Chapter 29: Getting Carried Away
King Charles VIII of France stood triumphantly on the walls of Monte San Giovanni and looked at the distant landscape, which was the direction of the city of Naples. In the past few days, since the news of the massacre, the towns around Monte San Giovanni have come to beg for mercy, begging the great King to forgive them and lead them to a brighter future.
Charles VIII was very satisfied with this result, and thought that he had done a good job of killing chickens and monkeys, and looking at the actions of these frightened fools in the surrounding towns, he knew that his slaughter of the city had made them all panic, for fear that if he disobeyed the French army a little, he would end up in the same fate as Monte San Giovanni.
Charles VIII said to Angus: "You go and prepare again, and then we will ignore those small towns, and attack the city of Naples directly, and if the Neapolitans still dare to resist, then your artillery will give them some color!" ”
Angus said, "Yes, Your Majesty. However, the minister estimates that there will be very few places where artillery will be used in the future, with such a big killing weapon, who in Italy dares to resist our French army? Look at the fate of the soldiers and civilians of Monte San Giovanni, it is estimated that they can also see the reality clearly! ”
"Tell them, we've been resting for days, and they've had enough of the ridiculousness in this city, it's time to lift your pants. Don't really encounter any danger when you arrive, but this guy's legs are weak because of overindulgence, so it's not easy to do. ”
When Angus heard this, he also smiled slightly, he has also had a lot of fun these days, and he is very relieved, he never thought that he would be able to get such a glamorous blessing in his twilight years.
"Indeed, it's time to rein in, everyone is indeed a little overindulgent during this time, it's better to be restricted, after all, we are fighting on someone else's territory, so we still have to be careful." Angus replied to the king, but he didn't care. After his artillery came to Italy, although there were not many times when they really played a role, every time they wielded their might, it was terrifying, and since the French expedition, they were almost invincible, and they had not encountered decent resistance at all, so he did not believe that anyone in Italy dared to resist them.
After the French army reorganized its military appearance, it immediately set out for Naples, and the small towns and castles that passed along the way all fell in the hope of the wind, which made the vanity of the French army suddenly be greatly satisfied, and the entire French army, whether it was the soldiers or even the logistics people, felt that they were much higher than the Italians, and even some soldiers began to privately call the Italians inferior. The French easily surrendered all the towns they passed through, and without leaving a single soldier in any of them, they marched to the city of Naples with great pride. They thought the same thing as Angus, and they all felt that Italy was presented to them like a beautiful girl stripped naked, without resistance, and allowed them to do whatever they wanted.
The news of the massacre reached the city of Naples, which immediately caused great panic, before Fort Mordano was breached, and it was said to be a relatively distant border place, and the upper echelons of Naples tried their best to conceal it, and the news was only spread by the upper echelons, and now, the whole city was spreading, and the whole city was panicking. As for the actions of the French army, the people learned through the grapevine that these people were completely different from them, they were murderous, ruthless, unmerciful to the enemy, and often arrested women to vent their animal desires. How can such an enemy, or an enemy who has just slaughtered an entire city, be about to attack the city of Naples, and how can this not make them panic? How not to panic them?
It was not only the ordinary people in the city who were panicking, but also the upper echelons, and the king at the top of the upper echelons, Alfonso II, was completely frightened. It was hard for him to imagine what he would do to resist the French invasion next, the walls seemed to the French army like a toy, which could easily be blown down in a few hours, and the army was extremely powerful, and there were even Swiss soldiers. On the contrary, if you look at the Naples side, except for a group of local defenders who have never fought at all, there is a large group of mercenaries who have evil intentions and only know how to preserve their strength.
Alfonso II roared loudly in the main hall, angrily questioning all the noble ministers who were doing it, asking them what to do next, and he wanted to hide his extreme fear. The minister's reaction was exactly as Alfonso II had expected, with their heads bowed and their eyes fixed on the ground, as if there were many treasures below, but not one of them said a word.
Alfonso II, after a few sleepless nights of deliberating that it was not worth his life for a throne, made the shocking decision to abdicate and make way for Xian, while he himself fled far away from the French barbarians.
