After Gonzalo left, Giulio's smile vanished, and he slumped back in his chair, his hands shaking.

He had dragged the whole of Italy, and even Europe, fifty years ahead of schedule, into the age of hot weapons, and he could not hypocritically say that he was ignorant of the more and more complete damage that could be done by hot weapons than cold weapons, but in just two or three years, he had no possibility of mastering the cards that could shake Pope Alexander VI except for the knowledge he possessed—and he was not willing to lay the guilt on Lucrea, although Luclecia did open the door to the desire in the depths of his heart like a key— He had thought that there was nothing to tempt him in this backward era, but since the death of his uncle and patron Lorenzo of the Medici, he has clearly felt the pressure of power and money, even if he has not been struggling because of Cardinal Picromini, and this is no longer a matter of external things, and his freedom and life are directly threatened. ，

He thought that this era was just an empty illusion, but when the curtain really opened in front of him, he realized what a cruel and huge monster it was, unlike the era in which he lived, the mediocre had no room and possibility to hide, and could only become the ladder of the strong, the dust of society. Ask yourself, the humble end of being like a craftsman or a mercenary is absolutely unacceptable to Giulio, who can deny that he is indifferent to status and power because he knows that he has something in his hands that can shake the whole world—he retreats not because of humility, but on the contrary, because of arrogance.

However, such sentimentality was quickly dispelled by the smoke of the battle.

Gonzalo is a good illustration of Giulio's view of the people of the fifteenth century, the defeat of Seminara did not affect his mood, at least on the surface, he quickly gathered up his army and the Neapolitan army, but with the help of Giulio's musketeers, although the battle was lost and few were killed or captured, he wrote to his king at the price of thirty florins a month while hiring mercenaries to teach his soldiers how to use muskets, Hopefully, the king will allow him to adopt a new strategy - from frontal combat, to ...... Guerrilla tactics that Giulio was quite familiar with.

Not only that, but Gonzalo was extremely enthusiastic in contacting the old Anjou people, and when Giulio first heard about it, he almost thought that something was wrong with his ears - and it was true, although the French king Charles VIII's claim to be entitled to the throne of Naples as a descendant of Anjou was brought up by the damned French, Gonzalo didn't seem to mind their identity as the initiators, and the reason why the old Anjou people were transferred from Charles VIII to the Spaniards, Solely because the benefits they expect are not as good as they expect. After Charles VIII invaded and occupied Naples, he granted the titles, domains and various official positions of Naples to the officials and knights around him, and the old people of Naples could only follow behind to eat some leftovers, and they did not get as much as the king of Naples gave them, and they naturally decided to betray Charles VIII and began to have frequent contact with the Spaniards.

With the help of these old Anjou, the location, provisions, and intelligence of Gonzalo's army were no longer a problem, and given that the Spanish and Neapolitan coalition were no longer comparable in numbers to the French army, Gonzalo boldly scattered his army, and went around the French army, and if they met a team smaller than them, they swarmed and ate it directly, and if there were more than them, they immediately ran away - the handcuffs provided by Giulio came in handy at this time, Gonzalo assigned these barking puppies to his javelin knights, who were already good at long-range attacks, with sharp eyes and steady arms, and if a French knight rushed up with the team, they would shoot the handguns first, then throw the javelin, and after a few times in a row, the French knights would not dare to step forward easily.

As a half-lived general, Gonzalo was not as amiable as Giulio when he faced his enemies, and he forced the people to hand over all the surplus food in every place he occupied, and forbade them to provide the French with shelter, medicine, and fodder for horses, and if anyone dared to offend his prohibition, he declared them to be spies of the French, and hung them in the trees at the junctions or on the gallows...... Those who were inclined to the French were punished as never before, and not only for himself and his relatives, but also for his neighbors and friends, were expelled from the villages and towns where they had lived—a practice that may have been cruel but had an immediate effect, and the most mercenary merchant or the most ignorant villager did not dare to offer the French a glass of water, a loaf of bread, or a stable.

After Aubigny's death, and the French army, which was on the verge of being torn apart, was in a difficult situation, but as it is said, the devil always followed, and an infectious disease called syphilis "Neapolitan disease" or "Italian disease" by the French, and the Italians called "Gallic disease" quickly spread among the merry French, and it was the prostitutes who were popular with them who caused the disease, and the great outbreak of syphilis caused the French soldiers to fall en masse, and the backward medical care was even worse, and the knights of Gonzalo more than once " Picking up "enemies with fever, swollen joints, and coughing that, according to tradition, should be allowed to redeem themselves, but Gonzalo simply said, "Have they allowed our children to redeem themselves?" ”

Of course not, the knights of the Imperial Decree are best known for their brutal style of never leaving prisoners, so they can only be hung around those lowly thieves and spies, who may feel very honored if they know underground.

