The pain and troubles of the Halaha knight were finally over after he tried hard to hold it up.

The situation for Perfect Knight doesn't seem to be much better.

The Bayar knight flying in mid-air is an excellent target, and Count Slam will certainly not miss it.

Even a perfect knight has no ability to dodge when he is in the air. Fortunately, there are a few Swiss behind the wall who are picking up the returning comrades one by one. They transfer the Bayar knight in time.

Therefore, Knight Bayar will continue to stay in this world and bear all the sufferings of this world.

Although Count Slam's arrow aimed at the heart failed to hit the most fatal part, the arrow inserted into the shoulder blade from the arm joint still made Knight Bayar unable to support himself with his hands after landing. In addition, the injury on his leg

The perfect knight of time is actually unable to stand up on his own.

Fortunately, all his comrades respected him for his hard work. Several people around him who were almost crushed by his heavy armor invariably grabbed his limbs and led him back.

"Thank you." Knight Bayard expressed his gratitude in French. Unfortunately, no one could understand French. Although there are many Swiss whose mother tongue is French, these Swiss are all from German-speaking areas.

Except for the Knight of Bayard, all the more than fifty French nobles died on the opposite side of the long wall. Maybe some of the five hundred French soldiers who passed by were still alive, but at least the Knight of Bayard could not be seen around him.

Knight Bayar returned to the blue ocean with an extremely sad mood.

Immediately, several more priests began to treat his injuries, and various recovery medicines were also opened for supply. "Guoguo" is the most precious weapon of a country, in terms of practicality and cost-effectiveness, it exceeds the "Suppression" which costs a huge amount in every battle.

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The Duke of Bourbon's army finally arrived. Although the vanguard operating with the Swiss suffered unimaginable heavy losses, France still had 25,000 unscathed troops.

It's just that the current situation is actually difficult to recover.

Looking at the retreating Swiss, the Duke of Bourbon used all his strength to stop the urge to look up to the sky and shake the morale of the army.

The acid splash trick used in the Ligurian Parliament to fake a fight, after limited formation and training, actually severely damaged the Swiss phalanx, which is known as a strong force.

This is because the rank of civilian soldiers is much lower than that of noble councilors, and it is also because of the low wall that is only one meter high.

A trick that is not even magic has such value. The Spanish Arcane Corps is bound to become a first-class military in the new continent, and will also become a model for other countries to follow.

During the attack, the Swiss suffered one thousand casualties, and the process of climbing over and retreating back to the long wall caused more than two thousand casualties.

Although the Habsburg Army has not pursued beyond the long wall, the Swiss casualties are still increasing.

The Habsburg Army's javelins and a small number of bows and arrows are no longer the main reason for the increase in this number.

A large part of the defeated troops on the left and right wings fled into the ditch and swamp respectively. The ditch was fine. As long as they were not shot, they could always climb out of the ditch less than five meters away.

It was extremely miserable on the other side of the swamp. Although they had just faced the Colonna family's troops, they had suffered relatively little damage at that stage.

Although the equipment is not bad, the most important thing is the will to fight. The private soldiers of the Colonna family are still slightly inferior to the elites of Austria and Spain.

The real disaster began after entering the retreat stage. Now the swamp at the edge of the long wall has almost been filled with the corpses of the Swiss. The corpses of the dead opened a way for their compatriots to survive, although they were not willing. They were basically killed.

Squeezed down.

However, Swiss people are still being pushed further to the margins and trapped in the swamp. And now it is the Swiss' turn to be unable to let go of their relatives and neighbors.

The son wanted to come and pull his father away, but the father refused to leave his Meding son.

Many people died worthless and in vain in the swamp.

Based on the preliminary information brought back by the scouts, the Duke of Bourbon judged that the final number of Swiss casualties was likely to exceed 4,000, which was more than 30% in proportion. This was almost the limit of a rout.

Scanning the battlefield, Duke Bourbon once again confirmed with his own eyes that the situation was extremely bad.

However, he was still determined to make a last-ditch effort.

Unlike the Holy Roman Empire, where each feudal noble was able to do its own thing, the Kingdom of France was a centralized kingdom, and most of the nobles had lost direct control of their own land.

Only a few close branches of the royal family still control a few small principalities. In the process of centralization of power in France, these principalities assisted the king in attacking foreign princes.

Today, the most powerful and wealthy are the Bourbon principalities of the Bourbon branch, but the independence of these principalities is incomparable with the princes of the Holy Roman Empire.

Moreover, King François of France had already begun to adopt a merciless attitude towards these recent princes who had strongly supported the centralization policy when his father was in office.

The suppression and infiltration of these semi-principal principalities is strengthening day by day.

It is not difficult for the Duke of Bourbon to guess that if this time he repeatedly mobilized the army and consumed so much military supplies and diplomatic resources, and ended up like this, then King Francois would definitely take action on him.

Although it is impossible to confiscate the principality, because this threat is also vital to the legitimacy of the French king, it is certain to take the opportunity to cut off a large city or place a few people to block the important positions of the Bourbon principality.

The Duke of Bourbon must fight hard. If he can defeat the Habsburg army in front of him and retake the Milan area, then the loss of the Swiss will become a good thing, weakening the unruly servants, and these guys asked for it themselves.

But this matter is not that easy.

Now that the Swiss were retreating, it was impossible to use trebuchets. Fortunately, the Marquis Lautec and Bensodoria, who had arrived early, had already dragged the horses through the channel with difficulty and were regrouping on the opposite side.

Because he made a very complete defense plan during the occupation of Milan, the Duke of Bourbon knew the local geography very well.

A few miles behind the long wall, between where the Habsburgs formed their formation and their camp, there was a large wooden bridge. Our cavalry troops could raid this bridge and threaten the Habsburgs' rear.

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However, frontal diversionary attacks are also necessary.

The Duke of Bourbon's flag officer waved the flag again and again, urging the army to press forward.

However, the Swiss army blocked the battlefield and forced away these allies who had already suffered huge casualties. Although it is understandable militarily, it is obviously politically incorrect. The Swiss Alliance's complaint will definitely be the King of France's attack on the Duke of Bourbon.

A sharp tool.

The Swiss rout not only blocked the road and prevented the French army from quickly entering the battlefield. At this time, in the process of passing through the French army's formation and regrouping at the rear, the rout inevitably transmitted the painful and sad defeat to France.

Soldier.

Horrible wounds and constant wailing, these scenes caused the morale of the French soldiers, who were mostly only mobilized soldiers, to drop sharply.

Since the Swiss were blocking the way, they naturally took the opportunity to advance more slowly.

The Duke of Bourbon quickly realized this problem and ordered his cavalry guards to drive the Swiss not to pass through the formation and ask them to bypass it on the right flank.

But the damage has been done. Although the Swiss' arrogance is annoying, their strength is still widely recognized by the French.

Once proud, but now in a state of desolation, the French soldiers understood what a dangerous meat grinding ground lay ahead.

Just as the main force of the Duke of Bourbon was reluctantly advancing, the Marquis Lautec's troops, who had just managed to drag most of the horses across the ditch, began to cross the wooden bridge before they could hurry up, threatening the Habsburgs.

When the army was in the rear, it was actively invited to attack by the opponent's cavalry.
Chapter completed!