In this way, the French army was harassed by the Italian resistance all the way, and had to go out to collect military rations all the way, and the march was very slow, and they did not go far for many days.

What made the French even more speechless was that at this critical moment, it actually rained heavily for several days, which made their march even slower, so that the pursuers behind them were getting closer and closer to them, and they had no way to get rid of them.

Finally, after marching to the town of Fornovo, the French could no longer escape from the pursuers, and were finally overtaken by the Allied pursuers. The main pursuers of the Allied forces were about 10,000 Venetian infantry and militiamen, 4,000 aristocrats and mercenaries on foot, and 6,000 light cavalry sent by the Duchy of Milan and the Marquis of Mandoba. The Allies were twice as strong as the French, and they also had a great advantage in terms of geography, and because of the support of Spain and England, the French themselves also had an advantage because they fled in a hurry and abandoned a large number of armor and equipment.

Relying on this bit of Allied forces alone, they did not have much experience of brutal battle formations, and if they ran into the French army in their heyday, it would be like an egg hitting a stone, and they would not be able to fight against the French army at all. However, the French army was now exhausted by logistical and epidemic reasons, as well as the haste to flee, which allowed the Allies to have an advantage in military strength.

Charles VIII looked at the Allied soldiers who were driving across from him, his eyes flashed with contempt, and then he showed an extremely humiliated expression. All the generals next to Charles VIII had a similar look, both contemptuous and heart-wrenching. The contempt is because judging from the camp, formation, and military rank of the other party in front of them, it is obvious that it is a rabble, and the messy uniforms and banners, the loose military discipline, and the rustiness and chaos revealed between the marches all the time show that this group of pursuers is vulnerable.

However, the so-called vulnerability was aimed at the French army in its heyday, and if the French army still had high morale and many elite soldiers, it would be easy to defeat or even defeat this group of Allied soldiers. However, at this time, the French army had been starving for so many days, and had been tormented by epidemics, many sophisticated armor and equipment had been abandoned early, and the troops had been reduced by more than half compared with the heyday, which made the French army's military strength not as simple as halving, and it was even less than 20% of the heyday. It was because in the face of such a group of allied miscellaneous soldiers that the French army suddenly found that they were not their opponents, which made the faces of the French king and many generals flash with extremely humiliated looks.

However, no matter how humiliating it is, it is necessary to face the reality that the current French army is not an opponent of the Allies on the opposite side, so after reading it, Charles VIII called the generals back to the camp to discuss how to deal with this extremely difficult battle.

While the French army was debating how to deal with the war, the leaders of the Allied forces were also planning how to take this opportunity to annihilate the French army in one fell swoop and prevent the French army from harming Italy. Gonchaga and Nikro presided over a meeting in the army, and many Allied generals also participated in discussing how to accomplish the battle.

Gonchaga said: "As far as the current situation is concerned, we can see that our early strategy has worked, in the case of the looting of the French mainland, and the back road and logistical supply routes have been cut off by us, the French army's combat strength has dropped a lot, and they have fled all the way from the city of Naples here, they are already sleepy and exhausted, and at this time our army should annihilate the French army in one go, lest the French army continue to plague us Italians on the way back to France!" Since the pursuit of the French army along the way, there have been starvation caused by the cruel exploitation of the French army along the way, and there is a scene of hell on earth everywhere, I believe you will never want to watch it anymore! ”

When the generals heard this, their faces also showed a look of concern, obviously the ruthlessness of the French army and the evil things they had done really made these generals very hated and feared. So they immediately took a stand, and said that they would do their best to fight to the death, and slaughter the French army in the town of Vorvono.

When Nikro saw that Gonchaga had succeeded in arousing the generals' fighting spirit, he immediately said: "If you have such a high fighting spirit, then the French army can also be said to have reached the end of the world." However, strategically we can despise the enemy, but tactically, we can't have any contempt for the French army, after all, the elite strength of the French army is indeed strong, if it weren't for the weakening of the layers over this period of time, our group of allied troops would have come up to deliver food! ”

After hearing this, the generals also blushed, and they also knew in their hearts that Nichol was telling the truth. The French army had suffered a great loss when the Allies sometimes bit their tails and engaged in small-scale battles, and if it was during the strong period of the French army, they would not have been able to see enough people to go up, so they did not dare to refute Niccolau's words, but just quieted down and listened to him continue.

