After drinking the parting wine, Louis XII returned home with 15,000 French knights, leaving only 5,000 French knights and 30,000 infantry to stay there.

Before leaving, Louis XII also disposed of 16,000 captured German mercenaries, that is, the remnants of the 20,000 German mercenaries originally hired by Spain.

In that night attack, it was mainly the soldiers and horses of the Spanish headquarters that ran out, and only a small part of the 20,000 German mercenaries ran out. Most of the rest were blocked by the French in the city. In desperation, the desperate German mercenaries had no choice but to surrender.

However, when Louis XII offered to hire them to defend against a Spanish counterattack, the German mercenaries rarely refused. Instead of betraying their original employers, as the Italian mercenaries did, they refused to fight the Spanish.

Gudendorff, the leader of the German mercenaries, thought that they were ashamed that they had not fulfilled the Spanish commission. Now, it would be extremely dishonorable to accept the employment of the original enemy and turn the gun on the Spanish employer. They would rather die than turn around and beat their former employers after defeat. Even if you accept employment from a Frenchman, you can't be a Spaniard from your original employer......

Unexpectedly, the stubbornness of the Germans was highly praised by Louis XII. Louis XII thought that he would not be at ease if the German mercenaries had happily accepted the offer. Because, maybe they will join forces with their original employer, the Spaniards, and secretly plot against the Chinese. After all, an undisciplined mercenary is not to be trusted.

This era was not the era of the mid-to-late 16th century, when mercenaries completely lost their manners. At present, except for the Italian mercenaries who have a lower festival value, the mercenaries of other countries still attach great importance to honor.

Of course, Louis XII did not waste the value of the 16,000 German mercenaries in the end - Louis XII decided to take them north to reoccupy the Duchy of Milan. Then, let them garrison the Duchy of Milan.

In any case, the Duchy of Milan is the most important agricultural region in Italy. At the same time, the city of Milan is also the largest city in the HRE. Louis XII was not satisfied with just annexing the Kingdom of Naples, and it was also very good to be able to annex Milan by the way.

The 16,000 German mercenaries were then hired and followed Louis XII's 15,000 French knights north.

If you don't accept it, you can't do it, they have become prisoners of war by the French, and they will either be redeemed for not a high price, or they will be killed as useless prisoners of war......

They don't want to die, and as mercenaries who can't save money, they don't have the money to redeem themselves. In exchange for his freedom, he had to accept the employment of the French, and fought against opponents other than his original employer, the Spaniards......

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As for John. Lafite, too, went north with Louis XII's army. Originally, Louis XII also hoped that he would stay behind to assist Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, the supreme commander of the remaining troops, in dealing with the Spaniards. After all, before John. Lafite's "resourcefulness" impressed Louis XII.

But John. Where will Rafite stay? He has an important mission to do. His mission is to return to Paris, find out the whereabouts of Margaret of the Tudor family, and then send someone to kill her to prevent future troubles.

So, John. In the end, Raffi managed to turn down his stay in Naples and return home with Louis XII. Of course, before going back, he recommended that the really capable former Duke of Guedes, now Charles, Count of Nantes, stay behind to assist Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, to guard the area. John. Rafi is self-aware, and he knows that his tactics are all secretly taught to him by Marin, not his abilities. And Charlie, Count of Nantes, is the one who really has the ability. He also feared that Count Charles would become an obstacle to him when he returned to Paris, so he simply suggested that Louis XII leave him behind to assist Charles III, Duke of Bourbon. Louis XII also felt the need to keep someone who could help Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, who lacked resourcefulness, and agreed.

When the army left, Earl Charles was a hundred unhappy. As a great nobleman, he knows very well whether the great nobles of France mix well depends on whether the king attaches importance to it. Only by dangling in front of the Dharma King all day long will it be reused......

Now that he has been left in Naples, he has obviously lost the opportunity to accompany the king, and it will be difficult for him to have the opportunity to be favored in the future. So, he couldn't wait to tear up John. Rafi's broken mouth - who let him give his opinion?

