Warlock Royal Family

() On the third day when Ladislaus sent his cavalry out, he got an unexpected good news.

After briefly reading the letter from the Marquis of Pescara, Ladislaus asked the messenger, "So the Marquis of Pescara doesn't need my reinforcements?"

"The day after the defeat of the French army, the envoy of the Duke of Savoy to surrender came. The Marquis of Pescara is currently heading to Turin." He severely damaged the French army, and even the envoys he sent were high-spirited. "The Marquis of Pescara is very grateful for your support. It was the reinforcements you led that made the Marquis Lautek, the commander of the French army, feel pressure and adopted a rash and hasty strategy. The Marquis of Pescara will mention your help to His Majesty the Emperor."

"How about the casualties of the French army and our army?" Although Ladislaus is the monarch of Austria, it is of course possible for him to refer to the Spanish army as "our army".

"The casualties of the French army are countless, and the losses of our army are minimal." Although Ladislaus exerted pressure by implying his status as a warlock royal family, the envoy was a close friend of the Marquis of Pescara and firmly upheld the will of his master. , refused to share any information.

It appears that the Marquis of Pescara wants to claim the victory alone.

In return for asking the Austrian army not to enter the Principality of Savoy to share the spoils, the Marquis of Pescara can say a few good words to Ladislaus and not accuse him of being slow.

In fact, Ladislaus doesn't care much about His Majesty Ferdinand's perception. After all, Milan, which the French army is now threatening, is his territory.There was no reason for him to procrastinate.

He really didn't mean to delay, he just didn't march very fast.

Fearing that the arrival of the [-] Austrian troops would make him lose his military advantage was indeed the only reason for the French commander-in-chief, the Marquis Lautek, to rush to attack.

However, Ladislaus has no intention of competing with the Marquis of Pescara for this victory and the subsequent surrender of the Principality of Savoy. As mentioned earlier, he and Ferdinand are not in the relationship of a monarch and minister, and completely control Ladis of the Austrian State Council. Rolls didn't need Ferdinand's favor.

"I congratulate the Marquis of Pescara on his victory, but the Duchy of Savoy..." Ladislaus wanted to remind the Marquis of Pescara of the Duchy of Savoy Just being forced to surrender, but not stopping the retreat of the French army shows that he still supports the Kingdom of France a little more, but he finally decided not to say it. How to treat the Principality of Savoy is within the scope of Ferdinand's power.It's better for him not to overdo it. Although he doesn't need Ferdinand's favor, it's better not to take the initiative to cause dissatisfaction for the common interests of the Habsburg family. "Forget it, let me wish the Marquis of Pescara another feat."

Although the Marquis of Pescara was full of confidence and believed that relying on his own army was enough to solve the problem, Ladislaus did not return home immediately, but led his army south to Liguria.

This time Admiral Andre Doria did not retreat, but chose to stick to the city. After all, the Austrian army did not have the size and combat effectiveness of the Spanish army last time.

Moreover, the Battle of the Sesia River was not a big victory like the Battle of Bikka, through the observation of the battlefield by Sirica boss and the analysis of other intelligence.Both Szastan and Frundsberg believed that the loss of the French army did not exceed 2000 people, while Szastan estimated that the loss of the Spanish army was also more than 1000 people based on the wounded soldiers left behind.

Ladislaus is a little strange. Is this just an ordinary failure to cross the river?The losses of both sides were not small, and it was not a decisive battle at all. This loss made the Marquis of Lautec flee back to the French mainland regardless of the others?

Isn't the size of the French army actually that big?

Or is it a fraudulent defeat, trying to introduce the Spanish army into the Principality of Savoy?

Ladislaus' speculation about the situation made him go south a little slower. He has been on alert to rescue the Spanish army that may need support. This gave Andre Doria more time to prepare for defense.

A few days later, the real reason for the retreat of the French army was known to Ladislaus. It was the Duke of Bourbon who severely damaged the French army at Franche-Comté.

Bourbon, who was certainly supported by His Majesty Ferdinand, had more than [-] soldiers, and the French commander thought that there was no large army in the Franche-Comté area.Evenly distributing his nearly [-] troops under the two castles gave the Duke of Bourbon a chance to defeat each of them.

At present, the Duke of Bourbon has led the "French Peace Establishment" to the south, and has joined forces with the Marquis of Pescara to prepare to invade the Provence region.

Although Ladislaus believes that occupying Savoy first and replacing a weak member of the Savoy family as Duke is a better strategy at present, and told His Majesty Ferdinand and the Marquis of Pescara this point of view in letters, but When his messenger arrived, the Marquis of Pescara had been dragged away by the impatient Duke of Bourbon.

Ladislaus was not invited to march, so it was not convenient to march on Turin.He had already secured Milan, which would have been dangerously speculated to have entered uninvited, and the Marquis of Pescara had left thousands in the Duchy of Savoy to secure a retreat.

So Ladislaus decided to surround his uncle and cheap father-in-law.

It's time for Andre Doria, at both ends of the first mouse, to express his attitude.

On June 1524, 6, Ladislaus returned to his hometown as a villain.

"The last time the Spanish army withdrew from here. Why didn't the city walls be demolished?" Ladislaus looked at the still intact Ligurian city defenses and asked the then Spanish Prime Minister Sazastan.

"Although time was tight during the retreat, we still demolished a considerable part of the city wall." Sazastan explained, "The eastern section should be rebuilt."

'It's really efficient to protect yourself. "Ladislaus couldn't help recalling the difficulty of running between the two major families of Doria and Xibo to repair the city wall. It's really different.

"In the past few days, they have mobilized a large number of troops. I thought Marshal Andrea Doria would accept the field battle." Frundsberg said regretfully.

"Nowadays, the Spanish overseas fleet has not carried out a strategic build-up, and the current scale is not sure of victory for the French-Ligurian combined fleet concentrated in Liguria. As long as the sea route is smooth, even if the land is completely cut off. The losses suffered are also very limited." Sarzastan said, looking at Ladislaus, after seeing the strength of the Ottoman Navy, Ferdinand I's protection of the Spanish Navy became more stringent.

"Severing trade is always a big loss. The Republic of Liguria has suffered from wars in the past few years. Even my uncle's prestige cannot be suppressed. I will definitely cause him to bleed some blood when I come here." Lardy Slaughter looked at his hometown with an unfriendly look in his eyes.