Nicolò looked at the calmed general with satisfaction, and said: "Although I said that the French army is strong just now, but now is indeed the weakest period of the French army, at this time, if they are not annihilated in one fell swoop, and when this group of French troops who can fight well recover, I am afraid that our Italy will suffer again, and the European continent will probably never be at peace!" In order to annihilate the French army to the maximum, we must make other arrangements in addition to frontal battles! That's all it takes! ”

At this time, some of the generals of the Allied forces immediately asked: "Is there any better way for us to have a decisive battle with the French than immediately?" ”

Then Gonchaga took over and said, "That's a good question! If we only engage the enemy head-on, if we defeat them, it will be easy to defeat them, but then the French army will flee, and we will not be able to destroy their living force as much as possible! Therefore, I propose that we devote 10,000 Venetian infantry to the frontal battlefield to smash the French camp head-on, while our 6,000 light cavalry will return to the rear of the French army and outflank them in one fell swoop! ”

When everyone here heard Gonchaga's words, their eyes lit up, and they said in their hearts that it was true that if the cavalry could smoothly detour back to the rear of the French army and outflank the front and rear, then the French army would be unable to fly! Moreover, due to the torrential rain in the past few days, the swampy terrain around Vorvono limited the room for cavalry to play, which made the 10,000 Venetian infantry charge into battle without fear of the powerful French knights, so as to ensure that the Venetian infantry would not be defeated by the French army before returning to the battlefield in person!

After the Allies determined the battle policy, they immediately began to deploy, the light cavalry was the first to be sent out to the rear of the French army, and then the Venetian infantry was ready to go, all equipped with excellent armor and weapons, and because they all knew that the French army was about to fall, so all of them had very high morale and fighting spirit, and they were all eager to fight with the French army immediately and beat the French army down, so that they would become famous on the mainland! For the French army had been raging in Italy for so long, and its prestige had already spread throughout Europe, what glory would it be to now defeat this famous and invincible army at their hands? I guess the whole continent will sing about the heroic exploits of their Venetian infantry, right?

The commander of the Venetian infantry was a middle-aged man, bearded, wearing a sturdy armor, medium stature, he looked at the French army opposite, and there was a lot of pride in his heart, he really wanted to make a name for himself through this war, although the French army is now the weakest time, but people will not care what the current state of the French army is, people will only remember, who defeated the once invincible French army, who defeated the French army, it is destined to leave a great reputation in Europe, such a temptation, The Venetian infantry commander was on fire, so he also worked very hard to prepare for battle, ready to fight the French army to the death, so that these French barbarians would disappear from the world and become a stepping stone for his fame.

The Venetian infantry commander was understandably on fire, but it turned out that the French army would have been defeated by the Venetian infantry he had barely fought for? You must know that although the French army has been weakened layer by layer and is already exhausted at this time, the French army is an elite division after all, no matter how weak they are, their rich combat experience and courageous combat style are not comparable to these Venetian infantry. This is also why the commander of the coalition army did not pin the hope of defeating the French army on these Venetian infantry, but chose to only let the 10,000 Venetian infantry delay time on the frontal battlefield, and pinned the real hope on the 6,000 light cavalry to be able to detour back to the rear of the French army.

Sitting in the tent, Gonchaga thought that the Allies had an absolute advantage, and there were no mistakes, and finally concluded that this battle would definitely defeat the French army completely, and they would be honorably the top army on the European continent to defeat the demons. However, I don't know why, Gonchaga always had a faint trace of uneasiness in his heart, and he always felt that things were going so well, as if something was wrong. However, he combed through various battle reports and situations over and over again, and there were no major mistakes or flaws, so he could only hide this ominous premonition in the depths of his heart.

Just when Gonchaga was fidgeting, suddenly it was pouring rain in the sky again, and the whole earth was in a sparse noise, and at this time, Gonchaga suddenly thought of one thing, that is, rain! If it rains, the light cavalry sent out to outflank will lose contact with the base camp, and the plan may be completely ruined by this small intelligence error! If the Venetian infantry and the Allied light cavalry could not attack at about the same time in time, it would likely be a blow to the French!

However, after Gonchaga calmed down, he thought about it and felt that even if it rained, the light cavalry should be able to reach the battlefield on time, and it was impossible to delay it for too long because of a rain. Therefore, he can only let go of this worry and concentrate on thinking about other situations.