As the breeze blowing on the faces of the people gradually warmed, the Spanish and Neapolitan coalition instead achieved absolute superiority in Naples proper, perhaps because of the defeat of Seminara, Gonzalo showed rare ruthlessness and caution, he blocked the French through the Mediterranean to return to their homeland, like a shepherd to drive the remnants of Aubigny's army to central Italy, Giulio is not at all surprised that he tried to achieve greater results, Naples was almost plundered by the French, Charles VIII took almost all the gold, jewels, and precious goods with him, and instead of exploiting the poor King of Naples, he would have pinned his hopes on the spoils of war.

They could see the corpses of the French on the way to follow the remnants of the army, which was different from the previous history, because the commander of the French army, Aubigny, went to heaven several months in advance, the Anjou party in Naples took the opportunity to rebel, and the port back to France was blocked by Gonzalo's artillery and arquebus, and the knights and soldiers who were able to return to France were only about 12 out of 10, and the rest were either buried in a foreign land, or desperately fled to the main army led by Charles VIII under Gonzalo's drive- Charles VIII had already understood when he found Caesar fleeing that Pope Alexander VI had torn up the contract between them, but by that time he had become the master of Naples, and was basking in the joy of victory, and did not care so much about the slightest fallacy, but he soon found that the emissary he had sent to ask the Pope to crown him king of Naples had gone without news, and he began to panic, and then, the native Anjou nobles of Naples were dissatisfied with the meagre remuneration, Either the rebellion or the rebellion made Charles VIII realize that although Alexander VI had no army, he had authority from heaven, and that any Neapolitan nobles who rebelled against him would not be condemned or punished until he became king of Naples.

He set out immediately, firstly to force Alexander VI to recognize his right to rule and inherit Naples, and secondly, to ensure that the land route back to France was still open, but what worried him finally happened, the Duke of Milan Sforza no longer needed his support, the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I married his niece Bianca, the "Moors" had no worries, and the promise to King Charles VIII of France had been forgotten. It was not uncommon in the Middle Ages for former allies to become enemies, but now Ludovico has turned into enemies. Sforza not only wanted to recoup the original loss from Charles VIII, but was also ready to bite him hard.

The young Charles VIII of France, who was also a man of resolute temperament, immediately turned to Rome as soon as he noticed Sforza's despicable deeds - he wanted to plunder the pope and the cardinals like the former King Philip IV of France, and to take revenge on the hateful Spaniards and at the same time to deter the so-called Holy Alliance, but what he thought of, Pope Alexander VI also thought, in the name of pilgrimage, led his own cardinal order, and left Rome in a mighty way, and Charles VIII had to chase after him, This undoubtedly gave the Holy Alliance army a good opportunity to set up an ambush.

Parma's map was open on the table of General Gonzalo, who had two funny mustaches and looked at two small flags, one depicting the papal crown, representing the seat of the holy car, and the other a golden lily, symbolizing Charles VIII, the king of Valois, who in any misfortune might be the last king of Valois. The Medici walked in, and there was not a trace of the exhaustion left by the galloping day and night on his energetic face, and Gonzalo could not help but envy his youth, and at the same time regret that this young man was born into the Medici family, that is, even if he did not become a priest, he would only become a merchant, alas, speaking of which, was he not now a merchant? King Ferdinand of Spain, after seeing the musket sent by Gonzalo, immediately saw the change that this weapon could bring to the entire battlefield and even Europa, and he granted Gonzalo's request without thinking. Gonzalo was not only allowed to trade with merchants, but also recruited more mercenaries who were skilled in the use of arquebuses.

But when the merchant effortlessly delivered thousands more arquebuses in ten days, Gonzalo shook his head with sighs, but, as he had said before, he was not a narrow-minded man, especially after receiving a jeweled gold reliquary that was said to have been consecrated by Pope Pius II, in which Gonzalo placed the hair of his wife and daughter, and the baby teeth of his son, praying that they would be blessed by God as he was. He loved to fight, and from the age of thirteen he spent his life on the battlefield without limit, but he had a deep love for his faithful wife and lovely children, and at this time he could only express his love for those who were not good at writing or dancing with the glory of God, and she would be glad to give her the reliquary when he returned.

Gonzalo was unusually affectionate when he saw Giulio, he took him by the arm, led him to the table, and showed him the map on the table.

Of course, the maps of the fifteenth century could not be very accurate, but the people of this time had already understood perspective and proportions, and they used these points in portraits and maps, and the whole map did not look flat, but like a half-erected line drawing of the landscape, with undulating hills, waterways and roads recognizable, and houses and castles painted on top of the roads and hills, with the names of cities, mountains, and roads written on them, and Giulio found that the top of the map had been scraped off. It was still evident that it was a complex coat of arms, suggesting that it was most likely the result of an unethical trade, but it was much more detailed and correct than the average map.