"What? During the pursuit, the French army suddenly turned around and attacked our army, and our army lost more than 10,000? "Receiving this battle report, Gonzalo. Morality. Córdoba was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

But after the anger, there is fear in the heart. What he was thinking at the moment was - suffer, the defects of the Spanish phalanx were discovered by the French!

Gonzalo. Morality. The phalanx of Córdoba is different from that of the original Marin, although both have trenches filled with wooden stakes, but they are different elsewhere.

Of course, he is not to blame for this. Because, when I first learned the phalanx from Marin, Marin's phalanx only had a bunker called a trench. Later, Gonzalo. Morality. Córdoba was also a genius, inventing the method of piling up the earth from digging trenches into earthen walls to resist French shells.

It stands to reason that such a powerful phalanx is invincible. That's true, but only if the Spaniards are on the defensive.

In other words, if this policy is launched to pursue the enemy, there will be no cover from trenches and earthen walls, and it will face the onslaught of the enemy. In particular, in the face of a raid by super-large heavy cavalry of such a cavalry power as France.

In the previous battles, the Spaniards had always played the defensive side, and naturally this weakness was not exposed. Of course, with the eyes of the French in this era, it is impossible to see it.

Only Marin, the "original" of the phalanx, knew about the flaws of the Spanish phalanx - it could not move, and the sides and back were weak......

This is also something that cannot be helped, as soon as the Spanish phalanx starts moving, the powerful cover will be lost. Moreover, it is also a tradition of European armies for mercenaries to place the most combat-ready veterans in the front row, and the old and weak and new recruits in the back and flanks and back.

But they didn't expect that this time the French actually knew how to kill the horse pistol, and moreover, they still attacked after rounding back to the flank of the phalanx......

This is too much of a chicken thief, and it is not in line with the European style of this era. But as a famous general, Gonzalo. Morality. Córdoba quickly found the prototype in his memory -

"Mongol cavalry tactics?"

That's right, this is the tactic of the Mongol cavalry that swept across Eurasia - first feign defeat to attract the enemy to pursue. When the enemy was tired of chasing and the formation was chaotic, he suddenly killed the horse pistol, and suddenly outflanked the left and right with the cavalry of the brigade on the left and right flanks, attacked the ribs of the enemy's battle formation, and stabbed the knife fiercely......

Of course, the Mongols cooperated with this set, and there was also a classic "mangu" tactic, which was to shoot arrows back while fleeing, which made the pursuing side very untempered.

However, it was also the luck of the Mongols that faced the tin can European heavy cavalry. Although European war horses are tall and have long thighs, their explosive power is better than that of Mongolian horses. But the problem is that with heavy cavalry and heavy horse armor, even in the face of short-legged Mongolian horses, they can't catch up. Therefore, the Europeans were mistreated very badly. If it weren't for the sudden death of the Mongol Great Khan, the Western Expeditionary Army was busy returning to fight for the Khan's throne, and perhaps Germany and France would have been pushed away. After all, at that time the Mongol cavalry had already reached Hungary. Further west, there is the German region.

Of course, the Mongol cavalry was not really completely invincible. When they encountered the Mamluk cavalry (Turkic descendants) riding Arabian horses, they were defeated because the horses were outmatched by their opponents, and the Mangu's kite tactics failed. There is no way, the Mamluk cavalry is all "sports cars" (Arabian horses), and "drag racing" can't race others......

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To be honest, Louis XII didn't want to adopt this very unEuropean tactic. But, John. Rafi cites the example of the Mongol cavalry, citing the Battle of the Saiyo, an example of a European coalition defeated by the Mongol cavalry.

Louis XII happened to take Gonzalo. Morality. Córdoba had no choice but to give it a try. As a result, it really worked wonders, destroying tens of thousands of Spanish infantry at once. Although most of them are new recruits and old and weak, this battle is already a glorious victory. After all, the French cavalry only lost hundreds of men in this battle, but annihilated tens of thousands of enemies, which was definitely a brilliant victory.

After this battle, the Spanish army, which originally had an army of 60,000, lost tens of thousands of people. If the rain hadn't stopped, it is estimated that thousands more people would have been lost.

