Chapter 38: The Battle of Vorvono 4
readx; The Venetian infantry and the Swiss soldiers fought fiercely for a long time, and both sides gradually became a little unbearable, even though the Swiss soldiers were brave, but after all, the number was much smaller than the Venetian infantry, and after a large number of kills and wounds on the other side, they were tired enough, and now they are also struggling to support. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Although the Venetian infantry was numerous, their morale was already low, and they lacked combat experience, and they did not know how to conserve their physical strength on the battlefield, so they were even more unbearable than the Swiss soldiers, and some soldiers even secretly retreated to the rear and sat on the ground to rest a little before returning to the field, and now they are supported by the legendary reinforcement of 6,000 light cavalry.
However, the Venetian infantry fought bloodily for a long time, but they could not wait for the so-called reinforcements to appear, which made them more and more close to the brink of collapse. The Venetian infantry commander was very anxious when he saw it, his own soldiers were obviously unable to support it, but the reinforcements never appeared, what happened in the middle?
Finally, after continuing to hold out for a while, the Venetian infantry commander saw that his soldiers were obviously at the end of their crossbows, and they had exhausted their strength and became the end of their crossbows. In order to prevent the Swiss soldiers from taking advantage of the opportunity, the Venetian infantry commander had no choice but to withdraw his troops as soon as possible.
At the same time, he was still cursing the so-called reinforcements fiercely in his heart, and thousands of cavalry had actually dragged on until now, and not even half of the horsehair appeared. "What the hell are these damn cavalrymen doing! The army of the alliance is just unreliable, it's just a heavy rain, and it hasn't reached the battlefield for so long! When these damn ones come back, I'm going to cut off their ears one by one! The infantry commander thought through gritted teeth.
After receiving the order, the Allied cavalry began to gallop all the way, intending to make a detour to the rear of the French army as soon as possible and arrive at the intended battlefield. The Allied cavalry commander was also full of pride in his heart, he knew that during this time, the French army had indulged in nonsense in Italy, and it was extremely powerful, and the whole of Italy was trembling under their feet. At this time, it happened to be the weakest time for the French army, and if he stabbed the French army in the ass from the rear, and suddenly caught them off guard and collapsed, then he would be the biggest hero of the entire anti-French war! At that time, fame, money, and beauties will all be easily obtained! While he fantasized like this, he urged the cavalry to hurry up, and he wanted to give the French a great surprise while the Venetian infantry dragged the French.
However, when the cavalry commander was thinking so excitedly, he suddenly saw something unusual in front of him, so he cautiously asked the cavalry to put down their wild pace, and sent several scout horses to the front to find out the situation.
The scout rode up and down quickly, and saw one cart after another, which I didn't know what it contained, and it was crowded all over the road. What surprised the scouts even more was that there were a large number of gold and silver treasures scattered on the ground next to these carts, paving the road all the way, occupying a long stretch of the road! A few detectives lost their minds all of a sudden, and their wealth was moving! How had they seen so much treasure? Then he uttered a shout of joy, and rushed forward, and with a lunge he rushed off his horse, and when he threw himself on the ground, he grabbed the treasure and stuffed it into his pocket, and had no intention of thinking about anything else.
The cavalry commander saw that several of his scout horses suddenly ran forward like crazy, and rushed to the ground desperately picking up something, so he had already guessed seven or eight points, and estimated that it was a large amount of treasure scattered on the ground. But as a general, he still had a certain amount of reason, and knew that it was very unreasonable, and that there must be something strange in the way in which this large amount of treasure was thrown on the road they passed for no reason.
He was just about to shout loudly to let the whole army advance slowly, but he didn't expect that all the troops below were already in a commotion, and before he could give the order, they all rushed forward, for fear of slowing others down. What the cavalry commander can guess, how can the soldiers below not guess, not to mention that when you look at it from a distance, you feel that the jewels are dazzling, and then you see a few scout horses actually rushing up to fight for the treasure, how can they still hold it, and they all rush away immediately, for fear that if they are one step slower, there will be no treasure to fight for. At the same time, they were secretly cursing the scouts in their hearts, and when they saw something good, they rushed up to hug them first, and they didn't know that they had to tell the brothers to go together. However, they forgot that if they were the first to take the lead, their performance would probably be worse than them!
When the cavalry commander saw this, he knew that the situation was out of control, and that there were only a few guards left with him, and all of them were ready to move, as if they couldn't wait. He immediately restrained them and shouted: "As a personal guard, you don't need to be in such a hurry, anyway, the big head is yours in the end!" Now that I'm all ready for battle, there's something wrong with these treasures suddenly scattered here! If you accidentally fall for the tricks of the enemy, be careful if you have a life to take money and not to spend it! ”
When the guards heard this, they also began to calm down, so hundreds of guards slowly followed the cavalry commander slowly, they knew that the treasure would eventually be taken away by the commander, and they didn't need to rob it at that time, and naturally there would be a lot of rewards for them.
