Le Havre, a city on the Atlantic coast of France.

It is located on the eastern shore of the Strait of La Manche, a small coastal town that many people did not know existed until recently, but since the last two years, it has not only become lively, but also because of the rich people willing to spend a lot of money in this bay that curves inward like a hook, it is gradually becoming the most promising seaport city on the west coast of France.

Like the famous city of Caen, Le Havre was one of the important coastal fortresses of the French to defend against the British invasion in ancient times because it was across the sea from England, and here you can see a long series of beacons built along the coastline, during the Hundred Years' War, the French lit bonfires on these beacons to warn the British invasion, although most of these beacons have been gradually abandoned, but still some of them are still preserved.

Two soldiers in loose half-body armor yawned from the beacon tower, neither of them wearing helmets, and their weapons were simply left in the room without taking them out, after all, the war with the British had passed far too long, and since the English had been driven out of France from Calais 43 years earlier, the French land had never been threatened from the other side.

So this day was no different for these soldiers stationed at the beacon tower.

Stretching again, a French soldier rubbed his somewhat swollen forehead and looked habitually out into the sea.

Then he was stunned.

A large ship was slowly emerging from behind a promontory that had protruded into the sea in front of it, and the half-dropped sails and the front spinnaker blown by the sea breeze set off the ship unusually large, and as the ship gradually showed its whole body from behind the cape, it could be clearly seen that the porthole covers of the upper and lower layers of the ship's side were completely open, and then the soldier was horrified to see that a cannon was being pushed out of those wide open portholes, and the pitch-black muzzles were facing their direction!

"Enemy~"

The soldier cried out in terror, and as soon as his words fell, there was a muffled thunderous roar from the sea, and then a whistling sound swarmed towards the beacon!

"Bang Bang Bang"

Huge explosions rang out on the shore in an instant, columns of smoke rose into the air along with splashes of dirt, and the soldier even felt the scorching heat of a cannonball passing overhead, and then he only felt the ground under his feet shaking, and even had the illusion that this rather steep slope could be blown apart at any moment and slide down the shore.

The Frenchman cried out in fright, and in the great danger of a crater blowing up around him, or being ploughed out of a deep ditch by a terrible iron ball, he turned and ran desperately, completely oblivious to his companions, who could no longer see their shadows.

The soldier kept running high until he finally couldn't run anymore and fell to the ground, and at this point, the terrible shelling finally stopped.

The Frenchman got up and looked down, and he saw the shore, which had been blown up in an instant, and the beacon in front of him, which looked like it had been hit, and his companions who were running over not far away, just like him.

Bombed for a long time, nothing was blown up?

The soldier looked at the sea ship that was still slightly wafting out of the smoke of gunpowder in a daze, and his mind couldn't turn for a while.

The boat didn't seem to intend to fire any longer, and they began to slowly turn and cruise towards the deep sea.

Looking at the flags fluttering on its high tail building, the French soldier suddenly woke up from a dream and let out a scream: "British! The British called! Report it! ”

In the city of Le Havre, a merchant is smiling and counting the gold coins in his money bag, the city of Le Havre has been really prosperous in the past 2 years, I heard that this is entirely because the Portuguese have discovered a new route to the East, many ships transporting pepper from the East will stop in the port of Portugal for a while, and then there will be a few ships along the coast to the north, they will unload their goods in Le Havre, and gradually Le Havre has become the largest pepper distribution center in France.

This soon made Le Havre rich, and the people of the city could clearly feel that life was getting better by the day, and the arrogant Parisian merchants were now politely talking to the locals in the streets, hoping to find a way to buy more pepper.

This made Le Havre very proud, and they felt that as long as they had good relations with the Portuguese, then Le Havre could continue to prosper, so Le Havre could also be said to be the strongest call for military intervention in the Iberian Peninsula.

The merchant tossed his money bag and was about to stuff it into his pocket, when a rapid sound of horses' hooves suddenly rushed from the opposite side, and before he could look up, a figure had passed by him, and the rapid speed caused the man to stumble, and the money bag in his hand fell to the ground, and the Radia gold coins in it immediately tumbled and fell to the ground.

The merchant shouted and immediately crouched down to pick up the gold coins, while scolding incessantly, and as he fought for the last Ladia with a guy who wanted to sneak up a gold coin and slip away, the sudden ringing of a bell in the distance made them stop, and they looked in the direction of the town hall of Le Havre in the distance.

Soon, news of the British attacking the beacon on the coast near Le Havre spread throughout the city.

In an instant, Le Havre boiled.

Half a century has passed since the Hundred Years' War, but the 116 years of turmoil have become a pain and shadow that the French can never erase, and now the British are actually taking advantage of the French king's expedition to a foreign land, brazenly shelling the French coast, which immediately provoked a strong reaction in Le Havre.

