Just when Machiavelli was captured, other senior officials of the Republic of Florence were also captured by Stade's men. Of course, their fate was not very good.
Before, Marin and the Pope had discussed that Machiavelli would be given to him, and the senior leaders of other republics would be handed over to the Pope for trial. Some big leaders might be sentenced.
After completing the control of Florence City, Stade did not rush to control other parts of the Republic of Florence. Because the current Republic of Florence has not yet annexed the Republic of Pisa, nor has it been incorporated into the Republic of Siena. The Republic of Luca does not belong to the Republic of Florence.
Therefore, the current Republic of Florence does not mean the later Grand Duchy of Tuscany or the Tuscany region. The Tuscany region has 23,000 square kilometers. Without the above three countries, the Republic of Florence is actually only about 16,000 square kilometers. However, among the current Italian countries, it is also a major country. In particular, Florence is still a city with very developed industry and commerce.
But since we have not taken over several other big cities, Florence is actually only the city of Florence, the city of Florence. The other small towns are not worth mentioning.
Therefore, Stadt was not in a hurry to seize several other towns. As for the neighboring countries, who dared to grab territory? He was worried that he could not find an excuse to deal with them...
In addition, the reason why Stade did not rush to take over other areas was because he was afraid that the French army would go around when they retreated. The defeated troops were terrible, and the French army was about to lose. Once they were defeated and fled, they would definitely pass by Florence.
The French army's supplies had been cut off from the Principality of Milan. The French army must be very hungry at this time. Without knowing it, the French army's defeated soldiers were likely to pass by Florence and ask for military rations from the Republic of Florence close to France.
Therefore, Stade needed to guard against the French army's raid on the city of Florence when he failed to fight. Therefore, he arranged for the French army to cross the border.
As for the village outside Florence, Stad did not want to worry about it. Why? Stad was not afraid of not being able to defeat the French army's defeated soldiers, but was afraid of helping Marin provoke the French king.
Stade captured Florence in the name of the Pope, which made the French unhappy, but was just unhappy. But if the troops were sent to intercept the fleeing French troops, the nature would change. At that time, the Pope and Marin would become the mortal enemies of King Louis XII of France.
Therefore, neither Julius II nor Marin wanted to fight against the French army head-on. Moreover, the Republic of Florence is not Marin's, and the peasants here will not feel distressed if they are harmed. As for the Pope, although they will feel distressed, they dare not speak out. Who can make France have the strength of the European hegemon? The Pope cannot afford to offend...
You know, the French have very bad precedents. In the 14th century, the French captured the Pope to Avignon in France and re-established the Holy See. The Holy See of Avignon was clearly a puppet of the French.
Therefore, even as the pope, I am afraid that the French will repeat the same trick and tie the pope to France...
Stade's wait did not last long. Shortly after he captured Florence, the Spanish army also captured the city of Naples...
The Spaniards themselves also have dozens of artillery guns, but they are all two or three pounds of rear-mounted bronze cannons, which are not very powerful and are difficult to break open the city gate.
However, these small cannons were effective in conjunction with the 10 heavy cannons provided by Marin. Because the number of heavy cannons was small, Gonzalo's army bombed for four or five days before it blasted a hole into the south gate of Naples.
But Gonzalo did not rush to bomb the city gate, but waited for a few days. Because, he received the news that the French had no food...
At this time, the French army was more than the Spanish in the city of Naples. If they rashly attacked the city and fought street battles with the French, the Spanish might not have the upper hand.
So, after learning that the French had no food, Gonzalo waited for a few days. After seeing that the French soldiers on the city wall were a little weak, Gonzalo understood that the opportunity had come...
Taking advantage of the French's hunger, Gonzalo asked the blaster to use two powder barrels to blow up the south gate of the city of Naples. Then, the Spanish sword and shield soldiers took the lead and rushed into the city of Naples...
The Spanish army has always been equipped with sword and shield soldiers. Although Gonzalo learned the phalanx from Marin and generally used spears and mesh guns. However, he did not give up. So, when siege, the role of sword and shield soldiers appeared.
Hundreds of sword shield soldiers, holding large shields and single swords, rushed in from the bombed city gate first, and arranged sword shield formations inside the city gate to prevent the French army from counterattacking. Then, the Spanish army behind them continued to surge in...
The French army, who had been hungry for a few days, fought back to the death, but the soldiers had no strength. Although they were in a crazy attack, the Spaniards still gained a foothold in the city.
Afterwards, Gonzalo commanded the Spanish army to line up a dense formation, and gradually advanced along the streets, and repelled the French counterattacks many times.
Seeing that the Spanish army was getting closer and closer to the palace, it was getting late, the French commander Luis Amaniac, Duke of Nemore, used his escape move again. The Duke of Amaniac asked more than 10,000 Italian mercenaries in the city to withstand the attack of the Spanish army. The Duke of Amaniac, with the remaining more than 6,000 French knights and 9,000 Swiss mercenaries, quietly ran away from the north gate while it was dark...
The Italian mercenaries did not know at first that the French had run away and confronted the Spanish army for a while. However, when the news of the French running away came, more than 10,000 Italian mercenaries quickly collapsed and surrendered to Gonzalo.
However, because it was night, the Spanish army had not received night war training. Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, Gonzalo gave up his plan to pursue it overnight. After all, now that the city of Naples has been taken down, the strategic goal has been initially achieved.
The French army left the city of Naples, like wild horses that broke free, immediately began to do whatever they wanted. In order to solve the problem of food shortage, all the villages in Naples along the way were affected by seedlings.
The French army would not care whether the Naples farmers would starve to death. Every time they passed by a village, the French army would steal all the food, including bacon, salted fish and other food stored by the farmers. Even live chickens, live pigs, and even cattle and horses were arrested and killed by the French army to eat meat... In short, as long as they could eat, they were wiped out, which was quite like a devil in the village.
The next day, the Spanish army began to pursue. However, the French army is not easy to attack at the moment. The Spanish infantry could not catch up with the French army and landed behind. Although the Spanish light cavalry caught up, they dared not attack easily. Because, not to mention the powerful French knights, the spear formations of those Swiss mercenaries were not easy to mess with.
Therefore, the Spanish army could only choose to hang behind the French army and look for fighter jets...
Chapter completed!