Chapter 1424: Spanish attention
Why did Marin help the French? There are two main reasons for this-the first one is, of course, the fear that the French will be disadvantaged in their early operations, so that they give up the Italian hegemony.
Despite the fact that the French can easily use tens of thousands of armies, the combat effectiveness of the French army is not too strong. If the decisive battle in the wild, the French rely on the advantage of knights, maybe quite powerful. After all, 20,000 French knights rushed up, absolutely shaking the mountain.
However, if the French besieged the Spanish fortified stronghold, it would be deadly ...
The Spaniards attached great importance to the use of muskets because of the relationship between Gonzalo de Cordoba and the famous general. Today, Spain has tens of thousands of standing muskets in the Kingdom of Naples and there are 2500 authentic Musket guns.
If these 2,500 matchlock guns are in the field decisive battle, they may be somewhat arrested in the face of 60,000 French troops. However, if it is used to defend the city, it is extremely powerful!
Once, in the original history, in 1529 in Vienna, the Austrians successfully secured the gap of the wall opened by the Ottoman Turks with 74 firearms, and withstood the attack of the Ottoman Turkish 100,000 troops ...
Therefore, the Spanish Naples garrison with 2,500 matchlocks is extremely capable of defending the city. The premise is that ammunition is sufficient ...
Right now, according to information obtained by French agents in Spain, in order to suppress the resistance of the Moroccans, the Spaniards used most of the gunpowder on the Moroccan battlefield. Therefore, gunpowder is not sufficient on the other side of the Kingdom of Naples. Even if the Spanish defenders there have 2,500 matchlocks, if there is not enough ammunition, it is similar to burning sticks.
As long as the Spaniards do not add enough gunpowder to the garrison of the Kingdom of Naples, the French can definitely win the Kingdom of Naples by virtue of their quantitative advantage. Then, the tug-of-war between France and Spain in Italy can start smoothly.
If Spain successfully repulsed the French army at the beginning, it would be impossible to talk about hegemony over Italy. Therefore, due to his own interests, Marin must support the French in the early stage. Of course, it is secretly supported ...
And the second point is that Marin hopes that John Raffy, his spy, will be able to gain the favor of Louis XII through this proposal and enter the core aristocracy of France. Then, find a way to contact the woman Margaret of the Tudor family ...
The so-called "Henry VIII" of this woman "born" is too much a challenge to Edward's legitimacy. Of course, Marin does not care about Edward's life and death. He is worried that his son Caesar will be challenged by this so-called "Henry VIII" after becoming King of England.
So, in any case, Marin must find a way to get rid of Margaret of the Tudor family and her so-called "son". Marin did not know that "Henry VIII" was a counterfeit, but even if he knew it, he had to get rid of it. Because even counterfeit goods can have a big enough impact. After all, the French support him ...
But Margaret of the Tudor family is too cunning and cautious, hiding behind the army all day long, surrounded by French soldiers around the house, Marin's people are difficult to get started. The only chance is probably that woman is on her way out.
However, in order to get the woman's travel arrangements, it must be mixed into the core circle of French nobility. Only in this way can more accurate information be obtained.
Therefore, Marin asked John Lafite to give Louis XII a strategy. In addition to helping France gain a first-mover advantage at the beginning, he hoped that John Lafite would take this opportunity to get involved in the core circle of the French aristocracy and get the woman ’s information more easily , Which is convenient for the assassins of Beihai Kingdom to do ... so, it can be regarded as "two birds with one stone" ...
Marin's strategy is naturally no problem. After John Lafite entered the palace and gave this plan to Louis XII, Louis XII really "Dragon Face Joy", looked at him impressed. Then, the outsider, John Lafite, finally gained access to the core circle of the French kingdom ...
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At this time, the Spaniards had no idea. Of course, the Spaniards have no time to take care of things on the European side at this time. In addition to continuing to suppress the resistance of the locals in Morocco, the most discussed by the Spanish government and opposition is the gold of the Zimbabwe Empire ...