In fact, where are the generals and soldiers under his command unable to hold back themselves, and the cavalry commander's heart is also beating wildly, seeing so many treasures in front of him, it is false to say that he is not moved. However, he is also a relatively literate general, and he still doesn't dare to take it lightly with such an obvious surprise. So, according to his heartbeat and the impulse to go up and grab the treasure, he led his guards to approach the treasure slowly, and paid close attention to everything around him, for fear that he would be caught off guard by the French army that had come out of nowhere. However, until they approached the treasure, they did not show any abnormality, and there was no sign of the enemy rushing out as expected.
However, the cavalry commander did not dare to relax completely, and he promised a few guards that he would reward them with the heaviest treasures, and let them go around to check the situation and see if there were any troops lying in ambush around. After watching several guards leave, the cavalry commander immediately divided the guards into two groups, one wave continued to be vigilant, and the other wave immediately joined the treasure robbery army, packing a large amount of goods into boxes. Of course, there are also some treasures in a large number of chests when they are opened, but it is obvious that the treasures on the ground have been taken out of the chests and thrown on the road.
In the end, they were on guard while quickly packing the treasures, of course, in the process, each soldier put the property into his own pocket, and the cavalry commander also pretended not to be visible, to lead the troops, they had to be able to get benefits, not to mention so many treasures, there were not many treasures that could be put into the soldiers' pockets.
However, the cavalry commander couldn't figure out why there was so much treasure on this road without any enemy troops around, which was obviously unreasonable! This also made him think about it all the time but couldn't understand it, and finally thought that he had a headache and had to stop thinking about it, he only knew that he had made a fortune this time! He will not hand over so many treasures, and before returning to the army, find a place to hide these treasures, and he will be able to enjoy endless glory and wealth in this life!
Charles VIII smiled in his heart, he watched the Venetian infantry fight the Swiss mercenaries for so long, and the Allied cavalry had not yet arrived, so he knew that the plan he had formulated had taken effect. At the beginning of the battle, he saw that the cavalry on the Allied side did not know where to go, and he knew that the other party was planning to outflank them in a roundabout way, intending to annihilate them in one fell swoop, so he sent cavalry to pull out all the looted treasures and scatter them, both on the rear side, so that no matter where the Allied cavalry outflanked them and saw those treasures, they would definitely forget the original strategic purpose and only care about robbing the treasures.
Although he was also very distressed about this batch of treasures that had been snatched with great difficulty, the French army had indeed run out of oil and lamps by this moment, and the mountains and rivers were exhausted. At this time, the pursuing Allied army, although not particularly strong, but for the French army at this time, it was still too strong, Charles VIII knew in his heart that if he continued to hold on like this, the French army would definitely not be pleased, so he decided to abandon all the treasures, hasten to escape from Italy, and rushed back to France.
Now that he had decided to get rid of these burdens, Charles VIII naturally had to make use of them, and there was a scene where the road was sprinkled with gold and silver treasures and was looted by the Allied light cavalry.
However, it was not enough to do so, as it would only delay the arrival of the Allied light cavalry, but it would not do much to get out of trouble, so Charles VIII had been spinning a thought in his head, and he thought about it for a long time before calling several generals together to discuss it.
Charles VIII said: "You all know where we are now, we have reached the end of the day, and I doubt even that we will be able to hold out until the day when we return to France alive!" Have you come up with any way out of this predicament right now? Now it's Tedler fighting the Venetians, but I think Tedler's Swiss soldiers are at the end of their power, and the Allies will continue to have reinforcements! ”
Several generals looked at each other, and they couldn't think of any better way, and the situation was so bad that they were all helpless. During this time, they were also tormented, and they didn't know if they would be able to return to France alive.
Charles VIII looked at the generals speechless, and knew that they could not think of any better way. In fact, on this escape, several people have discussed it many times, and they have also thought of various methods, and it can be said that the methods that can be used have basically been used, and now it is just a routine to ask them.
Charles VIII also knew in his heart that in fact, some of them were smart, such as Angus, and he also knew in his heart the way to get out smoothly, and he had already hinted at himself in such a way, and now he was just waiting for himself to make a decision.
Thinking of this, Charles VIII looked at Angus, nodded, signaled that he agreed to the solution, and asked him to bring it up. This method is really not suitable for Charles VIII to mention, which would too tarnish his image as a monarch.
Angus received a hint from Charles VIII, nodded knowingly, cleared his throat, and said a way out of the predicament.