Seeing that none of the ministers responded, he threw the bombshell and announced his abdication in favor of his son, who would later become Ferdinand II. After saying this, he stopped paying attention to the others, and walked away on his own, leaving a group of ministers looking at each other. However, his son was not a fool, and although the throne was passed to him, he had no sense of the slightest of perishing with the city, and after his father fled, he himself fled.
The king's abandonment shocked the whole of Naples and caused great turmoil, and everyone realized that the tide was over, and the fall of Naples was imminent. As a result, those who could run away, or who could get in touch with the French army in advance, took action one after another, and rushed for their own life and death. And some people, especially the nobles in the capital, even joined together to conspire with each other, discussing how to contact the French army and welcome the French king into the city, and jointly serve the French king.
Not to mention the panic and chaos in Naples, just the king commanded the army all the way, the spring breeze was proud, and there were countless descenders, every place, if it wasn't for the people who escaped, then there was basically no need for them to do it themselves, and there were automatically people left behind to send supplies and beauties, because the French army traveled all the way, the beast desire was vented from time to time, and it can be said that it was to give what it wanted, to do whatever it wanted, so for these places that took the initiative to attach and dedicate the most beautiful women in the local area, the French army would not make more killings.
When Charles VIII was approaching the city of Naples, he heard the news that King Alfonso II of Naples had abandoned the capital and fled, and he was overjoyed to know that he would not need to spend any more energy to attack the city of Naples, and he would soon be able to enter the city.
Sure enough, not long after the advance continued, four representatives of the nobles sent by the nobles of the city of Naples to surrender begged to surrender to the French king, and declared that they were willing to serve him as their lord. Charles VIII was immediately glad to receive the four delegates, and then sat in the gold-topped palanquin carried by the four nobles, and marched into the city of Naples with the army, and quickly took over the city. Charles VIII's excitement was palpable, the first objective of his expedition had finally been achieved, and he had won such a great victory so easily.
He looked triumphantly at the people who were staring at him along the way, and the look of fear and unease filled his heart with infinite pride. The rest of the generals also enjoyed this feeling of victory, looking at the city of Naples, one of the largest cities in Italy, and looking at the people crowded together next to them, they had a sense of pride in their hearts, and they only felt that there was nothing in the sky and on the ground that their French army could not overcome.
When Charles VIII arrived at the royal palace of Naples, he couldn't wait to inquire about the whereabouts of the nobleman Carriet. Since Carriet's family is not too big, after asking for a long time, those nobles are all fragmented, and there is no way to explain clearly. Finally, a minister seemed to be searching his stomach and trying to remember, and finally remembered that there was such a noble family, so he told the king the specific location of this family.
With a high spirit, Charles VIII sent his men to the family, and ordered that Carriet must be brought, and if her husband was with him, then with him. Charles VIII wanted to show Carriet how small and insignificant her husband was in front of him, and that he would pinch him to death like an ant.
Charles VIII waited anxiously in the palace, and all the aftermath matters were handed over to his subordinates to do, anyway, there will be no major events in Naples City, and there will be no resistance, so there are not many aftermath matters, but the people in Naples City before were a little chaotic because of their king's flight, and now they need the nobles in the city to appease.
Finally, Charles VIII waited for the news of the men sent out to find Kaliet, but the results made his heart cold. They found Carriet's original family, but found that it was empty, and asked everyone around them, who said that they had escaped from Naples before. Then they inquired about the location of Carrie's husband's family, and when they went there, they only saw an empty house with no one in it, and after inquiring they knew that the family had fled from the city of Naples beforehand.
Charles VIII had been vaguely looking forward to seeing Carriet show off in front of her again, but at this time, it was as if a basin of cold water had been poured on him, which made his heart ache. That night, Charles VIII ruthlessly sought out some of the most beautiful and captivating girls in the city, and worked with them to vent the intense pain in his heart for the whole night.
In fact, Charles VIII and Carriet didn't get along for long at all, and it stands to reason that they shouldn't have too deep feelings for Carier. Maybe it's because Carily is really beautiful, so he once wanted to get her, but he couldn't get it, so he thought about her all his heart. Perhaps, what you can't get is the best.