Chapter 1571: The West-French War Ends
What do you call a pig teammate? The Spanish five-member celestial group perfectly interprets this image. Francis took the fighter plane that 3,000 of his men bought with their lives, but it was wasted by 5 fools.
Francis and 3,000 men delayed the French for two or three hours! Such a long time was enough for the Spaniards to organize a large army and carry out a frantic counterattack. After all, no matter how brave the French are, they will be restricted in a city with narrow streets. In particular, Francis had the streets blocked, making it impossible for the French to outflank them left and right.
When it comes to familiarity with the city of Naples, the Spaniards and the French are about the same. After all, this was originally Spanish territory. Originally, the French also wanted to send a small force to go around the enemy line from the side alley. However, it was Francis, who had been stationed in the city of Naples for a long time, who organized the resistance. He was no less familiar with the city of Naples than a Frenchman who had been here for months. Therefore, the army of the French was stubbornly held back by him for two or three hours, until he and the three thousand men he led were exhausted.
But what made Francis and the 3,000 warriors he led vomit blood was that the Spanish 5-member Heavenly Regiment not only did not take the opportunity to organize a counterattack, but took the lead in running away in person......
As a result, most of the elite Spanish troops stationed near the Doge's Palace, who had been stationed near the South Gate, fled from the South Gate with these five people.
Then, most of the Spanish soldiers stationed at the east and west gates were blocked in the city by the French because they had no time to escape, and they did not have time to escape.
As for the Spanish troops near the east and west gates, although they opened the gates and fled, it was a pity that the French had already set up an ambush outside the gates, and those who escaped were killed or captured.
Only outside the south gate, because of the port of Naples, there was a platoon of Spanish warships nearby, so that the French did not dare to deploy troops and horses outside the south gate. Although it was a rainy day, the guns on the upper and lower decks of the battleship would not be damp and would not affect the shelling.
In the end, after the death of Francis, five Spanish nobles withdrew from the south gate with only 20,000 men. More than 30,000 soldiers in the other three directions were either killed in battle, or were blocked by the French and surrendered......
Fortunately, because the Spanish aristocracy and middle- and upper-class military officers basically lived near the Doge's Palace. Therefore, many of the Spanish soldiers who escaped this time were aristocratic officers and the core force of the Spanish army. Because, with these officers, the Spaniards could get back together. If there are no these officers, it will be miserable, and it will be difficult to turn the tables.
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However, the French clearly did not want to let the Spaniards go like that. In order to completely wipe out the Spanish army, the French sent a large army, braving the fire of Spanish warships, out of the city to pursue the remnants of the Spanish army.
But it was also the Spaniards who should not have died, and at this critical juncture, the rain actually stopped......
And, coincidentally, nearly half of the army that fled from the south gate with the five nobles this time were musketeers. Because, the camp of the musketeers was originally arranged near the south gate. When the five Spanish nobles fled from the south gate, the musketeers who were already stationed at the south gate naturally followed.
Seeing that the French were about to rush up, just as the rain had stopped, the commander of the musketeers unit hurriedly ordered the musketeers to take out the arquebuses from their rain-proof purses and light them, and then, loading their ammunition, raised their guns against the enemy......
The vanguard of the French managed to rush to the front in the face of artillery fire, but they were confronted with more than 9,000 arquebuses. Although only a small number of people finished loading, two or three thousand muskets fired in unison, which was definitely enough for the French to drink a pot.
Subsequently, taking advantage of the French being repulsed, the Spaniards took the opportunity to gather their troops and retreat to the southeast of Naples, on the side of the original Spanish camp.
The trenches and earthen walls of earth were still there, just in time to defend against the French attack. The French stormed several times, but left only a thousand corpses, unsuccessfully. In desperation, the French had to retreat for the time being, and returned to the city to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the Spanish soldiers who were still resisting in the city.
In addition to more than 30,000 soldiers killed or trapped in the city, more than 30,000 people were also captured by the French. And the other half of the people are strong, because they can't live in the city, and they are still on the side of the camp. It just so happened to join the remnants of more than 20,000 Spanish soldiers who had fled the city.
However, the fool also knows that after this battle, the siege of Naples by the Spaniards was completely lost. With the 20,000 remaining Spaniards at present, let alone attack, it would be good to be able to block the siege of nearly three times the strength of the French in the future.
Therefore, that night, while the French were still in the city to encircle and suppress the Spanish army in the city that relied on some buildings to resist stubbornly, the five Spanish nobles who controlled the 20,000 Spanish remnants unanimously decided to retreat overnight......
This time, it was rare for the five people to maintain a unified opinion, and no one raised objections. Because, they have been frightened by the French army......
However, although they retreated overnight, they were afraid of being discovered and stopped by the French. Therefore, the Spaniards did not board the ship at the port of Naples, outside the city of Naples, but retreated to the port of Salerno, a dozen kilometers south of Naples, where the Spanish troops had landed. Moreover, the Spanish ships in the port of Naples also left overnight to load their troops there.
In order to confuse the French, the five Spanish nobles ruthlessly abandoned the 30,000 men and a large amount of supplies in the camp, and only let the soldiers of the 20,000 remnants of the Spanish army carry three days' rations, and hurriedly withdrew overnight in the direction of the port of Salerno.
The next morning, the French, who had completed the clearing of the remnants of the Spanish army in the city, gathered a large army and surrounded the Spanish camp......
As a result, when the French launched a tentative attack, they found that there was no resistance. A group of Spanish men hurried out, opened the camp gate, and welcomed the French gentlemen in......
"What? Ran away overnight? The French commander was taken aback and hurriedly sent someone to report to Louis XII.
Louis XII was also shocked and hurriedly sent a large army to chase after him. But by the time the French felt the port of Salerno, the Spanish army had already boarded the ship for Sicily. On the dock, only a few hundred unlucky people were left who didn't make it to the ship. Because, there are not enough ships......
This escape, very hasty, is also spectacular. The Spaniards used all the boats in the harbor, including all the small fishing boats of the local population. Every warship was stuffed with people, not only on the deck, but also in the cabins. Even, even the mast was full of people, and it was a tragic image of Jiang's bald army fleeing the mainland.
Many of the small boats left the harbor with Spanish soldiers hoisted on their sides. That scene is very similar to the scene of the Indians picking up the train in later generations......
In this way, there were still a few hundred unlucky people who did not make it to the ship, and happened to be captured by the pursuing French. These people did not resist either, and obediently raised their hands in surrender. Because, they know, even if they resist, it will be in vain, don't you see that there are tens of thousands of French? One mouthful of foam is enough to drown them......
So far, this Spanish-French war, which lasted for more than half a year, finally ended in a complete victory for the French......
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