Warlock Royal Family

On March 3th, Ladislaus and Old Colonna were invited to inspect the Spanish Arcane Corps today.

The total size of this corps is 500 men.

Of course, these 500 people are not [-] mages. This possibility does not exist, although the Kingdom of Spain has Europa's unparalleled high-efficiency education system and has almost the same number of mages as France, which has a much larger population.

But this number is only about two hundred.

These 500 men are [-] javelins capable of unleashing the "acid splash" trick.

With the exception of the English longbowmen, the archers and crossbowmen of other countries proved to be incapable of resisting the resolute charge of half-armored infantry.

Moreover, long-range units are an obstacle to the formation, and the archers in the first row often throw their own front into chaos when they flee.

It greatly increased the difficulty of command, and it is not worth the loss for the command of the archers if it is not an extraordinary general.

Therefore, from the current point of view, except for England's archers who have retained a large number of troops because of their glorious history and are indeed more elite, other countries have chosen to select large-scale archers from the main force, but use their financial resources. Focus on well-trained combat infantry.

Only a few elite archers are reserved to take on the task of sniping enemy spellcasters.

Of course, a large part of the mercenaries are crossbowmen and archers. It is relatively easy for mercenaries to take on shooting missions and perform Taiping boxing. Because they have rich experience in this kind of work for a long time, they are also qualified. Ranged arms.

Therefore, big countries occasionally hire them as supplements to the main army.

From the time of the grandfather of the current emperor Charles V, the monarchs of the Kingdom of Spain and its predecessor the Kingdom of Aragon realized that in order to compete with the populous Kingdom of France, they must have more advanced tactics.

The Arcane Corps is the cohesion of this kind of thought.

However, although Ladislaus and Old Colonna, who had conducted some inspections, were full of praise for the military appearance and power of this unit, they actually had doubts about the combat effectiveness of this unit. This new team that has not been tested in actual combat Whether it will work or not is never certain.

Obviously, the Prime Minister of Sazastan is not without such doubts, because after reprimanding the Marquis of Pescara, several days passed, and the relief army of 2 people still stayed in Modena.

When he actually arrived at the front line and considered the consequences, Prime Minister Sarzastan realized that if he failed in a one-to-two battle with a strength comparison, he could not imagine any way for him to reorganize his force and prevent the French army from sweeping the Apennines. peninsula.

So in the past few days, the Prime Minister had to send emissaries everywhere to contact the wealthy Roman Church State and the Medici Bank.

In addition, Ladislaus has publicly announced many times in the past few days that the position of the cardinal cannot be bribed. The true elect Pope Adrian must publicly excommunicate the King of France, otherwise His Majesty's army will consider returning Spain, let the French army ravage Italian regions at will.

Of course, no one would believe this exorbitant asking price, but more or less they finally received two responses in the form of repaying the money.

The Medici Bank provided an allowance of 50 thalers, and said that they could further discuss a low-interest loan of [-] thalers. The Prime Minister of Sazastan was quite satisfied with this. As for the so-called low-interest loans, that is If the French army is defeated, it will be there. If it loses, then the money must belong to the Kingdom of France.

The conditions offered by the true pope are also good: Ladislaus can immediately get the position of cardinal, even if he is appointed now, and if there is a vacancy in the religious elector in the German region in the future, he will give priority to it he.

Although the emperor is so young now, it is very doubtful whether Ladislaus can live to the next election, and one more vote seems to be of no use, but several bishop electors in the Holy Roman Empire are different from bishops in other countries. In fact, it is just a sign of a religious person, and it is actually a kind of prince with great power.

This is undoubtedly a major achievement. Ladislaus sitting in this position will be of great help to the emperor.

There was also a stipend of 15 thalers that was also brought over by the Sibo family who had rejoined the team. Naturally, their complaints were ignored, but it is said that the true election of the Pope also gave the Sibo family a considerable amount of compensation.

The prophecy mage Malbeto Masalani also came to serve before the army. After Susan's instigation, he left the Petrucci family and became the enshrined mage of the Colonna family.

In the past two days, Anna saw Ladislaus put on a smile that seemed a bit reluctant, but after Ladislaus once again hinted that life is short, she did not object, but said that it was inconvenient, Anna She lives with Mrs. Reinhardt and a dozen other female spellcasters and priests. Spanish military law strictly forbids men to harass them.

However, Ladislaus is confident that he will definitely be able to defeat the regulations. Of course, he must find a suitable excuse. Blatantly undermining the authority of military law will definitely damage the combat effectiveness of the troops. Lowering it is really a bit of suicide.

Moreover, it is absolutely unwise to provoke the world-famous Spanish military law.

Just when Ladislaus was about to find an opportunity to enjoy himself in time.

On March 3th, Prime Minister Sazastan finally decided that waiting was useless. The King of France also invested 13 people in the direction of the Netherlands, where the troops led by the emperor himself were less than half of the enemy in front of him, and they were retreating step by step and doing their best. Delay, but once the French approached Brussels and Ghent, the economic centers of the Netherlands, the emperor would have no choice but to accept a battle.

Concerned about the humiliation of the minister, Prime Minister Sazastan decided that as long as he was still alive, he would never allow his monarch to face such a predicament, and a decisive battle in northern Italy was imperative.

The Spanish-Roman coalition set off from Modena to Mantua, preparing to accept a decisive battle. After all, Ladislaus failed to have a good time with Anna.

The army's actions were naturally on high alert, and Ladislaus had re-felt the magic net countless times, counted his spell casting pockets, and prepared all kinds of potions.

The training of his unit has not been relaxed, and he has won enough civilians in Modena.

After the soldiers marched, they could leave all the work in the camp to the peasants.

In this way, Ladislaus can allow his troops to conduct several sharpening trainings in the evening every day.

For veteran generals such as the old Colonna and the Marquis of Pescara, his actions are naturally a nervous reaction of young people to the war. Although it will not be useful, there is no need to stop it.

The Kingdom of Spain has more than [-] armored cavalry, and these soldiers and officers are the essence of the Kingdom of Spain.

Their common thought was that Ladislaus' troops were useless anyway.

After marching for a few days, several commanders were waiting for the French army, which was twice as large as them, to fight them on a predetermined battlefield.

They allowed Ladislaus to listen in. The old Colonna said several times that the hill is very suitable for the commander. Not only does it have a good view, it is easy to observe and occupy, and it is also a reliable commanding height of the battle line. .

Or the small river shields one side and blocks the road, which is very suitable for blocking.

The Prime Minister of Sarzastan and the Marquis of Pescara are also figures who have participated in several tens of thousands of battles, and they also have many suggestions for the choice of the battlefield.

Ladislaus recorded all these experiences in a small notebook, which made everyone feel that this is a very motivated young man.

It's just that the expected battle still hasn't come until only three days away from the city of Mantua, and there are not many places suitable for blocking.

Several commanders were very happy. If the French army was paralyzed and allowed them to directly attack the camp below the city, not only would they be able to get the support of the defenders of Mantua, but they would also be able to give the enemy a surprise attack.

The next day, after marching for half a day, the French army still did not appear. On the contrary, the rangers of the Marquis of Mantua appeared.

The news they brought left people dumbfounded.