Chapter 93: Westfa
Just as the Danish prince intended to use the power of France and the Grand Duchy of Moscow to save Denmark, they did not know that the French were in trouble ...
It turned out that after the signing of the Treaty of Granada, France and Spain divided the Kingdom of Naples. The French occupied the northern part of the Kingdom of Naples, including the city of Naples. The Spaniards occupy some of the southernmost part of the Apennine Peninsula.
Strictly speaking, the Spaniards suffer and the French take advantage. After all, France is the number one power in the European continent. And Spain, the strength on land is not as good as Shinra and Poland. Of course, this is when the open Turkey does not participate in the competition ...
However, when the Treaty of Granada was signed, at the junction of the two sites, an area called Capitana was ignored.
However, this Capitana is a very important area. The land there is fertile and is an excellent pasture. Of course, this is not the most important. The most important thing is that it is a huge valley, and it is also an important area from the south to the north on the Apennine Peninsula.
The cattle industry in the Kingdom of Naples is relatively developed. When winter and summer, there will be a large number of cattle herds, through the Capitanata area, to the north or south to spend the winter.
When a large number of cattle pass through this place, local officials can set up cards to levy "transit tax", and the number is not small.
In this era when the king can only rely on collecting customs duties, commercial taxes, entry tax and transit tax, transit tax is definitely a wealth that cannot be ignored.
Moreover, more importantly, both France and Spain are very unhappy to share the rich kingdom of Naples with each other.
So, the two countries had a dispute over the Capitanata area, where a large amount of tax can be levied, and no one would give in ...
Originally, the French were dominant. Because there are so many French people. France is too strong. There are as many as 20,000 people in standing cavalry alone. This is not an infantry. Moreover, they can also recruit Swiss mercenaries to fight, be regarded as the top power in Europe to carry sub-level.
However, Spain is not bad. In particular, Gonzalo de Cordova also ran to East Friesland specifically, and learned the famous "Marin Phalanx" from Marin. The biggest feature of the Marin Phalanx is the restraint of heavy cavalry. Therefore, the Spaniards are not afraid of the French.
Although Gonzalo de Córdoba had only 10,000 men, most of whom were infantry, he did not fear the French. As early as last winter, he began to boldly confront the French army and compete for transit taxes. .
The news reached Paris, France, Louis XII was very unhappy. Moreover, he had long had the idea of kicking Spain out of the Kingdom of Naples. Therefore, Louis XII suspended the support for the Swiss and the emperor, and hired 13,000 Swiss mercenaries from Switzerland. This move temporarily halted the Swiss offensive against the Graubünden area controlled by Maximilian I, and the emperor was relieved.
In addition, Louis XII also plans to hire 17,000 Italian mercenaries from the Italian region, and then transfer 10,000 French heavy armored cavalry from the homeland, join the 40,000 army south, and fight against Spain, and then completely drive the Spanish out of the Kingdom of Naples .
When the Danish Foreign Minister Eriksson arrived in Paris, Louis XII had already planned to head south with his army ...
So, when the French had a battle to fight, the Danish dream of getting military support from France was shattered ...
However, Louis XII did not want Marin to be arrogant. Although it cannot directly send troops to support Denmark. However, the French generously allocated 50 6-pound bronze guns and a lot of gunpowder and shells from the arsenal to Denmark to help Denmark guard Copenhagen.
In addition, Louis XII also loaned 200,000 gold coins to Danish King Hans, encouraging him to hire more mercenaries to fight against the four-nation coalition. With this money, the Danes have no problem recruiting 10,000 troops.
The most important thing is that 10,000 troops are placed in the wild, perhaps not the opponent of the 30,000 coalition forces commanded by Marin. However, it is enough to guard Copenhagen, which is tall and strong.
After all, it was a tens of thousands of troops, sending thousands of people to block in front of the city gate, they could block the city gate ...
Just like that, Eriksson left France with a little disappointment. However, he is not considered empty-handed. There are so many artillery and ammunition, and 200,000 gold coins that can hire tens of thousands of mercenaries. However, without the support of the envisioned Chinese and French forces, it is inevitable that they will be disappointed.
In fact, what Eriksson did n’t know was that the musketeer under Marin's ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ specializes in restraining the French Knight. Even if France sends a large army to support Denmark, it may not be effective. The French didn't come to support Denmark, but they escaped.
It's just that the French army will go south, and will face the 10,000 Spanish troops who also use the "Marin Phalanx", which is also not good. Because Gonzalo de Cordova has been training the "Marin Phalanx" for 10,000 troops under his command for a year or two since he returned from studying. Moreover, Ferdinand II also generously equipped him with 50 rear-mounted bronze guns, which further enhanced their firepower.
This is not enough. Since Columbus acted as the lead party and brought a large amount of spices from the Americas with the Spanish fleet, by selling the spices, the Spanish kings profited from a few hundred thousand dollars and suddenly became rich.
Then, with money, Ferdinand II ordered the hiring of another 10,000 Spanish mercenaries, sent through Sicily, and sent to the Spanish controlled area of the Kingdom of Naples, under the command of Gonzalo de Cordoba.
The information returned from Paris showed that the French King Louis XII had more than 20,000 troops going south with his betrothal (he did not know that Louis XII had already sent someone to Italy to recruit 10,000 mercenaries). Now that he is rich, Ferdinand II is not willing to admit it. So he increased his troops by 10,000 and planned to break his wrist with the French in the Kingdom of Naples. Best, be able to defeat the French and drive the French out of the Kingdom of Naples ...
In this way, at the same time as the fighting in the Nordic region, the two powers in southern Europe, Italy, France and Spain, also began to accumulate power secretly, all wanting to drive away each other and swallow the kingdom of Naples ...
In order to create momentum for the conflict, the kings of both Western and French countries have begun to pass diplomatic instruments, accusing each other of provocation, in order to find excuses for sending troops. Best, let yourself stand on the side of justice ...
