This epidemic of infectious diseases caused the French army to suffer a great loss, and the combat effectiveness of the entire army was not even half of the peak moment, and even lost a crossbow general, which can be said to be the greatest loss since the French expedition. This outbreak of infectious diseases was also a turning point in the morale of the French army from prosperity to decline, and the French army no longer had that majestic posture.

Charles VIII sat worriedly in the camp of the main tent, frowning, unable to do anything about the present situation, he could not have imagined that the mighty French army, which had been wreaking havoc in Italy for so long, was invincible, and that it was about to win a final victory, and finally planted on this completely unexpected epidemic. Thinking about it, my heart was bleeding, I originally thought that I wanted to show my eternal heroism and conquer the whole of Europe, but I didn't expect that just after conquering Italy, there were such heavy casualties, and now Charles VIII is not thinking about how to dominate Europe, but how to consolidate the territory that has been laid down, and even how to bring the remnants of the army back to France safely.

Charles VIII's concerns were very correct, he was also afraid that the Italians would see through the reality at this time, and then be taken advantage of, but Charles VIII was far from thinking that the situation he encountered would be much worse than he imagined.

With the strong promotion of Britain and the sincere pleas of the remaining Italian states, the European continent soon formed a strong and loose anti-French coalition, consisting mainly of Great Britain, Spain, and the remnants of Italy such as Milan and Venice. In this, it goes without saying that the remnants of Italy really took out real swords and guns to fight the French army, and Britain also sent elite troops to deal with the French army very sincerely, while Spain mainly exported its military technology and military equipment. Although Spain did not directly participate in the war, because of its strong domestic strength and advanced military technology, it still played a huge role in promoting the war against France, making the French army move towards extinction more quickly.

After urgent consultations, the anti-French coalition finally elected two joint commanders: the Marquis of Mandova, Gonchaga, and the Venetian commander Niccolò. Pitti Liuno. These two commanders had rich combat experience and high command talents, so they were expected to serve as commanders of this important battle.

Gonchaga looked at the generals of several countries sitting below, his face expressionless, and thought to himself, if it weren't for the French artillery being too rebellious, how could these individuals sit here like this and discuss what to do. Even in the current situation, most of the people here have their own selfish motives and do not have much intention of truly cooperating wholeheartedly, and it is not ordinarily difficult to command such a joint force. However, fortunately, what reassured Gonchaga was that news had come that the French army had caused an infectious disease on the sexual organs to spread rapidly among the French army due to excessive indulgence, and this disease could also cause death, so the strength of the French army had plummeted, and it was no longer as terrible as before. Moreover, the reason why the French army was able to gallop so across the Italian states was mainly because Italy was too weak, and the French army was imposing, well-trained, and had artillery to help. Now that Italy has the help of the British elite and the strong support of Spain, the military balance has changed dramatically, and it will no longer be poked by the French as before, and as long as he acts carefully, the French army will most likely be defeated at the hands of their allies.

Nikolo looked at Gonchaga, and then at the officers below, thinking that Gonchaga was not much different from him, and he was also thinking about how to defeat the French army at the lowest cost. This kind of hastily united coalition forces can fight a tailwind war, but once the war falls into a tragic tug-of-war or the alliance side is slightly at a disadvantage, then it is likely that the anti-French war will fall short. Although more than half of the strength of the French army was weakened by the epidemic, and the combined strength of several sides of their own side rose sharply, but the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, especially the French army was such a strong and capable force, and the combat power that the last trapped beast would be extremely amazing, and if it was hit by the French army's death-defying blow, it was likely to make the alliance collapse more early than the French army.

Thinking like this, Nicholas looked up at Gonchaga and said: "I don't think we can immediately go to the bad luck of the French army, although their strength has lost a lot, but the French army is all elite, even the remaining strength is very difficult to bite, do we want to find a way to make a detour, it is best to hit the seven inches of the French army, let them mess up, so that we can profit from it and strive for victory." ”

Gonchaga said: "Yes, I also think so, the strength of the French army is too strong, even after this loss, but it is not something that we loose troops that have been put together on a temporary basis can gnaw hard, and we should indeed start from the weakness of the French army, rather than stupidly confronting the French army." ”