What worries the people of Le Havre is whether the British will invade in a big way next, after all, Le Havre and the British port of Portsmouth are only separated by a not very wide channel, and if the British really plan to invade France, they will probably fall before reinforcements from other places arrive.

These speculations caused panic throughout the city, and the mayor of Le Havre, while sending a report to Paris at once, ordered the city's defenses to be strengthened, and if necessary, the port was blocked, ready to respond to the invasion of the British.

For a time, there was a tense atmosphere in the city of Le Havre.

At this very moment when the whole city was uneasy, another accident caused Le Havre to fall into a complete panic.

The day after the shelling, a man who claimed to be the agent of Groggenin, the great merchant who had invested a lot of money in the port of Le Havre, announced that Grogenin would withdraw all his investments in Le Havre, and that he would exchange all the gold coins of Radia for florin when he paid the dividends to which he was due.

The news came as a surprise to the officials of the town hall of Le Havre, and it was only after they had said good things and bribed the agent that they heard something that surprised them.

It is said that in Italy, King Louis XII of France had formed an alliance with the Pope, and they were facing an anti-French alliance of a total of seven countries and city-states, and the Pope's actions had apparently angered the free trade alliance dominated by Rome Thesia and Naples, and the trade alliance had publicly announced that it would completely block any trade with the Vatican and France, at the call of the Queen Regent of Naples. Among them, even Sicily, which has always been not at peace with Naples due to historical reasons, has agreed to sign what is claimed to be the largest trade blockade in European history.

"My employer is a major member of the trade alliance, believe me, immediately replace all the Radia in your hands with Florin, you must know that soon from the Netherlands to Venice, everyone will refuse to do business with the French and the Vatican, and because Radia is issued by the Holy See, but do you think that a blocked Holy See, how much strength do they have to ensure the value of Ladia, not to mention that in order to build an army for his son, Alexander VI used the treasury of the Holy See, Now that the British have come in again, it seems that the situation is really not good. ”

After the drunken merchant had finished nagging to the Le Havre official who accompanied him, he fought again with a piece of smoked fish in front of him, completely oblivious to the ugly look on the face of the official beside him.

This man's words soon reached the town hall, and the officials who had invested in Le Havre when Grogenenin had invested in Le Havre began to feel uneasy, they knew that if it weren't for that, it would be impossible for that Gragenin to lose a lot of money and recover the principal interest, not to mention that with Radia's current status, he deliberately let people completely exchange it for florin, all this can only show one thing, the Holy See, which issued the gold Ladia coin, may really be in big trouble this time!

The officials couldn't help but get nervous, and they began to order people to exchange the Ladia gold coins in their hands for florin, and as soon as the officials began to do so, the news immediately leaked out unstoppable.

First the merchants, then the wealthy families, and then the hawkers, who did not even earn a few Radia gold coins a year, followed suit.

The florins of Le Havre suddenly became in demand, and when it became clear that there were fewer and fewer florins on the market, an inevitable thing finally happened!

Radia Gold Coins are starting to depreciate!

Even if it has the same quality and weight, in order to get rid of it as soon as possible, some people began to use a 1.5:1 method to replace Radia with Florin as soon as possible, and as soon as this opening was opened, an irrepressible storm spread rapidly from the city of Le Havre to the rest of France like a demon released from hell!

In late May, when the weather was already starting to get hot and the monsoon winds blowing from the Mediterranean were a little damp, a group of French soldiers were undressing and bathing in the river on the north bank of the Arnaud.

After the capture of Pesha, Louis XII did not continue his march, but had to stop his advance.

The armies of Venice and Ferrara were now advancing on the French from the northeast, and according to the latest information, the Austrians had again sent troops from Austria, and their direction was clearly Milan.

This gave Louis XII a sudden premonition of something not so good.

He feared that if he continued to go deeper, he might be cut off, and if he could destroy all the enemy before the Austrians arrived, the best option now was not to go far from Genoa, which was still in his hands.

For Louis XII, Caesar's importance was revealed.

If Caesar could advance with him and rendezvous in the center of Romagna, then with the strength of both of them and the areas under their control, they would be able to confront any enemy, and perhaps even take the opportunity to join Caesar in forcing the all-avoidant Roman army to accept a decisive battle, so as to defeat this slippery enemy once and for all.

Louis XII now knew that Cambrai was not in Rome-Thesia, which made him somewhat relieved, although Gombray did have some capable generals, but Louis XII believed that a coalition army without a joint command was actually easier to deal with.

