According to the history known to Marin, the coalition forces would spend a long time gathering the army. It was not until the French went north that more than 30,000 troops were initially gathered.

Originally, the commander of this coalition should be the highest-ranking Emperor Maximilian I of Shenluo (the pope is not a secular monarch, so it is impossible to lead the troops personally). However, the tragic Emperor Maximilian I was trapped in Wolms (the imperial city, one of the convening points of the Imperial Parliament) and quarreled with the guys in the Imperial Parliament. When the French retreated north arrived, the emperor was still quarreling in Wolms. Even because the emperor did not arrive, Shenluo's tens of thousands of troops did not

He participated in the Battle of Forowo that intercepted the French army to the north. At the same time, the Spanish army led by Gonzalo de Cordoba peeked at the border of Naples in Sicily, but did not dare to land in Naples and confront the French. So, in fact, the Battle of Forowo was actually fought by the Italian coalition forces. The name of the battle was Gonchaga, the Marquis of Mandova. However, the Marquis of Gonchaga, the Marquis of Gonchaga, was not prestige and mediocre ability, and could not command the coalition forces smoothly.

Therefore, the coalition forces hurriedly intercepted the French army with poor command. There were few French soldiers and were unwilling to fight with the coalition forces, and they could not afford to spend their logistics. So the French left behind a lot of trophy robbed in Italy and retreated to France in a hurry.

In this way, both sides actually had a fair fight. King Charles VIII successfully withdrew, and afterwards, both sides claimed that they had won. However, no one had enough evidence to explain.

In fact, the real situation is that the French broke through the defense line of the coalition and fled back to the country, but lost all the baggage and the plundered property. The coalition failed to intercept, but seized a large amount of materials. Especially, when Charles VIII deliberately scattered the treasures on the road, the coalition cavalry were busy dismounting and robbing the property, and they did not chase and kill the French...

Moreover, Marin once heard a saying that syphilis, which has been rampant in Europe for hundreds of years, seems to have broken out in Naples during this war.

The reason why Charles VIII fled back to China in a hurry was actually a large part of the reason for avoiding the rampant syphilis. At the same time, the Naples also launched guerrilla warfare against the French army under the leadership of King Fertino of Naples, consuming the French army's strength.

Under multiple strikes, and the Holy Alliance threatened to cut off the French alliance to return to China, Charles VIII was panicked and led the main force to retreat north. Moreover, the main force to retreat north was mainly 8,000 French Knights.

The reason why knights were asked to take the land was because it was not easy to load war horses. For example, infantry could return on French ships. However, cavalry was more difficult. First of all, a horse would occupy the position of several people on board. Moreover, horses needed a lot of food and grass. In addition, horses had to pull poop anywhere...

Therefore, loading 8,000 horses is very difficult and difficult. Because at this time, Europe had not designed a ship dedicated to loading large quantities of horses (there were many ships in separate compartments, and Zheng He had a ship dedicated to loading horses when he voyage to the West).

Horses cannot be put together for a long time. When the owner is present, the horses are often obedient. But once the owner leaves, it is hard to say. The character of the horse is often much more intense than holding a horse. If the two horses are put together and the owner is not there, it is easy to fight each other. For example, biting each other with the mouth and kicking each other with their hooves, which can easily cause the horse to be injured. If the stallion (uncastrated) leans against the mare, it will waste energy to do the shy thing.

Therefore, it is best not to put the war horses together to avoid two beasts causing trouble. Because of this, those stables usually only have one horse in each partition.

If you want to ship horses, the ship must first modify it and make partitions like stables to avoid contact between war horses. If a group of horses are placed on the deck and pass overnight, some horses will definitely be injured in the fight.

If there were hundreds of horses, Charles VIII might have shipped back to China in ships. But 8,000 horses were not easy to settle. So, he simply took 8,000 heavy cavalry back to China by land.

In fact, there are not only 8,000 heavy cavalrymen, but they usually have another horse to ride on the road. The war horses usually charge before the war and will not be used to carry armor to avoid the horses not having physical strength during the war.