Upon his return to the city, Louis XII was overjoyed and celebrated his victory with a feast. And John, who offered the plan. Lafite, Louis XII, in a good mood, directly doubled his fiefdom. Moreover, Louis XII promised that if France eventually occupied the Kingdom of Naples, the title would be raised......

For a moment, John. Raffi was thinking—I just messed up with Louis XII......

However, he thought that if his true identity was exposed, he would definitely be disgusted by Louis XII, and even be imprisoned. So, he can only press these unrealistic ideas. Moreover, Marin may have promised to give him more fiefs afterwards than the French......

Of course, Marin didn't say that those fiefdoms were in the Americas......

Now America is a wild land, and land is worthless. Even if it is given to John. Rafite has one or two thousand square kilometers of land equivalent to the size of the country, and Marin is not distressed. After all, the Americas lacked nothing and land.

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In the days that followed, both sides fell into calm and began the Cold War confrontation mode. The French wanted to repeat their old tricks, and went out of the city on a rainy day to lure the Spaniards to chase them. Morality. Córdoba ignored it. Anyway, as long as the large French army does not leave the city, he does not care.

And, Gonzalo. Morality. Córdoba these days, has been working on a solution to the deficiencies of his phalanx. After all, if this major flaw is not solved, the French will still suffer a big loss in the future.

How to ensure that the enemy's massive heavy cavalry assault from the flank and rear direction was indeed a great problem during the march. Even Gonzalo. Morality. A famous player like Córdoba is also difficult to come up with countermeasures if he wants to break his head. Moreover, it was also a world-class problem in ancient times.

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Of course, in Marin, the traverser, it is not a problem at all. Ma Lin's own ability is limited, but there are many ancient Chinese ancestors. Who's that...... Ahem, Qi Jiguang, a famous general who was not yet born, knew how to use the van to resist the sudden attack of the Mongol cavalry on their march......

Moreover, this is not Qi Jiguang's first invention. In fact, as early as the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty expedition to Mobei in the Battle of Mobei, the famous general Wei Qing of the Han Dynasty did the matter of surrounding the ox carts transporting baggage in a circle to prevent the impact of the Hun cavalry. In the end, the Han army won a great victory and defeated the Xiongnu.

Those who can come up with these methods are all super famous generals in Chinese history. And he, Marin, is just standing on the shoulders of giants.

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In fact, this war itself was provoked by Marin, and his purpose was also to deplete the strength of Spain and France. For Marin, unilaterally depleting Spain's strength is obviously not in its interests, and it is better to weaken both sides together to be in line with the way of balance.

Therefore, Marin had been prepared for this......

"What? An Italian merchant presented me with a chariot? "Gonzalo, who is meditating on what to do. Morality. Córdoba was a little stunned.

Soon, an Italian businessman named Giovanni came to the door and asked Gonzalo. Morality. Córdoba presented a high-quality imitation of Yu Dayou's chariot, which was commonly used in the Beihai Army......

"General, please see, this is a kind of chariot that I saw when I was doing business in Beihai Country, and I saw a large number of vehicles equipped by the Beihai Army. It is said that it came from distant China. This tank is lightweight, but it carries a lot of cargo. And, most importantly, it has 4 spears stuck in its tip. Once stopped, if the direction is outward, the enemy cavalry wants to rush up, and it is easy to be poked to death by the 4 spears on the top of the chariot...... As long as a large number of these light chariots are placed on the sides of the battle array, so that there is no fear of the onslaught of the enemy's cavalry on the march......"

Gonzalo. Morality. Córdoba nodded after hearing this, and finally sighed:

"Grand Duke Marin is such a genius, I'm not as good as him! You are very nice, what a friend of Spain! Don't worry, I will ask Your Majesty for credit for you! Alas, such a good thing, why didn't Grand Duke Marlin tell me......"

The Italian merchant named Giovanni wanted to laugh in his heart, because he was actually a spy from the North Sea Kingdom sent by Marin. Its task was to balance the French and Spanish armies. He doesn't care about any credit, because his name is a pseudonym. Once this task is complete, it is time for him to flash ...... And the Spanish army, with this kind of chariot, was not afraid of the French return rifle tactics......