As for the Neapolitan army led by Josa himself, Louis XII did not take her to heart, after all, the Neapolitan army defending Pisa has to hide in the city because of previous mistakes and cannot carry out operations, and Josa himself is said to have less than about 3,000 men, Louis XII believes that Caesar, who seems to be confident after a break, can deal with it.

So he decided to temporarily keep the army on the north bank of the Arno River, and at the same time wrote to Caesar again, telling him that "it is time to prove your courage to everyone again." ”

Caesar's answer to Louis XII's letter was that he decided to take Louis XII's advice to first defeat the Neapolitan army, and then immediately go north to join Louis XII in the heart of Romagna.

Caesar once again saw hope for nearly half a month of recuperation, and although he was surprised by the unexpected timely arrival of food supplies by sea by sea, Caesar felt that it was time to see the Neapolitans again, seeing that not only had they recovered their previous numbers, but also that the performance of the army was very different from that of the previous Papal army, Caesar felt that it was time to see the Neapolitans again.

On 26 May, the Papal Army began to move outside the city of Rome.

To Caesar's surprise, the Neapolitans abandoned their camp on Rocadispas and set up their camp closer to the coast, knowing that this was supposed to make it easier to get supplies from the sea, which made Caesar envious of the Neapolitans' strong maritime transport.

For the actions of the Papal Army, Jisha has been watching closely, in fact, she is clear about every move of the Papal Army, and even sometimes Caesar himself does not know what is happening in the army, but the information has been sent to Jisha.

So when the Papal army set up their field camp in the town of Marno, six miles away from Rome, it took only a little thought for him to understand Caesar's intentions.

"Caesar has learned wisely this time," Tsusha was a little surprised, she looked at the generals in front of her, and made a helpless gesture, "He seems to want to force us to the beach little by little." ”

"Your Majesty, we are too close to the coast, and this may deprive us of a chance to move," said one of the generals, worriedly, "perhaps we should retreat south at once, or at least not with our backs to the coast." ”

"Then, Caesar will keep forcing us to retreat, and then he may force us back and go north quickly, knowing that the situation in Romagna is not optimistic now, Louis may attack Florence at any time, if then the Roman Thesian army will have to send troops to fight the French before reinforcements arrive."

"But Your Majesty, the French can do the same now, so even if we do, it may be too late."

Another officer said with some apprehension that he did not understand why the originally wise queen would be so stubborn when it came to the Duke of Rome Thesia, even if she would put herself in danger, although it was recognized that the queen's brother and sister had a good relationship, but when it came to the fate of the country, this kind of emotional and impulsive performance was very worrying.

"No, Louis will not attack at this time," said Jossa in a tone of no doubt, "Louis XII would not venture deep into Romagna without Caesar meeting him from the south, for if he could not take Florence quickly, he would be in danger of falling into the quagmire of the Duchy of Rome and Thesia, unless Caesar opened a way for him from the south, so that even if his offensive was frustrated, he could continue south, and even take Rome again." ”

"But Your Majesty, this is just your speculation after all, in case the French attack in advance......"

"No, Louis will definitely wait for Caesar to open the way from the south for him," Josha's voice raised, she glanced at the generals, and suddenly smiled at them, "Because this is what my brother said." ”

Hearing the Queen's words, the Florentine officers couldn't help but look at each other in astonishment.

On the early morning of May 27, the weather was fine, the wind blowing from the sea smelled a little salty, and the Neapolitan troops who had entered the position were a little unstable and prepared for the battle.

The 1st Grenadier Company was this time placed in the middle of the position, where there was a vineyard with a low stone wall running from northwest to southeast along the undulating terrain.

The place where the low wall ends on the right is defended by a Taranto sword and shield corps of about 400 men, which is personally commanded by Elliotto, son of Count Horseen, and on the left, guarded by the Kosenza spear guards,

The vineyard was still green, and a few grenadiers who had picked the hard grape beads and stuffed them into their mouths immediately grinned at the sour taste.

"That Caesar is not dead," said one of the soldiers, spitting out the grapes from his mouth, and carefully examining the flint set in the musket, and after making sure that it was indeed jammed, he said to his companion, "how about a bet he will not run away this time?" ”

"I'd love to bet with you, but so do I myself," said his companion, picking at his helmet, and then shouted to an officer who was standing on the wall not far away, looking into the distance, "see what, captain?" ”

The officer did not reply, but kept staring carefully into the distance, and after a while he suddenly grabbed the whistle hanging on his chest, blew a piercing shrill sound with all his strength, and then he jumped off the wall and shouted: "Coming, the Papal army is coming!" ”

On 27 May, Caesar's reorganized Papal army, of about 3,700 men, attacked the Neapolitan army again.

It was also on the same day that news that the Radia gold coin was being run on was finally reached in Rome.