When Nikro saw that Gonchaga also agreed with him, he smiled with great satisfaction, and then said: "Although the French army is strong, their weaknesses are also very obvious, and it is not difficult to defeat the French army. The French army first traveled long distances to invade Italy, which was an away battle, and military supplies had to be transported from the far rear, and this supply line would be the fatal weakness of the French army. Moreover, since the French army entered Italy, it has been windy and rainy, and from the beginning it has not taken the Italian states into account, so everywhere it passes, it has been looted, and then almost the whole army has swarmed through, and there are not many garrisons left in the occupied places, which will make their supply lines very fragile. Since the French army entered Italy, it has acted recklessly, slaughtering the lives of Italians at will, not to mention raping and adultering women, burning, killing and looting at will, which not only made the people of the Italian states hate the French army very much, but also caused the French army to break out of a violent plague. ”

Nicolò's words were reasonable, well-founded, and loud, and in order to strengthen the confidence of the generals, he finally explained the certainty of destroying the French army in an affirmative tone, which really made the spirit of being a general of the alliance lift, and they all felt that their confidence was doubled, and they suddenly had a very strong confidence in the next war.

Gonzagah also nodded in agreement, just as the so-called hero saw the same thing, and he actually felt the same way in his heart. The French supply lines were so fragile that the arrogant French were clearly out of sight, which gave them an opportunity. So he smiled and said: "Commander Nichiro is right, the arrogance of the French army has indeed buried a huge hidden danger for them, and then we will plan carefully, we must hit the French army with one blow and defeat the French army!" ”

So, they began to discuss the detailed strategy and tactics and what they should be responsible for. Their blow could indeed be said to be extremely powerful, directly hitting the seven inches of the French army, and soon after, the French army would taste the bitter consequences of their arrogance.

On this day, while His Holiness was on business, one of the guards suddenly ran up to him in a panic and reported to him a very bad news, which confirmed his previous ominous premonition.

The soldiers reported that along the French mainland, they were looted by the British and suffered heavy losses, countless inhabitants of the French coast were killed, houses and property were destroyed, and most of the elite soldiers in France were transferred, and there was basically no decent resistance to resist the British elite army. It was precisely because of the attack on the French mainland that the soldier panicked, and the recent outbreak of the French army led by the French king due to the epidemic situation was also very bad, which also made the soldier's panic intensify.

The news of the invasion of the French mainland by the British spread, which further demoralized the panicked French army. However, what happened to Charles VIII even more shocking happened one after another, which also made Charles VIII realize how arrogant he was when he led the French army into Italy. However, there is no regret medicine in the world to eat, and now this bitter fruit, Charles VIII can only gnaw hard.

Next, the bad news came one after another, first I heard that Milan had sent troops to cut off the French army's land supply lines through the Alps, so that the French army had completely lost its logistical supplies, and the local people regarded the French army as enemies, and they could collect very little supplies. To add insult to injury, the Venetian navy rushed to the Tyrrhenian Sea and blocked the French sea routes, completely depriving the French of all logistical supply routes. Therefore, Charles VIII vented in horror that not only was he in a desperate situation of being attacked and embattled, but that he was likely to die in Italy before he could even return to France.

This desperate situation caused the French army to quickly run out of food and wages, and how could the French army, which had just broken out of a terrible epidemic, withstand this desperate situation, and soon the remaining strength of the French army collapsed and soon collapsed. At first, Charles VIII brought about 35,000 Italian troops, half of which was wiped out by illness, and now some of them collapsed due to lack of food, so that the French army was finally reduced to about 8,000 French troops and 4,000 Swiss spearmen, and Charles VIII took them to flee back to France.

Those collapsed soldiers, either attacked and killed by the locals or mutiny and surrendered, when the French army came to Italy, they did whatever they wanted, carried out all kinds of banditry against the Italian people, robbed them of their property, humiliated their women, and wantonly killed them, and now finally retribution came, the French army not only did not get any support in the local area, but also was often harassed and attacked by the local underground resistance army in Italy, annoyed, at this time the French army was in trouble, the locals of course will not let go of this opportunity, Seeing that the morale of the French army was getting lower and weaker, their actions began to be blatant, and some even began to recover the city-state and keep the French army out. All of these circumstances made the French army miserable, and they themselves caused great panic because of the lack of food supplies, so that some of the soldiers collapsed, were attacked and killed by the locals, or simply surrendered to the locals.