Chapter 371: Act as a lobbyist?

In the temple of Rantrand in Rome, Julius II's anger gradually disappeared, and there was interest and Marin grab milk tea. Weng and his son drank and chatted, and then they talked about the topic of Venice.

Julius II took a sip of milk tea and asked casually:

"Marin, I heard that you have a good relationship with the Venetian?"

Marin froze, but replied:

"Indeed, in 1494 ... we ... we ambushed Charles VIII together ..." In fact, this is an official statement. The real situation is-Marin alone ambushed Charles VIII's heavy cavalry regiment, but in the end sold half of the prisoners of war, war horses and plate armor to the Venetian tyrants ...

If it were not for the millions of gold coins exchanged for Venice by selling prisoners of war, horses of war and plate armor, Marin would not be able to rise on the island of Texel alone and annex East Friesland. It can be said that the battle of ambushing Charles VIII changed Marin's life.

Of course, Venice has also changed. Relying on the false "Heroic Defeat" of defeating King Charles VIII, the Venetians established a strong prestige in the Italian region. Except for a few high-rises in the Venetian Republic, most Venetians do not know that the beautiful ambush war 10 years ago has nothing to do with Venice. The fooled Venetian people thought that Venice's military strength was so strong that it could compete with the continental overlord France.

Therefore, the citizens of Venice now walk sideways in the Italian region. These Venetians who do not know the truth, regard the Venetian Republic as Italy's "American Emperor". When they see people in other Italian states, they use their nostrils to see people ...

Although, because of Marin's intervention, when Julius II assumed the position of Pope, he had a powerful army of 7,000 people, which was much stronger than it was in history.

However, also because of Marin's handwriting at that time, the Venetians burst into self-confidence, feeling that they are contemporary "American emperors" and can go sideways in Italy. Therefore, despite the greater strength of Julius II, the Republic of Venice still occupied the Rimini region, including the historic city of Ravenna, as it was in history ... Moreover, the Venetians believed that the Pope ’s Strength, it is impossible to recapture the Rimini region ...

"By the way, were you just a leader of the phalanx? How did you think of a large unit that was separated from the Austrian army and rushed to Fornovo to participate in that battle?"

"Count Alfred (the Habsburg family) did not want to lead the army without the emperor, but the Italian coalition frequently asked Austria to send troops. So, I simply took the initiative to fight at that time and took my own phalanx to act The role of reinforcements ... "

"Then how did you judge that the French army was going to run and set up a ambush on the mountain road where the French army ran away? Are you so sure that the French will take that mountain road?" Julius II continued to be interested Asked.

"It's very simple. At first, I didn't know that the French would be the main escape (in fact, Marin is clear, who asked him to read the history ...). At that time, I judged that the French could not beat the Italian allies after returning home. , It is very likely to run in the middle of the night. So, I simply set myself in the middle of the night. Anyway, even if the French did n’t run away, at most I would take my men to the bottom. If the bet is right, then ... "

Julius II nodded, indeed, this kind of gambling, lose no losses, win a step into the sky, very cost-effective trading. But Julius II continued to ask:

"It's still the question, even if the French run away, how do you know that the French will take that mountain path? Maybe they will take another route?"

"It's very simple. At that time, there were only two roads for the French to retreat, one was the mountain road I set up, and the other was the plain road on the banks of the Tarot. When the French and the Italian Allied Forces fought, I sent someone to dig I opened the embankment of the Tarot River and submerged the road on the plain. In this way, the French could only take the mountain road I ambushed ... "

"His-really good means ..." Julius II was shocked by Marin's handwriting. In order to let the French get hooked, the river bank was dug without saying a word ...

"By the way, how did your square line up with the Venetian army? It ’s strange. According to Venice, they have a team of two or three thousand people lost in the reinforcements and met your Phalanx. Then, those two or three thousand people are willing to accept your command ... This is not normal ... Your square is only more than a thousand people, and the Venetians have two or three thousand people. Why do they listen to you a little The phalanx is long? "Julius II was a bit confused ...

Of course Julius II couldn't figure it out, because the so-called Venetian army of two or three thousand people simply did not exist. The troops that Marin participated in the war, in total, that square, plus the more than a thousand Italian farmers used to scare the French and pose as reinforcements ...

Marin thought for a while and thought that Julius II was his own person, and that he was in the secret room of the Temple of Latran, with no outsiders present (the tea-making followers had already gone out), so he decided to tell Julius The Truth of II:

"Juliano, actually ... there is no Venetian army at all, that ambush, from beginning to end, only my army ..."

"What? Impossible, according to the French who were captured later, there was indeed an Italian army coming to reinforce it, and the number was indeed two or three thousand ..." Julius II said, yes Refers to Marin arranging the more than 1,000 Italian farmers, each holding two torches, the team walked sparsely, looks like thousands of soldiers and horses ... And Charles VIII, precisely because of the misunderstanding of the Italian coalition, I was so scared that I hurried away. Moreover, it is indeed not clear at night. If the French knights really stayed to fight a deadly fight, Marin's man might be defeated.

Marin pretended to use Julianus II to pretend that he had used more than a thousand Italian farmers he had captured as reinforcements ...

Julius II was stunned directly-can the battle still be fought like this?

After a long time, Julius II reacted:

"You ... you ... really a wizard who is good at fighting ..."

Marin was a little embarrassed-where is he a wizard? It was only after the explosion of knowledge in later generations that he read so many related books and technical posts that he understood so much. Despite the vast amount of advanced knowledge of later generations, Marin is just an ordinary person with a moderate to high IQ.

"Later, I sold half of the captives, war horses, and armor to the wealthy Venetians, and received millions of gold coins ... As for the two or three thousand soldiers and horses in Venice, they were all co-fabricated lies ..."

Julius II sighed:

"You are so brave, if Maximilian I knew you had sold millions of dollars worth of loot, you would have to kill you. You also know that Maximilian I was the one who lacked the most money. And The Habsburg family is also a big and expensive family ... "

"What's the matter? I had planned to escape long ago and took hundreds of thousands of gold coins. I could feel at ease wherever I went. I couldn't do it. At that time, I planned to go to England to buy a fief and be a nobleman. Anyway, the influence of Maximilian I was also in the German region. "

"No wonder, you have a good relationship with the Venetians. It turns out that you are embarrassed and lie to the whole world!"

"Don't say it's so unpleasant, okay? We all needed what we needed ... I want money, the Venetian wants fame ..."

"Okay ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Now that you have a good relationship with the Venetian. Then, I would like to ask you to help me do one thing ..." Julius II said in earnest.

"what's up?"

"Represent me and the Holy See and negotiate with the Venetians to see if the Venetians can voluntarily give up the Rimini region!"

"This ... is very difficult ..." Marin hesitated. Convincing a profiteer country like Venice to spit the meat out of his mouth is not that difficult ...

"Nonsense, can I find you without difficulty?"

"I love to hear that, okay, I took it. I will take a trip to Venice, but if I can make it, I can't guarantee it."

"It's okay, just try it. If it fails, isn't there a war alternative ..."

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