horses will rush out, instead of slowly accelerating. If a person with poor riding skills is not careful, they may fall off without paying attention.
The difference between pulling a horse is because it is pulling a cart or riding a ride. Therefore, endurance is more important than explosive power. Moreover, their personalities are not as impulsive and passionate as war horses, and they are often a little slow. Their starting speed is slower, but they look more stable. If you are riding on a ride, these ordinary riding horses are more comfortable.
But because this is an era of frequent wars, war horses that seem to be a bit nervous are often more expensive. Although the horses riding by French knights are quite good among ordinary horses, the price is only one-fifth of the war horse, which is about 20 gold coins. At this price, you can already buy good war horses in the Middle East.
Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, used 800 ordinary riding horses to replace 800 war horses. In total, it can save more than 60,000 gold coins...
However, Charles III's own mount was too tall and majestic, and it was inevitable that it would be taken away by the Spaniards. Therefore, when the oath was made, Charles III was extremely sad when looking at his beloved horse being led away.
Chapter completed!