This is because, from Mozambique, an exciting news came back-the colonists there, successfully contacted the people of the Zimbabwe Empire. Moreover, many gold sands and copper ores were exchanged.
This news greatly stimulated the Spanish opposition. Looking at the barrels of gold sand transported back, only greed remained in the eyes of the Spanish monarch ...
Speaking of this, Spain ’s actions against Zimbabwe, a golden country, can be described as twists and turns. At first, according to the map given by Marin, the Spanish easily found the mouth of the Save River south of Mozambique in the east of Zimbabwe, and built a castle at the mouth of the Save river.
Afterwards, the Spaniards sent people inland many times to find the way to Zimbabwe, the golden country.
Unfortunately, their arrival caused strong dissatisfaction among locals and Arab businessmen ...
The locals were dissatisfied because the Spaniards seized their land and wanted to drive them away. And Arab businessmen are dissatisfied, it is simpler-they realize that the Spaniards are here to grab business ...
Before, Arab merchants had always traded with Zimbabwean merchants in exchange for cloth and glass from the Persian Gulf area in exchange for the gold sands, ivory and copper ore abundant in Zimbabwe.
Now, the Spaniards came over and not only repaired the castle, but also explored the Sands trade. Isn't it clear that they want to grab business?
Therefore, the Arab businessmen who came and went quickly collaborated with the local black people in Mozambique and began operations against the Spanish.
As soon as the Spaniards leave the castle by the river, they will be attacked by the local black people. With the support of Arab businessmen, those local indigenous blacks who could only use sharpened wooden sticks as javelins suddenly had crossbows to fight against Spanish colonists ...
If it is okay in the plains, the Spanish guns are not vegetarian. In the melee or something, the Spanish spearman even taught the local indigenous black people to live in minutes.
However, when entering the tropical rainforest, the Spaniard immediately went blind ...
Those indigenous black people use the familiarity of the topography of the tropical rain forest. The Spaniards dare not catch up, who knows if there are any traps waiting for them?
In this way, for several years, the Spanish colonists' efforts to penetrate the interior have been frustrated. In addition to being constantly harassed by the local black indigenous people, there is another problem that troubles the Spaniards-the problem of material transportation ...
Save River is about 644 kilometers long, and the Zimbabwe Empire is located near the source of the Save River. As long as you go up the Save River, you can naturally find the Zimbabwe Empire.
The problem is that only 160 kilometers downstream of the Savey River can be navigable. After going 160 kilometers up the estuary ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ began to encounter a waterfall with a large drop in water level, making it difficult for ships to sail.
However, get off the boat and walk through the rainforest by the river ... The cold arrows of the indigenous people can't deal with it ...
Moreover, without ship transportation, material supply is also a big problem. Mule horses brought from the Spanish mainland are very unfit for the local climate and frequently get sick. At the same time, the Spanish colonists themselves were often plagued by tropical rain forest poisonous insects, causing many casualties.
If you are walking along the land by the river, without the transportation means adapted to the local climate, the supply of materials by the colonial team becomes a big problem.
Until there was an idea of a colonial official transferred from India, the problem of material transportation was solved ...
Gonzalez, a small colonial official who worked in Calicut, India, proposed that he could use elephants from India to carry materials and facilitate the progress of the team ... because he saw Indians use large Carrying materials like elephants, traveling through the tropical jungle ...
This suggestion is very constructive. Then, the bold governor really managed to get some elephants from India. One experiment, it really adapted to the tropical rain forest climate. Moreover, each elephant can carry a lot of goods. In this way, the Spanish transport problem in the tropical rainforest was resolved. Then, I successfully contacted the Zimbabweans and exchanged a lot of sands, which caused a sensation in Spain. In short, the attention of the Spanish was attracted by the gold of Zimbabwe ...
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