On the battlefield in the basin, the French side had the upper hand, and the allied forces of the vassal states showed signs of defeat, which greatly boosted the morale of the French for a while.

In the war of the Cold Weapon Age, morale is one of the most important indicators for winning the war.

Basically, before and during the battle, if morale is always high, it is basically not very difficult to win.

After all, in the era of cold weapons, if you want to maintain high morale, then you must first have the following factors.

1. Maintain superiority in strength of one's own army.

2. The enemy in battle is not your opponent.

3. Be able to let the soldiers who fight see the dawn of victory.

While there are a few other elements, the above three are very important.

Then, in this battle, the French pressed the alliance of the vassal states as soon as they came up, and it was difficult for morale to be low.

Especially after a period of time, the troops that formed the Spanish infantry phalanx had already defeated the side of the vassal states, so how could the soldiers on the French side not have high morale.

You must know that in such combat effectiveness, as long as you take a step back, it is very difficult to recover the disadvantage.

Usually, as long as such a situation arises, then it is basically not far from failure.

Although the cavalry of the French and the allied forces of the vassal states were not dispatched at present, it was precisely for this reason that the confrontation of the infantry was particularly important.

Now. It was clear that the French side had a great advantage and upper hand.

As long as the French do not make a mistake here, then it is inevitable that they will win this battle.

So. Now do you want to send out cavalry to make up for the disadvantage?

This question began to echo in the minds of the commanders of the allied forces of the vassal states.

Seriously, the current situation is very unfavorable for them.

The French infantry had already routed half of their own infantry corps and began to advance steadily to their side.

Judging by the current situation, it will not be long before the infantry corps of the French. You can get to yourself.

And if the dispatch of cavalry still can't save the situation, then wouldn't it be a waste of the forces at hand?

Therefore, the commander must quickly weigh some of the gains and losses. Because there isn't much time left for him right now.

"General, we are now in defeat, are we now ordering a retreat?"

Just as he was weighing the gains and losses, some of the junior officers who followed him. But I couldn't bear it anymore.

Yes. As long as no fool can see it, they have no hope of winning this battle.

And the French have already gained the upper hand, and it is only a matter of time before they defeat their own side.

Then, in the face of such a situation, they must make a decision as soon as possible.

Fall back?

Or fight to the death with the French.

Of course, for the Europeans of this period, such a thing as a death war could not have happened.

Therefore, the possibility of retreat is very high.

Otherwise. It's surrender.

It's just that now they still have a way out. So surrender is unlikely.

It is not possible for the French to surrender unless they completely surround them, leaving them with no way out.

In the current situation, this path of surrender is obviously unlikely.

"Retreat, there is no hope for us. Continuing to fight against them will only add unnecessary casualties. Order the cavalry to approach the French slowly, but keep a distance from them, do not engage them, and try to protect the infantry and withdraw first. ”

Since it was no longer possible to win the victory, and to continue the battle was to send the soldiers to their deaths, the commander quickly made the right decision.

"We were not prepared at all, and the bombastic church masters repeatedly demanded that we continue the war with the French. It seems that the lives of our people are not taken into account by those people at all. ”

After the order to retreat was given, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The big guys turned their horses around and began to retreat to the rear.

On the way, the close officer who followed the commander closely behind him whispered to him.

Yes, this war with the French was actually forced by those in the church.

After all, the church took out a large sum of money to alleviate the financial crisis of the alliance of the vassal states.

As the saying goes, eating someone is the shortest, and that person is short-handed, so they have no way to refuse such a request from the church.

Don't look at the fact that the crisis has been lifted now, but the war with Portugal and France, God knows how many more games will continue.

Therefore, in the future, it is necessary to trouble the church to come up with money to make up for the attrition in the war.

You must know that because of the war, the vassal states have empty pockets one by one.

If there is no financial support from the church, then these people would have waited to be killed by the soldiers and hung on wooden poles.

So, the words of the church, these people have to listen.

