By the time the Spanish army had assembled and approached the French rearguard, the French had filled in 11 pits, leaving only three unfilled.

"How did the French fill the hole so quickly? Don't they dig holes for a long time? "Neither the Duke of Cabrera nor the Duke of Domingo get it. They led a large army to intercept the French from the flank, and did not see the bags that filled the pits. In their opinion, if you want to fill the tunnel, you should dig the soil and fill the pit with a shovel, which is very time-consuming. More than a dozen pits, no matter what, can hold back the French army until the Spanish army is assembled. But if they had slowed down, the French would have fled......

At this point, the scout who had gone to the front to reconnoiter and came back reported:

"The two dukes, it seems that the French used sacks that had run out of grain, filled them with soil in advance, and filled the pits when they saw them, so they were very fast!"

"Fill a pit with sacks of grain? This ...... "The two short-sighted Spanish dukes were stunned by the French maneuvering."

But there's no time to surprise them now. Because, when the French filled in the last pit, the advance of the Spanish army finally caught up with the broken rear troops of the French army......

"Spanish cavalry, charge!" Count López, who was in charge of the cavalry, ordered loudly.

Then, about 5,000 Spanish cavalrymen, dressed in open-backed, half-body plate armor (only protected in front and unprotected in the back, including leg armor), rode Andalusian horses without horse armor, brandished their sabers, and quickly charged the 10,000 French infantry behind them.

But at this moment, a military horn suddenly rushed out of the diagonal thorn and tens of thousands of French knights, scaring the five thousand Spanish cavalry in backless suits enough. They are light cavalry, and they will fight hard with heavy cavalry when their brains are kicked by a donkey. So, they quickly reined in their horses and turned back, and went around the flank of the Spanish army.

The French knights, seeing that there were many wheelbarrows with spears in front of the Spanish army, knew that they would not be able to gain any advantage, so they did not attack, but retreated......

The five great Spanish nobles all breathed a sigh of relief, and Duke Domingo cursed:

"Damn the French, they chose to run away on a rainy day. On a sunny day, our musketeers would have taught them how to behave! ”

Speaking of which, it was also the Spaniards who were unlucky. The climate on the Italian side is Mediterranean, with hot, arid summers and little rain. However, this rainy day was encountered by them. Of course, the French have been waiting for a long time for this rainy day. Being able to encounter rainy weather in Italy in the rainy summer can only be regarded as unlucky for the Spaniards.

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Subsequently, both sides became cautious. The French retreated cautiously, and the Spaniards cautiously pursued. Then, during this time period, the bow and crossbow became the main weapon for mutual killing. Unfortunately, the Spanish army relied mainly on arquebuses at long range, and there were very few crossbows and crossbows of only 500 pieces. In France, on the other hand, there were about 1,500 crossbows. Thus, in this drizzly weather, the two sides exchanged fires, and the French had an absolute advantage.

But just let the French go like this, and several Spanish nobles will definitely be unlucky when they go back. Therefore, knowing that there was no chance, the Spanish army also clung to the French army and looked for fighters.

However, after two or three hours of entanglement, the French retreated into a narrow valley. The French then blocked the valley with a group of chariots and let the crossbowmen hide behind the carts and shoot fiercely, blocking the Spanish army at once.

Then the French also stopped to rest. The Spaniards tried to attack several times, but because the main firepower of the Spanish army was arquebuses, it was useless in such rainy conditions. Therefore, several attacks by the Spaniards were easily repulsed by the French.

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The two sides confronted each other until evening, when the Spaniards began to build a camp. However, the French sent a thousand plate knights, abandoned their horses, and armed with two-handed swords, and suddenly rushed into the camp that the Spaniards were building, hacked and killed hundreds of Spanish people, and then flew away, so angry that several Spanish nobles stomped their feet.

And that wasn't the end, when the Spanish army began to eat dinner, the French had already finished eating baguettes, assembled, and under the leadership of three thousand French knights who dismounted and fought on foot, they once again launched a charge against the Spanish camp, taking the Spaniards by surprise. They didn't have any dry food in advance, so they had to make dinner fresh. Under the attack of the French, the Spanish soldiers could not afford to have a good dinner.

Moreover, after the French knights dismounted and fought on foot, without the shackles of the war horses, they were not afraid of the wheelbarrows of the Spaniards. Moreover, they were assisted by 7,000 of the most elite Swiss spearmen, who were better than the Spaniards in foot combat on rainy days.

After suffering several losses, the Spanish army, led by five generals, had no choice but to retreat......

"Let's retreat into the city of Naples!" Count Scudo, one of the five leaders of the Spanish army, proposed.

Then, he explained:

"You see, the city of Naples is tall and strong, much stronger than our original camp. Moreover, the houses in the city were much more comfortable to live in than the camp tents. Moreover, there is no need to worry about being attacked by the French at night. ”

Several other people listened to it and thought it made sense, so they nodded in agreement. Then, after returning to the camp, the Spanish army moved the baggage from the camp into the empty city of Naples one by one.

As for the pursuit of the French? Wake up early tomorrow morning. In any case, the valley where the French stayed was just over an hour away from the city of Naples. The reason why they pursued for two or three hours was because neither side dared to go fast. If you get up tomorrow morning, you can still catch up if you march quickly. It would be better if the rain stopped tomorrow and the Spanish musketeers could show their fighting power......

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After entering the city of Naples, which was tall and fortified, the Spaniards at first, out of caution, sent people to conduct a large search throughout the city in case the French left any ambushes. As a result, there was not a single ghost in the city, and everyone relaxed.

It's just that, they don't know, there is a place that they have neglected......

At the same time, in the camp of the French army in the valley, Louis XII ordered:

"Everyone, quickly set up your tent and hurry up and rest!"

Then he sent two thousand knights, who took off their plate armor and horse armor and replaced them with knightly swords:

"Baron Victor, can you promise to clear out the dozens of Spanish scout cavalry outside the valley and not let a single one go?"

The knight named Victor nodded solemnly and said:

"Your Majesty, rest assured, our people have already discovered a secret passage in this valley that can go around behind each other. As long as you block the opponent's retreat, you can guarantee to kill those Spanish scouts! ”

Obviously, the Spaniards also left dozens of scout cavalry to monitor the movements of the French army. However, they were left behind by several Spanish generals to prevent the French from escaping. As soon as the French ran away at night, they would send their men back to report the news. But unexpectedly, the French didn't want to run at all, and planned to kill them......

After more than an hour, Baron Victor led two thousand French knights around the rear, completely blocked their rear path, and killed dozens of Spanish scout cavalry......

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A few hours later, at about two o'clock in the morning, there was a commotion in the French camp in the valley:

"Get up, get up!" The commanders of the battalions began to urge the French officers and men to get up.

One hour later, the French army was ready to march in the direction of the city of Naples. However, the French commander repeatedly stressed that there must be no major movements......

Obviously, this is another "return to the carbine......