In this way, Charles VIII's cavalry had at least 16,000 horses. So he had to return home by land. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many ships shipped.

At the same time, the powerful Venetian Navy had bypassed the Apennine Peninsula and appeared on the route from Naples to France, and began to block the route. If you were to take the sea route, maybe Charles VIII's ship could be sunk by the Venetian Navy. Therefore, in terms of safety, it would be better to take the land route.

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At the end of April, the 11,000 army of the Holy Roman Empire came to Venice under the leadership of the emperor and held an alliance with Venice. Of course, the emperor also wanted Venice to help buy part of the order.

In addition, Venice also gathered 10,000 mercenaries; the nobles of the Italian states also brought 4,000 armored heavy infantry; while the Principality of Milan and the Marquis of Mandova sent a total of 6,000 light cavalry (not regular cavalry that rushed into the formation) to fight together.

With the joint efforts of several parties, the number of coalition forces has exceeded 30,000. In addition, the Spanish army also arrived in Sicily, opposite the sea, with a number of thousands. This group of people was enough to deter the French army in Naples, making it necessary for the French to distribute a large number of troops to defend against the Spanish.

As for the Pope, although a group of mercenaries were recruited, the Pope bordered Naples. Therefore, the army recruited by the Pope had to defend several big cities such as Rome to prevent them from being violated and looted by the French.

You know, the French fought along the way, and they didn't know how many towns they had looted, and they were slaughtering three feet of the ground. Before, Charles VIII did not loot Rome because he needed the Pope to appoint him as the King of Naples. Now, the Pope has publicly stood opposite to France. If you are not careful, the French army will break through Rome and rob. And the Pope and Bishop of Rome are mostly rich rich people. If they are robbed by the French, then they will not cry to death? Therefore, the army of the Pope cannot participate in the alliance, and they are directly used to defend Rome.

The big guys who participated in the alliance, naturally, were Maximilian I, the emperor. As the most important person present and a professional who understands military affairs, everyone unanimously elected Maximilian I as the commander of the coalition forces, responsible for intercepting and even eliminating the French army.

In addition to the emperor as head coach, Marquis of Mandova, Gonchaga, and Commander of Venetian Niccolo Piti Liuno, jointly served as the emperor's deputy.

In fact, this appointment is harmful. It is precisely because of the word "common" that the two people had difficulty in coordination in the Battle of Fornovo, which delayed the fighter jets to a certain extent.

After the alliance was successful and the position of commander of the coalition forces, His Majesty the Emperor actually ran back to the country and quarreled with the princes of the Imperial Parliament in China for money.

Until now, the princes of the empire are still quarreling about whether to participate in the Italian War. The emperor wanted to increase taxes, but there was no way to go.

If the Imperial Parliament had approved the tax increase early, the emperor might have gathered 20,000 troops to Italy to try to crippled France at one time. However, it would be almost impossible for the Imperial Parliament to unite until the local crisis was in danger. Usually, they could argue for a few days for a trivial matter. At the same time, they were also afraid that Maximilian I would take this opportunity to strengthen himself. Although Maximilian I was capable, due to the limited power of the emperor, he could not do anything to the dukes and counts in his territory.

As for Marin and the 11,000 imperial army, they were thrown in Venice, temporarily led by the emperor's deputy, Earl Alfred, a member of the Habsburg family from Stylia, Austria.

But Marin, who had been in the imperial system for more than a month, heard that Count Alfred was mediocre and not very brave. However, because he was born into the Habsburg family in the Stiletia region of Austria and was quite loyal to the emperor, he was entrusted to the army to command the command power.

As for Frederick II, the Count of Hohenzollen, who was most trusted by the emperor, he had to stay in the country to command the army and guard against the Hungarians. After all, the old nest of the Habsburg family was the scar in the heart of the Habsburg family. Even if he sent troops to Italy, Maximilian I would not dare to give up his vigilance against the Hungarians.
Chapter completed!