Even the church's demands are very unreasonable.

Like, like this fight.

The French and the allied forces of the Church vassal states were both subjected to large-scale assassination attacks during this period.

It can be said that both sides have lost quite a few elite officers.

However, the composition of the coalition of church vassal states was very complex and therefore not as pure as that of France.

There are all kinds of interests involved, so many things are very troublesome to deal with.

On the French side, on the other hand, there was no such trouble.

Although the French were also hit hard, and some people in the country began to stir up.

However, Marie, the regent of France, was still able to control the current situation.

And, Mary's counterattack was very fast. It also quickly started a series of arrangements.

As a result, a country with a centralized monarchy such as France can deal with problems much faster than the alliance of vassal states.

That's why. Although the French suffered assassination attacks and lost many elite generals and non-commissioned officers, the void left by these people was quickly filled after some time.

The French had a great advantage over the vassal states.

Some stakeholders in the vassal states are constantly chattering over some vacancies and interests. Until now, there has not been a decision.

Therefore, the alliance of the vassal states of the church does not have the strength to start a war with the French again.

Even if the number of troops is more than that of the Portuguese and French forces. But if there are no qualified generals and non-commissioned officers, it is very impossible to win the war.

But anyone with a little military common sense understands this.

But it's the old men of the church. But you can't see that at all.

They just kept asking their own troops to send troops. To fight the French has achieved the purpose of diverting the attention of the French.

Even the Church threatened that if the coalition of vassal states did not start a military campaign, then the Church would never pay again.

In the face of such a threat, the allied forces of the vassal states had no choice but to resume the war with the French.

The main reason why the church is in such a hurry to let the two sides go to war is that the assassination of the church has begun to make the French start to retaliate on a large scale.

So. The old men of the Church were afraid that the retribution of the French would befall them. The French had to be diverted to other places.

"Those guys will talk about it and don't understand what war is." After listening to the complaints of his cronies, the commander also felt the same way. "They think that the war is just the words of the superiors, and then the following can be won by acting according to their assumptions. I really don't know what to say about them, they're just stupid pigs! “

Listening to the commander's words, it was clear that he looked down on those in the church.

But think about it, originally a person like him was unwilling to start a war with the French again under such circumstances, but he was forced by the church to fight the French, so how could he not have resentment in his heart.

In addition, those people in the church don't know anything about military affairs at all, so it's normal for them to feel disgusted in their hearts.

But there is resentment, there is resentment, they are not all obeying the orders of the church to send troops, who let them be poor one by one now, and they will have to rely on the church's financial assistance in the future.

Alas, this is also something that cannot be helped.

"The coalition of vassal states has retreated, and the French have won the battle." On the hill, Jenny and the others stood up after seeing that the allied forces of the vassal states began to retreat.

Truth be told, there's nothing remarkable about this fight.

Obviously, the morale of the coalition forces of the vassal states was not very high, and some of the junior non-commissioned officers were not very well commanded.

Otherwise, the French will have to work hard to win.

It is simply impossible to win so easily.

However, through this battle, even people like Jenny can see something wrong.

That is, on the part of the alliance of vassal states, it may have lost a lot of excellent non-commissioned officers because of the assassination, which caused them irreparable losses.

Therefore, in the midst of the battle, chaos arose and the French seized the opportunity.

The intelligence department personnel quickly made notes, and they would definitely write them down if they did something like this.

"Let's go back, there's nothing left to see. But if the French begin to pursue those enemies, there may be some gains. ”

The leader of the Intelligence Department said to Jenny.

Jenny nodded, it was true that there was nothing to see now.

So, the group slowly rode down the hill and began to return to the concession on the outskirts of Marseille.

And from this moment on, the French and the allied forces of the vassal states, which had originally ceased war, began to spread again.

The Portuguese were not idle, and they began to attack the allied forces of the vassal states in the areas where they were stationed, and the whole of Europe began to be in flames again...... (To be continued......)