But in the end, there was nothing he could do, and whoever made this war the most brilliant was John. What about Rafite? Right now, because of the great credit, John. Lafite had more favor with Louis XII than Count Charles......

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It was about the same as last time, seeing the French army of more than 30,000 men slaughtering violently, the Duke of Milan, Ludovico. Sforza was so frightened that he took his family and a few thousand men and retreated to the Müstair Valley again with the gold and silver treasures in the treasury.

The French army once again gained the city of Milan without much effort, and this time although they still did not get much treasure, but the grain in the storehouses of the city of Milan was cheaper than the French.

In any case, the Po Plain of the Duchy of Milan is also the largest plain in Italy and the most important granary of Italy. Although the volcanic ash is fertile on the Naples side, there are few plains on the Naples side, and only a few river valleys can be cultivated. Like Milan's Po Plain, with an area of 46,000 square kilometers, it is the most important granary in Italy. In addition, the Sforza family has paid attention to the construction of water conservancy in the area for many years, and has dug many irrigation rivers. Now, it's completely cheaper for the French. Most of the grain harvested last year was looted by the French army......

Louis XII then proceeded with 15,000 French knights on his way home. The 16,000 German mercenaries were left behind by Louis XII to guard the Duchy of Milan. After all, the Duchy of Milan is Italy's first granary. In the future, if France explodes troops again, it will definitely need a lot of food. And the Duchy of Milan, as the first granary of Italy, can obviously provide a lot of grain. Therefore, Louis XII simply left Gudendorf's 16,000 German mercenaries to guard the entire Duchy of Milan. They refused to fight the Spaniards, but they could fight against Ludovico of the Duchy of Milan. Sforza was no problem fighting. After all, Ludovico . Sforza is not Spaniard......

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And on the way back to Louis XII, he had already learned that Marin had returned to Louis XII (after all, there was John. Raffi Danne, also sent pigeons to Dublin, and sent an urgent notification to King Edward, who was leading an army to besiege the remnants of the O'Brien family, the last natives on the island of Ireland.

By this time, Edward's army had conquered Ennis, the capital of the O'Brien family territory (later Clare County), and was now looking for the remnants of the O'Brien family to fight the guerrillas. The main force of the British army has reached the Shannon River, and it is close to the more than 2,000 guerrillas who surrounded and annihilated the O'Brien family.

But Marlin's letter still startled Edward. Knowing the news of Louis XII's return to Paris, Edward could not sit still. Because, Edward knew that if Louis XII returned to Paris and learned that Edward was leading his troops in Ireland, he would definitely not let go of this opportunity. He would certainly have caused trouble, and even arranged for the remnants of the Tudor dynasty to return to England to rebel. Without the past at home, this kind of rebellion can easily become a big ......

After much thought, Edward had to temporarily abandon his plan to return to China after annihilating the remnants of the O'Brien family's resistance. Moreover, Edward even planned to take the opportunity to destroy several Norman conquered earl families, such as the Count of Ormond and Desmond, which were already not very obedient. These descendants of Norman nobles had been emperors of Ireland for too long, and they didn't listen to the English royal family much. At this time, Edward happened to be leading the army here, and it was a good opportunity to clean them up......

However, in contrast, it is the security of the homeland that is more important. In desperation, Edward had no choice but to announce that England had completed the unification of the island of Ireland and was now officially triumphant......

Of course, Edward wasn't stupid enough to withdraw his entire army. Anyway, the O'Brien family's resistance force was just over 2,000 men. Therefore, Edward simply left Adler's army of more than 1,000 troops of the Wicklow domain, as well as 5,000 soldiers and horses of the Fourth Army, and the 1,500 Cossack cavalry that Marin later supported. In this way, it will be enough to deal with the more than 2,000 remnants of the resistance. Moreover, it can also give his ally Marin's brother Adler a little experience.

And Edward himself, naturally, returned home with the main Praetorian Guard of England, so as not to be stabbed in the back by the French......

Of course, when it comes to publicity, it will naturally not tell the truth, but will say that His Majesty Edward, who is wise and martial, has wiped out the resistance of all the Irish barbarians, and has now returned home with a large army......

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